THE BEE: OMAHA, SATFKDAY, MAY 17, 1913.
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APRIL CIROtUfATION.
50,106
Bln.it of Nebraka Counfy of Douglas, ss":
duly swrn. sai-s .that the average dally
circulation for tbe month of April, 1913,
was MUmL DWIOHT Wlt-WAMS.
JjUbBoqlbwl In mytprnc..and worn
tefbefo me .W of M ,
6eat.J . .Notary "Public,
V f , ' ' 1 ii i
)abacrbep J"nlti- the Oltr
Vrfrnporptllr should v Te
dialled i tWm.cArfae t1H, 1"
ymnged s$lkA Ms" :cncc
Wall BUroot hasn't a friend west
of Buffalo,' exclaims James J, Hill;
Wonder wlia daring brokor shpare'd
Jim?
., 1 ,
'Gud factories vand powder mills
rtfuso to 'TlW with alarm" the
vocal activities of world poaco ad
vocates. - "
A rotlriftg army officer ought to
bo kble to -see war clouds further off
tlsan other.pcople, but every oloud la
itS a tbrnadq. '
riocrotary ot Stato Bryan was tho
lunfchoon truest of Samuel Untor-n
m'oyer tho otijer day Now lot the
Money trust tremble.
yrha "buslnbi. taan who - handle!)
Xujbl and ICoTiS iho only ono whose
cBh register,, beapa pace with the
vagaries of the wokthpr.
So far a?" external evidence goee,
Prof. Taft'S luBpr'ln8 against
"l&ir-triggee fovernient" has noC
started a-rlpplei id; he placid waters
Tdyater Ba,y.
.vllVhen pH,jJMH4rtTd speak
out In ri)aiKVitW"Stat!e-. tbo sick
a!0 the !am, the scalpblod and the
exjpfctants, gather some interesting
Information from tho cut-ups.
"Vcs, but why not pass that pipe of
peace around to tho wator usor who
pays the bills, and pacify him by re
ducing his rates to. 25 cents a thou
sand gallons, .as so ,of ton promised?
Time fdr thosb fire underwriters
to wake up to tho fact that water
has been turned into that new bup
ply main, etpd. no reason exists for
lobger penalizing Omaha on that ac
count. Ji. theoeophtit Woman lecturer de
clares that any girl can marry any
8Mia sh desires, and insists that she
cftn prove it. About the time the
proof Is forthcoming, watch out for
M- uprising of men demanding equal
rights.
It is reassuring to know that Mrs.
"Wilson 'wont slumming without dls
deing hor Identity as tho wife of
the president, It. just Bomehow
lked out, however, as little things
like that are apt to do, whether in
twded for publication or not.
t, - . . ,
.Proclamation by- our state food
cdgimi&sioner gives notice that all
psops employo'd in any 'place wherb
fod is -cookedi Borycd, prepared or
sold must at all times wear clean
clfithes. Fortunately-, there is no
law to prevent people otherwise em
ployed from observing the same rule.
-One. may Rather from this vague.
Indefinite description that the New
York Sun Continues to be an ardent
admirer of the brief and breezy
Congressional Record:
Must the Congresdonat Record be at
w&y the same 'old, swollen, dropsical,
p-dded. lying1 fr&UdT
"Must itt We believe an answer
ta duo from Its editor.
Jackpot statesmen keep their eyes
p&led for the main chance while
marching under tho reform banner.
In the Illinois legislature tho holdup
crew secured a strangle hold on a
pul abolishing railroad passes, re
fusing the measure a breathing spell
ualeis a 'salary grab bill goes with
It If the railroad perquisite is out
out, the state must make good the
Solicit and some over.
Notice bow Chicago beats New
York in the number of packages sent
fry parcel pbst The explanation is
ftoubtless to "be-found In' the location
of the big mail order bouses at Chi
tago, and the reason for tffclr loca
Uon there Is proximity to the coun
try's geographical center, and the
advantage, ot unexcelled railway fa
culties radiating in all directions
Omaha would be a good center for
wail ' rec us4m using parcel
Team "Work.
