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4 i T6E Omaha Sunday Bee. frOtTNDKD BT EDWAUD ItOBBWAtjSIt victor itogKWAjrafl. aniTQR. . pkk nuTLpiNU, aknam and irm. Bntered aFomaha postoftlee as eeeond Cl matter. TKI11I8 OF SUBMCniI'TION PunSny IV a. one year .. 33-W Saturday Dee, One rear 1W Dally Bae. without Sunday, one year. J.W Dally Dee, ana Sunday, one year..... lw DELIVERED UX CAKIlIKIt. Evening nd Sunday, per month.... .. Evening, without Sunday, per month.afl Dtlty U, intruding Sunday, per mo.tto Dally Bee, without Sunday, per mo. Addreaa all complaints of irreffularlUif In delivery to City Circulation Dept. REMITTANCE. .... Remit by draft, expres or pdtal order. Sayable to The Bee Publishing company, nly J-csnt stamp received In payment of small account. Person! check, e cept on Omaha and eastern exchange, not accepted. OFFICES! Omaha-The Be -building. South Omaha-1318 N Street Council Bluf-14 North Main Street Lincoln Little building. Chlcaro-Wl Hearst building. NiwYork-Room llOd, 234 Fifth Ave. St. LoulR-KB New Bank Of Commerce. Wnahington-Tas Fourteenth at. N. w. CORRESPONDENCE. Communication relating, to news and editorial matter ahould bo addressed Omaha Bee, EdUorlal department j- 1 - 1 JUNE CIRCULATION. 50,401 ; Elate of NebraJkA.,CountOt DoUulsa, Mi Dwlght Williams, circulation hianagtr ot The Bot PublUhlng company, being duly sworn, says thai thVayet-o.se dally circulation for the month 0 Jttnj. Uia, wa to.401. DWlUHT WILLIAMS, , circulation .Manager. Subscribed In nty 'presence and wdrn to before me tbla 3d day of July. .1)13. ROBERT HUNTfiSlt. (Bal.) Notary Pu.blto. qabaerlbem leaving h city , temporarily nhoulil Iiave; The "Sea mailed (fa them, Address vt III ha changed oitejt,A (teqursicd. , , A snakq has beVa (omd Jtks M coin water pipe. vVen,onioasl Woman Wont a, JPennloro-lIeadUne, That ought to pl'easo lier husband. - 1 The early blrA.gets-.Uie worm pro Vl4ed the plowman does not over sleep, i w , . . 11 1 r - im-,,'., 1 Th who aviator will'seo to it, that he Is over & lake when;th,o accident happens. ., ' Omaha's goottsnama is all right Tha way to triake betier U to boost laBteadkfaock ' ' v" H..- i , Mdy SaokyUle sfices at last, la landlag tho sacle.of ' .lirraj .flcott ailllons she -was after, It lekn m if that r'aduated re wtwe Ux a tehceer.wuld go uy. Ik m4i Ilk ether frfst dreams. r W BMAlK t & JMMSHSWr Wti tbftt a mm Mm f iwytty girl gveu? Wk w wa canaot entti a w Industry by law?.,.lioK at tke lmst. HtH of iiKially Mid- refertmdutn HMtsrapk eftctfe;. It is to hs inferrtsd the dtosenters WHld Kite Wgsed up it votes for wma nd prohibition had been writWR iijkt the charter. The Boers are reported as chafing under British rule in South Africa, Gee, John, what if they pooled Issues with your militant suffsf Mtw .tlUm Stoae, once kidnaped 'by Eutearlaa baudlUi. .must keenly palaed to red the recurrisg yeporU "of Slcrla lossea OA the lkafca. artry S'ryan.wUl maks a six weeks MMUrme t8r, Ntwa Item. Ye 't kee a go4 elMtavi umi eowaevws ky W-aryls ktm ,1a TM seotttery et war k ie VMt OsMk. yfkm k arrives he will it m U Meet pces!e asd ce-lFiM kMh m tke fact of We. earth. V ?hotora)h9 ef the Aweaty-four- ory bulldlBg kottslag the ritts l)Urh bank that failed go to show what klgk-staading lares tments the eeeeera'ad, 1 ' box ef jewels . bldwa from by tke March tornado la foun Ib. Iowa and bow returned to jthe owaer. Which at least snakes a good "wiBd Btory. . Our Owoha carpenters are at any tate ceaslstent, Taey struck for liigker wages, and te prove that they fcieaa tt immediately raised the pay Pt taelr fewa business ageat. It la fa aeiford with the eternal fit- fceee ot hlngs to bjive our blue sky law become effective la the middle P" July, whea tha heavens aerea Kl are their ttoet beautiful asure, It'ls esy xto kgree with Senator jjvr&, .who aayi, the house gad BeaisalUeee e iRvest&aHea "are. maklar theaselyea ridiculous' iakir-iyalfy Tor tha prior ifigat to for. uetardjpaster of the Cleve ad fckwili, attended by John D, JteeketUer, tteriM to Mr. Rocke-, feller a Moae at the rosea, fa the ,tf" Ot ,Uja cllmblag yi1ty, MaMHrtt haye added, akfiHt tke state's sup-H-t te ntn Osaka's toeal AfJUsa JEcV m. Tfc state k ae wor? (Mifer 1 rea eur olty elections then U HiMi