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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 10, 1916.
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE
POUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATtC
VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR.
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OFFICES.
Omaha The Bee Balldtnc.
South Omaha 5311 N slreet
Counrtl Bluffa 14 Xnrtb UalB street.
Unrein 33S Little Bulldlfls
Oureso Sll People's Uaa Bolldlnf.
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BL Louie BOS New Bank of t'ammeree.
Weehinstcn Tift Fourteenth street, N. w.
CORRESPONDENCE.
Iililieaa sooaitketlona relatlna 10 aaara sad
Uriel Bitter to Omaha Baa. Editorial Depertraaat.
IULY OSCULATION.
57,569 Daily Sunday 52,382
af The Bee
Puhllehlny compear, bains duly sworn, Sen IBM the
araren eTrsulatlon for the montk of ids, lilt. ass
trotfht Wmieraa, errculstlan
oiu a.n ee see ehmrfa
nnnnnT urn.t.iaua. ntmlettae Wanaaar.
Bahwnhed In my presence ead awora la baton) M
Ule M day or A urn-, ibis.
BOBEBT HCTS, Matery PuMla.
Sseecrlaere leaving tha city taaeaornrlly
ahead aawe Tha Baa atatleal M tk.ua. Ad
areas urdl as enow tad as efts, aa reeraestec:.
Ai a price booster the hog justifies
the name.
Leu than three weeks to Ale-Sir
Ben's advent . . ; :
The recall of the straw hat may be
safely left to take care of Itself! '
. It must have been one of the cele
brated spells of economy that induced
the democratic congress to leave the
safe..-, .
Now that Arthur Mullen has sr.
ranged the program for Woodrow
Wilson, the campaign on that side of
the house ma show symptoms of
life, -v
Senator Lewis Is scheduled for the
' job of answering Candidate Hughes
all along the western trail. If volume
of sound could answer argument J.
Ham would have the goods.
Our autoists seem to be doing a lit
tle better in complying with the law
calling for a full stop where street
cars are loading and unloading paa-
sengers. Let the good work be kept
Up. .. ' ;.
President Wilson Is again trying to
break into the Lincoln class by csp
italising the ugliness of his own face.
That, however, is the only spot where
he is likely to get anywhere near to
"Old Abe." ;
Should the suffragists succeed in
raising that million-dollar campaign
fund for 1917, keeping their hats on
straight becomes a matter of minor
concern. A flush purse makes any
angle fashionable.
' On the return of our-democratic
senator perhaps he will again ex
plain his refusal to take sides for
Omsha, his home town, for the loca
tion of the federal land benkJtiit
so there may. be no mistake about It
Still, if votes for women are to
come during the Wilson administra
tion, in order to make the wish of Dr.
Anna Howard Shaw coma true, It
will have to exceed all speed limits to
get under the wire by March 4 next
' If President Wilson were really
earnest in telling the suffrage women
. "I come to fight tor you," ha would
have put a suffrage measure through
congress by the same - stop-watch
method that he used to force the rail
way wage increase bill through.
According to the dispatches, the
bunch of Mexican bandits who stole
a mule from an American engineer's
camp are supposed to be Villistas.
The supposition is just as plausible
that they are Carranzlstas' bent on
having a party souvenir to remind
them of their democratic champion
in the", White House.. V
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, With election fears facing them,
the democrats have taken off the
stamp taxes which constituted such
an annoying part of their war tax
. program. But there is no assurance
that they will not, put them back
again after election, If continued In
power. An ounce of prevention is
worth a pound of cure. Sap verb I
Repeating an Old Warning.
