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TIIK OMAHA SUNDAY HKK: MAKCH 7, 1915.
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March T
Thought for the Day
SmUettJ by R .btrta Hatttnkaartr
A raaVs reacA thou d tjoted hit gratp.
Or what it liuwn fori
Robert Browning.
Looks as If the "Divine Sara"
well her part to the end.
would play
It 1 quite plain that those post-office effi
ciency experts overshot the mark.
The one positive certainty of the world war
is that map-makers will come out victorious.
Turkey, it will be recalled, proclaimed a holy
rar. The allies are contributing a few holes.
All excursion tickets to 'Frisco permit stop
over -at Omaha. It's up to us to make 'em stop.
Extra session talk has dropped to discount
so far that it is not even carried in the quotations.
At last a useful function has been found for
the vice president. He is to be substituted for
the president at a speech-making occasion.
All these different reasons advanced by the
railroads to support their plea for permission to
raise rates subordinate themselves to the-one
reason, "We need the money."
Turkey's war bulletin editor, though, some
what late in entering the ring, dlsplayf aa mucb
Imaginative enterprise as his contemporaries
and Is Bteadlly pushing his way to a front seat
la the Ananias club. Always room for one more.
Did you not the novel suggestion In our
letterbox for a union station for Omaha and
Council Bluffs erected on a bridge aaross, the
Missouri rlvert Schemes that at first looked
crazier than that have materialised.
La Touraine and the Wirtleii.
Again has the wireless played its part, and
Himmonad help for a stricken liner, afire in mid
oean, but It is one of the pranks of fate that It
FhmJd have been La Touraine to send out the
"S. O. R." For this gallant French boat has
figured in some of the most notable of recent
fva. tragedies nnd has ben prominent in rescue
work. It was the captain of La Touraine who
spoke the Titanic on its last night and Rave
warning of the presence of Icebergs. It was La
Touraine lhat le4 the race to the burning Vol
! turno, and launched the first boat In a terrific
pea, saving many of the persons on board that
vesicl. Last fall, when the great swarm of
American tourists were caught by the unex
pected declaration of war in Europe, it was La
Touraine that was held to bring home stranded
Yankees. In other ways did the vessel and its
crew figure In recent history of the North At
lantic. Captain Caussln and his crew wera
riven decorations for the part in the Volturno
affair.
Peril of fire at sea has not been removed,
nnd perhaps will not be, but Its danger has been
minimized by tbe Invention of Marconi, and the
dah of swift steamers to tbe rescue is a sure
proof that the presence of war, with its savagery,
has not obliterated the better Impulses of hu
manity entirely.
The delightful necktie republic of Panama
emulates its larger neighbors by acquiring a
Juicy national debt of $3,000,000. Obligations
of this kind have the merit of putting pep in the
Joy of living today and leaving posterity some
thing to hustle tor.
Folks are being reminded that the German
farmer raises twice as many bushels of wheat to
the acre aa the American farmer. But what
good reason is there for such discrepancy? Just
imagine Nebraska's wheat yield doubled on the
tame acreage. If it can be done in Germany, it
can also be done in Nebraska.
Holland's neutrality rest on a mobile army
of 376,000 men and 7,000 miles of canals and
ditches. As a means of defense the latter Is
more imposing than the army. Inasmuch as the
lower country can be flooded to depth impossible
to wade through and unfit for navigation. As a
symbol of Netherland security Carnegie's peace
palace at The Hague bears an impressive local
significance.
When'i a Lobbyist Not a Lobbyist!
Nebraska's statute book fairly well defines a
lobbyist, and makes certain definite provisions
for regulating his relations with the members
of the legislature, such as registration and the
like. ' Ever since the present session began, our
democratic brethren have been trying to deter
mine when a lobbyist is not a lobbyist. In some
degree they have achieved an answer.
It appears, the conclusion being based on
proceedings In the house, that when a gentle
man is described as a "hardworking, loyal, sin
cere, honest democrat." he is not a lobbyist, even
if he do all those things a lobbyist Is permitted
under the law to do, and more. He may approach
legislators in and out of session, may appear
before committees and otherwise advocate or
oppose- legislation, and still be exempt from
the law, If he Is known to be a democratic leader.
