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Those peace prayers will bear repeating.
Another American vessel fired on. Ob, well,
apologies' come easy.
. Good morning, have you heard the name of
Mexico's new boss today T , ,
And when you shop early demand Omaha
made goods as far as practicable.
In what great wars did Qee Bernard. Shaw
get all thte expe'rt knowledge he is handing out?
. It is really pitiful to see some of our sister
etateslry to vie with Nebraska In the weather
line. ' .
' t J Wonder If December will try to offset with
severity what November has done for us in mild
ness. , ft . ,,i
.' Still, few tf even dor most ardent prohibi
tionists" would advocate doing It the Russian way
Jn 'this cq'untxy.
, ! It'a a mighty dull child who can't seep track
of the number of school days to elapse up to the
holiday vacation.''"
; Someone Is almost sure to date the "turning
point of the ,Var from the day the boy Prince
of Wales went to the fronts '
.. With an Indian bride, the ex-sachem' of Tam
iriany shduW ' have no difficulty in Imagining'
himself back In the wigwam.
llt. mustavo been this coming Christmas
dinner that Villa meant he would' eat la' the
national palace at Mexico City. ' ' ' ' '
Notte that Mr.. Bryan never discovered a para
tnqunt Issue In prohibition or -equal suffrage
while ho was running for president.
'Dr. VaA Dyke, fresh from the Netherlands
end the dikes of Holland, brings assurances of
the neutrality -of The Hague.
The French war Intelligence bureau to our
mind Is the best of them all. When It has noth
ing to report, It says so la so many wosds.
' ; Will It come to thls, that England, which
dlciated oiir Panama toll system, must look over
each American merchantman before It sails into
the canalt
- The British war loan of ll;760,00O,oO has
teen largely oversubscribed. That is pretty
good proof that British patriotism does not stop
short of the pocketbook. '
Something very terrible. Indeed, .but no Use
grand. Is happening-aa I write. War .correspondent
How grand It Is to have thousands of. men
fathers, sons, brothers slaughter one another
to 'make a Jubilee.
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A "progressive party" leader, who Issues a
manifesto calling on all the brethren to rally
round the .flag at the Chicago meeting, has Just
' been ordered south by , bis physician. That
teems to be the trouble with the whole partf
going south. ? -'" -
" Notw,JKn8tnd.!ng Collier's animadversion
that a pun'on a nrae U the lowest form of wit.
that, cartoon from the Columbus Dispatch of the
"Warsaw Campaign." with Germany and Russia
at opposite ends of a big cross-cut, evidently1 has
struck a 'good many folks" as a mighty rich bit
of humor, . '. ,
,Tlie clearlpr houae record today was t6JTt
, Young's art emporium has txea opened at UU
""'M are,. ana M now alio win aa aaaortmeut
f . arUayukljollday icuoda.
aindy Knliftit la the tonteeV pollcemaa on the
lorcf. e- naa a Damf to-eaoort him on his beat
on Sixteenth street at night, tiiade up of two col
ored boye,- wt! inarch alone behind him playing.
i-avia atatiriman, the pupular claar dealer. U
navinr juue a run on hla clear Havana. It la In
hwr of a sun -and heir. ' . .
' Myi flo loJta Xaluhta'of "Pihu i.k..ii i..
ixtMMUk ' nRivnuiry with a supper and ball laat
veiJnf.j': m: Wllooi. chanelbr-rt,m..J.v ..t-
fluluted. atid. t. Joues delivered the aanlveraary
aMi.; .The' munic was furnished by" a quartet.
Iklrjc ljMm-r4 .n.1 T-i . u i. . '
, r-, ' - w i. kiici iriiwiitei wrv
made by lr. CarUr, W. E. CoupUad a4 Dr. lin-
rin. ror,w cumlua yrar the fulluwlns: officer
Mere elw-ted: K. A. Crowrll. CI C; J. Uuhnelly. V
C; W, M. Vll, jr-Ule; J. P. Knapp, at. of E.
W r. SfunnUig, M. of K. ; W. E. Baker, il of A.
''-orife Badlne. K. of R, g '
The Span of a Century.
