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With Mexico It Is merely a matter of break
ing off a bad habit.
Old Hoi It trailing his prettiest on the fair
kingdom of Qulvera.
That straw rote on Lincoln's pottmaatershlp
seems to have been a fluke.
What the opposing armies are trying to lo
cate Is the point of least resistance.
It takes the good King Ak-Sar-Ben to keep
the weatherman In the proper mood.
There la only one King Ak-8ar-Ben, and
Omaha la the only place he disports himself.
Italy laat year produced 981 tons of quick
silver and may yet have reason to wish It were
lead and steel. .
The one bad featnre about this mild autumn
Is that In holding off the first frost It postpones
the pumpkin pie.
If the carnival gate receipts keep up the
pace, Ak-fiar-Ben's chancellor of the exchequer
will cease to worry.
About the saddest of all the war plctnres Is
the one shoving the soldier kissing his wife and
little one goodbye.
Somebody observes that tealota may run the
"buy-a-bale" of cotton Into the ground. Well,
carta to earth, you know,
A' tip to carnival fun-makers: Draw the
line at rowdyism. Toall gi Just as much, and
even more, fun out of U.
The Krnpps are said to have 46.000 men en
gaged makfng cannoa and projectiles. Talk
about the war hurting business.
i 1 '
Thus far, however, the secretary of atate has
not negotiated a Bales factory peace treaty with
the democratic aonator from Nebraska.
The way they are destroying scenery In that
European theater of war ought to make lota of
work for stage carpenters and painters.
"Jury agreed, but spectators disagreed" Is
the verdict in that School board hearing, with
an appeal from the umpire to the bleachers.
Seven feet of ballots to be voted on la Doug
las county at the coming election. No wonder
the short ballot movement Is growing more
popular! ,
. "This is no time to hoard money," says
Uncle Henry Wallace of Des Moines. Right
you are, and there's where we will have no
trouble to prove an alibi.
Said the Right Hon. Winston Churchill a
few days ago: "If the German navy does not
come out and fight they will be dug out like
rata in a hole." But be could hardly have
meant to include the little Oermaa submarines.
The State Normal board has kindly provided
a place for the deputy atate superintendent, and
la presumably reserving another baven of refuge
for the state superintendent to occupy when his
term expires. With the school ring there Is
nothing ahead of "taking care of our friends."
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Ftror hundred peopl witnessed a aplaadld gams
botwwn tha Union Pacifies and tha Evanavllles, tha
borne team winning by t to t, Tha batteries were
Kansbury and Handle and t-aunders and Hlllar. and
Strode umpired.
Mr. John It Mane heater and bar eieter. VI lea Jennie
alcAunl&nd, left fur Bt. Loula,
Tha Feast of Tabernacles celebration waa bogus at
Uie Templa laraei with, appropriate service.
Tha county eommuwlonera hava raferrt i -- -
tX.wln. county attorney, the petition circulated bw
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lur int aaje or ina poor farm.
Tha owner of a carrlace wran. Ut r-...
Eighteenth, may have tha aame back by rallies tT
k. at K. C. Andrew's boot and ahoe houae. 111 Nona
A sod firl for general houaework In a amall family
May find employment with Mre. Thomaa K Hall oo
Atierman avenua, aaat alda. flral houae north of Grace.
8. Avery haa returned home from an extended vlalt
eait. brluswg with blin Mr. Col U Cbainpaisa aa bla
Twenty Teurs of Ak-Sar-Ben.
No pirlod of Nebraska's history baa wit
neied as Isrge permanent growth and develop
menta of He interests and resources ss the last
twenty years spanned by the reign of King Ak-Sar-Bea.
In the dark days of drouth and hard
fines thla great festival was conceived in the
brain of a few Omaha bualness men in the dual
nature of a promoter of pleasure and buslneRs,
not alone for Omaha, but the whole state as
well. To that purpose It has ever held and ub
erved It with Increasing surreas.
