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OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, MAY 24, 1914.
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dress wilt bo clwinRcd as often as requested.
That Nollcl peace prlzo .still hari$g high.
Af tfjr, all. It la fatter to live In bopo.than In
memory. . ,i , '
What' would bd' ip-air as a bumper 1914
wheat crop In NpbrasHa?
If thp dove of peace can stand the roar of
Niagara, What havo" We then to fear?
It it a poor war correspondent who falls to
got himself Imprisoned In Mexico these days.
All over the country the crooked detectives
Are In almost as bad as the crooked lawyers.
While (he play. was on, Huerta showed them
a few tricks at the old gamo of ,f rooze-out, any
how. ,
Tho boost in anthracite coal rates has boon
suspended. Wo are just at tho opening of tho
Ice season, anyhow.
This tithe It scorns to have been Impossible
to find n court officer foolish enough to try to
serve a subpoena on William Rockefeller.
Judging from the way tho republican votors
aro registering out In California, Governor III
Johnson will need all tho help the" colonel can
give him. ' - W ,
The weeping foreman of the -Becker Jury
stands as a testimonial to duty dona despite the
tugging of emotions and sympathy for a differ
ent Verdict. -
Perhaps part of tho service for which Presi
dent Mellen was paid $60,000 a year included
taking the Indictments which belonged to the
other fellow.
Mr. Mellen will not pretend to be giving, us
anything new In the statement that "Tho New
Haven board used to vote pretty near as Mry
Morgan wanted!"
What Next? More Whitewash!
Tho Bee nearly six. months ago directed pub
llr attention to certain scandalous practices of
crooked lawyers and called upon tho local bar
to instltuto a legal housoclcanlng. Tho re
sponse was the appointment of a committee
which undertook to put tho editor of The Bee
on the grill for daring to Impugn the lofty mor
als of the lawyers. When the editor suggested
to the committee that the damning court rec
ords wcro freely accessible to thorn, and they
should first show good faith by taking up one
or two of these flagrant cases, the committee
applied a thick coat of whitewash and side
stepped In favor of a grand jury.
When tho grand Jury started after the
crooked lawyers In earnest, and returned In
dlcments against a half scorn of them for of
fenses ranging from subornation of perjury and
"blackmail to embezzlement, It was to bo pre
sumed the reputable lawyers would be satisfied
that someone else had done the housecleanlng
for them. Unfortunately, all lawyers are not
reputable. Because most of those Indicted
managed to got away on technicalities, or by
settling with their victims, another coat of
whitewash Is demanded by their frlonds to
freshon up the tarnished reputations, and to
procure It tho Judges of tho district court are
to be asked to appoint a committee of lawyers
to Investigate the grand Jury.
Why should a lawyer caught with the Roods
have privileges that the common crook does
not have? Why should nn Indicted lawyer bo
favored with a special Jury of none but fellow
What to a Jury qf ordinary mon might look
llkp a plain case of blackmail may, of course,
be accepted by a committee of lawyers as the
legltlmato practice of a noble profession.
If tho lawyers want a housecleanlng, and
not a whitewash, let. them ask "the Judges to
appoint a committee, not of lawyers, but of
worklngmen, business men and ordinary com
mon people.
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Mellon'i 'Strongest Point.
The strongest point In favor ot Mr. Mellon.
In the testimony ho has been giving as former
presldont of tho New Haven road before the
Interstate Commerce commission, Is his explana-
lon of how he carno to take an indictment which,
as he says, belonged to Mr. Morgan. This part
qf tho story, furthermore, Is corroborated by tho
production now of the letter then written by
Mr. Mellen to tho United States district attornoy
In charge of the proseoutlon, representing that
Mr. Morgan bad no knowledge" or participation
of the acts which were under scrutiny of the
grand Jury, If this part of Mr. Mellon's testi
mony Is believed and It must be given cred-
onco If any other part of It Is no room Is left
to doubt that tho act was ono of self-sacrifice.
in loyalty to his chief, convinced of tho procarl-'
ous; condition of, Mr. Morgan's health, he as
sumed solo responsibility for these questionable
transactions, and JI' 4d from Mr. Morgan'"
shquldo'rs the burden of nn Indictment which
threatened serious consequences.
No matter what may bo the object ot Mr.
