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niE BEK: OMAHA. TUESDAY. JULY 2D, 1U13.
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Remit by draft, eipreaa or postal order.
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of amall account. Farsonal cnedca, ex
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CORRESPONDENCE.
CommunKalioim relatine to ncwa alia
editorial matter should be addressiW
Omaha Bee. Editorial department.
JUNE CIHCULATION.
50,401
6lato of Nebraska, County Of Doulas, fi
DwiSbt Yllllama, circulation manar
of tin Ben 1'ubllshlng company, being
duly sworn, says that the average dally
circulation for the month of June, WW,
was &.. DWIOHT WIMJAMS.
Circulation Manager.
Bubscrlbtd In my presence and sworn
to before me this '3d day of July. IJU.
ROBERT HUNTER,
(gaal.) Notary Public.
(Jnbicrlbere leaving the city
temporarily sfronld hnye The Dee
mulled to them. Address Trill bo
ehaned often reqneated.
8u Chow ho Veen talcon.
Chow will coine next.
Chow
As already observed, the gas de
bate may develop moro heat than
light
Did you over know of a crooked
man who advocated turnlns on the
searchlight?
The old padlock gamo la gotnc,
but tho de luxe bookseller still finds
plenty of victims, :
If congress does not hurry It will
not Havo time to change clothes be
tween the extra and regular sosclons.
Why not sond Governor Colo
Blcaso to Mexico to see what is tho
matter, and be sure of finding out?
Tho socialist leader In Now York
who Is getting in soma hard blows on
tho monoy devjl Is former Mrs.
Punch of BL Louis.
U was our nmlablo did friend, Wn
Ting-fang, -who proposed the basis of
peace in Jbat China rebellion. Wu
la tho original 'dove. '
These Nobraakans must make good
governors for our dependencies.
There was Cbarloy Magoon, and now
corpes Dick Metcalfo.
Frank Darorosch likens ragtime to pim
ples. Always struck us that It waa moro
ilkn ehllta and fevers-Cincinnati En
quirer. Or the tummy ache.
New York Is to have tie largest
court house and the largest church
In tho world. Every city Is tho best
judge of Its own needs.
Omaha printers and employing
printers aro sotting a get-together
example which should not be lost on
other lines of industrial trade.
Now that Mrs. Wilson is to havo
a rag carpet for bor room nt tho
White House, why not put bluo mos
quito netting on tho windows?
Is It not about time to begin
checking up the cost as comparod
with results of some of theso numer
ous congressional Investigations?
colonel Wuttorson'a Courier
Journal aums it up as "tho Bryan
Plunder, which seems to give alltt
eratlvo forco to a tersely told truth.
Congressman Barton will get htm
.self in bad with those princes ot
ipeace it he urges that covornment
ownod armor plate factory too
strong.
"Chinese Rebels Loso Their Hold
On the Yank Tae," says a headline
Might save space and preserve a co
incidence by writing it, "Rebels Loso
Tneir Hold on tho Yank."
John L. Sullivan is said to be una
ble to get farm hands because they
all are afraid of htm. But what
about those other farmers of the
country, two una tuemselves up
against the same difficulty;
The public debt interest charge of
New York City has been increased by
$14,000,000 a year during Mayor
Oaynor's administration. And -
was not stung by any compulsory
water works purchase, either.
Out of 8,600 registered voters in
Omaha only 171 write themselves
down as affiliating with the "pro
ETessive" party, which is tho official
name for the bullmoosers. Lot tho
significance of that figure soak in a
while.
The young man who killed his wife
and "threw her body in a dop lake
proposes to write a novel of life in
the underworld. While) there 1b no
crying seed for such literature, he
will find that a safe way to employ
Jus time.
Nebraska's Panorama of Resouroci.