Another class of gentlemen also seem to be
exempt, these coming under the head of "states
men," having formerly served as members of Ue
legislature. They are "elder brothers" of the
legislators, apparently, and are permitted to
operate for or against pending measures without
let or hindrance, while the mere "corporation
cormorant must wear the tag provided by the
statute, or be subject to its penalty.
What is the distinction between one lobbyist
and another, that the democrats should so in
latently discriminate in the manner of treatlns
men who are present at Lincoln avowedly for
tbo purpose of Influencing legislation?
Staff Men Are Made Of
Omaha has at least one boy who Is made of
the right kind of stuff. He got out of bed at
5 o'clock In the morning, while the snow was
still falling, to clear a path for his sister to the
car line. He did not stop when he came to tbe
limit of the frailly plot, but scooped steadily on,
clearing the snow from the neighbors' walks as
well, thus showing his plan to help was not
bounded by any selfish thought. This boy shows
a spirit of pluck and determination of the high
est order, and a quality of consideration for oth
ers that is most rare in these times. More for
others, and lens for self, is the spirit that will
move the world along a little faster, and a little
bmootber. The application of the Golden Rulo
is not so hard when once It Is undertaken in tbe
right manner. This Omaha boy has shown tho
way, and his example may well be followed by
many men.
Reign of Terror la Mexico City.
Prescott's description of the final razing of
the capital of the Montesumas by tbe conqulsta
dores may well be read In connection with the
reports that come from the City of Mexico today.
The misery and suffering of the citizens of
Tenochtltlan while Cortez and his soldiers were
razing and burning the town Is being repeated,
(while the soldiers of Obregon loot and pillage
with the consent of their .commander. Life and
property is held at the whim of this latest of
military masters of that unhappy capital city of
Mexico, and famine has added Its terror to the
Hat, which includes about everything of evil In
the category of war, with apparently nothing to
mitigate or relieve the horrors. The Indiffer
ence of Obregon to public safety has aggravated
the anarchy already established, and conditions
seem to be about as bad as can be imagined.
Mr. Bryan hat again appealed to General
Carransa, as the bead of tbe particular army of
"liberty" to which Obregon belongs, asking that
be make his minion behave. This appeal la not
likely to be productive of mora good than any
of the others made to tbe irresponsible chiefs of
disorder. "Watchful waiting" must very soon
give way to something more specific. Com
plaints from other countries are now heard at
Washington with greater force than ever.
The cause of humanity la pressing President
Wilson to abandon bis Mexican policy and to
adopt a more definite plan for dealing with this
pressing problem. All will hope that war may
be averted, but the situation In Mexico is rapidly
becoming Intolerable.
Workmen'! Compensation in New Jersey.
"Three Years Under the New Jersey Work
men's Compensation Law" is the title of the re
port of an investigation - under the direction
of the social Insurance committee of the Ameri
can Association tor Labor Legislation Just made
public In printed form, which suggests how tbe
various workmen's compensation laws enacted
by different states must eventually be scrutinized
and perfected in the light of actual experience.
The committee calls attention to the fact that
several types of compensation acta are now in
operation, referred to as the "Massachusetts
model." the "Michigan plan," the - "Ohio and
Washington systems," with modifications in
other states, and that the desire for uniformity
must be promoted by applying tests of proper
standards to them from time to time. In this
particular instance. New Jersey was selected as
being the first state to permanently put in effect
a compensation system, the New Jersey law dat
ing from July, 1911, and making available the
record of three years' experience. As the result
of their investigation tbe committee declares
that, although compensation In New Jersey
marked a great advance beyond tbe discredited
liability system, there have been none-the-lesa
many occurrences to be roundly condemned, the
main faults being traced to the lack of an ad
ministrative board, the absence of Insurance re
quirements and a too low scale of compensation.
However, 'it is a pleasure to note" that ftew Jer
sey officials have during the last month recom
mended to the legislature important amendments
to bring tbe law up to tbe suggested standards.
