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8 lxlhi OMAHA, SAlLltDAl, uimtUAK 21, 1914. The Omaha daily bee FOUNDED BY HOWARD ItOSKWATEll, VICTOn nOSKWATElt. KU1TOU. BEE BUH.D1NQ, FAKNAM AND 17T11 KntereJ at Omaha poetofflce as second clash matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIONS. Suntay lice, one year W.W eaturday Bee, one year l.w Dally Bee, without Sunday, one year.. 4.OT Dally Bee and Sunday, one year 6.C0 DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Evening and Sunday Bee, per month..40o Evening, without Sunday, per month. .o Dally Bee, including Sunday, per mo. .So Dally Bee, without tfunJay. per month.ta Address all complaints of Irregularities In deliveries to City Circulation Dept. Remit by draft, express or postal order, payable to The Beo Publishing company. Only r-cent stamps received In payment of smal! accounts. Personal chocks, ex cept on Omaha and eaatorn exchanges, not accepted. OFFICE8. Omaha The Bee Building. 8outr Omaha-23U N Street Council Bluffs-14 North Main Street. Llncoln-M Utile Building. Chlcago-901 Hearst Building. Now York-Room 1106. 2S8 Fifth Avenue. St Louls-603 New Bank of Commerce. Washington TZ5 Fourteenth St. N. W, CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news and editorial matter should be addressed Omanr. Bee. E-lltorlal Department JANUARY CIRCULATION. 50,542 State ot Nebraska, County of Douglas, si.: Dwlgbt Williams, circulation manager of Tne Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the average dally circulation for the month of January, 1914, was G0.C42. DWIOHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my presence anJ sworn to before mo this 3rday of February, 1J14. ROBERT HUNTER, (Sent) Notary Public Sabacrlbera leajrlng; the city tern porarllr should have Tho flee mailed to them. Address will lie changed1 as often its reaneated. "Wilson Confers with Cabinet on Water Policy. Headline. - Powor projects, not bovorages. No man Is so froo of trouble of his own thatTio can afford to borrow any. Unscrambling 1b not tho only hard job connoctod with eggs at tho late prevailing prices. A new Indian tribe has boon dis covered in 8outh America. Two guesses WHO discovered It. After a- wholo year '. Huorta has not resigned, nor has ; Villa eaten dinner In tho Mexican capital. As this senatorial fight proceeds, we fear for Roger Sulllvan's'falth in the aralablllty of doves of peace. The Ne.w. York assembly probe Is In the hands of one ''John L. Sulli van, which ought to lnsuro a knockout. Kansas has 15,090 widows, News note, lie vise tho qjQBM.oa,tlto mako. It read, What'a the matter with Kan sas men? ' A twenty-ton bridge law Is en dorsed by tho state organization of our Nebraska threshers; also by the bridge bulldors. No wonder China felt tho neces sity ot a stato religion, when It Just borrowed 115,000,000 from Undo John Rockefeller. As usual, tho lawyers aro tho last members of the community to wake up to the fact that a legal house cleaning Is overdue Those mombers ot congress who have undertaken to knock out par cel post evidently aro not playing for the popular vote. Anyway, , that opera company stranded In Denver onroute to Omaha suffered more deprivation than our Omaha music lovers. "AH the dare-devils do not take to the air," observes the Now .York Herald. No, there is Huerta, for Instance, still standing pat on the ground floor, What of Omaha's Credit? Our public officials charged with financial responsibility for tho vari ous subdivisions ot our local gov ernment do not Boom to us to realize tho value of tho city's .credit, or rather tho loss certain to follow Its Impairment. For somo unoxplalncd reason they do not seem to appre ciate tho real condition of tho city's borrowing resources. Tho city finds bids down below par for Its securities carrying 4& per cent In terest (In better times floated at 4 por cent), which rating It Is pre sumed to accept when tho Water board buys back Its bonds at 99. Not only are all the obligations out standing Injuriously affected, but Uio difficulty v of obtaining money for further requirements Is in creased. To raise tho rate of In terest would both depreclato exist ing securities and take Omaha out of the class of other cities of Its own slzo supposed to command tho same consideration from Investors. Various causes, which" it is not necessary to enumerate, have doubt less contributed to this situation, but tho unescapablo question stares us In the face, "What aro wo going to do about It?" This question Is suro to bo aggravated by continued refusal to adopt some consistent plan .aiming nt a definite landing placo. The Prodigious Hechnique. A Kansas City Jury found a Kansas City nttorncy-at-law guilty of embezzling- the proceeds of a client's note, the theft amounting to 12.MS. The Missouri supremo court reverses the Judgment ot conviction and orders thitt tho defendant lawyer bo given a now trial, on