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The Omaha Sunday Bee.
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JUNE CHICULATION.
50,401
State of Nebraaka, County of Douglaa,' ai:
Fwlght Williams, circulation manager
of The Bee Publishing company, being
duly sworn, aays that the average dally
circulation for the month of June. WU,
Waa W,l. DWIOHT WILLIAMS,
Circulation Managtr.
SuSacrlbed In my presence And worn
to befora me ihla id day of July. Wit
nODEIlT HUNTBH,
(Seal) Notary Public,
Subscriber lrrtTlnu (ho city
temporarily alinultl imvo The llee
mailed to thrm. Addreaa will bo
cbnnsred na often n reyneatad.
But tho wtather forecasted ia the
roal original standpatter.
'Member when 'a boy how it usod
to rain In Bummortlme? Qco, wasn't
It groat I
As near na ono at a distance can
toll, tho Mexican revolution is still
revolving.
It would bo too bad, for congress
to adjourn and leavo anything unin
vestigated. Soft answers not only turn away
wrath, but wars and atrlkca and
other plagues.
Radium soils for $2,400,000 an
ounco, but, fortunately, It is a luxury
and not a necessity,
Tho good Bhlp "Booster" draws
mora water and rldoa steadier than
the, pirate boat "Knocker."
It must bo admitted that eomo
really famous men havo found tholr
way Into tho Mulhall of famo,
Considering that ha Is, not recog
nized, President Huer'ta keeps him
self tolerably well in ovldenco, .
Tho transformation of Mr. Bryan's
commoner iroin a woomy to a
monthly makes It uncommonor.
Help!
Tho middle west bankers do not
like tho taste of the currency bill
concoction, and don't caro who
knows It
And, by the way, what sort ot a
hunch did Damo Fashion havo when
she sprung thoso Bulgarian ties and
blouses?
A sob-artist urges husbands novor
to let tholr hearts grow cold. No,
for cold hearts and feet never won
a fair bet
l
Keeping a homo in Nebraska,
Texas. Florida and Washington, no
"wonder Mr. Bryan finds living ex
penses high.
Hiss Inez Mllholland, who has Just
taken unto herself a husband, is
nono ot your starving Buttragettes,
you bet your wo.
A new king of tho Gypsies is be
ing chosen at Mexico, Mo., which
serves for tho moment to locate that
town on tho map.
While investigations are tho or-
dfer of tho day, why shouldn't tho
Central Labor union have'' one ot its
own Just to keep on the boards?
Think ot tho fine bookings Colonel
Mulhall Is forced to forego on tho
Chautauqua circuit by being kept on
the witness stand at Washington so
long.
Two brewer workers and a bar
tender jure among the six Oruahans
overcome by heat in a day. What,
does the mercury play -favorites like
man ;
Secretary Bryan says he cleans up
about $250 on each ot his chautau
qua, lectures. Oh pshaw! McBrien
would have gotten more than that
for him!
"Nobody loves a fat man" when bo
persists in blocking the aisle of a
p&y-as-you-enter street car, and it is
awful hard to love even a. fat woman
who does It.
The Lincoln Journal already
counts VP eight statewide initiative
or referendum propositions to be
toted up or down In Nebraska next
year. Pretty good start.
The consolation Is that torn-up
streets Indicate buidlng operations
and business activity. If grass woro
growing between the cobbles wo
vould be complaining more loudly,
What Spells Success.
Every success achieved by a legit
imate business enterprise In any
community is a benefit to the whole
community. Every logltlmato busi
ness enterprise that succumbs to fail
ure Is a detriment to tho community,
Thoso declarations will, of course,
striko many as trlto truisms, yet
they are too commonly Ignored or
forgotten.
A community interest in tho suc
cess of its business men and business
establishments calls for community
co-operation to build them up, and
to protect them against efforts to
tear them down. It will bo concodod
that every community Is afflicted
from timo to tlmo with business ven
tures that it would bo hotter oft
without, piratical schomes. blue-sky
speculations or plain fraudB and
swindles, which should not bo coun
tenanced, much less encouraged.
But tho merchant, tho manufac
turer and tho Jobber, Investing real
capital, employing labor at fair
wages, serving customers with hon
est goods, is a valuable assot, not
only for hlmsolf and thoso directly
lnterestod with him, but also for his
neighbors, including his competitors.
