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England and the Benton Caie,
Americans were hardly prepared for the
astonishing docility with which England in
treated the Denton case. Even though wo ret
ired it would be straining the construction to
hold our Bovornment responsible for the Urlton'a
murdor under the circumstances, It was not In
line with tho traditional British attitude for tho
lion to Ho down so calmly and purr with such
gentleness ns if fearful of causing us a moment'
uneasiness. Our minds turned, on the report of
the shocking news that Benton wan wantonly
slnin, to tho ominous oracle that, while Britain';
sun of dominion never sots, neither docs a Brit
ish subject over suffer without reparation.
Why this strange .turnabout in tho Imperial
pollcy7 What-made tho bumptious Johnny Bull
to quick to discover, without so oiuch as a word
of censure, that Uncle 8am was ontlrely blame
less? Could tho explanation be that England
had larger moat to fry with us and felt It too
groat a risk to that purposo to haggle over the
Ronton affair? Could it have been the fear of
nn unfavorable turn in tho canal situation?
Stranger things have hnppcncd. Tho Benton
matter will wait anyway and lose nothing by th
waiting. Much more is to be gained by Great
Britain by getting tho United States to back
down on cnnal tolU than by pressing this ques
tionable Mexican episode at thin particular time.
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State of Nebraska, County of Douglas, si. I
Dwight William, circulation manager of The Hen
I'umishing company, neing duty aworn. say mai inn
average dally circulation for the month of February,
1H, was M.tlS.
PW10IIT WII.T.TAM8, Circulation ManBgor.
Subscribed In my presence and awom to before me
this 3d day of March. 1914.
ROnnnT HUNTER, Notary Public,
Subscribers leaving llio city temporarily
should havo Tho Itco mailed to them. Ad
dress will bo changed as often ns requested.
It's up to the preachers to pull thorn back
again
Remember, you do not have to bo a Ty Cobb
(o swat a fly.
Short shrift now for March to play tilthor
lion or lamb.
The most uncivil thing of all in the world
Is a telvll war.
Now that tho "first" spring rain has sprung,
let tho buds and blooms follow suit.
Did you notice Charles Otto holding up tho
president's hand on that toll question voto?
"Are we ready for art?" wo aro asked.
Heavens, yes. Whatever suggested tho question?
As noon ns wn ImlM nn nut. ui .u.
"I- "Ml it uii, uio
world peace propaganda may beexpoctod to '
ibko on now lire.
Tho mayoralty beo in again- bussing in the
bonnet of former Mayor Bueso of Chicago, or
some of his ple-huugry friends, wo don't know
which,
Tho 80-called play, "Tho Lure," got by in a
good many cities, but old St. Louis was not one
of them. The prosecuting nttorncy there stopped
It. Social scrvIcoboarda please copy.
8un enters Arlei March , 6 p. m., and spring be-glnsJ-Chlctigo
Evening- Post.
At that rate, the sun ought to break through
the "Loop district" along about August 8.
It is to be tho field against tho socialists In
tho impending Milwaukee municipal election.
Looks as If the socialist horso had tho polo on
the race track.
It was a bit of supererogation for the boys
to wire In that tho colonel was not in tho boat
that went over tho rapids. Nothing as slow as
an Amazonian raplda would tackle his boat.
Alfred Noyes is perturbed because uouio
flint-hearted American hag Intimated that ho
makes money out of his poetry. Young Mr,
Noyes should not heed thoso bally pructlcal
Americans.
A favorite expression of Mr. Bryan's during
the second and third battlos was, "Wo havo. kept
the faith," referring to the various platform
pledges. Itecalllng what the Baltlmqre plat
form uaya about free tolls, perhaps this shlbbo
leth may JUBt as well be forgotten.
And now It Is explained that the free tolls
plank of tho Baltlmoro platform Is not binding
because none of the delegates In tho convention j
heard It whllo the platform, was road and I
CllAlllAfl M?l. !. II.. 1 , . ... 1
.uuicu. Homer mo utiiegaics snut tueir
ears to tho whole platform or only to this one
Plank, ig not stated.
Meaning of the South Dakota Primary.
