l-rtB OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: FEBRUARY 6, 1916.
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JANUARY SUNDAY CIHCVXATKrV,
47,925
State of Nebraska. CJoiinrjr of Douglas, . :
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the average Sunday circulation for th month of
January. lt was 47, US.
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ahoold bar The lie mailexl to them. Ad
drees will be chanced as often as requested. ,
A reliable self-starter seems to be tba inoat
argent need of the entente allies.
Railroad Securities and the Public.
From a convention of electric railroad man
agers, held at Chicago, cornea a complaint that
money for extensions cannot be easily gotten
because of tbe attitude of the public towards
tbe securities offered. These securities are
affected In turn by the attitude of the public
towards the enterprises they represent. It Is
set out that restrictive legislation, uncertainty
of franchise privileges, regulation of rates and
olher forms of control hare so militated against
the transportation industry that people with
money hesitate to invest In railroad securities.
This would be serious were It not for the
other side of the case, which Is not exhibited by
i the railroad men. If the public Is Inclined to
coyness when approached by the railroad pro
moter or borrower It is because tbe memory of
certain recent exploitation schemes and subse
quent receiverships is still fresh in mind. The
transportation industry in the United States is
still behind the country's requirements in many
ways, but it has passed the golden age of ro
mance and is well entered on the era of reality.
Lines to be built In the future will not be to
develop new region, but to serve the growing
needs of established communities. This fact
must be accepted by the railroad magnates as a
basis for calculation. .'
Another factor they must not overlook Is
that no backward step is to be taken in the
matter of public control of the Industry. What
ever modifications are adopted will be to make
the machinery for properly regulating railroad
and steamboat traffic more effective and easier
of application. ThU may bring about a com
plete readjuatment of tbe relations between the
tates and the federal government, but It will
not operate to abandon the right to fix rates
and otherwise properly order operations.
Whenever a railroad company will present
an attractive proposition It will have ba trnnbu
'n borrowing money so far as the money market
permits anybody to borrow.
England want the Appam back. Of course.
But why fildnt she keep It when she bad itt
All tba world acknowledges the ttneaoapable
neae of death and taxes, only Europe more so.
Even at this distance It la evident the so
called British blockade wears aeveral large
I blowholes.
Five years of waiting weariness for a via
dact that never came entitles Dundee to a place
on the score board of Job.
Instead of being out of the trenches by
, Christmas, the boys on the firing line are getting
ready to put up Valentine boxes.
, i
Tbe geographical location of Ottawa would
ordinarily stamp It as safe and Impregnable
but looks are sometimes deceptive.
The silver market responds to tbe ginger of
war. A drive toward tbe 60-oent level spurs
the mining elbow and lends a silver lining to
the pocket.
A somewhat noted seeress of Paris puts out
her annual guess on future events. On the
score of credibility ber outgivings crowd tbe
weather record of the groundhog,
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The spur behind tbe preparedness "swing
around the circle" la not revealed la the
speeches. President Wilson realises, as Cleve
land did, that "democratic Incapacity Is repub
lican opportunity."
If Nebraska's strong box could collect tbe
money Joe Bartley stole and banded over to
Senator Hitchcock and other pals, but sever
"put back," it would bave a fine atari for that
much needed new state bouse.
Wlille Omaha Is pre-eminently a market
town, dominated by commerce and Industry, we
must not neglect our educational and cultural
Interests, which are equally essential to a city's
making good on metropolitan pretensions.
Secretary Lane's report on the oil situation
affords consumers of gasoline little hope of im
mediate relief. Still, the official assuranoe of
bo ana loo per cent dividends for the poor
stockholders helps to nerve the arm that digs op
President Wilson is now said to be thinking
of calling off all further western trips and mak
ing a roundup of the soutb. Now, be Is on tbe
right track If he want to get Into "the enemy's
country" that Is feeding the opposition within
his own party lines.
Local merchants are trying: to shut down oa
what la known aa tho-"roturn-of-goods" abuse.
