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THE BEE: (BLAHA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 8. 1913.
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JULY CIRCULATION.
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h!ted om often as requested.
Paderowskl Is playing ragtlm
feettlng down to a practical scale, as
it vera,
He-leans evidently do not enjoy
the cordial element In grapejulco
diplomacy.
Taking ndv&ntago of. a natural
prerogative, Chicago's women police
reported late tho very first day.
"We note several killings at the polls In
Kentucky. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Who took tho trouble to wrllo tho
ptory?
Before tho decision of Judgo Kn
Ush, the worst crime a voter could
commit was that of being born
abroad.
Ono of tho "Don'ts" novcr to bo
forgotten In hot weather is, "Don't
doprlve your horso or dog ot water
when needed."
If campaign promises no longer
count for much, It milBt bo tho fault
tof the promisors, in falling to become
the redeemers.
But picture to your mind, If you
can, what might have happened with
toe colonel in the White Houso dur
ing this MeilcaB urmotl.
Omaha will bo ono of tho fifteen
new dead letter sub-aUitIon of the
Postofflco department, and it will bo
the llvcst one ot tho bunch.
For a party so Blow getting Into
power, tho democrats perhaps should
not be too .aovorejy censured for
snail-like progress in legislation.
A year ago today at Chicago a great
party earno into existence. Kansas City
Star, Autrust B.
Nonsense, he was born In Now
York October 27, 1868. v
A goat got hold of a message ot
the governor ot Pennsylvania, but it
Is only fair to tho goat to say that U
choked In swallowing It.
Tho Almighty is responsible fof
Vet winds and dry wealier, but man
Is responsible for bad roads, which
vf often woreo for the farmor and
city dweller.
But how will he catch MP with tho
nigh cost of living It ho has to can
eel all these Chautauqua dates? Will
Its have to toko another b! Weeks'
-vacation In tho winter!
President Wilson evidently means
to prove the faith ot JeffersOniau
simplicity hy the works of those
warm-hearted democratic professors
in politics and diplomacy.
Even though It bo admitted that
tho crack in the old llborty boll waa
made long beforo It tolled out our
Independence on July 4, 1776, tho
cherished tradition will remain In
tact.
According to semi-official Informa
tion, an attempt is to bo made to
nullify through the courts Nebraska's
new women's work day law. Tho
milliners, then, aro not all In ono
camp.
Perhaps what "Mike" Harrington
means Is that as a full-fledged bull
moose he Is against fusion unless It
Is fusion with the democrats ot tho
kind he used to engineer when he
bras pretending to be a populist.
Those Mexicans evidently do not
take to the idea of President Wilson
Bending a personal ambaasador to
their capital, Instructed not to recog
nize their government, yet expected
to tell when and where to get off at.
A vote of thanks should go to our
democratic United States senator for
taking his latest speech declaring
that he still opposes tho democratlo 6ourl legislature, reading a lecture
currency bill. It mightily relieves) to his colleagues In the senate on the
the editorial writer on hla newspaper (ufluence or special interests in
where the suspense of guessing which tariff-making! Tho stone thrower
way to Jump, and how far to go. was j who lives in a glass house is not In
becoming most trying. jit with this Stono.
Omaha Ori the Postal Map.
By order of tho postmaster general
Omaha Is to bo one of the fifteen
local centers of the country where
doad lotter mail will bo consigned
and disposed of.
Omaha secured this recognition ot
Its Importance as a consequence of
having been designated by order of
tho preceding postmaster general as
headquarters for the then newly
created railway mall service division.
Postal officials are now also en
gaged In making a report on feasible
arrangements for establishing a par
cel post terminal here for the work
ing and trans-shipment of other
package mail.
All this goes to occcntuato
Omaha's placo on tho postal map,
and to strengthen Us position as the,
proper focal point for other post
office activities.