Tho result of tho republican primary in
8outh Dakota in which tho main contest turned
on tho nomination of United States senator,
;Mch wont to the regulars by decisive majority
over tho so-called progressive). Ik furnishing
food for much political speculation. The most
Interesting Interpretation Is time put upon It by
a democratic organ, which, although it ha? re
peatedly dcclarod the G. O. P. dead, and pro
nounced a Rticcesslon of obituaries upon it. now
proclaims that It Is "coming back," and In the
interest of democratic success urges republicans
with progrottslvo tendencies to Immolate them
selves In a third party.
What has happenod in 8oulh Dakota, how
over, can only bo properly understood in the
light of party history there. South Dakota, like
Nebraska, made all Its nominations In 1IU2 in
tho spring primary in advance of the national
conventions, and when an Inventory was taken
It was found in South Dakota that thoso In con
trol of tho organization, though retaining tho
republican nnme, had allied themselves with tiio
bull moose movement. In South Dakota tho
bull moOBers succeeded, ns a consequence, In
preventing anyono there having an opportunity
to vote tho republican presidential ticket. Thoro
was no teat of factional strength in South Da
kota in 1012, such as wo had in Nebraska, for
exnmple, and thoro was no way of knowing until
tho recent primary how many who voted for
Roosovolt still refused to follow him into a now
party.
The really significant feature or the South
Dakota primary Is not tho success of tho win
ning candidate, but the largo total vote polled
lu tho republican column, which reflects the
vitality of the party in a purely agricultural
state, and is particularly disappointing to demo
cratic expectations.
The estimate that Omaha pays H. 000,000 a
year to the four public utility corporation that
furnish telephone gas, electric light and streot
railway service strikes us as low. W nnv mnr
than $4,000,000 a yoar, however, for groceries j
and dry goods, and almost that much for coal,
ice, milk and other drlnkablos.
Bishop J. a Hcalcy of Portland. Me.. Preabhed a
sermon today at St lhllomtna'a cathedral. Bishop
Mealey Is returning from San Francisco, and stopped
off In Omaha as the guest of nishop O'Connor.
The play at the Stadt theater was "Quicksilver. '
Mr. Moulchln sustaining the prlnolpal character ot
JUlun Twlller.
It Is announced this early that arrangements have
been completed for two games of ball between the
Chicago Reserve club and tbe Union Pacific team,
the Fourth and tth of July. Jack 8 need, who playwl
shortstop her has decided not to play ball the corn
ing season, and goes to St. Louis, where he haa
accepted a business MtuaUon.
Mayor Chase haa for several days been busily en
t'aged preparing his annual message. In which he
will try to show Omaha's exaet fiscal aondltlou.
The contract for constructing wooden sidewalks
!11tr'n let bjr tho board of pubUo work Charl
For the coming performance of the Mapleson Orand
opera company, prices havo ben fixed ranging from
II to 14 a seat.
Mrs. A. and E. McVann have opened a fashionable
dressmaking parlor on Far nam atrret. opposite Boyd's
cperw house. Evening dresses a speelalty.
Woodslde & Worman. tha famous bloyellsts. hav
Omaha on their route In. the prospectus ot their
tour across the continent, which they are to make
wiYHiij seventy aayi on a wager of sl.OOQ,
On Keeping One's Word.
Reliability comes very hear to being the cor
nerstono of character. At least, It Is an Indls
ponsablo olomont. And reliability is nothing
moro than tho tntogrlty of one's word. Tho man
who la "as good as his word" is the ono you can
roly on; the man who la careless of his word,
regardless of all other considerations, noeUa to
be Y'atchod. And ho is always at a llttlo disad
vantage as compared with the other fellow.
Men risk a good deal in Juggling with truth.
They risk tholr standing in lifo. Cleverness in
tho shading of meanings, in coining statements
nuscoptlblo of a doublo construction, may bo
shrewd and cunning, but, paradoxically, it is
also dull and stupid. Every man's word should
bo as good aB hla note, better becauso under cer
tain unavoidable circumstances n man might bo
rendered unablo to meet his note, b'ut he can
always keep his word inviolate.
All ot which, though said before, will bear
repeating many? many times, One of tho best
times to ropoat It is while tho character is in
tho making, before tho cornerstone is laid or
fully settled Into Its place. The boy who goes
into maturity deep in the conviction that his
word is his chlef asset in lifo goes with a tre
mendous advantago ovor the other fellow.
