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THE BEE: O.UAHA, TUESDAY, JTLY 21, 1914. THE, OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR nOSEWATER, EDITOR. The Bm Publishing Company, Proprietor. SJBB BUILD 1KQ, FAIINAM A NO SEVENTEENTH. hi i Knttrefl at Omaha potto fflc u second-class matter. TERMS OP 8UDSCRIPTION. Br carrier Br malt per month, per year. slly and Sunday (.u pally without Sundar....' e 4.00 Kvsnlng and Sunday... .....0c (.CO Kvonlnr without Sunday So 4.00 Sunday Beo only ........I0c 3.00 Send notlea of chance of address or complaints of Imgutarltr In delivery to Omaha Bee, Circulation Department. REMITTANCE. Remit by draft, express or poital' order. Only two cent stump, received In payment of small ac count. Personal check, except on Omaha and eastern tithangc. not accepted. OFFICES. " Omha-Th Bee Building. South Omaha U N atreet. council Bluffs 14 North Main atreet I Incoln-TS Llttl- Building. ChlcagoWl Hearat Bulldlnr. New Tork Room 1108. 2SS Fifth avenue. St Loula-tC3 New Bank of Commerce. Washington 7S Fourteenth St, N. W. 'CORRESPONDENCE, : ' Address communications relstlng to news and edi torial matter to Omaha Bee. Editorial Department Jl'XK CIKCUIiATION. 52,662 Stat of Nebraska. County of Douglas, s. Dwlght Williams, circulation manager of The Bee Ttibllthlng company, being; duly sworn, says that the average dally circulation for the month of June, 1914. was K2.6M. DWIOHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before me th.'s 7th day of July. 1914. ROBERT HUNTER. Notary Tubllc Subscribers leaving itio city temporarily should linve Tlio Hco mailed to (hem. Ad dress will bo clinnyrd as oTten as requested. It will bear repeating: Don't rock tlio boat. The bor score shows that Huerta was batted out in tlio tenth. ' In violation of all precedent, Omaha's ball team took a double-header. Just like that. Kansas City must be afraid it will finish Its new depot ahead of tho St. Louis free bridge. Let us hope the president's Indigestion did not come from ah attempt to digest this Mex ican situation. Tho bread basket of the world bears n strong resemblance to tho topography of tho Missouri river valley. To J. R. Nlghtlngalo nnd Evn Wren of Modesta, Cat., just married, life should he one continuous sons of joy. , For a mart who Is not fighting the adminis tration, our democratic senator gives the public a fairly good Imitation. Down at St. Louis they are talking about jumping the River des Peres dry. There goes the last of the old swimming hole. . Catting Off Wastei. Tho Interstate Commerco commission's re port, la which It recommends increases la cer tain class freight rates for railroads, contains a severe curtain lecturo to the roads for cztrav aganco and waste In operation. It urges, them to conserve their revenues nnd stop up the leaks through which vast sums of money aro filtering. All of which Is easily understood In vlow of the fact that the legal adviser of tho commission In this work is Louts D. llrandols, who once be came famous by contending that if given the opportunity ho could save the railroads of this country at least $1,000,000 a day that was sim ply being wasted In tllcir operation. Of course, any waste ori the part of the great public carriers Is inevitably reflected In the cost of transportation, which means n bur den on the ultimate constimor. All will hope, therofore, that- Mr. Ilrandcls' pleadings are not to bo In-valn. It would also be gratifying if another Injunction of tho commission might be, lived up to. nUmely, that these class rate In creases are not to add to tho consumer's cost of living. Indeed, the commission "warns" the railroads to this effect. How it proposes to make good on tho warning Is another, question. Hut even though the government succeeded in having theso wastes in the operation of prl vato corporations cut off, what about the enor mous lenknges In tho running of tho govern ment? While so diligent to cast the beam of extravagance out of the railroad's eyo, Uncle Sam ought first to remove the moto of waste fulness from his own, for. despite all the high sounding' pre-election claims and charges, It Is dilating the optfc of tho present democratic ad ministration beyond all provlous appearances. "The flowers tbt bloqro Tn the ' spring, tfft-ln " ... till v. , n n v,.,i,.v. .... . 