Statistics compiled by the buroau
of labor, showing tho farm products
shipped from various Nebraska sta
tions, form a splendid panorama of
our wealth and resources. It Is In
teresting to pause and study these
figures. Thoy may reveal many sur
prises even to those fairly well In
formed tUi to tho resources of their
own otate. It Is probably not sur
prising to anyone to know that in
one year 36,500,000 bushols of corn
were shipped from different towns
and 64,800,000 bushols ot wheat
and 12,600,000 head of cattle and
3,096,000 head of hogs, for these aro
but small portions of our production
of corn, wheat, cattla and hogs. But
how about shipping moro than 212,-
000,000 pounds of flour and
nearly 172,000,000 pounds of
mill feed? ' Had you thought,
of our mllMng industry In such
enormous terms? Delng the third
packing center of the world, It
Is a matter of coureo that wo shipped
nearly 522,000,000 pounds of dressed
meat, to any nothing of 30,700,000
pounds of live and 9,150,000 pounds
of dressed poultry and the 48,000,
000 dozen eggs and the 48,000,000
pounds of butter. But it Is trite to
mention the shipment of nearly
8,500,000 pounds of fresh fr.ult. In
addition to our supremacy In wheat
and corn and cattln and meat and
butter and eggs, hod you thought of
tho high rank tho Btato Is taking In
fruit raising?
And on down Uio list wo go, find
ing such things aa popcorn, broom
com, celery, sugar beets, honey cane
peed, nursery stock, in whoso produc
tion fortunes are being made hero in
Nebraska.
What, with our 49,000,000 acres
of marvolously fertllo soli under
cvor-lmprovlng conditions of cultiva
tion, can wo not produce? Tho pano
rama will bocomo more bowlidorlngly
boautlful and varied as wo improve
the prodigious woalth of opportuni
ties given us by nature.
Omaha a Natural Traffio Center.
If the Interstate Commerce com
mission establishes a subdivision of
its work, stationing a number of its
employes in tho central west, partic
ularly for tho physical valuation ot
railroads, It should by all means lo
cate In Omaha.
With a dozen trunk lines converg
ing here, the official division head
quarters of Bovcral railways, tho
official homo and terminus of a great
transcontinental lino. Omaha is a
natural traffic center. It hoa a claim
to offer In thlB respect of lncompara-
bto and It would seem, irresistible,
force. Jn addition to Its railroad
pro-omlnenco, It is tho center and
metropolis of a vast dominion of ag-
rlcultufrU and industrial weiilth.
As a business proposition' the
only standpoint from -which the com
mission should act considering
proximity, convenience and facility
for work, Omaha's position Is most
strategic. Our delegation In con
gress can afford to get behind this
proposition With nothing short of Its
full power, and our business inter
ests at homo, through organised or
other agency, should also boost, if
boosting Is required.
Example in Arbitration.
It Is exceedingly gratifying,
though not surprising, that thoso
80,000 trainmen on fifty oastorn
railroads found a way ot settling
their difficulties -without striking.
While 90 per cent of them had voted
as a Hast resort to strike, such an is
suo sever really aoerocd imminent In
view ot thB well Known conserva
tism ot tho trainmen, and tbo mutual
regard of both sides for tho larger
Interests and welfare ot tho country,
which would have suffered unendur
ably in tho event of a tleup.
Tho settlement, which was reached
through the operation of the
amended Krdman or Newianda act,
vindicates Its efficacy, showing the
advantage ot arbitration over a strike
and what may be dona when both
sides aro ready to consider mutual
Interests and put abovo selfish de
mands those of the general welfare
The result is cause for national con
gratulation and should carry with it
a great weight and moral influonco
for tbo future.
Ambassador Henry Lane Wilson,.
Regardless of personal bios or
prejudice, no ono can gainsay that
our ambassador to Mexico, Henry
Lane Wilson, has occupied that post
during a period more critical than
any other diplomatic representative
who ever served this government In
that position. For the nearly three
years that tho revolution has -lasted
ho has been on the firing lino every
minute of the time, and whether he
made mistakes or not, be has suc
ceeded bo far In maintaining peace
ful relations between the United
States and Mexico without sacrificing
our standing as a nation among na
tlons. Possibly, his period of use
tulnesfl as our ambassador has
reached its end bis resignation has
been In the hands ot President Wtl
eon from the first day ot his admin
istration, and he has continued only
by tho president's wish but It ho is
supplanted at this crucial atago It
will not bo because someone eiso
would havo done better in his place.