An Object Lesson from Denver.
Is it poBslblo in a. growing city to restrict
the rights of private property so as to prevent
Its uso for purposes objoctlonablo to tho neigh
borhood? To put It as a practical proposition,
1h it possible to havo exclusive residence dis
tricts, and keop them free from the Intrusion of
stores, business blocks, public garages aud
hideous billboards? This problem is not pecu
liar to any ono community, for It has been a
bane that has disfigured all our American eittea,
which, almost without exception, have tucn
seeking a solution that will stand tho test of tbe
courts.
On this lino Denver has just enacted an
ordinance, said to bo copied after a plan adopted
In Kansas City, which is expected to do tho bus
iness. The new law provides that before prop
erty In any residence district can bo put to a
connnorolal use the owners must procuro tho
signatures of two-thirds of tho other property
owners in that block. After the signatures are
obtained the petition Is to bo referred to tho
commissioner of social welfare, and a permit
huiued only if he concludes that the proposed
use will not be detrimental o the health and
welfare of tho neighborhood.
Tho enactment ot this ordinance la hntld
in Denver as a sweeping victory for the home
owners, and a distinct defeat for the unscrupa
lous land shark who seeks to extort money by
threatening to construct a store building next
to a residence unless paid an exorbitant price
for the lot. It is described as "a stone wall
against the vandalism of tho&e who care for
Denver only to exploit her," and "a lusting
spike for the gun ot the land dealers of the
grafting class."
Noedlnsa to say, Denver Is not the only city
where home owners have been the victims of
questionable practices. Denver may be showing
Omaha, and other cities, the way to establish
noedjgd safeguards for residence districts, and
to make them effective.
All-Aronnd Objection.
NORTH IXJt P. Neb., March J8.-To the
Editor of The Ueer To read many articles
on the state university that arc Just now
being published, were the reader to be
lieve all that I said, would lead to the
Idea that tho university Is tho foundation
stono of our prosperity. And yet less
than 5 per cent of tho people can get
nny direct benefit from the Institution.
Let me make the statement that a uni
versity should not be made an Institu
tion of original Investigation. It should
bo made an Institution of learning only.
Original investigation belongs to jrenlus,
of which universities posses very little
Indeed.
Tho removal of the university means
many more cheap building, with no
definite principle In vlVw with respect to
a moro uniform system of education.
They ay the special fund should amount
to 2,500,000 In six years. But who gave
the legislature nuthnrlty to levy a tax
for six years? If the legislature has au
thority to levy a tax for six years, why
not levy the tax for sixty years?
My objections to removal arc conelse.
To remove means a great depreciation of
much vahtablo property in Lincoln, con
tingent to the institution. Tho limited
fund mean cheap buildings, and will so
scatter the city that street up-keep must
be much greater. Whenever tho deprecia
tion of Lincoln property Is an accom
plished fact, and the same Is bought up
by rcmovallnts, tho next demand will bo
to concentrate the normals of the state
on the present university Mte. Then an
other boom. They aro wanting a great
number of Lincoln people to contribute
by way of depreciation, and the state to
open a now pork barrel. And I am not
In favor of higher salaries. The common
schools are.ot vastly greater Importance
than the university, and when we get the
schools adjusted, let us than make a unlv
verslty to fit the schools.
The constitution provides that appro
priations be specifically made. Who
knows whether the university is to be
moved? If we do not know, the appro
priation Is not specific. I was present
when tha final touches were rrmdo on the
bill for removal) and I notice that cer
tain men who were tjulto thoroughly de
funct In a financial way then have since
begun bracing up their finance. Of
course we must alwaya expect miracles.
Hut who pays tho advertising bureau?
WALTER JOHNSON.
Conic rinclc nt the Assailant.
OMAHA, March 2S.-To tho Editor of
Tho Bee: In Tho Bee'a letter-box I see
where one Charles Wooster has like tho
dog returned to- his vomit. I am sorry
to make use ot this expression, but there
Is no other word In the English language
that will define his position as he states It.
This name Charles Wooster reminds mo
of Lincoln's story of the booby who could
whip anybody in the town but his wife,
who was a very frail woman, and some
times clubbed and beat him unmercifully.
