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V TIIK OMAHA SUNDAY HEK: OCTOI'KR 21. 11)15. THE OMAHA SUNDAY DEE rotNIIKD BY EDWARD KQ3KW ATKK. VICTOR R09EWATER, EDITOR. The Be Fubllshlns; Company. Proprietor. TEE BUILDING. FARNAM AND BEVENTFENTH. j Entered St Omaha postofflce second-class matter. ' TERMS OK SUBSCRIPTION. . ' lly rerrier Hy mall pir month. per esr. rallv and Sunday ' I:;y without Sunday....' c 4 00 Fvening and Punoav "o I ' Evening without Sunday .c J ' ' Sunday Hee only r":y 'i? Bnd notice of chanse of address or complaints or IrrrK'iliirlty In drllvary to Omaha Dff, Circulation ! Department. ' RCMITTANCE. i Remit bv draft, express o- postal order. Only two rent postaae stampe received In payment Of smsll ac count lrual checks. exr;t on Omaha and eastern exchange, not accepted. ; OFFICES. i Omaha-The Pee Bulldlna I South Omaha 231S N atreet. Coun'll Itluffa 14 Norm Main atreet. Lincoln 'J Little Rulldlne; Ohlcatro Sol Hearst Hulidlng. New Tork-Hoom 2s Fifth e-enue, . Ft Ixula-.VO New Hank of Commerce. i Washington 73 Fourteenth St., N. W. I CO R R E S PO N r E NC B. I Addreaa communlcatlena relating to newa and dl torlal matter to Omaha Wee. Editorial Department, i , . j SKPTKMUKH Kl D.V 1 1 KCT NATION , 47,889 Stale of N'orsrka. County of Douglas, ea.: Dalptit Williams, circulation nianaKcr, aaya that the aernge Sunday circulation for the month 't Sptcmr"-r, IMS was 4 7 S ha liWIilHT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my presence end sworn to before me, tMa lat dav of October, 1 1 5. ItOPLlIT HCNTKU, Notary Public. Subscribers leaving the city temporarily Iiould have The Uee mailed to them. Ad drraa will be chauged aa often aa requested. tf October Thought for the Day St'tcfJ by Winifrtd Wallaem H i gnv liks vat ux think of, so let us think oftht good, th fru and th htautiful.Srook$. Good-bye, "Billy," take seer o' yourself. When In doubt buy It in Omaha and look tor the union label, too. Now, all together once more for a concerted cKort to make Omaha bigger, better and grander than ever. An 8 o'clock "lid-lifter" baa at laat been con victed by a police court Jury. We shall now see what we ahall aee. Submarine operation! on the Baltic pro ceed on the theory that aea freedom means a tea free from shipping. It Is nip and tuck for mortuary honor be tween deer nun ten and foot ball heroes. The I?adly season Is still young. Vice President Marshall Is said to "see a Joke In the office every day In tbe year." . Car ries a pocket mirror, probably. ' ' The trial of those New Haven directors sug-M-ats that while Mr. Mellen waa willing to be a "r.ood fellow," he declines to be the "goat." Never mind, while heaven la closed to the School board, the night clerk np there must be working overtime making reservations for the "trail hitters." At last accounts the rumor that Nebraska's Lttorney general was preparing to move for a strict enforcement of the "no-treat" law was st'll awaiting verification. It would seem that a "free will offering" it a sort of second cousin to the "Irresistible spon taneous popular uprising" by which a candidate forces himself to run for office. The "Billy" Sunday campaign has at least rroYt-d that the church can work together along lli.es of mutual Interest if they only will which la quite an achievement In Itself. Still, let no one forget that every member of Hie School board is devoting time and energy to 'he service of the community without pay and v ilhout expectation of reward, except the con ti iousness of duty well done. , Judge Llndsey of Denver Is doing a hesita tion waits with an offer to quit a $4,000 Job for (he lecture platform at $60,000 a year. From u hesitation malts to a holdfast gallop la but a i-bange of step. Inequalities of Taxation. Attempts are made from time to time to bting Invisible property within the reach of tbe tax gatherer and force from elusive wealth Its share of the cost of government. Invariably the outcome exposes the absurdities and lne dualities of tax laws which, for all practical 1 ur poses, makes the owner of visible property the tax-paying goat The taxing powers of New York City this year sought to bring visible and Invisible prop erty nearer an equality for revenue purposes than ever before. Valuations of realty were boosted several hundred millions and a random gess at the value oMnvislble property produced a tentative total of f 3,700,000,000, or about one-half the total assessed valuation of realty, Some authorities hold that the Invisible wealth ol the city equals the taxable value of realty. yet the attempt to hold the former for one-half tbe tax on the latter proves abortive and ludi crous. Under New Tork'a law personal property aluatlons are subject to review and the owner may swear off all or part of his assessment Since October 1 over a thousand cltliens availed themselves of the swear-off