Comes now Secretary Wilson of
the Department of Labor with a de
mand for three nutot. Funny how
Jeffersonlan simplicity acts on somo
.folks.
Looking BacWatd.
iThisDittQraaliaJ
COMPILED rROM BEE, flXES
acoC"
JULY itl.
? OOP
Thirty Years Ago
it wan a wet Sunday, a downpour ot
water, making ltamam and Douslaa
atreeta look like rtvers, and flooding;
cellars en route.
The laying: of the cornerstone of the
new Lutheran churoh waa neecasarlly
postponed because of the rain.
Real estate In Houth Omaha has
Irobeled In value In two years,
A party of Omaha folks who have
been nt Hplrit lake are enthuslastlo over
lis attractions. The party Included John
T. Clarke and Ills sister, Miss Gertie;
Ju(l?ii and Mrs, Bwltzler, Mrs. General
Wilson and daughter, William Robin
son, Mrs. Maul and Miss Mlnnlq Maul.
A large n urn bor of frlenda of Tom
latey of the grocery firm of Sherb A
Later, asetnbed at Ms residence last
evening on tho occasion of his twenty
fifth wedding anniversary. It waa sur
prise) under the surveillance of Wllllait
Urown of the Union Faclflo machine
shops, who engineered It In his usual
Jmppy way.
Nat Drown, the genial, Jolly and good
looking Chicago,. UurHngton & Qulnoy
man, attended church with his Omaha
frlendi,
Dr. C. I. Harte is back from the east
Joe Keith of Huberman's Jeweliy oatah
llshment and Mrs. Alma Keith left on a
visit to their old homo In Boston.
Jimmy Kllkenney of th working force
of McNamara & Duncan goes on a two
weeks' visit to his mother In Chicago,
his first trip home since he came to
Omaha. "If Jim nnd John are specimens
of the average Chicago mnn, let moro of
them be brought out west."
Twenty Years Ago
Several of tho leading business men and
firms were quoted In The Uee as aaylng
there waa no reason for tho cry of hard
times. Among these optimists wero tho
Morse Dry Goods company, the Boston
Store, W. R. Dennett company, llnyden
Bros., Keltey, Btlgcr &, Co., Major R. a
Wilcox of Drowning, King & Co. and
many othcra.
Dr. P. K. Murphy returned from his
trip through tho cant.
Ray and Mrs. Nyo and Qua Cobb pf
Kremont wero at the Millard.
Superintendent Fargo of the Pacific
Kx press company left for Hot Springs to
Join his family.
Reports received at headquarters said
that President 8. II. II. Clark of the
.Union Paclflo had loft his summer resort
In tho Alleghenlcs for the Atlantlo seashore-,
not to return to Omaha until late
In tho season.
William Alstadt, In charge ot the night
registry department at the postofflce, was
granted a ten-day leave of absenco to en
able lilm to go to tho World's fair In Chi
cago. ,
Arthur Johnson returned from Portland,
Ore., where he did some bidding on somo
public works.
Conrad II. Young, who was reorganising
the atato tennis tournament, had already
sent out some 800 or 500 clroulara, meeting
with heurty responses.
Ton Years Ago -
The highest temperature of the day
wns'82.
Assistant Secretary II. 0. Bhedd of tho
Nebraska commission to the Louisiana
Purchase exposition at St, Louis cams
to Omaha to continue preparation of the
state'a exhibit at the fair. He la Im
proving "each shining hour" and making
much headway with his work.
The New Thomaon-Houaton Eltctrlo
Light company retired from buelness and
waa aucceeded by a reorganization known
as the, Omaha Electric Light and Power
company. Fred A. Hush, president, ex
plained the change by saying that the old
company's growth of business was largely
In xcs vi Ha revenues, that It had
been spending lota of money, necessarily
accumulating a heavy floating Indebted
ness, and that a new organization was
required. Many Improvements and en
largements were to be made. The new
company started with a capital of 13,000,.
