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    ri'UV lil'M, nXfAIIA OTM11AV ATTfilTST 9.9. 1013.
The omaiia Daily BSE
Fi i .VuKu i.l nOVAHD KOSBW VTBU
VICTOR KO.iBWATBit. EDITOR.
ltl'.K lnl,.nr.w, KAltNAM A,U 17TH.
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JULY CIRCULATION.
50,142
State of Nebraska, county of Douglas, ss,
Uwlifht YWiiiams, circulation manager
of Ine Bee Puunnhlng company, tmW
duly shorn, says that the a. trade oauy
circulation lor the iiiomn ot JUiy, UIa,
was W.1U. DwlOar WIL.HAM8.
Circulation iuuii4r.
subscribed In my iUiice and aworn
to before me this 4th day ot August, 11.
HOBKHT HUrti'liU,
Nowry I'uoiic.
Bobscrlbcra leavlnu the cltr
tmiporurllr ahonld Iiato Tho llee
mailed to thein. Aildres will be
changed as otten am reuaeatetf.
Thaw Is getting to be something
of aa international puduing lor ma
lawyers.
Note how our toug ressmari. Lobeck.
sticks to tho jod a&, it iiulf afraiu. it
might got. away trom aim.
Thrse Suites Swoon la Flsry Orasp ot
Record mat. Headline.
Uno1 witter oi xuich must have
been doing a llttlo swooning, himself.
Ilirnrrtiea ot nostofflca merKor or
unuieriier. -jjoc" 'lanner haa a
hnt uuu enjojraole trip east at boiuo
one a expeuso. ...
It Is to bo nopeit alter tho dlsposli
tlon of the ul$g-Camtneiti cases
that Cahtornta will, quiot uowp and,
try to be good.
One critic seems to think-silos lm
practlcabio because" they require so
mucn muscle, as, if the JNebratka;
formers were short on muscle.
Secretary Uarrleos favors eksrter
terms ot enlistment and a small
....i.. .. .i.. . .i
. L, '
the youHg mtm wko eahst do, too.
Omaha's first automobile regu
lating ordiaaace limited the down
iew speed to six miles an hour.
What would auteists soy to this now?
It seems that there was something
to that Djggs-CaunnotU case, after
all, even inough Attorney (General
McHoynolds pretended not to see it.
A mother like Mrs, Thaw, who has
endured such torture, is entitled to
? all tho consolation possible, though
her own bund indulgence may have
been at fault.
Keek.uk will have a formal eele
bratle of its $36,000,000 water
power las fellatio next week which
again remjade of olr oft-butlt
Platte river sewer canal. ''
The Loadon actors, who refuse to
appear on the stage with a big
bruiser and degenerate outlaw, seem
to have wore respect for their pro
fession thaa seme la America.
When Nebraska's choicest farm
products are gathered together for
exhibition at the' coming state fair
there will be nothing in the picture
to Indicate drouth or short crops.
A the autumn draws near wo
teem to hear that familiar word,
"Sarah Bernhardt is preparing to en
ter upon hjsr last and positively final
farewell tour of America." Get
yotr tickets early,
The cupola of the old seminary at
Gettysburg from which General Lee
directed the movement of his troops,
which, was destroyed by lightning.
was not necessary to mark the place
and what occurred.
It Is some consolation to know that
Hurta likes our Mr. John Lind, per
sonally, anyway. Perhaps if Mex
Ico's president knew more ot the rest
of Ms he might revise his opinion ot
gringoes in general.
. Perhaps you have noticed that the,
fugitive, Thaw, finds lawyers all
along the way ready at an instant's
call to defend him. Remember the
old song, "Ob, It's Money, Money,
Money Every where?"
In New York neither claimant to
the governorshlptdares leave for fear
jf the other. In Oklahoma 'the gov
ernor is afraid to leave the state lest
the lieutenant governor turn all the
penitentiary convicts loose.
The possibility of the impeachment
of another federal Judge looms up
Still, if the senate could be kept busy
sitting as a court qf Impeachment we
might be saved a lot pf unnecessary
nd uncalled-for Jeglslatlon.