It is a common practico for a city
to offor inducements to sccuro tho
location of sonic- now mercantllo or
industrial Institution, and if, it is
worth whllo for It to hold out at
tractions for business capital, it
muBt be oqually worth whllo to
strengthen, or at leaBt not needlessly
to weaken, tho business it already
has.
A motto ouco a favorlto in tho
commercial world won "Hvo and lot
llvo." In a community ot intorest,
however, it is not enough to let llvo,
but tho demand is to help live. A
man who is always running tho other
fellow down cannot mako much
headway hlmsolf. Tho town whoso
pooplo decry, their own Industries
and Industrial captains must havo
its growth retarded, whllo tho placo
where all Join In tho forward pull
will spell success and kcop noar tho
head of tho procession.
i i
On Swatting the Fly.
Swatting files, Improving sanitary
conditions, taking much out-of-door
oxerotso, should conduco to good
health and long life, a goal toward
which Americans aro striving with
natlvo zeal. Ono of tho evidences ot
progress is that with 12,000 Amorl-
cnan soldiers encampod along tho
coast border of Texas for flvo
months, not a caso of typhoid fever
has dovelopod, whereas in 1808 our
troops had hardly landed at Tampa
until thoy wero disastrously Infected.
Yellow fever in tho United States Is
practically extinct and other germatic
maladies aro fast losing ground.
In tlmo at this rate wo shpuld
bogln to roallzo tho results of our
crusado In tho longevity of tho raco.
But wo need to Hoop our fly-swattors
going. According to experts in tho
government oorvico at Washington
our fly population, of which wo havo
no exact census, costs us approxi
mately 9157,800,000, to say nothing
of tho loss In lifo. That is wo pay
out $5,000,000 In handling tubercu
losis cases attributable to tho fly and
$70,000,000 In treating tho victims
ot typhoid fever duo to tho samo
cauco. Ab a carrier of intestinal
fever and summer diseases and a
transporting agency of dysentery,
tho fly scientists say must be hold
accountable for an outlay ot $37,-
800,000 for tho cure of thoso di-
oases. Thero is a total of $157,-
800,000 chargeable against tho fly.
Even though theso figures bo
slightly exaggerated, they afford
amplo argument and incontlvo
to Bwat tho fly whenever wo get tho
chance.
The Church's Introspection.
"Of tho 1,900 Baptlat churches In the
state or Missouri, i,wu aro not wprtn a
darn." This free utterance In tho. pulpit
of the Third Baptist church before a
large congregation might have arouaod
p proteat hod It not been that tho speaker
was tho veteran leader of Mlaaourt's Bap.
tlst theology, Rev. Dr. J. P. Greene of
Liberty, Mo., president of William Jewell
college. fit Louts Globe-Democrat.
Addressing thousands of men and
womon constituting tho international
convention of Christian Endeavor at
Los Angeles, Dr. J. A. MaoDonnld,
editor of the Toronto Globe, formerly
a minister and one ot tho most con
spicuous churchmen ot tho Proaby
terian faith in North America, said,
that the church at present is domi
nated by the rich and satisfied and
does' not readily adapt itself to the
solution of world problems as It
should. Ho urged tho nocesslty for
articulating present needs with old
methods and doctrines as the first
stop toward tho assertion of proper
powor.
Thta introspection on the part of
the church, itself, instead of being a
sign of discouragement, should be
tegarded as precisoly tho reverse. So
long as the church recognizes tho
need of self-improvement and is not
afraid ot self-examination and crltl
clsm, it has reason for large hope
and achievement. Tho day of de
spair for It would have come if, with
theso faults, it lacked the leaders to
expose them. No Dr. Qroene or Dr.
MacDonald is criticising or scolding
the scribes or Pharisees or hypocrites
In the church today as severely as
Christ, the founder of these men's
church, rebuked them.
Vfoo unto you, Pharisee, for ye lovo
uppermost aeats in the synagogues, and
greeting in the markets. Wo unto you.
orlbcs, Phariaeea and hypocrites, for ya
ore a graves wjjtch appear not. and tus
men that walk over them are not aware
of them.
And on other occasions ho cn!Ie
them "whlted sepulohers." It must
bo raid, though, that iu many direc
tions the church of today Is rooohing
out as if conscious of its responsibil
ity and opportunity for servlco in the
solution of world and worldly prob
lems, and this is tho best evidence
of tho valuo of Us introspection.
