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    THE OMAHA SUNDAY 1JEK: FKlJttUAKV 7, 1915.
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Consolidation, co-operation, concord. These
are the signposts on Omaha's highway to greatness.
Werner Horn's dynamite blnst did some ex
ecution. It blew Vanceboro Into the publicity
spotlight.
The projected blockade of British shipping
port would for one thing Insure an abundance
of sea room for the patrolling fleet.
Postponing the official fleet opening of the
Panama canal until summer affords a reasonable
guaranty against a snow blockade.
While the leglslatlre grist challenges over
time work, the absence of a workable union
scale robs temptation of Its sweetness.
If measures creating new offices expressed
what the text proposes the title would read:
"A bill for an act creating a reet cure for the
fsithful."
Wheat rose In Chicago when Italy and Swe
den suspended their Import duties. It will be
cold day when the' foreigner swipes the coin
front the wheat pit.
It comes perilously close to inhumanity for
the allies to shoot up the Turks when they
reached a point on the canal where bathing
facilities were Just right
On the principle that "misery lo-ree com
pany," consumers of franchlsed corporation
products will enjoy even a temporary transfer of
the scream from the home to the plant.
The center of population la the United
States, according to official ad rices, has moved
west only fifty-three mllee In two decades. In
diana Is notorious for Its bad roads; Wbat the
center needs Is a 1(15 model.
In So Short a Time.
The presence of a daughter of Logan Fonte
eelle at the opening of the new .Fontenelle
hotel In Omaha will be peculiarly appropriate
as a reminder of wbat has been done In Omaha
within the span of a singe lifetime. The name
Fontenelle connects the present day with that
romantic time when Nebraska was part of Louis
iana, under rule of France, and when daring
young Frenchmen made the great adventure Into
the wilderness. One of these left his name be
hind him, borne by a son who came to be part
of the local history of the region. It Is a daugh
ter of that son who will now serve as the living
' link between that past which Is shadowy In the
twilight of receding days and the present which
is so virile and full of teeming life.
Logan Fontenelle waa a man of affairs In his
day, pushing and active In the life of seml-
barbarism of which he was part; aud the splen
did hotel which has been named for him typifies
the vigorous life of the community of today.
Yesterday it was the little frontier trading post
at Bellerue, where Peter Sarpy, Logan Fonte
nelle and Iron Eye (Joseph La Flesche) worked
together In the commerce of the time; today It
Is a city, great In its commercial and industrial
achievements, greater in the unlimited possibili
ties that stretch out ahead of H, and greatest
in the restless energy of its cltlienshlp, which Is
pushing steadily forward with a vigorous deter
mination that overcomes all obstacles.
The daughter of Logan Fontenelle may help
mark wbat has been done in ao short a time;
and what has been done will serve as an Inspira
tion to future progress.
On Invitation of the Omaha Ministerial aaaocia
tion. Mr. Dwlght U Moody, the evangelist will vUlt
lite city and hold a convention of Christian worker
March 1. n and ll The committee of pastors and
laymen In charge consists of Reva. J. SJ. Delweller. XV.
J. liarshe, J. W. Harris. t W. Savldge. O. 8. Pel'ton,
K. B. Oraham, R. 11. Ingram and Mmn. F- U P.rlne,
J. Richardson, E. V. Ringer. V. C. Hlmebaugh. J.
L. McCague and O. F. Stephens.
Mr. J. T. AUen will go to New Orleans to aaalst
Governor Fumaa la the management of Nebraska'
exhibit at the ((position.
The fourth anniversary and ball of Omaha lodge.
Knight of rythias. waa celebrated at German I hall,
the arrangements committee consisting of O. II.
Anderson. II. B. Krauae and Charles Ilelnae.
The Swedish Library association held a grand
masquerade at Turner hall. Judge rtrtnberg serving a
loasur ef rremoniea
Mrs. B. B Songster, cashier of Milton Rgns Si
tuna' store, has gone to Minneapolis te spend a
i'Knih with friend
Getting' and Giving-.