Tho plea now is for harmony be
tweon all the various agencies of the
municipal government, with the sug
gestion thai team work will accom
plish more for tho upbuilding of Uio
city, and tho benefit of its Inhab
itants, thnti internal friction and
constant pulling apart.
No ono will question the force of
this .argument, but it-Is exactly tho
argument that Is unanswerable whon
used to urge consolidation of all
municipal activities under one re
sponsible executive and administra
tive body. Tho surest way to pro
duce team work, and a pull together,
is to have one team, of .matched
horses doing tho pulling. Other
wise, with tho bost of driving, the
lines nre bound to become' tangled
or tho directions crossed when tho
wagon Is drawn by soparato and in
dependent forces. That is why when
wo established the commission plan
of government for Omaha we abol
ished tho Park board, tho Library
board, the Police board and the vari
ous electlvo. offices, as independent
agencies,, and.isubje.cted them all to
a united control, Logically, there Is
no more reason jfor having a sepa
rate and 'independent management
Of the wator works than there is ot
the park system, ot tho law depart
ment or of tho police department.
The way to insure team work in
city government la to have ono team
in. tho municipal harness, and hot
more than one.
Bryan and the Currenoy.
Mr. Bryan's 10 o 1 free colriago
shibboloth thruBt him upon the dem
ocratic party in 18D6 as its presiden
tial nominee instead of Richard 1.
Bland, who, in view of the para
mount sliver issue, wad tho logical
candidate. Now for the first lime
since Mr. Bryan came upon the scone
of national politics, his party, is in
power and has sot out to revise our
currency system and, It. is .rather
paradoxical, as well as comforting,
that Mr. 'Bryan, must leave to othorH,
who did not share all his financial
vagaries, this work ot roform. It Is
qufto likely, though, that if Mr,
Bryan were given a free hand, hlm-
solf, in arranging tho currency, ho
would not pursuo tho linos ho laid
down nearly seventeen years ago,
for tho intervening period, haa boon
ono of 'great enlightenment, and
even Mr, Bryan evidently has dis
covered and admitted his mistakes,
Tho -'assistant secretary of 'the
treasury Is quoted art promising -A
comprehensive currency revision,
noting that the country has ample
funds with which to care for the
monetary situation. That, of course,
Is truo and gratifying and what is
needed is limply hotter facilities fo
utilizing, our currency and 'credit
fwhlch changed conditions have made
urgent This is true both as to the
accommodation of the currency to
the roqutremoatB of domestic farm
ing and commerco and tho encour
ugemcnt of foreign trade.
The Profeieionftl Charity Promoter.
The r Ohicago Association ot'Com-
morco is out with a big stick after
tho charity promoter who uses a,
good cause to feather his own nest.
Chicago Is not the only place whero
tho charity promoter is, doing a
profitable business. If all tbo money
given to charity went sololy for tho
object intended a lot of people
would have to go to work, or apply
for charity themnolvcB. Of course,
a distinction 'ehould be drawn be
tween the trained social worker who
organizes and executes our charity
work and tho promoter who simply
invents and puts through schemes:
to raise money with charity as the
lodostone. With a toy) exceptions,
the charity promoter is ono kind of,
a middleman, wno coum no easily
dispensed with, and when thus lost
in . the language of the immortal
sailcade,' "Never would be missed."
Puniiliment by Reprimand
The house of r-prAfieUtaUvti last
week formally vindicated its dignity,
its integrity, and its right to legis
late without Interference from" any
one, by inflicting the punishment of
a public reprimand upon tho assail
ant of ono of its members, When
called before the bar. of the. house,
the accused euterod a disclaimer of
any intention to show disrespect,
adding: "I express my deep regret;
and offer my sincere apology."
But wounded legislative dignity is,
not so easily heated. A long" lino
of inherited precedents in similar
cases adorn tbo pages ot congres
sional history, and were duly recited
as follows:
In 1TW Mr. Ounn woa reprimanded.
In WW Mr. Fry m reprimanded.
In Mil John Anderson was reprt-
mandsd.
In 1S& General Earn Houston was repri
manded.