Now at the end of twenty years those who
have followed the course ot Ak-Bar-Ben are
more than ever impressed with the wisdom and
stability of Us conception, for It has weathered
every adverse wind that has crossed Us path
and come to Its twentieth anniversary with, not
only unabated, but. Indeed, enlarged teal and
enthusiasm In Its existence. Of course, such a
result must be largely due to the fart that In
the beginning the founders succeeded in strik
ing an exact balance in the dual character of
their scheme and then In the sane administra
tion ot the Institution following.
Of local origin, of state-wide construction
and Influence, Ak-Sar-Ben today has a fame
thst knows almost no bounds. At Its shrines
have bowed big men of all the. states and some
of other lands. Presidents and lesser statesmen
here bare paid homage to our twenty-year-old
potentate and felt and enjoyed the genius of the
festival side ot bis rule out at the "den" a
word to conjnre with as well as along the bril
liant highways of his Imperial rlty. . Here we
are, then, In the midst of another fall fes
tival with a welcome as royal and genuine and
a hospitality aa deep and true as ever for all the
hosts who come to give and share in this Joy
ous, profitable season.
Only a Mare's Nest.
A terrible furor is being raised by the Lin
coln Star over what it calls a constitutional
"mlscue" In requiring 36 per cent of the voters
to save a law enacted by the legislature upon
which a referendum has been demanded. The
Star directs attention particularly to the work
men's compensation law, although a similar
referendum has been taken on another legisla
tive enactment, namely, the appropriation for
the Nebraaka City armory. The Star contends
that the constitution permits 10 per cent ot the
voters by petition to block legislation absolutely
until 26 per cent of the voter record themselves
affirmatively for it. It this were true, we
would freely admit that our referendum. Instead
of being In the direction of popular rule, would
be a device for the rule of a mere fractional
minority. .
But in construing the constitution, as we
read it, the Star is enevltably wrong, because
the 36 per cent limitation upon the Initiative
does not apply to the reefrenduni, as must be
clear from the wording ot the section:
Tha whole number of votes caat for governor at
tha regular election laat preceding tha filing of any
Initiative or referendum petition shall be tha boot a
on which 'the number of legal voters required to
algn auoh petition ahull be computed. The veto
power of the governor eMail not extend to inrHaurea
Initiated by or referred to tha people. All such
maaauraa shall, beootne the law or a part of tha con
atttuUon when approved by a majority of the votea
caat thereon, provided the votea caat In favor of
aald initiative meaaure or part of eulrt constitution
ahall conatttute 16 per cent of the total vote cast
at aald election, and not otherwise, and) shall take
affect upon the proclamation by the governor.
Which ahall ba made within ten days of tha comple
tion of the official canvaaa.
The omission of specific reference to refer
endum messures In connection with the 35 per
cent proves an Intention not to require mofo
than a majority of the votes cast on such a
proposition, which, furthermore, stsnds to
reason, even by the Star's line of arfuinient, for
all the referendum Is designed to ompllsh la
to permit a minority to take an appeal from the
legislature to the people and to ancerta!n
whether the to them objectionable measure is
really objectionable to the majority. The bur
den of proof naturally falls upon those who In
voke the referendum Just as for the Initiative
the burden of proof is upon those who resort to
it. If acts like the workmen's compensation
law or appropriations like tne armory appropri
ation could be defeated by hidden hands hiring
people to secure signatures on a 10 per cent
petition, what a boon the referendum would be
to the selfish special interests.
The Need of Ken.