1. n .1 1 v, m-.u, v uiq a..,i uui Q llulllU4UUn HO UIU taUUl dates that blossom In mld'summer. -. So pleased are they with their hand-picked candidates that our bull raooso friends nro rat ifying In advance of their assured defeat. j The militant who leaped into the king's auto may hare taken that as tho last desporato means of keeping tho auto from leaping Into her. As most of the editors began life as printers' devils, their entertainment at AK-Sar-Den's ho tel must have made them fool quite at home. Rumor has it thnt "The People's Paper" has Abandoned Its policy of hiring detectives to brlbo public officials and get something on "pri vate citizens. Those beef packers aro an Indifferent lot. Here they aro raising prices again, Just as if they had never heard of the democratic tariff that was to reduce prices. The Chicago court bailiff who says half tho World la crary evidently has It mixed and meant & say the world Is half crazy, for we havo It straight from a greater seer that In 800 years, ire shall all be lunatics. If the city has been losing money by running Its own city hall heating plant as compared with in offer to heat the building for practically tho fUel CDSt alone, ranalrlne- th nMinl.ni my losing more money. . If there aro over 300 entries for primary nominations in Douglas county, it U a cpnsorvn tjve estimate that there aro over 3,000 through out tho state. More than ono offlco-seeker to rvery hundred of the population Illustrates tho possibilities of this great republic. rwMtis mov attic nicj ' Tha democratic ovation to returning; convention del Rations Is pronounced a first class fiasco. About 30 piraorts impatiently waited In the opera house until lillf past . when C. V. Gallagher apinard on the stfeg and announced that tho meeting had been In definitely postponed, the speakers having been de tained at home by threatening weather. The Blaine anil I.mn ..inl. io,i . . in; their new club rooms and listened to a talk bv rt i- . t - . . . iuii.ii jioc, woo was rsoonea over by a committer consisting of Messrs. Clarke. Blaekhun ..fit ah.n.. A Morris also sang several campaign songs, old and" new, lO. D. AVoodworth has iurchaad and l....! -..,.. . - 1 I J C.WJ acres in the North Loup country for a cattle ranch, where he has erected sheds to accommodate ,vlv neaa. Tha Dartnershln htnfnr xlHnr kaiuu. r. " .... . . v It . 4 A, Kelly and Charles A. Wilson has 'been dissolved by nOitual con nt. J. D. Kins;, 'pos'tof flcs Inspector, Is oack from an extended trip through Dakota and Minnesota. Mrs. O. B. Havens has returned from a three wetka" visit with relatives at Schuyler. K. F Lalk. formerly In tha treasurer's department if the B. &. M. and who recently married an Omaha woman, Mies Daisy Jewett, Is to be commissioner of the Burlington-Wabash pool at Chicago. The Seat of the Trouble. It Is unfortunately trite that the fske damage .till lion f'll.ilM t ft u f Iriflrl.hlnc Iff.tltfltfiiti nnrl that there aie lawyers to bn found who enraunrage It and profit by H.AVorhl-Hcrnld. Thnt 1h qulto an admission considering the source, which has been so strenuously resenting the Insinuation that there afe black Bheep In the legal fraternity. Rut the fake damago suit Is only the twin brother of the out-and-out blackmail gamo and as n rule, the same lawyers pursue both species of holdup. The World-Hornld declares it can think of no remedy for this evll'oxcopt tho creation of a Jury commission, which, strango to say, is pre cisely tho remedy advocated by tho crooked law yers nnd Indicted blackmailers. Of course, overyone knows that with a jury commission Improvement would depend on tho kind of a Jury commissioner. Wo have had Jury reform before, nnd the present method of choosing by lot, substituted for the old professional Juror system was hailed ns tho acme of perfection when It was Inaugurated. So new mothod of choosing Juries alone can be depended on to stop fnko damago suits or the levy of blackmail through crooked lawyers who dlvldo tho plunder. What mtiBt bo dono Is to got nflor tho legal crooks nnd raako It danger ous nnd unprofitable for them to practice their nefarious business. A few blackmailers and perjury promoters behind the bars would make further Jury reform easy. Canada .and; the Hindus. Tlio contention of thbs6 Ulritlu coolies that as subjocts of Oreat Britain thoy had a right to. land on