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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: MARCH 8, 1914.
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FEBRUARY SUNDAY 0IECULATI0N
44,163
State of Nebraska. County of DougUs. ss.
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of The Beo Publishing company, being
duly sworn, raya that the average Bun
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NoUry rubllo.
Bafcacrlbera leaving the city
temporarily should hare flie Bee
mailed to litem. Address will be
chanced as often aa requested.
Coal
point?
pile near the vanishing
Note that Mr. High Living Cost is
still walking on taints. -
Is Jlmhamlewls responsible
this colored wig cuBtom?
for
The income tax goblins '11 got you,
Billy Sunday, if you don't watch out.
Looks llko a raco between the two
colonels for the
record. ,
grandchildren
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No, ono except tho hold-up crow
wants tho business of blackmailing
to prosper. '
One year of President .WJlson
find, .us .waiting watchfully, for .tho
mer mree or more.
Now we.ae. lt,U thB-Jhlladel
hl Inquirer poif tut that "Mexi
can fDi Icy" 'has thirteen' letters.
Ifftktt law requires the labeling of
those. Imported China eggs, they will
havo a fat chance la California.
And now the loudest champion of
public ownership Is. objecting to pub
lic ownership of the Auditorium.
University removal Is a misnomer
Campus consolidation and university
expansion describes moro accurately.
Pethapa Iho mon with tho; fuwy
green hata are to blame for tempting
the Tjonwh-.'Wearrthe fuzzy green
wigs.
J, "Huorla. la as strong as ever,'
JicHisn Minuter carden tolls us.
Thesiwe must lit riulfe how strong
Wtwted,
i V ii in i - -
The conclusion is almost irroslstl
tie. that tho' Chautauqua business in
fcwrtfc; Africa is'both pleasant and
fH'a$ei. J ..,
i" tHd John WUklns Macawber's was
i policy of watchful waiting, too
And everybody romemhera .what hap
pened Ho John.
That message was so t short It
hardly repaid taking tho time to go
to thc'capltol to deliver It 'to con
grass Irt, peradn, .
a, queer inamauai appeared on
tha.streets, ot Fars. proclaiming him
BClfaa the' prophet Daniel, Men,
raenc, :&1c4!',:tfrftftrvin.v
Just wait till th6 base hall season
ope,ns njl watch the" candidates!
seeking places on "the various polltl-!
cal teams line 'em out. i
Voting down tho homo-rule char
ter keeps ua undor the mado-tn-Lln-!
coin charter. Presumably that's
what those who are opposing the.
new charter want.
The prohibition candidate for gov
ernor of -Texas is named Ball. Those
heavy hitting Toxans are apt to hit
him for a home run with the bases
tall whan they come to vote.
With the first year of his admin
Istratlon behind him" President Wll
Ma cannot very well hereafter ask
iwop!e to defer judgment because ot
the newness of his various official
fcsterprlses. ' ' '
British newspaper, comment, Is un
tiated in praise of President Wll
plea fpia baCk-Jipr on free
canal tolls for American co'astwise
hipping. If the abolition, f toll ex-ejKI-were
'not popular la Great
BrUiCi wker would it be?
The Truth About Mexico.
The truth about Mexico and 1U
succession of. death-dealing and
desolating revolutions will Homo day
bo known, And, wo foar, It will not
bo'partlcularly pleasant reading.
It Is well known that the plan for
the uprising undor Madcro, which
overturned the Diaz government, was
largely hatched and promoted from
tho United States, and It is doubtful
It tho Madero upheaval would havo
become formidable without the help
derived from American BOurces. Tho
presumption Is that tho military
mutiny which overthrow the Madoro
government, nnd brought tho Hucrta
regime in Its place, had no American
Inspiration, but it Is tho prevailing
belief that tho Carranza movement
had Its Inception on this nldo of tho
Itlo Orande, and It Is tho claim of
the. Huerta snpporlora that tho Car
ranza forces would have collapsed
long ago except for reinforcement
from the United States- ,
It Is also well known that Ameri
can Interests predominate in north'
orn Mexico, and,lt is northern Mexico
that has becri, and still is, tho chief
scat of rovolt. Tho story has been
circulated several times that tho
northern states of Mexico would se
cede, and set up a government of
thoir own, following tho precedent
of Texas, doubtless with tho hope, it
not tho purposo, that after n respect
ablo lapso of time it might, like
Texas, be brought over by voluntary
annexation. (
If tho deep-down truth is that we
ate even in part responsible for Mex
ico's troubles, we will eventually
havo to recognize a moral obligation
to help restore peaco and tranquility
by something moro positive than
watchful waiting!"
