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THfcl OMAHA .RtrNDAV HKK: AtTfJUST ),' 1914.
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War makes Hi own Urtffi and makes them
mountain high.' ' '
The shortest possible ballot will be long
enough at that. ' ' .
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Tea, but what will It do to the gate receipts
for the world's series?
A bottled up fleet cornea pretty pear being a
useless cog In a military machine,
American Industry muat not lag now; thin la
the time to put on the double shifts.
The future of- Europe can be -more lntelll
t gently discussed after the present Is past.
With the exceptional material at hand, the
Impending Nebraska State fair will aurely be a
hammer. ' i
Remarkable, Isn't it, how, f aw of us are seri
ously inconvenienced by the closing of the stock
exchangesT
The great point la favor of an aerial fleet Is
that It cannot be easily bottled up, or rather
bottled down.
Chicago has a, Carter Harrison III. But
heavens, must he, too, be gtvn a life tenure on
that mayorship t
Americas millionaire art collectors ought -to
be able soon, to pick up a few old mast era at
bargain counter prices.'
. It seems strange that Americans have to be
urged to leave war-ridden Europe when they
have peaceful America to come to.
What good doe it do a politician to cam
palgn In these times when h cannot hope to
land anywhere near the front page?
The colonel promises to give Nebraska one
day of his campaign tour this fall. Now, Sec
retary Bryan, what are you going to do for us?
A lot of people who usually break out on the
slightest provocation ar yet to bo beard from
there's Tom Lawaon, for instance.
It is assumed that that article la the Com
moner telling how the consumer Is going to
benefit by the reduction la the sugar tariff has
been recalled.
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Here's where th tractor business ought to
look up. ' With all the horses pulled off the
farm, there should be a loud call for self-propelled
plows, 'cultivators and harvestjng implements.
Considering the state of the money market,
we would advise our various public authorities
to go slow about asking the people to vote bonds
for the present for anything that is not impera
tively necessary.
Note that none of the combating countries
are dwelling particularly upon the loaeea they
have sustained. Boasting of victories Is the
card for the official intelligence bureaus to play
up while carefully forgottlng the setbacks.
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Remember the time when a certain ..,.
date for president mads his campaign on the
Issue that if he was not elected the United
States would be alven over irravocahi .u.
tariem? Does it look by comparison as if ours
wem country towed down by militarism?
flli
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" '-"'" -inca lata the Keokuke low again
by a score of I In 1 Tk. .....--i . .. .
- were Milsoury
and Handle for tha home team and Kennedy and
Dugdale for tha visitors.
A Ursa force of men la at work on tha belt
Ilea a . 14 ww-w
ivin oi a meetin or tha Douslaa Cbuaty
rw, iHiurmi society ia slirned by W. . ehotooll.
MLSKf -M 1 Sk
lL H Gray announce that hie Bee Hive phot
imphio studio will be open all day Bundaye to ao
commodate patrons.
Wetrlct Attorney Godwin returned from aa as
Seeded trip throua-h Iowa. -
Rev. Wlllard Boou and wife are back tn Omaha
aueeooa oc s:x Weeka
Mrs. A. W. PuJlrlede aad daushter are vtelUnc
Aaareoee, tha furmer home of Mrs. ruUrtede.
bellevue rollece coiiiiun-iii i. .
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ounced by George K. Rathbone. principal, ta give
thorough Instruct kn In all busineea 11 nee.
Hon. John D. Howe ie stopping at tha PaiUn
looting aner the Interests of the Minneapolis
Omaha railroad
The Anniversary ef Sedan Whit Will it
Bring: rortht
On September 2, 1170, by the decisive bat
tle of Sedan, the triumph of Oerman armies
over the French hosts, led In person by Em
peror Napoleon III, made the new and unified
Germany the dominant power of Europe. 8o
crushing was the French defeat that it was im
mediately followed by unconditional surrender,
and the Trench emperor became the prisoner
of bis victorious antagonist.
To the Gorman imbued with love of father
land, Sedan stands out as the brightest beacon
light in history, and reflects a military glory
whose luster can never dim.