It may be a little bit early, but the
old warning against fire Is here re
peated. October 9 has been set apart
once more as a time for folks to ex
ercise more than ordinary care in
looking around to the end that all
chance for accidental conflagration be
as far as possible removed. Premises
are to be inspected, chimneys and fire
places repaired, heating apparatus
overhauled, and all manner of pre
cautions are enjoined. This should
be a daily Injunction, to the end that
it would become habitual. One of
, the most severe Indictments of our
modern life is that we waste so much
in feeding preventable fires. Destruc
tive blazes are almost invariably due
to carelessness or design. The law
punishes the latter only. Through
the former property equivalent in
value to a city the size of Omaha is
. destroyed each year in the United
States. This property is taken out of
the wealth of the country, and while'
it is replaced by other wealth it means
dist much of permanent loss. , Vigi
lant care will save this money and it
is a private as well as public duty to
exercise that car-
Raising Money for Charity.
There are ways and ways of raising money foe
charity and it goes without saying that some ways
are more effective than others. The gratifying re
turns of the recent Tag day collection, conducted
for the Visiting Nurse association, emphasizes not
only the readiness of a sympathetic public to sup
port a worthy charity in whose management there
is implicit confidence, but also constitutes an en
dorsement of a plan that puts practically 100 per
cent of the receipts to work without the diversion
of any substantial part of the money to cost of
production, professional promoters, or other ex
pense accounts.
The trouble with most of our schemes for rais
ing money under the guise of charity is that too
big a proportion of the proceeds, often by far the
larger part, never becomes available for the object
for which it is intended because of the excessive
cost of the entertainment charity ball, advertising
stunt or what not, utilized as the mechanism for
soliciting contributions.
Of course, all our charities cannot finance them
selves by selling paper tags, but there is no good
resson why they should not distinguish between
money raising schemes that produce net revenue
and those which bring in substantial sums, but
eat up most of the collections aa "expenses," leav
ing the wheat of charity deplorably small beside
the chaff of promotion cost.
Is Religion Made Too Easy?
One tendency of modern times, much deplored
by serious churchmen, is trend of the church In
general to take religion to the man, rather than
bring, man to religion. This Is a development of
advancing civilization which has mitigated the
other circumstances of man's existence as to re
lieve him of any oppressive sense of religious
duty. He is Inclined to feel himself beyond the
incentive of reliance on divine favor for the bless
ings and sdvsntsges that pad his existence. His
savage forebear found a world peopled with spirits,
working for good or evil, to be invoked or to be
propitiated on all occssions and under all circum
stances. A) hit mind unfolded man clothed these
rulers of his destiny with varying attributes, in-
creasing in ratio of power and dominion, sanctity
and sovereignty, until his finite mind was able to
grasp some notion of the Ineffable One, in whom
all the previously divided qualities of deity were
united.
Another stage in the process brought a newer
view of the Almighty, and more attractive form
of religion. Its appeal was to the masses, direct
and personal. Gibbon ascribes the spread of
Christianity among the Rqmans snd their subjects
to the fact that the poor man couldn't possibly be
worse off thsn he wss, while under the new faith
he was taught to look forward to not only his own
salvation to an eternity of bliss, but the punish
ment of his contemners and persecutors in ever-
lasting torment A more wholesome form of this
religion hss evolved,' and Christianity is become
cult of love and hope.
With the loosening of the bonds of seetsrlan
discipline, or for some other reason, we are no
longer so devout or sedulous in our worship as
were the earlier Christians. Under stress of ex
citement or pressure of circumstance man eaierlv
admits himself beholden to God, but normally he
no longer puts himself to especial (rouble to at
tend public worship. To what extent the church
la to blame for this the preachers themselves are
not decided, but they are uncomfortable under the
fact, nd feel the effects of the condition they
seem powerless at present to control.
Great Britain and Proteetion.
Theoretical fret traders, who And nr,rtie i.
prospect after the war to warrant arlnntirm
protective tariff laws, may learn something if they
will follow the action of tha British Trart.B TTnlnee
congress. This body of men represents more than
-,ow,wu workmen affiiliated with various trades
unions, comorltlnt all the crafts and rallln.a
At its convention for the current year It adopted
oy a majority of more than 1,000,000 votes a
resolution endorsing the principle of protection.