A Campaign of Prejudice.
H wm a campaign of prejudice that
won the fight against the ratification of ,
(lie compromise scmemeni oi ine g:aa
controversy. World-Herald.
Wo bollovo no ono will dispute this
assertion. In this contest a doublo
prejudlco was successfully appealed1
In nnn mrolnaf (tin nillitln nnrvlrn !
rnrnnrntlnn mt annthnr nsralnst
Mayor Dahlman and the city admin- j George D. Hoagland and Hen B. Wood.
lfltrntlon. Many VOtcH wero without) The work was executed by Mrs. Eaton, i
question cast out of dlsllko of tho gnu!. T"f celebrated Flagstaff case o J. II. ,
company, Irrespective 9f tho morlts
of tho proposition, and likewise many
votes worn cast out of dlsllko of the
mayor and his associates.
But now wo nro to havo another
campaign of prejudice Tho very
organ hero quoted Is already starting
to stir up prejudice against tho new
homo rulo charter, not on account of
Its merits or demerits, but for dlsllko
of thoso who hod a hand In framing
It. Tho prejudice Is to bo stirred up
under pretonso that Mayor Dahlman
nor tho city officials nor anyone wo
ourselves might eloct aro to, bo
trusted to supervlso and cpnduct city
elections along with tho performance
of other functions within tho home
rulo principje,' but that wo must look
to a nonresident governor at Lincoln,
and his appointees, to do- this for us.
Watch tho smokol See' all tho
arts of demagogy employed to stir up
prejudice anew, which will bo tho
solo ammunition of tho chartor op
ponents. No Postoffice Unmerger.
Despite tho chango in political con
trol, postoffice officials at Washing
ton show .no disposition to unmergo
tho postal consolidation of Omaha
and South Omaha. Tho reason for
this must bo plain enough
Tho
postofflco administration wants to
make a record of efficiency and
progrcesivencss, whllo all tho argu
ments advanced by tho unmerger ad
vocates resolve themselves into a de
mand for political plo. To give up
unified postal service for Omaha and
South Omaha would bo clearly n
backward move, and It would have to
be undone again when the two cltlos
. t u i . j i '
u Mnwimuwa into ono municipal
p,e-'fovernmcnt. wh,ch cnnnot b 80 vory
far 'off.
tJAW8on to the Eescqe.
Olid hundred miles from a tele-
phono, 200 from a telegraph, Thomas
W. Lawson. the hero of "frenslod
finance' flashes aoross tho continent
from the pine forests of Oregon tho
offer to finance "Sulser'o fight for
vindication" against , Tammany and
Murphy. Thus he adds:
X believe Sulxer's impeachment can be
made tha. Ipng-walted opportunity to let
daylight Into the black cave wbere works
the system machinery. BuUer has noth
inic more io lose, wnei
ing more to lose, whothcr Innooent or
guUUr. Jf ho will allow a committee tit
bS'iMlacted. a4 waa my life Insurance
committee of governors from all over the
country, to conduct the fight In such a
way as to arouse tho nation' from end to
end, I wll be ona of a few men to sup
ply the necessary starting fund, and It
must be a big on-
Lawson insists his purpose !b
purely unselfish to "grab and crucify
the system which has so tar balkoJ
all attempts to interfere, with Us hel
lish work." LawBon learned all
about tha system by years of close
contact, which he novqr has denied
yet his former spectacular porfor
malices as tho self-constituted cruel-
flor havo not left him ontlrely envel
oped In a halo of popular confidence
But aeldo from all that, Pul
ler's vindication Is not tho point
around which to rally support of
such a movement, If thoro were
any serious merit to the Lawson pro
posal It would be apart from Suiter's
guilt or innoconco and center in the
possibility of uprooting thi deepest
seated political piracy that ever ex
Isted in this country.
Farm Demonstrator-.