privilege and $69, 000,000 of the tentative personal property total shrunk to $$34,000. The remainder of the ciytblcal billions will undoubtedly follow the sweartng-off route Into obscurity, leaving the owners of visible property holding the sack, as ufcual. New York's experience Is a msjor exhibit of like results In all cities, large and small. The utter failure of tbe present system to produce uniformity or equality in taxation has developed a decided leaning toward a state tax of per cent on Incomes of $1,500 or more as a substl t for personalty assesamenta How Long Muit the Bridge Be? "No bridge la long enough that docs not span tho stresni," unys an advocate of national pre pxrrrlne!, prefacing his views as to what Is to lo done to secure the safety of our country from possible Invasion. The quostion, "How vide In the stream?" is the one we must answer. A very serious matter Is now before th) public, awaiting determination. Are we to pre I'ftre ourselves for combat ngalnst the mopt pow erful foe, or combination of foes, that may SfFitll us? Or, may we find In our policy of friendship and Justice to all nations and peoples a security thnt will obviate the necessity of im pressive armed force? Has tho United States so estsblished Itself on fundamentals of truth end right as will servo to uphold its dignity without recourse to arms, relying strongly on the fairness of Its dealings nnd the rectitude of lip relations with all, or must we consider the risibility of engsglng In such s conflict as that In Europe, so Incomprehensible In Its magnitude and so stupefying In Its effect? The United Ptates will occupy an unique position at the close of the present war. It v 111 be the only great nation whose Industry end commerce has not been virtually destroyed, hoso manhood and vitality has not been sacri ficed to the god of battles, and whose strength a still potent. It will not escape the effects of the war, either economic or political. Bitter ness of feeling is already engendered that will lust for many years,-while the efforts of impov- rlshed Europe to re-establish Itself will be felt p every activity of commerce and Industry. Thus, the United States will be forced to share n the results of tho war, and must meet condi tions as they ore, not as they should be. The di.trusslon of preparedness for tbe most part is confined to rather narrow zones at the extreme ends of the line. The voice of wisdom may yet ho hesrd, and a prudent course adopted, ut only when It has been determined bow wide 1 tho stream we will have to bridge. Still a Half-Way Job. While a start has been made here In Omaha with the position of public defender, It Is appar ently only a start, for at last accounts that of ficer had been called upon to render his services In only three cases. That is all the law, as en acted by the Nebraska legislature, requires of him for, in defining his "duties, It limits them to the defense of Indigent prisoners up for trial In the district court. The office of public defender, however, has been made more of a Job In other places. An article In the Independent tells what Is being done In Los Angeles and Portland. If this In formation Is correct, the public defender In Los Angeles not only appears for the penniless and down-and-outers up against it In a court of rec ord, but also looks after the defense of poor liti gants who are "persecuted or unjustly harassed" In civil suits, and presses claims for "unpaid wages or money due" up to the sum of $100. In Portland, on the other hand, the public defender takes tho cases of Indigent prisoners right at their Inception In the police court, and Is also the refuge of unpaid workmen, persecuted debt ors and folks In trouble generally; he Is the pub licly maintained free legal aid bureau. Certainly If valid reasons exists for a public defender aa we have instltnted the office here, Just as good reaaon would demand the extension of the duties to cover the whole field of defense In court for oppressed people otherwise helpless. As it Is, our public defender Is only a half Job with a half salary and rendering half service when the Incumbent should be kept busy and paid what he Is really worth. "Apropos of Nothing at All." "A new commandment I give unto you, that yo love one another." If the world could ex actly realize what this means, much of the trouble that now worries mankind would disap pear. If the clouds of Ignorance and misunder standing were dispelled and we could see each other face to face, we would find that we are really very much alike In all essential ways. Ilach of us has his own little personal peculiari ties, his characteristics that distinguish him as an Individual, but the common purpose of all Is the Bame. It Is groping In the darkness that leads men to assume themselves to be eternally right and all others eternally wrong. And out of