Canadian soil brings to mind Canada's rejection of two shiploads of London broadlln ers, who were sent over a few yenrs ago as 'farm hands." Thoy landed at an eastern Dort. Canadian farmers wore desperately In need of worKmon, but thoy did not want loafers. So nftor the proper officials had looked theso chaps over they dispatched them ns speedily ns possi ble back to Mother Englnnd. It was thousht n bold thing to do. It was. but It showed very plainly whore Canada stood In Its relations to the. crown. The Incident bocame all'tho more lmpressivo when it failed to elicit any rehuko from Mother England. Now, If tho Hindu coolies, who foughi so ilesperatoly for ndinlsslon to British-Columbia. can show any reasons why Canada must admit them, they will certainly have to resort to somo othor expedient than their subjoct relation to Groat Britain. About tho most consnleunus fact In tho Dominion government just now Is Its spirit of Independence, which strongly, sug gests tho possibility of litornl independence. England la not picking any quarrels on that point at present. Only tho other day a rep resentative Canadian oxprossod the thought that if the Hindus from India kicked, up too much fuss Great Britain might find itself confroritod by the alternative of choosing between Canada and India. Possibly it would elect to keep India, since It comes so much nearer "having" It than Canada, and tho task of "keeping" It would, therefore, bo so much less. A Slight Correction. Readers of Tho Bee aro entitled to a slight correction of tho figures recently given -in those columns showing the vote in tho recent 'Iowa jprlmary oloctlon. It transpires that the re turns we quotod were unofficial, whereas we now have the official canvass certified from the secretary of state's office, and we, therofore, give them In this new table: Vote for Incorrect Cqrrect Senator. Unofficial. Official. Republican 140.S7; 141,707 Democratic 74.41J 78.KQ Progressive 6,K9 4.644 Socialist 1,740 The figures previously quoted for compari son as the vote of the respective parties for president in 1912 of course remain unchanged as follows: Republican (Taft) 119.S0G Democratlo (Wilson) 1B,33G Progressive (Roosevelt) .- lii,Sl The correction, as will be noted, makes tho republican percentage of gain greater, the democratic loss a trifle smaller, and the pro gressive loss considerably greater. n USES ' -vr T WW HI 1 Brief ooatrlhuUona on timely topic Invited. TbiBm snnstM so responsibility for opt ens rf errespondeaU. All letters auV Jtct to oonOtnsatloa by editor. I'ayFlio l.onlcul. "COLlMBUW. N-l. July 3). To the Editor of The Ure. The enclosed letter addressed to President Wilson from the L. Si. Htarrrtt company of Atthol. Mass., will Interest you I am sure. Toil, nte at liberty to publish It if you care tn. II. J. S. Kxtrarts from the letter: "We believe that a Iatgc part of the business depres sion Is cltin tn short-tlme-echedules and poor business generally which the clMntry has suffered for months, ami that this tariff law promotes tho welfare of work men In foreign countries at the oxpctVM: of tho workmen of the United Htates. "Aside from this, wo hellevo thnt the present business depression Is duo In a Inraa measure to a stato of mind, but something occasions this stato of mind. Business In general Is not 'playing poll tics.' or crying calamity for political pur poses. Wo do not know anything about so-called 'big business'; wo are not In any trlust or combination and have no connoctlnn with any. w have a little plant of our own, employing 750 people. and we attend strictly to tlio business ot making and selling tools. Thcro aro tlmusjnila nf other factories throughout the country 'Which have no eotuiictlon what ever with so-called "big business, who foel at wo do the disastrous result jf tlm nnw tariff law and the psychological condition, If thnt la what ou prefer to call It. "We have written to each member of congress and each senator from Massa chusetts, asking for ah' early adjourn ment of congress. We assure you how- nvor that our action In this matter was not duo to any advice from nny publica tion, association . or anybody elee. e are members of the National Association of Manufacturers, but have received no communication from that association whatever, asking us to write members of congroas on the subject. Those lot