ear peii 4ertflet or U' ndt& r jsarJes or our ater Kmr mi MaH tkat wt Ma Mr ewn affairs far urivff, Nebraska Socnery. If you bavo conjured In your mind tho Illusion that scenic bdauty means only lmmonso mountains, with their yawning conyonB and ruggod steeps. tho soa stretching out in endless spaco or forest fastnesses, go for a few hours' drive through the coun try In Nebraska, and har your Il lusion dispelled Even the "farmer, always consorvatlvo, admits It. Ne braska was never more beautiful than now, Tho wlntor wheat harvest Is on, 8bmo grain Is in tbb shock, other falling beforo tho reaper;. Spring wheat and oats are ripening, corn la at Its deopest green, alfalfa waving in tho wind, fruit slowly turning and all promise Immense, some rocord-brfiSklng, yields. Over the hills and the dales of this vast farm of nearly 4 0,00 0,0 0 acres Is Just now painted a picture which no magic art could surpass. Tho old black, doep, rich soil fjooma to groan as If in tho travail of Its production, for it nover yielded a Tftore abundant increase, The soaV son has been altrioet'ld'cal and that in all that is ever' reauirod to ,wako crops ideal in Nebraska, Once our state' wim -known, as part .of the .great Ame rfcati desert" but it "was ft desorf, llkq tho one of old, that tojoldod. and blossomed as tho road. No, li If Is scohery one is seeking, lei him seek' .no further than Nebraska at this tiino of year and-he will find back p- our rural glory vtho literal wealth, of an emplro, tho golden rfrodigiajS. th4t are" needed" to keep to country going when merer sUb- nlantial .things afo roqutrod than pic turesque scenery! - - 1 What Ivestigratlon ifext , " r "All the wars that have . been fought between lab.6r.and 'capital, all (be efforts that both, have mado to secure Icglsia'tithat would profit them and- tho; tattglod skein woven about their .relations in. tho last teu yeara" are now to bo invos.tlgatod by congress. And Incidentally, in con nection with theso and othtir investi gations U0Vr ia progress an -latiuiry la proposed Into tho financial opera tions of the New' York Central lines. TWs, being of Buth minor slgnlfl eahco and- extent, tomparallvoly, may have foeon throwh' ln Justias inattor ofi good measure, to make euro that congrbaa did not fall into ennui for lack of something to Investigate "All tho wars that labor and cap ital have t ought!" And yet congress Is called to eaaeTtarltf aad currency laws at this extra seaeloB, Never hs.8 the ceuatry had a congrena with seh a, oaeaelty. eh a lasatlable yearn la fer Wwrx, Rone . day n may coeilu4e est ef tkece InyeetWta tlpns. After it wias up all tho laber-eaeim wars, "what et will It tackleT, Like Alexaader 'tke'Great, it seems, to lament for, more king doms, to conquer, ,uV MBlik'tkV great Macedonian, it does very little conquering, ... Ttte Mexican Situation. Aa conditions in Mexico become Bteadlly raoro tease, it would aoom to be tho part of prudence for our own government, before changing our policy, to run down tho per Bistent reports of American aid to the rebels, This, of course, should be done, less to reassure the Mex icans than in justice to oUr own noHltlon. " When tho present rebels, at. least tho Maderistaa among them, were tke federals ta control werefuMd io sanction tke sale of munitions ot war to Um the rebels, who, for the ost part; are now the federals. For us bow to permit e-r acquiesce in tke shipment of rebel arms into Mexlcol would iaetaatly Involve our o6i zauit. on tke other hand, tke United States eaaaot be expected to forbear indefinitely acts of overt hostility and violence to our cltxe&s, aa has bean charged tine and time again. No matter how rabidly the anti-American press of Mexico Qlty foolishly advocate vrar with us, we must be sure we are rjsht and then; bo ready to go ahead, The IaJastrious Immifrant, Attention Is repeatedly called to the tremendous, handicaps encoUn terod by the. immigrant ivho casts his lot in oae of out larger cities. In way he finds himself aoraethlng ot an iahwtellte. with the- hand of so oletr and Industry lura'ed against htm. If not lifted In direst opposl tlon to hint, H at least is not. ex, teuded ss it should b in his behalf, indifference . to Mn r' welfare nelng about the best construction, that