the ground that ho was charged In the In dictment with embezzling the money In stead of being charged with embezzling tho note Kansas City Star. The supremo court may havo dono tho only thing it could undor "tho statutos made and provided" for the exaltation of tho prodigious tech nique, but at tho samo time the Judgos composing tho supromo court must way down deep be moved to a degree ot small respect for any law that doparts so far from common sense and justice. As tho legal profession Is largely In charge ot tho making and administering of tho laws, it Is up to It If, as tho Star sug'gosts, It would preserve- Itself, to beo that tho laws are so changed as to make useless technicalities subor dinate to substantial justice. Now that a British subject has been killed in Mexico without ap parent justification, let un sco whether John Bull will be content with a policy of watchful waiting. Although tho Ico Is thick enough to cut on every lake and stream In Nebraska, the aspiring political skaters still show themselves mighty shy. about venturing out in tho open. It takes a SOO-horse power pull to hold a I1.WQ man on a Jio.cw job. The insur ant Age. It takes a bigger pull than that to land him on the job in the first place. , One of the good works under taken by Mr. Bryan is that ot trying to Induce persons who consider themselves as "literary people" not to have their photos taken with; the cheek restfngvpn one hand. Our local suffrage women havo discovered tho danger that ulwaya attends the importation of a foreign spokesman that' over-enthusiasm May bring out unguarded expres sions that have to be repudiated lftwward. Put It down that there Is aothlng vkkHts or dangerous about a well conducted pool ball any more than ttare i about a well conducted Ikeaier or picture show. It all de- Im4s ob tke kind ot place kept, on the klad of folks who patronize it and on tie kind of proprietor who runs 1' California and Good. Roads. As to whother Georgia or Cal ifornia, or some other stao, lsthe prlmo leader in tho good roads movement, Congressman Joseph R. Knowland rises to romark, as tho esteemed Congressional Record dis closes, that, tired of waiting for federal aid "Tho great state of Cal ifornia,! which I have tho honor to In part reprosont, and whoro, I bo Uove, moro automobiles are now owned than In' any other state (In which ho Is wrong,, as Now York loads) In 1910 voted tho sum of $18,000,000 for tho construction ot good "roads throughout tho length and breadth of that common wealth." Whereupon ho claims for his state tho honor ot good roads leadership. Right or wrong as to the claim ot priority, Mr. Knowland might have added, morely to Illuminate the main point, that for a state so largoly engaged in tho business ot entertaining tourlsUi and sight seers, It would 1)0 not only unwise, but foolhardy, not to build smooth, attractive roadways. Also, he might havo shown that no state In tho union could bettor afford to proceed along this lino regardless of federal aid, for perhaps in no other state is It so much a. matter of dlroct business Investment. Ho could undoubtedly havo shown still further that California was reaping rich profits from this .$18,000,000 appropriation. I, l r "tt i lopKi"UacKwar rJhisJ)ay in Omaha (omnixs rsoM sic mi a PKDRUARY 31. Thirty Years Ago A terrific explosion of dynamite at Florence cut-off shortly before noon made people believe an earthquake wan at hand. One man named Burns em ployed on the cut-off work was blown to eternity. At request of a large number of promi nent business and professional men Dr. George L,. Miller has agreed to deliver a lecture on his observations In England, tho receipts to go to the Ohio flood suf ferers. The city council approved a new set of rules for the police department sub mitted by Marshal Guthrie, among them one forbidding a policeman to engage In other business, another requiring him to pay his bills within a reasonable time, and another prohibiting smoking, drink ing or entering any gambling place or other resort while on duty. The South Omaha Land syndicate has purchased from Adolphus Jetter ninety acres more land adjoining the stock yards. Clara Morris continued her Omaha en gagement In the play, "The New Mag dalene." W. E. Annln, formerly with The Bee, but now of Fort Robinson, Is hero visit ing friends. Mrs. Davenport, wife of A. B. Daven port, head clerk at the Millard, Is dan gerously 111 with pneumonia. The social sldo of life wan represented hy threo balls, ono by the Ancient Order Hibernian band at Crounse's hall: a masquerade by the Turners at Germanla hall, and another by the employes of the Burlington. Twenty Years Ago - W. T. Shumway and son of Wakefield were at the Mercer. Frederick Ward and I,ouls James ap peared with an excellent supporting company In "The Lion's Mouth" at tho Boyd. At tho solicitation ot persons Inter ested In the metropolitan depot project, James