To what extent tbe Nebraska compensation
law contains the same short-comings as the New
Jersey law, we are not prepared to say, but
plainly the same method of getting the fads, and
finding the boles to be plugged, to make the law
still better than it Is, must be followed here it
we are to achieve any substantial progress. To
let those who oppose the compensation system
altogether chop our law to pieces haphazard be
fore any one knows In what parts it Is working
well or poorly, would be tbe height of folly. And
above all. whatever changes are made, when tbe
time comes for changes, should be In the di
rection of uniformity with other states that have
adopted tbe same type of compensation law.
. There la no feature of the world war but will
find an attentive auditor la this neutral land.
For example, the calculation of an expert that
German shell guns shoot away 305 tons of cop
per a day will not make the copper barons of
this country very miserable
By TIOTOB BOflWATla.
WIIILB In New York t had a dellshtful session
with George Fylvester Vlereck, editor of
Fatherland, which li. t believe, the moet
militant proponent tf tha German cause printed any
where In the English lenguage, renewing an acquaint
ance fit five years- standing, begun during a tour of
old Mexico. Vlereck la young. Juat turning SO. and
In volubility and manrwrlsms "echt deutsch." He Is
a blue-eyed blonde of slight build. Utile taller than
myself, yet In motion, a human cyclone, a rapid-fire
run with a continuous outpouring upon the enemy.
The Fatherland establishment la a veritable bee
hive of bewildering activity, not only with respect to
the publication itself, hut on all aorta of aide Issues.
"I am Just Inundated with letters from all ov.r
the country offering suggestions or asking questions,
and I cannot possibly attend personally to my cor
respondence. I have aJready had two public do-bat-1
on the war, and have another scheduled and
could keep busy talking all the time If I would,"
explalnod Mr. Vlereck.
Wills I waa there he was beseiged by a reporter
for one of the New Yonk newspapers tor advice bow
to get certain information difficult of access, was
called up by phone from the German lied Cross head
quarters, and received a report of the war movies
that are being put out as part of the German educa
tional oampalgn. He told me then what has since
appeared In the dispatches that he had been solic
ited to help out a scheme to get American passports
for German spy service, but had positively refused
to have anything to do with it
"Fatherland's career has bean simply ptiTomenal,"
said Mr. Vlereck. "It was started merely aa aa ex
periment to oo interact the distortion Of publlo opin
ion about Germany In the war. but was so eagerly
caught up, and has grown ao rapidly fii circula
tion and influence, that 1 see no limit to its possi
bilities." "What about your other publication, the Inter
national 7" I inquired.
"Oh. I had almost forgotten tht entirely. Tou
see. Path-rland Is a weekly, and the International a
monthly, so I have left the latter to others to Bet
out for me. It Is supposed to appear by the sixth
of each month. Last month the sixth passed with
out its appeamnoe, but a few days' delay is not seri
ous with a monthly. Fatherland is Issued weekly,
ana must come out on time.
Toiinir Mr. Vlereck is nrvet u wu & nrn
and, in fact, had achieved a high reputation in litera
ture before he attained hl majority. Ho has been
advertised bv hla Duhllahem "a
His volumes do not quite fill a five-foot bookshelf
yet, out ne has made a good start at it.
In Ms emotional enthusiasm he was a violent ad
herent of Colonel ItooaaVclt for a thlrrf nj t
have yet hla appeal to me for an opportunity to look
in on i no aia convention proceedings, wnlch he wrote
aa follows:
"I have no ticket to the convention yet Shall
it be aaid to tho shame of the republican party
that the greatest American poet asked for admis
sion to its oonventlon, and waa shown the door?
What will posterity sayT
"In the whole course, of Amerioan silstory I
can think of but one Incident which would par
allel such a refusal, namely, the treatment Edgar
Allen Poe received from the politicians when they
kicked him in Baltimore and he died In the gutter.
I shall not die In the gutter, but seriously I want
to go to Chicago.
"While I am praying for Teddy night and day.
I promise you that I will not stampede the con
vention." "No. I am not such an Amlmr Vti--i t
volt as I used to be." frankly declred Vlereck the
other day. "He la not tho big man wo thought he
waa We asked him to make a statement that would
do the Germans justice in the Belgian matter, and
ne acciinoa. lie mlased his greatest opportunity."
The report current here to the effect that former
Senator John M. Thurston Is coming back to prac
tice law in Omaha, is in diametrical contradiction of
what I heard In Washington T . . ...