this folly of thought grows the folly of action that has from time Immemorial turned the beauty of life Into terror and misery. Brotherhood of man requlrea a tolerant re gard for tbe views of a brother on any topic. Each member of a community Is expected and required to forego something of his natural rights when he comes into social relations with his fellows, and the contribution of a little from each In this respect makes up the mighty fabric of law and order under which civilization flour ishes. Experience has proven many times that mistakes may be persisted In too loug. Bigots cmd zealots have always, and perhaps will always, exist to pester those who do not agree v 1th them, but the world has advanced In spite of their presence. Mighty influences are at work k tbe world, bringing it nearer and nearer to a realisation of the new commandment, which is really an old one, and which, in connection with the first and great commandment, supports all the law. We have been, solemnly warned that when sitting In Judgment we Incur the Judgment we pronounce, "and whosoever shall say unto hla brother thou fool Is in danger of hell fire." General poverty and wretchedness on the ibland briefly summarizes the report presented to the Mohonk conference by American officials from Porto Rico. These surprising conditions ere said to be due to an excess of population. for mhlch emigration is the suggested remedy. The "Island gem of the Carribean," esteemed a Jewel on Columbia's crown, shows distressing flaws which urgently call for measures of prac tical and permanent relief. Eastern railroads are shockingly Indiscreet and selfish in putting out reports of being swampod with business. Having received from the Interstate Commerce commission practically til the rate advances sought, a decent regard for their suffering associates of the west should have deferred tbe Joyrlde Jubilation until the latter get all that is coming. Under the clrcum stances giving publicity to prosperity Is most embarrassing. r noTom aoixwitsa. HE fart that a hrother of the future mltrc of Tthe White Houeo lived In Omaha for !rvcr;il yoare, during which period quite a number of our local people made hla acquaintance ao lally or In bu neaa relatlona, given a little added Internet to the com ing enlargement of the president IhI family which will mnko him a White Houeo brother-in-law. Nebraska hue never furnlnhrd a pienldcnt to the nation, but aoveral president l.ave hid property Inveatmenta here that hae made them appear a little cloaer to us than they otherwise would have been. President Rutherford D. Hayea had no lltt'e notoriety forced upon him through hla ownerahlp of a lot on North Sixteenth atreet. It la a matter of history IhHt President Hayes banished Intoxicating liquors from the White House long In advance of the "grape Juice" era, and when It waa disclosed that on the president's Omaha property stood a flourishing aaloon th.-it had acquired a foothold there through the rental agent without the owner's knowledge an embarrassing question waa ralaed, which waa followed promptly by an order to aell, regardless of the price at which the lot might have to be sacrificed The Cleveland also had real estate Interests here. or rather Mrs. Cleveland, for the property came to her aatpart of what she Inherited from her father and her uncle. Renjamln R Folaom, familiarly known as "Uncle Ben," had come to Omaha in the early daa and had acquired several plecea of land for himself and for hla brother, to which he held fast after he returned to Buffalo to live. One of Mra. Cleveland's lota waa Immediately back of the Bee building facing Douglas atreet, part of It now being Included In the Bee building annex, and the rest in the Brandela theater. This particular lot, I happen to know, waa sold by Mra. Cleveland for 125,(300 when tha Cosmo politan hotel project, which ultimately fell through. was pending, and tha correspondence In these nego tiations was carried on with ex-Prealdent Cleveland, then In retirement at Princeton, who wrote out all hla full-of-detail letters In his characteristic long hand. Mra. Cleveland Inherited some other Omaha real estate also, which waa looked after for her until recently by the Bjrron Reed company, but It la my Impression that aha has now disposed of the last of her Omaha holdings. For Prealdent Benjamin Harrison, as la well known. Omaha furnished a daughter for the White Rous by the marriage here of Russell B. Harrison, the president's only son, and the daughter of Senator Alvln Blunders, who, before going to the aenate, had been Nebraaka'e war governor. Omaha waa very much In evidence around the White House Just after that happy event, and we have the lineal descendants of two presidents among us In our possession of this branch of the Harriaon family. That part of the Paundere estate which eventually goes to