The death of Nebraska's oldest white inhab
itant, a centenarian and two years more, chal
lenges attention to all that has transpired sinre
his birth.
The late Judge Gow came into this world In
the year 1812. At that time George Washing
ton had been dead a little more than twelve
years, and John Adams and Thomas Jefferson
were both still alive and vigorous. Louisiana,
which Jefferson had bought from Napoleon, wes
a nebulous land In the far west but recently pen
etrated by Lewis and Clark, who had pnt the
Missouri on the map, to mo6t people merely as
sort of a River of Doubt.
In ID 12 James Madison was In the presiden
tial chair. Fulton's steamboat had only made
a few trial trips, and Stephenson's locomotive
was still a dream. Slavery in the south was to
continue for more than forty years. Pirates and
slave traders were roaming the seas as on legiti
mate business, while the Indians and the buf
faloes had undisputed possession of everything
west of the Mississippi. The telegraph, the tele
phone, the auto, the aeroplane, the submarine,
the skyscraper, wireless, electric light and
anesthesia, all come later and fall within this
marvelous century, and countless other wonder
working Inventions and . discoveries have been
annihilating time and distance or harnessing
natural forces to human use.
The beginning of the' hundred-year period
witnessed the Napoleonic wars, marking thi
greatest conflict since the dawn of history, and
the end of the period witnesses another general
European war working still greater destruction
and world-wide disturbance. All this and mach
more, if we cared to go Into the details, In the
span of a century a story almost beyond the
grasp of the human mind. ,
. Lesson to tand Seekers.
, The wholesale conviction in the Kansas City
federal court of Everglade land fraud perpetra
tors should be another warning to the unwary
with money to Invest in land. Some of the vic
tims caught by these fakers were Nebraska peo
ple. While they have our sympathy, yet they
should let this be a lesson to them not to try to
find better land Investments than are to be had
right here in their own state, where they are as-
ured of the advantages In soil, climate, trans
portation and all other facilities that go to make
ftp a profitable and desirable community in
which to live-and build homes. The conviction
of these crooks does not algnify, of course, that
there la no good land in Florida, but merely that
there is no profit in a get-rich-qulck enterprise
except for the fellow who is promoting It. The
multiplicity of boom land schemes calls for tha
seveaest discrimination on the part of the pur-
fhnnAV . .AvtA fl J. 1 . J ..lit a i
uu vuub iius jauu-eouing enterprises,
aa well as communities noeding denser settle
ment, are anion the heaviest sufferers from the
shady schemer. ,
Monroe Doctrine Developments.
Former President Taft does well to remind
his fellow countrymen at this exciting time that
the Monroe doctrine Is here tq stay, and at
though Germany should attack Canada, which
has Joined la the attack; on It. that alone would
not violate the terms of this doctrine. But
what Germany could not do. in the face of our-
traditional policy,' says the ex-president, -would
be to take over the' possession tt Canada. 'The
Monroe doetrlae la plain on at least two nnln to
il forblda European acquisition "of new territory
on tne American continent and the transfer from
one European nation to another of a possession
on this continent.
But as Germany has made no move toward
attacking Canada and has gone so far aa to
pledge Itself not to seek territorial exnanalnn In
South America, apprehensions as to Canada may
be groundless. This pledge resDectinsr smith
America reminds us that for ninety years the
united State vainly awaited open recognition
by any European power of this cherished policy.
The best it could secure was silent acquiescence.
But at the end of ninety years the onon. format
recognition came, though it passed almost with
out being recognized by us.
'The Wanning ton correspondent for IiU'
Weekly, Oswald F, Schuette, shows effectively
that on. September .3 "the German srovernm.nt
sent a formal recognition of our right to main
tain the Monroe doctrine to th Rta.t n.r.
ment. It was delivered by Count von Bernstorff
to Acting Secretary of State Lansing," Mr.
Bryan being off on one of hla Jaunts at the Urn.
But It waa pigeonholed and not heard of again
till .me German official directed attention t it
Then the great United States was subjected to
tne humiliation of a tardy recognition of what
might have been played up as a great triumph,
and had to confess that it had not observed the
importance of the document before the monu
being- that the paper did contain the words.