The difficulty is that . the average merchant
would rather take a chance on the return of
goods aent on approval than forego the possi
. bility of a sale which be knows bis competitor
will make if he does not. It's up to the mer
chant.
The Community Spirit
Time and again The' Bee has endeavored to.
lay emphasis on the fact that the upbuljdln of
a city calls not only for intelligently directed
effort to secure new Industries and commercial
establishments, but also for steadfast support
for Institutions we already possess, if they are
worth having at all. It goes without saying
that the loss of a factory, or business hnuaa nr
school, or hospital, giving employment to onr
own people and drawing patronage from abroad,
is really more of a setback for a city than failure
to secure some new concern yet to develop and
to achieve success.
What we have In mind at this particular
moment is tbe appeal of Brownell Hall to its
friends to see to its need for a new and modern
home so that it may continue Its good work and
xpand its activities as required. As has been
well said. If this academy, with Its satisfactory
record, were located elsewhere and open to In
ducement for new location, the prospect of
getting It for Omaha would, without doubt,
quickly enlist our people In a movement to
secure It This Is but one Instance of several
that could be cited to illustrate tbe point we are
trying to make.
Omaha has the community spirit to a large
degree and has manifested H oa many occasions,
and it mnst not let' this community spirit lag
today when there is need for It more than ever.
Cruz in the LusiUnia Case.
Another serious hitch has halted the con
summation of ' the negotiations between the
United States and Germany for the settlement
of the Lusltaoia case, due entirely to argument
at cross purposes. The Carman foreign office
puta a construction on the American note aside
from its actual meaning, and persiats in,daling
wnn a phase or tbe question that does not exist,
I tie imted States does not seek to bave the
submarine campaign abandoned, nor was this
action at any time contemplated. What the
United Statea did Inalst upon ta that the under
sea boats be required to carry on their share ta
the conflict with due consideration for the hu
mane rules of warfare.
This requires the observation of regulations
for visit and search, no more sinking of paaaen
ger ahlpa without warning, no more aacrlftce of
non-combatants' lives. This Is the crux of tbe
Lusltaoia case. The proteat of the United
Statea was made against the act of sinking that
great liner, with a loss of 1.800 lives, without
warning. It la this the German government Is
asked to disavow, and not that submarine war
fare Is Illegal, when carried on la conformity to
rules that pertain among clrtliied nations.
The correspondence may go oa Indefinitely,
but the German position ia becoming weaker
with each succeeding note. Modifications la
orders to commanders of submersibles admit
the correctness of the America a position. The
final outcome of the case la far from being hope
le from our standpoint
Filipino "Independence." t
Looking well ahead to tbe days of tbe cam
paign now dawning, the democrats in the United
States senate bave tossed another tub to the
whale. And a moat Inefficient tub It Is. too.
The pretense of granting Independence to the
Filipinos, as adopted by a division on party
lines, is hedged about with such provisions as
make the bill seem more like a Joke than a seri
ous attempt at Important legislation. Our little
brown brothers will be greatly uplifted whea
they bave bad time to thoroughly assimilate this
latest evidence of the duplicity of their demo
cratic champions.
The. bill promises that we will withdraw
from the Islands la 121. if. the then president
of the United States deems such action expedi
ent and for tbe best Interests of both peoples.
The possibility of this expediency la conditioned
upon certain requirements the Filipinos will
nave to meet and which are not likely to be
fulfilled. Polygamy must be abandoned, pro
hibition Is to be established to the extent that
no liquors can be Imported, and the natives are
to be restricted to home-made booze; returned
adventurers and Investigators unite In testifying
tbe beverages Indigenous to the islands are of
sufficient potency to meet any requirements of
the bibulous. Tbe bill alio limits tbe franchise
of voting to certain classes, and in other ways
minutely stipulates In what manner the "Inde
pendent" Filipino shall conduct btmselt, bodging
him about as carefully aa It he were to remain
permanently a ward.