Irt "Mr." fcleld,' 'who "had wounded
a member with a knife, was discharged
wtth a reprimand.
In every Instance but one. wht the
house has always maintained Us right
to punish, It has Inflicted a reprimand.
And so the list haa now been
lengthened by this addition:
"n 1913, Mr, Olover was repri
manded." And the sacred right of tree
speech in debate on the floor ot
congress, guaranteed by the consti
tution, baa been again preserved
for transmission unimpaired to pos
terity.
All the ex-presidents of the Omaha
Commercial club are living except
two, and tha club is twenty years
old. Frettx bujky .ack, that
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From de&
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A Lax it.
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Thirty Years Ak
The diocesan council confirmed the
bishop's rcnomlnatlon of Hon. J. M.
Wootworth as chancellor of the diocese.
Four laymen were added to th cathedral
chapter: Messrs. Ouy Brown, O. M. Hop
kins and J. n. Clarksott
The Iowa State Medical society, In ses
sion at Council Bluffs, paid a visit to
Omaha.
The McCall Opera company played at
Boyd's. Its first stop on IU return trip
from flan Francisco.
The Rev. Mr. Fries performed the mar
riage ceremony that united Charles H.
Oclchman and Mlsa Kathcrlne Elsasser
nt tho residence of A. Qetchman, 616
Bouth Ninth street.
John. A, Harbach has Just returned
from Old Mexico, where ho met H. U
Latey.
Invitations are out for a reception to
be tendered by Max Meyer and wife to
Mr. and Mrs. Adolph Meyer and Mr. and
Mrs. Mortt Meyer.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wheeler of Utlca,
N. Y., are the gutsts of Hon. L. M. Ben
nett .
A stockholders' meeting" of The Bee
authorized tho purchase of tho zz-root
lot on Farnam between Ninth and Tenth.
adjoining The Bee offl6e on the east,
formerly owned by Milton Rogers, for
Z5.000.
It. V. Whltmore, cousin of Treasurer
Whitmore of Boyds. Is Ih tho city on
a visit
Tom Mullvihill, the Atchison bill
poster, Is here, having- come to see Uta
wild west
Plenty of fresh fish at Mota & Roseri-
steln's, lfiOC Farnam' street
Twenty Years Ago
Vincent . oanoy, son or ji it. uiu
ley, a wealthy merchant of Columbus,
Neb., was kllWd-ln an elevator accident
at the Murray hotel at 7 p. m. Galley,
who was about SO .years of age, had been
working at tho hotel, and was preparing
to tako some trunks up the elevator.
He signalled o Ouy Vepablo to lowor
the freight' car, which was dono and as'
-Oalley attempted to step Into It, his foot
slipped and the elevator started, Oalley
being; caught between It and the floor.
beverai prominent citizens ana dusk
ness men .met a counctlmanlo committee,
composed of Chairman" Prlnoo, JaOobeon,
Hdwell nnd wheeler on tho matter of
providing a market place. Tho busmess'
men were ex-Governor Saunders. W. I
McCague. Adqlnh Meyer, W, R. Bennett,
Vif. F, Bechel, also a councilman and sev
eral others. The favorite location was
somewhere between Ninth and Four
teenth, and between Howard and Daven--
pprt. streets. ,
Br. Qeorgo l Miller received a tel
egram from Secretary of Agriculture'
Morton, statins? he could not attend the
exposition of the Manufacturers' asso
ciation, as. ha had hoped, on rfecount ot
pressing business at Washington.
Tho long and bitter fight over tho job
of bossing tho construction' jf the how
federal building ended when a telegram
afflo from Washington saying thoV
Architect (John Jjatonior had been given
the Job, Ths disappointed Henry Voss
and his. Wends, who had, felt sure of his
getting It. - - r '
Ten Years Aspo .
The thlrty-fjfth annual .convention of
mo aistnct grown lodge. No. 0. Independ
ent Order of B'Nol B'RIth, was called
to order nt 10 , m. In the Continental
block by J. ti. Strelltsky of Grand Rap
Ids, Its president. Btxtyflvo delegates
wcro present and the convention was
lively from tho start. The president's
annual addrosSj. consumed most of the
morning session. " At new court of ap
peals was elected, with these members:
8ltne.on Blgom of Nebraska lodge, Omaha;
Charle' Nuisbaum Of Petersburg, III.)