ters and this one to you are written solely on our own responsibility and on our own Initiative. We tolleve that It Is a duty we own to our workmen, their families, as well us our stockholders nnd their families, to protest against further disturbing legislation on the part ot con gresa and to urge that congress Immedi ately adjourn the session which has kept tho country on the rack for the last year and a half, and give business a chance to get busy. "Tlio writer is not a politician, never was one, never ran for offlco, and doen not want any. What he wants Is to see the wheels go 'round." That Manifesto. OMAHA, July 20. To the Editor of The Bee; Tho manifesto of tho Nebraska Men's association Is a remarkable docu ment in Itn misinterpretation of history, Us false logic and psyphology. . Any attempt to faatqn the French revo lution on women Is worso than a blunder i-lt Is a libel on her sex. If the writer of tho manifesto had cited JexebuL. Jlerodlns. Catherine di Medlcl, Queen Man', etc., ho would havo gained .ninntlilnir for his cause, but these could easily have been offset by Deborah, Esther, Zengbin, Joan of Arc, Victoria nnd others, too numdroun to mention. Women aro not responsible for the hor rorn of hlstory-they are the result ot mnn's misgovernment. Whni la tha use of citing twenty-yoar- old decisions mado under a fnlso Inter pretation of tho constitution? Women iinnw verv well they cannot vote under present laws and nro not trying to. What they are now nsklng for is a constitu tional amendment to give them the right of which they have so long nnd so un justly been deprived. I cannot admire the gallantry of men who palaver women with sentimental compliment and tho next moment seek to rob them of their Inalienable rights. To say they are too emotional to exer cise these rights, Is to add insult to Injury. I havo never seen a. woman's convention, no matter how great tho enthusiasm, that produced more demonstration than a Chautauqua salute, but I have seen men poke their umbrellas through their hats and roar like howling dervishes In tho old Wigwam In Chicago. Too emotional! Look at tho women on that sinking ship or In that burning building! Bnh! D. C. JOHN. Impressions at Sea MembeT of The Bee Staff Describes His Ooean Voyage Experience. With the Women Mary Wildcat Is a resident of Paw husk, Okl. Mrs. W. P. Qlbbs of Clnlron, Ky., at 90 writes poetry ridiculing fashions. Mrs. J. W. Laird of Kugene, Ore., has ten chlldron weighing an aggregate of 2,055 pounds. Dr. Ilebecca Sloneroad wants, all the public school children of Washington. D. C, taught to danco, Mrs. D. II. Seaman of Brooklyn, N". Y., will drive her nuto to tho Pacific coast, taking hubby along to attend to tcpalrs. Mrs. Katherlno McKce, dead In Pitts burgh, leaves a trust fund of tlW.CCO, tho Interest of which Is to be used to buy coal In winter for poor families. Mlrti Anno Morgan, daughter of tho late J. Plerpont Morgan, made her first aeroplane flight on Saturday at Chartres near Tarls with Airman daralx. She described the flight as a delightful sensation. Signs of Progress Down in Kansas City an election "worker" with aluncn 'stand near a booth Is said to havo sold sandwiches for G cents apiece, a dollar bill taking tho' place of the ham and each patriot being limited to a lone nut-chase. Reads al. Nmnst.lllra that PllnAlt Tllnfr A1vAl.n ..KAU. the vouchers were cashod In at the World Herald offlco at ono dollar per punch hole. Secretary Bryan is again In good standing with tho suffrage womon, hut where his latest pronunclamento lenves him with Kdgar Howard Is the unsolved Chinese puxile. rtubber nails, for places where metal ones would corrodo. aro a novelty from Germany. On a railroad InPeru, that within 140 ot 1S.W5 feet, all trains ara preceded by pilot cars to detect unexpected perils. In th electric, furnaca gold bolls at 2,400 degrees centigrade, or at twenty-four times tho temperature of boiling water. Kngllsh locomotive works havo ben so busy ot lata that ona English railway had to order ten locomotlvea from Germany. After two years ot experiments, the Philippine governinnt 1 about to belo practical work In planting camphor trees all over the Islands, ' ACCOrUWg l1' fcruuiR.wn. I there Is good rrason to believe that Lou isiana is underlaid bv one or me greatest natural gaa field tn the United States. We