Glass Houses and Stone.
Viowed in Its worst aspects, what
is the Mexican revolution as com
pared with the incessant war of na
tional extinction in the Balkans?
Suppose tho scenes shifted and the
strugglo for tho survival of tho fit
test wore being dragged out on our
southern boundary line and the Mox
ican family furoro enacted along tho
Bosphorus, what would be tho ro
Bpoctlvo attitudes of tho United
Stat os and thoso European powers
now condemning us for neither
recognizing tho Huorta regime nor
interfering with Mexico's Internal
eruption.
Nations no more than individuals
living in glass houses can afford to
throw stones. Truo, tho Mexican
uprisings aro disturbing to lives and
property of all nationalities in tho
troubled zono, but tho Incessant Bal
kan slaughters for national extinc
tion aro of far graver import. Eu
ropo will havo to let us qulot our
own troubles in our" own way.
Correct Pronunciation.
Correct pronunciation, llko most
othor virtues, should begin in the
homo. It may bo too lato to leave
its beginning to tho school. Tho
averago child is much more apt to
get his basic and lasting impressions
from his parents than from his
teachers. Careless pronunciation
around tho family tablo invariably
has its effect upon tho youngster.
It Is oxcoodlngly Important, if wo
aro to attompt to maintain anything
llko a standard of English, that the
homo bolp tho school all It can In
giving tho child the earlier bent.
Amusing experiences often present
thoraselvos in the effort of a toacher
to convince a child that a pronuncia
tion loarned at home is wrong. The
child, naturally, thinks father and
mothor know as much, as or moro
than tho teachor and consciously or
unconsciously ylolds but slowly to a
different Instruction.
Ab a matter of fact, not Infre
quently othorwiso woll-educatod folk
aro found holding to orronoous pro
nunciations acquired in tho homo,
which all their later schooling- and
knowledgo havo not supplanted. Tho
original lmprosslon often amounts
to a deep-rooted and permanent
provincialism.
William Bookofeller Redivivas.
It may bo taken for granted that
an anxiouB public will bo glad to
know of tho rocovory of William
Rockofoller, tho hero of Jekyl Island.
Only a few months ago trembling
pity was excltod at tho spectacle ot
a dying man, with palsied hand and
feeblo voice, forced by flat of tho re
lentless Pujo investigating committee
to cough up a fow facts as to how ho
and two or threo other amiable old
gentlemen camo nearly to monopolize
all tho monoy In tho land.
Tho other day the directors of the
New York, Now Havon & Hartford
railroad, ot whom Mr. Rockefeller is
ono, held a meeting at whloh, accord
lng to press accounts, there was much
loud talking and pounding of tables,
and abovo tho din of other voices and
fists those of William Rockefellor
raug out loudest. So if there be
mournors still weoplng at tho bench
for Uncle William, let them dry their
oyos, for his good right arm has not
lost Its strength.
A great cartoonist onco mado tho
late Mr. Harrlman Bay, "First, bo
Buro you have a good lawyor, and
then go ahead until somebody stops
you." By substituting tho word
"doctor" for "lawyer" that might
mako a most appropriate motto for
certain other distinguished kings of
commerce
Canadian Commerce and Cotton.
The figures show that Uncle Sam
is still the leading foreign merchant
In Canada, that he supplied 05 per
cent of Canada's imports in 1912,
while England supplied only 20 per
cent. It is no wonder the mother
country la hastening her agents over
to the Dominion soliciting now or
ders, studying Canadian tastes and
domands with a view ot bettor satis
tying them.
It is. probable, though, that whllo
England may bo able to increase Its
trado with its greatest province, It
can never hopo to surpass tho United
States. Our proximity, facllltatlpg
communication, and tho similarity in
American and Canadian methods ot
business, manners ot dress and liv
ing in short, our ability to give the
Canadian moro tor his monoy than
England can, afford us an advantage
that Johnny Bull may hardly hope
to overcome.
And yet there Is room for larger
American trado in Canada. It has
been pointed out that though we
supply 05 per cent ot Canada's im
ports, we are-behind in the cotton
business there, whereas we should
lead. Canada bought 60 per cent ot
Its imported cotton goods from Eng
land last year, or $14,378,664 worth,
und only $6,974,016 worth from us.