Tbe bill does not deal frankly with either
Americans or Filipinos. If we are to abandon
our protectorate of the islands, haul down our
flag and depart from thence, why not say so
outright? If we are to give the Filipino his
freedom, why not give It to him freely, Instead
of conditionally? Tbe bill as passed by the
senate will make the United States a laughing
stock among the peoples of the world, and
especially In the Philippines.
y rxoToa atosswATxm.
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
I ATTENDED the meeting of the North Nebraska
Editorial association, held at Warn a week ago,
whom I took pleasure In observing that not even
below-aero temperature could chill the ardent Inter
eat of those present In the proceeding, which were
carried out aocordlns to pros-ram. The affect of ad- '
vorse weather conditions In keeping away quite a
few, who otherwise would have been there, waa nat
urally to some extent disappointing", but the papers
and discussions were straight to the point and while
dealing' chiefly with conditions confronting the small
torn n publisher could not but repay participation In
the meeting. The bunch who have pre-empted edito
rial homesteads In the northeast section of thla state
will average up with the llvest wires among tbelr col
leagues anywhere, and the? have formed their aao
clatlon strictly on the basla of mutual help. This
waa most pointedly brought out by the adoption of
the constitution and by-laws wherein the duea were
fixed at a nominal figure to cover the bare expenses
of the secretary's printing and postage, with no allow
ance whatever for services,' for the express purpose
of smoothing away all obstacles from the path of an
eligible member and making the official positions
wholly honorary, and not to ba eotight for any per
qulsltles. Thla meeting gave the people of Wayne opportunity
to demonstrate their prise brand of hospitality, which
mora than cam up to the highest mark, despite the
severe weather test. The banquet In the evening has
been characterised aa "tha stellar event" and Its execu
tion Indicated the careful planning and patnataklng ef
fort that had been put upon It an which, could well be
emulated In tha entertainments provided for similar
convention guest in our own more pretentions city.
All tba way through tha arrangements and decora
tions, tha fact waa never overlooked that tha ban
quet waa in honor of visitors belonging to the news
paper profession, nor was tha newspaper theme de
parted from. Tha parlors of tha beautiful, new Bap
tist church, where tha banquet waa served, became
a bower of paper festoons, with distinctive pannanta
bearing tha Imprints of tha headings of the different
newspapers represented. Tha paper napklna carried
the portraits of tha beadllners on tha speakers' list,
and artificial flowers on tha table were speolally made
of an admixture of colored paper and printed news
paper with noticeably artlstio effect. The special
atunt of the evening waa tha resurrection of the shade
of Horace Greeley, impersonated for tha oceaaton
to hurt right-banded . and left-handed bouquets At
all of ua, yet all in good nature. Aa manifesting tha
spirit with which tha townspeople entered Into the af
fair, It la only necessary to atata that over MO attended
the banquet, and so far aa I could aee stayed through
from first to last for a talkfeat, which, with appro
priate occasional musical Interludes, kept them there
from 7 o'clock until nearly midnight, giving appar
ently aa cordial reception to tha last apeaker aa to
tha first, and with no outward evidence of being
bored. I notloed tha Wayne Herald auggeata going
after tha Stat Press association meeting for 1917. 1
have no hesitation la saying, "Oo to It." and I stand
ready to testify to tha ability of Wayne to make good
on any entertainment pro position lta people may
undertake.
