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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEti: FEBRUARY 1. 19X4.
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DEO. SUNDAY CIECULATION
43,594
Slat of Nebraska, County of Douglas, us.
Dwlght Williams, circulation manager
of The Bee Publishing company, being
duly sworn, says that tho averago Sun
day circulation for tho month of Decern
bar, 1913, was 41.591. DWIOHT WIL
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tota beioro mo this 3d day of January,
1914.
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Watch for thq sun tomorrow.
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"Who frlskod tho Frisco?" de
mands the Wall Street Journal. Tho
PrlBCO.
Qlvo It to tho weather man; ho has
shunted several enow storms off onto
other sections,
Champ Clark only denies saying ho
had an ambition to bo president; he
doea not say ho might not havo ono,
Wondor what tho Bocrotary
thought when tho speaker said ho
should havo been, elected president?
Mr. Nicholas Longworth continues
to defy ono of father's fundamental
doctrines, as tho family Blblo would
show.
They still aro "kicking his dog
around," and ho doesn't sporn to likq
It any better now than ho did two
yers ago.
Are we drifting; Into war with
Japan?" asks the Chicago Inter
Otexa, It we are going at all, wo
are drifting-.
Nebraska doesn't require much ad
vice as to how to treat children, but
la always willing to aid the cause by
precept as well as by example.
The present husband of a great ex
actress has gone on tho water wagon
while some of his predecessors wont
on tho hPE under similar influences,
Now tho Rook Island omolot la to
bo unscrambled. Part of this was
accomplished when tho Frisco
dropped out and landed In a recclvor-
Bhlp.
Others besides railroad mon aro
wondering why tho Union Pacific has
ordered 6,000 new freight cars in tho
east while laying off local men In Its
shops.
Non-raoBopoly In radium will bo
a)J right, but son-monopoly in bread
agd meat and shoes and olqthlng
wauld Interest a whpo lot napro
People.
If Honorable Japanese School Boy
baa Itaraed his lesson well ho know
that Undo Sam, his great teacher,
wjll never deny tho tfluoro, deal to hla
country.
"It covers tho ground fully," says
Bob Ilonry of Texas, roforring to tho
president's anti-trust raeBsage. All
rjght, having heard from Bob, start
your dissolution.
Tho Now York senato mot, trans
acted business and adjourned with
oply one member present. At that
tho state's Interests probably did not
suffer for lack of a larger number,
Substltuto profit-sharing tor labor
unions, says Charles W. Eliot, the
greatest living collego president
emeritus, and all wl! bo well." Ux
actly bow this is to bo done ho falls
toj explain.
Villa eays he never went to school
iti his life and, therefore, would not
bq fitted for tho presidency of Mo
Jcp, Experience teaghes, however,
schooling alono has. not fitted spnio
others tor the office,
The wireless operator on tho Mon
roe, who, after sending out his
O, 8.," took off his life preserver an
plt it on a woman, who was rescued
while he perished, was an Instinctive
hero, not made by Marconi.
The offort to parole a youthful
prisoner so that be may. leavo th
penitentiary and enter tho University
of Nebraska has been properly
checked by the university authorities
A unconditional pardon will fit the
boy for possible entry at tho unlver
slty, put ho nas no business there as
a, "trusty
Hie Latest Sea Tragedy.
What dooit regulation for safety at
eoa regulate? Not fogs, for pno
thing. Tho Monroo disaster, with its
toll of forty-one deaths, Is tho latest
f several appalling shipwrecks slnco
tho loss of tho Titanic .rhopk thq
orld. Not a Breat deal of progrcsn
seems to havo heon tnado toward re
ducing tho hazard of ocean travel.
Whllo wo havo heon steering clear of
the IcohorgB, wo havo met death and
estructlon In fogs all too frequently I
boast. Tho story of tho Monroo
Is scarcely loss thrilling thau that of
tho Titanic Crow nnd passengers
bhhavod well, heroic men gave or J
risked their lives for women and chll-
ren. Epics aro Instilled hy tho
plrlt rising from tho death-strowa
waters, Tho ships, themselves, were
olng well up to tho moment they I
collided, going at plow pace, and yet
thero Ilea ono with Its toll of llfo at
tho bottom of tho sea. Tho wireless
worked woll, ono of tho operators
not only standing Vy nls keys as long
as thoro was need, but when thero
was not, removing his llfo preserver
from his own to a woman's waist and
dying that alio might live. But tho
fog was Impenetrable,
There will bo other fogs at sea.