Yot England depends largely upon
us for its raw material. The cotton
situation, In the United States lg a
T1IE OMAHA HPNDAY BEE: JULY 20, 1913.
; erullar one. A few years ago it J
developed that, with all our great
southern cotton flolds, we wero not
producing up to tho increase in de
mands for raw cotton, and, as a mat
ter ot fact, the cotton gins, even In
tho south, whoro manufacturing has
t&kon a strong hold, woro mutlplylng
at a faster rato than tho acrcago de
voted to the growing of the plant.
Tho result was, according to this re
port, that New England nnd English
mills wero finding it difficult to get
sufficient supplies from tho cotton
grower to enable them to meet tholr
demands for manufactured goods.
No ono would suggest that the
solution lies In curtailing southern
manufacturing; It Is obvious that It
lies, so far as tho United States Is
concerned, In a moro extensive pro
duction of cotton. Admittedly the
south could, and should, intensify,
as well as extend, its cultivation, and
when it does our foroign exports
may bo counted on to tako up tho
increase
Tho Baron's Paradox.
"Oh wad somo powor the gittlo
gio us, to sco oursel's as others see
us," sang Uio famous Scotch bard;
yet occasionally a stranger from
abroad looks in on us and then lets
us view ourselvos through his
glasses.
Many will recall tho tour ot this
country, In tho interest of tho world
peaco movement, winter before last,
of that noted French publicist, Baron
D'Estournollcs Do Constant. Ono
ot his public addresses was delivered
at Lincoln, to which ho refers In tho
volume now prlntod, relating his ex
periences and impressions in Amer
ica. Freely translated from the
French, this is what the baron says:
Lincoln 1 a paradox. X do not well
croup tho reason for Its existence as a
state capital. It has a comparatively
small population, about 30,000 Inhabitant,
whllo Omaha, tho principal city ot Ne
braska, has two or throo times a rrtany
pooplo, and Is far-famed by the im
portance of Its meat packing Industry
and Its smelting resource. When tho
decision was mado on the question
whether tio capital ahould remain at
Omaha, the preference was given almost
unanimously to Lincoln, and since then
the legislative, admtnlstratlvo and judicial
activities ot the state havo been grouped
In this secondary center, Just as Spring
field took them away from Chicago,
Baton Rouge from New Orleans, etc.
Another sidelight 1b thrown by tho
baron in his concluding reference:
Having finished my meeting at the
university, I quitted Lincoln after a
bcauttful cold-water dinner, observing a
rule quite common and strictly observed,
here. Without giving It a thought, be
fore rising to speak, I naked tho colored
waiter who was serving behind me at
the tablo to pour a llttlo whisky into my
water glass. Ho looked at me oh, what
a look I was quite mortified. I sought
an explanation from my neighbor, who
smiled and said "Tho temperance of this
banquet astontahes you: to you It aoemB
hypoorlsy. but It la very wise. Xou will
aee other examples of it elsewhqre. In a
now country where wo aro all over
driven, and where we produoe no wine,
If we begin with a glass of Intoxicants,
and if wo do not set the example, where
will our working people stop, and where
will our young folks atopT The cocktail
Is lnaldlous.
Porhapa tho baron unconsciously
solves tho problem, and himself fur
nishes tho koy to his paradox.
You Can But.
"To Whom it May Concorn," Pres
ident Van Cleavq addressed a letter
introducing Oolonel M. M. Mulhall,
"In chargo of the most Important
branch of our activities," In sending
him forth on his mission for the Na
tional Association of Manufacturers
in 1908. In that letter President Van
Cleave said:
You can speak to htm In strict confi
dence.
Many who did so must now bo
wondering how long President Van
Cleavo had known his tight-mouthed,
confidential1 friend.
Moral: Don't wrlto letters. Don't
go good in politics for anyone but
yourself.
Oh, isn't it funnyl Tho charter
convention is berated for not reduc
ing electrlo light rates far enough,
and of reducing wator rates too far,
by tho very same fake reform sheet
that Boven years ago waB fighting the
battle ot tho olectrlc light monopoly
and shouting Itself blue in the face
demanding lower water rates than
the charter now proscribes as a max
imum,
Threo Porto Rican Btudonts, it is
said, aro about to follow in the foot
ateps of Edward Payson Weston.