the Harrison heirs will, therefore, put another presidential name on the real eatats map of Omaha along with the many notable labels It has carried from time to time. While on the subject of famous owners of Omaha real estate, I notice, as I walk downtown, the further Improvements going up at Twenty-fourth and Far nam on land which once belonged to William Pitt Kellogg, governor of Louisiana, In reconstruction daya, and also United States senator from that state. Prealdent Lincoln appointed Kellogg chief Justice for Nebraska territory, but on hla application gave him a leave of absence from hla Judicial duties to permit him to ralao a troop of cavalry for the war, of which he became colonel. He resigned from the army after two years and then In 1 from hla office of chief Justice and went to New Orleans on account of hia health, but not without first pinning his faith to the growing value of Omaha real eatate. on which he afterwards realised handsomely. Coming back to thla particular Twenty- fourth and Farnam tract, Kellogg bought It "for a song," as It were, from a man named Chapman In 1863, and some twenty years afterwards eold a third of It on the Twenty-fourth street side to Guy C. Barton and J. H. Millard for 131,000. But when the point of making the transfer was reached they bumped up against a claim that Chapman still owned an eight-foot strip on the north, which would shut out completely the abuttment on Farnam street. The discrepancy waa explained by the fact that Kellogg had made his pur chase before Farnam atreet was cut through west of Twenty-fourth, and the final plat on a new survey swerved eight feet from the original recorded survey. The dispute waa evidently adjusted, for thla part of the property passed to Mr. Millard, who sold It only about two years ago, and It Is bound to be all fully improved within a very short time. SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT. People and Events The concern which operated the excursion steamer "Eastland," has gone Into bankruptcy, and the pros pect of collecting damages for lives lost goes glim mering. Two daughters of a Oilcago couple followed the ex ample of thelr parents by eloping. The mother called her affair a "romance," the first daughter's skip a "coincidence," and the second daughter's runaway, "a scandal," for which "She ought to be spanked." Before the year ends the White House score boaid will have a aurprlslng record of cupldlcal events to tho credit of the Wilson administration. Mlaa Hagner. the social guide and friend of this and two former While House tenants, is booked for tho slow march down the main aisle. The honor system of prison discipline la getting hard knocka. Blng Bing'a famous co-operative ban recently collapsed under a deluge of unsecured loar.j Two honored trusties leaped over the walls of Jollt prison and fled to the "long green" sections of Chi cago. But the Ideals animate the hopes and practice of the reapectlve wardens. Nearly to years ago a devoted father In Chicago burled his suppoaed son with the solemn honors of n big funeral, put an expenalve monument over the grave and cashed In a railroad mortuary check for $1.50n. The son. alive and well, dropped In on the family lant Christmas. The railroad then sued to recover the money, got Judgment for the full amount, but Is un able to find any property for execution, hut the monu ment over the unknown dead one. IJfe's vagaries pre sents many anglea for the grim Joke. A Polomon adorns the bench of New York. Ho knows his business and loves bablea. Naturally whim landlords come to him for relief from babies, which the atork occasionally drops In apartments, which are exclusively for elders .they are up against a hard pro position. Last week this Judicial Solomon thumped tho bench emphatically and told a knocking; landlord that bablea had a right to cry. and that right culd not be abridged by contracts signed up before the little equaller arrived. Three unmarried dames who testi fied against the kiddle gave the Judge a look that would char a camera. The democrats held their county convention in tho city hall chamber and ground out these nominations: For sheriff. Pat Ford; for treasurer, B. F. Madsen; for clerk. T. A. Megeath; for coroner, John C. Diexcl; for county Judge, W. H. Shoemaker ; for surveyor, Wil liam Norris; for superintendent, 1. 