can he placed npba i&e'aversge attitude towar.d lm. A stranger, Jn a strange land, he is left as a rule to 'work out his pn aalvjttien. The sult is in tKe larger" cltla ;the ' fbrtelgn-born folk engregate; in settlements ac cording' e nationalities. . They no qp?. their lot with a grim BtoigiBm that eomraelB admiration fnonttn nf Hrejuaicee ana in time rise even un der, the heavy 'UWfdea, of dlsadvaa tagee. No wprider our Sotil$logista and some of aur ckurohmea are be ginning to take'ae'tlvejntereat in the wke'le subject of tmsalgratlefl, with partllar atttiutlaa jo. tke welfare ef the newcomers who are settling la tha eltlee. And new, in the face ot the preju dle, iasllee and, exploitation of tke Iwaajgraat, doea he sink, or swim as a rale in this vast sea of strange tblaajat In Ckicage, with Its thou sands of aae peeels, elr 177 lmt sraata wk kad hea in tke United OMAHA, States less than three years were found among 17,000 cases of destitu tion last year handled by tho United Charities, and 114 out of 22,000 handled by the Jewish Aid society. Borne day it will be more clearly appreciated that people with tho grit to dare and do what tho average im migrant does In coming to our shores are desirable material for American citizenship. Belief for the Leglslautre. The now Volume of tho Nebraska session Jaws cobtalnlng tho enact ments of tho Into legislature carrloS eight dlfforent and separate laws in tho nature of amendments to the charter tor metropolitan cities, and, Hherefo'ro, ' rotating exclusively to Omaha, Compared to what previ ous Jaw-making bodies have jdono, this Is letting Omaha off tolerably oasV. for 'bome Vif thnm haVo hanrftid Uo more!.tbaa eight plecos of chartorl tinkering. As long as, wo have to go to. tho legislature for every change desired in the management of our city affairs, a continuance of this tnoth'od of patcning Is unavoidable. It is no longor necessary however. for Omaha or- any other city in No- braska to r6mnln a pr6vlhco of non resident dverlords, The. homo rule amendment, to tho constitution au thorizes .tho framing and adoption ot a homo rule charter which) when approVod by' tho voters, supplanto tho charter made for us at Lincoln, and, while subject to modification at any time-by our own -voters, is Im mune froni amendment or repeal by the. legislature After, the home ruld rfbdrter is adoptod Wo will not havq, to bother the legislature ip. matters ofc purely local concern, nor will tho legislature have any bUsl' ncsa or tight to bother us. That la the essence of the home rule chartora. that are now jn the'., making for Omaha auditor Lincoln, ' Subduing tho Suffragettes. In the midst of all his woo Johnny null is able to mako his Undo Sam uel laugh One day cornea tho rip ping report that England at last has snuffed out militant shffragottotsm, the next tho news that militant suf fragettes have stormed another royal battlement and burned down a fjne mansion or two. It looks like , a bally good joke someone had played on John or John ou Bamuel. At any rate, the torch wiolders of Ooneral Pankhurst's army teem to be on tkd Job with reinforcements and Colonel Bull has not snuffed tut anything! This.ti mo u m tae neantry residence ef Sir Wll llasa H, Lever, -foaader of Port Sua-, light and chairman of. the Liverpool College ef, Treplcal Medicine. Hah Hal Ask Sir WUHara If there has been any snuffing- out of fern- tttiatf ifiilltaricy; 'Arpiuish old Joke t".,s, gpanny. vyu, rorsootn. What do the ladles say? Listen : "We shall do Just aa much aa we Chooso." Miss Richardson, who had additionally assaulted a fow inof fcnalvo and patriotic police. This la the Barao England whoso Imperial sun nover sets, bo vast Its domain, so regnant Its power, What if Napoleon had only had an army ot suffragettes to send to Waterloo that w w , Perry in' Japan. un a promontory overlooking Vedo bar and visible far out into the aa stands a great monument of Mat. thCw Calbralth Perry, commodoro in tke American navy. It was erected by Japan as an expression, of its gratitude to Perry for Inviting it Into relations with the natloaa of tha west,. The invitation was sent toy President Fillmore and sixty years ago tniB month July 7, 1853 Com modare Perry on hie flagship, Mis sissippi, put la at