A Normal Month.
March ,thus,far ban boon a normal
month, natural as Marches go. For,
did -you fever stop to think of it
March Is tho ono month of . nil thq
yoar that ndaptB Us normality to any
kind of weather, no matter how ab
normal. It Mb" the paradox of the
Reason, tho anomaly of the calendar.
It. is a month of shoor expectancy
ft' Is-expected to prdducO any; kind of
conditions. If It cornea roaring in
llko a feroclouB Hon, why, that ,1s,
perfectly natural; and if It tlp-toca
In llko tho gentlest of lambs, that,
too, Is natural. Tho same Is truo as
to its exit. If. it brings wind and
rain and enow and sleet It is yet
normal.' if It Is hecdmpanted by mild,
balmy atmosphere, so springlike as
to make ono long for the shady nook
down by tho .old -crook,-alternating
with a Hot of elements, all this '.la
truo to March, conserving1 Its normal
condition.".
Tho fact Is, no metereologlcal
phenomenon is unnatural or new to
March. As we say, it Is the month
of expectation when folka are ready
for anything, prepared for the, best
or worst, aa the caoo may bo. Po,
with serious and sorrowing memories
of our last March, we hero view tho
present month thus fat with its va
garies and caprices, though not bo
rlous, as entirely normal, hopefully
expectant of nothing Worse.
The Gospel of Fresh Air.
Strange, but true, that while wo
havo 'been, carrying tho goBpol of
civilization to China, It has remained
ior a aisunguisnoa unincse to give
JI& r. most., forceful presentation of
tho gospel of fresh air. Discussing
'Americana and American habits In
an article in tho current Ilarpor's.
Magazine,, the eminent Chinese statoa-
man.v'Wu Ting-Fang, w-ho speaks
t ronvperspnali . ohseryotlon during
years of residence with us aa min
ister at Washington, deplores our
failure- to reallzo the Importance ot
broaching. In a puro atmosphero at,
every and nil occasions. Minister
Wii is Bpoaklng ot social entertain
mentB and manners which he criti
cises in a suggestive way with par
ticular .stress upon tho lack ot proper
ventilation. "What always astonished
mo," says ho, "was that although
tho parlor might 'bo crowded wlth
ladlea and gentlembn, nil, tfto win
nows were, as a rule. Kept closed.
with tho rosult that the place was
full of vitiated air." Further on he
continues:
I should like to know how many per
sons pAy even a llttlo attention to this
Important subject pf pure;alf'breattilngT
You go to an office, whether large or
small, and you will find all qf the win
dows closed, although thero may be moro
than half a dozen persons working In
the room.
WJten you call at n private resldcno
you win ouen una the same thingall
live windows closed. It you should ven
ture to auggest that one of tha windows
be opened the lady of the houso would
at once tell you that you -would feel
draught and o catch cold.