000 and bonded debt of ll.S50.000. Henry
W. Yntca. vice president, said that tho.
company as newly organized became the
property of eastern capitalists,
Tho Douglas County democracy an
nounced Its fifth annual plcnlo at Pries
lake the forthcoming Sunday, when aa
one feature Davo O'Brien, representing
tho city, would oppoe Davo Connolly,
ror tne county, in a boat race. It waa
decided that grape Juice would not be the
official beverneo of the da'.
People Talked About
Fred Hrodok, drlr.r of a car which
threw a Chicago pedestrian Into eternity,
won a fourteen-year sentence In the peni
tentiary for murder. Tally one worth
whU.
A statue ot a highbrow child, Mid to
have been stolen from the National mu
seum at Athena, Greece, waa dug up lout
wek In toe cellar ot a house in Bait!
more occupied by a Greek family. Tho
statue la alleged to be 3,000 years old.
William Henry Lee, a deceased bachelor
and book publisher of Chicago, left an
estate valued at 200,000 and no hairs as
far oa known.
Family affairs In Baltimore are
strangely mixed. A police official claims
that mora than half tho robberies re
ported to his department have been traced
to members of families robbed,
Wilbur B. Austin ot Trenton, Mo., SS
years old, is the youngest postmaster yet
appointed by President Wilson. Trenton
la second class office and carries a sal.
ary of f!.o.
After obtaining divorcs In Circuit
Judge Cave's court In St. Louis, Mr.
Edna Cattln affectionately kissed her di
vorced husband and expressed a hope that
he would have good luck.
Although the authorities in England
will not allow women to practice at the
bar. there aeema to be no objection to
their becoming Justice, of tho peace.
The flrat woman to secure the honor Is
Mis. Enid Duncan.
If Mrs. Grace Caukln of Sonoma, Cal.,
active member of the woman's commute
ot the democratic state central commit
tA accepts a 11000 position offered her.
he will become the first woman land
agent In the United States.
The Grand Duchess Theodora of 8axe
VYemar, wife ot Qermanr's wealthiest
reigning print, waa married In U10.
She celebrated her twenty-third birth
day on June 9. She ha. one little daugh
ter. Her husband, who waa, until the
birth of Princeaa Juliana, heir to the
throne of Holland, la reputed to pomm
a fortune of tss.ooo.oof
Twice Told Tales
Mrllprrer In Flavor.
It there la a difference between rural
wit and any other kind, It Is the-that
rural wit la mellower In flavor. In this
It resembles Bngllah wit; the rough cor
nera have been rounded off by the at
trition of yeara, and more nearly per
fect Jokea result.
Ira Deasore drove ltn0 town Just b
fore tho big rain tho other day, and
he saw Orlo Tuttle rfettlng tubs and
barrels under alt the spouta around his
house. Bo Ira pulla up and hollers at
Orloi
"Hey, Orlo! What yo doln'?"
"Looka like rain, an' I'm a-aetlln" out
these tubs ao'a tho woman can have some
sort water fer her washln' Monday," on-
,0r.10' a" '""oeont ke and not
thlnkln about what a great codder Ira Is.
8hol My ira. 'You won't git no
soft water."
"Why won't I?'
"Cauae Its going to rain hard! Haw-
OhrylnR Orders.
Senator Root at a luncheon In Waah-
ington aald. anrnnn. .
.. ---r- new move
against tho truata:
I llODO that
. i - - " mm l su mier an our
""0.c,?"ri!' bu,,nMB" tn tny. too
k . n pe ,nat b'neB success
won't be treated ilk n.. -i ..
Btory. ,n 11,6
"There's a alorv nh. lit .1.1. a
-"twu io a green hand:
nrow a bouy over!'
"Out the MllnK .
tZaJBVl,! the effort.
hand: ' a,a t0 u'8 BTeon
" 'Did you thrn ik.i .
when i ioid your ' uoy overM'3
man over "-WaBhingUn atur. "
In Iallln(ion,
was,Vwnb,n "ro"rved bhelor
ungtrbc?uty? ,0V.to th8
"WhV. tr D. .. .