What Is to bo dono about thorn? Doob
not our sclenco In navigation toll us?
After all, there Is a fault somewhere,
Thoso two ships should not havo col
lided. Tho rules of tho Boa should
havo kopt thorn apart. Yes, tho
rules of tho sea should penotrato, If
not regulato, fogs, too. Ships, like
traJnB, ought to bo so scheduled as to
procludo to tho minimum tho possi
bility of mich catastrpphles, with
ocean travol Increasing all tho whllo.
Price of War
"Every mlnuto of delay moans
tho death of n Bulgarian," saya an
Englishman, Just returned from thol
unhappy country that la otrlckort by
disease and faralno, following in the
footsteps of an army. This tlmo last
ear the world waa ringing with
praises for tho courage, skill and
daring of the Bulgarians, who with
their allies, had forced tho Turk
from Europo, and all tho glory of
war was thplrs.
Now, tho BWoets of victory havo
turned to tho blttorncss of what
must follow war. Treaauro spent
and resources exhausted In battle,
tho lives of the sturdy and strong of
ita men sacrificed in tho struggle,
Bulgaria is prostrate. Succor will bo
accorded, but tho dreadful lesson of
warfare Is thoro,
War may still bo necessary in the
groat BChomo of things, but whoever
working earnestly to bring roan-
kind to a point where disputes may
be adjusted at a cost lew than the
price Bulgaria has had to pay, la
working; for the goqd of mankind.
The Vanishing Opium Traffic
Concluding an articlo full of statis
tics on the opium trade between In
dia and China, the London Times oh
serves;
The effect on Indian finances Is that a
revenue which. reached a total of 3,&7(,OCQ
pounds In 1907-03, and which fropi special
causes was C.JTLMl pounds as recently as
tha year IB10-U has now, for nil practical
purposes disappeared.
Americans had an inkling that tho
bottom had fallen out of tho British
India opium trado with China, for
American Influence had been kicking
pretty hard to knock It, out. This
InflucBCo reached a climax In China
wuu tno overturn or tno oirruynnsty,
which proved a sevoro blqw to this
miserable curse that had bq long
blighted and withered hopes strug
gllng for bettor expression In this
oldest pt monarchies.
"The government having dealt gen
erously with China," says the London
Times, "has a claim on China for fair
treatment In connection with tho
now opium policy." Ah, yes, hut tho
facts aro that British opium lay In
largo stores In Chinese ports of entry
evon after Chin, through Amorlcan
inspiration, had put up the bars to
thp pprnlelQus import. England bq
came generous In its troatmont after
a good deal of scolding of meddle
apmp Uncle Sam and his misBjonariei
nnd susceptible old John Chinaman
John's money never lOBt its value
with tho opium producors and lm
porters.
Oivc the Chili a Chance.
"Far moro important than looking
after cugenla marriages," said Dr.
Woods Hutchinson to bis Omaha
hearers, "seems to mo to bo the mat
ter of seeing that every child born
Into the world will have a fair and
square white roan's chance to get his
share in tho world before anybody's
child Is allowed to havo too much."
And In this Is much of force that
is overlooked by the ougqnlsts In
their enthusiasm for their cult. No
one Will oet up that thq human racg
has not made, or is not making,
progress. Tho law of natural selec
tion, disputed as It may be, has fur
nished much of support in tho very
fact that, despite tho apparent care
lessness of man, his coudltlon is
steadily improving. It may be in
this regard we are proving that other
law of Nature;
Ba careful of the type she seems,
Bo carries of the tingle life.
Man has grown In every way, re
gardless of any apparent neglect of
sclentlflo mating. But the further
argument of Dr. Hutchinson must be
also borne In mind. This means that
the child Is to be given a chance
growth is to be encouraged by proper
environment. Children must not he
hampered by lack of opportunity to
develop to tho fullest.