Two of (he mont eminent living exponents
of the same of getting and the sport of giving
have been diverting public attention from other
matters by an apparently frank statement of
their conception of their duties to their fellow
men. Roth Mr. Carnegie and Mr. Rockefeller
seemed to find real pleasure In telling of the
giving of their millions. In this they occupy
positions unique and alone, for It has seldom
been within the power of a man to hand out
hundreds of millions of dollars, and yet retain
control of capital so colossal as to make him
eminent even In a time of Inflated fortunes.
The two men, Carnegie and Rockefeller, are
products of modern industrial development;
each has reached and held his prominence by
shrewdly applied ability, and each has found
some satisfaction In efforts to assist mankind
along lines wherein large sums of money might
be rightfully employed. Without debating the
details of these efforts, nor undertaking to es
pecially defend them, It may be stated that the
benefactions of these men have been serviceable
and will still be of use in the work of finding out
how to live better.
Human nature itself Is still the chief stum
bling block to all efforts at general reform; man
Is perverse and unwilling to bo guided by fixed
rules, and the upward struggle of the race Is
still more or lens blindly pursued because of this
fact. Carnegie, Rockefeller and Morgan allko
admit they have not found the cause of poverty
nor the means of removing It. Perhsps it Is
better so, for just as luxury begets sloth, so does
poverty sharpon the edge of ambition, and
through the expansion and growth of the Indi
vidual has come the substantial advancement of
the race as a whole.
Diplomacy ai Safety Valve.
Here Is a splendid chance td test out the ac
curacy of the oft quoted and generally mis
quoted, aphorism of Richelieu concerning the
relative potency of pen and sword. A portion
at least of the European war Is to be transferred
to the realm of diplomacy, and In the epistolary
exchange may be found an outlet for relieving
some of the pressure suddenly engendered by
the German admiralty's notice, concerning the
war cone at sea. The United States will Inquire
of Germany just wbat Is meant by Its language,
and when that Inquiry la replied to will make
further Inquiry of Great Britain as to the mean
ing of certain phrases in its probable reply to
Germany's notice, and thus will be opened a
diplomatic exchange that will at least consume
time and permit the public to become accus
tomed to the situation as it shall presently de
velop.
These notes may serve to clear away any
grounds on which the neutrals might base pro
tests against the actions of the belligerents and
give the warring powers an opportunity to re
vise In some degree their attitude toward non
combatants. It Is not at all unlikely that the
natlona actively engaged in the fighting will be
brought to show some greater regard for the
rights of outsiders than at present conceded. A
well designed "bluff" Is as good tactics In war
as in any other contest, and the bluffer is al
ways willing to take advantage of an easy way
out.
The most promising aspect of the forthcom
ing exchange of notes is that it is likely to lead
to more Important diplomatic activities. Na
tions willing to discuss one or another phase cf
their differences may eventually be brought to
consider the whole case, and thus to open the
way to ultimate peace.
The Gorerament Eulopy Department
It Is unfortunate that so many complex ques
tions of state obscure those modest sources of
sweetness and light out of which spring much
of the joy of living. War bulletins grip atten
tion, but are becoming rooted to the trenches of
sameness. Similarly our duty as neutrals has
been stated so often that -we have acquired par
tisan opinions and shoot them off on the slight
est provocation. The national , government is
not responsible for this national perversity.
Yet it cannot wholly escape the charge of neg
lecting to use the means at band for Inculcating
cohering thoughts and cooling reflections.
The eulogy department of the government,
directed by congress, and which forms the Sun
day feature section of the Congressional Record,
is particularly suited to the needs of the hour.
It does not concern itself with the dead of other
lands, at present too numerous to mention, but
confines Itself to our home-made dead, particu
larly congressmen and senators. The fact that
these departed servants of the "dear people"
are held up as shining examples of greatness In
American public life does not detract from the
fulsome charm of the eulogies delivered by
surviving associates. It rather lends Inspira
tion to oratory which decks the memory of the
departed with vocal posies and puts the listener
in the sob squad.