A more slcnificant ftointrr has tint rrrl. a...
furnished. The British have been busy on eco
nomic as wen as military problems since the
war commenced, and everv denenrlahla e.M....
is afforded that John Bull is going to change his
policy. This Is entirely Independent of any under-
sianoing witn nis allies in the war as to preferen
tial treatment In trade after tha war. ranate
Australia art certain to be Included in the new
British commercial plans, and possibly India and
ooutn Attica, ana with the British empire on a
protective basis tht free traders of the United
States will hsve no Dlaee left far th.lr k :t..
dreams of scientific altruism.
Calibrating tht "Kiddies."
Better babies is NebraakVa
don't be misled by the slogan into thinking that
Nebraska ever had any kind but the best. No
where, tinct the earlier days in Eden, when the
first of babies onened his evei on fVSi ammH..
world, has there been found a better place for a
ooy ro d oorn man in Nebraska. The air and
sky, and milk and water, the mmhiee ..j -l.
birds, the flowers and all conditions, material or
otherwise, that make for perfection in babyhood,
art found hert. That It why it is necessary to
calibrate tht "kiddles" when they are taken to tht
baby show at the state fair. Everyone there is a
perfect little type of just what a baby should be,
and the judges admit that One hundred per cent
Is no longer the criterion. That is admitted at
the start, and the only thing to be determined is
how much over that mark the youngsters will go
when they are measured, weighed, punched and
stretched. To win a baby prize In Nebraska Is
certainly a mark of dlitlnrtlnn .a tv. d .
u , . ,, , , ,iV uce gives
its heartiest felicitations to those little folks who
nm witn expert approval at Lincoln. They are
living, laughlnc examnlea nf h M.k...L.
do, and we challenge the world to equal them,
That reminds US. What rior.na f -
. , ... v.. vi uui sena
tor a wonderful nrmuiMl 4U. - j
r -"- .v., wonuer-working
tax on foreign-owned American stocks and bonds
Sent back here tn ha rliar.ne.rf k A .
. - wl( nnoincr elu
cidating "explanation" from his local personal or-
-- vtucr. , . i
General von Reventlow. tha nntari .ie..i.i
strategist of Germany, henceforth must submit
his thunderlngs 6 the oublle n., w..
peering in print The edict effectually muzzles
one of the most efficient wordy warriors in the
empire,
Tht "Drv Sn.i-lal" oa.U. sb.
oresidential eandirtataa fa. art a AAA ii .
. av v,vl r.vw nines on a
two months' coast-to-coast tour. This will con
stitute a record trip for tht "water wagon" and
make attaches hold tight so they won't fall of
I TOH A V
Thought Nugget for the Day.
As night the life inclining stars best shows,
So lives obscure the starriest souls disclose.
George Chapman.
One Year Ago Today in the War.
Germany defended attack on Orduna, saying
it tried to escape submarine. t ,
Anglo-French financial commission arrived in
New York to arrange for loan of $500,000,000 to
allies.
Petrograd reported Russians had broken
Austro-German front in Galicia and captured
5,000 prisoners in third recent victory there.
This Day in Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
Miss Garlichs, who has been here for the last
two weeks on a visit to her sister, Mrs. n. m.
Yates, and her brother, R. Garlichs, the banker,
has left for the east to lumii several concert en
BTaflrements.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred. Herzke, who came to
Omaha in 1867, have left for Berlin, Germany, to
remain until spring. It MS twenty-seven years
since they have been' in the old country.
Professor Bruner, county superintendent of
education, has gone to Waterloo to pay his first
visit to the schools in that vicinity since the open
inir this vear.
Mrs. Captain J. W. Bishop and Miss Fanny
Bishop of Keokuk, la., are in the city, and expect
to make Omaha their future home.
W. P. Hudson is rejoicing over the advent of
a U-oound babv firL
Members of the Bohemian School association
met at National hall with the teacher of their
school, Mr. Joseph Dinetur, and presented him
with a gold-headed cane as a dsserved compli
ment for his untiring efforts in behalf of the
school. A few words were also spoken by .the
secretary of the school, Mr. John Kosicky.