Monroe doctrine." An alert State department
should have followed up this advantage and
have used the recognition from Germany aa a
leverage for formal acceptance by every other
Wig" power.'
r- , r .Tk Movie's Serious Mission.
The homely little phrase, "Seeing is believ
ing," comes to mind In contemplating the possi
bilities of the moving picture aa an Instrument
of popular education, both sacred and! aecular.
It future as a , means of entertainment and
amusement is assured, yet hardly more so, we
think, than Ita other more serious and service
able mission. Ours Is an age of illustration, as
every succeeding age Is likely , to be. Truth
visualised before the physical eye makes a more
Impressive and lasting picture, especially on the
plastic mind of youth; than when presented
merely In the abstract to the mental vision.
So the church and school are coming to
recognise this new agency of Instruction. The
Church and Boclsl Service bureau of New Tork
is taking the lead in a rather pretentious cam
paign of moving picture education, having al
ready arranged, censored and presented for use
over the country by churches desiring them,
moving pictures of biblical and sacred history
scenes and stories. Many churches have incor
porated this agency Into their regular schemes
of service with excellent results.
Put the Church and Social Service bureau,
which eipects to broaden the scope of its work
as. time permits,. lt now preparing to send a
company of professional actors to Palestine to
pose in different, places hallowed In sacred his
tory la .order to bring dewa to this modern age
the visualized truths of the religion of that land.
Thus sgaln wo find the rhnrrh applying ap
proved business methods to the things of God.
And why not? In what better way can the mov
ing picture he exalted to the higher spheres of
popular service? For some time the question
has been dinned Into people's ears, "Why do not
more men go to church?" Possibly this very In
vention of science may help remove the oralon
for that question soon, by Increasing the attrac
tion of the preached word, who knows?
War Intoxication. t
A British subaltern, writing home, lets loose
the "fiery vehemence of youth" In this wise:
I adore war. It la like a blj plrnlc without the
objertlenanena of a picnic. I've never been ' so Well
or so happy.
Which makes It easier to believe that, as a
great French author said, "Youth is a .continual
Intoxication; It is the fever of reason." . . ,
But the war lords capitalize It at the highest
mark. What a great thing for a state to have
such an asset, If only It were put to its proper
use. Converted into power to drive the engines
of peaceful industry and science Instead of war,
this "delusion of, youth". that adores war be
comes, lndteed, a nation s highest asset. . What,
then, of the economy and efflclennr of govern
ments that feed Btich material -to cannon?
A Permanent Omaha-Lincoln Roadway.'
In popping Into the. hopper a, proposal for a
permanent roadway to Omaha In order to attract
tourists to the capital city. Mayor Zehrung of
Lincoln is said to be arousing no little enthusi
asm in the project. Frem the Lincoln point of
view, the undisguised purpose of such a highway
would be to Uke traffic In that direction that
would not otherwise go there, but there is no
reason why it should not also have the favor of
Omaha, because the natural expectation roust be
that as many tourists will be returning as going,
and as many be drawn to Omaha by an attrac
tive stretch of road as to Lincoln.
A paved boulevard between Omaha and Lin
coln, however, becomes a very practical question
when we remember that the coBt of construction,
whether convict labor be used or not, must de
volve upon the counties which it traverses un
less the state as a whole should help out. We
have a feeling that it would be harder to get ac
tion at the Lincoln end of the line than at the
Omaha end, but unless the whole road in all its
sectional parts can be put through together,
piecemeal construction will hardly serve the
purpose. Our good roads champions surely
have something tangible here to work on.
The Good Fellows Push 'Em Along".
The exceptional response. to The Bee's ap
peals for donations to the Christmas ship cargo
carrying Yuletlde happiness to the new-made
orphans of the war-etrlcken countries of Europe
proves that there is no delight more satisfying
than that of furnishing pleasure to children.