Nebraska Is ono of tho states that
has a child labor law that Is opera
tive; it has a public school system,
organized on tho broadest and most
liberal lines, and lt has other advan
tages in tho way of salubrious ell
mato, natural opportunities and tho
like that comblno to mako this state
a veritable paradise for children. The
oxamplo of Nebraska In making pro
vision for tho welfaro of thoso who
aro fortunato enough to bd born un
der its skies is commended to other
states. Qlvo the child a chance.
Stop the Slander.
"For one Uttlo moth," says Miss
Gertrude Beeks, director of tho wel
faro. work of the National Civic
Federation, "that falls in tho indus
trial world, thoro are hundreds of
girls who are bravely taking caro
of themselves and members of their
family. It is tlmo wo called a halt
on this wholesale attack on working
women."
Hero Is a thought that has been
voiced by others who havo looked
Into conditions of employment, and
who havo investigated causes of tho
so-called "white slavory" In this
country and abroad. Tho suggestion
mat tnoy sen themsoives to escape
from "wago slavery" is tho foulest
of slander on tho working girls of
this nation.
No contention will hero bo sot up
that wages arc sufficient, or that
conditions of employment cannot be
Improved. Boom plenty for better-
mont still exists, In both regards,
oven whoro wages are highest apd
surroundings the nearest to Ideal.
But no pervlce is rendered tho
womon and Blrls Who aro employed
hy continually pointing them out as
of the looso moral fiber that goes
with tho easily mouthed phrases 6f
thp thoughtless agitator who per
slstcntly couples unpleasant employ
ment with "the easiest way."
it is time tho slander woro
stopped, Let us do all wo can to
holp better the situation of these
women and girls, but let us do It
with the understanding that we aro
dealing wJtJi solf-respectlng, coir
agepus and useful members of the
social body,
Advertising hy tho Churches.
unurcnes over mo country are
finding that lt pays to advertise in
religion as well as business and many
pf the wldo-awaho ones are, entering
the field. Tho First Presbyterian
church of Omaha has planned a threo
months' campaign of publicity to
quicken Interest arjd enlarge attend'
ance- upon ita Sunday evepng serv
ices. Its ada are to be prepared by
professional ad writers. Slany of its
own members havo pledged thom
selves to attend and the effort is to
attract, outsiders, thq ohurch helps
advantageously situated for this pur
pose In the downtown district.
"We thought bost to limit the timp
to thrco months on the theory that it
wo could mako It go for that period
lt would take caro pt (taolf there
after, explains a church official.
Tho plan Is commondablo, for ono
roason, bocauso lt Is definite It alms
at a specific mark. This of itself Is
a good thing In church propaganda
Thero is too much scattering of ftru
apd wasting, of ammunition. Theso
advertisements aro to run In tho dally
newspapers, recognized, of course, as
the bost mediums of advertising.
Thero they will attract wldost atten
tlon, appearing alongsldo of the com
poelte story of the history of tho day
and advertisements from tho business
World,
And thq church must come more
apd moro to such practical, ya
tematlo plans of oporatlon. There
haa beon too much hiding of light
under a bushel. If Us message
Is
worth anything, it is worth every,
thing and therefore should be ex
tended by qyory legltlmato means to
thp wprjd. H Is hard to Interest men
and sustain their Interest In an enter
prise that is HPt making good.
dead church I? deadly to tho cause of
religion. Conversely, a live, vlrllo
church should ho Inspiring and dy
namlc in Its power and Influence
The salesman' with confldenco .and
zoal in his article, constantly pushing
it forward gots tho business; tho one
who does not seom to believe enough
In his ware tq talk about it Is not apt
to land many orders. "Go ye Into all
tho world and preach ray gospol," 1
tho command. If tho gospel is what
tho church says U Is, tho church has
no right not to exhaust Us resources
in getting others to embrace It Thero
is no exclusive proprietorship to It
On Serving the People.
Men deal In so much bosh theso
days as to why they seek official
preferment, Many seem afraid to
admit that tho emoluments of thq
office havo anything to do with It
AH they desire is the opportunity of
serving their countrymen, yet thoy
ongago In all sorts of desperate com
petition to land.
