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Its often n reqnostefl.
Encourage every llttlo flako ot
snow you toe.
It may bo posslulo to ebb tho army
officers, but no powor on earth can
muzzle tho war correspondents.
Tho cost ot extracting radium has
ben roducod 75 por cent. Hurray!
Now watch tho high cost ot living
take a tumble
Reformers seem to bo as slow to
"put It back" when caught with the
goods as unpretending politicians,
en possibly slower.
In tho meantime, what is bolng
dono to fortify our dangerous grado
crossings at numerous different lo
calities in the city?
And now a perjured affidavit
turns up in tho stato supremo court.
But, of course, tho lawyer who
framed It up is Innocent.
After several months ot vacation,
Harry Thaw's press agent seems to
bare gone back on tho job with
f lashes of old-time vigor,
Thoso Now York chickens fat
tened On sand havo none Ihb bottor
of somo of their Now York purchas
ers when it conies to that,
Oh, mercy! "At this rato," ob-
8ervo3 tho naughty Chicago News,
"the women will soon bo wearing
thoir cdrsots around tholr ankles."
Tho hens do not lay In cold
weather, but tho winter season
seemingly has no depressing otfoct
on the Incubation ot political boom
lets. Somo ironical press agent says
they did not know "Dill" Sulzor
when bo returned to Albany as an
assemblyman, But Its 100 to 1 that
"Jilll" know thorn.
Designers of men's apparel aro
aid to havo docreed sausage-skin
styles, But tho man, like tho horse
led to water, will wear tho duds or
not, just as ho pleases.
That is so, como to think of It, tho
colonel, who also had a tlft up In
that copper country, onco pro
nounced a cortaln agitator named
Moyer "an undoslrablo citizen."
Even at that, tho privilege ot pay
lug 23 1-3 cents a 1,000 gallons for
water In Omaha Is not as big a boon
as it might bo, recalling that Lin
coln people aro charged only 15
cents n 1,000 gallons.
Having taken Its namo from
Janus, the god who looked both
ways at onco, this grand old month
of January will bo expected before
ending Its engagement to catch us
a-comlng and . a-golng.
Hero Is an expert who says bach
clors remain in single blessedness
because women aro spendthrifts, and
he might have added that the soured
old bachelors who hide behind that
excuse aro tightwads.
Once inoro Sonor Huerta. kindly
advises us that among the things ho
will not do Is to resign. Thanks for
:tho Information. We will now re
sume our adnmantlno policy of
awaiting his pleasure.
Fighting tho administration be
causa a cabinet member controls the
pie counter may afford sweet per
sonal revenge, but it gets no favors
for tho home town or In any other
way helps the folks at home.
Of course, If then were to have.
teen but four regional banks, neither
Omaha nor all these other rival
pities would dare aspire. When ll
increased the number, the admlnla
tratlon Invited whatever trouble
proceeds from the competition.
Service that Should Be Appreciated
A Lincoln newspaper organ that
voices tho desires of those who aro
opposing university consolidation
for personal or mercenary reasons
Is already protesting loudly against
listening to any po-called expert
opinion, an to our educational needs
and problems from presidents of sis
tor universities or other recognized
educational authorities. Tho very
fact that .tho advocates ot the down
town campus do not welcome such
suggestions from Impartial and dis
interested sources, but, on the con
trary, seek to projudice them In ad
vance, would' ordinarily indicate lack
of faith In their own position, and
admission that a disinterested judge
V oil hi docldo against their conten
tions, Astdo from all that, howovcr, we
believe the proposed personal In
spection and roport on- tho present
condltlbn and future growth of our
Btato university, as tho question ot
campus consolidation has .a bearing
on it, by tho distinguished educators
who havo accepted tho invitation to
perform that service for us ought to
be, and will bo, n great help Ho the
peoplo who nra to decide by their
volos, and who want to decido intel
ligently and wisely. Evorybody
knows, ot course, that each such
problom must bo considered by
Itself, yet various common features
aro presented wherever a docislon
must be mado as to dividing or
uniting a state's forces of higher
education. Along these lines tho
opinion ot experts engaged In the
actual work ot university Instruction
and direction cannot fall to be Val
uable, and If they manifest a con
sensus of opinion it must carry much
weight oven though not conclusive.