It Is a matter of dally occurrence to
find n number ot persons dining In
room where there is no outlet for the
contaminated air to leak out, or for tbe
rush air to come In.-, Afjer dinner the
gentlemen adjourn to the library to en
Joy for an hour or so, with closed win
down, the awcet pertnmea of smoking
"What a picture would bo presented it the
bacteria in the ulr. could be photographed,
enlarged, ana thrown on a screen or,
better stUI, shown in a cinematograph)
. H a a .common practice. I tear, among
certain classes, at least, to keen tho
windows of tha bedroom closed, except
in not weather. I have often suggested
to people that for the sake of their
health they should at least keep one ot
the windows, it not more, open during the
night, but they have pooh-poohed tbe
Idea on account of the bugaboo of
'draught" It la one of the mysteries of
the age that people should be willing to
breathe second-hand tlr, when there is
solmuch pure air out'. of doors to be had
for nothing; and .after Inhaling and ex
haling the same air over and over again
all through the night. It 1 not strange
that many rise in the morning languid
and dull Instead of feeling refreshed and
In high spirits, The cumulative result of
Impure air Is bad health. Ko one who is
deprived of fresh air can long remain
efficient. .
It 1b current report that In China
doctors are paid only for the time
their patients are well. The inference
is conveyed by Mr. Wu's reflections
that in China the cheap prescription
of pure air is the most potent disease
preventive and that our refusal to
open the windows is calculated
merely to produco sickness for physi
cians to cure. It would seem that
hero Is where we can learn wisdom
from tho Chinese.
The Mission of Home Making.
A good woman whoso llfo had
boon devotod td tho mission of mak
ing a homo for homeless mon died
in a southern city tho other day and
tho newspapers there worthily sang
paeans of pralso to her memory.
They commented on tho nobility of
such a mission an hers, and it Is a
noblo mission. It holps atom tho
tide of misfortune with bonoflt allko
to the Individual and socloty to main
tain homes for o(horwlso homeless
folk. And usually those, who, like
this good woman, give their lives to
such a work do so without hope of
roward or emolument.
Thero is ye another mission of
homo-making, though, which seems
to ub oven moro noblo, more far
reaching in righteous Influonco. That
la the mission performed by tho wife
and mother, who gives her best pow
ors to the making of a propor homo
for hot1 own sons and daughter.".
Hor's is a proventtvo moro than a
remedial Influenco and hero aa elso-
whoro' prevention surpasses cure.
. What , Is often being said theso
days will bear much repetition that
we need nothing quite so much just
at this point in our national DrogreBs
as tho right kind of homo influence,
mora emphasis on the compact in
timacies of tho family circle. It
cannot be gainsaid, All about us
aro melancholy monuments to the
need. We lost aomothlng vital to the
lifo of tho nation' when wo let slip
this eloraent of home influence. Wo
must recovor It. Why tho multiply
ing domanda upon t public charity
and philanthropy "fof tho relief of
"horaoleW men and-womon? 'Would
thoro not be fewer auch calls. upon
us If we had as a people done hotter
In conserving tho unit? of1 tho "family
and 'domo$tlc influence? '
The Reputation of a Community. '
The reputation enjoyed by a com
munity outside ot its own borders
has a great deal more to ido with Its
growth and prosperity than most
peoplo realize.
Tho reputation ot a city or com
munity Is made up of various and
varying elements. It may be known
tor its possession, or lack, of enter
prise and public spirit. It may he
known as a center of culture and
art aud education. It may bo known
for scrupulously meeting, or tor de
faulting on, Its financial .obligations,
thus fixing its measure of credit It
may bo known for pursuing Bteady.
sober methods or for constantly try
ing halr-bralncd and freak expert?
mentB, It may also bo known for
high 'or low standards of public mor
ality. In fact, from this standpoint
tho standards of tho community
merely reflect the standards ot Its
Inhabitants.
For this reason, a community has
much more to gain from cleaning up
Ub quack doctors, Us got-rlch-quick
Bwinulors, Us crooked lawyers. Its
corrupt ptficials, than by tolerating
them to avold.attraqting Attention-.
Tho community with the reputa
tlpn tor iirotqctlng -Its own reputa-
non . is tno ono that commands
respect.
Words and Works.