That means they will parade back
and forth between the Atlantic and
Pacific for tho next fifty years or so.
Yes, but tho groat reformers who
aro youing so aooui getting gas
cheaper than $1 havo not been heard
to say a thing about the "robber"
35-cont rate for water since the city
got stung for $7,000,000.
Tho fraroers of the democratic
tariff hill have it all figured out that
It reduces existing rates of duty
27.64 per cent. The real test, how
over, will be how much it reduces the
high cost of living,
Four newspaper publishers in
they printed a pictorial reproduction
they printed a plctorla reproduction
of "September Morn."' Art deaers
will take notice and double their
orders.
The western physician who says
he will wipe out tuberculosis in ten
years with tho X-ray at least shows
more discretion in fixing time limits
than Dr, Frledmann did.
looldtuf BacWati
IThisDainOittalia,
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Twenty Years Ago
' The telegraphers' striko continues, but
Is pronounced not an entire succeaa, and
Incldently the names of the striker in
Omaha aro given as follow: R. -Connor,
a. W, Arbuthnot, A. F. Galea,
W. C. Mooney, W. II. Hayeo. E. W.
Stevens, Leon Qaseetln, W. S. Howell,
W. W. Eaaterley. W. E. McElroy, W.
D. Bchran, f. W. Kane. F. Noel, W. J.
Rusland, n. J. Clute, E. A. Farran, W.
O. Trcmaln, A. Dcvcrall, II. B. Davis.
E. J. McRavey, F. It. Bigger, J. E.
Green. J. B. Twlford, R. F. Wllk.
Among the real estate transfers aro the
sale of tot 9 and 10, Bartlett's addition,
by L. Burnham, to S. H. II. Clark for
110,000.
A moonlight picnic at Ilatcall's park,
gotten Up by Julius Meyer, was attended
by about forty couples.
Mrs. Ella Brown, wife of F. D. Brown,
cashier of the Union Pacific road, died
at their residence, 11SC South Fourth
street, and the funeral is set for Sunday.
Rev. J. B. Max field returned from Burt
county with the Informattbn that crop
prospects thero are the best ho ever saw.
Mrs. Judge Anderson, her two boys and
daughter, aro planning a trip to visit
friend In Kansas next week.
Mr, J. Q. Cronland, the well known'
carpenter, has returned to hi old trade.
Tho mayor and delegation of citizen
of Carson, la., aro In Omaha Inspecting
our fire department '
Twenty Years Ago
Hon. J. E. Lomoster of Johnson
county, who wo In town, sold he waa
out of pplltlcs. He also thought arovet
Cleveland soon would be, and that It was
a big mistake to lower tho price of any
product of American, silver included.
W. F. Tlbbetts of tho Denver & Rio
Grando, tho oldest traveling passenger
agent In the country, wa In he city.
Congrcsman a. D. Melklejohn of tho
Third district was In town, expecting to
leavo for Washington on the 25th. Ho
was at homo arranging his law business
beforo proceeding to the capital to help
In making more law,
Judgo. Dundy wa not on hand at fed
eral court, being confined with Illness
at home, but not seriously sick.
John T. Taylor, an old resident of the
city, formerly connected with several
county offices, died after a prolonged
Illness at the Presbyterian hospital.
The capital stock of tho Omaha & Re
publican Valley railroad was Increased
to $15,000,000, to cover the deficiency ot
branch road to tho Union Pacific. The
meeting of the stockholders at which
this action was taken was held In the
office of John M. Thurston.
Ten Years Ago
The news of the night wo tho death
of Pope Leo XIII, heralded as "tho great
est of Pontiff." Tho cablegram from I
Homo came after long expectancy, for
the holy father had lingered longer than
early reports indicated he might.
Mr. George W. Stover, 1117 North
Twenty-fourth street, wa reported In a
very eerious condition, a the result of a
bite of a lap dog, pronounced a victim
ot rabies.
Lightning struck tho barn belonging to
the Carpenter Paper company, at Twen
ty-seventh and Parker streets, about 7
p. m., ana killed two horse Within, and
severely stunned A. Holmes, 7723 Bur-
dette street. In charge of the barn. Four
of the fourteen horses In the barn woro
knocked off their feet by the stroke.