These outpourings of congressional affection
hav a value apart from their epltaphlcai beauty,
They bring home a knowledge hitherto lacking
of the statesmanlike qualities, the scholarly
attainments, .the sagacious wisdom of the do-
ceased, and makesjgone realise aa never before
the great loss the country has sustained. There
Is not a glimmer of a frivolous thought In the
solemn pages of the obituary Record. The
strife of warring nations Is ignored, the flight
of w heat ia not worth a line and the psychology
of prosperity Is left to the grosser gossips.
In these parlous times whatever makes for
sobering thought and solemn hesitation should
be hailed as a national asaet. The eulogy de
partment of the government seems to fill the
bill. It only needs an experienced circulation
manager to produce results.
, From 1901 to 1910, Inclusive, the number of
deaths from trespassing on the railroads of the
United State was 60,025. This continuous na
tional slaughter excites little more than mo
mentary public interest. Yet only a few weeks
ago an earthquake disaster In Italy, with a lesser
death roll, provoked Instant national Interest
and tenders of succor. There Is no safeguard
against earthquakes. For the right-of-way
slsughter the remedy exists but energy U lacking
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y txotos BOgawATxm.
Chairman Gary of the steel trust predicts
"an era of prosperity, contentment and happl
ness" for the United Slates, and Charley Schwab.
says "the worst la over." When two great opt!
luists agree, pessimists rau only Imitate the
groundhog and plug the hole
I NOTE that the representative of the different
convention and P'jhllclly bureaus of the more Im
portant cities have reached an agreement amonc
themselves to utop the practice of ottering "bonuses"
to national organisations for whose meeting they
extend Invitations. .Procuring and entertaining big
conventlona haa come to be a regular business In
these days, end this move simply entablielics certain
rulea to be berved in the bidding. Of all of them,
the quadrennial president-nominating conventions are
I believe, the mont sought after, and most keonly
striven for, although only a few dtles are equipped
to take care of them properly, and are really In the
running for them. I have helped locate two of tho
republican national conventions, and served on the
committee of arrangements for the last one, ao I have
some personal Information on thla aeore. The "bonus"
lias been one of the differences distinguishing repub
lican and democratic national conventlona, no bonus
or fixed guaranty whatever being exacted by the re
publicans, whereas the democrats have been in the
habit of exchanging their convention location for a
certified check.
Both of the last two times that the republican
national convention waa located In Chicago (I cannot
apeak of previous occasions) the only consideration
waa on assurance by a few of Chicago's loading citi
zen that they would see to It that all the legitimate
expenses of the meeting would be paid. In 1907 this
assurance was In the form of a telegram bearing two
signatures to which Colonel Frank (. Lowden added
hla verbal endorsement, and In 1911. If my recollection
rervea mo correctly, the assurance waa wholly verbal
except aa Inferred In the original invitation. For Chi
cago a guaranty fund was raised and placed at the
disposal of the local treasurer, who paid all bills on
proper warrant". I was told that the total guaranty
amounted last time to over $126,000, of which only
around $f),0O9 waa used, ao that the subscribers re
ceived a handsome refund on their contributions.
When the democratic convention went to Denver, on
the other hand, $100,000 waa turned over to the demo
cratic national eommlttee, of which they spent aa lit
tle as they had to, leaving a resulting nest-egg surplus
of between . $30,000 to $40,000 to start the oampalgn.
When the democrats went to Baltimore, It waa again
understood that a similar $104,0no bonus was forked
over; some ef It used to pay up back debts of the
committee, and before the convention waa over the
public-spirited cltlsena of Baltimore were called on to
put In a second time for "extras" and other things not
Included In the original estimates. If the new "bonus"
rule Is established and enforced with ' reference to
political conventlona. as well as to others, It will not
change the republican usage, but It will nut quite a
crimp In the democratic 'campaign strongbox.
Here la where I can repeat a etory told by my
father, going back to the time when Omaha tried to
secure the 1893 republican presidential convention.
The availability of the old Coliseum now the Ak. Kir-
Ben den and the completion of several new hotels
encouraged the notion that Omaha might bid for thla
big meeting. Bo a committee, and subcommittees were
appointed to promote the proposition, and It devolved
upon my father, with others, to wait on Herman
Kountse to secure his algnatnre at the head of the
list of guarantors.