The Bturdy Scotch missionary, Dan
Crawford, who outdid ev.on. David
Livingstone' himself in reaching tho
very heart ot central Africa "the
middle ot tho middle," as he calls it
eaya in describing tho African's
character that ho is very long on
uoou8 and short on words. Ho has
no books, , and. asks, on seeing
whlto man reading, "What, thinking
with another man's mind?" Craw
ford had translated tho "Book ot tho
Acta ot the ApoatleB" Into tho native
dialect and called, in a few tribal
chlofs as a committee to givo his now
version a name. They suggested
"Words Coucernlnsr Worka" as tbe
title words for book, works for
acts. It'could not be beat, tho mis
sionary thought, and he accepted it.
All of whloh shows that theso
bjack men, still living the tribal life
In a country ot almost Impenetrable
prlme-eval fastness, under tho most
primitive conditions, are orthodox ln
their Philosophy.. 8o far as wo know,
no system ot teaching places words
above works. Whenever tho order Is
changed and the words gain the as
cendancy, It la because ot faulty
practice. Individuals are to blame,
not philosophy. "By their fruits ye
ehnll know them" it Is the same
thine Pinri Bntrtvhor to nl. k
measures worth by words if you can.
Truo, we llvo in a day of "words,
.words, words," as the melancholy
prlnco put It, and' that, too, with
works', worka, works, tobo done all
about us, but something mUBt be al
lowed for th'e tendoncy and facility
of tho times to commercialize words
llko nearly everything else. They
Bell by tho space in print, by the
beauty of arrangement and fluency
of utteranco In speech, but they do
not even then alter the truth of phil
osophy that the final abltramcnt
rests with works. With so much In
his favor to start with, tho "mlddle-of-tho-mlddle"
man of Darkest Af
rica seems to faco a big light after
all.
An Empire of Love.
Napoleon Bonaparte, In exile,
would havo praised Dr. Drummond's
"Summum Bonum" lovo as tho all-
lmpelllng power, tho only really con
quering force. For there at St.
Helena, stripped ot regal pomp, ot
military trappings, of all that made
him powerful, Napoleon said:
Alexander, Caesar, Charlemagne and
I have foundod empires. But upon what
did we rest tho creation of our genius?
Upqn force I Jesus Christ alone founded
Ills emplro upon love; and at this mo
ment millions of men would dlo for lllnv
And it Napoleon had spoken but
yesterday he might as truly have ut
tered that last sentence as well as
the rest.
What an abyss between my deep
misery and tho kingdom of Christ, which
Is proclaimed, loved, adored, and which
Is extended over tho whole carthl
That Is enough. It brings tho king
dom of tho Naza'reno to tho "utter
most'"' limitations set for It in tho
beginning. In ono year 28,000,000
copies of tho law ot this emplro are
circulated throughout tho world,
taught in hundreds ot tongues. Never
mind narrow sectarianism as a gauge
of power and Influenco. Look to re
sults. Pee tho conquest In China,
whoro ancient pagan monarchy dis
solve into representative govern
ment; in Japan, India, Africa, even
tho ancient land of Syria, whence
came tho conquering force at first;
everywhere, though not completely,
to some extent this empire of lovo
reigns.
Back to America and what do we
find? Tho rumbling of Napoleon-
ism But seo tho greatest, most
puissant national powor restraining
Its patience, reducing 'Itself almost
to contumely in its struggle to with
stand tho provocation from an In
significant "people for tho visitation
of - forco. See also tho proud and
dreaded Britain, "whoso, sun never
sets," and, whoso subjocts never suf
fer see-'how England,- too,- holds
hack. Fear? Thero-Is no -fcar- ot
weak'dlatraught, debauched "Mexico.
The influence of the ompiro ot lpv
is at work. . Napoleon was a prophet
ns well as a warrior' and 'king. The
conquest is not complete, nor Is it
apt to be for long years to come, but
tho omplre is growing.
The governor of Massachusetts has
notified the legislature that he will
refuse to accept a proposed salary in
crease. How different from our
clerk of tho district court, for ex
ample, promising to bo satisfied with
that 14,000 job if elected, and then
immediately reaching out for sev
oral thousand dollars o't questionable
fees; or from our reform sheriff,
seeking another $4,000 office and
Immediately trying to get rich oft
a fat Jail-feoding graft.