When his friends asked him why he sub
mitted to her abuse, he replied: "Well,
It don't hurt me, and It seems to do her
a great deal of good."
Mr. Woostcr's spleen does not hurt the
Christian religion nny more than Tom
Pal ne'e or Colonel Ingersoll's did.
"If men do not go to church It la be
cause they find little there to attract
them and much to repel," says Mr.
Wooster.
It seems to me a real prophet many
centurloa ago bemoaned tho wickedness
of. his people, and the Lord said unto him.
"Fear not, T have reserved unto myself
7,000 people -who havo not bowed the knee
to Baal."
If conditions aro the same today as
then, which barrel will Mr. Wooster tako
the vinegar or tho sugar barrel? Wo
are all free agents. We all know tho
material law Ignorance does not excuse
us when wo transgress it. Why should
we: In tho Divine law. "Choose ye the
day whom ye may serve." Surely, there
must be a heaven and a hell or there
would be no difference between right and
wrong, a lie or the trutn. And let us
all remember that it la Just as natural for
the man to die a It Is to be. born Into
tho world, and I think If we would all
give this matter more serious thought,
and less criticism, we would be better
cltltens, better fathers and better mothers.
S. C. MAUN,
421S Park Street.
Snr Farmer 1 Ilehlmt Ibr Tlnira,
PAPILLION, Neb., March .-To the
Editor of The Bee: When I apeak of con
ditions I do not have In mind any ono man,
and therefore want It understood that I do
not write, with a grudg at nny Individual.
Somo ona disapproves of my article In
The Bee about the hard lot of the farmer.
The farmer generally sides with the
money Interests; he will condemn the
wage worker for not saving his money,
lie will curse the idlo for being unem
ployed, aB a rule, before he says any
thing about tho capjtallst who fix the
markets. I know theae things from ex
pcrlence with many farmers. Tha farmer
may be progressive, yet Is behind tho
times. He will generally tell you that
farming on the individual scale will last
forever, and yet nearly every Industry Is
tiow evolved out of that very state. I
sympathise with the rural population. I
have lived with them as they live, and
what gratitude I express Is altogether
sincere. CLARENCE SJOBLOM,
Stories in Figures
The story is told of a Kansas man who said
he liked this go-to-cburch project so well he
could hardly wait for another year to roll round.
Except for various government depart
ments, police and fire stations, etc, no
telephones exist in Constantinople.
More than seventy cities In the United
States and moro than 100 In the world
are equipped with automatic telephone
exchanges.
Bheftleld, England, has borrowed for
various munlcfpal undertakings In recent
years $65,000,000, and Its present Indebted
ness thereon Is 148,500,000.
Nuremberg, Germany, and its adjoin
ing city of Kuerth have a combined pop
ulation ot 430,000. Their street railways
last ear carried 4.000,000 passengers over
thirty-six miles of track.
It la estimated that there are in France
at the present time 1,360,000 celibates.
l.W0,CO0 families without children, 2.CSO.C00
famlllea with two children and i, 400, 000
families wtlh only one child.
Year-round playgrounds for 1,OjO,000
American children In addition to the leas
than eight out of 50,000,000 now supplied
Is the lively hope held out by tha con
ditional offer of J10.O0U by "a man promi
nent lit publlo life" ot New York to the
Playground and Recreation Association
of America. The condition ts that four t
other men or women give to the atsoda
Hon each an equal amount.
Employer and Employe
Signed Editorial by I. J. Copen
harve, President of Omaha Typo
grraphical Union, No. 100.
Editorial Sittings
From Motes down to the present time employer
and employe have been more or less Imbued with
the Idea that they were natural enemies, and only
rcently has tho foundation of that Idea begun to
crumble, and some advanced thinkers and workero
foresee the whole structure demolished, and em
ployer and employe working together as employes
for the one Employer, the Creator, who meant that
His children should dwell together In unity of purpose-doing
right for righteousness sake,
As a matter of fact, 'Is there nuch a thing as an
employer? Does not the so-called "employer" find
upon analysts that he Is subject to some other "em
ployer," and that after all he Is an employe.