That men in other great universi
ties occupying top positions In tho
world of higher education should
consont to do this service for us
hero In Nebraska Is a gratifying
compliment to us, and demands that
wo manifest our appreciation.
Home Pride Ocrr-aching Itself.
Bocretary Bryan boldly proclaims
that ho favors Lincoln as against
Omaha as tho location for a regional
bank, It one Is to como to Nebraska.
Mr. Bryan's homo pride Is pardona
ble and pralsoworthy. But should
Lincoln bo preferred ovor Omaha,
would not tho federal banking board
start out solf-condomnod as lotting
political considerations control? If
Secretary Bryan lived In Illinois,
would ho try to pull tho regional
bank from Chicago to Springfield?
It ho lived In New York, would he
insist on a bank being located In Al
bany Instead ot in the metropolis?
If he lived in Maryland would hoibe
l6ostln for Annapolis as 'against'
Baltimore? It ho lived In Califor
nia, would ho urgo th claims ot
Sacramento abovo San Francisco?
The Inscrutable Test.
"By their fruits ye shall know
thorn," Is a tost laid down by tho
Head ot tho church, not one ot its
crltlcB. It stands forth as an in
vlnclblo challongo to tho consistency
ot overy mRn and woman who has
assumed tho namo and livery of re
Uglon. If It moans anything, It
means all to thorn; means that
botwoen thoso who have and those
who havo not laid hold of theso
claims and professions there shall
be a distinct lino of demarcation
not in outward formalism or class
but In tho dynamic charactor ol
their lives and Influences. This li
a rigid, but fair, test, and it goos to
tho vory vitals of the whole economy
and system of grace. It sots up no
small standards ot ascetlsm, for' tho
teachings ot Josus Indicate that Ho
Himself, was no ascetic; hut It sets
up Btorn measurements of moral in
tegrity and, above all, consistency
by which both tho church and tho
Individuals composing It must and
will bo Judgod ot the world. "By
tholr fruits yo shall know them.
Woo to tho church it it becomes
known to tho world by tho fruits of
failure or even partial success.
Another Pulmonary Safeguard.
The popular mind is aulcklv ah
sbrbed In anything recommended as
a remedy for tuberculosis, partial
larly of tho lungs, or ns tho vornacu
lar of our day denotes It, tho "great
wiuto plague." For years tho rav
oges of this disease forged on with
unabated progress, soemlngly In ut
tor doflauco of medical skill and scl
enco. Asd then camo a halt. Man sud
deniy discovered in tho slmplo forces
of nature at his disposal the best
posslblo deterrents to the malady he
ooiioved to be Irresistible after
certain stage, all bocsu.e it resisted
every modlclnal prescription. Since
the halt amazing progress has bb
mado toward tho goal ot conaucst.
and even now tuberculosis no longer
ranks, oxcept In its ultimate stages,
as incurable.
So the new-found treatment
sick lungs by the so-called alr-spllnt
method, that is, of pumping pure air
into 'lie pleural cavity to maintain
pressure, watching the effects
ineauB of the X-ray, Is sure of a seri
ous reception. Though only as yet
an experiment, It arrests attention
as a plausable proposition, at least
to tha lay mind, and will be watched
with critical and general interest.
Somehow, there is fresh dclleht In
knowing that this latest of devices
for combatting pulmonary diseases
depends solely on natural elements.
It should further focus our thoughts
on this, that ns prevention Is better
than all cure, the real solvent for
this 111 lies In proper living, scien
tific ventilation, tho slmplo associa
tion with nnture's original elements,
chief of which are air and sunshine.