Next Wednesdsy, September 2, Is the anni
versary of Sedan.
Forty-four years after the crowning achieve
ment of the first William, the Germans are
again, under William II, drawn up in battle
array against the French and their allies.
Men of Oerman birth or ancestry ia all parts
of the globe are waiting with pent-up expecta
tion to see what the anniversary of this hlstorle
day will bring forth. Their hope Is for an
other glorious triumph of German arms to com
memorate the victory of the founders of the
mplre, and it stands to reason that the lnspira
tloa ef that event will have stretched to the
utmost the tension of every German soldier
from the highest to the lowest. We fan Imag
ine nothing that would so quicken a heart beat
ing under a German uniform as a chance to
emulate the bravery of his ancestors, and to
herald forth another Bed an as a monument to
their memory.
Next Wednesday is the anniversary Of Ger
man's most fateful day- Will It again be preg
nant with world destiny?
Chautauqua and Rural, Preachers.
A minister In a small town raises a new
point of criticism of the Chautauqua, which has
become so very popular In this country, espe
cially In the prosperous middle west. He com
plains that the Chautauqua makea It harder for
the country or small town church to satisfy the
people. That seems at first thought rather In
consistent, since so many of the Chautauqua
speakers are working along the same ethical
lines as the church. His explanation, however,
la this: i
"I am pastor in a town that has Its annual
Chautauqua and have observed smaller congre
gations and Interest la my church' for the first
few months Immediately following the Chautau
qua than at any other time la the year. I ac
count for It In this way: Tha Chautauqua draws
some noted add gifted speakers. It becomes,
of course, the center of attraction for most all
people tn a small community. My people go
and hear these men of bigger Ideas and better
diction than I have and then when they are
gone and the people have to settle down to my
weekly preaching, It seems stale and common
place to them and they lose Interest. The re
sult Is, that It often takes until Christmas or
New Year for the effect to wear away and for
dm to begla to get back my bold on my own
people." i ,
We feel sorry for the preacher who feels
called on to make this excuse. He needs to do
some self-lnqulrlng, we fear, to find out why he
has such a weak) hold on the folks among whom
he Uvea and to whom be ministers the year
round. On the other hand, if true, it aeems a
sad commentary on the flock. As between the
traveler talking against gate receipts with only
one or two memorised speeches which he ped
dles from place to place and the preacher who
grinds out two sermons a week, la addition to
all the other details of his pastorate, it should
not take long to determine the merit of influ
ence, provided, of course,' the preacher Is what
be ought to be.
Collecting: Election Returns. -
In all our reform of elections and election
machinery, our law-makers have never done a
thing toward providing for prompt collection
.and. compilation of the returns. Referring to
the urgent, seed of Improvement here the Lin
coln Star says:
It Is a reflection upon Nebraska that, ten day a
after the primary baa been held, no one know ap
proximately what tha total vote was on any one at
tha important of flcea involved. It rather puta Ne
braska In tha backwootUi olaaa. It la an indication
of the prevalence of primitive election method.
The 8tar goes on to point out that the aews
papera make as great an effort to get the re
turns speedily and accurately as ta other states,
but have no active co-operation from election
officials. The only remedy offered by the Star,
however, Is to require by law that every election
board after completing Its count post a copy of
the footings at the polling place and send an
other unsealed copy with the ballot box, so aa to
make It possible for those willing to go to the
expense of doing so to prepare for public Infor
mation n approximate unofficial exhibit of the
results.
" ' This may be all rlgo to far aa it goes, but
there Is no good reason whatever why the per
formance of this public function of collecting
election returns should devolve upon the savt
papera or private persona at their own expense.