Tho business of tho postofflco, and
iUi field of operations, are enlarging
so rapidly that It Is only a question of
a short time when nearly all ot Its
work will have to bo territorialized
by traffic divisions as has boon the
railway mall service. In such a dis
tribution tho natural and monoy
savlng plan will bo to conjoin tho
headquarters for ail branchos at tho
samo subdivision conter. For this
roadjustmont Omaha's geographical
location, railway facilities and busi
ness importance cannot, wo believe,
CEcapo the favorable attention of any
postofflco management aiming at tho
most economical administration and
the highest good of tho service.
Cold Storage and Butter Prices.
Chicago 1b reported to have 66,
000,000 pounds of butter tn Its cold
storages plants, 10,000,000 pounds
moro than this timo last year, yot
consumors aro paying midwinter
prices for butter and threatened
wlth continued advances.
Tho cold Btorage system in princi
ple Is a great public boon; in opera
tion It can bo made a burden. Its
legitlmato use Ib definitely needed;
its abuse for predatory purposes
should bo prevented.
Here, perhaps. Is an inviting placo
for Inserting that ever-ready and
penotrating Investigation probe. It
might bo profitably sunk deep Into
tho flosh of a real, llvo octopus with
tentacles ot far reach, Butter Is a
staple and a combination of abun
dant supplies and .soaring prices
comes mighty near resembling re
straint in trade.
Teaching Principles of Farming.
Rudimentary instruction in tho
principles ot farming In tho schools
should produce bonotlcl&l results.
All boys and girls could profit by an
elemental, knowledge ot tho groaC
primary-. Industry and It Is really
anomalous that ,in a land pro-emi
nent In agriculture such instruction
has been so largoly neglected. Thou
sands of American boys and girls
grow up utterly Ignorant ot the first
principles of tho farm and farming,
Tho other day a Chicago paper
printed a letter from a boy 10 years
old who had never seen a farm and
begged tho privilege ot going to tho
country. That boy is only ono of an
army with no clear idea of the vast
amphltheator In which tho brain and
Drawn of nations Is brod.
While wo aro crying our "back to
tho farm" Bhlbboleths, we must be
gin laying tho foundation for tho sue
cess of tho movement tn the Instruc
tion ot the American youth in the
schools. It will bo seed sown, on for
tile, mellow soil that shall ono day
bring forth fruit In abundance.
Protection at Watering Places.
What Is done at local watering
places for til protection of life?
Are guards on hand to see that those
unablo to swim do not got into deep
water? Are expert divers and swim
mors presont for rcscuo work? Are
mechanical llfo-savlng dovices con
venlent, so that help may bo quickly
given when needed?
These questions are prompted by
the drowning ot a school boy In deep
wator. who, it Is said, could not
swim, He should not have been al
lowed to go beyond tho shallows.
Wttnnscna unv even after he went
, . --
down no a.w,
grappling hooks, could be found with!
which to recover tho body.
Manawa arid other local resorts
have bad their toll ot accidents in
years gone by. All such places that
attract thousands ot people should
make It tholr business to Insure their
safety by every available means.
Deep water limits should be fixed,
and those unable to swim kept out.
Guards should see that rules aro en
forced and precautions taken to nco
that those who go intp the water aro
not left to their own fate.
There are some funny things out
sido of "funny, sunny Spain." Here
is "Mike" Harrington, for example,
for fifteen years the chief engineer
of demo-pop fusion, now, calling him-;
self a bull moose, and bellowing,
against political alliance with any
other party. "Mike" evidently be
lieves that in this way he can con
Unue to servo the domocrata best.
Well, isn't that great! Here la
"Gum 8hoe Bill" Stono, who became
famous as a lobbyist around the Mis-
BacWatd
LOOKltU
in Omaha
COMPILE.- TXXm DtK.
PILES
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Thirty .ears Ago
Plans are perfected for the erection of
a new chuich, corner Eighteenth and
Itard, to be known aa the Holy Family.
The original church ot the parish Is a
hlstorio little structure, standing at
Twenty-seventh and Cuming, where ser
vices are still being held.
The B. & M. Is making a rate of 1H
cents each way to the Grand Army of the
Republic reunion at Grand Island.