"Mr. Kountse recareed me courteously, and I out
lined to him briefly what was Involved." Is the way
my father explained It. "I told him that we would
have to guarantee the expenses of the convention
not to exceed $100,000 and that we wanted him to aim
for $10,000, ef which 1 per cent was to be called to
defer the expenses of the local committee sent to
Washington to present and press Omaha's claims be
fore the national committee. I pictured what a grand
thing It would be for Omaha to have this great meet
ing here, how It would be known as the 'Omaha con
vention,' and' the platform as 'the Omaha platform;
how all the leading newspaper men of the country
and many foreign newspaper men would attend, and
how all the newspapers would carry the Omaha date
line for days and weeks. I tried to Impress him
further that even If we failed to land the convention,
It would be a great feather In Omaha'a cap to aak
for it, drawing wide attention to the fact that a city
way out en the edgo of the prairie had the facilities
to entertain such a convention, and Its cltlsena pos
sessed the public spirit to put up a tlOO.ono guaranty,
and that In either event the advertisement to the city
would be of Incalculable value.
"Mr. Kountse listened attentively, and In hla cus
tomary slow and deliberate manner gave his answer:
'All right. I'll put my name down for $10,000. and I'll
gladly pay the 1 per cent. But don't get the conven
tion.' "
Omaha Is to entertain as a visitor tomorrow, the
man who made Wood row Wilson president or the
t'nlted States. Thla man la Dr. Andrew F. West,
dean of the graduate college of Princeton, more famil
iarly called "Andy" by the boya. Of course. Dr. West
did not make Woodrow Wilson president of the United
Htatea all by himself, for that claim haa been put
forth and copyrighted for a lot of people. But Dean
West la largely responsible for the transfer of Prince
ton's former "prexy" to the White House, although
he did not have that object In view, and perhaps
would not have willfully helped to put him there. I
believe I record the troth of history, however, when
I trace President Wllaon'a political career to the con
tention Inside the managing board of Princeton uni
versity over Dean West's pet project for the develop
ment of the graduate school, in which the president
found himself without the support of a majority of
the trustees. The discomforts ef hla position unques
tionably brought about his decision to beoem a can
didate for governor of New Jersey, and to make way
for another exeoutlve for Princeton, to come later
In the person of President John Osier Hlbben, whose
sympathies as professor had been with the West ele
ment. I attended the inaugural ceremonies with
which President inbbea was Inducted Into office three
years ago. having been given a commission to repre
sent the University of Nebraska, on that occasion and
met Dean Weat casually at that time. The affair
waa a glittering collegiate function, aa all auch Inatal
latiuns are, yet with the noticeable absence, of the
preceding Princeton president, who should have occu
pied the second place of honor. It seems the then
Ciovernor Woodrow Wilson, although within a few
hours' ride of the oampua, had found some excuse to
stay away, and avoid publicly greeting his successor.
Under such circumstances, it was naturally a West
crowd, rather than a Wilson crowd, and the popular! tly
of Dean Weat was acclaimed along with that of Presi
dent inbben In all the usual noisy fashions that char
acterise such gatherings-
While oa educational subjects. I notice la the Hat
of schoolmen who promise to help ua aecure the next
meeting of the Department of Superintendence of the
National Kducatlonal association, Is that of Charles
r. Klne, writing from Hartford, Conn., and aaylng
In hla letter that he would be glad to favor Omaha, be
cause he once lived here for aeterel years. 1 wonder
how many remember Prof, Itlne as principal of the
Omaha High school, which position he held while I
was attending the grammar grades In the same school
building, until he waa succeeded by Prof. Homer P.
Uew1a la 1SS3. being the year 1 entered the high school?
My recollection of Prof. Mine Is a trifle Indistinct, ex
cept that he was aa energetic, wiry, dark-he 't man
of tho down-east type. When he resigned It v; i known
ho waa to go back to Connecticut, and except the
secretaryship of the ftate Board of F.ducatlon, corre
sponding to a state commiaalonership or education,
which position he seems still to hold. When he was
Drinclnal In Omaha, the whole high school staff con
elated of himself, his assistant. Utss Hill, and two
temporarily engaged Instructora, who together taught
all the subjects that were taught, and fairly well at
that. I hope the sunerintendta' meeting will come here,
If for nothing else than to have Prof. Hlne climb Capi
tol hill once more and look In ea our beautiful new
high school building with Its numerous corps of teach
ers and Its multitude of atudenta.
toaaltlea sf tae Liberty Bell.