Thurston from one of hla former law associates there
who gave this disquieting report:
"Judgo Thurston Is at Beaver Dam. Wis., where
aslster is taking car, of hire. He Is completely
broken down, both mentally and physicfly. Even
before he went away he gave up his law office and
sold his library. Juat a few days ago a default Judg
ment for 110,000 was taken against him .n one of tlie
local courts, on some paper he had endored for his
son, Clarence, with no one appearing for the defense
His frlonds In Washington 1mlv heard nothing from
him. and but occasionally of him since his departure
which was nearly two years ago." .
It is always good to sea a friend going steadily tip
ward. Here Is a brochure containing a talk on Bus
Iness and Publlo Opinion.' delivered by Thomas Oretgh
before the ways and means committee of the Chicago
Association of Commerce. "Tom" went to the IaXe
city along with the Cudahys when they took their
headquarters away from Omaha. 1I has put In a
good part of tho winter looking after the interests
of the Mg meat packers before the government boards
at Washington and he hasn't forgotten hla home folka
or home town, either.
SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT
Exeroise for Emmy.
Emmy brought In an armful of wood for tho fire
"My dear." said her husband, "you shouldn't do that"
She lifted the heavy oaso of berries to the tablo
and sat down to look them over.
'Td help you If I wasn't waiting for BaUa to come
over and look at the new filly."
The grooar's boy deposited a dollar's worth of sugar
on the floor and Emmy took it up and put it In the
sugar pall on the lower pantry shelf.
"rou really shouldn't." said her husband.
Finally she lugged the Iron preserve tattle to the
sink for the last time and went out for another pall
of water.
"I hate to see you lift so, Emmy. My, how many
glasses have you gotT It's my favorite Jam. I'll, get
you a case of cWrles tomorrow."
Emmy went en getting up a hearty supper.
Seems as If yoo didn't eat much, commented
her husband. -Don't you want to walk down wtth
me tonight while I finish that rubber with Stetson
The exercise will do you good." The Craftf.nan.
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tuMnttm mo act ftikjT
The Third Congresational church has been organ
laed and w ill occupy Ita spacious building on tho cor
ner of Nineteenth and Hpruce, The denomination has
a strong foothold In the city, and la represented In
the suburbs wtth regular aervioes mi Saratoga end
Florence.
8. R. Auchmoody, cashier ef Clarke Brothers drug
company, fell down a atalraay In the store yoaUr
day, and susUUned severe bruises.
Krastua Young, auditor of the t'nlon Pacific, has
fitted up hla house on Twenty-second street. In fine
style. Mr. and Mrs. Field or Boston are visitors there.
Joseph Ooldsmlth of the Misfit Clothing parlors,
left for Aurora. Ind., to attend the wedding of his
sister, and wtll be gone about ton days.
Mrs. John N. Baldwin. HM South KUth Street.
Council Bluffs, la advertising for a ooaipetent cook.
William Draxel, who lias been engaged in business
at St Joseph for the last six months, la visiting his
relatives In Omaha.
The program of the ladles' musical at its last
meeting was furnished by Cie Misses Gertrude and
Kdlth Jones, Mrs. Jthoadea, Mrs. Metcalfe. Miss Roth
chlUI. Mum Newman and Mlie Pennell.
Mrs. J 8. Clark, the sweet singer, has moved to
Burt and I'ish'eenth streets
Houston Post : An Indiana minister says
a man la lucky if he doesn't make a fool
of himself more than a couple of hundred
times during his life. Not exactly lucky,
but probably very ehorVllyed.
ft. Louis Republic: The RL Louis
clergyman who recently warned tbe young
men against sowing wist oats might have
made his case stronger by reminding
them of the prevailing price of whent
Boaton Tranwrlpt: The Rt Irrev. Billy
needn't worry about . that frame taber
nacle of his putting up temporary
wooden shacks heated by stoves la one
of the easiest things our building laws do.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: One St. Louis
church proposes to establish an open
forum In which anybody may talk about
anything as long as ho' pleasea Is It.
perhaps, intended as a sort or training
camp for United States senators'?
Chicago Herald: Ex-Senator Cannon's
attack on Mot-monism reminds us of the
fact that Mormonlsm Is about the only
religion that embodies a practical plan
for meeting tbe wishes of European bel
ligerents In regard to population.