-dnhrrrifur6"80'3-
I know it Miss Fanny," h ,ald, "but
Bossing Nicaragua
Philadelphia Ledger: if Mr. Bryan',
rropoaed treaty W,h Nlcaiua whTe
raUnrehbybUthe,VraCte,,
will Uke th "1" lh Unlted 8ta
! h mo,t momentous step
of ParL cLT' r woe- B,no the
.Lu. confirmed to this country the
rht and title to the Philippine..
substantial reason for a radical change
of front In our diplomacy face of the
Mexican .(tuatlon oomlng up o por!
Z Z y' Per'UttdCS co"ea,men at
. 1m r"Uan proPos'"on holds a larger
New Yfiiir THh.. ni..
.houid d llat - ab
kit. i. I 'v' in me small re
?h. t WWch ,, th0 n'hborhood of
nf.i 'man ?,nftl one- ' our
shouT, k.M, ' " 10 thcI"' ttirt they
should be freed from the ourae of revo-
SSndw 'B PUrPM f PrivaU
New York It'nrM. m., .
.,.., Allja iTcaly mean
more than Uie Monroe doctrine! It
means more than frlendllnew and help-
mn?. P'".1 an1 SOUth -fcwrtot. It
means that with our war canal at Pan
ama w defy the earth, hold alt other
CfTAnt nail An ...
ZTZ r "u"Pclon and stand
ready with montv it i.k
menu, to control the weak states of
1 fin imaitlu a. i a.
.. twsiioiy against their
own Interests. w t.,. v..u
where.. '""
Sprlturfield (Mass.) KopubUcan: Mr.
Bryan'a ninn '
, nuuia amount to
a protectorate over Nicaragua I. too
momentous In Its Implications for
either haaty action or hasty Judgment.
In itaalf tt would not be very different
...... which naa Dean rollowed
In Cuba, but there la a very Important
difference between an Island ond the
mainland, and even coming from an ontl
Imperialtat like Mr. Bryan the proposal
can hardly Tall to awaken In Latin
America suspicion of further encroach
meats. Unheeded Warnings.
isew Tork Tribune: The Bingham fire
proves that no half-way measures" can be
trusted to make factories safe.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Tht old, old
tory ot crying "wolf too often seema
to have been retold tn that fatal Bin-.
namton nra. The workers bad been
drilled In practice flr alarms so often
that when tha real alarm came they
took it ror another "fske," and leisurely
responded.
Now York Worldi As In those cases.
moat ot the victims aro young women;
may were at work in an upper Btory s
they wero tn the. mldat ot the moat in
flammable material; they war unpro
vided with adequate ftra escapes and
exits i they ware caught in a trap and had
to chooso between folUng back tnto the
firs and Jumping- to the street. They
did have a fire-drill, but of what uso In a
tinder-box which could burn up tn a few
minutaar
8fc Lout. Globe-Democrat: The Bing
ham Urn plothing factory fire seeraa to
ha.va made It rapid and Irreststlbla
.weep because of the bits of cloth cover,
log the floor. These are. .wept out at
night, but during the day they accumulate.
n oonauiuie. aucn a .pedal peril that
the location of such factories no higher
than the seond-torr would seem to be
n neceaoary precaution.
Philadelphia Bulletin: Ones mar the
ieeaon la taught that factory Inspection
for purposes of Ore prevention must 1m
elude working condition, as well as build
ins construction: that It Is a. easenUal
to guard agatnat Inflammable content, ax
against fire-trap construction; that It
amount, to Uttle to require fire-proof
walla to tha end that they mar become
aeethtnjt furnace, through being fUUd
with tlnder-Uke maUrial without pro
tection from chanoa Ignition and spread
lag combustion.
ox
Where I)a th Conaamer. Come lnt
OMAHA, July 28,-To the Kdltor of The
Dee: I have been asked my reasons for
opposing the proposed ga. ordinance.