Washington, whose anniversary
wo celebrate this month, continues to
inspire' as one whom, the offlco
sought and while this is truo, lt Is
equally true that Washington had
both the candor and the courage to
admit, at least upon one occasion
early In his career, that his ardor
for public service as such was not
wholly bereft of a feeling that the
laborer is worthy of his hire.
Young Washington had already
renderod sufficient military service
to prove his worth, even in his own
estimation, and whon tho stupid old
Dlnwlddlo Issued tho order reducing
tho sturdy provincials to a rank In
ferior to tho royalists sent over
from England, the young Virginian
thus addressed the old tory governor
hy letter, resigning his commission:
Tho Idea has filled me with surprise,
for If you thlpk ma capable of holding a
commission that has nolther rank nor
emolument annexed tp lt, you must en
tertain a very contemptible estimation of
my weakness and believe me to be moro
empty than the cpmmlsslon Itself.
Washington was not put for tho
money or tho glory and yet ho waa
man enough to admit that so long
as ho earnod both tho money and the
glory, he would not cheapon himself
.- ' m a . a
uy oeing uenieci tn,orrj. as to tho
glory, ho added;
I jiavo tho consolation) of knowing that
havo opened thq way when tho small-
ness of our numbers exposed ua to at
tacks of a superior enemy; and that I
have had the thanks of my countrymen
ror tho service I have rendered.
The pomparlson is not raeapt to
go further than to iudlcato hqw
much bettor it wpuld ho If politicians
and offlco-scokers with neither of
whom is Washington to bo classed-,
would havo the pourago and candor
to como out flatly and admit what
lt wan that impelled them instead of
presuming on people's credulity hy
a lot of false and foolish pretenso.
Samuel Gompers,
Those who know Samuel Gompers
well will marvel at tho spirit shown
by tho delegates to tho convention of
tho United Mlno Workers of America,
who cheered ono or their number as
ho uttered slanderous statements In
his attack on tho man who has so
long stood at the head of the Amer
ican labor movement, Those who do
not know him well will marvel that
a man such as he Is described as bo
ing will be pjected year after year to
his exalted position.
Thq fact that Mr. Gompers spoke
from tho pulpit of one of Seattle's
leading churches on thq day follow.
Ing thq nght on which he is do
scribed as sitting, "gloriously
drunk," at tho head of a table of
roystorers, Is In itself proof that
either Mr. Gompers was not In thq
condition set forth or that ho hae
wonderful recuperative powers. The
truth Is that Mr Gompers is attacked
because pf his sturdy advopacy of
methods apd policies ho knows wllj
bear the test of logla and the light of
reason, Ho has heon and will be the
target fop Indlscrlmlnatlng abuse
from tho radicals on both sides of
tho labor question. Ills courage haB
been amply tested and his capacity
for leadership has beep well proven.
Tho dignity qf thq American Fed
eration of Labor will suffer Jlttlo be
cause, qf the scandalous attack pn its
president. So much cannot bo said
for thq United Mine Workers of
America, who are responsible for
that attach.
Thp decision of thq supreme court
upholding the Gibson law ought to
present no difficulty to the browors
who may be affected by lt, The law
has beon operative for several years,
and arrangements for compliance
with Us previsions should havo been
made long ago. Jt Is pno step to the
better regulation of the liquor traf-.
flc, an achlevoment In which the
browere are Interested beyond every
body else,
"I was glad when they said unto
mo, let us go into the house of tho
Lord." It should he so today, that
men wpuld havq reason for bejng
glad tp go into thq house of the Lord.
And, by tho way, hqw often are they
asked to do so by those of the house
hold of faith?
Twq Chicago nqwspapera aro dis
puting; as to which qf two great
statesmen oncq said, "I think thq
Lorlmer Impeachment was the crlma
qf the century," Note that neither
pf thq statesmen riiBhes forward to
clear up tho situation by pleading
guilty,
Haying obtained a book manual
on civilized warfare from American
officers, Pancho Villa promises here
after to do all his killing strictly ac
cording to rules, which ought to bo
great consolation to the few federal
generals not yet decapitated,
"Brother Charley" Bryan's guber
natorial hcom )s said to have jnore of
foundation than more newspaper
talk. Maybe this Is why some of tho
secretary's friends are so Insl&tont
that Morehead be held to his word.