Mol.len'p prosont appearance, beforo- tho com?
mission, whother It' lV,toTlet in the fulL light
upon tho wrecking of tho Now Haven, whother
It Is to get oren with those who undertook to
make him tho goat, or whether It Is to secure
Immunity frqm criminal prosecution growing
out of the BUbJoct matter of tho testimony, this
Interplay of tho human element botwoen theso
mighty captains of high finance will, If wo nre
not mistaken, tend to produce a sympathetic
reaction, or at least a milder Judgment where
otherwise there, would bo nothing but un
qualified condemnation.
Having whltowashod tho crooked lawyers
twice, the local bar, bellwethers now want
another committee of lawyers to do It again.
"Ain't It the limit!"
Whatever else tho mediators may leave out
of the peace pact, they should not forget .to
provldo for a dinner for Villa In tho national
palaco next Christmas.
Mrs. La Polletto haB returned from Costa
Rica, where she scaled a volcano 12,000 feet
high. And the senator made that $13,000
speech while sho was away.
If there are any more white slave or sexol
ocr plays or movies on the circuit that have not
yet struck Omaha, pjeasorlng them along at
once ana nave tnem over with.
What has happened ta our anoint
board that It should bo letting pass so many
tempting opportunities to boost cortatn saffron
amusement-catering enterprises with Us
knocks?
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One of tho current movies Is entitled
Good Little Devil." It should be brought to tho
attention of Mr. Mellen to remind him that hi.
mistake lay in dealing with the vronc kin rvf
devil or In npt knowing thaC he had a chqlce of
itlffaMlit 1 I ...TV . . Ji.'l. ...I.i.
Treasuring Up Books.
When books wore rare and costly, annre-
cjated by fow, and read by still fower, they woro
fi.Mfiillit t Cn n ri 1 1 .1 . . n TV t. t . 1 1 111
v. v..., 17 .ivuouivu wy. iuo tuiiiiiy iiurary was
carefully collected and Bteadfastly added to. It
was passed along by Inheritance or bequest, and
If, perchance, It had to bo divided up or scat
tered,' caused widespread regrets.
', It would bo supposed that tho diffusion nf
education and learning and the choapenlng ot
noons, making it possible for almost ovoryono
to acquire a library of his own. would stimulatn
the habit of treasuring books to a greater ox-
tent than ever. There are good grounds, how
evor, for doubting that this has been the offnp.t.
for while people In general have more books, In
moat cases thoy place no particular storo by
them. Tho books aro not of the permanent
kind, the first perusal Is tha last, and after one
reaamg around the family circle no one cares
what bepomea of them. The solid. substAntui
boqks are tho smaller part of the present-day
uorary. Tho old close, familiar companionship
people used to find In books, which led ihm
turn to thorn and return to them, seems to havo
Doon lost, ir not destroyed. Where such books
had the first call on tha ldaum hom. ,nn, nii
fcorts of diversions golf, movies, tango, autos
iane upr the time.
Whatover tho reason mav bo. with nnfw
oxceptlons, of course, the old-fashioned treasur
ing up of books, alas, does not seom to have
kept pace with tho Increasing culture of the
new era.
Work of palntlnt the steeple of the First Pfeaby
Wrlan church was begun by C. E. Griffin, who draw;
a continuous crowd of spectators. That the steeple
puniing Duaineaa la profitable may be aeen from the
raei mat Mr. Orlfflu aaya he cleared ItLQOO in
rtnale year.
George Medlock, the aextcn of Prosnaat 11111
tery. la havlnar the place put In order for the Memorial
day exercjaes. During the twenty.flv vr. Mr.
lock ha been sexton he has laid away In the boaom
of the earth over 4.0M of the Inhabitants of tht. .v
Tha Union Pacific played a aplendld game with
the Reserves ta a mal crowd. The Funkhouaers and
Whitney dlaUnguUhcd themaelvea at the bat. and
Jamlaott Bandle and Cantfeld In the fleld.
The Thuraten, Hoi company are io give a. picnic
in UaireU'a, "park, aotm, -and Jthe boya- are making
ftrenuoua efforta to Insure Ita auecets.
Much Intereat la being manifested in the lecture
to be given by Father Lambert at Boyd'a next
Wednesday evening for the benefi; or Creighton
lle, when he aaya he will demonatrate the
various phase of aplrituallim, such aa the talking
jntdlum. the writing medium, etc.
to
How Times Change.