are heading Into the .Hay of Naples, due to land at 3 p. tn., and rejoicing over the certainty ot walking on land for awhile. Had a moderately (sir voyage. Ulght of the twelve days were pleasant, steaming on smooth seas under partly sunny skies. Blnco entering the Mediterranean this huge arm of the Atlantic has been as smooth and unruffled as 8alt river In an oft rear. The pleasure, and buoyancy of safllng over calm seas and under sunny skies makes one readily forget the disagreeablo rough house features of ocean travel and remember them only as shadows on the wayside. Old Neptune seemed to luro us on to his majestic domain with as much hearty good will as Brooklyn friends bid us "bon voyage" at the dock. There wasn't a ripple on the Bay of New York and no sign of coming trouble was In sight when the "land of the free" disappeared from view. But thd follow. Ing day we were' tossed fore and aft, pitched forward and backward, producing that sinking feeling which transformed tho shady side' of the deck Into a marine hospital ward. Friday night, Saturday and Saturday night were a continuous scream. King "Nep" worked all the curves he had In stock, pitched us fore and aft and rolled us sideways, putting tho dining room out of business, and filling the berths with people sob bing Internally nnd sighing mentally for a small slice of hard, do land. A thirty-mile gale touched us up again on the 2Cth an wo neared tho coast of Portugal, adding to tho shakeup the penetrating cold of a north cast wind. In every direction the huge swells were capped with white, filling the air with spray and oc casionally wetting the decks. In the direction whence the storm came, the starboard bow, the vast field of waves appeared like serried columns of old "Nep's" white-capped Infantry pressing forward to tho attack. Arnlght the wind whistling through the mast rig. glng sounded all the weird notes of a storm among the trees at home. Every landlubber going away from .home on a sea voyage Is booked for some lumps of Information. The first morning out wo headed for breakfast at 9:15, New York time, as chipper as youngsters at a picnic. The breakfast limit Is 9:30. "I should have closed the dining .room, doors fif teen mlnutea ago," said the steward, in broken Krench-Kngllsh. "Look at the clock (It was 9:45). You must put your watch half an hour ahead each morning of the voyage; then you will be on time." Borne novel features and characteristics are dis played by .the tourists on the upper story of the steamer. Confined to a limited territory, both sexes, on pleasure bent soon become acquainted exchange family history nnd activities, and give some rein to the ego. Out ot 122 In the first, cabin, ninety-three are women and nineteen men. Tho predominance of the coming citizens ot the republic Is appalling to the male persuasion, and we feel our Insignificance with befitting humility. We are, however, measurably con soled by having four ministers In our limited flock, who dispense spiritual comfort and fortitude to bear whatever befalls. One of the male bunch, a demo crat of ante-bellum days, hailing from New, Orleans, airs a largo-sized grouch against the perfidy of the Wilson administration for Us treatment of New Orleans and Louisiana! We steamed between the Azore islands, all day of the 24th, with a smooth sea and" cloudy sky. tRlfts of sunshine pierced the pall ot, clouds in spots, lighting up spots of the verdure of these lofty rock forma-, tlons. Carvo, Flores, Fayal, St. George, Glaclpia apd Pico passed In review, all of them showing, white habitations and cultivation on the southern slopes. Gray clouds rested on their .summits, ranging from 1,000 to 3.0.0 feet lu height, presenting a picture re sembling a snow-capped crest. The volcano of Pico overtopped all, rising to a height of 7,000 feet. Late In tho afternoon the tip became visible arjove the. gray clouds pierced by the western sun. Qradugjly the clouds scattered, revealing the sharp outUno of the glgantlo mountain in a bluish haxe and .banded by ribbons of clouds. At' a distance of twenty miles .the spoctaclo was entrancing, both In, altitude and cloud effects. Just as the sun was Blnklng wo 'steamed past the miles front of the Island or Tercel ra, In the center of which Is the city of Angfa, capital city of the Azores. Some of the crest of this mountainous