The county commissioners have authorized
the county clerk to advertise for bids for the
construction ol the sewer on west beavenwortn
street. After the sewer has been constructed the
street will be graded to conform to the grade
ordered By the council witnin tne city limits.
The Harvest Moon.
Harvest moon, which rises today at 4:01 p,
m., is the name given in high northern Istitudes
to the full moon of the lunation which occurs
sbout the time of the sutumnal equinox. The
circumstance which hss made it noticeable and
given It its name is that during this lunation the
rising of the moon for several successive days
before and after the full takes place nearly at
the same hour, thus favoring the work of the
farmer during harvest, whereas, taking the year
through, the rising is retarded on an average
about fifty minutes per diem. The cause of this
phenomenon la to be found in the inclination ol
the earth s orbit or the ecliptic, to the eouator.
The moon's apparent daily motion (in rising and
setting) Is parallel to the equator, but its progres
sive motion in Its own orbit is nearlv coincident
with the ecliptic, there being an inclination of
my about J degrees Between these two paths.
lo an observer on the Arctic circle, when the
first point of Libra (the autumnal equinox)
comes to the western horizon, the ecliptic coin
cides with the horizon all around: and If the sun
is on the first of Librs at that time It Is sunset
to the observer. If full moon occurs at the ssme
moment, the moon will be in the first of Arte,
opposite to the sun, and it will be moonrlse to
the observer. The next evening the sun will
have advanced about 1 deiree in its orbit, and
the moon 13 degrees; but this movement will
affect the hour of the moon's risina comnars-
lively little, thougn It will change considerably
the azimuth (or distance from north or south
point) of its position on the horizon at risinc.
And, ss for several evenings before and after
the equinox the moon's orbit will continue to be
nearly co-incident with the horizon at the close
of tht day, it follows that for several successive
days the moon will rise not very tar from the
same hour. Though it is to observers on the
Arctic circle that this phenomenon it most strik
ingly apparent, it is more or lets noticeable in
all high latitudes, as in Greet Britain. Norwsv,
and to some degree in Canada, It does not oc
cur at alt at the equator. Tht British astrono
mer Ferguson remarks of it: "The farmers
gratefully ascribe the early rising of the full
moon at that time of the year to the toodnesa
of God, not doubting that He ordered It on pur
pose to give tnem an immediate supply of moon
light atter sunset tor their greater convenience
In reaping the fruits of the earth."
This Day in History.
170lfha.f.. nl,a m HIo.in, mIUa mill
erwaro the university ot lennessee, at Knox-vllle.
1813 Battle of Lake Erie, in which a United
States sauadron under Commodore Perry dee
tested a British squadron under Commodore Barclay.
1816 Sir John Pender, ont of the oioneer
builders of submarine cables, born in Scotland.
Died July 7, 1896.
1842 Mrs. Tyler, wife of President John Ty
ler, died in the White House.
1860 Statue of Commodore Perry unveiled In
Cleveland, on the forty-seventh anniversary of
the battle of Lake Erie.
1863 Union forces occupied Little Rock, Ark,
1866 The Msine state election resulted In the
choice of General Joshua L. Chamberlain, repub
lican, for governor.
1875 Italy observed the fourth centenary of
the birth of Michael Angelo.
1878-Prof. Karl Nobiling, a Socialist, died of
self-inflicted wounds, following his attempt to
asssssinste the German emperor.
1887 The British gunboat Wasp, with a crew
of eighty men, left Singapore and was' never
heard of again.
1888-Prince of Wales (Kinr Edward VII)
was entertained in Vienna.
1898 Empress Elizabeth of Auatria aaaaaal.
nated at Geneva by Luigi LuchenL
1907 Colony of New Zealand was proclsimed
a dominion of the British empire.
The Day We Celebrate.