But for our egregious overdoing of
tho artificial and fictitious llfo this
grim monster of tuberculosis never
would had secured such a violent
hold upon us.
Not So Much to Boast About,
Thanks for small favors, but sup
pose tho Water board had dono what
it promised, namely, had reduced
tho maximum meter rate to 2G cents
immediately upon taking possession
of tho plant for tho city, and then
aftor a year' and a halt ot operation
hod managed to glvo a further cut
of 1 2-3 cents per 1,000 gallons,
would it bo cauBO for hilarious
boasting? Yet is not this all that
has been so tar accomplished to
pull tho meter rato down after
eighteen months to 1 2-3 cents below
what tho board officially established,
as tho maximum reasonable rato
which tho old water company was
entitled to collect?
What the Posto.fice Needs Host.
The avowed aim and object of tho
various succeeding postofflce admin
istrations is to put tho servlco on a
self-supporting basis. Tho postal
deficit is probably moro nearly
wlpod out now as tho consequonce
ot more businesslike management
and enlarged postal activities than It
has been for many years, these ex
tensions operating In a circle, first,
to produce more revenue, making
posslblo greater sorvico at lowor cost,
and, In turn, every Increase In serv
ice and decrease In prlco adds to tho
volumo of patronage.
But tho postottlco ad a biiBtnoss
establishment furnishing various
kinds of servlco to tho public Is bo
lng worked nowhere near up to Its
capacity. With "tho overhead chargos
unchanged, it could double and
treblo its output with comparatively
llttlo Increase of outlay. If tho
postpfflco bolonged to a privato cor
poration it would get Into tho busi
ness of bilfllncRS-cettlnir. nnd It
would go after business In tho most
offectlvo way by advertising to tho
public tho different wares and serv
ices it has to offor. Tho postofflce
does many things that not one por
son in a thousand knows can bo
dono through It. To bo sure, a tre
mendous amount of froo advertising
is enjoyed by tho postofflce, which
could not bo bought with hundreds
ot thousands of dollars, but It is not
ot the systematic kind that tolls and
produces tho host results.
Tho Boo suggested somo tlmo aco
that an appropriation by congress of
2,000,000 for a postottlco advertis
ing fund would bo tho most profita
ble- Investment tho govprnmont ovor
mado, and tho rocont addition to tho
sorvico of postal savings, parcel Dost
and packngo insurnnco constitutes a
reinforcing nrgumont An ener
getic nnd intelligently directed ad
vertising campaign for tho postottlco
would glvo us 1-cent lottor postage
in twelve months. '
Dayton Still in the limelight.
Within the year Dayton, O., dovas
tatod by tho flood-tide, commanded
the sympathy of the wholo country.
Tho city romalnod In tho public eye,
pitied first for Its nffllctlon, then ad
mired for ita horolsm under adver
sity. Now it again claims public at
tention, in a vory different manner,
yet largely as a result of tho precert
lng occasion. Dayton has ndopted
tho city-manager method of. mu
nlclpal government; has employed
one man to run tho corporate affairs
ot Its 125,000 stockholders. It is
tho first city of pretentious slzo to
make tho experiment. If successful
In Dayton, tho scheme Is apt to
spread, for nothing Ib quite ns attrac
tive today In the lino of civil govern
ment as a so-called panacea for our
municipal Ills. If unsuccessful, or
only moderately satisfactory, it will
Buffer a setback.
Perhaps tho trouble with most ot
these schemes Is that too much Is
.expected; that Is, the Inherent valuo
ot the method Is overemphasized in
comparison with tho Individual
element so vital to all. While
It may be easier to control tho per
sonal element In tho one-man clty
mauager project, It nevertheless gets
back in this, as all other municipal
government propositions, to the bed
rock of the right kind ot men.
The Exaltation of Horseshoeing,
Oh, the blacksmith's a stronir, sturdy
fellow;
Hard Ida hand, but his heart's true and
mellow;
Bee him stand there, his huge bellows
1 blowing.