It ia wonderful what pride tha tnhabltanta of
towns Ilka Wayne take In their public schools and
what superior advantages are being offered for tha
training of tha oomlng generation. The Wayne High
school, which we visited, will easily compare wltb the
best modela for. convenience and for modern equip
ment and general adaptability to purpose, and the
brlght-faoed boys and girla there constitute tha best
Insurance policy on the Intelligence of our future clt
laenahlp. The people of Wayne are also proud of their
Normal school. . which la steadily expanding. Tba
bulldlnga that have been erected since tha state took
over the property are attractive and creditable, and
from tha nuctaua of a otmpus group whose comple
tion must be only, a Question of time. Tha young
folks attending thla normal, however, are still being
housed In tha dormitories, Inherited from tha eld
regime, three-story wooden structures which, while
furnished In tolerable eomfort and presumably as safe
as buildings of that character can be, ought to be
re placed with substantial, fireproof structures Juat aa
fast a the neoeaaary money can ba provided. It la
not fair for the people of a rich atata like Nebraska
to make our young man and young women, who are
bending their energlea to securing an education, to
fit them for the oneroua duties of teaching school, to
live In dormitories that are so out of date and out
of harmony with tha bulldlnga containing the offices,
elasfl room a, laboratories an4 assembly balls.
Incidentally, we all had "our picture took" In an at
mosphere of congealed frigidity and with a foreground
Of beautiful snow of that unbletniehed whiteness found
only In regions tike Nebraska, which picture la repro
duced for yovr adlfloatlon on another page of thla
issue. I fear It would be dimwit to distinguish the
editorial company In winter garb unless properly
labeled. The owner of each face la invited to find
himself and advise me If any mlatakea have been
made,
"To Die for One'i Country."
A French directory. Just out gives the names
of J, 000 French notables who have given their
lives for France during the present war. An
old motto, coming down to us from Romaa days,
says, "It Is sweet and proper to die for one's
country." rrom tbe time the family was formed
ss a social entity this thought has prevailed.
The grouping of families In gens. Into tribes.
into races and Into nations has not changed the
thought Man's mind is trained to certain
Ideals, supposedly comprehended la the trad!
tlons of the government under which he lives,
and thla becomes his country. Sentiment is
stronger than reason In his attachment to his
country. His home, hit fireside, the means
whereby he lives snd rears his brood, are In
volved la bis country. Patriotism Is not a
mere abstraction, nor Is It ponderable, but It Is
a mighty force, and the Roman saying holds
much of truth. No roan ran do 'more, nor
should be expect to give lesa than hia life to hla
J country
Twioe Told Tales
Heave Tavleat.
A man from "upstate" had gone to a theater In
New Tork. In an Interval between the aota ha turned
to the metropolitan who had tbe aeat next to him.
"Where do all them troopers coma from? ' he In
quired. .
"I don't think I understand." aatd the city
dweller.
"I mean them actors up yonder oa the stage,"
explained the man from afar. "Waa they brought
on specially for thla ahow or do they live hereT"
"I believe moat of them live here In town," aald
the New Yorker.
"Well, they do purty blamed well for home talent,'
aatd the ti anger. Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph.
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Now Tork World: The ehnrches of the
I'nlied Statea report a membership of 40, -ona.OOo.
An army of tremendous poten
tialities, despite the difficulties of mo
bilisation before many pulpits.
Pittsburgh Oasette-Tlmes: Tbe hard
est Injunction laid down In the Sermon
on the Mount la the command, "Love
your enemies:" Ministers aren't very
anxloua to Interpret It. Nobody has been
able to comply with It literally. To for
give an enemy la not unusual, difficult
aa aometlmea It Is. Out to love one that
Is beyond ua! What la more practical
for consideration here la the futility of
sustained enmity. This latter doesn't get
you anywhere nor save you anything or
benefit anybody.
Baltimore American: Sunday waa a
great day for Sunday. Soma of the critics
thought that the last sermon of the three
delivered lacked "pep." but the published
extracts would seem to Indicate that
there waa pep a-plenty. Answering some
body's criticism name not mentioned
who had aald that the Sunday sermon
are so full of vulgarities that tha crltlo
would not take hla wife to a Sunday meet
ing, tha exhorter aald: "Why, you old
devil, you have been many places where
you wouldn't take your wife."
BRIEF BITS OF SCIENCE.
American farm ere are all blown up
about tha fact that 26,000,000 pounds of
dynamite waa uaed for agricultural pur
poses in thla country laat year.
Recent experiments In England have
hown that paper pulp of a good quality
can ba made from audd, the Inexhaustible
vegetable product of the White Nile.