W. U. McHuch is celebrating his fifty-seventh
birthday. Ha was born at Galena, III. He once
came very near being a federal judge Instesd of
our most prosperous lawyer.
tiara Miliar a was born September 10, 1877.
He is a native son of Omaha and araduated at
Harvard university. Banking is his calling, as it
was that of his father before him.
Earl R. Stiles, chief auditor of the Wnnrtmen
of the World, is 41. He was born In Millers
town, Pa., and has been with the Woodman, or
ganization in various capacities since 190 J.
James Linn Rodgers, adviser of the United
States commissioners in the Mexican conference,
born at Columbus, O., fifty-five years ago today.
Frederic A. Delano, until recently vice gov
ernor of the Federal Reserve board, born of
American parents in Hong Kong, China, fifty
three years ago todsy.
Dr. Stratton D. Brooks, president of the Uni
versity of Oklahoma, born at Everett, Mo., forty
seven years ago today.
Rt Rev. Harry S. Longley, suffragan bishop
of the Epiacopat diocese of Iowa, born at Cohoes,
N. Y.. forty-eight years ago today.
jonn w. Lapp, catcher of the Chicago Amer
ican leatue base ball team, born at Frazer. Pa
thirty-two years ago today. ,.
Robert E. Speer, for many years secretary of
the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions,
born at Huntington, Pa., forty-nine years ago
today
' By Vector Raaawatar. 1
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DURING the hurry-up trip which I made
New York a week ago, I was compelled
encounter the congested condition of travel
.i.:-i. r ..... ll. ...tin u.r Irenincr rinse
W i I nil a ail, BUIC iui w..v ' - I o i,.. -
home here have no adequate conception. This
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rush ot people to take ranroaa irm emu ts
;a;..ifia sntrinc lcenmmoaa-
tions are explainable, of course, by two things, the
eagerness to anticipate tne men inrcBicnuijj i,c
nf ersffi v... a trainmen1! strike and the simul
. I,..,. ...mmor ranrt viaitnrfl to ffet
lencuue nit v u li ...... . . .. . . . .
away without being held up in the meshes of the
health quarantines wnicn are oemg uusmutmtu
against the spread of the .nfantiie paralysis
plague. 1 was on one irain uiai iiu at
tended by the addition of extra coaches to be s
f. . rl it trtare. ierere inv UnoCCU
liiiccii-iai Lie,.,,, w.m .. - --j
L. f.t mat Fiave heen known onlv
to the conductor. At the station in Chicago
. . - . P-1 . :
such crowds were besieging me wres urnm win
dows that two policemen were kept in attendance
to maintain orderly behavior and, rather than take
a chance in this bargain-counter crush, I went
to the up-town ticket omce wnicn, iikcwisc, mu
-It .u , nM ennvortlantlv attend tn.
I had with me my little daughter, whom I was
bringing nome irom a summer apcni su na
tives near Baltimore. Fortunately we had
i -i.-i J inl Kv wav nf ftrerautinn
were fortified with an officially attested hea th
certihcate. This document, in wnicn ino :!. lin
ing physician declares that the child was enjoying
perfect health and has not had poliomyelitis nor
has been exposed to it had to be first embel-
. . ... . I I a. . te. t aslae
lished with tne great leu ma auioBry.. ui m
u.aik ten ..i Ait not mntfl thin
twenty-four hours old. It wts called for, too, at
the boundary crossing into rennayiyania, mini
it was rubber-stamped and notation added as
I refer to this to Illustrate the rigid sanitary re
quirements enforced in the east and by way of
l....:c. .1 etta fl.isranfin raeriila tinn a whlr.n
are occasionally Imposed upon us put hert, but
too seldom entorcea wun ina airiuiucss iivica-
sary to make them effective.