AE0UTTD THE CITIES.
Denver Is building an aqueduct 1.40 feet
long as part of a new water supply sys
tem. Cleveland's street railway management
threatens to go Into the Jitney business at
out rates. 1
At the present moment Ohlcago's mu
nicipal campaign draws ita main energy
from Swnltzer.
8loux city park authorities will place
BOO bird houses in the parks during tbe.
spring months.
Philadelphia's director of publlo safety
asks for 000 additional policemen to patrol
outlying districts.
Theater ticket scalpers In' Chicago pull
down fJOO.OOO a year. Visitors are the prin
cipal easy marks. '
Philadelphia's cat refuge Isst year en
tertained 82,000 feline hoboes and put
them out of business.
Out in Beattle a week ago glass and
tanks maliciously scattered on the streets
put dosens of Jitneys out of business long
enough to get new tires-
The chief smoke inspector of 8t Louis
figures the annual damage by soot at
$5,000,000, without counting the number of
Uvea imperilled by soot-laden lungs. ;
The San Francisco Sierra club has
launched a movement to construct the
John Muir trail connecting Tosemlte Na
tional park with Mount Whitney as a
merorial to the distinguished naturalist
who died recently.
Pig hundred business men of Minne
apolis unite In a domand on the railroads
for a new union station. A similar move
ment In Des Moines brought the response
that there would bo nothing doing in
depot matters unless passenger rates
went up to 2V4 cents per.
Kenosha, Wis., Is making an effort to
solve the servant girl problem by open
ing a school for the express purpose ot
educating housemaids. The opening class
numbered fifteen young women of all
nationalities. Practical lessons are given
In bregdmaklng, table serving, house
keeping, bedmaking and In other domestic
arts.
QUAINT BITS OF LIFE.
In some parts of Siberia milk is sold
froxen around a piece of wood, which
serves as a handle to carry It. '
George Bodenkamer of Mountain florae
Ark., offers to give a 200-pound hog io
anyone finding him a suitable wife within
ninety days.
During 1M4 approximately tt.TSS.000 coins
o? all denominations, weighing about 2$
tuns, were taken from the' 16,569 prepay
ment telephones In Manhattan and the
Bronx.
Dr. George Qulnn, aged 84, an Indian
medicine man, received his first haircut
and shave a fow days ao. Pulling a
Jackknlfe from his pocket, he showed the
barber how he used to cut hla hair and
pull tbe whiskers from his face.
William H. Lacey of New Havea
bought some esgs a day or two ago
and one of Uiera bore this Inscription:
"This egg comes from Detroit, Mich. It
w as packed by a handsome young woman
in the year ot our Lord. August 17. 1909."
In Korea until comparatively recently
a man was not allowed the dignity ot
trousers until he had taken to himself a
wife. Your gay bachelor had to wear a
skirt, and brand himself in tho publlo
View as one who had not yet attained
a position in whloh he could support a
wife.
Unable to forget a schoolmate, though
he Is W. Orrin Wilcox of Milwaukee.
Wis., Is In Wlnstead. Cfonn., en his an
nual visit to Mrs. Julia Dayton, who will
be 17 May L They grew up together In
Unlonville. m the last four years Mr.
Wilcox has made an annual pilgrimage
to the east visiting old friends, including
Mra. Dayton. He says he is going to keep
It up aa long as he lives.
CYNICAL MUSINGS.
There are mighty few sisa posts on the
road to success. .
' Don't tall your troubles it you are look
ing for an eaoore.
All men may be born equal, but they
get ovwr it before they die.
Many a man's will power beoomes stag
nant from lack of exercise.
Many a man brags about a future that
It already overshadowed by his past.
Some men never grasp an opportunity
till .Some other fellow lets go of it.
The easiest thing In the world to make
Is a mistake. The next easiest is trouble.
. The only way to get some people to
the front is by attacking them In the
rear.
i
, , You never can tell. Many a woman
wth a muddy complexion has a clear
conscience.
. There Is nothing new under the aun.
AH. the good escuaes have already been
made, i
Of course it Is better to believe every
thing you say than to say everything you
bt lleve.