3. Points. Aa enjoyable party was given laat evening by Mlaa Bauman and Mlaa Smith at the residence of Mra. v. Iiauman on Sherman avenue. The committee In charge of the second anniversary celebration of the Swiss Singing socUty. to be held soon, consists of Chris Weutrtch. Prof. Khlner, E. Von Kllch. Adolf Stehle, August Schaefer. Word has been received of the death of Kev. John MeNamara at North Platte, father of Mrs. & D. Bark alow of this city, whom he had often visited. Arrangements have been completed for a series ef races to be run by J. D. Ross of this city and John Ourlhan of Boston, backed by Jerome Pentsel and Den nis Cunningham, resectlvely. with H. B. Kennedy as the stakeholder, at V a side. T. H. Barrowclough of the Burlington freight audi tor's office left on a vacation trip to Chlcatv. Pittsburgh I'lspatch: A western preacher advised young women not te marry men with "rooms to let" slsris en their browa. What of the maid with the "nobody home" eyes? Petrol t Free Press: Al. Jennings, the former bandit, has become an evangel Jet It may console you a little when a Imndlt holds you ;p to know thnt you ny h contributing to a future goFpel liouter. Baltimore American: Certain rellirlous bodies are rtlncusslng the proposition to ordain women for the pulpit. Why not? Most of them talk well and easily and, moreover, an attractive personality in the pulpit would not fall to attract the lovers of truth and beauty. Chicago Herald: The Rev. M. 11. Pay of Hock ford In a report to the Illinois Baptists' convention at Aurora yesterday declared that the average pay of min Istera of the gospel In thla country l 11.87 a day. He contrasted this with tho recent finding of a New York municipal authority that a street sweeper ought not to be paid less than $2.69 a day. Might It not be a good Idea for Chris tian laymen, many of whom are zealous against the tendencies of the industrial system to pay "starvation wages," to look from the factory to the sanctuary? The situation which must move many a minister to reflect that he and hla fam ily would be better off If he were a street sweeper can hardly be termed ethically Justifiable. QUAINT BITS OF LIFE. Mrs. & C. Cobb, of Macon, Oa., wants divorce because husband rarely speaks to her oftener than once In two weeks. An English soldier whom a wound had made deaf and dumb laughed so hard at a motion picture he saw recently that on leaving tho theater he found himself able both to hear and speak. An Oklahoma woman, angered at re ceiving a bill for 2 centa from a mail order house, sent an express money order In payment. It was the smallest order ever bought of the company, and cost liO per cent, of Its face, or to be less Im pressive, 3 cents. A diminutive Detroit husband whose wife, had haled hi in Into court laughed Ioiik and loudly. "My wife Is outside the railing and I figure I can laugh at her now and lie safe," he said when the magistrate asked the cause of his mirth. He also kicked his wife's toy dog, so there! The (St. Vincent de Taul Society of Brooklyn, N. Y., by way of a service to the people, looks over the city's waste to recover articles that have been thrown away unintentionally. Things found last year ranged from a tro0 roll of bills and a solid gold watch In an old vest pocket to two healthy speclments of the rubber plant Bundles of laundry are the most frequent items. Charles Shclverton, of Austell. Ga., a census taker, relates that In the Vir ginia Blue Ridge Mountains there lives John Williams, aged "0 and Mra. Williams, aged 60, who are the par ents of 17 children, 1 of whom are alive. The youngest Is only two years old. while the oldest has grandchildren. With all their deacendanta the Williams are the largest family in the South. Missing his horse, which had been put out to pasture, Allen Mooro, a lower Augusta township, (Fa.) farmer, found that it had broken through the covering of an abandoned well and fallen 20 feet to the bottom. When It was got out an old rusty bucket was found caught In ono of Its shoea. Moore found the bucket was sealed. Taking a hatchet, he cut the top and out rolled a stream of Span ish doubloons valued at $3,000. TABLOIDS OF SCIENCE. AROUND THE CITIES. Atlanta's publicity slogan Is "A Bigger and Better City." Chicago's telephone system now com prises 400,000 Installations. In twelve months Chicago recorded 2.1 deaths from automobile accidents. New Tork provides sub chiefs of tho fire department with automobiles as an economy measure. Sloux City bankers refused to touch either the Anglo-French or the Italian war loans. Better security and mors profit for money at home. Salt Lake City foresees a large ln d us trial development from tbe dlacovery of mineral potash in the state, and la preparing to reap the benefits. Close to 1.