Island aro 3,600 feet In height, on whkh clouds roost nlrlly. The roads leading from the city to the farms which Intersect the slope are clearly marked with whitewashed houses, the characteristic color of all visible habitations on tho Islands. Bonfires with Wg smokes appeared In various, parts of the countryside. Angra, resting In a valley sloping twn xo the water's edge, suddenly carte Into view with a blase of electric lights and bonfires, giving the Impression Wf some special celebration. Was this a greeting to the pass ing steamer? We speculated with this thought for a time, when one of the ministers volunteered the. In formation; "They are celebrating St. John's day, and tho Islanders being Roman Catholics, religiously ob serve the holiday." Right in front of Angra Is a huge natural breakwater, several hunflred feet high. Approaching It from tlu west the hugo mass olearly outlined the form of a glgantlo buffalo wallowing In the water. ' Our abundance ot spiritual counsellors gave, our two Sundays at sea the proper religious atmosphere. The first Sunday's service was particularly notable for the fervor and thankfulness of tho congregation, Illustrating In an Impressive way how forecfully the aplrit moves us during and after hours of trouble and distress. Wo had emerged from thirty-six hours of stormy weather, filled with the echoes of distress, physical and mental, our pleasurable anticipations shattered for the moment and our mental prospect as blue as the Gulf stream. I have attended many church services of different religious bodies In my time, and cannot recall one which for heart-reaching and moving pow r. Of comfort and benediction, sur passed this simple service of thanksgiving to th Most High the day after a storm In mid-Atlantic. The first ot the two "grand balls" was held the first Monday evening out under conditions unusual and novel for landlubbers. The upper deck aft the smoking room was enclosed with canvas, decorated with bunting and flags and loops of electrio lights. American and French colors were looped over the door. The sky was cloudless and studded with stars, tho sea ns smooth as a mill pond. Through- the canvas walls came a warm southern wind and made party costumes, of which there were many quite com fortable without wraps. Novel ns the surroundings were, the scarcity of male partners for the girls aJ ,v.. j.nra uncommonly so. arid very amusing. hi.'.u " ' .. . . - - - Male youths and elders felt their Importance for the time, grew quite chesty Under the stress of compe tition for their arms, and distributed their favors as generous as time would admit. As a special tribute to the elders the dance started with the stately Virginia reel, In which' the Omaha contingent participated with the old-tlmo eclat. Tomorrow morning we start on a scheduled round of events In Naples. Sorrento. Capri, Amalfl and Pompeii, and probably up Vesuvius on the forenoon ot the Glorious Fourth. On the afternoon of that day we head for Borne. T. J- FITZMOllIUS. Editorial Viewpoint I-oulsvllle Courier-Journal: A traffic policeman nowadays looks like a military hro. but feels like a fried eCg. Washington Star: In the matter of na tional prosperity, the threshing machine Is mightier than the stock ticker. Woshlngton Star: There Is ho danger that tho Commoner will meet the fate ot the Outlook and lose Its contributing editor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat: One strange thing about those Ideal anti-trust bills Is that the more they tire' changed the better they are. Indianapolis News: "What are tho threo moat Important problems now be fore the American people?" asks a New Yorker. The same old three money. Boston Transcript: Judging by the way a pedestrian has to leap for his life on the streets nowadays we can, well understand why Henry Ford thinks .the country Is prosperous. New York World: Nothing but hard luck for tho railroads. First there was no freight at all, and now there Is more freight than they can handle. When Is this persecution to stop? Now York Sun: Senator Boot's ac ceptance of the temporary chairmanship ot the republican state convention Is an assurance that the Issues of the day will be discussed with Insight and courage. BITS OF HUMOR. "She is having a perfectly lovely time." "How so'.'" "She Is engaged to one of twin They both call on