The decadence of the country church and
its sorely needed redlvlvus is a subject that lies
heavily on the heart of religious economists as
well as others interested In this vital element of
our national life. Many plans and proposals
for sccompllshlng the Improvement have been
advanced or tried out, all with Indifferent suc
cess. The problem exists today as acutely as If
no solution bad been attempted. What is the
real need? The question Is answered by
Kenyon L. Butterfleld, a UlchlgSA college presi
dent, rural sociologist, author of "Chapters in
Rural Progress" and "The Country Church and
Rural Problems," and last but not least, former
president of the Roosevelt Country Life commis
sion. And this is whst President Butterfleld
says:
Mora than all elae Juat now, we need a few men
to achieve great reaulta to the rural parish, to re
eetebllah the leadership of tha church. No organ
laetloit oaa do 1L Net layman ran do It No educa
tional InatituUoa cm do It A preacher rauit do
It do It in aptto of small aatury, laolatlon, conserva
tion, restricted field and everohurohlng. The call la
imperative. Khali we ba donled tha meet
It Dr. Buttertield's diagnosis Is correct, the
remedy Is plain. Now for the men. Have
preachers, too, been caught up In the vortex of
the cityward trend and turned their backs upon
the farm? Time was when the old country
church formed the loadstone of rural life, draw
ing the people to it as the social aa well as
religious oenter, thus knitting them together
Into closer community interests and working
units. The effect was wholesome and far
reaching. This center gone, and, without argu
ing whether as a direct result or uot, we find
ourselves buay with "back to the farm" cruaadea
and such appeala asDr. Butterfleld here makes.
8urely no material gain or reward or at
traction can be bait ao alluring to any minister
of the gospel with a proper aense ot his calling
aa the opportunities thus set forth, not to speak
of the reaponaiblHtiea, It may aeem unfair to
expect greater sacrifices by the minlater than by
others, yet will it be a sacrifice, after all, for
the Bin who goes at the Job aright? If the
need Is as described, then the men who answer
the call will hsve no occasion for worrying over
what they shall eat or drink or wear, to take
the scriptures ?6r It. Even the wlcke.l old
world can see thst, ss well as the value of ful
filling this need.
Omaha's Permanent Attractions.
Ak-Ssr-Ben visitors Bhould have their atten
tion drawn to some of Omaha's permanent at
tractions, as well as to the temporary exhibits
of the festival period. As long as the guests
are here, let them be sure to see some of the
substantial beauties and blessings which we
enjoy the yesr round. With the automobile to
facilitate matters, trips may easily be made
through the handsome residential portions of
the city, the parks, numerous and beautiful,
snd. by no means least, our impressive public
buildings, schools and churches. Sabbath days
as well aa other days must be spent by many of
our visitors in the Imperial city of Quivers, and
where can time be better spent on these days
than In the churches, which dot every section of
Omaha? What we specially want everyone who
comes here to do Is to get better acquainted with
all features of our life that we believe should
appeal to blm.
The World Knows.
Bismarck, the great "Iron Chancellor" of
Germany, once said: "Let the enemy know what
war means." The enemy, which was France,
certatuly found out, if it did not know before.
And If the world came away from the Franco
Prussian conflict with any misgivings as to the
deep reality of war, certainly It has learned
from the present cataclysm now engulfing all
Europe and touching other lands, that the
meaning of war is the ruthless slaughter of hu
manity and the desolation of every achtevment
wrought by human genius. Yes, the world
knows, and knowing, let us hope, is at this very
moment resolving to Itself that, come what
may as the issue of this war, its utmost powers
and influence will be hurled Implacably agalnnt
war In the future as the abltrament of Interna
tional disputes; that It will institute a suit for
universal peace that shall not end until some
tangible ground looking toward ultimate secur
ity shall have been reached.
Tha end crowns all;
And that oommon old arbitrator, Time. '
Will one day end It.
It is too early, of course, for rhapsodies as
to "the world's last great war," and yet It Is
fair to believe with the bard that the "common
old arbitrator, Time," will one day end all, war
Included. That will be a dsy when humanity Is
more humane and wisdom wiser than now, when
the vulgar yearning for the fleehpots of avarice
does not arbitrarily determine the privilege of
life for scores of thoussnds of human beings.
The College Man.