&.0 students are enrolled In the night achools of Des Molnea. Ages range from H to 45 years, snd nearly every nationality Is represented. Sioux City's superintendent of schools informs the Board of Education that twenty additional school rooms are needed to accommodate ths children already en rolled. While the authorttlea of Minneapolis are debating the garbage collection ques tion private collectors are pulling down an average of II! a day from unprotected householdera. , St. Louis business men are sitting down hard on tha practice of customers re turning goods. Only a restricted num ber of articles may be returned within thirty-six hours In an undamaged con dition. A loaded barrel shipped Into Wichita excited so much curiosity as to Its con tents that the authorttlea Investigated. On lifting the lid a fine brand of freah kraut met the gase. The barrel was a wedding gift, rolled along a honeymoon trail. Port Huron, Mich., this week lays the cornerstone of a liJOO.OOO headquarters building of the order of Ladles of tha Maccabees. The event takea on a publio character as a tribute to the founder of the order. Mlaa Blna M. West, a native of Port Huron. Mlaa Weat started the order twenty-three years sgo, has been lis directing mind ever since and her success la aoen In a membership of IS'UHjO backed by an Insurance reserve fuiul of nearly 1,000,000. EDITORIAL SITTINGS, Springfield Republican: Prof. Herschel C. Parker is not particularly pleased that Mr. Ford haa claimed the "submarlnet" as his own Idea. Mors Important, how ever, is ths professor's offor to work with the automobile man to carry ths idea Into successful execution. It will at least be agreed that Mr. Ford as a promoter and a manufacturer has few equals. St. Louis Republic: If peace follows Mr. Bryan's Invasion of Europe It will not be because of that distinguished gentleman's presence. It mere worda and good wlahea and plenty of publicity could have brought peace to struggling Europe Miss Jans Addams would have twined the olive branches. A continent at war Is not a political convention that can be talked into submission. The beat we can hope for Mr. Bryan is that a submarine does not mistake bis ship for that of some belligerent. A Pennsylvania scientist Is trying to raise Australian eucalyptus trees In that state. A municipal gas plant In Holland Is extracting illuminating gas from a mix ture of pent and coal. A seismograph invented by a Japanese scientist reistets the velocity of all earthquakes Z'O fold. Cases of the plague In Russln have been traced to the fad thnt the vic tims handled camels that had died of a similar disease. In an experimental way a cannery In New York la drying and crushing cherry pits to obtain a flavor that is added to the canned fruit. Four cities In Germany, four In France, one in Italy and one in Russia, have in stalled osono plants for the purification of their drinking water. Shoea with quickly removable Boles and heels have been Invented In France for railroad men so thnt they can escape should their feet be caught In trucks. Granite or limestone masonry, 'well dressed, weigh 166 pounds per cubic foot; mortar rubblo weighs 1M pound.- dry rubble 128 pounds arid well-diesed sand stonestone masonry 144 pounds. WOMEN'S ACTIVITIES. Miss Florence King of Chlcaao, a pat ent lawyer. Is the orUtaator of the Idea of estalillthlng in the Cnited States a na tional academy of art and design for the purpose of encouraging and developing creative talent. Miss Helen L. Sumner of Washington waa appointed nfislstant chief of tho chil dren's bureau lut weeK, to succeed a ninn. She Is a graduate of Wcllealey college and a doctor of philosophy in tha University of Wisconsin. She fciaierly was industrial expert In the bureau. Miss Carolyn Breyfogle, deacon of women at the Ohio State university, hag instituted a system of self-government among the girls. One of the rules they have made Is that men callers are only welcome on Friday, Saturday nnd Sun day evenings. This will permit the girls to give their evenings to study during the week. Mrs. George C. Hltt haa been president of a department club in Indianapolis since It was first formed, and recently the club decided to honor her by permit ting each member to -bring a new mem ber into the club. The result was an ac cession of 2S5 members, 10 be known as the Hltt members, in honor of the preal dent. A New York farmer says that most of the farmers In hia state are against suf frage. "When a man goes ten or twelve miles to vote on election day he don't want no wife along," he aaya. He ex plalna that If it la a dry town where he. votes he might hunt up something, but If a woman is along there Is no hope. Mra. Mary Borden Turner of Chicago conducts a field hospital In Belgium that Is In portable sections and lighted from a plant in a motor-lory. When the hos pital was visited recently by Chicago newspaper men she said there were IS") In the hospital. The soldiers are treated and then moved on and more brought In from the trenches. WHITTLED TO A POINT. All n'ws isn't as black ss It Is printed. When some people talk It's a waste of time to yawn. Neighbors snoum try to oo a wiry -pect to be done by. The more talk it takes to run things the slower they move. How ninny mer. 