her. nnd she can't tell them apart." Kansas City Journal. "Oh. what a time I had last night, doctor. It's only by the Lord's mercy that I'm not In 'eaven today!" London Evening Standard. Irate Virginia Colonel (to his daugh ter) Elizabeth, how could you be so Inhospitable .to that young man who called last night? Bess Inhospitable! Why dad Pater You should by no means have let him go without asking him to bieak fast. Columbia Jester. "Why don't you send home some post cards?" "No, sir," replied Mr. Cumrox. "If I send home postcards, the folks'!! Jes laugh. Thev know perfectly well that my njip uuewn I ill me nmri iuiiiipiuhbi- " the outside scenery." Washington Star. Hp was-cutting an Item from a news paper. 'It tells how a notice was robbed, and I want to show It to my wife." he ex plained. Whnt good will that do?'' a friend Inquired. "A whole lot," wns the reply "You see. this house was robbed while the man wao at church with his wife. "Bay." exclaimed the friend excited!), "you haven't got a duplicate copy of that paper, have yoii7"-Plttsburgh Dispatch. "Vour boy has all sorts of athletic training." "Ves," replied Farmer Corn toflsel. "But there's one- line o' physical culture ho has missed. I wish ; I .could rend him td some gymnaeluni where he could learn to swing a scythe without lookln' like he was goln' to cut off both his feet." Washington Star. SUMMER IN TOWN. " "' Gordon Johnstone, In Smart Set. The sun pours down a flame of torrid ray; Tho breeze. that came In morning gar ments white Has fainted o'er Its task to touch the day ' ' With healing kiss to make Its burdens light; The horses reek beneath their hoods of straw, " Blind stricken beasts that plunge-like' drunken dreams With belching sides that suck each hot breath o er And thirst for dew-washed pastures nnd cold streams. , A huckster with his wagon wealth of farms ' Proiui.ie and sweats; and e'en the mendicant, Forgetting In his pain his plea for alms. Hugs some dark alley where the-Streef-dogs pant; A flower girl, soft, olive fleshed and dark. With tace like Raphael's Madonna Saint. Sighs tor the cooling hills of Rome, where lark And linnet voice compassionate - conn plaint. And staggering, the city seems to swoon, Dry as the caldron of red Hades' bed. Parched as the yellow desert at high noon, . Parched as the souls ot love uncom-' forted, Fumlnc with pungent breath like some white pit. With brazen glare that smltea way faring eyes, While Tttan-llke, with flaming armor spit The hot day totters, reels and gasps and dies. HM aMOVKMl Rats Don't Eat Safe Home Matches "When a fire occurs ' and no one knows what caused it, the average man is apt to say: "I guess it was rats. They eat matches, you know." Rats don't eat Safe Home Matches. They can't be made to eat them. That has been provcn.time and again. 5c. Poor Lo Swats the Paleface Philadelphia Ledger. ' Ona of tho most Important decision the suprem court has handed down In months Is that upholding the treaty with the Chippewa Indians In 1BS5 so far as the liquor clauses are concerned, The effect Is to make three-fourths ot Minnesota "dry'1 osrnianantly. ' Irrespective of the the wishes of the Inhabitants, and It Is the biggest victory prohibition; has won tn years. Safe. Home Matches are '. made of ingredients , which, although non poisonous, are obnoxious, to rodents. Safe Home Matches light easily, but not too easily. They are safe safe arid sure. The sticks are extra long, and extra strong. Safety, again t They are non-poisonous. Safety once more. They cost no more than other brands of matches. As a matter of fact, they cost lessi because every Safe Home Match is a match. Business Chances Business opportunities there are scores of them presented from day to day in The Omaha Bee's Want Ad columns. The business world is constantly on the lookout for added capital to en large the scope of various established concerns. There are chances to secure partnerships or in vestment intcrssts, and many new business ven tures seek capital and proficient executives. Buying, selling, exchanging all come within the scope of Bee Want Ads You'd like a business of your own? See if the "Business Chances" col umn haven't a proposition that appeals to you or state your requirements in an advertisement of your own the cost is nominal. Call Tyler 1000. THE OMAHA BEE EvrjlJy Rmadt S Want Ad$.