William Sernpllnof, Bay City, Mich.;
Charles h- Aarons, Milwaukee, and Will
iam B, Newberger, Chicago.
It was a big day for the First Meth
odist -hurch. Enough money was pried
out of tho people by two bishops, Mo
Cabo and Joyce, and a presiding elder,
Jennings, to wipe eut a debt ot tlO.ooo,
Bishop Joyeepreached tho .morning ser
mon. U was Jubilee day and Bishop
McCabe. wl ,tjic guldjng genius of fl
nance. Uro.aghout tho "Ja. Itov, Clyde
Clay CIsm!' .pastor of Hanscom Park
churdh, prcldd ovr tho Epworth league
meejlrig l& thoVahernoon.
Peputy.ertff Show of Cheyenne ar
rived .In te.wrt-front St. Louis with a pris
oner, supposed to bei a freight car thief.
Pr. I A. We rrlam discussed "An Open
Book or Nature" before the Omaha Philo
sophical society, Th doctor took the
View that, modern, physical science aimed
at a mechanical. Interpretation ot all the
Phenomena of tho universe.
People J&lked About
1 . .",UI
Owing to tho Strike ot barbers In
Brooklyn, tho cultivation. of beards is
becoming qulto fashionable.
Tha peerless speller of Missouri? Miss
Opal Mitchell of Texas county, piled up
a score ol 197 .out of a .possible SOO. Can
you beat UT If not, beat It
Officialdom In New York City runs up
a taxi bill-averaging $1,000 a month, and
never thinks of settling. Taxi companies
even the score- With cab-stand favors.
Henry W. Beecher of Seattle, will take
part In thq celebration ot the one hun
dredth anntcersary of the birth of his
father, Henry ward Beecher, on June 16.
Vice President Marshall's boyhood am
bition was to be a shoemaker, and he
would have left sottool and apprenticed
himself to that profession if his father
had let him. i
Mother Stanislaus Jones, R. R. C, who
died in London recently t the age ot
90, was the last survivor of tha band of
Sisters of Moray who accompanied Flor
ence. Nightingale to tha Crimea In 1854,
New York has a site for Us cheese
box court house. The owners wanted
$10,000,000 for It. The condemnation com
mission awarded them fS,100,009, which
was 40 per ont above the assessed val
uation. California is saved again. A native
daughter of Spanish descent, selected
from 1,000 contestants, becomes the prize
poster girt ot the Portola fiesta. A na
tlve daughter or Chinese parents gave
the winner a hard run for the honor.
Drl-viacr XIanastr Into Corporations.
Bt Louis Republic
Tho supreme court of the United States
has given a decision that a corporation
cannot evads its debts by reorganizing.
Eminent corporation attorneys who have
been intenriawed dejectedly admit that
this ruling will compel corporations to
W proti ztsariy a aaasst isAlvliinala
1,1.
In Other Lands
.onafiiprlnir the Coat,
It la alt over with the Balkan war but
the division of the loot The victorious
allies have determined In a general way
what the division will be, and any dlf
fereneea that may arise will be arbi
trated by the cxar of Russia, foster father
of Slav states. Tho powers are In pos
session of Scutari, and Austrian Intrigue
In the north as well as the 'smooth Ital
ian hand In southern Albania fdr'the
tlmo being will receive the watchful at
tention ot powers opposed to their
schemes. In the calm following tho rav
ages of war the allies aro taking account
Of tho cost An official statement ot
Bulgarian losses show a total of 86,734
In killed, wounded and missing. Of this
number the killed and missing total 33,
Ol. What percentage of tho wounded
died l.i not Indicated. Servla, Greece and
Montenegro together put In the field m,
many men as Bulgaria. Assuming thell
loss to cntiat that of Bulgaria, the cobI
in lives total G6.468. Pcaths from wound
at the usual war ratio warrant the es
timate of 100,000 lives lost by tho allies
made by a writer In the American Re.
view of Reviews. The same authority
estimates the cost of tho war to tha al
lies at $300,000,000, nearly four times their
combined annual budgets. As compen
sation for this load tha allies'
about 62,000 square miles of Turkish ter
ritory, with the possibility of taking
over a sharo of tho Turkish mortgage
ot iw,ooo.ooo heretofore executed on th
ceded territory. For thO present tho Joy
of victory makes light of the load to
follow.