Recalling Mr. Bryan's assertion
that "platforms are binding for
what they omit as well as what they
contain," recalls that by order qf
tho democratic prosldont, the demo
cratic congress Is expected to
repudiate tho democratic platform
by repealing the toll, exemption act.
All ot which seems to send Mr.
Bryan's epigram oft in search ot a
meanlntr.
If the Commercial club, the Min
isterial union and other similar as
sociations would pass a few vigorous
Btralght-trom-the-shoulder rosolu
tions denouncing the blackmail
hold-ups and their lawyer accom
pllces, .and offering moral support
to The Beo's demand for a thorough
purging, they would strike a popu
lar chord.
Tho German admiral clears up
tho whole situation by explaining
that his tiff with Dewey was owing
entirely to a misunderstanding; his
band waB playing our national air
instead of Spaln'a. It is a slam
either on the American sailor's ear
for mustc or the skill of "Dor Lcetle
Deutscher Band.1
General Kelley Of Coxoy-Kelley
army days, seems to bo the only vet
eran Of that war thus far able to
"come back," and he Is coming 2,000
strong trpm tho Pacific coast- Good
old democratic days,
With the Greasers shooting down
good Americans across the Itlo
Grande and Jack Johnson drawing
crowded houses ln France, life must
be almost unbearable to those
Texans.
If Brother Charley could land the
governorship and ' Brothor-ln-Law
Tommy Allen tbe United States dis
trict attorneyship, the Bryan family
would he fairly well cared tor.
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commits ram arc nui
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MAUCH 8.
Thirty Yearn Ago
i tie next Philharmonic concert Is being
eagerly looked forward to as twd soloists
have been engaged. Ones of thern is Miss
Emma Howe, leading soprano o Henry I
"Ward Beccher's church, and the ollJer
Theresa Careno, tho ranking pianist of I
the world. The concert will be held the;
lesa week In March. . k,
O. Scseman proprietor,, of the "VVestern I
house, has another boarder added to his
""''y h0 "'rtyal ofB,brand;neW boy.
intnu. oi ir. ana rs. ,uay
made up a leap year party at their resl-
denco' at evening.
The Good Tempters gavo a pleasant en:
tertatnment. at their hall, 1414 Douglas
street.'
Charles E. II. Geston of Omaha, who
formerly worked for the Omaha Repub
lican, was found dead In- the Palmer
house at Chicago, suffocated by sas.
W. K. Goodall gave an exhibition of
fancy skating-at the roller ring on Can
Itnl aVerfUc, and made his particular hft
by some comical representations in -new
beginners on rollers, , '
W. P. Bcchcl, auditor of, the I acme
Express company, has been down to fet.
Louis and back In connection with the
Tiller express robbery.
Barker & Mayne, northeast corner or
Thirteenth and Farnam, offer a one-acre
lot with a tine house on Burt street, rsr
2,600.
Twnntw Yar ACO
The Merchants carnival wao a, unmuo
nffalr opened at Kxposltton hall under the
.M.-nifoa nt tha women of tne local rco-
bvterlan churches for the financial bene-
fit of the Presbyterian hospital. The
exercises began with an overture by tho
orchestra of the Young Woman's Chris-
than association and a grand marcn jea
by Miss Van Court
William F. Gurtey wrote io me oee
to say that there was notnmg in mo re-
port irom wobwubmiu
he was a candidate lor tne vacancy on
the Interstato Commerce commission
A strange human phenomenon was
found ln an old shanty near Twentieth
and Pierce streets, where for weeks
residents had been frightened by strange
noises at night' As they emanated from
a shanty in which ah old "character In
that nelchborhood had recently Been
killed, none cared to make much of a
search at night and during the day tho
nolso was not heard. The community
had about set Itself back Into the com
fortable superstition that It was "Old
Pete's" ghost when ono night some ot
the bolder ones summoned courage and
ventured out to the hovel. There,
crouched in a small room where the
Etench was awful, they found an old
man, with Whlto beard and hair, eyes
gltstcnln.r like balls of fire and face as
suming various hideous grimaces. Asked
his name he betrayed no signs of Intel
llgence and could give no Inkling as to
his Identity. Ho was taken In hand by
tno authorities for succor and cxamlna
tlon ns to his sanity. '
Ten Years Ago
Mrs. Mary Ann Jardlne, mother of Yv
S. Jardlne, died at the age of 83 years.
She had resided In Omaha thirty-five
years and was one ot the best known
charitable workers among local women,
being identified with the leading agencies
of that character. Sho was for years
prominent among the Woman's Chris
tian Temperance union.