Kurlhama. In the Bay of Tedo, and Just one week later uc(iyered his message to representa tives of the Sbogun, -which, the prosl dent of the United States sent to tho ruler-of Japan, - J,apan took It 'seriously, acted upon the InvltiUon'jUst as though It were seriously meant. Today, sl?tty. years later, we still crave Japan's relations insofar aa they relate." exclusively to Japan's patronage of our commerce and schools, reserving the right .to re8lnct those relations when they extend t 'certain limitations arbl trarlly fixed by us. What of, reaultir So faithfully .has Japan maintained tnose-relations- as to- control today the commerce of the Pacific, insofar as It la controlled1 by any ilngle rqwer; at least it .eclipses anv hold that Ani6ican,have on It, and year by year as American trade loses. Japanese gains; on this ocean that comprises on e-third of. the earth's surface; - "Whatever nation secures tho do minion of tae Pacific and maintain H ha reache'd the sphere and poa- alblllty of -world-cmplre," observes General Homer Lea, writing In tbb NortJ American Review, and Don Q. Seftx. eentrlbutlne to tha same nub'. flpatlea. gbe bo far as to, say that instead of our Pacific coa$ interests being helped, they will be hurt. In this, resnect, by tke Panama 'canal so long as we continue to yield our national treatment of Japan to a Cal norma. The trade from the east, he says, will prnceed direct to New "k, "the great hespitablo free city that has ae hatreds and no toes." ' paa cranoneo aas lost 70 per coat of nr industries since the fire and tke finest karar o& tke Pacific SUNDAY MOBNINO, JULY is empty of ships," he adds. But California at all hasards must main tain Its anti-Japanese censorship at tho Golden date. Under all tho odds, rightly or wrongly Imposed by us, Japan continues to stand by the Mikado's acceptance of tho Fillmore- Perry Invitation, and in such a way as to make our position somehow seem pitiably weak and Inconsistent How long our nation will bo content to neglect her own Interests at sea and let tho Japanese question drag along unanswered, who can tell? Kick Hick Off the Screens. The publishers claiming a copy right on Nick Carter literature have gono to court to prevent exploiting their lurid hero on moving picture Etireens. Whether tho authors win or lose, let us hope tho youth of tho country may be saved such impres sions of heroism as Nick Carter pic tures would make. Thoro Is enough of "Old Nick" on the screens with- oot adding tho dlmo-novel demons to tho repertory. Fortunatoly, the species ot litera ture typified by Nick Carter novels seems to bo not aamuch in -vogue now aayformerly, ' though perhaps Eoma orHno more moaern species are no Improvement on. them. Regard less of that, there Is certainly no oc casion 'tSti. visualizing Buch 'stuff by means of .the mbvleo,. and our censor hoards can well cut thorn out lost in tfce "gToods. Precident. Wilson cot lost In. the Mew Hampshire wobda today, flnally'feathlnff after tho longest 'automobile rld4of!,Ws Visit hero:-CornUh INH.) Dispatch, But such an. experience only adds i il..H1 .nlliw Tf I is pleasant to bo l6st among, tho friendly old trees oti the forest, es pecially when one knows he Is suro to llnd the way out. . Presld6nt Wil son had another forest to penetrato, though, in which, If he gets lost, he is not apt to emergo'-eo easily. It Is densei1 broods than -temple the gentle hills ot Old Now Hampshire, nnd moro treacherous in It's undergrowth. In this timber ot free trade and cur rency legislation tho ground is thatched with thorna and briers and tramblobush, which try thd mettle ot tho most experienced and skilled woodsmen". Many a ono has been lost in them and none como out un scratched. Yet the president hurls himsolf into this unfriendly thicket aa if ho knew all about it add how to keep directions Let .him beware. Let htm at least tell the folks at heme not to be anxious If ha falls to return in time for tho next meal, and not to count on him to do the carving lest the hungry crowding the .demo-' cratlc family festal board famish tor- pie. . c Woriy.