Some ot thepi are here given. Possibly
some of your readers mlglit.be Interested,
Past troubles in the relation of citizens
and public service corporations have been
due, In my opinion, to a failure to recog
nlze and adhere to basle principles,
It has taken our country long to realise
that there la a distinct difference be
tween the rights ot buyer and caller In
the ordinary transactions of business and
those existing whan that service, called
publlo service, la to be purchased.
It la now quite generally recognized
that this furnishing of utilities for all
the people Is, and should be, a monopoly,
Protection to the buyer In other trans
actions exist. In competition. Competi
tion being wasteful In furnishing' public
service,, there remain, only the power of
control over rates and duality, now vested
In municipalities, to protect the pur
chaser.
This power granted by a sovereign
state la a sqverelgn power, an arbitrary
power, and should always bo arbitrarily
exercised. Of course, exercised with thiit
duo regard for Justice which Is expaotod
from the state. It la certainly not a flat
ter for bargain counter haggling. It Is
decidedly not a something to ba bartered
away for a long period ot tlmo.
Duo regard for Justice, before referred
to. Involve, on the part of municipalities
the keeping of contracts. If a contract
is entered Into it should be kept
Now, this I. somewhat academic, but
undoubtedly true. Let', apply It to our
present problem, tho gas fronchlsa ordl?
nance.
Our mayor has been shouting for dollar
gas for so many years that he thinks the
pledge to furnlah It muat be kept at cJl
cost.
In a laudable and straightforward ef.
fort to secure this price the city council
encountered a contract entered Into by
the city twenty years ago and found that
Its hands were tied. Jt seems vl!Hng
now, It dollar gas can be secured, to tie
the hands of thoso who, twenty year,
from now. will be charged with the duty
of protecting the people In their ,necca
sary purchase of gas.
It la claimed that tho proposed ordl
nanco does not bind the city's future
action. If this contention Is corral u
la not bocaus ot anyhtns this ordlnano
tumors, out rawer because of conetttu
uunai ngirw mat it I. Impossible for
me cuy cpuncn to contraot away.
So far aa the proposed ordinance s con
cerned, it Introduces p. number of thlngsv
which construed as a contract, furnish
mighty good grounds for more lawsuit.
of the kind that we now apparently are
iryiiuj xo Kei away rrom. If they don't
absolutely forfeit the city's right to renu-
lato, they certainly Jeopardlio It And for
what?
"Why, It Is said that the ga consumers
of Omaha will save $000,000. That la not
true. I admit that tho Omaha Gas com
pany la willing to pay that amount in
reduced sale., now, for this franchise.
Nothing la saved.
We aro selling a franchise for twenty-
five year for WOO.OOO. Jf the franchise
!b worth no more than that wo ore Just
whero w started. We're even. Nothing
gained or lost. If It Is worth moro than
that the city, loses .to the extent of the
difference.
I know of no reason for philanthropy
on the part of the ga. company. They
are entirely within their rights, and i
naturally have confidence In their bus!
ness aagacity, and as they are cheerfully
spending many thousand of dollars to
secure the contract, it seems reasonable
to suppose that they have a bargain.
If so, where doos the saving to con
sumers come in?
I certainly would wish to be Just to the.
gas company. I would want to be honest
with them. I would like the city council
tc say to them, "Gentlemen, the day has
gene by for profit In the 'furnishing ot
ga. for any public utility beyond a rea
sonable Interest on capital. Let us get
at the exact value of your Investment.
We will then tell you how much Interest
we will allow you to make, and we ex
pect to take tho balance for the benefit
of the people of the city."
"That balance is all the city la en
titled to. AH that t should take, and to
take any less than that balance Is un
just to the people, whose trustees we
are."
Tho day of private deals and petty
bargaining has gone by. Let's have no
more of them. Let's be square. Vote
down this franchise.
WILLIAM F. BAXTER,
Sleep.