Calling attention to the fact that there are
homes here In Omaha where little one8 will oth
erwise have no Christmas Joys, our contempor
ary, the World-! lerald, has again started its
"Good Fellow movement" Jo play Santa, Claus
for them. '
, - Nq one newspaper, no one church, no one
charity, can do all the good work for the com
munity,' hut each must do its share, and all to
gether will accomplish results! So to the "good
fellow" we aay, "Hail and godspeed. They can
find plenty that is pralaworthy tp do. , ' Push 'em
aiongl
Fish. .; '
A. circular Issued by the food supply commit
tee of New York City, of .which George W. Per
kins happens to be chairman, dwells upon the
food value of fish, and pertinently suggests that
we lose a lot through the popular habit of eat
ing fish only on Friday. The result is, that
there is but a once-a-week demand for- fish,
which enables dealers to ask, and get, more than
they would have to if they had a , reasonably
ateady sale day in andday Out. 'The advice of
the committee is for those who; like to eat fish
to vary their custom so as to spread out the
load on the fish market to the advantage 'of all
concerned. We have heard that the finny tribe
are no respecters of, the different days of the
week, and have been known to bite on Sundays
despite the adage about virtue being tts own re.
ward. .The difficulty therefore, cannot bevon
the supply side, but only in the uneven demand
for fish, which would surely be remedied- by fol
lowing the advice that Is offered. ' " '
Beautifying "ThS "ttllb'oira
For a long time citiee waged war on the un
sightly billboards, but the billboards, like the
poor, we still have with us. The war on ugli
ness, however, waa not entirely in vain, for the
lillboards are not the unsightly things they used
to be. In the majority of cases they are being
made more artistic, both in point of construction
and design and docoratlon. They are being il
lumined after dark, to that by night they present
a less offensive appearance. And even though
numerous In most growing cities, which have in
their haste to expand, left too many vacant lots
within their laterlqra, these billboards serve to
hide an otherwise hideous vacant lot from pub
Uo view. The billboard people, then, we say,
are entitled to a measure ef credit for making
the beat of what Is popularly regarded as a bad
thing to begin with. Give the billboard people
credit, too, for exhibiting a very keen aense of
t&e popular trend when they give space to moral
and religious aentlments and precepts, which,
though Inspired by selfish motives, cannot rail
to arouse a more kindly feeling for them.
People and Events
The quarantine on account of the foot-and-mouth
disease Is being lifted. The animal
doctors will soon be telling us Just how much
in dollara.and cents they have saved the coun
try, but the ultimate consumer will need a mi
croscope to see his saving.
Churches that can get together for union
Thanksgiving day services, can get together for
other laudable objects. In union there is
strength for church activities as well as for sec
ular enterprises.
Carranta, failing to find any real ground for
complaint ' In our evacuation of Vera Cms,
growls at Its lack of formal ceremony. Like the
man who kicked even though about to be hanged
with two ropes. - -
One r.f the Ptamlerd Oil sTibeldlarlfS
pays 40 per cr-nt dlvldenrla. another pays
Z per rent. The klila of the oil family
are crowding dad Into the short crass
ertlon.
The pocket nerve of Orrat Britain, es
teemed the nirat aenaltlve Institution ex
tant, la booked for a painful disturbance.
War revenue measures double the In
come tax.
Oeheral Technicality shows some rare
speed In Connecticut, where objection Ifl
ma. e to certain Indictments on the
ground that the foreman of the grand
Jury parted his hair In the middle.
Talk about the corn belt, the orange
belt, or the alfalfa belt not one of them
carrlee the Serene comfort, the ineffable
hapblneee of the pumpkin pie belt with
wriakle Ironed out. Have another slab?
- Now suppose that the patriarchal
W chard t'roker, 71, tukes hla fairy Indian
priifc'eae, 23, to hla Irish caatle near
IHihlln, . will the banshee scream or
silently scoot for the rocky caverns of
OahVayT .
After, a week of prayer ivnd" inorttf ica-1
tlon of the worldly spirit the- students of
a; school et Wooster, O., removed all
nude ' and gaudy decorations from' their
rooms and made a bonfire of the alnful
pictures.
Down in old Arkansaw card playing is
an art, not a name. The fact that a
grand Jury la Investigating an epidemic
of playing for prises in the home of one
city shows the difficulties of preserving
art trom the blight of commercialism.
Connecticut, famed for Ita ateady habits
and things, covera the alimony scoreboard
with the flneat bunch of flgurea seen In
the Nutmeg state. Kllxabcth B. Foster
has been awarded divorce and SlOO.CO ali
mony, which Plerp Foster Is esquired to
fork over aa a penalty for deaertlon.