. No man ever realizes how Insignificant
he really Is till he sttends his own wed
ding. Never marry a Jealous .woman. A
woman who is Jealous is almost as bad
as one who isn't
Any novelist will tell you that the first
story doean't always got him la on tbe
ground floor.
The man who la rsrried away by hla
own enthusiasm some times expects some
body elae to carry him back.
The devil doesn't care how often a man
goes to church on Sunday, if he can uae
him the rest of the week. New York
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People and Events
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Titled and other aristocratic Belgians
are now living In London on 13.75 a week,
snd fairly contented with the handout
War Is a mighty leveler of ranks.
Genevieve Lehlne la suing J. D. Peter
son of Atlanta. Oa., for t'o.000, alleging
that he forcibly kissed her hand and
shocked her. Peterson committed an In
excusable blunder In stoorlng to kiss.
Louis Maxelner of Alton, III., Is so
popular aa a street car conductor that
the women patrons voted against hla
promotion to a political offli-e and de
feated his candidacy. Strange to say,
Louis does not appreciate the certificate
of eateem.
Miss Hczepankewicx of Philadelphia
Is trying to get rid of her name by the
aid of the law. She has not been in
the country long enough to rhange It In
the conventional way, and desires legal
relief to escape the suspicion of being a
walking war bulletin.
Report lias reached Chicago of the
death of Count Mourik de Beaufort on
tho French battle front. Some years ago
tho count distinguished himself as an
American heiress hunter, having captured
Miss Irma Kllgallon. daughter of a Chi
cago millionaire. A few years was
enough ot Beaufort's company and the
Kllgallons shook him. but not until the
count shook down a large bunch ot the
Kllgallon surplus, at the same time pro
viding Juicy sensations for the newspa
pers and the gossips.
Buffalo was .cruelly buffaloed the other
day. Somebody started the report that
our own Admiral Dewey was coming to
town, so the patriotic natives decorated
the town in honor of the hero of Manila
Bay. Reception committees In gala attire
awaited tils coming and a bunch of
limousines chugged merrily in anticipa
tion of showing htm the sights. The ad
miral came, all right, but It was admiral
Dewa of the Japanese navy. The recep
tion committers made tho best of the
situation and showed the Japanese most
of the courteaios planned for George.
George 8. Ward, chief push of the Ward
Baking company of New, York, a
WO.OW.000 corporation, told a search
ing committee that his company
used plaster ot parla to reduce the
quantity of yeast In the making of
bread. Similar testimony was given by
Boston bakers. Plaster of parts is also
known as gypsum and calcium sulphate,
and makes the very pretty white finish
on newly plastered walls. According to
Mr. Ward tho combination makes bread
loaves lighter and larger. Of course. It
Is not Injurious, because not enough of It
Is used to put the finishing touches on sn
Interior department.
WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES. '
Mrs. Charles II. Truax, widow of a New
York supreme court Justice, has been ap
pointed receiver of an apartment house
property In New York City. This Is the
first time a court Job of this kind went
torn woman.
A bill for a living wage Is proposed by
a factory Investigating committee In New
York. It was found that 64 per cent, or
more than 30,000, women and girls em
ployed throughout the state receive less
than tTM a week, and more than 10,000
less than $3.00 a week.
Thirty-eight women nurses of the Ger
man ambulance corps were decorated
with the iron cross by the German em
peror, and- it has been Intimated, that
more women will soon receive the same
decoration. Heretofore the cross has only
been given to men.
Miss Natalie Emtlle Wlnslow of' New
port, B..- I.,' was sponsor for the United
States torpedo-boat destroyer launched re
cently In - Cramps' shipyard. She , was
chosen because the destroyer was named
the Wlnslow, in honor of Rear Admiral
Wlnslow. her grandfather, who was com
mander of the United States ship, Kear
sarge. which sank the confederate ship,
Alabama.
Thore la nothing more significant of the !
work that women are doing In the news
ot the last week than the announcement
that the house at Washington has' passed
the bill for the national abolition of child i
labor by a vote of 232 to 44. The measure
prohibits Interstate shipment of mine or
quarry products that were produced by
children under 16 years of age, and the
products of Industrial establishments of
other kinds produced by children under
14 years old.