Nebraska business interests dd
well to glvo their Influence and co
oporation to the movement for main
talnlng farm demonstrators In tho
state. The movement calls tor Just
such support, for It Is not in the ex
perimental stage, evidonco ot what it
can do being1 available: in, what It has
done here and elsewhere.
Twq things are necessary to bring
success to this and kindred enter
prises primarily for the farmer's
benefit, namely, the ' farmer's co
operation and demonstrators of ado
juate skill and efficiency. Both
these have been obtained, or are in
prospect, The farmer for a time
was, reticent about receiving sugges
tions trom those who seemed less
fitted by experience than himself
but with tho work devolved "upon
practical farmers that obstacle will
be overcome.
Let us call attention of our auto
Irlvera to tho )aw' requirement that
they come to a complete stop
wherever street cars are loading and
unloading' passengers, and remain,
stationary till the car shall have
started. If this law Is not better
observed In Omaha we are going to
be appalled before long by some big
auto crashing Into a crowd of men.
women and' children In tne act ot
boarding a. car, with serious, and
probably fatal, consequencui.
Congressman Francis Burton Har
rison has been chosen for th'e Job ot
governor of the Philippines. It does,;gree of doctor of sotence- The PhlUdcl-
not look as It the Wilson regime were'
in any hurry to cut loose from the
1 j .k. ,1. , ,
Islands and let the Filipinos govern
themselves.
Looking BacWatd
uhisDinOitralia,
COMFILEP rilOM DEB fH.ES
2j AUGUST 22. ? POO
TIllrtT YenrH AfiTO
attractions at Baton's aro .
pi-avnn nhntnf-rahha of Mr. and Mrs.
Patrick against . Ervln Davis Is to be enr-
rled into tho Un ted Mates court. Tho ,
caso mvuivcs a uuiiu i t,w., ....v. ..... ,
case Is for twice that amount
Dr.
George U Miller and J. N. H. Patrick
arc tho bondsmen.
Prof. Olllesple of the Deaf and DumD
Institute left for a trip west.
W. E. Annln, associate editor of The
Bee, took tho train tor Sidney, whenco he
will go by atago to Fort Robinson for A
three weeks' vocation.
Julius Meyer, accompanied by Charles
Ogden, has pone to Fort Nlbbraro, where
ho will negotiate with some of the Sioux
Indians to go to the Paris exposition.
Mrs. Thomas Nolen, wife of the Union
Pacific freight ajent. left with her slfSr
for a visit In the cast.
Prof. John Voorhcls of Campbell Nor
ir.al university of Holton, Kan., stopped
over to visit his uncle, D. V. Voorhels, on
his way to Dakota.
The Misses Crane and Shropshire are
the guests bf Mrs. Meaney out nt Sara
toga. Superintendent Holdrege gives assur
ance that the' II, & M. extension from
Kcncsaw to Mlnden Is to be buihod at
onoe to completion.
Twenty Years Afro
Eugene V. Debs and Q. W. Hoard ad
dressing a body of railroad men at the
Young Men's Christian association hall,
urged the organisation of all railroad em
ployes Into one union and the demand for
an eight-hour day for all.
Mayor Bemls took a hand In the council
meeting and knocked out for tho tlmo
being what was known as the Ed Howell
Judgment and alto disapproved of two
Items of appropriations, netting some
17,000 against tho sinking fund.
Mrs. Lewis, wife ot tho deputy sheriff,
returned from southern Illinois, where
she had visited tor a while with relatives.
Maurice Rosenthal and family went to
Chicago, where they expected to remain
for several weeks, visiting the world's
fair.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Ltnahan and Miss J.
Heolun left for three weoks at Manltou
and In the Rocky mountains.
Mr. and Mrs. John Irey, parents of
County Treasurer Irey, left for their
home In Philadelphia, after visiting their
con for some weeks.
Reports of the Union Pacific showed
that, as a result of the wholesale reduo
lion In work forces and the payroll, the
expenses for the month of July were cut
down f2u0,C00,
Ten Year A no
A telegram from Oyster Bay said
"President Roosevelt was much pleased
with the fine endorsement given by the
Nebraska republicans to the admlnlstra
tlons of McKlnloy and himself and was
Interested In tho declaration In favor of
John Lee Webster for vlco president. The
president will not discuss the candidacy
of any man for second place on the ticket,
but he knows Mr, Webster very well as
a republican and a lawyer."