In a little paper published by a western col
lege appears the following:
It Is estimated that sines tha United. States wad
founded only one man in every 750 has gone to col
lege. Tat thla small number haa furnished seven
teen of tha twenty-six: presidents, nineteen of tha
twenty-seven vice presidents, and seventeen of ths
thirty-four persons in the Hall of Fame. It Is es
timated that only 1 per cent of the population are
college people, but this 1 per rent haa furnished
twenty-nlna of tha fifty-one governors of the states
and territories, alxty-ona of the ninety-three United
St&tea senator!, 171 of the S95 congressmen, and
nine of tha nlno justices of tha supreme court.
Assuming the accuracy of this statement,
this makes out a mighty strong case for the
college-bred man, at whom there has been more
or less thoughtless sneering. These ratios, how
ever, are steadily increasing. A reckoning ten
years from now would show very much larger
college attendances. Would It also show In
creases all along the relative line? That is the
question. It Is an old rule to require more ot
the man with the most light a divine rule, in
deed. It applies rigidly and Justly to the pro
duct of higher education. All things consid
ered, the world has a right to expect the rlus
mark from the man and woman enjoying these
advantages. True, It ia easier to get a college
education today than it waa fifty years and
more ago, but that is no reason for lowering the
standard of requirement of the finished product.
On the other hand, the college curriculum of
former years nowhere near approached that of
today. It Is said that a college course In Daniel
Webster's time about matched our modern high
school curriculum. Higher education must al
ways mean higher aspirations and achieve
ments, not only Intellectually, but morally and
physically.
From a Japanese writer we learn that Japan,
aspiring to leadership in modernism In the ori
ent, bas taken the United States as its model.
From which It may be concluded that Japan
does not mean to wipe us out, for no one could
wish to destroy bis model at least before It has
served its purpose.
Since he bas been In office County Treasurer
Ure bas bandied over $32,000,000 without any
ot It sticking to bis fingers. But bis fake re
form friend. District Court Clerk Robert Smith,
is still desperately trying to hang on to thou
sands of dollars of fees that do not belong to
blm.
Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis read
1,000,000 pages of testimony In the Chicago
aanltary canal caae during the summer months.
Tet the "learned counsel" ot corporations often
criticize the Judge as wanting, in patience and
perseverance to reach bottom facts.
Our Stsr Spangled Banner anthem Is now
over a hundred years old, with more people
singing it than ever. The modern song writer
who can produce something that will survive
two seasons consldera himself lucky.
Secretary Bryan is going to wind up the
campaign, aa usual, in Nebraska, and when he
appeara all the little democratic prairie dogs
that have been yelping will suddenly take to
their boles.
People and Events
It is said the Rusalans have adopted the
"flying wedge" method of attack. Now, if they
would only enlist America's seasoned gridiron
playera they might learn the real way to do it.
No, the World's aeries haa not been post
poned nor declared off. For the first time,
however, it hss powerful competition for front
page spaca
Straw hats are steadily re'reatlng
southward. They evacuated Memphis.
October 1.
Philadelphia doeen't csre a continental
where victory may land In the great war.
Conny Mark has captured another pn
tiant snd the chestnut crop Is s bumper
one.
trs. Kloannr M. Hayes of Philadelphia
won the angling laurels for her sex by
lndlng two hues channel bass near
Avalon. N. .7. One of them weighed fifty
five pound, the record catch of the sea
aon. A recent Inveatlgatlon shows that be
tween 800 and 1.000 families In Chicago
gravitate from the city pay roll In sum
mer to the country rellnf bureau in win
ter. As workers they get liTi a da v.
As paupers they cost tha county IVlo.nO'l
yearly. Easy money with the bark on.
Judges of the newly crested municipal
court of Philadelphia have auch airy
notions of Judicial dignity that nothing
less than a marble building ran give ths
rroper deooratlvs touch to Quaker City
Justice. What Is mora tha marble build
ing Is coming their way and f2.000.000 to
polish It.
Owing to tha strength of a few barrels
of Pennsylvania aauerkraut In one of the
tramp ateamera In the harbor of Paltl
more, harbor police were led to Investi
gate. Beneath the scent a fine stock of
contraband of war goods was found and
confiscated. What happened to tha aauer
kraut did not get by the censor.