TABLOIDS OF SCIENCE.
"My floor, everybody says young Siay
late, ho is courting our Jane. Is a com
ing nin n.-
"Well. I would like him better If lie
were more of a going one." Baltimore
American.
"What a cheerful woman Mrs. Slmlcy
Is!"
"Isn't Rhe? Why. do yo'i know, ihst
wiiman can have a goixl time thlnkin
whst a good time he would have if she
were having It." New York World.
She Hut If 1 can't live on mv inconm
end you can't live on yours, where would
l-f i. it- uv.,i)tHK of our marrying?
He (thoughtfully W ill. hy putting our
incomes toother, one of us woul 1 he 11M0
to live, at any rate. ttoston Transcript.
Famous Actor h, yes, I'm married,
but 1 Hlways think It's kind o' tough on
a girl thai marries one of us travelln'
men.
She Still. It might be worse. I sup
pose you re away from home rncst of
the time Life.
I met Biffers' wife vesterdav. Talks all
the time, doesn't she?"
"Yes."
','1 never heard buffers complain about
"He'd better not. She supports him
by lecturing." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"Who Is that man who follows the gen
eral about?"
"His aid."
"But why does he need an aid hang
ing around him all the time?"
"Well, you see, the general has more
medals than he can conveniently wear
himself." Kansas City Journal.
"Mins n Wl tr L-rhiit.f .n. - A
r,..,, ., v...., , una iiir
borrow Brother Jiulc'i n T-T-ii, ltnn
In your room?"
"Why should I borrow your brother's
parrot?"
"Because I heard him say the lan
guage that bird uses would make your
hair curl." (Baltimore American,
,.Srhrnldt sued Jones for slander, alleging
that Jones had called him a hippopotamus
some six months before. Of this tlnio
item Jones' attorney made capital, say
ing scornfully:
"Why, you haven't got any case, Mr.
Frhmldt. If your feelings were so badly
hurt why didn't you take action six
months ago?"
..!'Yeh 1 knowi" answered Schmidt easllv.
but 1 tief for saw a hippopotamus until
two veeks jadt already," Everybodv's
Magaslne.
YESTEBDAY.
Chicago Post
It Is not far to Yesterday,
And there we turn our eyes
To where the good, glad memories
In pleasing ideturea rise.
The faded roses of today
Grow red and rich with dew.
And where gray clouds are spreading
now
We see the skies of blue.
Just down the way Is Yesterday
There sunshine always beams;
Today we close our eyes and see
Our Yesterday In dreams;
TwTay we hear the long dead song.
And now we understand
Its cadence and know why It made
Our Yesterday all grand.
A little wav to Yesterday
Today mav have Its fear.
Yef Yesterday Is filled with smiles.
Tomorrow has Its tears
Today tomorrow what of them.
When we can find the way
That leads us to the golden land
The land of Yesterday?
It Is not far to Yesterday.
t ith glamour of the rose;
With haui tint; echo of the song
That thrll ed us to the; close.
Tomorrow and today will lose
Their darkness nnd their gloom,
And each will soon be Yesterday,
With melody and bloom.
Women are not so liable to sudden
death as men In the proportion of one to
eight.
Rocks and stone buildings that are
struck by lightning are magnetized by
electricity.
One tablespoonful of lemon Juice to two
of water makes an efficient gargle for
a sore throat
The vacuum principle has bean applied
to a Jar to keep a substantial meal hot
or cold for many hours.
The waste from two wood-pulp mills
In Sweden that use the sulphite process,
ordinarily considered valueless. Is being
converted into industrial alcohol.
Worms are great promoters of vegeta
tion by boring, perforating and loosening
the soli, and rendering it pervious to
rams and the fibers of plants, by drawing
straws and stalks of leaves and twigs
into It and, most of all, by throwing up
such infinite numbers of tumps of earth
called wormcaats which form a fine
manure for grain and grasa
Steel Trains
via
Illinois Centra! R. R.
to
Chicago, Rockford,
Freeport
Dubuque, Waterloo.
Fort Dodge
Service East tod South
Information, Tickets, etc, at
City Ticket Office
407 So. 16th St.
Phone Douglas 264
S. NORTH
District Passenger Agent
Omaha, Neb.
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