- . .Thore is m'orophiijjsQpny'th'an ap pears on the surface In thepdpular "I should worry" retort. It is with out doubt susceptible of proof that worry produces gray nalr, prema ture Crinkles and that haggard look that betokens lack. of contentment. "Don't borrow trouble" Is only an other Way ot formulating the same )dea on tho assumption that every person has troubles enough of tiU own. The person who- does not worry may lose out la many waysj hut tho chances are that unruffled equanimity will conduce to a happy 'disposition. On tho other hand, tho "I Bhould worry" admonition must not be takea to mean cold Indifference to other people's needs, nor should it stop anyone from bolng helpful to a neighbor in dlstrees. It should not prevent effort to relieve other folks ef their worries, But If worry could be eliminated altogether for al of us, what a load would .he lifted from the burden bearers. In the death of Frederick P. J3cknake another' of the ploneor jour nalists of Omaha's early career passes to tha .great boyond. Mr. Schnake was a rugged "character, fearless and' outspoken, and unwav ering In his devotion to tho principle ot liberty, both. In ata native father land -and here, where for trfany years he wielded' no little power through his German newspapers. with tho eeteenled Commoner ro- .duced from a weekly to a monthly visitor, -the assumption Is. natural that tha country has survived at least some ortfcn moTo'Dresslnsr dan gors that bo long menaced It. Of courae, the fact that the cdltor-in chief and associate editor nave both "l'andfed" has nothing to dp with the dhango. .- ' That must' have been intended aa a , Joker that' announcement of shorter hor for, firemen at the water, work pumping station, fol lowed immediately by the purchase of .automatic stokjsraV warranted .to, cut thm altogether off the payroll. while yelling so loud for pub licity ot lobbyists. It would be n great thing It there-were some way to cam- pel the fake. rotormv organs that are opposing tke home rule charter to tell right .out,, and truthfully, In .whose latemt. they are fighting Uncle Bam Is not worrying over the fast tbat his flag was trampled In the- dust at Winnipeg. He knows it was not dene, by decent Canadians and that it is Impossible- for Canada as well as the Halted mates to build thus-proof boundary llae. 13, 1913. LookWBacWatd llibDiiiOraalia COMPILED rnoM tXX3 JULY IS. Thirty Years Ago A near riot la on atralnat th council trying to force Colorado i.naton for paving material against yra'.is'. of prfip erty owners who ere to pa for it. Atlas Etta Wells has gone on a visit to Kenosha. Wis. The Misses Margaret Vllsn, l)'le Dickey and Lulu Cramer loft for A so journ at Lake Qenevn, Wis. Miss William Ompcrson nnd son accom panied by Miss Anna Qulgley ot the .en ter street school have gone to Milwaukee, Iter. C. W. feavldge, pastor ot the First Methodist Episcopal church Is back from Minneapolis where he officiated at the weddin of bis brother. John McFaddeh, a young man who drives a team for Bradfr-d's lumber yard, was killed by llghtuln during- H thunderstorm ' thl morning-. it Is said to bo tho first instance of a fatal light ning stroke on evidence In Omaha. Geergo W". Boydon for a ldng'Unte cdn. nected with tho Union Paclflo railroad bin Jhla city and subsequently- tnov."d nrt to Norm Platte,- has returned to Omaha where lie will make his" 'heiflquslrters horeaften A fcW (f 'those 'elegant 5-Mnt lr.Wns left at Wltg fit Westberg's. 'Call ahd Bet inwtnfir beforo ' thoy drc air gdae. OeOFta P- Rrflwn. nnnnattM George Brown, opposite" the past- office,'1 wants an experienced Iry tools Salesrnan. Twenty Years Ago Friends of Bpud Farrish were planntns a big benefit ball game for htm at the fair grounds between, Birmingham's Con ventions and tho Fort Omaha soldiers. Joo Dolan was secured to play third base for tho . Conventions and Eildlo Lawler left field, while Fred- It us tin and Mon Beal of1 the 1'alo college earn, who were home on a vacation, 'were to play with tho soldiers Beal second and flJistln third. KounUo place, Omaha's fashionable suburb, was the scene of a happy mar riage at 8:39 p. m., that united Miss Augusta McAusland and Dr. W. M. Mo ConnelU at tho home of tho bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C McAusano, tm Locust street Rev. W. K. Beans of Trinity Methodist church performed the ceremony. Following four cute little tots Eugenia McAusland, Laura Cron dall, Bowena McAUsland .and Florence P&rmalee came the bride and groom, walking to the wedding march, played by Herbert McConnell, a brother Of the groom. Or, and Mrs. McConnell left at midnight for Chicago to visit the World's fair, thence to proceed to Crawford, N. J., Where the doctor had succeeded to the practice- of his father, one tf the prorn ihtnt physicians near New York City.