"Safety at sea" got an awful Jolt
almosl t the doors qf thq capltol op
Thursday night. The effect ought
to aid thq passage pf any law that
tendB to better the conditions Bur
rounding travel hy water.
Omaha, s still collecting bouquets.
for the showing made in connection
with the hearing pp the reglnoa! bapk'
question, These aro all right (n their
way, but what Omaha moat wants Is
the bank,
The Uitvrl (iowt.
Baltimore American.
After all. the most complaisant of In
dividual la. the, taxpayer He will rr
ilka a lion at an Increase of a fraction
pf a cent In the tax rate, yet fawn like
ft kicked our before a legislature, that
chovels his good money- Into the sea. So
the legislature tlvQiild worry.
I t . r -r 1
, ThkPgy in Omaha
roxtiup
MOM BE niti
FEBRUARY 1.
Ten Yenra Ago
Barley Campbell's play, "Siberia," was
put on at Boyd's to a crowded house, apd
It s noted that a horse, and sleigh was
Introduced Into the fifth act.
There was every appearance of spring
today. Fruit stands were proved out qp
tho sidewalks, store doors wcro qpeq.
and peoplo were going about without
their overcoats.
C'olopcl Wolfe, the directory man, esti
mates the population of Omaha at over
C0,(XW, basing his calculation on the names
n his new bopk, which Is 20,S3Q,
"Lunch al day. Schwelnefuesso and
sauerkraut, also hasenfeffer at Ed
Kuester's saloon, Kit Farnam."
Mayor Chaso left for Washington, D,
C, tq be gone a week or ten (lays.
C. C. Field leaves for Bt. Joseph to
Visit his mother thero.
For tho formal opening of the roller
skatlqg ring, about forty couples and the
Union Pacific band ylslted the plater
city to show them how they could skato.
The practice of leaving horses un
hitched on the streets Is too pommon,
and results In mapy runaways, as horses
will not stand lops tq co)d weather. T)ils
habit caused a lively runaway today.
A now ten-wheel engtpe )t the Taunton
make has beep received by the Union Pa
cific folks,
Mrs. Samuel Itees, comer lyeayenfortl
and South avenue. wiua a noat young
girl for Bepcrat housework.
Twenty Years Ago
Tho pieco p( pews tor the day came Ip
over tho press wlresi the passage by the
honso of the celebrated WUeon tariff bill
by a vote of S0 tp f), Jt came, the dis
patch said, "at the close of ono of tht
grandest, most Imposing, ipost Impressive
scenoa ever witnessed n the American
capltol," Tom Beed, p pppcsjnt; jha bill
made his famous speeph, whch was
punctuated at frequept .Intervals by deaf'
cnlpg applause, Speaker Crisp evoked
similar applause In his reply to Mr,
Reed, apd Cppffreman Wilson, himself,
made a notable plea,
jt was, announced that C, O, Fuller,
mapager of tho Postal "Telegraph offlco
at Blpux City had bqen napqeq as man
ager for tho Omaha office, sHccesdlnir
Mr. Dtmmlck, T. n. Por.tor was to con
tinue as assistant inanascr,
Count Lublenskt, the Polish capitalist,
was back; In thq cty to Fpmpliste negotia
tions for the erection of tho beet sugar
factory, which he and somo of Ids count
tryniep vcro tq finance, very largely,
1-1 rq .bestowed the Irony of fate pn the
Associated Charities by breaking put In
the building that sheltered that organiza
tion, at M7 Howard street, Firemen Were
moro powerful than the flames, though,
apd cut off 'the damage at the ppmlnaj
sum of J"5.
Cr. J, J. SavlUe took his place as olty
health commissioner, succeeding Pr. A.
Homers.