A business embracing the distribution
of eoal and Ice carries In regerve a glad
hand which the weather man cannot chill
or bl later. If It Is too warm for coal, the
glad hand Insinuates tha Ice cake: If it
Is too cool for Ice the coal bin perks up
and gets what Is eomlng to It. Ton may
talk about the weather, but you can't
lose the combination.
SIGNPOSTS OF PROGRESS.
Tha atael trust apends $760,000 a year la
aafety devices.
There are mora than 100,000 cloakmakers
In New York City.
Pel fast, laat year, sold 1,0J tons ot
thread to tha United States.
A little less than 40 per cent of Canada a
export buslnesa la done with the Cnlted
States.
British oceanography expedition will
travel 21,000 miles on tta sea-charting ex
pedition In tha neat six years.
Allowing for losses In alack season,
three-iuartera of the women workera In
New Tork City receive less than $100 a
year.
Mrs. Clara S. Butler of Cleveland, O..
has Invented and patented a device which
eliminates tha harsh metallic sounds In a
phonograph.
A Berlin professor estlmatea tha com
mercial value In electricity of a flash of
lightning lasting for one-thousandth of a
second at tt cents.
Tha parcel post aystem haa been estab
lished between tha United States and
Apia, tha ratea being tha same as from
the United Btatea to Oermany.
Jamaica produces a great variety ot
hardwood trees. Lists of Ita timbers,
classified according to tha suitability of
the timbers (US In all) have been printed
In a bulletin issued by the Department of
Agriculture.
An Industrial community not to be aur
paased anywhere else In tha world is re
vealed In New Tork by the censua bu
reau report upon gainful oecupationa. An
army corpa of carpentera, three corpa ot
salesmen, one of seamstresses, three or
domestic servants-ln all 2.162.433 persons,
or 45.J per cent of all were engaged In
wage-earning oecupationa in 1910.
AROUHTJ THE WORLD.
China la Increaalng elgaretto importa
Furar la made In Africa from cactue
plants.
Metal bedsteads are in popular demand
In Slam.
Violet Hht is being used In Franca to
test gems.
Ppaln finds trade with Cuba rapidly
decreasing.
New Zealand hotel employea work six
days a week.
Potatoes are successfully grown In
Yukon territory.
About one-third of Great Brltatn'e tela
graphera are women.
India doea a large buslnesa in tha
manufacture and sale of glue.
India will establish a $500,000 engineer
ing college at a suburb of Madraa.
Philippine augar harvest, especially In
Hollo,' la said to be the largest since 1908.
St. Pierre. Martinique, destroyed in
1903 by earthquake, has never been re
built. Automobiles are becoming popular In
Beirut, Syria. Already twenty-seven care
are registered.
The fiber of a plant growing extensively
In Argentina has been found to possess
qualities similar to the kapok of the
Philippine!.
The world'a greatest deposit of wolfra
mite, the mineral from which tungsten
Is obtained, now being exploited In the
world. Is ia Portugal.
CURIOUS BITS OF LIFE.
A Pennsylvania farmer Is feeding his
plKs on peaches and cream to produce
ham of fine flavor.
After many years of effort a Berlin In
ventor haa succeeded in building a model
man that ran walk, talk, sing, laugh and
whistle.
Tn encourage enlistment the Manches
ter Home Trada association of England
decided to give recruits four weeks' pay
on leaving, re-engagement guaranty, half
pay while aervlng, special terma to single
men with dependents and three weeks'
holiday after the war.
A copy of tha official declaration of
peace between England and tha United
Netherlands, of 1S7, was recently soil
In I-ondon. together with other proclama
tions, pamphlets, broadsides and news
sheets. The phamphlet brought $?&. Thla
was the treaty which gave New York t
England.