General W. B. Ilazen, chief ot the
United States signal sarvlce. Is registered
at the Pa-ton and spent the day at Fort
Grant has begun the paving
of Sixteenth street at the Webster street
Intersection.
Mr. Tom Pleronet, at Fifth and Divis
ion ntrosts, one of the oldest conductors
on the Union Pacific was the victim of a
surprise party on the eve ot leaving for
Milwaukee.
The fight between the mayor, the police
and tho so-called merchants' police, Is
waxing warm with mutual arrests and re
criminations A tent show called the "Museum of
Curiosities," In charge of of E. W. Wig
gins, was openod with a free exhibition,
next to the "Green Tree" house on Tenth
street.
General William Meyers, retired, for
merly quartermaster of this department,
Is lil at the Paxton.
dexter L. Thomas and wife sold a lot
In Florence to T. Barrow for 140.
The Child's hospital Is maintaining a
free dispensary at the corner of Sixteenth
and Douglas until Us new building Is
finished.
Twenty Years A
Tho telegraph press wires brought In the
report of the famous message to congress
of Prerident Cleveland, In which he
urgod the Immediate and complete re
peal of the silver clause of the Sherman
act, declaring that the purchase of tho
white metal by the government must
cease Instanter, It fell like a thunderbolt
Into tho camp of the blmetalllsts, though
they had feared It.
Major Elijah W. Halford. paymaster In
the United Btates army, and formerly
private secretary to President BenJmln
Harrison, arrived from his home In In
dianapolis to remain permanently in
Omaha as paymaster ot the Department
of the Platte. After a brief visit with
Former Senator Saunders, whose daugh
ter had married President Harrison's son,
he was seen by a reporter for The Bee.
to whom ho denied as absurd the report
that he hated to como to Omaha because
he disliked local society. ITS said he
rather liked the Idea ot coming here.
Hon. George Helmrod and City Treas
urer Bolln were busy collecting funds
for the tournament ot the Western Shoot
ing leaguo.
Mrs. Specht, wlfo of Councilman Chris
Specht, departed for Cincinnati tp visit
several months.
Arthur Loroy Atterbury, 9-months-old
son Of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Atterbury, 9H
South Seventeenth street, died at that
place.
President Hartman of the Omaha Real
Kstate exchange named these as delegates
to attend the third congress bt the na
tional exchange: Hon. Alvln Saunders,
B. A. Benson, T. B. Clarkson, C, C,
George, A. P. Tukey, P. U Perrlne, O.
N. Hicks, W. G. Shrlver. G. H. Payne.
J. B, IZvans. The congress was to meet
In St, Paul August 2).
Ten Years Ago
Two fires entailed on aggregate lots of
SlZs,CM. Tho blggor ono was In the Nash
building at 10O8-18 Harney strcot, oc
cupied by the Midland Gloss and Paint
company, with a loss of about 1100,000,
and tho other In the muslo and' piano
storo of A. Hospe and tho Lilliputian
Baxar on Douglas street The fire badly
gutUd the Nash building, and In the fires
these firemen suffered some Injuries:
Ole Oltson. Roy Gray, Nols Johnson. Ed
Cummlngs. Frank Mnntlng, an employe
ot the Midland company, also was
slightly bruised from jumping out of an
upstairs window to safety.
The Douglas county republican com
mitted met and adopted whet were known
as the Jefferls rules, under which It was
agreed the republican primaries and
county convention would be held. It was
a direct prlmury affair,
Announcing the opening of the Peoi'a
church Sunday school In tho new church
homo on North Eighteenth street, Rev.
- w. Bavidg-e stated that the music
would be In charge of Charles Otto
Lobeck, his daughter. Miss Gladys Lb
bock, being organist
Mrs. G. W. Wlckersham left for Colo
rado to spend a month visiting.
Dr. and Mrs. H. M. McClanahan and
daughter were In the east for their sum
mer vacation.