OMAHA. July J8.-To the Editor ot The
Bee: Man passes the happiest hours ot
his life asleep. The stoics held the opin
ion that happiness la nothing more than
the absence of pain and misery, and this
is the theory that nature seems to favor,
and she doe. her part In making us
happy by periodically reducing our mlnda
to Insensibility, During our waking
hours our minds are overflowing' wltn
exaggerated opinions of our own Im
portance, mistaken notions ot the valiu
of wealth and power, with regret for the
past and with uneasy curiosity and friv
olous speculations concerning the future,
During- the day wo rejoice at our mo
mentary triumphs, laugh at the appar
ent defeat of our enemies and expo bo
pur own ignorance and stupidity by
ridiculing the folly of others; but by
midnight sleep has .tripped every woman
of her vanities and every man of hi.
foolish fears; by S o'clock the woman
of the scarlet robe ha. made her escape
from the dens of lust; sin and shame are
forgotten', and sleep restores the balance
between pleasure and pain and. give, her '
what the world denies forgetfulncs..
But natural sleep is not always sufficient
to deliver u. from the Insupportable I
miseries of life; it Is powerless In thou
aands of cases to restore the equilibrium I
and fortify us agalnat the Ills of another ,
day, and In order to further escape the
consciousness of our own trolllty and the
general depravity of mankind we seek
the -stupefying fumes of the wine bottle,
court the bewitching Influence, ot flat- ,
icry ana pursue uio inioxicaunff pleasure,
of the shameless dance.
A man wakes from a sound steep, and
Ms mind being clear, he begins to think; .
. I . . . . m 1
iuo luum i.ftici. vi yovieruay Begin
to return, and he lights a cigar, or swal
lows a highball to stave off his reflec
tions until he can plunge once more into
the buslneM of the day, Happy I. the
Idiot who cannot think, and the child
who cannot reflect; happy too I. the man
who thinks only of the goodness of God,
and the welfare of hta neighbor. To
escape the evils of existence, philosophy
can render us but Utile assistance, exoept
to Civ us a knowledge of our Igornance,
and persuade us to rest our hopes upon
Boras thing mora substantial than the
conflicting and contradictor element, ot
human reason. In order to be happy
without religion, It Is nexeeeary that we
be either drunk or oleer; a man may
encape from himself for a few minute
by getting excited, but excitement man
dies away nnd leave him Ms own Jailer
and his own prUsner. E. O. M-
LAUGHING OAS.
"Although I was traveling Ineosnlto."
mused Plodding Pete, was received
with marks of distinction too numerous
fctoo mention. People of wealth and posl-
"What are you doln'?" aaked Meander
ing Mike. "Dreumln" out loudT"
"No. I'm talkln' about when I was In
Kansas pretendln' I waa a farmhand
lookln' fur work," Washington Star.
''Jane Brown has organized a class of
gin. to study ornithology."
"I suppose she teuclios them to be kind
to the birder'
"No, she teaches them to trim hats."-.
Cleveland Plain Dealer,
Blx-I think I've discovered the origin
of "Money Talks."
Dlx I heard that saylpg ten yeara ago,
Blx-Qh, It dates quite a hit furthtr
back than that In Bccleslnate. we read;
"Money answereth all thing'." Chicago
Tribune.
"What, the use of tallng about canals
on Mars?" uald the Impatient citizen,
"They can't be of any use to u."
"That Is where you are wrong." replied
Prof. Hlbrpw. "They are pf great value
It's 67 Degrees Cool
in Minnesota
'According to observations of tho U. S.
"VVeatiier Bureau the average temperature of
Minnesota during July and August is about
67 degrees warm enough m the daytinlo to
wear summer clothes and bathe in tho lakes
cool enough nights to sloop comfortably
under blankets.
Compare that to July and August Ne
braska temperatures!