Good Tltlno; for Ttirk.r.
When Spain was. shorn of irf
slons In the Pacific and In the Currlbean
sea tho operation, thauch Txifnfnl
classed as a good thing for the patient
bimnar comment Is hqard regarding1 Tur
key's trimming. Bucknam Pasha, tho
American Turk who was mudo an ad
miral by Sultan Abdul Hamld, expresses
the view that Turkoy Is benefited by tho
trimming. "So far as TUrkov In
cerned," he sold In an interview In Lon-
aon, it is a blessing -In diaaulso for It
to lose its European provinces, as they
were a source of continual t-xuenxn nnd
trouble. The Turks are esaentlallv
Asiatics and their destiny now Is the -development
of Asia Minor, whlfth Is rich
Iri oil and mineral wealth which simply
needs Intelligent working. Even on the
European side closo to Constantinople the
oil fields are of Incredible richness. In
fact, Turkey will bo the comtng oil coun
try Of Europe." The advent c f ..tho Young
luras party in power forced Bueknatn
I'asna on the retired Hat and hn In nnw
devoting his talents to oil lands, with
somo prospect of becoming tho Rocke
feller or Asia Minor,
Restricting; Oplnin Business.
'orty-alx nations aro to be renrosnntArf
at tho International Opium conference
which assembles at The Hague In June.
rne prime object of tho conference Is to
devtsa mearts for world-wide restriction
and ultimate destruction of the trs.ffin
In opium. 'Seven years ago tho move
ment to check Its cultivation and use
took shape among- three' Or four c-ov-
ornmenta who appreciated the destruc
tive effects of the drug. China, the great
est victim of opium, agreed to restriction,
and England pledged Itself to gradual
annual reduction ol exports from India.
Considerable progress toward extinction
has been mado and many obstacles' over
come. In China tho change of govern
ment retarded enforcement of restrictive
laws and Indian greed overreached Eng
land's pledges. Recently the British gov
ernment finnminnful 4hnt nn nmrA ttup,m
from India would bo permitted this year
and that probably tho opium trafflo be
tween inma and China would never, be
renewed. In all probability The Hatrua
conference next month will brpng to a
closo the moat discreditable chapter in
British mercantile) history;
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Itcnmrkntilc Tnlkfmt. t
The most romarkublo enduranco run ot
talk on one subject proceeds unabated
In the Canadian parliament. The Issue
Is the manner In which Canada should
contribute to tho naval defense ot the
British empire. Tho Bordun ministry
proposes to hand the Canadian ships over
to the Imperial navy. Sir Wilfrid Laurier,
the liberal party leader, Insists that the
ships shall bo. manned by Canadians and
maintained as a separate Canadian fleet.
Not much, difference hs to e.nds, but
enough to hang a party fight on. Tho
talkfcst has raged l6rmlttently since
the first of tho year. Debate cannot be
restricted under the rules, und a motion
by tho minister to Inaugurate closure one
week ago turned the oratorical storm
from tho main Issue to that of muzzling
rules. Tho outlook Is for an Indefinite
discussion, tho liberals being determine!
to utilize every resource to wear out the
majority and force an appeal to ths
electorate on tho naval proposition.
Proposed Iteforltm In' 'Polnml.
While Grrmany Is, striving; to German
ize Prussian Poland, tho cxar's govern
ment Is devising measures looking
to enlarge -home rule In Russian
Poland. It Is proposed to " apply
to Polish towns the Russian municipal
law ot 1S32, wttlt. local adaptations. Under
thl charter proceedings of town coun
cils may bo conducted In the Polish lan
guage. Police control generally Is to be
turned over ' to tho municipalities and
special concessions would be accorded
Warsaw. These reforms dratted by an
Imperial commission are being considered
by the council of the empire and ara
fairly certain ot adoption.