Moses antagonised tha "employer" Idea when he,
single-handed, succeeded In getting the Hebrews to
establish a national six-day law. Previous to this
the taskmasters required of tho workers all they
could bear, becoming more and more Insistent In
their demands on the workers, until the limit of
endurance was reached when the Children of Israel,
under Pharoah, wcro required to furnish their own
straw In making brick and still produce the same
amount as when tho Egyptians furnished the straw.
From that time down to the time of Jesus Christ
the conflict seemed to bo about equally divided
employer against employe. But at this period Jesu
Christ furnishes us with a parable that shows thing
to havo gono from bad to worse. The antagonism ot
tmployer and employe led to diversion in the ranks
of each, for In the parable alluded to we find thattf
the employer who owned a vineyard hired men at
various hours of tho day and paid the man whom
he hired at the eleventh hour as much as he paid
the man who worked his full day.
Of course, the man who worked all day got what
had been agreed upon, but he couldn't bear to seo the
others RotUng as much for a short day as he did for
the full day, so ho kicked and began to agitato tho
question of hiring by the hour Instead of by the
day, and factionalism was established.
The relations of employer and employo aro begin
ning to afford grand opportunities for the exercise
of the Golden Rule. As a. capable writer "has said:
"An employe's duty to his emptoyer does not con
sist merely in giving so much labor for a weekly
or monthly wage. Nor Is an employer's duty to his
employe summed up in the payment of dollars and
cents. Each owes to tho other brotherly love, con
sideration and respect."
St. Paul suggests that no man should "think of
hlmsolf more highly than he ought to think." lie
Implied that men were all created equal and were
servants of Righteousness. The Creator, who made
alt, owns all.
As employer ajid employe leave the narrow path
ot selfishness and work together more and more for
tho general welfare. Just that soon will conditions
Improve. The Idea that an Industry can thrive and
become a public benefit with the employer and em
ploye at sword's point is all wrong. As "a matter
ot fact, whore you find that condition you will In
variably find dishonesty and graft.
Any Industry must depend on the public for Its
success, and both employer and employe have In th
past sadly neglected the public. If the employer und
employe worn worktng together for the best Inter
ests of the Industry they represent the public would
be the first consideration after their own "get-together."
Why? Because both employer and em
ploye would be looking for tho leaks In the busi
ness, thereby preventing waste and making for ef
ficiency, in which the customer would benefit.
When you speak of Inefficiency and wasto you
Immediately antagonize both employer and employe
to a more or less degree. The employer can readily
seo where the employe Is Inefficient and wasteful,
but will not listen to any suggestion pertaining to
himself along this line. Besides, to the contrary
notwithstanding, efficiency is not always recognized.
Hot air, too often, is accepted for efficiency.
' But the old way la rapldry changing to a new way.
Tho "get-together" slogan Is being cried everywhere.
In the past the employer was surrounded by "en
emies," by the employes and by competitors. If he
got Into trouble with his workmen, his competitors
were Jubilant. After being kicked from pillar- to
post he finally combined with his competitors long
enough to tight organized labor. This did not bring
peace, but it did convince him of the need" to "get
together" with his employes as well as his com
petitors. Tho employe began to see the futility
of fighting organized business, so It Is insisting that
there can be no real "get-together" without the
publlo being in on it, and so the old order of things
Is rapidly reversing Itself and the time Is not so far
distant when the organized business man and the
organized workman will be honestly and harmoni
ously working togother to provldo the necessities ot
human experience to all mankind in accordance with
the rcqulrcmenta of the Golden Rule. "And Ood
(good) shall wipe away all tears from their eyei
for the former things are passed away,"
Politically there is an old saying that "public
office is a public trust." It Is no more so than a
publlo business. If a business is not a .paying one
It Is not filling a public demand. If'there Is a
business failure It is more of a public calamity than
a private one. Tbe public Is Interested that no citi
zen bo defrauded of his rlghtB, and If a man goes
Into business he Is morally responsible to the public
that he is competent to conduct a business and will
not add to the publlo woe by failure to meet obli
gations because of his Inefficiency. It might be
stated here that the "bidding" system, for reasons
too numerous to mention, is perhaps the one princi
pal cause for business failures. Here is where the
public must step in finally and find some way to
eliminate this evil, for evil It is.