The aggravating situation la sot new. although
It Is constantly becoming worse. Two years
ago the editor of The Bee prepared a draft of a
law oa this subject, which, by his request, was
Introduced la the last legislature by Senator
Dodge, but which met the usual, fate of other
request bills. Thla measure provided that la
locating th polling places they should be,
wherever possible, fixed at points upon tele
phone lines, and that each such polling place
be equipped with a telephone connected with
the county clerk's office. It further made It
the duty of the eaalrmaa of the election board
to transmit the returns' over the telephone as
fast as ascertainable for the candldatea for the
respective offices, and It made H the duty of the
county clerk to have the same promptly com
plied and made public and to transmit over the
telephone to the secretary of state's office at
Lincoln such returns aa related to offloes filled
by the voters of more than one county. It
farther Imposed upon the secretary of state the
duty of compiling and publishing at once the
returns transmitted to htm by the county clerks-
This system would coet a little money, but
not much a dollar or two for telephone serv
Ice, payable by the several cou&Ues and the
state but it would be worth the money. More
over, we feel confident successful establish
ment of telephonie collection of election returns
by Nebraska would set the pace for every other
state In the union, and that within a compara
tively short time every voting booth In the
United Ststes would be linked by telephone to
a central point With that goal reached we
could have substantially complete figures on
the electloo of a presldsat for sO.ttOO.OOO of
people within twenty-four hours after the last
ballot is cast.
"Alfalfa on Every Farm."
The Missouri State Board of Agriculture Is
promoting an unique campaign under the slo
gan of "Alfalfa oa every farm in the state."
It has sent out speakers to address farmers and
others indirectly related to farming on the value
of the crop, which, with corn, has been referred
to by Prof. .P. G. Holden, formerly of Iowa, as
the "gold-dollar twins for the farmer."
For a atate like Missouri, that goes In so ex
tensively for hogs, this alfalfa movement Is a
great thing. It ought to Increase both the fer
tility of Us soli and ths revenues of its farmers
by making alfalfa a general crop. It will grow
there as well as in other more western states.
Nowhere, however. Is alfalfa more Indigenous
to soil than la Nebraska. Hers our farmers
are gradually Increasing the area devoted to
this king of forage crops, yet not as extensively
as they should.
The figures of the federal census for 1910
showed a total of 111,178 farms la Nebraska,
and only 49,965 raising alfalfa on a combined
area of 686,282 acres. The same cenaus report
Showed 102,829 farms with a total of 4,620,084
seres raising all kinds of forsge crops at a total
value of 8S1,729;691, as against the alfalfa
output of- 110,743,818. Since 1910 not only
the acreage, but also the .-yield and value, of
alfalfa have been heavily ' augment, though,
as we aay, there Is yet room for much greater
extension. So perhapa we, too, might' profita
bly adopt the Missouri slogan for Nebraska,
"Alfalfa oa every farm." . .
A Vacation for th President
President Wilson has earned a generous va
cation, and the people will be glad If he takes it,
His hands. ' mind and heart have been too
weighted with heavy burdens for him to go
through the season with no rest at all. The
country's solicitude Is deepened by the knowl
edge of bis none too rugged physique. ' If any
one has one criticism to offer at this time it is
that the president is prone to do too much him
self and leave too little to those about him. To
be sure, it is not for anyone else to obtrude his
arbitrary Judgment where the president must
relyton bis own wisdom, and yet Americans,
quite regardless of party affiliations, are habit
ually anxious for the personal welfare of their
chief executive. So they would be more than
delighted If President Wilson should find U con
sistent with his official duties to tarry as long
as he feels inclined ia the quietude of the old
Vermont hills, with only the members of his
own broken family about him to cheer him back
to vigorous health and renewed activity.
. " - Too Oood to Ee True.
.Anyone can be a prophet, but not all prophe
cies come true. Just now the air. is, full of pre
dictions and prognostications. The fact that
something extraordinary Is happening makea it
certain that unusual consequences will follow In
all directions. The probable effect of the war
upon our literary activities, therefore, inspires
a writer In the Springfield Republican to this
forecast: i
A world event ef euch transcendent Importance
will not only create a demand for a special litera
ture, If a literature devoted to so enormoue a aub
Ject can be called special, tout It Is likely, also, to
have a marked affect upon literary taste. Some
subjects which have grown to Immense dimensions
1 a time of prolonged peace wfll be obscured by
the clash of arms. For example, the literature
of feminism, too swollen and too widely theoretical
ta be entirely wholesome, la likely to have a check;
awoman'a world In general will shrink temporally
while battlea rage. There will be lees attention for
the exploitation of vice or the dlaousslon of ex; or
for mo it kinds of problem literature and perhsps
soma surcease of mlaoellaneoue agitation will do
no harm.