With rrfrrenre tn the oroirress of the na
tional campaign, according to the measure made
By those in charge I may oe paraonea repcanni
the following extract from an Interview printed
in the Baltimore American:
"The outlook never looked better for the
republican party," said Mr. Rosewater. "There
is every indication that Judge Hughet will be
elected. I know of one man in Omaha who
has been a democrat all his life, who has of
fered $2,000 in bets of $500 each that tht taker
cannot name ont tingle northern state that
Wilson will carry. So far no one has taken
his bet and the money is still there for any
one who wants to cover It '
"I have been in New York attending a
meeting of tht national -republican aflvisory
committee. A general discussion was held of
the situation and especially of tht west. Tht
committee made suggestions and will meet
again on September 18 in Chicago. Judge
Hughes started on his western tour a little
ahead of the campaign, and, while he has
made a wonderful impression wherever he has
spoken, the advisory committee feels that
there Is a lack of ginger in some sections. The
real campaign machinery has not yet been set
in motion and the meeting of the advisory com
mittee was to go well into the situation and
make recommendations. In many sections the
primaries have not been held and SO the cam
paign cannot be fully gotten under way. When
the campaign starts it will be very thorough,
with systematic speaking all over the coun
try. There will also be educational features
snd a general publicity movement The pri
maries are being carefully watched and a great
effort will be made to secure a republican
senate."
' Incidentally, what I told tht little meeting of
republicans the other night is also in point,
namely, that for the first time since 1888 have tht
republicans and democrats occupied their rela
tive positions democratic president seeking re
election on the record of his party and the re
publicans assailim- that record . and waainsr a
campaign of offense against the democrats en
trenched in power, in - itsyo, wnen rresioent
Cleveland was ending his second term, Mr.
Brvan. as the democratic standard bearer, repu
diated tht democratic record and in each subse
quent campaign the republicans have held the
entrenched position with the democrats attack
ing. In those campaigns we naturally called our
democratic critics "knockers," and with condi
tions reversed it Is Inevitable that the democrats
will make the same charge against republicans
who expose democratic failures, democratic
broken pledges, democratic Incompetency, demo
cratic vacillation and democratic un trustworthi
ness. But in no other way can the Issue be
iharplv drawn and the voters made to understand
the essential difference between the opposing
candidates and tht policies of the parties for
which they stsnd.
An Item in our "Today" column served as a
reminder to W. G. Shriver of the fact that he.
along with a few others, had instigated and exe
cuted a Mardi Gras pageant In Omaha just
thirty years ago which, crude as It was, could
well be regarded as the direst forerunner of our
beautiful Ak-Sar-Ben parades. After verifying
his recollection Mr. Shriver has furnished me
with the following account of the enterprise:
"The first Msrdi GraS in Omaha was riven
for the entertainment of visitors In the city
during Fair week. The idea originated in the
minds of a tew young men, and a meeting: was
called at my office on Wednesday night and
the show was put on the friday night follow
ing.' Some nuick work, ehf It developed into
such a magnificent and successful affair that
the merchants encouraged the movers to make
the Mardi Gras a permanent feature ot the
Omaha fairs. ..
"The parade moved from No. 3 enKine house
on Harney street east to Twelfth, to Doug
las, to Sixteenth, to Cumins', to Twenty-
third, countermsrehing to Sixteenth, to Dodge,
to Fifteenth, to Harney, 'where it disbanded.
The scene along the line of march was an in
teresting one. The music of several bands
mingled with the burlesque organizations, the
brilliancy of the fireworks and street illumina
tions, the nifty floats and exhibits and the
shouts of approvsl from the dense throng made
it all a scene seldom witnessed. Considering
the short time for building floats, they were
more than creditable. About forty merchants
had floats, some of them having a dozen
or more exhibits. Tha Union Pacific,
North Omaha and A. O. H. bands were
the principal ones In line. The base ball
game that was carried on upon a float fur
nished by Collins, Gordon & Kay, was one of
the most taking of the parade. The men in
uniform were playing In their respective places,
battinsr a ball with whiskers that was deliv
ered from a machine pitcher. The umpire waa
kept in a cage and rendered decisions fear
lessly. The procession waa closed by a repre
sentation of Omaha in 1856 and Omaha in 1886.