Without resort to computation, a new
nautical instrument, to ba mounted over
ahlp's eompeaa, enables tbe directions
of objects at aee and their distances away
to be determined.
An Austrian engineer has Invented a
pneumatio tire for motor vehiolae made
of Ulrch and willow fibers fastened t
gether with a eecret binding material in
which rubber does not figure.
Scientific teata have shown that In oc
cupation employing the larger muscles
women tire more rapidly than men, while
In work In which smaller muscle are
need they are more efficient.
Experiments In New Tork wtth mount
ing incandescent lampa . upon . railroad
crossing signs have enabled the signs to
be read more than a mile and their dla-
Inotlva form ncted much farther.
Estimate of tha expense of bringing a
000-ton freight train, traveling at a rate
of twenty-five mllea an hour, to a. full
stop," and then rein thing the same speed,
were recently made by a - southern rail
way. Tba expense was a cents. -
A device consisting of a "delicate tuning
fork and a miniature telephone has been
developed In the psychological laborator
ies of the University of Iowa for deter
mining the musical powers of would-be
singers. Tests are made without the
single of a note or the uae of any mu
sical instrument, but by means of the tel
ephone and minute gradations of sound
it la possible to ascertain with exactitude
tha musical susceptibility of the person
betiis tested.
Announcement la made that the proposed erection
of a Young Men' Christian aaaoclation building ba
met with sufficient encouragement to warrant belief
In Its early accomplishment, subscription aggregating
J 2. 000 having already been received. The committee
Insists, however, on tfiO.OOO, and appeal for a generoua
response.
A delegation of Omaha people attended the coasting
carnival at Plattamouth, which they pronounced most
enjoyable. Those who went were Messrs. Helphrey,
Smith, Wheeler, Dunmlre, Townsend. Coomb
Knapp, Hitchcock. Champenoy, Blackmore. and the
Mima Long, Dunham, Reinackle and Mra. Miner,
Fred Bennett, for some time peat city editor of.
the Republican, returned te rejoin the newspaper fra
ternity at Chicago, and will be succeeded by J. Frank
Allen. Bl C Snyder, lately of the Topeka Capital,
will fill the position on the local staff of the Re
publican.
Tha Adelaide Moore company completed Its Omaha
engagement with a performance of " School for Scan
dal" In the afternoon, and "Romeo and Juliet' In the
evening. 1
The regular aootal or the Unity church we held
at the home of Mrs. William Wallace, nil Bart etreet.
Senator Saunders has gone east, accompanied by
hla daughter, Mra. Harrlaon.
Mrs. J. E. Ilouae Is visiting friends ia Iowa.
Dean MUlspaugh Iras officially notified the vestry
that bia connection with Trinity parish will
after the Rd of thla month, when he will accept a call
to St. Paul's church la Minneapolis.
People and Events
A man In Loa Angelea Is suing for a
divorce, because hla wife thlnka he la
too handsome to work and makee bin
atay In the house to protect hla com
plexion. Such la life In the far, far wet
during the rainy season.
A Chicago specialist In suggestive ther
apeutic through an intermediary, gave
absent treatment to a woman in Ban
Francisco ao effectively that she willed
him a fee of Iion.ooo. Substantial evi
dence of patient gratitude must be a
great' atlmulua to medical science.
A "blow that almost killed father."
floored a bunch of students at the New
York university last week. Seven foot
ball players, six track athlete and two
member of the base ball squad were
unceremoniously dlamisaed for defic
iencies in their studies. Physical prowess
didn't save them.
A woman In Annapolla. Md., advertises
for a husband who doesn't use liquor or
tobacco, who doesn't awear or chew gum.
Besides these essentials, he must be hand
aome, affectionate. Intelligent and re
fined. Bhuck, he Isn't looking for a
man. She wants an angel, and they don't
sprout wing in Maryland.