The Prospect Hill Improvement club.
meeting at Thlrty-fourth and Decatur
streets, decided on a Campaign ot setting
out many trees the coming season, John
F. Daly of the street committee reported
verbally ns to the character of a tree.
planting ordinance of wldo latitude.
unanccuor E. Benjamin Andrews of
the University ot Nebraska mado the
principal address at the annual Unity
church dinner, taking for his subject
"The Problems of Greater America." He
said the United States must prepare tor
war, must defend the Pacific: that Rus.
sla lay Just beyond and the friendship of
tho restless czar was not to be trusted.
The next problem, he said, was a good
colonial administration.
Congressman O. M. Hitchcock returned
from Washington. Asked about the next
democratic presidential nominee, he said
that while not In touch with the democ
racy throughout the country, he felt
Sure the nominee must be a faithful
Bryan supporter and no one who had
even bolted the Peerless could land.
Hearst, he thought, could not Judee
Alton B. Parker qf New York, he con
sidered a formidable nosslbilltv. th
most populut man with house members.
FACTS AUD FANCIES.
A man sees his hero every time he
looks Into a shop window. ,
Tho combination 'In the groom of ape
and money is responsible for many mar
riages.
When halt the people enjoy a thing the
other half launches a movement to have
It prohibited by law.
Next to finding money In the road, being
a ricn -woman a favorite nephew is one
of the easiest ways to get It.
It s said of nearly every old bachelor:
"The girl to whom he was engaged dle-i
and he" never looked at a woman since.'
Observer, who has never been away
from- home, says when he dies he wants
to go to one of the places described In
the railway folders.
The theory that a, man may, by whist
ling, Keep his courage up while pasrlni I
a lonely graveyard Is a fallacy. The man
who Is compelled to pass a lonely grave
yard at night Is too badly scared to
whistle.
Within an hour after a woman returns
from the ceremonial of burying her hus
band tho neighbors begin to call tor tbe
purpose of advising her aa to the mannirl
In which she should dispose of her in
surance money -Philadelphia Ledger.
' MUFFLED KNOCKS.
It always makes a married man grin
when he reads that a bachelor Is taking
a rest cure.
Every nqw nnd then you tun across a
wise guy who knows everything that
ln't worth knowing.
Tho old family horse wasn't so much
on speed. But ho never skidded and
Dried lo pile on top of you.
A. man who has hives, eczema and a
dollar Watch isn't kept any busier .than
. woman who marries a man to teform
him. , ,
Any. mother 'who Is nursing, her first
boylbaby can tell.vou that, thn A who
skid all men trft.'Wn ami! hurt fin1 In
his head.
Tha f'pol men Imaglno they are som
anglers. But you ought to watch girl
hook iEo-DOUBd .,lck-P anA ,ii
the rest of the family are trying to help
it get away. '
When there are five or six children
around tho house a mother could savs
time and worry by getting a grapho-
Phono with a. record that would- keep- on
hollering: "Don't do that. Don't do that
DoTn't d6 that."
Wisconsin and other states hav.
adopted eugenics 'to a degree where tho
; bride andigroom must bo certified before
the cererileny; And In the long list of fool
questions they have omitted the most
Important query: "Do you-, suffer from
cold feet?"
Nature takes caro of everything. After
a man has been married a while and gets
a lot of comfort out of an. old pipe that
smells llko he was smoking a pair of old
socks It is Just as well that his Wife isn't
mitt uvcty iu jninuies
and asit him if he still loves her. Cln
ctnnatl Enquirer.