Thirty Years Abo
YUhout tho blare of trumpets or the
trapplqgs of war, tho Omaha Grain ex
change threw open Its doors and began
to put Omaha on tho map as one of the
six prima grain markets of tho world.
President O. W. Wattles made tho first
grade, offering 5,000 bushels of com from
his cribs for May delivery. Nols Updike
bid 39 pents for It, Bill Sunderland raised
him to the half, and t'pdlko made H 4a
A. D. Jaqulth Waa oq the point of doing
a Uttlo better, but was. caught under the
haipmer.
Judge J, M. Woolworth received a tele
gram from Alturla, Cil., announcing tho
death or his son, Charles Peck Wool
worth, who was 17 years cX age. and left
p Wife and four children n California.
JudgQ Woolworth said tho bodv would be
brought to his old home In Otnuha for
burial.
Tho Board of Education declined to ac
nuelsce In Superintendent Pearse'a re
quest for an appropriation of JWO for an
exhibit at the St. Iua World's fair,
Isaoo yv. Carpenter, president of the
Yqupg Men's Christian asoclatlon named
this commltte to take up the matter f
providing tho association with a new
Ixomo; O. a. Wallace, Jjr. K. C. JTenry.
George F. Bldwell, If. U Ireder and.
George F- GUmorc.
Captain II. J2, Talmer. the new Omaha
postmaster, sen( to Waahlqston for rati
flcatlon, h's selection of JarpesI , Wood
aril as nselstant postmaster.
MUFFLED KNOCKS.
What has become of the old-fashioned
man who daubed his head up with hair
OUT
There are too many pi an who, when
thpy pray, say; "Forgive, us our debts
as we forgive our creditors,"
Whon a man finds a dollor ho wastes
ICO worth of time telling about his luck
and spepds $0 celebrating It.
If It woa against the law to be a good
husband you wouldn't be able to get a
married roan out of the house at night.
The trouble about Joy riding with
blondes Is that you are liable to wind up
In a brunette hearse.
A four flujher can't get away with It
down town. But ha can make so much
fus over spending a dime to take hi
wife tp a picture aliow (hat she will re
gard him aa a reckless devil-
When a man touches you for some coin
and then takes five minutes to detail
tha day and the hour and the minute
that he Is going to pay It back, that
means that you will never see your coin
again.
About this time of year pe begins to
mop off the funny loosing streak she
finds on her neck. Then she gets scared
because the streak Is green. Then she
carefully examines the solid gold lavul
ller, with the ten-carat diamonds that
he gave her for Christmas and discovers
that she has beon stung. Cincinnati Un-qulrer.
People and Events
Tho Paris dictum that the tango craze
Is due to the Influence of sun spots will
be hailed by tho gentlo sex as a package
of moonshine.
New Yprkers are gradually shaking oft
the glooms and havo rcuahod that sunny
stage which admits pf a calm discussion
pf "The Evolution of tho Sub-Conscious
Mind."
Soats on the Mew York Stock exchange
havo advanced f,000 since the. first of
the year, and are 113,000 higher than last
summer. Prospects for spring lamb are
loqktng UP.
Boss Hammond may bo pardoned for
sounding the melancholy noto on tho
marriage feature of the Income tax. When
a groat patlon rewards a girl for telling
her beau she cannot be more than a sis
ter to' him, masculine anguish could do
no less thai) sled a tear or two.
An Edinburgh woman left JSO.0OQ for tho
uplift pf politics In Scotland. The ad
ministrators of the bequest being unablp
to agree on the paturo of tho uplift
prpm.ptcd three lawyers to go Into :ourt
with export sdvlce, Scotch lawyers are
political upftera from way back.
A Boston man who met death whlo
dancing the tango s stated by the re
port to have "struck his head against a
door, knocking put a panel and fractur
ing his skull." Should Bojtonlana per
sist In the pace, the ppllcy of "safety
first" demands catchers' masks for tan
uolsts. What's the matter with San Francisco?
Los Angeles breaks Into the front Pago
at least every other dpy as a purveyor
pf news novelties, while tlin biff town at
the Golden Gate rarely supplies a date
line for the back pages. Evidently the
Barbary Coast Js deserted and tho Poodle
Dog Is a dead ope.