The Douglas county populists, held
meeting at Washington hall, but did not
WpiA a .ticket, preferring to await action
" . i . ' il ... rm
i uio um jroruui. aimer iiiuiud,
county chairman, and L. J. Qulnby, sec-
tary, were out of the city and B. other
John O. Yelser uncorked the meeting, but
neither he, J. L. Points, Qeorge A. Mag
ney, P. L. Forgan nor nny other we,.
Poet' Milton, formerly of Omaha, nltrh-1
lng for Kansas City, was unmercifully
, it,. nn,i... -h
tho game at Vinton park," It to I
Fiank' Ebrhardt ot Abmne, Kan., do-
ftaed Eande son at the F.eld club In
the finals fo. th championship In singles
of the M ddle Tennis association.
Secreta. y Ham Fischer of the Retail
arocers" association, said he had received
answers to his 60b post card Inquiries sent
to giocors askjng how they stood on trad -
lng stamps and 73 per cent were, against
them
Men and Women
A New York man who owns seventeen
dogs refuses to pay a dog tax because It
sbds up to too much.
Georgia boasts of a 17-year-old girl who
has been engaged twenty-five times,
louca in i.yc .arr.ou "",,,., nM ben said. Is a full-blooded
ond been arrested for bigamy, tribesman. There havo been men of
The French government has accorded ' American Indian blood In the service of
to Mme. Jane Dleulafoy, In consideration ' tho government In Wasldngton nearly all
01 ner servicr.nj i hqobjt ucr orn-
ltant excavation tn Persia, the right to
wear masculine clothing.
A man In Chicago wants the Idle rich
put to work. He says the waste ot
human energy n a class who have noth-
lng to do but to dress for dinner is op-
Vailing.
Mrs. Winifred Harper Cooley, national
president of the Associated Clubs ot
Domestic Science, recently undertook nn
experiment in living on nine cents a day, I
Mrs. Cooley succteded beyond her fondest
expectations, j
A New York Judge rule tn alimony
case that a young man in tne rapturo't
throes of love Is not responsible for the
vocal hot air poured upon his bet girl.
This puts the hallowed dope of Cupid In
the same class with fish stories.
Mrs. Mary E. Hart thinks that tn order
to appreciate the true meaning of democ
racy one must live In Alaska, and de
clares there are splendid openings for
school teachers, dressmakers and cooks.
"But they will all be married within a
year."
Alexander Gibson, New Brunswick's
lumbar king, died at the age of M re
cently. Starting poor, for forty years he
out and manufactured an average ot SX-
000, W0 feet of lumber a year, mostly for
European markets. H bad aloo uxUn
stve railroad and cotton Interests.
Tha two oldest Indians on fillets reser
vation, Oregon. Dr. Johnson, aged KM,
and his common-taw wife, Susannah
Jack, aged 100, who were lost three days
and nights In Sllets forest hava Just
found thetr way back to tho tribe. Thry
were picking berries and lost their way
on account of poor sight
Philadelphia has a rival for the honor
cotferred upon Mrs. C. Newman Kmp.
the English woman upon whom tho JJnl
verilty of Edinburgh conferred the de-
Ph"1 womon is m Beatrice ai. victory
"d nWs ia first degree of doctor
of philosophy In Germanics conferred by
tha vniversity of Pennsylvania upon a
woman.
Twice Told Tales
Shntterfil Omnlilnntlnn.
Jouephua Daniels, Jr., son of the fcccro-i
tary of the navy, has been receiving
nearly all of his father's presents to tho
exclusion of the other sons In the family.
Because his Initials are the same as
thou of 111 illitt'nfrijlMhrfl fntlipr. tin hna
tt sort of right of eminent domain to the
property.