A proposition to aaiid the hleterio Liberty bell from"
Independence hell to the Baa Francisco exposition.
calls forth aa expert opinion on its condition. Prof.
A. E. Outerbrldge of Frank II a institute, an eminent
metallurgist, says the bell haa "a new fissure. In add!
tlon to the old one, and there la absolutely nothing to
prevent the creeks from spreading and causing the bell
to fall to pieces." The tell is safe where It la The
strain of traaslt he coualdera ptrtlous to Its safety.
TABLOIDS OF SCIENCE.
Bubblng with unsalted butter, followed
by bleaching In the sun, will cleanse Ivory
ornamenta.
Sweden requlrea wood alcohol to be
colored so that It may be Instantly dis
tinguished from grain alcohol.
The Memphla inventor of a street car
fender haa declined to patent It, pre
ferring that humanity ahould reap the
benefit.
A Japanese chemist haa invented a new
process for commerclslly extracting nitro
gen from the atmosphere without the use
o( electricity.
Wearing a new all-metal Hiving suit.
diver have succeeded In going In safety
to a depth of 213 feet In the ocean, the
deest ever known.
Chopped hair haa been successfully sub
stituted for skin In skin grafting by a
French surgeon, due to the fact that hair
cells can be tranaformed Into skin cells.
Bacteriologists recently found under the
finger nails of men, women and children
no leas than thirteen kinds of disease
germs. Including those of tuberculosis.
diphtheria and Influensa.
In a costly watch that has been made
for exhibition purposes there Is a wheel
that makes a revolution only once In four
years, operating a dial that ahows the
yeara, months and days.
A marvelous flower grows on the Isth
mus of Tehuantepeo. Its chief peculiar
ity Is the habit of changing Its color
during the day. In the morning it la
white, when the sun la at Its aenlth It is
red and at night It la blue.
AROUND TEE CITIES.
The Jitney fever Is moving eastward
and has taken a toehold on Baltimore.
New York plans to put up thla year
nineteen police atatlona at a total cost of
$2,150.0t.
During the ruah hours In Buffalo the
street car company operates two-car
trains.
Milwaukee biases a new trail for wom
en's activities. One of their number has
been appointed dogcatcher.
Philadelphia pulled off a Davy Crock--
ett stunt on the local electric light com-
tany and prices came down. '
Among the proposed reforms featured
In Chicago Is a municipal laundry. It will
not bo ready for the spring's cleanup of
political linen.
After litlaatlon of twenty-three years
the city cf Cleveland recovered lake front
land valued at $29,000,000 from the Penn
sylvania and New Tort Central railroads.
In Wichita, Kan., a "September Morn"
picture attracted so much attention In
a ahow window that It had to be clothed
to relieve the congestion on the sidewalk.
Salt Lake City haa aent to coast towns
a police missionary commissioned to get
points on the beat method of Installing
the Bertlllon system of criminal identi
fication.
With motor truck equipment In its
street cleaning department Springfield.
O., In 1R14, did a third more work for
$18,278 than It did with horse-drawn
vehicles at a cost of $30,000 In 1913.
A court ruling In Washington was
needed to convince the taxi owners that
their ehargea were under control of the
public utilities commission. The taxi toll
In Washington put the taxla of other
cltlea In the piker class.
Philadelphia Is waking up and going in
heavily for real rapid transit by eub
waye and by extension of existing ele
vated Systems. Preliminary work begins
next month on a ten-mile stretch of sub
way under Broad atreet. "the longeat
atralght street In the world." Outlay for
projects In sight totals $50,000,000.
The city attorney of Laramie reported
to the council that present laws were
ample to auppreas gambling by meana of
chance boards and dice games, The
council directed the attorney to go to It
and make good, but gave the ram esters
until February 16 to get out of the way
of the road roller.
WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES.
Mies Beulah Hepburn was one of the
New York women who came to the rescue
of Wellealcy college at the last moment,
and ty her gift of $10,000 helped make up
the aura of $2,430,000 which was raised.
Mrs. Edith Wharton, the well-known
writer, in asking for funds for the Bel
gians, reports that American hospitals
In Paris have cared for 1,641 refugeea,
M.000 free meala have been given and thoy
are now giving 1,260 meals a day.
Mtsa Delta C. Torrey, who became
"Aunt Delia" to the nation during the
administration of Mr. Taft, haa given a
valuable piece of land to the town of
Mlllbury, Mass.. for a library. Andrew
Carnegie will give $10,000 to build the
library.
Dr. Edmund J. James, president of the
University of Illinois, has offered to pre
sent to the trustees of that institution
$3,000 as the nucleua of a sum to be used
aa a loan fund, preferably' for women.
The fund la to be known as the Margaret
Langs James students' loan fund. In mem
cry of his wife, who died last November.
Mrs. Henry Bruere of New York, in dis
cussing the kinds of work that women
ran do, says that running grocery stores
or doing any work where food supplies are
concerned ia fitting work for women. She
says that mothers aa far away as Okla
homa have written to her In regard to
vocational training for their girls.
Mra Mary E. Holmes, chairman of the
travelers' department of the Young Wom
en's Christian association of Chicago, tells
girls not to go to Chicsgo to find work If
they ran possibly get it any place else.
She advises parents not to let their girls
leave home unlesa they have monev
enough to last until they ran get work tC
some kind to do.
Mra Virginia Brooks Washburne. who
haa written and talked for the benefit of
her weaker sister, waa recently offered
$15.00) to go on a lect'ire tour for the
Chautauqua and I-y-emn bureaus, fifty
weeks at $300 a week. She declined and
the reseon Is now explained in a boy born
to her a week ago. Her frtnde call It
the I15.0W haby.
Dr. Anna Strong, who has been called
"the little aister of children." haa gono
to San Francisco, where ahe will begin
the installation of the government's child
welfare exhibit at the exposition. The
exhibit will be different from any that
have ever been made before, as It will be
a "living" exhibit. Children of all agea
will be shown, following out the varloua
welfare xuethods.
Miss Hattle Halght of Oreen Ridge.
Pettis county, Missouri, haa gone Into
the hog raising business. She attended
the reecnt farmers' convention at Colum
bia, Mo., wishing te learn all ahe oeuld
upon the subject. She is aaid to have
registered mule-foot hogs, the only ones
In the county, only a few of them being
found In Missouri They are bacon boas
and are aaid to be Immune from cholera.
People and Events
Rhnnllnv ,r m r f thm nr alu.
tlon Is the very latest thriller Introduced
In Chicago cabaret ahows.
With the aid of a Maxim silencer on his
gun a despondent New Yorker shot to
death hla' wife, hla two daughters and
himself, and his eon and other people In
adjoining rooms were not aroused by the
shots. Aa a test of the efficiency of
the Invention the tragedy la a silencer.
Mere man, poor fellow, gets a glad
hand from an unexpected quarter. For
Instance, a widower over GO, encumbered
with email children, can emigrate to
Arizona and Ret $15 a month for himself
and $ a month for each of his youngsters.
Irving In Arltona is probably worth nil
of that.
Lucy Nichols, said to be the only
nearo woman honored with tnnmhpnhln
in the Grand Army of the Republic, ami
pensioned by the government for her serv
ices In tho chit war as a nurse, Is dead
at her home in New Albany, Ind. She
Joined the Twenty-third Indiana regiment
In Tennessee In 1061.
Although the municipal campaign In
Chicago la very young. It in already yield
ing aurprlsea. The first day'a registra
tion last Monday netted 134,747 new names
715.883 men and 5S.S64 women. The names
added to the registrations of last October
brings Chlcago'a list of qualified voters
up to 690,730. Municipal primaries will be
held February 2S.