A hackinsn of Kennebec, Me., found
thla order written on his slate: "Joe
Send hacks and wagons In time to carry
the following to the Bar Harbor train:
One mlfe. two nursesy three servants,
ft ur children, five trunks, four valines,
three grlpa, two bundlea, one me (outslds
preferred."
Kcul llanscoma of Freeport, J , re
cently found a wallet containing $J1 45
that he lost three years ago. At that
time he waa working In a hay field. Plnce
then the hay was gathered three times
without a trace of tha missing porket
buok. but Mr. Ilanacome found It lying
among eont hayseed on tb fceja four.
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT
I'etroit free Pres: An Illinois minis
ter refuses to pray for peace, paying let
them fight It out. This Is carrying neu
trality to the limit.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Philadelphia
has a new kind of a church. It has no
pastor, no enrolled membership snd no
denomination. The dispatch does not
state whether they hava also succeeded
In eliminating the religion or not. j
Houston Post: It Is strange how many
ministers are now preaching on "Signs
of the Times" snd prophesying tlie end
of the world. Still, we observe no de
cline of the tendency of man to skin his
neighbor at every opportunity and no
ri:sh of tightwads to psy poll taxes.
Brooklyn Eagle- The death of PIhIiop
Si aiding of Utah, In an automobile ac
cident, will be a serious loss to the
Protectant Kplseopal church, to which
his radli'iil and agsresslve Christianity
was a tonic. One could not hear him
even once In tlie pulpit without pro
foundly respecting his ernestneM, Ms
earnest conviction snd his devotion to
the things he believed. One did not need
to share hla economlo beliefs to know
that auch a maa, holding a position of
power In a church commonly nota'de for
Its conservatism, waa a vital force for
extension of thought. To tha cheap
taunt that religion prepares Its followers
for a world to come, while It Ignores the
affairs of this world. Bishop Spauldlng's
preaching, hla life snd his administra
tion of his diocese were a thorough refu
tation. Any great church would ba
stronger and better for more men Ilka
him, hut stfch men are hard to find. The
work which this one did will live after
him.
SAID IN FUN.
HAMMER TAPS.
Some of the reformos seem to Imagine
that the only good men besides them
selves are the dead men.
Talking about the necessities of life, the
time Is not far distant when we will quit
praying for our dally bread and pray for
our dally gasoline.
A lot of menNwonder why girls close,
their eyes when they are being kissed.
But If the men would look Into a mirror
they would see tha reason.
When the husband thinks he could have
done better and the wife thinks she
couldn't have done worse, somo divorce
lawyer gets the price of a new runabout.
When the bride finds her thoughts wan
dering from him to the price of ham and
eggs, the honeymoon goes down In the
cellar and starts to hunt for a gas leak
with a lighted match.
If a man atuck a pin tn a pincushion
every time he kissed his wife during the
first year of his married life, and after
that pulled out a pin every time he kissed
her. It would take him about aeven years
to pull all the pins out.
The French and the Germans and the
Belgians may Imagine that they are up
against a terrible proposition. But they
should pity the poor Americana who have
to listen to the din at every corner where
big-mouthed warriors are deciding the
European struggle with hot-sir shells.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
"I'm stud with my hsld head 1 didn
live i, the time when men painted rui
views on hare etnillH."
"Yes. they would (nolnWv hsve painted
a cabhuiif fiel.l on you-s." Paitimors
American.
Some of ti e smiirtest pesople In ths
world are veuetarlane," said the ob
servant citizen.
"Ves. The fart that they sre vegetn
nans shows tint they are smart enoucl
to heat the Ix rr tr i.-t." Wnshinntoi,
Slsr.
' IVm't you believe every wnnnn should
Imve n vote'.'' nsked tlio pi wet-1 Youm:
Thing.
"No." rep'led the Younr Mun. "But 1
lellee every woman should have a
voter." Pearson's Weekly.
"Ild yon see where, even f.iicen Msrv
I.- goltitr to Join the rest of Englishwomen
in knitting socks for the British soldiers?"
"h; I r ippose that announcement Is
to keep them from getting cold feet."