People Talked About
Senator Jim Ham Lewis' bill to make
I July "Fathers' day" contains the rm
; of a .p,endla Me, but dll:,:"S
splendid Idea, but the date should !
be changed to April 1.
One hundred and five years of life und
seventy-two years as a practicing physi
cian Is the rare record of Dr. W. T. Linn,
who Is dead at Pan a. III.
County Judge Owens of Chicago has
given an opinion that all women are
ellglblo for appointment as election Judges
and ballot clerks tn Illinois.
Princess Louise of Belgium l In
trouble over her debts, which amoui.t to
more than $3,000,000, and there isn't a
multlmtlllon heir within range of annesa.
tion.
P. E, Turner, chief of Maiden. Mass.,
fire department, after serving as a fire
man since i7, has retired on a pension
of &0 a year,
voted him by the city
council.
Andrew Carnegie said that the ksJser
was "tne greatest peace force In the
world
and he tins had his ar at the
keyhole 'ever since to hear the kals.r
"turn the compliment.
--... .,.
nsn(iBj-s wiiii me story or now sne
managed to live on cents a day, but
cleverly ducks the vital question, "Can
two live as cheaply aa on?"
Senator Thornton of Louisiana shat
tered a section of ssnatorlal tradition by
appearing In the ohamber of August
without a collar. Some hours before he
threw tho administration collar Into the
laundry bat.
Paul M. Chamberlain, an "expert" on
voting machines employed at $S0 a day,
admitted under oath that he iiad never
seen a voting machine until lie got on
the payroll. Mr. Chamberlain's nerve
shlnta aa luminously as hla candor.
111.
Twice Told Tales
Folio -Ins Instrnetloas.
When -year-old Teddy displayed tho
shining new quarter which Mr. Brown
had given him down at the corner store,
mother very naturally asked If her Utile
boy had said "Thank you," to father's
friend.
No answer.
"Surely you thanked Mr. Brown," she
persisted.
Still no answer. Trouble showed on the
little face.
"Teddy, listen. Tou ought to have said,
Thank you, sir. Did youT"
No answer yet.
"Come here, dear little son. Tell mamma
now. Did you thank Mr. Brown for the
quarter?"
"I told him, 'Thank you,' an' he said
not to mention It, an I tried not to."
New York Times.
Lander Lnnaned at This.
A good many stories have been told of
what the Scots call "nearness," and
other people something else, In Harry
Lauder. Bo It was surprising, the other
day, to see him photographed In the act
of giving sixpence to a baby.
The other evening he was laughing
over a story that had been told him.
Hero It Is;
A certain duke was going to town one
morning and the taxi driver took him a
long way around.
"Why did you take the longest route?"
asked his grace. '.'Why didn't you drive
through Hydo park?"
"Cause Hyde park's closed," said the
driver.
"CIosed7 Why?"
'"Cause Harry Lauder dropped six
pence there last night and the park's
closed tilt he finds lt"-Pcareon'a
Weekly.
Pot and Mlkr.
Thoy were talking about the wonderful
saying of the sons of tho Emerald Isle
at a Washington club recently when Sen
ator Charles E. Townsend of Michigan
recalled an Incident that happened In De
troit. Some timo since, the senator said, a
party named Pat returned to Detroit after
an absence that had extended over sev
eral months. One of tho first to meet
him was his friend, Mike, who naturally
began to question him as to where' he had
been.
"ShUrc, Molke, an OI have been down
In Ttxls," ansewered Pat, "an' It's mesllf
thot's mighty glad to bo back agin."
"Faith, an' Is that so?" replied Mike,
with a thoughtful exprosslon. "An phat's
me matter wia Ttxls?"
"Everything Is the matter wld it." w.
the prompt response of Pat. "Down wherr
vi worruked tho fermomater marrukod
wan hundred an' sixteen degrays In the
shade."
"Begorra, an' phot of thot. Pat"
qulokly rejoined Mike, "they didn't make
you worruk In the shade, did they?"
fnitaueiphia Telegraph.