Recently tho secretary of tho navy re-
CoVcd R gave which Josephus, Jr.. was
aboUt to appropriate by and with his
tamer consent.
"This will not do," announced Mrs.
Daniels.
The secretary of tho navy Inquired why.
"Because," said Mrs. Daniels, "I doh't
want you to forsake your lifelong prln-
clples and establish a close corporation
In the family at this late day."
Josephus, Jr., gavo the present to
Worth Dagley Daniels and the close cor
poration was forever brokon. Philadel
phia Ledger.
Dnirn to Hnrd Pan,
"The Gettysburg encampment, sad r.s It
was, was not all sad," said Colonel Alln
Harkness, a voteran of Portland. "Msny
a good war story was swapped between
tho north and the south at Gettysburg.
"I myself told a good story about n
voteran braggart. This braggart wai al
ways cracking up his prowess at Gettys
burg and Chlckamauga and other battle
fields, and one day a group of fellow
townsmen fell to talking about him
There's one thing,' said tho doctor,
'that I'd like to know. I'd like to know
for certain how many of the bos In
gray Jake really and truly did get away
with.'
" W.etl, I can't speak on oath,' sold
the minister, with a twinkle In his eye.
but It looks to me, doctor, when you
come right down to hard pan, as If Jake
probably killed Just about as many of
the enemy aa the enemy did of him.' ''
Washington Star.
Cat Ronot
Lewis Cass Ledyard said at tho Knick
erbocker club in New York:
'The old Idea about crookedness ot
lawyers is dying out."
"Trus, true," a group of lawyers chor
used heartily.
Ys. the old idea about lawyers' crook
edness, as Illustrated In tho Wlntenon
anecdote, Is a thing of the past," re
sumed Mr. Ledyard.
'A book agent you know, sought out
Wlnterson In his office and said:
" 'I have here. sir. a book that will
show you how to be your own lawyer.'
" 'Humrh.' sneered Wlnterson. 'If the
book showed me how to be somebody
else's lawyer I might take It But what's
the good of teaching me how to bleed
myself r "New York Press.
Editorial Snapshots
Washlngton Btar: Senator Shaf roth's
proposal to limit senators to W0 worth a
year of tree telegraphing might help to
correct any senatorial redundance of
style.
Loc'svllle Courier-Journal: Bryn Mawr
college plans a seven-year test in an ef
fort to ereats a nerfect woman. Here in
Kentucky Romeo gives Qod credit when
he finds Juliet perfect and he'll nnvor
credit an educational Institution With
having created her.
Baltimore American: Mr. Bryan'
dove of peaco which he adopted for his"
private seal turn out to be a war eagle,
But after a single rehearsal of one of
the great man's lectures the bird will be
thoroughly ashamed of Its native In-
stlncts and coo like a dove.
Springfield Republican: Mexico pro-
duces about everything needed for guer-
i rtlla warfare exceDt cartridges. An in-
I surrecto can hike all day on a few beans,
but a handful ot ammunition now and
Wn inaisrensiuie. it carransa
I tQrct are as badly off as described the
reDeuion is in a. oaa way unices iresn
I "UPPH'8 can promptly be smuggled Into
I the country.
' Chicago Post: It Is said that President
j Wilson in his appointment of Gale E.
Parker of Oklahoma to tne position oi
register of the treasury wps moved not
so much by knowledge that Mr. Parker
is a good democratta politician ns by th
fact that he Is a man of 'education and
tho president of an Institution of learn-
hue .of high standing. Tho new treasury
I official Is a full-blooded Choctaw Indian,
. , k . . t , , 1 . i
mere are now in oiuciim posiuuns, in
Washington thrfce Oklahomans who have
Indlan blood in their vlna. Senator
Owen shares the blood of the Cherokecs
and Representative Carter is ot both
. ChoctttW and Cherokee stock, Mr. Par-
tne time tor a gw" T"r. 1
Senator Curtis of Kansas is & quarter-
blodd Indian.. Former Representative
Bvrd of MUslsilppl traced hi ancestry
n one side to an Indian origin Mathew
a. Quay of Pennsylvania Had a strain
I of the .Delaware In him. a fact which
rrooaniy "' " . T
souciluue lor 1110 ui. v. .wv.. rf
Odd -Things of Life
After using a plow for sixty years,
Charles Leis ot Rldgewood N. J., wrote
to the makers of the plow tn New York
state for a new plawsha'e. The manu
facturers had been out of Business for
forty years, he found.