E. Kclby, attorney, prepared an opinion as to whether the people of the city had a legal right to vote bonds to" assist In the enterprise. Ills opinion showed no legal barriers to such action. So far as Mr. Kelby could discern, the law did not prevent the people from Im posing bonds on themselves to help build a union station. The "Little Pitchers" of Forest school celebrated Washington's birthday with an excellent program. Among those par ticipating In special numbers, were Claries Jensen, Dagmar Nelson, Joseph Trattner, Joseph Foos, Charles Kirk, Balla Trattner, Bteplianla Stefan, Rosa Zamenak, Fritz Under, Frank Novak, Olc Tlmmerman and Sophia Poppen. A funny little Incident occurred at Thompson & Belden's store, where the rush of customers was so great as to call for tho service of an officer to help tho peoples "move along." One elderly woman, caught In the vortex of the mass, resented the kindly offices of tho policeman and as he gently took her by tho arm to help her and others, she reached up and slapped his big face with such resounding Impact as to at tract general attention and provoke a hearty laugh, Ten Yea w Ago R. C. Lansing, SSU Howard street, rapped a young footpad on the proboscis whllo tho bold bad boy held a six shooter under his nose. He an another youth met Mr. Lansing on the street at night and thrusting a gun In his face, commanded, "Hands up." Lansing, lov ing life, compiled. Then he heard foot steps. This gave htm cournge, and dis tracted the gunman's attention. Lan sing, quick as a, flash, sent his good right to the youth's nose, then put his footwork Into execution, reaching the nearest telephone In safety, from which he Informed the police. John Q. Rollins, aged M years, died at tho homo of his son, A. J. Rollins, 61.1 Corby street, of Injuries sustained when knocked over hy a Missouri Pacific en glno a few days before at Fifteenth and Locust streets. Mrs. Mary Reed, wife of Edward Reed, died at their home, 2417 pierce street, at the ago ot 64 years. "A city wide open with vice and a stench In the nostrils ot men every where," was the bouquet passed out -to Omaha by the Rev. E. Comble Smith at First Methodist churchr "Do you know that the advancement of the retail dis trict Is Just now threatened by the character ot houses on Sixteenth street and Howard street T" he asked. Vive Chancellor Bessey of the Uni versity of Nebraska, who waa In Omaha, said that while not expressing hopes for Russia, he thought It would crush Japan when the time came for decisive blows. Home Rule for Us. Upon proteet against tho threat ened invasion ot municipal home rule several Nebraska legislatures have refused to enact laws creating a publte utilities commission with excluslvo jurisdiction over all pub lic service corporations. And here Is our street railway company, through Its attorney, taking the position that Omaha has boon di vested ot power and authority to regulate Its transportation charges within Its own city limits. Still, tho samo argument that declares It right for the governor at Lincoln to manage our city elections for us would make It equally right for a state commission sitting at Lincoln to regulato our street car service for us. Home rule tor us. Former Governor Sheldon uses superlatives in describing the mag nificence ot the country round about his Mississippi plantation, where he has been spending the last five years, Hut we will overmatch these pictures by the graphic portrayals of the glories and beauties ot Ne braska made by Governor Sheldon when he was chief executive of this tat. Editor Clark Howell would be a worthy successor to Senator A. O Bacon. Georgia owes a good deal ot its development and prosperity to the old Atlanta Constitution, de veloped by Colonel Howell and his father before him. People and Events Despite his misfortune the blind sena tor of Oklahoma can do a pretty effective Job of goring without the sunset Incentive. With earthquake tremors lingering on the nerves of Father Knickerbocker, there is serious talk ot putting ball bear ings on New York's skyscrapers. Acting Mayor O. Grant Baterbrook oi the borouxh of Brooklyn wins from pub licity credit for having started tome. thing. He beat the Janitor to the city hall and started his own tire. A Cathollo parish priest of Denver, Father J. J. Donnelly, has Invented a windmill of which practical engineers are talking enthusiastically. It Is on a big scale and its steel wheels are enclosed In a clrcuar steel-ribbed tower. Dr. E. S. IBghley of Glen Ellyn, 111.. Is busy trying to figure the rate ot In terest that he la to be paid on a loan ot 7O0 made twenty years ago and which, he learned a few days ago, would come back to him In a lump sum ot 11,600,000. John Kopp, gold miner and soldier of fortune, who disappeared from New York seventeen years ago and has not been heard from In sixteen years, has been de clared by Referee Michael J. Egan