With bin strong, brawny arms free and.
bare.
Recall that old song, how every
school boy used to roll It oft?
Staccato. It gave a noble Idea of
the blacksmith ana horseshoer, one
that has nevor been Quito effaced
from the memory, Now, those
young men finishing their education
at Cornell university are to havo
this Idea further, lusUUed Into their
plastic minds, for a course In horse
shoeing has been added to the cur
riculum. What would the poet
havo said to that? '
Yot, In this day of vocational
training, why not oxalt tho nobility
ot craftsmanship, of thoso sturdy
callings that havo been thought of
only as muscular In their perfor
mance? Bring blacksmlthing and
horseshoeing and carpentering nnd
bricklaying and iho rest into tho
closest posslblo contact with the
moro pretentious occupations, tho
professions and tho sciences, and
glvo youth a proper understanding
of honorablo toll.
Even though somo may doubt the
propriety of a collego training In
theso lines, thoro Is practical utility
in them. Cornoll, It seems to us,
has struck off In an experiment
which will be at least worth watch
ing. New and Better Styles.
Where is the old-fashioned
mother and daughter who did all
tho knitting for tho family every
year? Thoso slmplo folk, who, In
stead of gadding about at brldgo
parties and tango dances, sat by tho
flroplaco and mado yarn socks for
father and tho bqys and sewed tholr
good old red flannels? Ob, somo
pessimist shouts, tho womon and
girls of today do not know how to
do thoso things; we buy all such
clothes and, therefore, lend a hand
to prying up tho cost of living.
But the fact 1b, father and Brother
Bill no longer consent to encumber
themselves with such wearing ap
parel. Instead of the soggy old
homo-knit woolen socks, thoy wear
tho thinnest and nattiest llttlo half
hoso you over saw. Instead of tho
heavy old flannels, thoy skip
through tho winter with underwoar
very llttlo thicker than summer
weight. Thoy havo also dispensed
with that old-fashioned scarf thoy
usod to wrap soveral - times around
their necks, and in especially cold
days onco- ovor their ears, as they
wont about And thoso stolid old
boots, or tho big brogan with gal
oshes over them, and that great
beaver, cap and gloves to match,
thoy, too, havo gone.
No, wo do not need theso things
any moro to keep us from freezing;
wo novor did, although wo doubtless
thought so. Tho human body has
some natural heat of Its own, as we
havo discovered, and wo aro warp
ing ourselves by It. Colds are not
as common today ns when wo burled
our bodies under those mountains ot
clothing. Wo havo found that hav
ing cold, as has often been said, is
vory much of a habit, anyway, In
digenous according to tho tenderness
of tho soil Tho porson so carefully
shloldcd from nature's elements, of
course, contracts a cold moro easily
than tho ono lnurod to outdoor rig
ors. And as for a comparison In
comfort and appearance, there Is
nonoy'as witness thoso poarly-whlto
swan-llko throats of tho "tender
box," exposed as It In ridicule of tho
wintry winds,
Let Trust Magnates Calm Fears.
Llko a distinguished democrat's
reference to a cortaln platform, the
announcement ot tho democratic
program of anti-trust legislation Is
significant for what It omits as well
as for what it contains. Wo read
in It nothing that supports tho oft
used declaration that "guilt Ib per
sonal" or tho demand that lawless
trust magnates "do time behind
prison bars" so far as past offenses
under tho present Sherman anti
trust law are concerned. If tho
trusts come out of tho new proposed
democratic anti-trust legislation as
woll as tho bankers have come out
with tho currency law, which was
to "bust tho Money trust," they
need spend no sleepless nights.
Somo peoplo think the threat of
the Illiteracy test embodied in the
proposed Immigration legislation is
stimulating tho number of new
comers arriving nt our ports. Theso
folks forget that rollglouB persecu
tion is moro rampant In Europe than
for many years, and that the lure of
bettor living conditions and higher
wages ovor here Id more- powerful
than it evor was.