"But a man has a right to get his work done
as cheap as he can," you will say. True. But he
has no right to He and use the methods of a trick
ster to got someone to make a mistake In bidding
and then take advantage ot the "mistake," thereby
contributing to a failure which affects employer,
employe and the public. Bo long as the buyer Is
free to use any method to eet the beat of the other
fellow, so long will the other fellow find It necejsary
to form combinations to control prices.
Under the new dispensation, however, the employer
is finding It a public necessity that he and hla com
petitor and their employes meet together to find
ways to become more efficient and less wasteful.
They realize now that waste and Inefficiency have
conspired with the tricky buyer to keep from them
their Just return for their labor. (Wase cannot
exist where efficiency stands guard).
As a poazlble solution: I am reliably Informed
that In the printing Industry of Germany a cus
tomer takes his work to the first office he happens
to run into, If he desires, knowing that when the
Job la completed he will not have to pay any mora
than the actual cost of production, with a legal per
cent of profit added. A government board Investi
gates nny complaints as to overcharge. The law
also requires, as 1 am told, that the printer, for ox
ample, must not sell his printing for less 4han cost
of production, with legal per cent of profit added,
It this Is true, the writer Is willing to chance a
wager that there are no failures In the printing
business In Germany, because no one will go Into
the business without there being a real demand,
and when he does he Is sure or making a profit on
his business because the law compels it. And wages
are handled accordingly.
In this new movement to bring about a better
understanding between employer and employe Omaha
Is In the front ranks.
A fitting conclusion to the arttole would be to
again quote the writer referred to above, when he
says:
"God Is the only employer and all men are God's
employes. This truth levels social Inequalities, re
moves mortal misconceptions, and so enables us to
glimpse the actual spiritual facts of being. As em
ployer and employe come to see more clearly that
each Is serving God in his own sphere and accord
Ing to his own ability, thus contributing to the
universal good, these relationship will manifest Jus.
tlce and- righteousness and so result In ""unbroken
harmony. Thus It will be proved that God's king
dom la come and Hla will is done 'on earth, as It Is
In heaven.' "
Brooklyn Kaglc: President Wilson's
human streak was revealed In his talk
to tho National Press club at Washing
ton. No other president has dnrcd to be
so free, so funny and so tenderly pathetic
in treating of his Inner self.
Buffalo Kxpress: The habit of thinking
In the British army has been too much
encouraged In these piping times of peace.
But, even In piping times, a pipe dream
is indicated by talk about 75 per cent of
mutiny.
Louisville Courier-Journal: A St Louis
paper has started an agitation for mince
pie an Inch thick. The democratic party
promised tariff reform and delivered it,
promised a banking and currency law
and mado It, but only Providence can
provide the mlllentum or inch-deep mince
pic.
New York World: The woman suffra
gists never had a chance ot getting the
two-thirds voto required to pass their
constitutional amendment In the United
States senate. The should therefore be
able to find no little satisfaction In the
fact that the senate Is with them, If only
by a bare majority. For so conservative
a body, this In Itself 1 a remarkable
demonstration of the advance the cnuse
Is making In public sentiment. y,
Springfield Republican: The passing of
the United States Express company need
not bo particularly regretted. There are
express companies left In tho field. The
United States company has been an unin
corporated Joint stock association with
tho entire control In the hands of a few
directors. There wns no such thing as a
stockholders' meeting for fifty years. The
late Thomas C. Piatt of New Tork, the
well-known republican boss, dominated
the company for a long period, making
It almost a family affair. And he used
his Influence a United States senator
thmnirh anvcral tenn to nrevent Investi
gations ot the express business, to post-1
pone regulation by the Interstate Com- !
nverce commission and to fight the Intro-1
ductlon of parcel post.
THESE GIRLS OF OURS.
Maud Jack Slowboy has been calling
on you regularly now ror two years,
hasn't he7 .
Marie Yes, he evidently thinks papa
Is running a continuous performance
house. Boston Transcript.
Brunetta Mr. Bcanbrough seems to be
sitting out a good many dances this
evening.
Btonulne Yes, he Just told me he is
drinking cream for his health, and ho Is
afraid of tangoing It Into butter. Judge.