A Pstrolt court for the first time called
upon to deal wth the Fprd. wago prob
lem, ordered Knus Sullivan to pay J12
alimony a week Instead of 4 to his di
vorced wife. "Of course," said tho Judge
as ho signed tho order, "A Ford cmployo
can afford to bo generous with thoso
dependent on him." It is up to Enus to
come across with the split.
A Mr. Appleby of Long Island, who left
a fortune of $15,000,000. behind him, made
his plio out of tho thrift and energy of
qther people. Primarily It came out of land
which ho purchased but never improved,
because "improvements deteriorate while
iana never wears out." Ho leased hts
iapa ana canca It "scientific Investment."
Still, tils passing called forth fulsome
praise lor qs enterprise as a citizen.
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT
Brooklyn Eagle: Thoologlcal seminaries
report more man entering tho ministry,
The cynic who offers this as corroborative
evidences of business depression will need
to havo his cyclone cellar ready beforo
he makes any remarks.
Buffalo Express: Congress should nro-
vido more chaplains (rt tho navy and
more aggressive chaplains In tho army at
once. The profanity In that Carabao song
proves the need of Immediate reform In
l)Oth branches of tho national dofense.
Baltimore American: A pew Jersey min
ister whq performed an eugenic marriage
contented himself with shaking tho hand
or tha bride instead of claiming tho klsa
Uiat seems to havo been customary In
thpse "furrln" parts. If this Is tq bq the
practice, will the ministry line up for or
against ougenlcs7
Philadelphia Itecord: It Is Interesting to
note that the proposition to build a Prot
estant Episcopal cathedral in Phllar
delphja, which has been lately revived
after a rest of several years, has been
opposed by prominent clergymen and
laity, for a variety of reasons. Naturally
the great cost of suoh an Imposing
ecclesiastical edifice, In comparison with
the meager benefits to bo attained, fig
ures largely among the objections. There
are many ways In which tho millions
that would go into stone and mortar
oould produce greater and moro lasting
results. Mr. Francis A. Lewis, a well-
known churchman, touches upo.n a very
weak spot when he says: "The proper
compensation of the clergy Is the most
Important proposition fpr Immediate con
sideration, and It gets very little, because,
unlike a cathedral, It makes no appeal
to. the imagination. No man In any pro.
fesalop can do his work If he Ib under
constant financial strain. This )a the con
dition of too many of tho clergy, and It
Is not their fau)t" The Inadequate sal
aries paid to well-educated and refined
men, such as city .pastors, are suppoaod
to be, constitute almost a scandal.
JA Traveling Palace1
of Crystal and Steel
TpHE new sun-parlpr observation car of the Seminole
Limited the car which Is giving even luxury-hardened
travelers a thrill of surprise. People travel to see the world..
They want to see the mett, In the thorUtt time, with tho
Itat possible, effort. This tbey can do when they journey
South la the sun-parlpr car of tho
Seminole Limited
Th Millionaire' Way to Florida
Bgio your ran and air baths with yonr first momlnr awsy from home.
Jxoua In U opa !r with thy pworamt of tare UUa onfoldla Ufor
This KB-Mrtor obMrrmUoa cor
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m a tmfftl aad a
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" row ui nm at eosuertaajr a in car poaaoir at bbcoa.
Ws have assured safety as welt as comfort. Electric block signals snd
double tracks aro your protection. Moreorer, this Is a iAiwfc train,
S0I,.UvtS.w3 n? ?a?!,"fi UlradlaU terminal, with their nolf aad
tt tLK1. ll tel ula with a raoord for bals
cMlatf. 4adtcoUBoaortfcaaoaordiaarrtral&t.
JUmm CUoaio J.i J p.m.. Si.LniU It JO p.m.
ATTtTtJUttiuiUt JJO O.M. tKond naming tia
Illinois Central
S. HOKTS, District Passenger Aront.
407 Sonth X8tU St., Omaha, Uabr.
TeL Douglas 204.
THE GENTLE CYNIC,
The only proof of tho bluffor Is In mak
ing gpod.
If you aro going to ride a hobby select
ope that won't buck.