4.
People and Events
Pawn east, at least,. Mr, Groundhog's
performance surpassed the advanca
ndtlce.
The faculty ot a Maryland college in'
suspending seventeen sophs for p&ztn?
froshles delicately lntrfnated that the. in-
stltutlon did not grant students the'prlv
ilege. of making foote' ot themselves.
MIisaourl moy, be Dafckwft ln coron?
forward in tho "go-to-churoh" movement,
but Jt ,a wUle-hearted In tho human up-
nit crusaue. iost year -i.o state put out
28,009,000 corncob pipes as an evidence of
good faith.
The spaghetti equad ot the Chicago
police Is diligently chasing the footprints
and thumbmarks of thieves who made
away with 2,567,043 yards of doughy pipe-
stems. The Job affords a shade less ex
ercise than wrestling with animated
calico pickets,
a bunch ot men ln Stoux City with
nwch courage and questionable dtscre
tlon plan to pull off n tango contest
an(j a baby show at a home products ex
hlbltlon. It will cost only tho price ot
admission to learn why. tho two stunts
aro hooked together.
. . . . . battleshlD
Maine, originally given to Urbana, O.,
and rejected, is going the rounds of a
number of. Ohio towns without securing
honorable shelter. Three Buckeye towns
have ducked the tub with as much en
thusiasm .as a hobo.
"Whither are we- drifting? A street rail-'
way corporation ln NeW- York City de
cides to cut out financial middlemen nnd
sell Its securities direct to the con
Burners. Supposo this method became
popular, who will pay the Janitor for
brushing the dust oft the mahogany?
Every community on the Paclflo coast
from Seattle to San Diego, is preparing
attractions and thrills for the throng of
exposition tourists expected next year.
San Pedro Is tho bidder for "stopovers. As
a novelty worth the prlco the town fea
tures a dog trained to collect tho wads
ot gum stuck beneath the seats tf a mov
ing picture theater.
Two and 'a bait years have been taken
up in taking testimony ln the steel trust
dissolution suit, and arguments ot coun
sel will follow lp October. The lower
court which has tv case, will Jake sev
eral months to digs - &000 pages ot testi
mony. After all this the federal supreme
court will bo asked for the last word.
Quesa how much rust a steel girder will
shako off before the last word is uttered.
An ex-offlclol member of the United
States navy Is Mrs. Albert IL Metcalt,
"commandant" ot the naval station ot
Sackott Harbor, ln Northern New York.
As there are no marines stationed there
the commandant's duties consist ot run
ning the flag up the flagpole at sunrise
and taking it down at sunset and seeing
that the buildings and lawns aro kept
In good condition. These duties, however,
aro Useful as a training for the glorious
coming days when women will sharo with
nen the honors ot army and navy service,
w
ssl
I JN enumeration of American
Ji cars at touring centers
J abroad, as reported by the
Paris edition of the New York
Herald? shows the total of Pack
ard registrations for the season
of 1913 to be greater than the
total of all other cars listed.
The Packard registrations are
seventy-eight per cent greater
than those of any other make.
Orr Motor Sales Company
2416 Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska
LINCOLN BtGBJTdY CONTRIBUTOR
oAsk the man
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPITr
Washlngton Post: A Brooklyn olergy-
man strongly advocates the- reading ot
the Bible ln churches: It would seem,
however, as though theso cantankerous
standpatters might leave religion atone..
Cleveland Plain Dealer: A pastor much
In tho public eye says that women need
husbands moro than they need vptes.