"Every time a railroad nfririi .nv..a.
' ...... wwoa IU
Washington he has to take his hatioff to some
government orriclal," says the former New
Haven president. Mr. Mellen gives us this
doleful picture of the
rote of Lazarus eager for the crumbs of courtesy
mat inn irom tne government's tahin.
If that be true, It only exhibits the reverse
side of a plcturo that has long attracted public
weauon. Time was, as Mr. Mellen know
wnen tne government official, hat In hand,
wajtea on tne tnreshold, nil too often, for
word or the railway magnate. This was true,
not only in Washington, but also at state cap
itals and in the smaller political Jurisdictions.
If wo care to draw the curtain completely aside
ana expose tne actual truth we will admit, how
ever numiziating It may be, that many high
- m uv mai are gone never
ventured to make a move without first "going
vu ueoumioners - to see now it would plumb
with plans there. Legislatures wer ncuiiv
elected on a sort of apportionment basis as be
tween rival railroads, and It was spoken aloud
that so and so belongs to this crowd or that, and
they usually confirmed the alignments by their
official acts.
It Is too bad If now the kings ot commerce
are unfairly subjected to official authority
wo do not know that thoy arc. But If they are,
It "the worm has turned," so as to reverse rela
tive positions, whose fault Is It? Does any
thing In tho history of New Haven operations
now being revealed In an official inquiry sug
gest the answer?
Tomfoolery.
A collcEe president Is quoted as denouncing
Carnegie on the ground that "hd controls tho
educational systom In the United States,' and
attacking Institutions that receive his benefac
tions because of Mr. Carnegie's alleged notions
about rollglon. He presumes to say that All
ecclesiastical ties must bo severad to get so
much as a pipe organ from him. He has sep
arated religion from tho school."
The best that can be said for such talk. Is
that It Is sheer nonsense. It is a pity to find
It indulged In by a college president. So far as
the public Is concerned, wo doubt If It ever
know, over had any occasion from any of his
benefactions, to know what Mr. Carnogie be-
lievAd. rellKlounly. or Irreligiously. No evidence
has ever, to our knowledge, been adduced as
showing that Carnegie either 'directly or Indi
rectly exercised, or claimed the right to exer
cise, any Influence whatover over any school or
church endowed or. benefited by him. On the
other hand, we have schools and churches all
about us sharing In his gifts that do not Indi
cate such a thing. Churches right In our own
community have obtained funds for pipe organs
from the Carnegie treasury, whoBe pastors and
m.mhnr, would, wo fnel certain, be greatly
am,ucd It asked what Influence of Mr. Car-
noglo'B the gifts carried with them. Mr. Car
negie, personally, probably Is ignorant of the
existence ot these churches,
Carnogie libraries aro scattered throughout
the land, and without any conditions as to the
character of books to be circulated through
them.
"Thoan state institutions'' which sav thev are
sorry they cannot teach religion in their rooms
are not free thinkers," says this college presi
dent, "rather they are slaves of the almighty
dollar."
Such utterances from such a source are not
only abeuTd. they aro positively dangerous, be
cause they carry a certain amount of weight
and Influence, which is wholly on the side of
false teaching calculated to Inflame class preju
dices. We doubt it ten collego presidents, or
ay considerable number of responsible preach
ers In tho country, could be found who would
subscribe to such tdmfoolery.
The Land and the Man.
Theland question promises to occupy a con
spicuous place in 'tho negotiations t6 restore
peace and order in Mexico, The land question
In not a new ono, nor 1b if peculiar to any one
country. On tho contrary, tho tilling of the
soil', and the relation of the man who tills It to
Its ownership, havo been either apropolllng or
a disturbing factor at every stage of advancing
civilization.
A condition In which. tilling of tho. sol) Is
done by ono class, and the product Is claimed by
another, has been the cause of countless upris
ings and wars, to say nothing ot more peaceful
political revolutions "Land for the landless"
In all these Instances has been the popular ral
lying cry, which wo In thlB country have escaped
only because of tho up-to-thls-tlmo vast unoccu
pied public domain freely at the disposal of any
who would reclaim It as a homestead.