'
Tho newspaper boys aro keeping
to tho front In Kansas as usual.
Sonator Brlstow Is running for re
election, with Editor Murdock buck
ing him. Editor Allen running for
governor, to which Editor Copper
also aspires, while Editor Bill Allen
Whlto continues to catch them both
ways, whooping It up for all of the
unafraid men in the field.
It is yet to be seen what effect the
additional Income tax exemption of
?1,000 in favor of the married man
has on tho matrimonial market. It
Is really surprising no ono has
drawn on this feature ot the lncomo
tax law to help explain the slump in
marriage licenses In Wisconsin.
Moyer says when the bullet was
tired Into its back It reached every
wago earner In America. The force
ot his epigram might be even moro
appreciable it tho bullet had hit a
wage earner Instead of a walking
delegate.
Wonder It the members ot the
Stato Bar association see the joke
yet in tho composition of Its com
mittee to recommend ways and
means to drive that grim otfonder,
Mr. Perjury, out ot tho halls ot
justice.
opkinijackwar
'JhisPay in Omaha
CCMPIMD rsmt stc mu
' F
JANIAHY 11.
Thirty Years Ago
Tho fall of several hundred yards of
dirt at tho cut on Sixteenth street south
of Browncll Hall frightened peoplo
around that vicinity Into the belief that
thero wan an earthquake about.
Louis Itennlngton, a 7-year-old boy who
has wandered away and become lost. Is
being eagerly soughl by his parents, who
II vo at 91S Pierce street.-
William A. Paxton has let tho contract
for building the Ice houne for the new
stock yards company to be located just
below the Her distillery,' with 6,000 tons
capacity.
The Parade of the Union Pacific band
was quite' an attructlve one. Including
wagons' containing exhibits by various
merchants. Not the least popular was
tho burlcsquo band which wound up the
procession, It was followed by a mas-
querade ball In tho evening at Crounse's
hall. The two best costumes wero worn
by Miss Mamlo Blvens and Miss Magda
lene Itlpscheck, representing two Ksqul-
maux, whoso clothing was made of white
paper. .
A. I. Barbour of tho Asphalt Paving
company nnd John Grant, tha superin
tendent, are at the Millard.
Donations are being solicited tor the
benefit fair to be given by the Saratoga.
Union Sunday school. The committee In
charge was Samuel Avery, Mrs. Kynor
and Mrs, Frank M. Smith.
A large number of Odd Fellows went
to Blair for the annual . Installation Ot
tho lodge officers there. '
Twenty Years Ago
Tho Somoset club held a meeting at
110 South Hth street In tha evening and
after a social hour elected thoso officers:
President, James 191 Boyd; first vice
president, D. L. Cartan; second vice pres
ident, J. J. Jobst; third vice president, E.
I Magnus; secretary, Frank J. Iange;
treasurer, P. C. Heafeyj financial sec
retary, E P.'Mullone.
Stuart Itobso.n appeared to excellent
advantage in "A Comedy of Errors." at
tho Boyd, with Mrs. Hobson playing the
part of Adrlano.
C. R. Wllklns, traveling man, was laid
up with a serious attack of sciatic rheu
matism. Mr. and Mrs. & R. King, 2733 Ohio
street, wore the proud parents of a new
born dough tor.
Flro did about 9100 damago to Fred
Davla' barn and contents at Twentieth
street and St. Mary's avenue.
News was received or the death of
Charles Dwlght Dormnn at Davenport,
la., formerly of Omaha.
The Omaha HUmano society elected Dr.
George Ii. Miller, presldont: Colonel 6.
8. Chose, vice president; Mrs. Daniels,
secretary, and Alfred Millard, treasurer.
Ten Years Ak
Tho board of governors of Ak-Sar-Ben
completed election of Its members by re
electing Thomas A, Fry and Mel Uhl to
succeed themselves and electing C. II.
Pickens to succeed M. A. Hall.