Thero is more than ono way ,for' a
preacher to make himself soljd wlthvth
'church majority. ;.t'r,
Ifouston Post: , Still, 'with Lent' nbtr
getting Under way ln good shape, it. is
easy to see that' the .devil dpcpn't.projKJse
to close down his works. Ho, has nieroty
laid off a fow hands temporarily Und Is
operating his plant on full time. ,
Baltimore American: Let the- bishops
and clergy bring to their people . .during
the Lenten season messages of comfort
and peace, pointing, out to them the bet
tcr way, and. thus make the penitential
days a time not of -mourning, l)k- one
who Is lost, but , of reJolclngy'like o-io
who knows that soon will . oomo Kaster
day, with nil its Joyous lessons qf,jth
nien Savior. . -J
Philadelphia IWcord: It Is interesting
to learn that under the combined influ
ence of Itev. "Billy"' Sunday's revival
and a go-to-church campaign, which is
now being carried on in many parts of
tho country, the congregations In Pitts
burgh churches last Sunday were from
23 to 75 per cent larger than usual. -There
are churches In this city In which se.au
can bo obtained without difficulty, and
several thousand persons who might lh
crease tho regularity of their attendance
upon divine worship with, salutary re
sults. Ex-President Taft wears ai'go-tp-,
Church button, and expresses his con
ylcUon hal it a much larger proportion
nf ihh tipnnln attended church every Bun-
tday the' country would le better morally
and economically.
PASSING- PLEASANTRIES. .
"I Understand Paris dressmakers are
going to copyright their .eowns."
"Wonsensol" exclaimed Mr. Qrowcher.
'"As fast'ons are going, there won't be
'enough of them to mako room for a copy
right notlqe." Washington Btar.
A New Yorker and a Scot went Into ,a
saloon together and spent several Jioura
ln . convivial Intercourse. -When- they
reached tho parting glass, tho New Yprkor
was about to settle for it.
"Na, nal" protested Sandy; "ye've been
payin for a' thing a' tho nlcht We'll
toss up for this drink." New York Times.
"Do ,you think you can support my
daughter ln the style to which she ha'
been accustomed?"
"Yes," replied the slangy young man
after some hesitation. "But don'.t,-you
think I'd better stick around with jtour
family a few years so as to ge rfecus-t
tomed to It?" Washington Star.
Minister (announcing froirl pulpit) I.
will add that a woman's watch has been
found in one of the 'aisles, which the
owner can havo by applying at the ves
try. We will now sing the 117th hymn:
"tiord, her watch Thy church is keep
ing." Boston Transcript.
"You can talk about theso now tango
dances, but In my opinion there are bet
ter " 1
"What are they?" f
"I think the old-fashioned barn dances
wore the reel thing." Baltimore 'Amer- .'
lean.
"What did tho detectives do with you?" -
"They acted Ilka a Hospitable ,club
Wend." '
"How was that?" '. .-, .
"They took me to , the grill room".'--';
Baltimore American.
Tramp Would you give -a poreo starving
man something to eat mum? , . ,
Iiady 'of House-I might; but you are
not starving-. '
Tramp I know dat Jady: but an ounce
of prevention Is worth a pound of Cure,
you know. Baltimore Transcript. '
A TWENTIETH CENTUEY PRAYER
M. E. BUhler in New York Sun. '
Lo, Thou hast made Thy flaming suns
And eet them circling- free ln space;
And Thou hast made those darker ones
Outcast forever from Thy face.
Those wandering stars with quenched
spark,
Lost ln the blackness ot the dark.
O Maker ot each' undlmmcd sun
In sole dominion o'er Its spheres
That In their rounded orbits run .
Serenely through the perfect years.
Look down ln pity on our world
About two centers madly whirled. -
Our world with pathway all amiss,
Mlsshappen by the .centrals trifle..
Between the lords of woe and bliss.
Of dark and light, ot death and. life.
Help us, In these our latter days.
To search thla darkness and its ways.
To find the pivot of the night; i
And heal earth's guidance, rent ii
twain,
That brings Into a world of light
Death and tha evils in its train.
In Thy deep wisdom let us trace
This lost star hidden from Thy face.
Up from tho primal fall Thou'st shown
The way of life to mortal breath;
To rcan's estate through leaf and stone,'
Frcnl change to change, we've fought
with death;
Grant with Thy last great gift of mind,
Tho prince of darkness we may blndl
ft
who owns ono
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