Pon't glvo away oil your good advice.
Ss,vo a Uttlo of 11 for yourself.
A rolling stono puttiers no moss, but
then, neither does a rolling gait.
Tho man who does things hy halVes
frequently finds himself In a hole.
It takes a pretty evenly balanced man
to be as strong In prosperity as In ad
versity. Tho only similarity between patriotism
and politics Is that both begin with n,
Ever notice that tho fellow who de
spises wealth generally wants to borrow
a quarter?
' Unlvorsal peaco Is an Idle dream. There
will probably always bo suffragettes and
antls.
Llfo seems to be a gamo of htde-and-seek
between tho right opportunity and
tho right man.
For ono man whoso religion Is sano
thero are a thousand whoso piety comes
In tho form of spasms.
Untested vlrtuo Is the cheapest com
modity In the world. Tho universe Is
fult of men with Bood Iptcntlons. New
York Times.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
"What do you understand by the word
'reasonable?' "
"Reasonable," replied Mr. Dustln Stax.
"Is an adjective that may be applied to
any theory or request that I may have
to present." Washington Star.
"My dear, I went out this morning and
bought a flno automatic arrangement
for"
"Now, John, what did you do that for?
I always told you you would break your
neck If you tried to ride In ono of those
things." Baltimore American.
"That's our general superintendent
son of the president he began at the
bottom and worked up started in as an
oiler, right after he left college!"
"When was that?"'
"Oh, ho graduated last Juno!" Puck.
Suffragette Orator Tho tlmo will come
when women will get a man's wages.
Vctlm (on rear seat) Yes, next Satur
day night. Louisville Post.
He-My dear little wlfie, I have Just
paid off tho last cent on the mortgage
on our home.
She Oh, I'm so gladl Now you can
put on another pnd we cap buy an auto
mobjlo, Baltlmoro American.
Editor I see that some half-baked
scientist schedules tho end pt the world
for next Saturday.
Star Reporter YeB, yes. I've got the
Story al ready. It won't happen.
Editor Better write up the other side,
though. If t does happen, wo don't want
to get scooped- New York Mall-
THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER.
Alexander Pope.
Father of alll In every age,
In every cllmo adored
By saint, by savage and by sage,
Jehovah, Jove of Lprd!
Thou great First Cause, least understood,
Who all my sense confined
To know but this, that Thou art good,
Apd that myso)f am blind;
Yet gavo me In this tark estate,
To see tho good from 111:
Apd bndpg nature fast In fate
Ift freo the hurpan will;
What conscience dictates to bo done,
Or warns mo not to dd,
This, teach me more than hell to shun,
That, moro than heaven pursue.
What blessings Thy free bounty gives
Tkt tiki ti f t r-nat nwnv,
For God is paid' when man rqcelves, . ,
To enjoy Is to obey.
yet not to cprth's contracted span
Thy goodness let mo boupd,
Or think ThftA T.nrrt alnna nf man.
When thousand worlds aro round.
Lot not this weak. Unknowing hand
Presume. Thy bolts to throw;
And deal damnation round the land .
On eacft r Judgq Thy foe.
If I am right, Thy grace Impart
Mill! ill I'lU llfcllb IU HlHj
If I am wropg, Q teach my heart
To find that better woy!
Save me alike from foolish pride
And Impious discontent
At aught Thy wlsdqm has denied,
Or aught Thy goodness lent.
Teach mo to foe another's wpe,
To h'de the fault I scej
That mercy I tp others show,
That mercy show to me.
Mean though I am. nt wholly so.
Since quickened hy Thy breath,
O lead me wheresoe'er I go,
Through this day's llfo or death!
This day be bread and peace my lot:
All else benath the sun'
Thou knows't If best bestowed or not.
And let Thy will ,be done. .
To Thee, whose temple is all space,
Whose altar, earth, sea, skies.
One chorus let alt Betpg raise.
All Natures Incense rise;
equal la larorr area tb bmI
laaoaer clear claw t Into
blc. club-Ilka mokWroom (or
sd ef dear cImi t Into
. dnb-lika imnkl n.ronm tar
wrltifcf room, and a srvat urapta