The first consisted of a prairie schooner of
the "Omaha or Bust" specie; the second.
Omaha of 1886, represented by Stephenson'
Cab line, showing about twenty cabs !nd
couoes.
"Fred Metz, Joe Iler, E. E. Howell and W
Shriver, the committe who had the ar-
ranarements m hand, were unanimously accord- I
4 tht credit .for the success that was scored." i
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
Boa tan Transcript : Thai e earns to be
aofjutatos arnaaemaly appropriate In tha
fact that tha clergyman who accompanies
eoadamnat prisoners at Sins Bins to the
eleetric chair la Father Caahin.
Detroit Free Preset Baffalo reports the
discovery that morinf pictures appeal more
strontir to some people than do rellaiotu
eervicee. Evidently the rood brother isn't
a bit fast or he would have eanvht up with
this dlaeaverp some months beck.
London Telee-raph: The Rev. T. C. Collins,
Church of Ins-land army chaplain, spealtinc
at Chestnut, advocated smoking at relif-tous
services, aarins that elthough he was not
a high churchman, he believed in Incense,
even if it onljr rose from the shag at 4 1-S
pence an ounce.
Broeklrn Eagle: The Rev. "Billy" Sun
day, once a railroad fireman, thinks he
could serve again if needed aa a strike
breaker. We hope It will not eome to that
Beelsebub, who is something of a fireman
himself, would be too well pleased to have
Sunday's attention distracted.
Baltimore American : Take the Baptist slo
gan, the Maximum for the Master. Let
all Christians adopt it, live up to it, prac
tice it not only on Sunday, but on every
other day of the week and there would
follow a revival et church activity that
would make Itself felt in every denomina
tion and in every community.
Springfield Republicen t A prominent Lon
don clergymen. Rev. Percy Dearmer, has
Joined the advocates In England of a pro
posal that women shall be allowed to preach
In the Anglican church. The proposal has
already once been voted down by a majority
of bishops. This is a question, of course,
for each religious denomination to settle
for itself. Many denominations accept
women preeehers and it will not be a sur
prising development of modern tendenetot
If more do so eventually.
BRIEF BITS OF SCIENCE.
AROUND THE CITIES.
Pennsylvania boasts of a mllnf town named
Japan, but Its situation Is not a happy one.
The bored hostels of abandoned shafts are
tollaptlng and the town's streets are sink
ing Into the cavities.
Schools at Kansas City. Mo., onened with
an enrollment ot II, Til and a merry medi
cal scrap. Ona o tthe medical Inspectors
resigned because of a inline eismntini
children of Christian Scientists from health
examinations, .
Half the teats In Chlesto schools were
empty en the opening day, on account of
the rule requiring health certificates for ad
mission. The sshool suit af doctors could
not take care of the rush and 1BO.00S su
nlit were turned away.
Saratoga, once the masl famous watarlne
place In the country, hat recovered from
the backset of abandoned racing and other
sporty lures legislated out. The develop
ment of the springs under state control la
.the chief cause of the rejuvenation.
A total of ll.Stt Quarts of beer and t.S? S
pints of whisky, salted at the Rock Island
freight depot at Des Moines, are tied up
by the courts, requiring each eonsignea to
come on tne mat ana show that ha need!
the goods for personal use and not to pull
down a dollar.
Topeka-end other Kansas sltlea have hea
treated to an uplift In natural gaa prices,
without asking leave, and a volume of In
dignant human gas fills the air. The uplift
la front SS to SS cants a thousand nkl,
feet The company pleads that It is bank
rupt and needs the money.
Spaghetti In Its normal mood Is esteemed
a safe and cane eonfeotlon. Occasionally It
makes for the uplift A thef in San Pran
sieco pressed the lid too tleht on - tili.
potful Tha explosion which followed
wrecked the stove, blew out a window, turned
In a fire alarm and blistered the face and
hand of the aook with hot stuff.