- ; W. J ConneU, city; attorney, vaa, in. Lincoln, arguing & paving case before the supremo, court, and & 31 Cornish, us slstapt city' attorney, ri Chicago, famil iarizing himself with the best points in tho World's fair. A very1 oulet wedding occurred when Miss. Mabd' S'e Land ot Norman, Okl., became the1 bride of It. A. purclple of Omaha. They arranged their home for the summer at 1823 Farnara street. Ten Years Ago - The official figures ot the tax depart ment showed that PougUis county would raise for all purposes the sum or uv,mz.u upon .the.. assessment lor the year. It was base ball night at the Ak-Sar- ntt nn hnrt. Pa Rourka and .Kid Nicholn Of Kansas City escorted their respective teams out to do obeltanoe. to ye goodly king and was so conilctoly on the Job that he didn't allow 4aShlt, except what he made hlrhaelf. The body 'of TUchard 8. Berlin, one of tho roost popular men about town, was found at his desk In his Continental block off I cy where death had evidently ensued as Mr. Berlin was addresslng'& letter to his sister, Alda. The discovery Was made by Dr. K. A. Foster, an, intimate friend, and Robert W. Patrick, a cousin, who had called td see Mr. Berlin, on business. Mr. BerUn wa .expected at tho Patrick home In Dundee far evening dinner. Sister Mary Laurentla MqNiohbls died In the Uth year of her r? l!glou;ilf at St. Catherine's academy. 'Sl'ghttnth and Cass (treta, . , l Dick. Ferris came dQf n tfom' Minneap olis to-takea personal part la theprsen tattpa by hla stock company at thfe Uoyd pf (hat stirring ;lltt contedy-droma, "My Jlnr.'' so populajj in Omaha. Vhere i(r, Ferris also, had many friends.-. , AKM.ed Oar Thtngr. Pittsburgh Dispatch, Prof. Wilson and Prof. Taft both wrot eutoclea of Commodore Perry to bo deposited- In the cornerstone ot the new monument at Erie. In tho Interest ot tho historical knowledge of future genera, i tlans thta might wleely be accompanied 4 w(th a footnpto statin that this is a most tho only question' on which these eminent gentlemen wero agreed. Sotuv "Work Abend. New York World, A b)at of th herculean task ot the anti-liquor and anti-tobacco reformers U given by the 330S.4TleO Internal revenue receipts for last year, n amount W.Wt, 1 093 In excess of that for the year prevt, ous. ' Dark Spot Shed Ko Llwht. St Loula-CJlobe-Demccrat - Victory In Uexleo and the Balkan would be more luteresUng- If anybody could tell who whipped, Comrade. Philadelphia Ledger. Lobbying, lying and Jawing appear to be. partner. ss-llfe People and Events Graft 'rumors are nbfoud in St Louis, and Joe Folk Is off the Job. Borne few Chicago men ore born great, others are achieving greatness by'Ueej lng house while their 'wives go out to vote. The only obstacle to the appotnbnent of ten . women on tho police force ot Chicago, tor service In the porks and beaches, is the problem ot designing a suitable uniform dad .that's some prob lem. , -i Most members of congress are. content to work for their salaries in'-Wishlng-ton in midsummer. Whatever tears they Bhed aro tears of real grief over the loss the chautauqua circuit suffers by reason of their absence. Tho people of this "glorious corn belt wiU vibrate Wlth- thS trUfc hieody of -visited thV country gets into life When soma genius perfects P''j,.hap 4 tobtaln.' h "solution ot one LL.0,!!:.J.W that puaal-EvUt Chicago ho was pahs which "may bo hltchfed tA' tils'., tolls of tho coal trust in midwinter. ' Among the improvements noted 'In San Francisco is the Jump ot the city 'tax rate from to 12.29 per 31(0. In b, year. A few years ago the rate 'was 31.10. But San Franclsod is growing. arid it takes money to stretch the' bolt, Ohio, rightly famous for It high per centage ot patriots, points with pride to .one cltlien .who wants only 32,000 from a railroad company which, cut off .bbth. Ma arms andne foot Ahd thjr, bono - headed