James Newstrom, 28 years of age, died
at his home, 1123 North Seventeenth
street.
A number ot business and professional
men held a conference at the Paxton
hotel to discuss the laxity In enforcement
of municipal laws and ways nnd means
of bettering conditions. T. J. Mahoncy
acted as chairman of the meeting, which
was also attended by Byron G, Burbank,
A. W. Jcffcrls, Isaac TV, Carpenter, War
ren SwUler, Dr. F. E. Coulter, F. B.
Kennard, Hov. K, Comblo Smith, Bishop
A. U. Williams and others.
The City Garbage company proposed
that the city council give It a five-year
extension of Its contract, which had run
for ten years. It was laid over for ac
tion. .Councilman Nicholson, to whom
the matter was submitted by the com
pany, said that Guy C. Barton threatened
to enjoin the city If It attempted to make
a dumping ground at the foot of Calif or
nla street.
General Samuel N. Sumner went to
Oklahoma City to assume command of
the department of Texas, Colorado and
Arizona, giving up his command here ot
the Department of the Missouri,
MUFFLED KNOCKS.
A lot of wetfthy old tads put In thelf
last years buying stained glass windows
for churches when they should be learn
ing how to shovel coal.
Any time you see a man shoveling in
his cats with his knife you can bet that
bis wlfo doesn't tell him where to get
off when he Is at home.
There are a lot of good people who
wouldn't mind learning to tango only
they are afraid ot the fall-away slide and
the too hold and the halt nelson.
Vou may have noticed that the man
who smokes straw matting stogies be
cause he prefers them to cigars always
takes a good cigar when you are doing
the buying.
The old-fashioned woman who used to
have a good bawl every day now has a
daughter who doesn't dare shed a tear
becaufe her cheeks are powdered up like
a marshmallow.
Onco upon a time a girl went Into a
shoo store and when asked what kind she
wanted she replied: "Any kind, Just so
thoy are comfortable " And the poor, but
honest, clerk dropped dead.
There Is a lot of tommyrot about dig
nity. When you see a big, pompous man
who Is so stiff and Important that ynu
curl up and crawl away, you wouldn't
Imagine that he had to sit on the side of
a bed and trim his toe nails with a pair
of scissors. Just like the rest of us. Cin
cinnati Enquirer.
Chivalry,
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Some think they justify themselves In
getting off the water wagon If they give
up their places to some weaker and more
worthy person.
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People and Events
This old world of ours Is a queer com
pound ot Inconsistencies. For example,
there Is Dr. Cook getting 1300 a weok
for talking, while Admiral Peary Isn't
getting an Invitation.
Admiral Mahan waxes Indignant In
print over England's threatened reduc
tion of Its sea Dower. Th nosalbllltv of
a shortage of dreadnought targets twenty
years nence harrows up tho souls of
naval warriors.
No ttno' can appreciate the magnitude
of tho loss this country suffered when
Dr. Wiley retired from the 'pure food
sorvico unless one hears Dr. Wiley's
measure of It. To hear It, however, takes
halt a plunk for a plain Seat, and plush
ones In proportion.
"With 100 club women keeping cases on
members of thn rltv miinel! ami nf ihn
school board of Phlrn rrft thorn lnt n
ghost of a show of turning a trick openly.
uui me ciub women cannot camp on tho
trail all the time, and foxv born can
recognize a "split" In the dark.
If the goddess nf tprtmlrhnri Lpun.
pace with her un.tn.rlntn ilnvnt h-
indignation must have reached the boil
ing point wnen tho governor of Mlssouil
nt the New Year ball banished the dips
and curves nnd bu,nny hligs to tho cellar
and cut pigeon wings and like capers In
the ancient Virginia reel and sedate
quadrilles to the skittish nntos nt -nM
Dan Tucker." Missouri Is nut as ancient
as It looks, but there are some ancients
In Missouri.