Boston Transcript.
Mndge-You shouldn't say ties a con
firmeil bachelor unless you know.
Marjorie Hut 1 do know; I confirmed
him. New York Times.
"A band of women hss been found out
who were engaged in the hold-up busi
ness." "Mow wicked!"
"Not necessarily. They were children's
nurses "Baltimore American.
"Well, shall I say that he Snmped from
the frying pan Into the fire?"
"No; this happened In high Ufa. Fay
rather that ha leaped from the chafing
dish Into the conflagration. "Louisville
Courier-Journal.
Mrs. Firth My husband la a perfect
brute!
Friend Tou amae me!
Mrs. I-'Irth Yes. he In. Since the baby
Iwsan teething nothing will qulat the
little sngel but pulling papa s beard; and
would you believe It? yesterday he
went and had his beard shaved off!
Philadelphia Record.
Examiner Now, WilUnm. If a maNi can
"o one-fourth of a rlece of work In two
days, how long will he take to finish HT
William Is It a contrac' Job cr la he
workln' by the day! Life.
THE MEDIATOR.
"Blessed are the peacemakers for thej
shall Inherit the kingdom of heaven."
Holv Writ.
Minna Irving In Leslie's.
When warring kings and emperors
From battle seek surcease,
They turn to kindly Uncle Sam
Whose middle name as Peace.
He puts aside the apple crop
And leta the harvest wait.
To listen to their grievances,
And trv to mediate. '
No scepter glitters In his hand.
No Jewels on his brow.
No royal ermine trims hie coat,
Yet monarcha to him bow,
For In the councils of the world
To every creed and clan
II stands for peace, and represents
The brotherhood of man.
A good old-fashioned brother, he
About his business goes.
And never meldles with the feuds
Of either friends or foes,
But when they eeek his aid to check
A carnival of gore.
He la the first to help them sheathe
Their crimson awords once more.
When future nges weiBh the worth
Of deeds immortal, lo!
To Uncle Sam the palm of peace
And meed of praise will go;
For It Is not the hand of war
From fields of battle gory,
But peace that to a nation gives
The brightest crown of glory.
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ELECTRIC CAR ACE COMPANY
40th and Farnam
fir
Carload of Rexall Medicines and
Toilet Articles From Boston
We have Just received what we lielieve is the largest single
shipment of iiiedlrinrs and Toilet Articles ever made to a slntcle
retail firm in Nebraska, viz: A full carload of gotids from the
United lru Co. of Itoston, which we are now storing in the
north basement of our Ijoyal Hotel Drug Store, as our warehouse
at 1514 Dodge St., which ha a capacity of 270 running feet, waa
already full to over-flowing.
Thla carload of goods which was purchased at "IMore-the.
War" prlcea, comprises Klinple. DruN, Coiiiitouiulcd Family Modi
cines, Toilet Powders, Talcums, Perfume. Toilet Waters, Fruit
Juices, Toilet Soaps, Shaving Material-., etc.
White a carload seems an unusual quautlty for a retail firm
lo purchaae, yet we nave only figured on about 4 or 5 monms'
supply on article which have good keeping qualities, and only
30 days' supply on such articles as are of a perishable nature,
our consumption of this firm's produrtM during the fiacal year,
ending July 1st, lull, being alatut : cars, but all obtained by
local ahipments front the SU Ixiuls or Chicago Distributing
Houae or the home plant in Ilo,lon.
A word might be said about the w-onderful growth of the
I'nited Drug Co., which was formed in September, 1012, at the
llrunswick Hotel In IloMon, and which now has 7,000 agents
located in the princiiHtl cities and towim of every state in thla
union, a well a the Canadian lrovincee and the Britlah Isles.
Sherman & McConntll Drug Co.,
16th and Dodge St$.
Owl Drug Co., 1 6th and Harney Sts.
Harvard Pharmacy, 24th and Farnam St.
Loyal Pharmacy, 207'9 North 16th St.