The old steamer Mary Powell, wh'cli
has been on the route between New York
City and Albany for fifty-one year, tas
been laid up. During these year It has
never mtsstd a trip and Its captain esti
mates that It has made 37,0Q0 trips and
averaged about UO.000 passengers a year.
About 100 feet from a railroad crossing
In Norwich. Conn., the following slsn
has been erected and signed, with three
Initials;
DANGER.
This Railroad Crossing is a Weu-
ues'gnea
DEATH TRAP,
und Is a
niPORArR
To the Slate of Connecticut.
Walking on the beach of Lake duperlrr,
near Marquette, Mich.. A. A. Cole found
the remains of an old chair which had
apparently been washed up tn a recent
storm. With the addition or fnw pieces
of wood and a coat of point, Mr. Colo
transformed his find into a prosutable
rocker. Whits making the rpslrs be
discovered Btenclled letters on tho bottom
underneath the seat the words ''fltr. St
Ctalr." Pioneer residents of the upper
peninsula well remember the boat wMeh
foundered in the western end of Lake
Surerlor with all hands In a storm 'itarty
forty years ago.
The Shop Girl's Hide.
OMAHA, Aug. Jl.-To the Editor ot The
Beoi Here are a few Questions I would
HHo to put to the author of the letter
tim.A a n...u. ...... .....
when does this "business woman"
think tho several thousand department
8tore clerka do the)r ,hoppIng7 our
hoUr evW) wUh th(j 6 0c,ook
lng the yw threttgh( arc IonBer than
!0 per cent of the offlco employes, and
we neither have control of our tlmo dur
ing these hours. Is It possible thtt a
' "business Woman" can't arrange to do
T """" ' u ' """Vc w "u
" .nB noU .nr
1
' " not.J"st entW 'or retail clerks
iu iwo 1110 uwonuiiiiy 10 go qomi 1-3
urday as well as other evenings for their
regular and most Important meat of tho
day at the customary' hour ns wnll as
others? Is there any real satisfaction in
shopping after (J p. m. (after daylight)
when 'the salespeople ere well tired out
and naturally lack the usual Interest and
willingness in showing goods, etc.?
How about tho salaries of tho retailers
and .their employes? Does this not ei a
long ways toward giving a "business wo
man" employment? Have not the vari
ous offices In all lines of business estab
lished offlco hours and tho retailers and
their clerks adapted themselves to 'ich
hours. Department store peopla often
have occasion to transact business with
various offices. It retail stores aro to
keep open for the accommodation ot
office folks, wouldn't it be Just as fair
to ask all offices to keep open for our
account7 And why stop here? Let's
ask the bonks to keep open till 8 pm.
during the week and 9 p. tn. Saturdays,
instead of Z p. m, and 12 m. To bo sure
this would be a great accommodation to
all classes and the banks would do the
samo amount of business during the
longer hours as they now do. And bolter
yet what's the matter with keeping the
whole town open and not single out the
retail stores? Let all houses keep o?en
and enjoy the sport
In all the towns all around us, tar and
near, anywhoro near the size of Omaha
the stores close at noon or 1 p. m Sat'
urday s, and In Boston there are several
stores that are closed all day Saturdays.
Wonder how in the world and when these
people do their shopping. Let's do away
with this farmer style of doing business.
It Is a bad advertisement and nnt a
"boost for Omaha." In conclusion, allow
me to ask my dear "business woman'
don't you think you are very selfish in
your Ideas about early closing"? It Is not
only the clerks, but their families at
large that should be considered.