'o you know who do Just ns tiny please? Many a man fails to arrive because he started with cold feet. If a rr.an does wrong he thinks he's do ing rlkhl to keep It a secret. If a man snores he has a good excuse for remaining away from church. Don't let the badness of your neighbors worry you; they might do worse. A babbling brook Is probably so called because It can't keep Its mouth shut. Utile outside sympathy Is wasted on a widow and widower when they marry. If a woman Is willing to listen to a man It s usually because sho has no more talk to unload. If hII men were compelled to practice what they preach the majority would dis continue the preaching habit. Our idea of a hypocrite Is a person who throws mud at a man while alive and puts flowers on his coffin when he dies. Chicago News. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. "Does vour wife allow you to smoke around the house?" "Hi" requires me to do so," replied Mr. Meektnn. "I don't like tobacco my self; but Henrietta requires me to blow smoke on the house plants twice a day to keep the insects off."-Washington Star. "Your dad Is an old crank," said the youth who had been told by her father that 11 o'clock whs time to go. Dad nvei heard the remark. "A crank Is necessary In case of the lack of a self-starter." ha retorted. Louisville Courier-Journal. "It seems queer that while age Is a recommendation In wine. It is a draw tack In a woman." "Not nt all queer when you consider that while you can put It down In tho one. you have to put un with It In the other." Kaltlmore American. KABIBBLE KABARET DEAR MR.KAEn&BLEy CAM TWO LNF AS CHEAP AS ONE? yes ACCORDING TO "tO.'tRS ARITHMETIC" 06 SIGNPOSTS OF PROGRESS. Steel mills In the Youngstown. O., dia trlct are operating at nearly 100 per cent capacity. , Thirty states at the beginning of the present year had on their statute books lnws providing for the employment of state prisoners in road building. Silk hosiery becomes increasingly pop ular. American factories turned out 150,000 pairs In 1S99, 6.213.000 pairs In 1909 and still larger quantities now. The first kerosene oil lamps seen by tha Chinese were In the homes of the missionaries. They were soon In such demand that In a recent year oil to the value of $14,500,000 -waa sent to China. Paper, guncotton and imitation leather and silk are a few of the articles that can now be made of cotton plant stalks. The most Interesting item is the first. The need for a wood pulp substitute is yearly becoming increasingly urgent. A German method for removing stumps is simpler and less dangerous than our way. They bore a hole In the stump, and pour Into It equal parts of nitric and sulphuric acids. After a few weeks, the largest stumps of hard wood are eaten by the acid and easily crumbled with, a pick. Blhhs What has become of the fool killer? tilbhs I can't guess Blhhs, unless ha quit because he couldn't get extra pay for working overtime. Judse. Arthur About how much salary should a chap itet before marrying? The Bookkeeper Oh, Just a hit more than he ever will. Chicago News. "Please, mamma, can I go over and piny with Jimmle Brown?" "Why, Willie, of course you can't. You've got the mumps, and It's very catching." "I know 'It That's why I want to go over. Jimmle likes to atay home from school Just as much as I do." Philadel phia Kvcnlng Ledger. UNKNOWN BENEFACTORS. Oliver Wendell Holmes. What if another sit beneath the shndo j Of the hi-oad elm 1 planted by the way vvnni u nnoiner neeo ine Deacon nsnt I set uaon the rock that wrecked my keel Have 1 not done my task and served my kind? Nay, rather act thy part, unnamed, unknown. j And let Fame blow her trumpet through the world With nolsv wind to swell a fool's renown, Joined ith some truth he stumbled blindly o'er. Or coupled with some single shining deed That In the great account of all his davs Will stand alone upon the bankrupt sheet His pitying angel shows the clerk of heaven. The noblest service comos from nameless hands. And the best servant does his work un seen. Who forged in roaring flamea the pon derous stone. And shaped the molded metal to his need ? Who suve the dragging car Its rolling wheel. And tamed tho steed that whirls Its cir cling round? All these have left their work and not their names Why should I mumur at a fate like theirs? 5) TJfie Hinze Piano E11I A reliable, honestly made, iridium priced Piano, but having the time-wearing Qualities of a more expensive instrument Beautiful case designs In mahogany, walnut and oak $10.00 Down then $6 per month A. Hospe Go., h5$& -1515 as St. "PROTECTION" ? ooTXxuracisrr, cirr, statm ob watiohax. is what tix ixsofx.b kum it. tax DXAXS WITS TUB TOUITDATXObT OT At. I. OOTEKXTKXBTT, PROTECTION OF THE HOME Xatriotie Cntlasas Talnk Ttist ef This. That's Why Hearty a BCillioa of the Oeuatry's Beet duress Are Members of This toolety, AND THAT'S WHY THE WOODMEN OF THE WORLD IS THE LEADING FRATERNAL INSURANCE SOCIETY. WE PUT "SURE" IN INSURANCE. Rins pouglas 1117 ud Let I a Tell Vou About It, J. T. VAT EH, fec'y. . w. A. FKASER, Pres. i