Over the Seas
In ordinary times the rose gardens of
Bulgaria occupy 08.000 acres of land and
yield 40,000,000 pounds of flowers an
nually. Birmingham, England, manufactures
vast quantities of police whistles, which
are sent to all parts ot tho worldf also
handcuffs, artificial eyes and yeWs-harps
ore -made there In abundance.
It has, been found In the war In tho
Balkans that the small bullets of the
Mauser rifles used by the Turks have
often had little effect on the stalwart
Bulgarians when they hit
Chill Is bne, of the Latin-American
countries where thrift Is common and
peace and order prevail. The savings
bank deposits have increased bout IS)
per cent Jn four years and 40xper cent
from 1W1 to 1911
The Assuan dam and other Irrigation
works In Egypt have cost W ,000.000; but
the Increase In the value ot land In the
middle and lower Egypt has been from
1306,000,000 to SJ.400.a,OW. The total rnt
ot this land haa risen from $52,000,000 to
JiHOOO.OQO,
moBeesfett
eruox
The Money Test.
KEARNEY. Neb., May I6.-T0 the Ed
itor of The Bee: In a recent issue ot
The Bee "E. O. M." writes: "This ques
tion of whether Billy Sunday Is preach
ing Just for the" money or not cannot
possibly be determined until the last
judgment, so it Is Useless for us to weigh
probabilities."
Perhaps, and yet a simple way of put
ting It td proof without waiting for the
day of Judgment Is to aak .Mr. Sunday
to Coma to Omaha to save sinners with
out any financial remuneration. It he
will do this the verdict might-bo that he
sincerely Beeks to hrlhg sinners to re
pentance, while. If he will not, the ver
dict must surely bo that the money end
Is to him tho most attractive.
As for the permanent good accomplished
by this man the lasting and really sin
cere conversions that, too, Is something
that cannot possibly "be determined until
the day of Judgment" The vaudeville
tactics employed by Mr. Sunday In his
exhortations may. In my opinion,
alienate as many as It attracts.
Years ago, when Billy Sunday made
his maiden speeches exhorting sinners to
repentanco, his plcturequo Bowery slang
was natural; it was the language of the
baso ball field, and was the only lan
guage poor Billy then know. It made a
hit with the public, which Is always at'
traded by something new and unique,
and he was quick to see the' advantage.
Ho commercialized his peculiar form of
exhortation, and still retains It, though
the necessity for It has long since passed,
for he Is ablo to speak In more polished,
therefore to n larger part of his audiences
more attractive and appealing, manner
.Until he does, the question of his sincer
ity will always bo a hiooted' question.
' I agrea with "E, O. M." that common
sense Is a good thing even In religion
H Is so good a thing. In fact that It
should not be utterly replaced by emo
tionalism. N. H. JOHNBONj
The Snlrntloit of Slnnprs.
OMAHA, May 15. To the Editor of Tho
Bqe: With your kind permission I Would
like to say these fow words to the young
people: Man requires a great amount, of
wisdom lri 'brd'fcr to' support hiV existence
in peace and contentment,-and If We are
ever to rise abovo the.grovellng and slav
ish folly into which Wo are. continually
being drawn, It will bo When we havo at
tended to and cudtlvated those powers
of the mind that are capable of expand
ing upward, ir we are to rlsO in thO tfcale
of exlstenco and charge our narrow
conceptions, there are numerous things
that must be lieglected, If we are seek
ing to recover a lost reputation, we must
attend strictly and religiously to tho up
building of our moral nature and neglect
with a cold and carclesa tranquillity the
negative opinions of tho world.
The soul that Is filled with tho highest
and purest aspirations can never sink be
neath the weight .of adverse criticism,
for reputation Is not character, and, at
.the worst, Is only local and transitory.
If the mind is to be raised and exalted
wo must studiously neglect" the study of
Hoylo and Captain Kldd and turn our at
tention to tho writings -of Seneca, Joseph
Addison, Lord Bacon and other great and
.good men ot ancient and modern times.