St a business man haea tint aV.
110,(01 which makes available a Ilka ansa
appropriated by eongreas for protecting the
miaeoun nver nanae in tne vicinity of .Lake
uonirary. jna inroads of the river fat that
locality necessitates defensive work, and
government engineers an about to begin
work on revetments.
. i.t.l-1 -kin- .wall -
ja mu,in7"e
be mounted on the end of a lead pencil has
been patented.
Biaba of natural oork expanded ta aaort
than twice their normal site have been in
vented .tn England for cold i to rags insti
tntiona. n
eiien, am -
who have inherited their ability from an-
cat tors who made wrestling a profession
for generations.
Because red is the color least easily
distinguished by aalor-blind persons, ex
perts have advocated blue disks with wide
yellow rims for danger signals.
' American capital, genius and pluak al
ready have wrested from aridity 1S,SOO,000
acres, and planted therson 200,000 families
tn independent homes. In crops alone
these lands are each year returning more
than 1100,000,000 to the farmer.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"Too drugglats have to stand for a good
many jokea."
"Tea."
"A drug atoro Is somstlmec facetiously el
ludsd to aa a pillory."
"About right, too," said the druggist.
'Keeps you psnnad up moat of tha time."
Louisville Courlcr-Jornal.
"They're old-fashioned people."
"In what way?"
'They Still have frlarl natatnaa eel m-1f
ohope for breakfast" Detroit Free Press.
first Woman I got a latter from you
yesterday and It was dated a whole week
ahead.
husband must have posted It the very day
1 gave It to him. Boston Transcript.
"t wish I could
non rsally loves me."
"Why7"
"Then I could be sura be ertralj
main hitched while I look for a better
catch." Baltimore American.
Native There are tha Oldbov twins Th.,
are IS years old.
stranger To what do thsv aa-wiie ni
long lives?
Native ona 'cause he used terbaeker. and
one 'cauee ha never used It Mew Tork
Times.
Nlpp Nothing is so contradlstery aa a
woman.
Tuck Oh. I don't know. Bo you over
read the war news? Judge.
Patience Tou aay he married under a
misapprehension f
Pstrlce Tss! he thought ha understood
women, Tonksrs Statesman.
os certain mat Alger-
THE BEST ROAD OP ALL.
Chtrt-M Buuob Town.
I like a roatl that lcadt away to proa pacta
white and fair,
A road that la ait ordered road. Ilk a bthi'i
evening prayer)
But, but of all, t love a road that leade
to God know where,
Toit noma upon it eyddeolr fe oaanot
Hflek It out,
lt't like a teoret ttlll an heard and Mver
noised about;
But when you aee It, fone at ma to aver?
lurking doubt
It wlnda bealde eoma raihtaf atraaa waere
a !. tlVhtltP MtllVaatM
It follows many a broken field by I
.mine, riwnjrj .
It Heme to lead you ea and on, forever andw
TOU tram alt-in 1t dtJAt tMW. tke.sl.ae.Sea Is.
shadowy treea,
And hear beilda you ehattariaff Mfda or
haVDtlT bsai.
And all around you rolden MMBda, th great.
And here's a hedge, Md there's tat; an
then strange, sudden turns; 1
A dip. ft rlsa, a little glimpse where tha fed
ewtaiiaaeji avrnii
A bit of sky at evenlngtlmn, th scent of
auvmaen ierns.
A winding road, ft loitering road, a finger
mark of Oott
Traced when the Maker of th world leaned
over ways untroa.
t Her H smllM Hit glowing smile,
and to, the goldearodl
t Ilk ft road that wanderg straight : the
king highway la fair.
And lovely are the sheltered lanea that take
you here and there;
But, beat of all, X love a road that leads to
H God know where.
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1916.
1913.... 8,695
1914.... 8,801
1915.... 8,560
.9,004
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