Now. brethren, chide not Kentucky be
cause Hreathit county feudists precipi
tated three funerals last week. Consider
the provocation. Who among Americana
haM the lingual akill to pronoumw place
names In the Russian war front, or the
fortitude to obaerve calmly a flock of
Mexican generals alternately stirring the
dope In the witches' Caldron? The wonder
Is that the dove of peace has a peg to
peralt on. t
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
WHAT CITIES ARE DOING.
A charity fund roundup of Salt Lake
City last Monday netted $2,329.
Municipal ownership of the water works
system of Pan .Francisco now represents
an outlay of $34,600,600. -
Lies Molnea tasued twenty-nine, permits
for as many couples t? commit matri
mony on Thanksgiving. day.
Sioux City commissioners are prepar
ing to register a united kick against an
increase In raUroad freight rates. :
Council Bluffs points with pride to a
record of nine mile of concrete pavement
laid this year. i
Street paving will continue through the
winter In Baltimore. In order to provide
work for the unemployed.
Fracturing the speed regulations in Salt
Lake City costs $.V for first offense. Each
repetition calls for $100 and thirty duys in
Jail.
Milwaukee's health commissioner plans
to establish free dispensaries and clinics
in publlo school buildings for the benefit
of school children and the general publlo.
Atlanta inalata on the streot railway
company Installing a system which will
prevent electricity wandering away from
the rails and destroying other under
ground property.
Des Molnea water system, which the
city la about to take over, will require
an outlay of $3,432,000. Owing to the un
settled condition of the bond market the
city desires a few weeks' delay before
putting up the cash.
During the last ten months New Tork
City officials confiscated and destroyed
47,000 false weights and measures. Run
ning down such tools of dishonesty Is the
liveliest work put up to the authorities.
Chicago thieves have demonstrated that
stealing a red-hot stove Is not a figure
of speech. Recently they max? a away
with one from a switchman's shanty and
took along enough coal to keep the stove
hot for a few days.
CYNICAL REMARKS.
Many a fellow never gets to the front
beoause he U too. fast.
. The clrl who is as pretty as a picture
generally baa negative qualities. .
i There is one suit that never seems to
tit, and that la a suit for damages.
tio man can be popular unless he has
learned ttf keep his troubles to Tilmself.
Unfortunately a weak Intellect will not
prevent a person from being headstrong.
About the only roan in the world who
doesn't want a tat Job is the living akele
ton. In hla effort to be known as a good
fellow many a man shows evidence of
overtraining.
A new broom may sweep clean, but it
never oomea with a guaranty not to raise
blisters.
Many a woman poses as an angel who
wears her wings on her hat Instead of
on her shoulders.
Fewer young men would sow their wild
oats If they should first stop to look for
a needle In a haystack.
The only time we nottoe an Impediment
In the speech of some people Is when an
occasion arises to praise others.
It Is a mistake for men to Imagine
women axe always talking about their
dresses. 8onetlmea they are talking
about their hata.-New York Times.
EDITORIAL SHRAPNEL.
Boston Transcript- If Uncle 6am doaa
his whole duty to stricken Europe he -will
lock the door at Kills island and make
the people who are fighting this war atay
at home when It Is over and help pay
for It.
Philadelphia Bulletin: With submarines
attacking beneath, and dirigibles over
head, the neweat dreadnoughts wilt have
to be armored after the plan of a turtle,
top and bottom aa well aa sides. The
steel mills at least wlU rejoice.
. Indianapolis News: Inasmuch as It
aegms that we have Invented a conslder
abel proportion of the weapons and other
things now being used in the European
war, perhaps there Is some Justice, after
all. In eur paying part of the bill.
New Tork World: The capital et the
Krupp company is to be increased from
70.000.ou marks to S5O.lM0.0M. ThU com
pany baa the distinction of prospering In
proportion te the amount of -damage Ha
output doe to other Induatrlea
SIGNPOSTS OF PROGRESS.
f'lncinnatl Enquirer: Every church
should have a pastor who practices
hotter thbn he preaches.