Unfortunately, In Mexico, although tho coun
try Is sparsely populated, with tremendous
stretches of uncultivated territory, tho door has
been shut tight against the ordinary man ac
quiring any ownership of land for himself. It
Is known that under tho Diaz government the
growing acuteness ot the. land problem was ob
served and plans wore considered for experi
mental attempts at Its solution, but no definite
pregross was made. Relief fer the landless
waa also promised by the Madero government
without materializing to any appreciable extent.
If tho forces now set In motion from the outside
load to a satisfactory land policy In Mexico,
thoy will break) through barriers that have
stood unshaken against all assaults for the hun
dred years since the Spanish yoke was shaken
off.
MUFFLED KNOCKS.
Church and Social Service.
The Presbyterian church, now In annual en.
eral assembly at Chicago, has, among other
questions before It, the proposal by some ultra
conservatives of revoking tho church's aggres
sive program on social service, particularly
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uiuun ui uie worn none unaer me departments
of church and labor, Immigration and the coun
try life. To outsiders, especially those who
have followed the good results accomplished In
this line of religious enterprise, the very pro
posal of retrogression must seem almost In
credible. The whole church's warrant for social serv
ice goes back to the early periods ot Old Testa
ment times. It Is quite the belief, -we under
stand, of twentieth, century churchmen that the
only reason why a program of thla character
seems new today la that the church as an Insti
tution has failed In the past to catch the full
force ot Its mission In this, particular. Now for
the denomination that has 'taken a leading part
In overtaking the demands to think of backing
up almost before Its work Is out qf the experi
mental stage seems moal remarkable, It has
by Its special efforta among labor and the rural
communities attracted wide and cordial atten
tion, seemingly not alone to Itself, but the cause
li stands for. What will It say to labor and the
country If now It withdraws these activities?
What labor and the country would say to It is
not very pleasant to contemplate.
It Is gratifying to note that most of the lead
ers at the general assembly, if not the majority
of the entire body of commissioners, are
strongly pulling for the continuation upon even
a larger scale of this aggressive program con
ducted under the auspices qf the Bqard of Home
Missions. But seemingly the "little fellows
are putting up quite a resistance.
The Young- Men's Christian association Is
planning a railroad branch for Omaha. Here
is a cbanco for the railroads to et In on the
ground floor and help a good cause along.
The trouble with a good talker Is that
he never knows when to ault.
Anyway, some of the glrla with the
muddle! complexions have the clearest
eonaclencea.
When some men brag that they are
self made, they save their parents an
error from the official acorer.
The auffraglita object to man-made
laws. And yet they wear man-made
clotjiea and raise man-made families.
The father of eleven children always
gets a good balling out from the neigh
bors, but they never seem to blame the
mother.
The world la growing better. But a man
haa no buslneia trying to tell the truth
unlets be ta willing to wear a catcher's
mask all day.
Talking about getting even . with tht
women. The fool men are now asked to
wear a garter that hold their socks up
and their ahlrta down. .
The old'fashlohed man who couldn't
tell what a woman was wearing under
neath her skirt' now haa a son who haa
to wear smoked glaasea to keep his eyoa
from popping out.
Taw and Maw will read all the auto
ada and all the auto catalogues all win
ter every winter. They will argue and
finally decide on the car they will pur
chase. And when spring comes Paw
thinks the matter over and compromises
by purchasing a lawn mower.
Any time mother I slclc and father has
to fix his own breakfast, he bolls up a
meis of atuff that looks like mud and
smells like coffee, and he enjoya it be
cause he made It himself. But If mother
ever served him anything that tasted
like It he would swear she was trying
to poison him. Cincinnati Enquirer,
CYNICAL REMARKS.
Many a man has hit his own fingers
trying to nail a lie.
Health Is wealth, unless you happen to
be the doctor.
Money will buy everything but happi
ness, and a few people.
Friends are people we feel privileged
to tell our troubles to.
No man la so blind that he Isn't occa
sionally looking for trouble.
Will power is & good asset, but even
an Iron -will will get rusty.
When all eyes are upon him a man Is
apt to think he la out of sight.
Beauty Is only skin deep, but some
women are deeper than they look.
Tou will find mighty few men turning
over a new leaf until the old one la full.
It le a' mistake to suppose that tho beat
always follows tho beaten track.