Tho addition of a course of
shoeing to the studies of an eastern col
lege implies uncommon hnnf!itna in
tho futuro of the ancient and honorable
trade. But It does not fill a growing
want. What the speedy world of today
needs Is a college training which will
enable a man to stretch himself artist
ically beneath a motor car and cheer
fully discuss the trouble In three lan
guages without ceellnr tho hlcU nf h.
second commandment.
The very latest word In liiTiiHnn. onr,
.greyhounds Is written all ever the Aqul-
mnia, wnicn will make lta maiden trip
across tho pond early next summer, its
Blze Is Immense 001 feet long, 97 feet
bearrf. If the Aqultanla wero placed on
Farnam street In Omaha, Its keel resting
on mo west line or Fifteenth street. Its
bow would shadow tho entrance to the
city hall and Its beam would scrape off
every bay window, on tho buildings and
every polo and crosswalk sign for two
blocks.
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
Houston Post: A Houston BAnJUi
church will take no collections In 1314.
and wo suppose It Is prepared to build
an addition to accommodate all the peo
ple who will flock to get In.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: In Chlenert
they havo decided to mako February 1
uo to Church Sunday." It Is quite
posslblo that Chicago needs lust Ruch n
call to duty and what city doesn't?
Chicago Record-Herald: Dr. Eliot's
new religion may be a good one, but ho
will havo trouble In flndlnc fnlln
unless ho lets his hair and whiskers
grow and proceeds to. start a colony
somewnere. J
Boston Transcript: Oklahoma mlanfnn-
arles report that the Indians down there
are so rich that It Is difficult to direct
them along- tho straight and narrow
path. Has the white sharper quit tho
oroad highway?
St. Louis Republic: Becaunn nf ad
vancing age Dr. Washington Gladden,
now 78 years old, has resigned tho pas
torate of the First Consrecattonnl church
of Columbus, O., which ho hoa held for
thirty-one years. Ills plans for the leis
ure years aro not announced, but It mnv
bo hoped he will resume the singing of
songs which his advent into the ministry
Interrupted. More than half a century
ago he put the glories of tho Berkshire
Into words which have become the classla
or his college. Ho made no mistake In
taking up tho duties of tho ministry, but
now that ho has laid them down It
would bo well If he should find time to
write some poems that are yet unwritten.
BTrtH J.i"s- Mltt'' n f A.
the whole winter through, coupled with a genial
semi-tropical climate, are features In the popularity
New Orleans enjoys as a winter resort, although they
are but incidental to its many allurements to both the
casual and the long-term visitor. It has its old French and
Spanish sections, teeming with reflections of '
A Past Foreign Epoch
of much grandeur, quaint little shops having wares with an
individuality, fascinating architectural types that hold one's
attention, and at every turn examples or evidences of
manners and customs peculiar to the section. It also has its
modern section, In which are portrayed the prosperity and
Beauties of the Modern Days
la Its palatial homes mid settlnst of semi-tropical foliage and flowers. Its
parks and lti public Institution. Then there I Its business lection, with
Its alluring (tores In which ware can be purchased not to be found elsewhere
la the country; also iu mercantile establlihments, and the external
evidences of It mighty river traffic Again, there are lu famous
i lauuuii, wn ti buwi nwiru, Buu , nnauy, were u its
il Famous Carnival Season
U fl ending, for 1914, In Mardl Cra Day. Feb. 24th.
S New Orleans li also the site ay to the West Indie. Pimm, ,A
Central America, with adequate regular teacuhip service thereto, and,
during the present eaon, with high-da Special Winter CruUea from that
port, via: tU United Fruit Co' teamers to Cuba, Jamaica, CoaURlcaand Panama.
Jan. 14th and 28th, Feb. 7th and 25th.
See Mardl Gra date In connection with one of these Special Cruise. Send for
book : "New Orleans for th Tourist," "Panama for the TourUt," and take the
Illinois Central
C&anla
5. NORTH, Dittrid Paumgtr Agnl,
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CYNICAL MUSINGS.
The best business for any man t bit
In Is his own.