corporation Insists on him -suing for the money. Eleven married women and One baohe lor maid constituted a Son Francisco Jury whtch heard the evidence In. ca charge of blackmail mado by one woman against another. The Jury returned a verdict of not guilty in short order, -th prosecution being unable to pfove Intent to defraud. The moral welfare, workers of Kan sas City, headed by n, preacher, have decided that olght- Inches Is, the proper distance dancers in pairs must maintain to. avoid suspicion.. The" rule Is fairly well observed at public dances, but at prlvdto dances, the preacher, declares, tho clutch is' tight enough to flatten the front buttons. My, what an awful townl Tho artistic temperament Is si ym derful fiction. One of lta victims in Boston, suing for divorce, accuses his wife of too much domesUclty, though ho was compelled to admit she Is an artist in the kitchen. To his artistic mind, that which ycltlos tna palate does not blend with the colors on'.the palette. By tho scales of the sacred codfish, wouldn't that Jar you? MTJTELI KNOCKS. The average man is a guy who1 be lieves he is better than his neighbors.- A young woman can get more with a look that an old woman can With a long talk. There aro some things that the devil la too decent to do .himself so be turns them over to the liypbcrltcs. A boy of IS thlnka all stage robbers' wear masks. But a man of E0 knows that lot of them wear tights, Some year ago a 'girl wouldn't think of going downtown In her . nightgown. But It Is different these days. There are lots Of ginks who believe they .ought to get credit for It because their grandfathers fought in the., civil yX" . ..,-. , 8omo men ,are so suspicious that they spllta'lead pond! to eee if the lead 'goes' Hill -the way through before they "will purchase it The world is 800,000,000. years old, hut lots, -of men believe that, If they blew their'. Jobs today the blamed unlyersa would quit revolving.. The reason Solomon is called the wisest man Is because he never, tried to tell each ot his wives that she was tho only Woman he ever loved. The man who brings the stump of an unlighted Flor Do Glue Factory Into a street car Is one kind of a pest But did you ever have an Honest Son Of Toil stack up against you lit 'a street car after he "had finished his day's workT The above merely being ample proof of the fact that Sweat Is Mightier than Nicotine. Cincinnati Enquirer. BLASTS FROM SAM'S 110 JIN. The nation that forgets -its past.-; will never have much ot a future. Without castles in the air there would nsver hate been any palaces" on the "ground What, the country will i after a whllo will depend upon 'what we- are teaching the children i nowv What wo would put into the life of the nation we must first put Into the mind of the child. Without the dreamers of yesterday the world would riot have been as Vide awake aa Jt is today. We ard what we are today because we did unto, our neighbor what he wanted to do unto usand did it first Tho Puritan came to this country "more than 100 years ahead of the mule' and did all tho ktcklng until the mule ar rived. Every boy should be taught Ih&t h must sign his own declaration of in. dependence, and fight his own; revolution ary war. f et us not forget the Purl fan mothers. They net. only endured all the Pilgrim Fathers endured, but also endured the Pilgrim Father." -rsr bbsbsssssssshbsb jSSBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB B sV fta1. You are cordially invited to inspect our complete line of these matchless instruments STEINWAY GRAND $750 and up. $TEINWAY UPRIGHTS $550 and up. 1 SOLD ON IASY TERMS. SCKMOLLER ft NIELLER PIANO CO. iait-ti3 farMam iithkkt, Exclusive STEINWAY Eepresentative, SECULAR SHOTS AT PULHT. New .York Post: A preacher of the u..i.nk r nn.i.i.1 had thn lmftdn- 1'IV.IUU iiaillO VJ . Muokn.u. atlon to call Mr. Rockefeller "a rose In the garden , ot the Lord." Cleveland Plain Dealer: A New Jer sey minister ato thirty-two pancakes at one sitting. lie should be tried for her esy, for ho shows an Indifference to the hereafter. San Francisco Chronicle! John X. Rockefeller's pastor describes him as a rose bush In the Lord's garden. One plergymarv. too pjActical to waste time talking expensive .noiisense about tainted moniK i