To be born lucky la really merely be
ing born with a little common sense.
No one has ever lived who has been
fast enough to catch up with tomorrow.
Most of us hope for the best and then
wish we had hoped for something better.
It's when thtnga get too hot tor us
that we realize what a cold, cruel world
this Is.
Woman may be the weaker vessel, but
It Is generally the man who goes broke-
Why should wine, woman and aong be
grouped together? Vfln Improves with
age.
The only smart things some people ever
say are those that make other people
smart. New York Times.
CURIOSITIES OF LIFE.
Seventeen-year-old Sarah Brody of
Philadelphia recently won a speed con
test In typewriting, having, attained a
peed of eoyenty-aeven words a minute.
A single tree owned by Charles R.
Fvor of Dexter, Me., yielded this spring
enough sap to make two gallons of
syrup. The tree is a large one, and the
sap flowed for several weeks.
Johann Burets, who died In Menom
inee. Mich., at the age of Tt. had the
distinction of never having been photo
graphed. He had a great aversion to
photographs and successfully evaded a
camera all his life.
1j. B. Johnson, of St. Albans, Vt, gen
erally attracts attention when he drives
through thtt town behind his pair of
two-year-old steers. He has trained them
ao that they will obey rtlns as well as a
horse.
A flood on the White River, at Peters
burg, Ind., waa a bonanza for Bud Ab
bot, whose farm was left by th receding
waters covered with fish of many va-
rietlea and ot good aize. The fish sold
for 15 cents a pound aa fast as caught
and dressed, and yielded several hundred
pounds in all.
Germain Falln, a wireless telegraph
operator, stationed in Tangier, has dis
covered after more than three years'
search a specimen of the very rare five
leaf clover. Only ' two others are known
to be In existence, one owned by an
Italian and the other by an American
who Is said to havo bought his for 15,000..
A curious case ot canine kidnaping
occurred laat week In Haverhill, Mass.
A small Newfoundland puppy owned by
John Mitchell escaped twice from Ita
rope, each time returning after an Inter
val. It waa found that a fullgrown New
foundland dog living near there gnawed,
through the rope in order that the puppy
might accompany him on a frolic
People and Events
HERE AND THERE.
rise
Utah has six mountains which
more than 13,000 feet above aea level.
Nearly C00 acres of land near Parte are
devoted to raising young trees of peculiar
shape for umbrella handles
Gannett Peak, Wyoming, nearly 14,000
feet in elevation, and the highest moun
tain In the state, la on the divide between
the Bonneville and Bridger national
forests.
A mink farm hu been started near
Pritchard. Idaho, In the Coeur d'Atene
national forest, and similar experiments
are under way In the national zoological
park In Washington, D. C.
The fire loss of New York last year
was over $300,000,000, and halt of the fires
causing this loss were traced directly to
careleeaneis. matches and cigarettes
leading In the careless list
In an article In the Railway Age
Gazette on the atetl passenger car situa
tion It is stated that It will be necessary
to provide 47,000 cars to replace all the
Wooden and composite cars In use. The
cost la put at ($14,619,100.
Jermlah McCarthy, of North Attleboro.
Mass., owns a hen which not only tnslsta
on roosting on a branch 15 feet above the
ground, but haa a nest up there and lays
Ita eggs there. Ever)' time IU owner
gathered his eggs he has to take along
a stepladder. .
0ster Bay looms upon the map as
chesty as a South American boll.
With due apologies to the hero of Put-In-Bay,
Ouimet the enemy, and he la
hls'n.
Not one of long distance or near
weather propheta have venturod a predic
tion touching the whereabouts of gentle
spring.
Uncle 'Sephus Daniels is enjoying him
self hugely as managing editor of the
Navy. For the first time In his mature
life his orders go without the O. K. ot a
proofreader.
A New Jersey man who bought a B-cent
Plug of tobacco found In It a diamond
worth JIM. Really the tobacco Is obliged
to adopt desperate means of getting rid
of Its money.
Two genuine specimens of the blue
goose have been added to the New York
zoo. Votaries of the blue goose In the
middle west may now decorate their
ponds with the real article.
The saddest words, of tongue or pen
are not "What might have been." Mr.