Now, we submit. that such an outlook is al
most too good to be true. To be surfeited by
the poets with war epics and martial songs, by
the historian with explanations and descriptions
of the conflict, and by philosophers with deep
delving Into the roots of race suicide through
military routes, would be too awful to contem
plate except for the accompanying assurance of
relief from the sex problem novel; ;he white
slavery play and the feminist propaganda. It
may only be a choice eVll. ia 'whisk our only
option is to take the lesser, but it war tones
down the lurid colors of the sex theme in our
literature, we will have to concede that it has
some soothing aspects.
People and Events
Adversity Inspires Success.
It is agreed that though tha problem of self
government has not yet been completely solved,
the best approach has been made la the Amer
ican republic. The first real step toward this
end taken la our country was when, as a writer
tn the North American Review points out, all
the powers of the government were placed un
der the domlnloa and protection of law. And
thl came to pass when the American colonists
felt they could no longer endure the oppressive
rule of absolutism: when tbey finally realised
that they had certain "inalienable rights" which
they must claim, and exercise
Then the colonists threw off the yoke. Their
adversity had Inspired their progress. So It is
todsy with the Individual as well aa the state.
It is possible that If the king of England had
been far-seeing and tactful enough to give his
colonists sufficient consideration and advan
tages to iueet their present desires. Instead of
a stupid bigot constantly rousing their ire and
ambition, things might have gone differently In
history. But "There Is a destiny that shapes
our ends," and somehow or other the ferment
of social discontent has played a mighty big
part la It The richest blessings of men and
nations often eome In the disguise of adversity
and hardship. It takes fire to burn out the
dross.
The French ambassador advises President
Wilson that our neutrality does not oblige us
to bay German ships. Poeslbly not, but what
about our need of a merchant marine and the
tempting bargain-counter prices at which the
boats can aow be picked up?
Jamea B. Hasgln, the millionaire horse
man. Is seriously ill at Newport.
The duke of the Abrutsl has been ap
pointed commander-in-chief of tha Italian
navy.
Joseph E. Wlllard, the American am
'haseador to rpeln, and his wife, left
London last week for Madrid.
Fell P. Webster, a member of the cot
ton firm of H. L. Edwards sV Co., of
-Dalles, Tex., died In Bremen, Germany.
Richard Watson Tully, author of
"Omar, the Tent-maker," "The Bird of
Paradise," and many other playa, re
David D. Shelby, judge of the United
States court of appeala, Fifth 'district,
died at Huntavllle. Ala., aged 8 years.
William. H. Warren, former president
ef tha Chicago Board of Trade, died
at Hinsdale, 111., after a lingering illness.
Chrialan Zabrtskle. a New York lawyer,
waa killed when - his automobile over
turned near his country place at Bebago
Lake, Ma.
celved a divorce at Los Angeles lsst
week from Eleanor Oatea Tully, author
of "Tha Poor TJttle Rich Girl," on the
grounds of desertion.
Austin H. Watson, former president of
tha New York Credit Men'a aesoclsflon,
committed suicide at Beacon, N. Y. Ha
bad been In ill health for alx weeks.
E. A. Msrcellln Pellet, the French
minister at The Hague, has been recalled
and haa left for Paris. Ha will be suo
ceeded by M. Alllse, former minister to
Bavaria,
Tha Rav. Alfred W. Tween of New
York, had a narrow ercape from death
In a vain attempt to aave M'.ks Ethel
Pushard from drowning at Dresden
MUla, Me.
. The Rav.' Ouy Roberts, "Main Bneeie,"
president of tha United States Hay Fever
ashoolatlon, announced that the annual
convention of the aneesers will take
place at Bethlehem, X. H., September Z.
An appeal to Colonel Roosevelt to coma
to France with his famous regiment of
Rough Riders, and serve la the French
army, waa sent to him by Donald Har
per, an American lawyer, now In Pari a
James Brooks, a farmer of Manhattan,
Kan., was swimming in the Blue river,
when he waa attacked by a catfish, which
grabbed his hand and tried to a wallow
It. Soma neighbora aald it was 'a bull
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HAMMER TAPS.