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Editorial Sif tings
Boston Transcript: Secretary Bryan
proposes, to settle the trouble If he has
to drench tho soil of Mexico with grapo
JUICt.
Chicago Reoord-Herald: Tho news that
Immigrants show, onjondlng, a fondness
for plo Justifies the hope that they pos
sess at least one of the important quail,
flcatlons for Amerlcanl citizenship.
Washington Post: If the full-btood Ok
lahoma Indian aspiring to become regis
ter of the treasury gets Senator Varda
man'a support, he will naturally have to
pass up the finest scalplock In congress.
Philadelphia Ledger: Now comes for
ward u reformer who says that If he Is
elected he will abolish poverty. Usually
general prosperity among those who have
nothing Is apparent before, not after, the
election.
Indianapolis News: Incidentally the
senators should remember that most of
their constituents are .staying on their
jobs right through the summer with only
the luckier ones getting a week or two
off. And not many of them get $7,600 a
year for It. either.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: The enthusiastic
reports say that the jewels displayed at
the Stuyvesant Pish party amounted In
value to $14,000,000. With that coirvlhclnr
totat of precious stones and convertible
assets, of course the evidence of Intel
lectual development on that social occa
sion was a negligible factor.
Baltimore American: It Is one of the
most Important and pressing duties of
modern civilisation In towns and cities
to abolish all death traps in the way of
buildings where a number of people are
gathered for any speclflo purpose. Tho
resources ot tho age are equal to provtd
ln facilities for safety, and .such hor
rible holocausts as now and then shook
humanity, ought to be barely within the
range ot possibility, Instead of being as
now not only possible, but also probable.
Women's Activities
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AH the world will soon be akin, as fr
a education Is concerned, u mn h-
lUndu girls, from kindergarten to col
lege, aro following the same course of
study as their American sisters.
Dr. atary Ellis Patrick of Boston, pres
ident of tho American College for Girls In
Constantinople, who Is now In this coun
try, says that she finds Turkish girls apt
pupils and very anxious to learn.
Norway has women policemen that are
said U 1m satlstvuory. They are not
encouraged In Germany, but London has
women who do police work without offi
cial position. A number of the United
States has such policewomen.
Mrs. Kate Waller Barrett says that
gtrls that are reared In dire poverty are
100 per cent more likely to go tld than
those who have had better opportunities.
At the same time she says she does not
believe that girls sure ever starved Into
Immorality.
! Art ,n New W.k
.vc "'raging $
. were oegun last
were begun last fall. Miss Anne Morgan
ana other women were Instrumental in
encouraging the girls to deposit small
sums throughout the year that they
might be able to take a real vacation.
Mrs. Josephine Preston, state superin
tendent of the schools ot Washlnjton.
has lived In, that stato for twenty years
and has been city school teacher, assist
ant county superintendent and county
superintendent, having been appointed
state superintendent last January. Her
campaign was watched with interest In
all parts of the country Her great hobby
Is the Idea of making all the little one
room buildings of a district contributory
to a central high school building.
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"Soclnllata anil "rrorlTe."
OMAHA, Aug. 7.-TO the Editor of The
Bee: Dr. W. E. Evans Is speaking kindly
of the socialists. He has Intimated that
thoy and the progressives are working
with the same end In view. Aside from
the surprising character ot such an as
sertion. Dr. Evans' attitude Is Indicative
of a radical change In publlo opinion.
Once socialists were thought to be long,
halrod, wild-eyed specimens of human
ity, caring nothing for life and property,
and totally devoid ot decency and self
respect. The following from the Outlook
will show that such views were not con
fined to the "unthinking rabble."
Socialists who teach their faith as both
a creed and party Blatformware and
necessarily must be bltterlv hostile to
religion and morollty'They occupy in
relation to morality and especially domes
tic morality a position so revolting and
I choose my words carefully that It Is
difficult even to discuss It In a reputable
paper.
Certainly a more contemptible libel
never saw the light. The private lives
of 20,000,000 socialists dally gave It the
lie. It was born of a diseased Imagina
tion and a heart filled with bitterness
and malice.