If wo .aro to study the science of as
tronomy, we must lay palmistry and as
trology aside.
If" the salvation of sinners be our ob
ject in life, let us cheerfully, neglect the
theaters,- wine room and turkey trots, as
thoaa frivolities can do no moro than ex-,
olte and amuse without yielding any last
ing enjoyment
The "average human being Is the center
of a -very small cjrcp that can only bo
enlarged by attending to those" studies
and duties which every reasoning crea
ture knows to be the best; and by avoid
ing thoso tlme-kllllng, soul-deadening
vices and amusements which end, lf(no't
In disaster, at least In sorrow and regret.
"Straight is the gate, the path unkind,
that leads to Ufa Immortal? and few tho
careful feet that find tho hidden portal."
E. O. M.
History and Charity,
LINCOLN. May IS. To tho Editor, of
Tho Beo; Your editorial In last Sunday's
paper, "Tho Mantle of Charity.." with
reference td 'tho wrijlng of history, and
particularly Nebraska history, stlra a
responding chord In my heart. v I think
part of the response Is expressed by say,
ing that a child's history of any period
or any state needs give different treat
ment from that written for groWnupa.
If ono attempted to give full scope to
criticism In a child's history, he would get
nowhere with the child. A series of his
torical pictures which will make tho VMt
real for children cannot enter into the
pctalls of critical controversy. Thus,
In a history of Nebraska for children,
many things are rightly omitted, which
persons of years and critical Judgment
might Justly expect to find adequately
treated In a book for them. W6 are yet
so near all tho events In our own half
century of political existence that we can
hardly deal with them with compieto 1m-
1 partiality and Justice. For these reasons
land the others suggested In your editorial,
jmll unhappy personal events In our own
j history aro summarized In my little book
I In such a way as to at least give the ad'
verse party,. the benefit ot any doubt he
or his friends may claim.
Children are entitled to the truth In
large aspects of history, but no child
could grasp the difference between
Thomas Jefferson, writer of the Declara
tion of Independence, and Thomas Jef
ferson as revealed In hta private bio
graphical notebook, the "Anas." Like-'
wise, no Nebraskan, for that matter,
child or adult, could adequately under
stand Governor Robert W. Furnas and
his relation to Nebraska during his long
and most valuable career, by reading the
court record In his libel suit against Dr.
George L. Miller ot the Omaha Herald.
A. E. SHELDON.
flood for All Courts.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
The Judgment delivered by the English
House ot Lords, sitting as tha highest
court of appeals, that "ever court ot
Justice In the land Is open to every sub
ject ot the king, and a court has no
power to sit otherwise than with open
doors." ought to be good enough law for
every civilised nation, and nowhere more
applicable than Irt divorce cases
What' In Nmner
Pittsburgh Dispatch.
We have had the MoKinley tariff bill,
the Gorman-Wilson bill, the Dlngley bill
and the Payne-Aldrioh bill A wag Bug.
gests a compromise on the rival claims
for the Underwood and Wood row Wil
son bill that the present measure might
go down In history aa the Underwood
row Wilson bin.
What Next?
St Louis Republic (dem.): "Reorganiza
tion rot' Is the term applied by Senator
Brit tow to the plans ot Hadley & Co. It
seems to be Brtstow's notion that when
a funeral Is held some party has died.
Kansas City Journal (rep.): Coming at
this time, the Chicago conference Is
bound to stimulate tho republicans of
Kansas, who are preparing for the grand
party celebration ot June 3 at Topeka,
SOrlngfleld RpnuhllcAn find.: Tha
character ot the leaders of this Chicago
conference Is convincing evidence that
the moVe for reorganization is not a
maneuver of- the reactionaries. Senators
uummins ana Borah and ex-Governor
Hadley of Missouri are genuinely nro-
greifslve. And tho Initiative they havo
taken offers tn thn remihllrnn miriv It
chance to BiirVlve.
Washington Post (Ind.); Ostensibly all
tho wrinkles have been Ironed out and a
warm welcome prepared for returning
wanderers. The , Chicago conference
breathes a molt optimistic' spirit for th
future of th,e" 3iO. ; P. Nevertheless no
teat progress has been made. Would It
not be nearer the mark to say that", tho
mild progressives have made rehabilita
tion more difficult than before? .