Married men who sow wild oats reap
grass widows.
If old Opportunity had good out-curves
and a pretty face ha would be embraced
eftener. . -
A man never gets so poor that ha Isn't
"willing to share his poverty with a
woman.
Id most churches the msle membera
pay for the carpets and the female mem
bers wear them out.
Women axe very hard to please when it
comes to clothes. But tbey are not so
particular about husbands.
Once, In a while you rue Into an old
fashioned man whoae house Is mortgaged
and who hasn't any automobile.
A olock that Isn't running la right once
every twelve hours. And that ia more
than you can say for a lot of men who
are running. . . ( v , ,
The old fashioned man who used to
burn midnight oil studying books now
has a son who burns midnight gasoline
studying girls. ; J
As long aa a woman can go to tha gro
cery store and get the things on credit ehe
can't aee why her husband should worry
ever hia debta.
Some of theae daya a native of the Fiji
lalands is CTlng to get a look at one of
our Tango teaa and he will go back home
and take up a collection and aend a few
mlselonertea to this country.
A French artist holds that American
men are the ugliest In tha world. Wall,
maybe wa are. We are satisfied to stand
pat on having the American woman the
most beautiful creature in the world.
With tha fashions of 1S84 coming back.
Into style again, there may come a time
whan the Oldest Inhabitant will hold a
crowd of men apellbound when he tells
them pf tha alghta a man could see on a
Sunny day away back in 1914. And the
men will go away believing that the Old-
eat Inhabitant n Unmitigated Liar.
Cincinnati Enquirer. . . . , . ,
6ECU1AR SHOTS AT PULFIT.
JYEW WRINKLES.
New gloves have pockets for coins and
tickets In thstr palms.
A shoe haa been patented with a built
in metal support for fallen foot erehsa.
A new hanging- basket for flowers 's
provided with a aaucer to prevent water
dripping on carpeta.
A new tack hammer for home use has
a container for tacks on Its handle.
; An ingenious bracket has been invented
to be hung from the top of a ladder for
hoisting buildlitg materials.
To prevent ateam blowing a ltd from a
cooking utensil a spring wire clamp, easily
attached, haa been patented.
One of the newer Individual drinking
cups to dlvidsd In half by a partition
formed of material that will filter water.
A solid rubber tire haa been Invented
to be placed over an automobile tire that
haa been punctured to make a temporary
repair.
To Insure ekates being properly .sharp
ened a bracket haa beea patented to bold
them In the correct position asainat a
grinding tool.
A new vegetable digging fork is hinged
and .provided with a pedal to enable a
user to avail bimeelf of the power of one
foot Instead of straining his back.
A simple clip haa been patented for
holding an electric light at the end of a
cord in almost any position and upoa
almost any object where it may be de
aired. To carry amaller boats within large
craft a-Uutch Inventor has patented a
vessel with hinged doors at one end of
the hull, thrpugh which boats can be
Heated.
A new English direction and rotation
indicator for steam vessels anablea a
captain to watch tha direction of his ship
and speed of his engines from bis cabin
er bridge.
Patents have bean Issued on a number
of cooking utensils In which a downward
draft carrlee all odora away by divert
ing .them Into the atove oa which the
utensils are used.
To avoid fire danger ta ptacea where
gasoline must be used an inventor has
patented a swinging bracket ta bald a
tank outside a window yet bring it wlthla
reach when needed.
To prevent a ladder slipping a Cleveland
roaa has Invented pivoted books to be
fastened to the bottom of the upright
which will ensags In the surface upon
whkh tha ladder ia standing.
Detroit Free Prees: An evsngellat says
that "New York is on hell s brink." He'd
be closer to It tf he ssld that hell la en
New York's brink.
Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Tha "divine
right of kings" seems to show Itself most
forcibly In the privilege It has of prsylng
for success for Its own arms and eternal
confusion to tha other fellow's.