to be officially dead. If the referee's report Is accepted by Surrogate Cohalan IISITJ, held for Kopp by the city chamberlain. will be divided among the miner's four brothers and sisters. James Farrish, proprietor of a success ful restaurant In New York City, pre sented some time ago a loving cup to Charles Le Roy, who waa not only his first customer when his eating house was opened in ISM. but has been a regular patron there ever since untlj he retired irora Business recently at the ace of TS. Le Roy still eats there occasionally wnsre tne loving cup is now on exhibi tion. In Other Lands Standard OI In China. To effectively spread the light of kero sene and gasoline among the benighted or the far east the Standard OH com pany maintains In New York a school where young men out of high schools and colleges are trained not only In the science of salesmanship but In upeaklng thj language of tho country whither they aro destined. Scores of the brightest men tho company could obtain, trained for the work before them, have been sent j Into China as oil missionaries, every year adding to their number. The re sult ot this farslghted system Is visible not only In expanded trade, but also In the sympathetlo business partnership re cently established with the administra tion of Yuan 8hlh Kal. A package of Standard Oil money, said to be $15,000,- 000, has been handed over to the govern ment as an "emergency loan." In re turn for this evidence of good will the company Is given the privilege of de veloping the oil resource of tho empire, to build railroads and pipe lines, estab lish warehouses and storage tanks. Tho privilege also carries with It the guar anteo of tho government to assume con trol of all land needed for development work. THIs tleup with the Standard OH goes to prove that President Yuan Shlh Kale, In addition to being "tho strong man ot China," Is also as shrewd a bargainer as ever wore tho peacock feather. Slllllnrlam In Hireden. The official reason for the retirement of Premier Stnaf and his ministers In Sweden Is a disagreement on tho right of tho king to express an- opinion on na tional questions pressing for solution. On the occasion of the demonstration ot some. 30,000 property owners In favor of' defensive armament King Gustav de clared that the problem of defense was ono which must be settled without loss of time, and on that point he was deter mined not to yield. An unwilling minis try challenged the king's right to free speech on political questions, and his re fusal to yield made the retirement of the ministry Inevitable. National defense has become an acute question in Sweden and springs from two sources Germany on the south and Russia on the north. Of the two Russia Is regarded as the greater menace. On the south Germany Is be lieved to have designs on Denmark, and with Denmark absorbed by tho German empire-the great Norse peninsula would have a precarious national existence. But the greater danger as Sweden views It Is the dominant position of Russia on the north and east, and the persistent push ot tho Slav empire along lines of least re sistance. Already the peace army of nussla number l.JSC.000 men. Ot this number three army corps are quartered In Finland. Fourteen of Its thirty-seven corps are In readiness along tho German and Austrian frontiers. It Is this condi tion which prompted Germany to take extraordinary measures ot defense. When Germany, moro favorably situated, views with alarm the Slav menace, Sweden has greater reason for defensive measures. Affnlrft In the Bnlkaus. Affairs In the Balkan states take on m..r ifiil nsnect as time heals the ravages and animosities of war. Prince William of Wled Is scheduled to make his formal bow- as king of Albania dur i. rnminv week. aunnorted by a squadron of warships of the powers. The- Greek premier has concluded, a visti o .i,nrilHon of Italy. Germany and Austria, and Is believed to havo re ceived assurances which will check tho young Turks from trying out the now Turkish dreadnought on Greek coast cities. Warnings from the powers to the Serbs and Greeks removed obstacles which delaved the work of the Albanian boundary commission. For the present the Bulgars aro too absorbed In the cam paign for members of the chamber, the election to be held March 7, which will determine tho futuro policy of Bulgaria. In a recent public statement King Charles ot Roumanla scouted the Idea of another war In the Balkans, not only be cause there Is no money to make war a possibility, but for the greater reason that Turkey could not operate a land force against Oreece without Invading Bulgar territory, and that would not be permitted by Roumanla and Servia. In the upper circles of Balkan governments a movement looking to a reunion of tho allies Is said to be making sufficient pro gress to justify predictions or success. 