Tln.lnn Traaii-rlnl' A lot of rellelltIS
bodies are meeting In Boston Juat now.
and we must say that their discussions,
ef the war have been most Illuminating, j
Buffalo Express: The Presbyterian off! I
clals admit that there were 250,0itt back-j
sliders among them last year. The other;
denominations are lying low and tayingi
nothing. I
Detroit Free Press: .V Kansas bishop!
thinks the war will spread the gospel j
throughout the world. Evidently he be
lieves that Ood moves in a mysterious!
way His wonders to perform.
. Houston Post: Rev. William Ku'.ton
ssys 2"0,0n0 Presbyterians have been
placed on the suspended roll for back
sliding during the last five years. In
dicating, of course, that while the doc
trlno of election holds as usual, there Is
such a thing as impeachment.
TABLOIDS OF SCIENCE.
Bofies of the albatros are being used
to a very great extent of late as mouth
pieces of pipes Instead of amber.
The average psy of every man, woman
and child in the United States who works
for wages or a salary, was $10 last year.
The average death rate throughout the
world la sixty-seven a minute, and the
average number of Wrths In tho same
period is seventy; ' :
flerman scientists have made a fuel
with two-thirds the heating value of coal
from sudd, the refuse vegetable matter
of the River Nile.
A freakish bolt of lightning completely
vaporised more than 200 feet of the an
tennne of a French wireless telegraph
station, then formed a ball which made
a clean hole in a window pane.
A new fireproof window abutter is made
of . series of metal tubes, rolled together
like the top of a roll-top desk, and which
can bo dropped Over a window by Its own
weight.
With an instrument of his Invention, a
Chicago man can measure one flve-mll-ltonth
of an Inch, one-flftleth of the
distance revealed by a theoretically per
fect microscope.
Following exploration by American geo
logists, experts from the United States
are investigating the petroleum deposits
of northern China, which may become
one of the world's great oil fields.
Bo valuable is good date garden soil
that the Arab will refuse $000 an acre
for It. Through ages of cultivation it
gives no Indication of wearing out, hence
the exceptional value placed upon It.
QUAINT BITS OF LIFE.
At a Hallowe'en maak party In T.oraln,
C, the principals of a mock wedding,
MW Harriet Reynolds and A. C. Swarts,
surprised their friends by announcing
-hat the marriage was real.
Sixty farmers of Columbia. Mo., re
ceived by telephone a thlrty-flve-mlnute
sermoli. 'delivered by the Rev. Nelson
Trimble. The roads were in such bad
condition that the farmers could not get
to church.
At every., cigar factory In Havana a
reader, engaged and pall by the hands
themselves, occupies a pulpit in the cen
ter of the room for some hours every
day, regaling his audience with news
papers and novels.
John Murphy of Baltlnglass, Irelsnd.
has been married five times and has
forty-one children. Murphy proudlj as
serts that his eldest child was aed H
and the youngest a baby, and all the
family were fed on rabbits.
A rabbit's foot was placed In the cor
nerstone of the new Willow Avenue Pres
byterian church Jn Jollet, 111. Two fires
In two . years totally destroyed the old
edifice. The pastor, the Rev. C. M.
Bruhn, however, positively denies that he
' superstitious.
Jamea Hayes of New London, N. H.,
sold his apples at 10 cents a barrel te
all who would pick them because of the
big crop he has, and another dealer, who
shipped No. 1 Baldwin out of tows, re
ceived IS cents a barrel.
A Philadelphia produce merchant has
taught hla parrot to greet German cus
tomers with "Hoch der Kaiser," and
English and French customers with
"Vive Joffre.." according to certain sig
nals. The parrot, however, after giving
the correct greetings for some time, now
regularly gets the signals mixed.
Four young men in Mason, Ga., have
taken out licenses to marry the aara
girl. "Please - don't let the newspapers
et hold of thli," was the request each
anade when applying for the license.
Then each one took the license clerk into
hla confidence and told htm the whole
story. Each declared that he waa la
love with the girl, and that they are all
pressing their suits to the utmost.
An electric machine that works au
tomatically hns been Invented for stuff
ing satissgcs.