Louisville Courier-Journal: What a
famous msn a preacher would become
if he could hold a man's attention with
the grip of an automobile advertisement
while pointing the way to paradise.
Staxberry (Mo.) Herald: King City had
a good rain last week and they attribute
It to building three churches. Then why
Stanberry's drouthT We have three new
ones and are building the fourth.
Houston Post: A man's Christianity
can he pretty well gauged by the way
he accepts tha news that hla enemy haa
drawn a three months term In a hospital
aa a result of aa automobile accident.
San Francisco Chronicle: It Is reported
that for tha present Europe Is not send
ing any missionaries to benighted Asia
or Darkest Africa for the purpose of
teaching the heathen tha gospel of broth
erly love.
Indlanaoolls News: "The American peo
ple are money mad, amusement craiy.".
aaya tha Rev. John D. Zimmerman, at
Bethany. Surely this . reverend gentle
man does not announce this as sa orig
inal discovery)
Baltimore American: The call of the
nation to prayer by tha bishop of London
has a good deal of war whoop about It.
Hla lordship thanka Ood that "aa far aa
this particular quarrel la concerned we
can encounter It with a good conscience."
WHO'S WHO Iff THE WAS.
The kaiser, king of Prussia and German
emperor, la a cousin of King George.
The Empress MaAa of Russia, sister ef
Queen Alexandria, Is mother of the csax.
King Albert ef Belgium Is related to
tha Imperial houses of Austria end Oar
many. King Nik Ala of Montenegro la father-in-law
ef tha king of Italy and alao of King
Peter. '
King George of England, related by
Mood er marriage to nearly every royal
house in Europe.
The csar, emperor of all the Rtisslaa, is
cousin ef King George and nephew of
Queen Alexandra.
King Louis of Bavaria, who alone can
proclaim martlet law ta hla kingdom. Is
married to the only lineal descendant of
tha royal house of Stuart
The grand duke of Hesse ia tha empress
of Russia's only brother. Their mother
waa Princess Alice of Great Britain, ao
that he ia first cousin to King (Teorge.
Queen Wllhelmtna of Holland married
to Prince Henry, duke of Mecklenburg-.
(Her mother, the Dowager Queen Emma,
Is tha sister of the duchess of Albany.
. Prince Henry of Prussia, inspector gen
eral of the German fleet. The kaiser's
only brother. . Is married to Princess
Irene of Hesse, sister of the emperor of
Russia.
The archduchess Maria Theresa, who
has volunteered as e Red Cross nurse,
was tha third wife of the emperor's lata
brother. Archduke Charles Louis, whoa
aon (by hia second wife), Archduke
Charles Ferdinand, waa assassinated at
Serajevo. Philadelphia Prese.
GERMANY AT A GLANCE.
Germany baa ,K8,9T goats.
Peat eoke la used In Germany.
There are a.Mt.TM hogs in Germany.
Germany's annual revenue Ja t87,e5,O0S,
IJva atock In Germany Is valued at
3,(4. 000,000.
Rabbit raising la an Important Industry
In Germany.
Munich last year bought S83.13S metrio
tons of cosL
Artificial silk is made In Germany from
cotton waste.
Dresden has had a municipal newspaper
for fifty years.
Tha German - government annually
spends 879.65.000.
Breslau police examine about Jp moving
ploture films a week.
Germans owa tt.OT registered automo
biles. ,
Germany in the first four months of
Mil exported 10,000.000 tons of coal.
Germany haa 171 stock companiea In
textiles, capitalized for an aggregate of
S1.b100.
Sawdust and chloride of magnesium are
used In Germany to form an extremely
hard artificial wood.
For apreading oil on troubled watera a
British patsnt has been granted a Ger
man Inventor for a aeries of tanks at
tached te axable.
By allowing- Ua Inmatea perfect free
dom and employing them at useful occu
pations an Insane asylum Is Prussia ef
fects sbout per cent of oures annually.
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
The foresta of Florida contain V dlft
ferent kinds of wood.
' The average earning of a film of mod
erate. length Is said to be nearly 115,000.
Panama Is considering the establish
ment of a national school of telegraphy.