Philadelphia Ledger: The clergy broad ens andbepomts moro tolerant with the "passing t?r time. ThV preacher who wanted 'toJdellateflljj question of bap tlsni with "'thV pastor of 1the other church practically is 'extlneL Pittsburgh Dispatch', :A Scotch clergy . .... . . . . . i . . i . told th'af for a' JiergynVan to amoko would ruin his roputauon as a religious man. "It Was sa at the Moody Bible Institute at any1, rate." But in LoUls "Vilto. where-there-0s. a large Baptist Hfmmary, ha foUnS that smoking was "the , iriost orthodox thing they did." .Wherefore ReV Dbhald MacLcan calls, perhaps wltn gentle irony, on tho ,church-, people , of thb.nlted States to find sqme means determining wnetner t bk Mt jn taeS,bWr countries t0 u Be,.Ued by church authority; -.In this country If a Church jautnoruy...peiues one oi mom lit -a way'tnatdbes.'nbl suit you, you can organize a little church of your own or 'simply stay away from church as 'many Americans 'do. SUNDAY SMILES. Tpm-Whfit'S the difference between betting and bluffing? Jack-A' good deal, Yale Record. . He Do you really think It IS raining enough to put up the' umbreUaT She Don t bo undecided. That's the third time you've asked that question. Now either put tfp or shut up. Baltimore American. ' . Smith My wife lold mo today that she would have to have Bom'e new clothes this summer. . ... Jones Don't you believe her, SmlU. They tell you that every summer if you listen to 'em. Baltimore American. "How do you like the new hat X bought for my aunt7" . . "It's rather ldud, isn't It?" , "Oh,'1welI, what's the difference? She's deaf." Chicago Record-Herald, Hub So you've been to the teacher of physical culture. Well, what did she tell you? Wife The first thing she told me was to keep my chin up. Hub Huhl I hadn't noUced any falling Oft in that line. Boston Transcript "Gerald, have I ever given you reason to think I would marry you?' "No. Gwendolen, you never have, and It you don't want me to bother you any mors I won't Just glvo me my regular good-night kiss and I'll go." Indianapo lis News. I "I was so gla whenmy musical neigh bor on one side got rid ot his baby grand." supose so." "But X got no relief from that, for my neighbor on the other side has a grand baby." Baltimore American. "Say, come on, now; please do: won't you ko ;wlth me to the dance tomorrow n,."fyJJ( nnd wallflower all through the evening. You know very well I can't do anything Jiut wffltV' St Louis Re- 'Confound -U.V iald. "the mechanician who was 07108' to wend the punctured tire, "there1 nothing standard about an automobile."- " . ' - . . "Yes, there is," replied. the owner ot the car. . . "I'd like to know .what It Is." ".Trouble." Chicago Record-Herald. THE FKEEMAITt From Truth.. . Let them levy Income? taxes, ' - Let them cut their iarif f down. Let the man who Strikes and- Whacks us Blow old Croesus out of'town: What care-1 for trouble makers? Let the gored ox grunt and. groap. I've a patch of good ten acres And a roof tree all my own. Head erect and independent As a bird upon the wing. In these, summer days resplendent On my llttla patch I'm king. Stocks decline And wealth Is fleeting. Only God.' green earth is sure; Hungry man 1. always eating; He who feed him Is. secure. Hear my strutting biddies clucklgt Hear that boastful rooster crow), While I'm sweating, digging, mucking Where my .peas and berries grow, Let sad. people do their rhyming-. Let loud e pout era mouth and talk. Jacks llk6 me .see fortunes' clImbintT Top of eVry-green bean static Banker, traders.' corporations. T 1 Must to others bend the spine: ' All have, debts and obligations;. Who has freedom such as mine. Runs the law of all the ages First in Freedom ranks ehall's'stand Ho who know no bond nor Wa&os uwns tne eon ana rules the lane I a-iss aai3 VVvail Not for me the foreign tour. TolUr.g, I have sdmethlng finer" i' Than the glltt'ring dollar's . lnr Life that fears no man's resentment Happiness that knows no sting;, Health .and strength and calm- content mnt, ' "' , Ten green acres .where Pm king. (if What care I for trouble makers? I can reap where I have; eqwa I v a patch of ten green acre A And' a roof tree all my own, - Thla the song of all the ages'-. 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