"Well, Weill" exclaimed the near
sighted man as be sank Into an easy
chair. "The fashions In women's clothes
keep on getting .slimmer around the
ankles, don't they?"
"That Isn't a fashion magazine," ex
claimed his wife, sharply. "That's a
seed catalog. What you're looking at
Is a picture ot a carrot. -Chicago Record-Herald.
Slowboy-Then my dream of happiness
Is over. , . ,.
Miss Smart-That about It. ?.J
dreamt so long that I i?1"
while you wore asleep.-Butfalo Exprew.
Ethel Jack told me he could live on
my kisses forever.
MarieAnd are you going to let him.
Ethel-Not until I find out what 1 ni
going to Uvo on. Philadelphia Ledger.
"Thon you didn't meet with any dis
courtesy nt the polls?" Inquired the first
'""No." said tho other lady. "I have at
tended receptions that were less enjoy
able." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Say, sis. do the flower fairies ride on
thH horse chestnuts?"
"Yes. dearie, and they use larkspur?.
Baltimore American.
"You act as If you thought yourself
superior to the government."
"Well." replied the genial egotist, I do
feel slightly superior. As a taxpayer,
when I owe tho government anything. J
pay. When the government owes mn
anything It does a It likes about the
matter." Washington Star.
KINGDOM OF THE MIND.
Sir Edward Dyer-(1840-160l.
My mind to me a kingdom Is:
Suoh present Joys therein I find.
That It excels all other bliss
That earth affords or grow by kind.
Though much I want that most would
Yet sUn'my mind forbids to crave.
No princely pomp, no wealthy store.
No force to win the victory. '
No wily wit to salve a sore.
No shape to feed a loving eye;
To none of these I yield as thrall:
For why? My mind doth serve for all.
I see how plenty surfeits oft.
And hasty climbers soon do fall:
I see that those which are aloft
Mishap doth threaten most of all:
They get with toll, they keep with fear;
Such cares my mind could never bear.
Content I live, this Is my stay;
I seek no moro than may suffice:
I press to bear no haughty sway;
I.ook, what I lack my mind supplies.
Ix, thus I triumph like a king
Content with that my mind doth bring.
Some have too much, yet still do crave;
I little have, and seek no more.
They are but poor, though much they have,
And I am rlrh with little store:
They poor. I ilch: they beg. I give:
Thpy laik. I leave: they pine, 1 live.
I laug'li not at nnother's loss,
I grudge not at another's gain.
No worldly waves my mind con toss;
My state at one doth still remain;
I fear no foe. I fawn no friend:
I loathe not life, nor dread my end
Some weigh their pleasure by their lust.
Their wisdom by the rage of will.
Their treasure Is their only trust.
A cloaked croft their store of skill;
But nil the pleasure that I find
Is to maintain a quiet mind.
Mj wealth Is health and perfect ease.
My conscience clear my chief defense;
I neither seek by bribe to please,
Nor by deceit to breed offense;
Thus do I live; thus will I die,
Would all did so as well as It
Breath Freely! Open Nostrils
and Stuffed Head End Catarrh
i
Instant Relief When Nose and
Head are Ologged from a
Cold. Stops Nasty Catar
rhal Discharges. Dull
Headache Vanishes.
Try "Ely'a Cream Balm."
Get a small bottle anyway, Just to try
it Apply a little in the nostrils and In
stantly your clogged nose and stopped
up air passages of the head will open;
you will breathe freely; dullness and
headache disappear. By morning! the
catarrhal sore throat will be gone.
End such misery now! Get the small
bottle of "Ely's Cream Balm" at any
drug store. This sweet, fragrant balm
dissolves by the heat of the nostrils; pen-i
etrates and heal the inflamed, swollen
membrane which lines the noe, head and
throat; clears the air passages; stops
nasty discharges and a feeling of cleans
ing, soothing reUef comes immediately.
Don't lay awake tonight struggling for
breath, with head' stuffed; nostrils closed,
hawking and blowing. Catarrh or a cold,
with Its running nose, foul mucous drop
ping Into the throat, and raw dryness .s
dlstreslng but truly needless.
Put your faith Just once in "Ely'
Cream Balm" and your cold or cattarh
will surely disappear. Agents Sherman
& McConnell Drug Co. Advertisement.
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