Chicago papera Intimate rather loudly
that marked applause for vocal stars
disarranges the economic harmony of
grand opera In that burg.- The Herald
mentlona Luolcn Muratore, a much ap
plauded tenor, who Bought to capitalize
the applauae by a salary lift from tl.OnO
to $1,600 per night. Nothing doing for
Luclen In Chicago next season.
Tbe presentation In New Tork of a play
oalled "Qod A Co.," revealed the author
to be Henry Austin Adams, a former
New Tork preacher whose . theological
gymnastics attracted attention aome ten
yeara ago. He leaped from an DpluoopaJ
pulpit to a Catholic lecture platform,
then took the toboggan with a soul- mate,
deserting h: family, to wander In the
Antipodes. Critics of the play see In It
a reproduction of Adam' career.
The claim recently advanced that the
late Editor Orlln C Batea coined the
word "billiard" does not agree with his
tory. The word had Its present distinc
tive meaning a far back aa 128, and
later was in common uae as a hunting
term on the Chesapeake coast It la
probably true that Editor Batea vitalised
the word as an accurate description of
the cold, dry, blinding snowstorms com
mon on the Rocky mountain plateau, one
of which awept over the plains statea In
ISSS and furnished the Inspiration.
OUT OF THE OEDEJAET. , " ,
Generally regarded as a modem disease.
appandtottlk was known In Egypt' 8.90O
yeara ago and accurately described in
still existing records. - ' 1
A Florida woman recently offered tha"
editor of the local, paper tl foe a poem
about tbe town goat, but he declined Ho
put his autobiography Into Terse. '
In Oatman. Aria., tha oltisen must walk
forty mllea to take a bath, or pay 10 oents
a gallon for tha water, which Is brought
by wagon from Needles, Csi.
When a twelve-Inch ahell atiikee the
water it throws up a "eplaah" higher
than a battleship' mast. This splaah
weighs about 1,000 tone, enough to drown
a smalt ship.
Lapouge says the ware of a eentury
spill 120.000,000 gallona of blood, enough,
to fill , 000,000 forty-gallon casks, or to
create a fountain aendlng a Jet of ISO
gallons an hour flowing unceasingly ever
since the dawn of history.
Aa a drove of cattle was being driven
through Main street, Htghmore, S. D a
tired old cow walked into the open back1
door of th First National bank and down
a flight of stairs to tha cellar, where aha
waa afterward discovered lying down.,
The little republic of Andorra, situated
In the Pyrenees mountains, announces
that it la neutral In thla war. Perhaps
Andorra has noticed what happened to
Belgium and what la happening to Serbia
and doean't want its name to be changed
to Angora.
That a large number of Indians were
once held In slavery at a settlement on
Gray' harbor, Puget aound, a fact not
generally known, la recalled by the death
there of Schlckulaah Pete, former slave
and another of tbe multttudlnoua "oldeat
residents of the northwest," having lived
110 yeara more or leas.
ABOUND THE CITIES.
Fifty county Jobs have been lopped off
st K ansae City. Mo., and the lamenia,-
tlona of the Jobless puts Jeremiah In the
Whimpering das.
Official figure ahow S0.0CO automobiles
owned in New Tork City. Another official
record showa that IIOO.OOO worth of auto
mobiles were atolen In the city laat year.
Autoleta of St. Paul. Minn., propose es
tablishing a private detective agency to
deal with auto thlevea and Joyriders
Depredations In Auto row and elsewhere
are painfully expensive.
Kmporta. Kan., haa officially designated
a "Pay-up Week" for the end of Febru
ary. A similar project la brewing In St.
Jo, where a "Save-up week" la deemed
a necessary preliminary. "
The first white woman married In what
I now Topeka, and still living there at
the age of S8. la Mrs. Hattle A. Bunker.
Phe la a native of Woburn. N. Y., and
moved to Kansas slxty-on yeara ago.
San Antonio. Tex., ia sore under tha
collar. A' atory picturing tha town as a
bat ro6t broke through the war blockade
end brought from a London entomologist
a request for a certain flea which live
in tha eyelid of bats.