Two wero revived by water and two
died. The barn was badly damaged.
D. W. Annls, who resided at the home
ot O, J. Cooler, 121S South Tenth street,
Omaha, was drowned In Lake Manawa
when a sailboat In which he, Mis Cla
baugh, Miss Beealo Cooley and Bennle
IC King had been riding, was capsized
In a storm. King and tho two young
women clung to the overturned boat
until help reached them In a launch, but
Annls, after holding onto the boat a
wile, struck off for the Kursal, toward
which he swam but a short distance
when he disappeared and waq seen no
moro until his body wa recovered some
time later by a professional diver.
GENTLE CYNICISMS.
It' a long step from the plunger to the
sponger.
The man who calls himself a fool ex
pect us to disagree with him.
The hand ot fates demonstrate that
fate seldom extend the glad hand.
When the, wolt ia at the door we can
at any rate dispense with a watchdog.
One way to improve your memory la to
do something you would like to forget
Soma fellows could run through a for
tune without even getting out of breath
Money talk, but It la never auch a
chatterbox a the people who talk
about It
It 1 the part of wisdom to forgive your
enemtea. If they happen to be bigger than
you are.
Tell a girl -aha ia the apple ot your oyo
and she will probably have her eye
peeled for you.
A man never fully appreciates hla club
till he geta married and ha a home of
his own.
Thero may be Plenty ot room at the
top. but a man must be pretty well bal
anced to stay there.
Dlatance, a a rule, doean't magnify,
but the closer we get to some people the
smaller we find them to be. New York
Time.
IlcvUlnir History.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Milwaukee aoclallata denounce Perry
Victory over the British a a "capitalistic
victory." How joyoualy simple become
tht reading ot history when onco you
have a theory to culdo you.
People and Events
The notably flno crop of July "rooata"
In tho corn belt Is not likely to reduce the
high cost of living.
Cheer upt The country Is safe I Cato
Bell of towa and Texas bos annexed a
juicy section ot federal pie In Washing
ton.
Without tho aid or consent ot tho Com
mercial club of Topcka former Governor
Stubbs of Kansas threatens to shy hi
liat Into the bull moose ring In 1910.
In the art of making money fly limou
sines are clearly outclassed. The Zeppo
lln Airship company of Germany re
port a deficit of $376,000 for tho fiscal
year.
Secretary Houston of the Interior de
partment has directed that a study bo
made of the American sardine. Great
Caesar, haven't Omaha water users trou
ble enough?
A crusado against ugly billboard Is
projected In Chicago. Yet every bill
board is town Is an art treasure, espe
cially tho art of separating advertisers
from their money.
A Saturday night raid on five of tho
forty gambling clubs In Son Francisco
resulted In the capture of 372 sporty gents.
Flvo hauls was sufficient to tip off the
play to the remaining thirty-five.
Greek magnate of Boston's "shine par
lors!' tried to lift tho price to 10 cents a
shlno every day. But a sudden slump
In business forced- a return to tho Omaha
system of sticking patrons on Saturdays,
Sundays and holidays. .
A New York womon having a royal
good time on $15,000 a year alimony ex
ceeded the speed limit with her llmouslno
and was touched In court for $2o. "Keep
tho change," she remarked as she smoth
ered tho court clerk with a $50 bill.
THUMBNAIL ETCHINGS.
A woman follow her emotions, a man
his pocketbook.
A woman's notion of an Ideal husband
Is ono who can remember the anniversary
Aftor a girl is 17 her time la about
equally divided botweon visiting, enter
taining company and writing to her
friends.
Between looking at tho thermometer
and devising plans to spite his relatives,
an elderly man's time Is pretty well oc
cupied.
The longer a man' neck, tho more
likely he is .to call attention to It by
wearing a collar one Inch high and two
sizes too large.
There are thoso who have a wider and
more general acquaintance, but the girl
behind the cigar stand in the hotel lobby
meets the greatest number of bore.
Sympathy for Rip Van Winklo Is due
to the fact that he was a drunkard and
a loafer. Had Hip been sober and indus
trious the public would have shown no
Interest In hlm:-
Whcn a woman 1 left waiting at the
church she sue for breach, of promise
nnd a gallant Jury awards damages.
But when a young man I left waiting
at tho church it i considered a great
joke. Philadelphia Ledger.