A MERE DEPARTMENT STORE OIUU
Wooster on the KfHcaoy of Pmyer,
SILVER CREEK. Neb., Aug. M.-T0
tho Editor of Tho Bee: "Be ye therefore
wlso as serpents and harmless as doves,"
(Matt x:l) says the Bible to the Chrls-
tlans. But Christians seem somehow to
I have gotten their spiritual wires crossed
and obey the injunction la a sort ot re
verse order and are wise as doves and
harmless as serpents.
Take for Illustration this thing of pray
lng for rain. Some people profess to think
God won't answer such prayers. But. of
course, He will. Does He riot Bay In His
Holy Word (St John xlv:M). "If ye shall
. ask anything lit My name I will do It?"
Surely He does. I learned that (n Sunday
' school when 1 was a kid. That is ono. 01
the "Unfailing prorrifses of God" we hear
so much about, and to say that He woUld
not answer prayers for rain is to make
Him out as big a liar as that talking
. snake In the garden is represented to bo,
And so we can see what a net of con
' summate .idlota all those Christians down
In Kansas must be. Instead ot a bunch
of them getting together last spr ng When
It first began to get dry and asking Ood
to wet things up In good shape and keen
at ii, ana mm wyo "r wv., me
went bellyaching about all summer until
ineir crops wero mi utairujcu ui uu
set up a concerted howl for the governor
to set a day to pray for rain. Why. those
Kansas Christians don t have half as
much sense as the most silly dove of old
isoana arm
, Now, let those Kansas Christiana take
a little godly advice from on ungodly
Nebraska sinner, whose corn. In all
human probability, will moke ttfty bush-
els per ocrai
Bo a little foreslghted, brethern; got
together at once; tell God you think He
. ... . . .. . M
S as 500a as ms wora iwiucn. oi course,
you don't but then, under the clrcum-
stances, a little lying won't hurt) and
mm t ba careful to ree that next
year you get an Inch of rain regularly
ch week dur,nK tUo ntlre growing sea
,on u yoU thnk ft Uttte Importunity and
R ule Wgher.up praying would Increase
your chance8 0t getting, what rain yoi
wftnt, 1 BUgcst that you get Pastoi
nnnll or Deacon Bryan to make a
tr prayor t0 fit the occasion and then
. cflnned . a -mctor, Rnrt
., , .
R& evepy flay M thfl fftU (I thInU nryan
wouW be wllUnK t0 make tne prayer u
h8 a royalty on
, the record sold). If anyone should ob
ject to this sort ot machine praying, I
answer that nearly all praying Is either
mechanical or hypocritical and most ot It
n addressed ta an audience rather than
to the Almighty.
CHARLES WOOSTER.
P. 8. I trust my Interpretation of the
above mentioned Scriptures and practical
application ot them Wilt meet' with the
cordial approval of Father John William
of Omaha, C .
Editorial Viewpoint
Washington Post: Considering ttu dis
tance between New York's two gover
nors, It's no wonder the Matteawan
prisoner managed to slip through.
Baltlmora American: Herr August
Bebel, arch-prtest of German socialism,
left an estate ot.Uo.a00. It pays, some
time, to prsach' an equal distribution of
wealth.
NsW York: Worldi If Secretary Bryan's
Income holds out the prospect I that the
misunderstandings In Mexico will event
ually be settled to everybody's satisfac
tion. Boston Transcript: The uproar over
tha discovery that Andrew Carnegie Is a
voter In Scotland as well asjn Pittsburgh
will cause but mild lnterest to' those who
htd always tiupposed that he also hsli
seats In the Reichstag and the Storthing.
Springfield RepubUcsn: The state ot
New York nss been self-governing going
on U0 years, yet It I so backward In the
science of government that it doe not
know today who its governor Is. The
conflict of executive authority at Albany
reflects upon the state's self-governing
capacity unaor a written constitution.
JOLLIES FROM JUDGE.
Tommy What's a settlement worker,
dad?
Dad One who finds the iiilver llnlnir tn
the other fellow's clouds.
'Society him little 11 for n man whrn
his cash Is gone."