Cardinal Mercler, archbishop of Malineg,
Belfcium, whose Christmas pastoral
brought him Into the center of the world's
spotlight, is In his sixty-fourth year. He
waa born on November 22, 1C1, at a lit
tle village near the field of Waterloo.
Nearly thirty years ago. long before he
became cardinal, he waa eagerly sought
by Monsignore Keane for the post of rec
tor ef the Catholic University of America
at Washington. But he would not leave
hla beloved Louvaln, where he then held
the chair of philosophy, theology and lit
erature. On the fluttering wings of rumor comes
the disturbing word that railroad economy
threatsna to put its heartless hand on the
railroad folder and switch It from the
free-gratls-for-nothlng clasa and ask real
money for It This will take the country
back to the European system, which pro
vides only the ticket and the ride for
your money. While the plan Is In the for
mative stage only, its revenue-getting-power
Is scouted by scenic route mana
gers, who favor charging spectators along
the right-of-way a movie fee for seeing
the trains go by.
Back in Snyder county, Pennsylvania,
there llvod, some forty years ago, a man
nemed Beaver, who spent a fortune of
$16,000 and the physical energies of a life
time prospecting for gold In tho neighbor
ing rocks. Ho was regarded by hla neigh'
bora as a harmless fool, and when he
died a failure the estimate waa under
aoored. Beaver's successor on the farm
continued prospecting and has actually
uncovered gold-bearing rock assaying $33
a ton and $9.50 In silver. Land In Snyder
county Is now on the Jump In value, and
those who are profiting by tho discoxery
regard the fool of yesteryear worthy of
a publlo monument.
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
Buffalo Express: Plbles for soldiers
Is the latest: and the good books are
rertain to be received with acclaim If
for no other rensnn than thst a Bible
In the pocket has often Mopped a bullet.
Louisville Courier-Journal: A Cleve
land minister says if he should masli
his flnarr with a hammer he would not
say "damn" the hammer, hut would
"use a milder expression." If the parson
does not say what ne means when he
mashes his finKSi', does he mean what he
says when he preaches a sermon?
New York World: Would it not seem
that the eagerness of 400 protestant min
isters to get Billy Sunday to come to
reform New York Is a humiliating con
fession of their own failure In their pro
fession? If they had ben doing their
work properly, tlu-ro ahould be no need
of these doctors of the soul calling upon
an advertising quack to come and heal
their patients.
Baltimore American: The duty of
churchgolng la a duty of regular at
tendance upon some stated worship, it
Is not something to be reduced to a
periodical appeal. It Is a duty that rests
not upon the choice of the Individual,
not for his own self alone, but because
of his obligation to the progress and per
fection of human society. The church.
Is not greatly concerned to have any
particular Individual attend the sen-ices.
Jt In greatly concerned to have every In
dividual possible to attend, because the
individual makes up the masa and the
character of the masa determines the
fate of humanity.
CURIOUS BITS OF LIFE.
Barbers who shave dogs are numerous
In Paris. Some of the shaved animals
are fantastically shorn, with rings of hair
adorning their bodlea, alternating with
denuded atrlps.
Members of the Rothschild family are
fighting In three' armies, three in the
British, three of the Frankfort branch in
the German, and two of the Austrian
family with the Austrian army.
English soldiers report a new and cer
tain cure for neuralgia. It Is to have a
German shell burst nearby and render the
patient unconscious. The soldier who dis
covered It waa named Palmer, and Ger
man sheila have been nicknamed "Pal
mer's neuralgia cure."
Japanese cooks seldom uae the fingers
In the preparation of food. Chopsticks,
spoons and many other Ingenloua llttlo
utensils In white wood do the work, which
is of the most elaborate nature, many of
the dishes requiring twenty-four hours to
prepare.
Miss Eugenia Campbell of Colorado
Springs was married to John Pieter
Scholton of Java, a frlnd. Harvey Duell,
being bridegroom by proxy. At the same
hour the groom had arranged for a
aimllar ceremony at Bamarans, Java.
Mrs. Scholton Immediately started for
Java.
At the alxtieth marriage anniversary
celebration of Mr. and Mra Morrle Ray
nor recently at, ManorvUle, U I., Mr.