A few evening ago 6,000 people, moaily
of middle age. marched up Fifth avenue.
New York. In protest against niggardly
appropriations for publlo night schools.
The demonstration, was effective In re
atortng the night achool appropriation to
last yeara figure.
Bloux Clty'a Board of Strategy, City
Planning committee and tha Publlo Wei
fare Board are rallying with the ctty
government in a eruaede agalnat Oock
roachea Intrenched In tha city hall and
eating up tha substance of taxpayers. Tha
cock roaches have spoiled the glased
fronts of aeveral city maps, damaged the
mapped meandering of creek and
spoiled tha tracings of desirable real ae
tata. At last aooounts the hk
aafe
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"Now. why deliberately Irritate the
Cook, mv dear?'
'.'It la necessary. John. Phe has 'to
whip some crvam."
"What of that'"
"She will make a much better Job
of It If ahe Is mad." Louisville Courier
Journal. "The harder it ralna the better I like
It," ohaerved a cheerful individual.
"Chronic optimist, eh?" remarked a
bystander.
"Optimist, no. I'm an umbrella sales
man." Columbia Jester.
"Do you think any of the girls wll'
really propose thla year?"
"I don't know. But If they do I hop
that the men won't xigsle and whisper
it around aa aome of the arlrls do."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
IN rSSklMtf ffcR MYSWEETWMTO
HANt,VlM0 SH0Ul I To -H
fTVCR OR. MOTHER?
WHICH ONE OWECTEb T2
ou viHEM oo rwsr CW
rtTHE HOUSE?
PhrenoloRlet You are a gunman.
Customer (Indignantly) l m nothing ol
the sort.
i'hrenolottist Don't deny it. I csn tell
It by your bullet head. Baltimore Amer
ican "Remember the eyes of the nation ar
on you," exclaimed the constituent.
"I know It," replied Senator Horshum.
' And the nation getting more acutely
discerning every day. The time Is gone
when a man can assume an Impressive
Peso and get by aa an optical Illusion."
Washington Star.
THE HARVEST.
WHITTLED TO A POINT
Industry is the mother of good luck.
If a man live beyond hla income the
outcome Is bad.
Better make one man laugh than make
a hundred weep. ,
The man who ia driven to drink always
has to walk back.
If a man's heart is all right hla head
la not far out of line.
Money fumlabes a house, but it takea
tors to furnish a home. .
True fortune tellers, of course, tell us
only what we want to hear.
An ounce of honest criticism is worth
more than a pound of flattery.
The higher a man gets the more he has
to depend on others to hold him up.
It. isn't neceaaary to make a fool of
ourselves every time we have the chance.
Nine-tenths of what the -average man
knows is of no earthly benefit to him. .
Let's be kind to the beggers. We may
want to borrow money of them aome day.
If a man does nothing ha makes a mis
take, and If he attempts to do things hla
mistakes are many. -
Forgiving without forgetting ia a good
deal like giving a receipt for money with
out signing your name to 1C
A woman's taste In selecting necktie
foT her husband l aa good as a man's
taate in selecting millinery for his wife.
The wise man turna up hla aleevea and
goea after a Job, while the fool site around
and waits for the Job to come to him.
Chicago New.
The field la In our dally liven.
Where blessing grow, or curse;
Also In government that strive
Kor better or for worse.
The gleaning time, the aenaratlon
Of tare and wheat In two
Is not It wise discrimination
Between the false and true?
I not thla any time we may
Produce the fruit or murk?
And what we do on ev'ry day
Counts in the final work?
The tafea develop on deceit;
Or, training with the true,
They mask as ripened stalks of wheat
When harvest time la due.
To all of ua is due the best,
And no one should be hated
For being duped at wrong's behest.
But rather ahould be pitied.
Then let ua all, the workers Join,
Who seek the highest wages.
And reap the sheaves of golden coin
That laat through all the agea.
Omaha. WILLIS HUDSPETH.
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