The fellow who sows his wild oats de
serves to reap a grass widow.
How can there bo safety In numbers
when too many cooks spoil the broth?
Experience Is the best school, but some
ot us never get beyond the kindergarten
stage.
Some men are so constituted that they
will yield to nothing except temptation.
It's a good plan to put something by
for a rainy day; a little sunshine, for
Instance.
Somn people can't stand prosperity.
Fortunately, they don't havo to try very
long.
Probably the reason discretion Is tho
better part of valor Is because It can
run faster.
A girl should make tho most of her
birthdays. Tho tlmo will come when sho
won't havo any.
It Is quite possible that the world s
happier because one-half doesn't know
how tho other half lives.
Tho pessimist divides his time between
wanting what ho doesn't got, and get
ting what he doesn't want.
We are all attracted by our opposltes.
That may explain why a woman always
likes a man who is a good listener. New
York Times.
i
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
"Who. nr vnnr lilona nTinllt Women
holding government positions?"
Vm Ir. tttvnv rxf It fllllv. flit SI CTliftr-
anteo of good faith, I think wo ought to
get moso Ji.nsiisn minium HuuraHmii'n w
Join flro departments Instead of starting
Diazes. vasninsioii cim.
"Just as vo wero wondering where'tho
money for a feed was to come from.
Billy Smith, who always has his pockets
full, blew In "
"Well, what hnppened?"
"A blow-out." Baltimore American.
Glbbs So you are lecturing on "How
Poverty Can Be Abolished?"
Dibbs Yes, Jt wan the only practical
solution for the problem that I could
find. Boston Transcript.
"Why must I pay moro for meat than
my grandmother did?"
"Your grandmother walked down .to my
shop nnd took It away In a basket," ex
plained tho butcher. "You telephone anil
have t delivered, and you pay for bom
transactions." Louisville Courier Journal.
"This song is not suited to my voice,"
said the prima donna.
"Well," said tho discouraged manager,
"I suppose I'll have to get you another
song. There's no uso of trying to havo
your voice rewritten." Cincinnati En
quirer. "All I need," said tho old employe who
had applied for a rnlso of pay," Is an op
portunity. 1 know I can be valuable to
this establishment If you will only glvo
mo tho chance."
"Do you remember the case of young
Thursby, who was promoted ovor you
about six months ago?" asked tho em
ployer. "All ho needed was the oppor
tunity." Chicago Record-Herald.
THE MAIDEN'S DEATH.
(Hitherto unpublished poem of Eliza
beth Barrett Browning, now printed In
Cornhlll Magazine. Probably written In
1S39.)
Is she dylng7 Yc who grieve
Do answer "yea." And will sho leave
Our world so soon, nnd separate bn
From this life's unresting sea
Where the harpies' ghastly motion
Hovers; and tho wind's hoarse passion
Raves: and there's no room nor rest
For the halcyon's fabled nest?
From theso depths tho heavens draw,
Her drops nf llfo by nature's law,
To form ntf-Ioud In angels' sight.
Illumined by tho great god light.
She- Is dying. Ye who know , .
Beauty's fairness In a show ,
Youth's1 high dreams where angels enter,
Dreamt on somo low peradventure
Wealth's soft strowlng ot the ways, '
Iiovo's deep vowing In self praise.
Weep for her who doth remove
From beauty, youth, wealth ay! and
love!
But but ye for I am turning
Unto somo of wider learning
Yo who know how tears find place '
'Twlxt tho show-mask and tho face
How dream-Pillows slide awny
Leaving foreheads on tho day
How tho foot may smoothly tread.
While tho thornwreath pricks the head
How the mouth, with love-vows laden,
Soon oh, weep not for that!
maiaeni
Dust to dust! She lies beneath
The stono which SDcakn tn llf nf n-ontM
Young, beauteous, wealthy, 'ncath tho'
un,
And loved! Yet who weep for her? .None,
Song Birds
and Flowers