Philadelphia Ledger (Ind.)': What will
the republican national committee, do) It
Is dominated by the so-called "standpatM
element, but what is tho use ot clinging
to a wrecked shlp7 The Taft plan of re
habilitation' also proposes a national con
vention thU year for the purpose of re
organization. The country haa been edu
cated Into believing, rightly pr wrongly,
that this old regime was 'and Is a cl.wo
corporation. Confidence can only be re
stored by radical action that will con
vince the electorate that the organiza
tion Is responsive to public opinion.
THE SAME HIGH STANDARD THAT MADE
RED-MAN COLLARS famous.
EARL &
Western -Points
Via Rock Island I.ine8
San Francisco, Los Angcleo and San Diego On sale Juno UOth,
Jurist to. 7th and August 22d to 29th 5B55.0P
On Bale daily June 1st to September 30th '.'.$60.00
Seattle, Tacoma, Portland, Victoria and Vancouver .On sale '
June 1st to '4th; Juno 22d to 29th and
un saio aauy June 1st to Hoptemner auth t .$60.00
San Francisco one way via Portland' On sale June 1st to 4th,
June 22d fo'29th, July 1st to 11th. August 22d to 29th $72.50'
On sale dally June lBt to September 30th. $77'.5'6
Phoenix, Ariz. Onxale dally June 1st to September 30th. .'. . .$55,00
Salt "Lake. City and Ogden On sale daily June 1st to September
30th san sn
GlenWood Springs, 'Colo. On sale
3t)th '. . . .
Denver, Colorado Springs ahd Pueblo
to September 30th.
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LAUGHING GAS.
"Have you found out what started tho
blase (n that broom factory"
"Not yet; but we're making a sweep
ing lnvestlgat!on."-Chlcago Tribune. -
"With tireless cookers, smokeless chlm
neys. dustless sweepers and n0.teI
shoes, Mllfe in the homo ought to be
hNever, unUl It con have payless bills "
Baltimore American.
"I can't understand how some thing,
get their names," declared .the grumuy
boarder. .. '
"For Instance?" . ic.tf t'
"Take this strawberry Shortcake. 1.
they had called It ehortbe?ry itrw
I could have seen the point. "-Kansas
City Journal.
MOTHER'S NEW HAT.
Helen Merrltt In the Record-Herald.
Our household Is all In a twitter.
We're pleased-but a llttlo bit icared.
Mother looks as It some ono had hit hfci
With a club-when she wasn t prepared.
We ro all bo surprised and delighted,
From father way down to tho cat.
Do you blame us for getting excited.
When mother has got a new hat
Ma many times saved up" her pennlto,
And Just when she'd gotten enou'
She'd rind that those trousers of Bennie b
Wouldn't stand a now patch; It w
tough: , ,
But mother had 'nary a grumble.
She'd spend her small hoard on the brat,
And wait for the fanllly to tumble
To the fact that shd needed a hat.
Brother Bill haa p. gun that'a a dandy,
And Kate has a laco parasol.
I've a aweater that's all to the candy,
And "tho kid" has a big Paris doll.
Slbter Nell got an Irish Iftce collar,
And Joe has a base ball and bat,
While pa's borrowed many a dollar
From tho money for mothcr'B now nat
The old ono laid claim to some beauty
When 'twas new-r-but that's ages ago
It has dono none denies it It's duty.
As Its crushed faded trimmings Will
show.
Thoro Isn't a decent thing on It.
It's got to retlrcA-that's flat,
For never again, shall she don It ,
Since we've bought her a new stylish
hat '
SHIR TS
$iso to $ro-
WILSON
July 8th to llth(V ..... .$55)00
dally June' 1st to Boptembor J
- . cr rn.
On sale dally Juno lBt
, 01 - prn.
and tourist sleepers through to Call-
scenic uoioraao with choice of two
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J. S. McNALLY, D. P. A.,
14th and Faniahi. (W. 6. W. Bldg.) '
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