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.'
Indianapolis News: A clergyman tell
u that the devil 1 under sentence o
death, but ho contrives to keep pretty
buay under an Indefinite reprieve.
Waahlngton Post: Rev. Charlie Shel
don's suggestion to Introduce the confes
sional In Protestant churches comes Just
In time to assign a couple of synods to
Colonel Mulhall and Mr. Lamar.
Cloveland Plain Dealer: A Philadelphia
church which has just closed for good
hod a free library, a Mills hotel, a dining
room and a tailor shop. If it had only
had a bowling alley and an occasional
religious service It might have been a
success.
Philadelphia Ledger: Americans who
aro regolar church-goer at home may
feel a bit queer when they read their
names a among those present at tho
Sunday races at Longchamp races In
which the parl-mutuels took In tho ex
traordinary total ot $850,000. But, then,' dif
ferent skies make different customs.
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BLASTS FROM UAH'S HORN.
Truth never dodges, no matter who)
shoots.
Some folks never get anywhere be-t
cause they stop at the first shade tree.
A Ho 1 the most cowardly thing that
ever crawled out of the pit.
It Is bettor to aim high and miss than
not to aim at all.
Don't leavo so many things to bo set
tled by the crowd you will meet at tho
next corner.
If tho old cow really did Jump over the
moon, she didn't do It at the first jump.
The man who marries for money prob
ably Bell himself for more than he Is
worth.
It 1 better to be able to see beauty In
ashes than to bo blind and own a gold
mine.
Thero Is stilt plenty of room at the top,
but the top Is higher up than It used
to be.
Nothing Is ever gained by blaming your
luck. Better roll up your sleeves and try
to mend. It.
Diploma from tho school' of experience
aro always worth more than they cost.
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
"Moses was the great lawgiver,"
sold
tho atudent.
"Yes. And a wonderful port of his
work was tho way he managed to put so
many great laws into effect without tho
asnlstance of a lobby." Washington
Star.
Customer (complaining to lco company
manager) Your teamster doesn't give
full measure
Manager If ho doosn't, madam, ho Is
at fault.
Customer Well, he mustn't lay tho
fault at my door. Boston Transcript,
"I did business with that man over
yonder once, and found afterwards It
was a regular frame-up."
"Did you expose hlns.7"
"Nothing to expose. I wanted ths
framing up for a picture I had." Balti
more American.
"Say, old man, what' tho matter) with
youT You look completely fagged out"
"I am. I'm all In."
"What's the trouble7 Getting ready
to ask the boss for a vacation, or Just
getting back from one?" St Loul Re
public. "Would you marry a man who ho the
reputation of being not moro than half
witted?" "No, but Til bo a alater to you," Hous
ton Post
"So you want to go Into publlo lifer"
asked Senator Sorghum.
"Yes," replied the young man.
"You must remember that you will be
criticised and ridiculed even by your
friends. Can you accustom yourself to
that?"
"Yes. I'm practicing now. I wear ono
of those plaid coat with a belt In tho
back." Washington Star.
-SPINNING;.
Helen Hunt Jackson.
Like a blind spinner in the mm
I tread my days;
I know that all the thread will run
Appointed way;
I know each day will bring Its task.
And, being blind, no more I ask.
I do not know the name or use
Of that I spin;
I only know that someone cams
And laid within
My hand tho thread, and said, "Since you
Aro blind, but one thing you can do."
Sometimes the threads so rough and fast
And tangled fly,
I know wild' storms are sweeping past
And fear that I
Shall fall; but doro not try to find
A eater place, since I am blind.
' . 'I I
I know not why, but I am aura
That tint and place
In some great fabric to endure
Paat time and raco
Myi threads will have; so from the first.
Though blind, I never felt accurst
I think, perhaps, thla trust has sprung
From ono short word
Sold over me when t waa young
Bo young I heard
It; knowing not that God's name signed
My brow, and scaled me His, though
blind.
But whether this bo seal or lgn
Within, without.
It matters not. The bond divine
I nevor doubt
I know Ho set mo here, and still
Am glad, and blind, I wait His will.
But listen, listen, day by day,
To hear their troad
Who bear the finished web away,
And cut the thread,
And bring God's message In the sun,
"Thou poor, blind spinner, work Is done."
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