And the pen the penned it was the pen
ot Theodore Roosevelt. During the last
presidential campaign Theodore, In addi
tion, stated repeatedly that the success
of the progressive party was all that
could savo the country from socialism. It
Is evident that Theodore Roosevelt and
Dr. W. A. Evans, though In the same
party, are not at all of the same mind, i
The rank and file of the progressive
party are undoubtedly sincere. They are
earnestly endeavoring to solve many
grave problems. But they are groping In
the dark. They ascribe to Individuals the
sins of the social system, hence would
punish Individuals, Instead of strlktng at
the source of the evils they would elim
inate. I am an optimist. I am sure that nil
but a few of the progressives will soon
see socialism In IU true light. Then the
mighty charger of San Juan hill will be
thrown from his pedestal and forced to
return to the republican fold or to es
chew politics altogether.
For the progressives will then be real
progressives socialists.
EDMUND It. BRUMBAUGH.
A Illd Gospel.
NORTH TLATTE, Neb.. Aug. 6,-To
the Editor of The Bee: Let the Gospel
light shine forth; In II Corinthians, 4-3,
It says: "But If our Gospel be hid, It is
hid to them that are lost" Paul had an
experience of his lost condition, but ha
did not know he waa lost when he with
others formed a great persecution against
the chUrch, aa In Acts, 7:M to 60 and
chapter $1 to 5. The same Is true today.
Men glory In persecuting the church and
followers ot Jesus, though they make
mistakes In trying to follow Him. Paul
said men that do such an act are lost;
but It was after his conversion.
Now, tho same Lord that made such a
change In Paul's life can make i change
In men's lives today. A defamer of Chris
tianity today Is no worse thin Paul. It
ull comes from the same antichrist spirit
When men are tilled with this antichrist
spirit they will strut around and blas
pheme everything that Is Chrlstllko and
It makes no difference how hard It Is
for a Christian to bear It. It was the
same way Paul and his friends did.
But there Is another mirror sldo of
Paul's life. Let's look Into It as he holds
It up by his strenuous living life. In
Acts, 9, Is his conversion; he Is Saul now,
but after his conversion ho was called
Paul. In Acts, chapter 29, Paul tells
Agrtppa his life before and after his
conversion In Such way that Ayrlppa
said unto Paul, "Almost you persuadest
me to be a Christian." Paul's answer was,
"Would to God you were and those that
are with you." And that wish of Paul's
Is the wish of all after their conversion.
Paul In his defense did not run around
to find out what some ono had 4d
and done as an excuse for not accepting
Christ as men do today. Paul reallted
he must be saved, and I do be
lieve If men were more Interested In
their own salvation than they are In
defaming the Imperfections t weak men,
they, like Paul, would be a greater bless
ing to humanity. Be not afraid to come
up to the standard like Paul and there
wilt then be no hidden Gospel to any
poor man; no, nevor.
CrRUB BTEBBINS.
Kick Against Street Obatrttctlnn.
OMAHA, Aug. .-To the Editor Of The
Bee: Let ma register a kick tho way the
railway company Is monopolizing tha
streets where Jt robuilda its traoka.
Leavenworth street was Impassable for
Weeks on account ot street railway ob
structions, and now Farnam street Is un
dergoing the same treatment In other
cities they do not let the street railway,
or other publlo corporations, tear up more
than two blocks of the street at a time,
and make them rtpalr One stretch before
they start work on another. Why can't
Omaha do likewise?
DISGUSTED AUTOIST.
Good Times amd Bad Times.
CHICAGO, Aug. To the Editor of
The Bee. The ratio between production
per capita and consumption per capita
determines good or bad conditions. For
example, estimate $10,000,000,000 as the
value ot the average annual crop, and
the surplus would be about $$,(00,000,000,
but should our annual crop, through
drouth or other misfortune, be reduced
to $7,KX),C00,0CO. the surplus would be
nothing, hence very hard times and pos
sible panic.