Cool woajther Is not all that Minnesota has to offer
sou, m Minnesota you have your choice of 10,000
lakes whore you can enjoy your own kind of a vacations-ranging
from big fashionable resorta cover
ing half a county where something Is going on all
the time, tp secluded spots In the forest whore fash
ions and conventions needn't worry your Minnesota
uitW? rel,e,f t fevef sufferers, and
lluLmMn8-( yo ,0.vo t0 "Bht the bass or mus
kellungo go whore be Uvea go to Minnesota Min
nesota is the horn of thB Baas, MuskellunBe. Pike
Pickerel and Crapple, and the ultimate goal pf every
good fisherman. '
Let me give you Illustrated literature de
scriptive of Minnesota and tell you the low-
est round trip fares, and remember that tho
Chicago Great Western 1b the beat and (short
est line from Omaha to Minnesota. "When
you purchase tickets be sure to specify
Chicago Great Western beyond Omaha,
P. V. ItONOKDEN, C. V, T. A.
1B22 Fnrnnni, Street, Omaha, Neb.
Phono Doug 200.
aa i p.
There's Pleasure in Traveling
to New York and Boston
Porsonal comfort and good service are fea
tures of the excellent train service of the Bal
timore & Ohio to New York and Boston.
Observation Cars afford the means of enjoyr
ing the famous scenery of the "scenic routo
of Eastern America."
The' round trip fare from Chicago bo New
York is only $27.00, via Pittsburgh, Wash
ington, D. C., Baltimore and Philadelphia,
Beturn limit thirty days. Corrospondngly
low fore round trip tickets to Atlantic Coast
Besorts. Variable route tickets to New York
and Boston, Mass., and return, including
travel by rail and steamer. Tickets on salu
until September 30, Liberal stop-oxers per
mitted at all principal points.
The "Inter-State Special" leaves Chicago IX.
A. M. with Compartment Drawing Room
Sleeping Oars and Lounging Observation
Sleeping Oars.
tbfi "New York Limited" leaves Chicago 5:45 P. M.
with Drawing Room Bleeping Cars and Observation
Parlor Cars from Pittsburgh.
The "Now York Express" leaves at 8:00 A. M. ahd
the 'Washlnjrton Erpross" at 9:80 P. M.
The dining car service on all trains is exceptionally flrs
For Illustrated folders and additional details
BALTIMORE OHIO
Tor Jrortlottlsrs Oosualt ksorMt Tlcirt Agnt 'or Addrtss
H, C. STROHM, T. P. A., Omaha. Neb.
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DR. BRADBURY DENTIST
I COO Farnam St. 80 vL2?gf OMio Phone Hon. 173
Zztrvcttng - 3c Up y3jA4A Miming Teem suppUN
l'WB OOc lp mfSSmSBk, "Ubuut 'Mates or Drtdae
Gridgework . . 2.B0 Up H Jl4j5Mi work. Nerve. remos
CrOWBS ....... 2J50tJp AilTVfVTl I arlttinnt nln. Wn.tr
r!t n,.....ia.oflPs
in occasionally .taking canal dlscuaMous
out of diplomacy and transferring them'
ta astronomy." Chicago Ilecord-Herald,
"Man are really toe) mean for anything.
What's th trouble new 7"
"Why. I asked John for an automobile;
today, and he nald that I mutt bo con-j
tented with the splendid carriage thatl
Nature has given me!
"This man has made a speech contrail
dieting what he aald some time ago.'M
said the paste and scissors editor.
"All right." said the headline artist.
"We'll print It under the caption, 'At
mospherlc Change.' 'Washington Star.
TO MY ABSENT STEN0 GRAPHEh
Corlnne It. Bwaln, In Life.
With how sod steps, O MaymeI clIMn
the stair.
Andvlew myy office, nowa lonely pcenA.
Oppressed?, I Bit medown at thy ma-1
canine
To do my corrwsplndeNce, once thy care!. I
I miss tltccl! not alone3 thAt thhoU wast
FAIr, . j
Butthnt thou dlddst achieve wltjh Joy
oils mien I
The kctters thst will drlvemeMad 1
weenI5
The tasks that nOw a Ippk of strqn&enes
wearr.
even thus two days, And Two- dati
more.I toiltd
And coUld not conq3erhowsoe(cr X
TrlM:
These d3v91lsh keys hav all my tfforU
Kolld.
While powwer of spwlllng1 Is tom '
denledl
Ahh donotwalt tilt all my pqpcr'
spollSled
Come baxk, coME BOCK agatnt
blessand gUidD II
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