9. RrltUh Dlsrnltr Ruffled. British self-esteem Is considerably Jarred by the appointment of Henry W, Thorn ton, general superintendent of the Long Island railroad, as manager of the Great Eastern railway of England. The selec tion of an American Is not a source of grief. What rankles in the bosom of John Bull U the slurring explanation given by Lord Hamilton, to Uie effect that home made talent Is hot equal to the task. Th London Dally News and Leader expresses the general English criticism by charging Lord Hamilton and his class with re sponsibility tor the shortage ot talent complained of. "It Js uqt the Inefficiency of raw material from which we aro suf fering," says this editor, "but the lack of opportunity, lack of education, and tho sterilizing Influence ot tradition and 'prop erty. There Is no better Illustration of this than the case of. railways, the control ot which has fallen Into the hands of the younger sons ot the aristocracy. Memberships- on boards of directors are re garded as the perquisite of 'men of family and the system thus becomes vitiated. This calls for a drastic overhauling and If we are, to have American managers there can be no better task for them to start with than to reform the appoint ment of directors." Rmnnclpation of Women. On organization of men opposed to the emancipation of women, probably the only on ot Its class In the world. Is gathering size and weight in Germany. Some 40.000 men have been enrolled since the organ isation started a year ago with Imposing title: "The German League for Combat ing the Emancipation ot Women." Po litical bosses and educators are the chief boosters of the movement but It draws heavily on the class to whom advance, ment Is little short ot a crime. The poli ticians fear socialistic recruiting on the basts ot political equality, while the edu cators are frightened by universities open ing their doors tor the higher education of women. 0 c affile dQee Preference in Home Industry OMAHA. Feb. 20.-Tn the Editor of The Bee: Ho much Is mild nhnllt thn allhlnrt of patronizing home Industry, especially ny our own Commercial club. Do they really and truly endeavor to have Omaha-made goods bought and furnished by Omaha peoplo? For Instance, the new fontenella hotel. Here we have largo firms that are cnnnhln of furnUhlnir nnv or all material required for such a build ing, wow, is It right that a large con tract for building material should be let to outside concerns, whereas, we mleht Just as well had Omaha concerns do the worn 7 Probably a few minor details are to be furnished by a few Omaha firm. but such a large Item as the steel, which was let to the American Bridge company, should, In my estimation, have been awarded to ono or the other of our own steel concerns; especially when the dif ference In price was so little, and even If It was only a matter of a few hundred dollnrs, would It not have been In ac cordance with the principle of the Com mercial club to have let the contracts to one of our own manufacturers? Why did not the Commercial club speak of patron izing home Industry at that tlmn? Now we have the contracts fnr the new United States National bank build ing coming up, which shall bo awarded in a few days. Let us hope that our Com mercial club will endeavor to uso a little of Its influence to help In awarding con tracts for this building to Omaha con cerns, Instead of our outside competitors. ' HOME INDUSTRY PATRONIZER. Word from n Former Nebrnnkan. , BAN JOSE, Cal., Feb. I9.-To the Editor of Tho Bee: I used to be a reader of The Bee before I moved to California In 1892, whero 1 have lived ever since with the exception of three months in ISM, when I paid a visit to my old home in Nebraska. You see I ntn nrettv wall westernized, and I have been In every town and city along tho coast from San Francisco to Mexico, and hnvn liM In each place from three months to nine years. I used to he a country lad, and had to content myself with farm life and neighborhood strolls, and always had a hankering for tho city and town life. wen, now I have enough of It, and would Hko to tell my experiences in California for tho benefit ot thoso who know little of tho Pacific coast. I am convinced that it really takes five years to know much about It. and it seemH a nllv thht an many young men waste five years of Jlhe dsi pare or their lives In dlscoverlnff something they really do not need and which Is of no benefit to them. I have read a great deal the news papers and magazines and the less Inter ested I was In my surroundlnira th mn I read. What makes me most homesick ror iMcbraaka Is when I am reminded of the good newspapers and th Int.ro.t nr the peoplo In them. People had faith In them becauso the newspapers wero care ful to tell the truth. Yes, give mo the good old renubllrnn by Abraham Lincoln, and his time, and no progressive blindfolding for me. Pro gressive newspapers In California? Why, about nil they are Interested In Is to boost m oraw capital out here