The Italian government uses American
machinery to manufacture shoes for its
soldiers.
A vein of anthracite within a foot of
the surface has been struck In Pottsvile,
Pa. It is more than ten feft thick and
Is located only a stone's throw from the
court house..
The development of water power for
furnishing rlectrlc l!ght and power for
Manila and Ita suburbs is planned by a
street railway company now using Jap
anese coal to generate current.
Ten girls have been graduated from a
seven years' housekeeping- course In St.
IajuIs and have recelvtd diplomas certi
fying thet they are perfectly fitted tor
domestic science applied. .
At the National Negro Business league
conventlcn at Muskogee. Okl.. it was
stated that 2,nw,000 negroes living In OV
lahoma. Kansas. Missouri, Arkansas,
Iullana and Texas now have under
ihelr control, as owners and renWs,
about $300,000,000 worth of farm prcoert
and own fAOOO farma. containing S.OOO.OOO
acres of land, with farm property, land,
live stock and fanning Implements worth
fno,000,oo. ""
The greatest marble-producing Indus
Uf in the world is no longer to be found
In the famous Carrara district of ItaH
but In Vermont, where one of the richest
veins in the world strctohes in an Ir
regular line across the state, ' So great
Is the production of marble In this sec
tion that the inhabitants have lost much
of their appreciation of Its value and
use It . for such humble and utilitarian
purposes as paving, underpinning for
barns, hitching posts, stepping stones anS
drinking trough for horses. This vela
Is about fifty-seven miles long, fro-n
l.ffiO to 2.200 feet In width, and from It It
being taken in enormous quantities
white marble that Is equal to the finest
Italian marble, as well as an endless
variety of blue, yellow, green and Jet
black marhlfs.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Newweidd Did you spend . as much
money as this before I married you?
Mrs. Newedd Why. yes.
Newedd Then bless me If I can under
stand why your father went on so when t
took you away from him. Boston Tran
script. "I was simply in such agony I couldn't
stand it with that attack of plumbago."
"What did you do?"
"I got the doctor to give me a morphlr.e
Interjection." Baltimore American.,
Suitor (waiting for the lady) la your
daughter coming out next winter?
Fattier She'll come out when she's
good and ready, and If you git fresh I'll
knock ycr block off. Cornell Widow.
"I don't know of but one woman" who
bss perfect confidence In her husband."
"Are you sure there is one?"
"Yes: she poses for him In vaudeville
in a knife-throwing act." Lonlgvllle
Courier Journal. ..
"My wife made me a success," re
marked the man.
"I'm glad to hear you say that," de
clared the pastor.
"Yes; ehe has always wanted so many
tholngs that I've had to hustle." Kan
sas City Journal.
"Hubhy, some ladies have ssked me to
Join the movement for beautifying our
town."
"Well?"
"And I'd like to Jotn."
"And what's your idea of beautifying
our town? Getting a new feather fot
your hat?" Pittsburgh Post.
Ttie Mistress I shall take one of the
children to church with me this niqrntng
Mary.
The General Tes'm; which - 1
The Mistress Oh, whichever will ro
bat with ray new mauve dress. London
Sketch.
"I hoar it said that your speech has set
people thinking." remarked the friend
of the statesman.
"I'm sorry." replied the Statesman, "if
wasn't intended for that."-rPhlladelphla
Ledger.
IF THIS BE ALL.
North American Review.
Tf this be all. and when we die, we die.
Then life Is but a wanton, montroua lie;
And of the hapless creatures that draw
breath.
We, who seem flower and crown, rank
far below
The least of living things that does not
know
The dread of . loss, the certainty of
death.
If pain and sorrow are without a scheme.
Dealt out by chance, then like an evil
dream
Of some dark fiend, this smiling, gra
cious earth;
If we that hunger, never shall be filled;
The soonr that our empty hearts are
stilled.
The better for them and their aching
dearth.
Tet close. I feeL there wraps a all
around, I
Borne mighty . force, some mystery pro
found, And, through my doubts and Ignorance,
I trust
The power that bound with Iawa the
moon and tide.
And hung the stars la heavenly spaces
wide,
Must, by their witness, be both wise
and Just.
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