The bulk of the aluminum ore of the
t'nlted States Is produced In, Arkansas.
Fountstn pens were invented shortly
before the beginning of the nineteenth
century..
The clouda from which lightning Is
emitted are seldom more than TOO feet
above the earth.
The dally average of telephone oonvr
sations In this country last year Is esti
mated at nmix.
According to - an English scientist the
light of the sun exerts a pressure of 7t,ooe
tono on the, earth. .
Cayenne pepper, sprinkled on buttered
bread, Is said to be aa effective means
of preventing seasickness. .
To keep up with the match coneump
tloa of the earth, the services of 40,000
workpeople are constantly required.
The Island on which Is situated the
Eddyatone lighthouse la the smallest bit
of ail the year-around inhabited land la
the world.
Among the new features In the division
of mineral technology of the United
Btates national museum Is an Industrial
series In glass manufacture.
'The 'Washington national museum eota
and medal collection or aome S.0OO plecea,
includes several Chinese coins of the
earlleat type, dating back te about 12M
B. C.
An island in the'Paclfla of which a
French company has obtained control is
believed to contain 10,000,000 tona of high
grade phosphates and many more million
tone of Inferior quality.
Because frosts do the most damage
when the air is calm, a Paris scientist
has advanced the theory that orchards
and vineyards can be protected by elee
trlo fans to keep the atmosphere moving.
. OUR BEAR ONES.
Cholly (proudy) My first ancestor! a
you see any resemblance
Ethel Well, yes; you've got his money.
New York Globe. '
Mrs. Beat Tell the gentleman I am not
receiving today, Nora.
aNew Maid But he ain't delivering;
mum; he's collecting Puck.
John Ie she proper?
Jack You bet; she Is so proper' ehe
won't accompany yon on a piano unless
she haa a chaperon. Boston Globe.
"Pa, what is an accomplished nmel
clan?" "One who alngs songs that nobody can
understand." Uetrolt Free Press.
"She Is the author of many articles de
crylnK the use of birds and feathers as
ornaments for hats."
"One of those nom-d-plume writers, I
presume." Woman's Home Companion.
"I am convinced," said Mrs. Twicketv
bury, "that we should save largely on
dentist's bills If we should buy each of
the children one of those new pyrotechnlo
tooth brushes." Christian Register.
Ethel Do you really believe the pen is
mightier than the awordT
Jack Well, you never saw anybody sign
a check with a sword, did you? Liv
ingston Lance.
"The only objection 1 have to golf,"
said Miss Cayenne, "Ie that It sometimes
become a trifle wearisome."
"But you don't play the game."
"No; but I have a friend who talke
about It continuously." Washington Star.
"Were yeu . frightened, . during . the
storm?" j 4 .
"Dear me, yes. -The 'windows were all
open and I was so afraid of the lightning
that I didn't even atop to wake up John.
I Jumped rlrht up and closed them my
self." Detroit Free Press, v
First Maid That rich young fellow
that's courtln' Mies Ethel Is awful stingy.
Second Maid What makes you think so?
First Maid Why, I heard him say to
her, "A penny for your thoughts' and
he a millionaire, mind you! Boston
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answered all the
Wall, Jean, are
your examination?
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questions."
"And how did you answer them?'
T answered that I didn't know."-Parte
Le Rlre.
THE DAY OP PEACE.
By Thomas Speed Mosby.
TIs coming yet. thoufth dimly seen
Beyond the clouds where cannon roar
A day shall know no more rapine.
And war's rude note be heard no more.
For Love hath lit her beacon bright
And Learning that doth atlll expand
Shall in tha future apread her light .
To vanquish yet the mailed hand,
In that fair golden, distant time ,
It may be far. It may be near
Eternal peace shall bless each clime.
Nor more shall tall the needless War,
The soldier shall not need to die
And sink to nameless, bloody grave.
Nor ever more to arms shall fly.
Beloved fatherland to save.
For ev'rv triumph wrought In strife
Of sabre clash and battle din
The cost Is paid in human lite.
For death la still the wage of sin.
The world Is bunded out of peaeej
The grandest triumphs ever won
Are wrought when armies give aureeaaa
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