for the benefit of real estate agents. Thoy have been writing so much about our evils, and whon they have nothing else to talk about they write of the palna, California has made. They do not wish to tell plain facts, fearing It would hurt business. Everything Is used for bait of the "money trap" before It comes fnto possession of the consumer. Both sxi nr matur too early for the taste of society and civilization, and the Influential train ers are, powerless to cope with the sltua- uon. ana me end is sport, redllght and whlto slavery. A. K. BOEDER, S75 Heading Street. Crow it lnr the Hand Wagon. Indianapolis News. "It Is," says a dispatch from Washing ton, discussing national politics, "a casa of a general acrarnble for the Wilson band wagon, and It seems that the men who would be the last to receive Invitations to take seats on the wagon are now at the head of the rush." And, of course, there Is room for all If, they behave themselves, but If not they will be put oft at the first crossing. SUNNY GEMS. Wife (with Newspaper) Here's some thing Interesting. Physicians have found thaf the skin from the Insldo of an egg possesses curative powers. Hub Just like 'cm! They're always experimenting with radium and tho.o expensive things. Boston Transcript. Redd I see the latest Is the automobile cramp. urecn Kelt in his pocket first, I sup pose. Yonkcrs Statesman. She The life of a secret service man must be very thrilling. He Yes, that's what I thought when I read of one of President Wilson's guards falling asleep standing up. Buffalo Express. M y husband Is always very sympa thetic when I feel 111." "That's nice." Yes; he always recommends a little whisky ami always takes a little him self." Louisville Courier-Journal. "Weren't you afraid that tho doctor you sent for might not be able to re lieve the baby when It choked on the piece of dough It tried to swallow? "No, Indeed! One thing a doctor never falls In In to make any of his patients cough up the dough." Baltimore Amerl can. "You say she's athletic?" "Yes. She's a star basket ball player? "Basket ball? Jla, lis! That's a sissy game." "Hearcely. She's the girl who knocked a mnshrr over a fire hydrant and lugged n burglar to the pollco station." Cleveland Plain Denier. "Why did you oppose that motion at our meeting?" asked one lady. "Oh. 1 had nothing against the motion. But the member who made It once op posed a motion of mine and It's the first chance I have had to get even." Wash ington Star, "I'd like to have you tell mo honestly your opinion ot my husband," she said. "You'll have to excuse me, madam," he replied, "I swore off that kind of language the first of the year. Yonkcrs Statesman. "So tho Scrapplngtons aro at outs again." "Yes: their latest quarrel was about madam's ' pet dog and the expense of feeding It." "Great Scottt They have bones of contention enough to feed a dozen dogs.' Boston Transcript. of Pity and Hate. OMAHA. Feb. 20.-To ihm iuitn. Tho Bee: The letter written by a negro uuzen ana printed. In The Bee the other day Interested me. and T wnnri,. wt..n all this partiality and race prejudice will cease, ine most of It, I believe, is merely verbal hatred, and I remember that when I was traveling through the south, I would pretend, when I was among lodge men and other respectable whites, that I had no use fnr h r.oo.i. then after lodge I would slip away and attend at some negro dance or cauip meeting, and the good humor and gener osity of these black folks wtio are ever reaay to meet a white man without acri mony and Without flattery ntnrnv. - - m mo a feeling of pleasure. I am a very indifferent Jover and a poor hater, and I find It exceedingly difficult to v hato those who have Injured me, and If i were called upon to hate a whole race of people. I could never ticorxH vi before I would run the risk of having my ntaa cracKed by a hot-headed southerner, I WOUld be Willlnr to airrea that wero inferior to the whites. Mty la another emotion that I know but little about. When I man selling shoestrings I always feel giaa mat i am above such a petty traf fic, and I try to think how I ahnuiri If I were In his place. But the more I try to worry about him. the more thank ful I feel that I am nnt n ntr n. h. la. so my pity turns 6ut to be a sort of BUDiime exultation. The Pharisee was only human when he said: "Lord, I am glad that I am not as other men." When I stick my nose In a book I Immediately become reconciled to all the follies, mis eries and disorders of the world, and I havo neither pity nor hate for any man or any race. During six or seven hours each riav T n1Mir Ifrnw nw I. .......... .aw . V.IB whether I have a friend or an enemy on earth or not, and there Is but one em ployment that I prefer to reading, and that la to hold somebody's baby for awhile, and I suppose If I had children ot my own I would grow tired of babies. 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