"Ndi but while hla monjy holds out to
burn, tho vilest sinner may return. '
Hobson I tinriertnnd iht Timlin Pnm
doesn't pay living wages.
uooson That's funny. Most of the office-holders
scetn tn bo rich whun thev
get out
"I sec that the new IJrltlsh ombsssa
name Is Sprlng-Rlce." said Hlldad.
"Well, irhnt nf It?" mnM.lA,l -t. ...... .
bags. " hat Interests 11m Is XJnti.mir
heat"
. T ou l"ld me ft Plana and leae
the bark on the wood?"
I aruesB ma." nnlnt it,. ni..
ttitn.
fr tranl It rAM I ...
rough jt up there, you know."
mi,M.l?35mE- P "tuff
.T 'naignani literary
gas " Petry at 8j'-t' simply
"l 'c.'' said the unruffled potst, a he
a ..ICS..
Willie Pn. -l,.n .
sense? " . man norsi
&ZZW?!i- 8fty "NW," my son-
' r- J ViUCBIl 1
earn more than a thou and or so a year."
..fl$'.. r,cP,led the serene daughter.
----- - - . . VJ . ...... WlVT-.y VII , 1, .
safe side when they collect tho Income
"Loilla." RnlH ft, A nnll.tit fatUn. Ut
must be A masUlan, ntudy the iiajio axj
un me cornet aione.
wnat for?"
'So that even If you don't sat muph
money, you will at least get a chance to
sit down whio you work." Chicago P-st
"I see. father." said Mm. Sklnnnm. uhn
had becomo vastly lnteiested In automo-
iMlllillllllH
It W
"Buy ymur
turgic 1 supplie
where your
phytictan buya his"
The W. G.
&rgte4 ona
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plish this, subscribers are
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From here they are sent
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Many Causes
If you do not see a man
actually working; on your
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ceiving proper attention.
The difficulty may be at
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Bm worth nothing you or a
jVVapAr HHT gTMt deaf, depending entirety'.
f V with' drawings that turn white
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nftT0 00 8 ' 7u but 6.55 and
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. Mmmkmmmammkwmmmmmm
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bllee. "that the Wank-Wank car Is sold
for JS.O00 f. o. b. What does f. o. b.
mean?"
"Well, my love," said Kklniism, "If I
bought It, It Would be an abbreviation for
fine old bust. Why-don't you and Mabel
go for a trolley ride this aftsrnaa.i?','
"What klntf nt n rnprluPA Ytnll1t vnil
care to look at, sir?" -
;;a snay. ono of them new kind,
"New kind?1'
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News.
THE ECHO.
Puck.
I stood within a wooded glen
Belore a mounta.n wall,
And, ringing 10 my ear. again, ,
The echo mocked my call.
'O Spirit of tnc Gienl" I cried,'
"Will all bo bliss divine
A'hen fast .the nujulal knot Is tlod.
And Phyllis slmtl be mine?
tieneath the lamplight s rosy glow
At even shall 1 sit ;. ,.
And wtnch her lany fingers sew
Or mend or hem or knit?"
And echo answered "Nit!"
"When to my cozy homo I haste,
For dinner or for tea.
What aainty disuea tare of taste
X 111 she prepare for mo?
Of 'boarding out' I've iiHQ my fill,
My appetite's a-qulver..
jai hay milti. prti.,iutu morsel "will
Her skill to mo deliver?"
And Lcho answered "Ltverl1'
"In peaceful, placid streams of love
Will all our moments- flow
is clear oh summer ak.es above, ,
Or summer seas below?
Will both our nuiuico , sweetly chime;
Will ail be perfect quiet? '
hat will we do, O Spirit? I'm ,
In love a neophyte."
And iicho answered "Fight!"
-And will I rule the roost?" Bald L
' And always have my way,
And will my preoious Phylim try
To honor and obey?
ilmil I be leader ot the band,
Or will my rule be wrecked?
1 pray thee, tell me how 1 stand
To her In that respect"
And Echo answered "Pecked'"
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