Mellen revised version perspires with
pathos. "Every time a railroad official
comes to Washington he has to take off
his hat to some government official,"
Chicago's local weather man Weaves a
wreath ot vocal blossoms and decorates
the nlcknlme "Windy City" as the rich
est asset In the city's collection. It blows
away the smoke-cloud and gives the
towns-people at least twenty more sunny
days a' year than St. Louis can boast of.
A fine specimen of the sturdy consti
tution cultivated on a Vermont farm Is
that possessed by Hon, Levi P. Morton,
who has Just celebrated his ninetieth
birthday anniversary, though a New
Yorker for sixty years, and a retired vice
president, the passing years touch him
gently In their flight.
A retired cattleman In St. Louis objects
to paying $100 for a copy of "The History
of the Cattlemen of Texas," carrying his
name beneath his picture. Not that he
carea for a measly $100. but it hurt his
feelings to think the literary peddlers
failed- to weave a few lines of heroic
romance around his mug.
Governor McGovcrn of Wisconsin re
gards Chris Columbus as a second rater
and awards the honor of discovering
America to Lelf Erlckson, .the Nors9
voyageur. Pretty tough on the Genoese,
but consider the nerve of a McGovern
passing up the claims of St. Brendan for
a Norseman! Up with the pikes, Gaels,
and do your duty.
WHITTLED TO A POINT.
Some men don't need money In order ta
spend It.
It's much easier to borrow trouble than
to-get rid of It. ...,..
The high price of eggs has -dohe much '
to reduce stage fright. -
The. race Isn't always, tftl the., swift; It
of ten depends on the jockey, up
Old hens are nob absenU'mlndec!,'? yet
their eggs are frequently mlsluld
When a. man is cornered' he-Imagines
that he did not get a square deal.
Borne men waste a lot of their timo
looking for words of encouragement.
It's easier for a young man to make
lovo to a girl ,than for him., to make a
living for her.
It is easier for the average man o.
stona adversity than prosperity, and much
more common.
Perhaps King David revised his stated
ment that all men were liars after dls?
covering a man who never went fishing.
What a mlxup there would be In this
great and glorious country if all mothers
were to strike for more wages and shorter
hours!
From his better half benedict geta this
advice early In the course of matrimony:
"When in doubt listen to me; when not
In doubt listen to me, anyway." Chicago
News.
OVER THE SEAS.
One Australian ranchman has 260,000
head of cattle and 200,000 sheep,
British capital Invested In Australia
Is estimated at (1,791,820,965.
Leeds, England, has adopted the com
mission form of government.
Turin and Lanzo, Italy, are soon to
be connected by electric railway.
In 1913 Russia Imported 719,700 bales of
raw cotton, valued at (51.SO0.O00.
Zinc as such Is not mined in Hungary.
It occurs In the metal mines In the north
and east ot the country, end a- small
quantity la produced annually as a by
product of smelting operations.
France has close to half a billion dol
lars Invested In Mexico. That being the
case her newspapers would do better to '
withhold their bitter criticisms of the
Wilson udmlnlstratlon. ' When we get
through their Investments will bo worth
something.
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT
St. Louis Republic: A Fort Worth re
ligious sect haa set next October for the
beginning of the millennium. These re
llglonlsts are considerate enoUgh, how
ever, to plan their millennium without
arranging to end the world.
Houston Postc We hope that the Meth
odist brethren in their antipathy to tha
tobacco evil may not feci called upon, to
consider tho advisability of abandoning
Trinity college, North Carolina, their de
nominational Institution that was foundad
and developed by the money the Dukes
made'out of cigarettes.
New York Sun: Sir William Wllleocks
Is very Ingenious' In his 'explanations ot
the legends of Genesis, but he will never
persuade us that thft Garden 'of Eden was
situated at the Junction of the EUprhates
and Tigris or anywhere else on the ma
terial earth. Its true region Is the heart
of man. In whose Inner "sanctuary alone
Innocence, peace and beauty have their
dwelling. We have not lost ft altogether.
The angei at the gate Is our own 'con
science and hla f'iamlpg sword' Is our 'ma
terial desire. But his vigilance Is hot
sjeepless. and most of us crce"p back one
In a. while Into the cool shades and re
freshing airs of the garden and tryt to
recover something of our original selves
beforo we were spoiled. by the world. .
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
"What religious denomination did the
people belong to In that . Earthquake
belt?"