Raynor wore the wedding gloves of hla
grandfather, 180 yeara old. , His wife re
ceived the guests at the celebration in
her wedding gown of purple and green
brocaded silk.
A barklnff dog led to the discovery of
a $4,000 robbery at tho Bank of Neely
vllle, Mo. The. bank fulled to open At
the regular hour. Ipos!tore gathered
about the door, heard the cashier's pet
dog barklns within. They investigated,
and found the cashier locked in tho vault
Me called out the lock combination, and
was released. He said ha had been
locked In by a robber, who confrontej
htm at the bank door.
EDITORIAL SHRAPNEL.
St. Loula Republic: The plan to feed
Europe corn and keep the wheat for our
selves sounds well, but why not finish
the Job 6f teaching the American peoj.le
to eat corn first?
Washington tar: Instructing the youth
of the country iu handing arras and
ammunition might do something toward
reducing the number of didn't-know-it-waa-Ioaded
accidents.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: If wheat and cot
ton could get together and strike aa
average on their booms. It would be
more encouraging for the general public
and make a better living price on bread.
Indianapolis Newa: There would seem
to be something in icnator Tillman's
notion that the European war will ex
plode a lot of theories about battle ships.
It's exploding a whole bunch of things,
you know.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: A leading Ger
man newspaper haa acquitted George,
Bernard Shaw of the charge of being a
British patriot It njght be well for
the. peppery English writers to refrain
from answering this thrust Let George
do it
St Louis Globe-Democrat: Mr. Burle
son, who Insists that the government
can save $1M0,0 a year by farming
out the monopolistic free rural delivery
service to private contractors, seems te
have more confidence In the govern
ment's business ability to run steam
ships la competition with the world.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"Did you postpone your sowing bee for
bcreavcu Belgians on account ui the bad
weather?"
"On, no; we held It on the telephone."
Philadelphia Ledger.
"Your wire is strong for woman suf-
fraKc? '
"Yea," replied Mr. Meekton; "but she Is
perfectly lb.eral about It. fche says that
some of t.e men ought to be allowed to
vote, too." Washington Star.
"Is there anything unusual about this
new novel?'
"Yes, indeed. It s fit for old fashioned
peoplo and chlldien to read." Detroit
Free Iresa
They were two days out and the young
bride was dreadfully seasick. "Henry,
d.ar." she moaned, "if 1 should die and
they bury me here, you'll come sometimes
and plant flowers on my grave, won't
you?" Boston Transcript
Music Teacher What Is your Impres
sion of harmony?
Smart Student A freckle-faced girl In
a rolka dot dress leading a coach dog.
Juage.
"Why are you ao erasy to take mud
baths'.' There's nothing the matter with
you."
"It's tMa way, doctor. T waa brought
up In a lace collar and a Fauntleroy suit,
and I always vowed that I would get my
share of nlaylnn: In the mud some day."
Kansas City Star
"I understand you are stuck on my
new book."
'Yes. I bought one." Philadelphia
Ledger.
"What Is tbe difference," asked the
teacher, "between caution and coward
lee?" Johnny, who observed things carefully
for ao youthful a person, answered:
"Oa"!!"!! is when you're afraid and
cowardice ia when the other fellow's
afraid." Ladies Home Journal.
A LITTLE WHILE,
Don Marquis In New Tork Sun.
A little while the tears and laughter.
The myrtle and the rose
A little while, and what comes after
No man know
An hour to sing, to love and linger
Then lutanlst and lute
Shall fall on silence, song and singer
Both be mute.
Our gods from our desires we fashion,
Exalt our baffled lives.
And dream their vital bloom and passion
Still survives.
But when we're done with mirth and
weeping.
With willow and with rose.
Shall Death take life Into his keep
ing? No man knows.
What heart hath not, through twilight
places.
Sought for Its dead again.
To gild with love their pallid faces
Sought in vain?
Still mounts the Dream on shining
Pinion
Still broods the dull distrust
Which shall have ultimate dominion,
Dream, or dust?
A little while with grief and laughter
And then the day shall close;
The shadows gather what come
after
No inan knows!
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