We have 106,000,WO people In this
country. If through Idleness, short hours,
or Inefficiency ot labor, production should
be reduced 3i cents per capita per day,
and through extravagance and reckless
expenditure there should be an added
waste of S cepts per day, making a total
loss of 7 cents per day, or $2S per annum
per capita. It would equal $2,600,600,000. an
amount as great and as destructive aa a
76 per cent crop,
A short crop Is Immediately noticed,
and we locate our mlifortune at once,
but apparently no one takss Into account
a loss due to Inefficiency, and tha reck
less and almost criminal waste of our
people, which Is as destructive annually
as would be the short crop.
Our government cannot regulate and
correct existing conditions: It Is up to
the individual. It for the next year every
American would do honest work, cease
watching the clock and practice decent
and sane economy, our troubles would be
eliminated, and the muckraking press
and tha political agitators would be a
thing of the past.
Will our people adopt a sane plan of
living and meet the situation, or will
thev cohtlnua to follow th pnitr,. nnw
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"tn ia h.u.wvu. u iiuii(, vur vuunirj
Into further social and political revolu
tion, or possibly something wo.-sn Every
citizen should bear In mind that a nation
la never better and never worse than the
Individual units which comprise the com
posite whole. If the units are good the
national life will be good and peace will
reign. If the units are bad we may look
for nothing but disintegration, unrest and
possibly anarchy.
Tinkering with the tariff and multiply
ing expenses In the maintenance ot our
government, local, state and national,
will add to, rather than take from, our
existing unsatisfactory conditions.
EDWIN H. CONWAY.
Tabloids of Science
Only one man. In 209 Is over six feet in
height
There are 9,000 cells In a square foot ot
honeycomb.
Persons with blue eyes are rarely af
fected by color blindness.
Edison says that the Inventive genius
of the school boy should be encouraged
by some recognition In the school curri
culum. The new Chinese department of agri
culture and forestry Is very largely
manned by Chinese graduates of tho col
leges of this country.
A miniature force pump has been In
vented In France to humanely force down
the throats of geese the feed to produce
the principal Ingredient of pate de fole
gras.
Earthenware pipes, built Into a con
crete wall form a unique and safe storage
plan adopted by a Belgian construction
company for filing Its original tracings
of drawings.
Anvil Sparks
The fat women get all the prickly heat
In summer. But the thin ones get all the
cold feet In winter.
This would be a fine world If the men
who hand out free advice would use
some ot It themselves.
A man who gets a knockdown may not
amount to much, but he has It all over
the lad who does a laydown.
A man who has money Is always broko,
to hear him tell It. When a guy starts
yarning about how wealthy h Is, look
out for him. Cincinnati Enquirer.
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Mrs. Grameroy When I married yu
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"Why do you managers try your plays
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"BdaUse wo want to find v out If they
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American.
She I never allow a man to kiss me
unless we are engaged, but
Ho But what?
She Of course It need be only a 'sum
mer engagement Boston Transcript
"Much energy is not utilized. There
ought to be some way of conserving
the rays of the sun."
"Ves; and look at all the energy that
goes to waste In chewing gtlni. If w
could only harness tho gum chewers.
eh?" Pittsburgh Post
"I always know those actors were a
good-for-nothing lot."
"Whtttn ill matter now?''
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And days have their limits, however we
Begin them too early and stretch them
too late.
One day at a time!
It's a wholesome rhyme!
A good one to live by.
A day at a time.
Ona day at a time! Every heart that
aohes
Knowing only too well how long they
seem;
But It's never today which the spirit
the darkened future without a
gleam.
Ono day at a time! When joy It at
height,
Such Joy as the heart can never forget,
And pulses are throbbing with wild de
light, ,
How hard to remember that suns must
set.
One day at a time! But a single day,
Whatever Its load, whatever Its length;
And there's a bit of precious Scripture tn
aay
That according to each shall be our
strength.
One day at a timet 'Tls the whole oi
life;
All sorrow, all Joy are measured therein.
The bound Of our purpose, our noblest
strife,
The one only countersign sura to win.
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