"I believe, at the time of the earth's
convulsion, th'ey were all more 'or 'less
quakcrs." Baltimore American.
"Bobert Bruce and his spider, you know
th episode."
"Yep."
"Teaches a fine lesson In patience. -We
don't find such instances these days."
"Oh, I don't know. We can get an ex
cellent lesson from Sir Thomas Llpton
and his Shamrock." Louslvllle Courler-Jburhal.
"Was your outing- a success?" i
'T suppose so," replied Mr. Growchar.,
"It was about the usual program aa I
have observed It, The merry -party barely
had time to eat lunch and then line "up'
to be photographed before It was time
to catch the 'train home." .Washington
Star. '
She (after tho quarrel) I'll promise al
ways to keep, my temper In the future,
dear, I can't do more than that.
He Oh, yes you can; you can keep
your word. Boston Transcript.
"Where's your llttl brother?"
"He hurt himself."
"How?"
"We were seeing who could lean out
of the window the farthest, and he won."
Chicago News.
"What "do you think of an o'pen meet
ing to discuss ways and means, by self
confessed rootors and grafters?"
"That's nervy. Who are they?"
Members of a professional gardeners'
club." Baltimore American.
"Quick, quick, my dear everybody else
Is In the lifeboat- The ahlp la sinking!"
iJ'Jv-aJJLft.mi',nent' 1 cannot be seen like,
thfs. Th life-belt makes my coat
puckoR.v--The -Bystander.
iki6-''1 ."''"amlet'J tpnight,
Stan-Good gracious. Then I ought (3
- - . .. , . .t 1 1 l . i ru ir ul.
.?:?nnr?rJK?ver mlnd. then, we'll do
"Othjsno,"-FIIegende. Blatter.
iu'i'S1"". congressional committee heaHT
thirty ladles In two- hours. That many
men would have kept us , llatenlng for
several days."
"ThAf Nhnw'a . T.n . 4.. .
public business: But how did they Tnan
age. to crowd. . thirty , speeches into two
J."h! V". "poke '"three ami four" 'at
tlme.i''-Loul8Vli!e Courier-Journal. "
THINGS OF THIS WORLD. -
Things of this world, some prefach'sr's'
Should not allure us from the world to
This theme Is preached this sunny wide
nwiu uvcr ' . i -
Throughout the leneth
Christendom.
TI.
Things of thla .world: .God's world of na-,
..isuu, aucaiii, mi , oreezo, tree, nower
and singing bird
Reflect God's love, and draw us closer to
Him; . '
These came to life, responsive, to His
word.
. "I., .
Things of this world: God's world, of
service.
Whether In Science, skill In labor or In'
art; i ,
God's mind supreme here dominates the
human
And urges him to nobly do his part '
- IV. ,
Things of this world: Our' friends who
love us, '
.uouu in xiib ihiikc, mirroring rus nima;
Thro" these, God here reveals, His good,
ness ,tp us, , , , . , , ... ,
And they In us His love' rejoice to find.
v ....
Things of this world: mere human -obllsa-
The Immortal spark that makes men
iiiu4o niuii viat
Make? possible for souls to mount- to
On steps of obligations au'cK as they,
Omaha, i-BAYOlX NE TRELS.
"Now My Woolens
(rrti oaaw hnitAra fn h lnwi AfWav e$ m rl vska a
ii. . afcf Th tnlM swaaf kaAhw Anw la
JU.Ca ab Cfc ita.w,v vwwsw ww w
very pletvt&nt and just strong enough to discourage moths and
Termin."
Luger "Cedar-Line" Dressers
and Chiffoniers
Lear Majentr.
Philadelphia Ledger.
Among the high officers of the govern
ment It Is difficult in find more thsn one
er two who ever actively and success
fully engaged In business. Thev have
always been on the outside looking in,
and now that they are on the Inside busi
ness must look out
Cost no mora because of this desirable feature.
This and tha dust-proof, mouse-proof bottom, tho
easy-sliding drawers, the strong inter-locking
construction and other vaiuaoie xeaiures, matco
them better than other makes, selling at the
same price.
It your furniture dealer csn't snow yon
the. "Cedar-Line" we'll tell you who can.
Luger
Furniture
Company
Minneapolis,
Minn.