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THE BEE: OMAHA,. SATURDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1917.
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Secretary of War , Baker's periodical deals in
futures compensate somewhat for the inertia pf
the grain pits.
Doubled; prices of lead and oil, linked with
other causes, speeds painting the town red Into
the limbo of lost . arts. '
Day or night, sunshine or white lights, makes
little difference. The merry monarch of the corn
belt radiates joyous thrills among his subjects.
"Raise pigs in backyards" urges a Nebraska
pork grower. There is no mistaking the, dollar
mark ia that idea. Better multiply porkless days.
The-establishment of a wireless station in
Venezuela for' the distribution of Teutonic war
news clearly maps the new field of operations of
German slush funds. V
Congress is adjourning, yet it is not "goodby,"
but only "au'revoir." The lawmakers will be
back on the job the' first Monday in December,
which is' only eight weeks hence. .
A financial balance sheet for each back yard
garden plot would be interesting. It would show
fine profits on industry and perseverance and big
losses on jeglcct and shiftlessness.
Twenty thousand airplanes-en the stocks and
men to manihem in active training In American
camps. ; Friends of the kaiser's cause are wel
come to relay the official message to Fotsdarti.
V Draft evadors Imagine the country affords un
. V. equaled hiding'places. No' greater mistake lodged
in slacker heads. Secret service men know the
game and their reach spans the nation and some
over.
Dividends from bootlegging operations di
minish steadily as the days pass. Vigilance and
vim of sleuths coupled with $100 and the 'goods
render the business the poorest line of profiteer-"
ing in sight. . j ' .j-tCl' i . -
Complaint is made of the avoidable obstacles
interrupting the progress of Ak-Ssr-Ben parades.
We sympathize with those who become timpa
tient with the' delays, but, still, half the fun is
'in the waiting and anticipation.
Al a diversion from the murder operations of
submarines the renewed activities o( German sea
rovers sound a welcome note. Operating on the
surface they lend to tea fighting a touch of the
chivalry discarded by their countrymen.
A general election In Canada within the next
three" months foreshadows a) strenuous cam
paign. The dominant .issue . of conscription,
.- though settled by-law, still divides the people
" and makes ? certain' Prty' fight rivaling ti.(hv
tensity of feeling the. American presidential Cam
; paign of 189fcy ' ,
Military discipline once in a while puts sol
diers' nerves to & fierce test Ons of the regit
ments assigned to guard duty during the visit of
the Japanese mission .to New York was showered
with cigars and cigarettes while standing rigidly
to attention. The ntrve strain finally eased off
and the shower disappeared.
Senatorial aspirants for the iron cross must
exercise discretion' in choosing a mild climate for
winter. Washington affords greater security for
the roasted senators than the Texas jurisdiction
of Judge Waller R. Burns. What the judge would
do to them if 'chance offered would shatter all
traditions of senatorial dignity. ' " ' . .
A penchant for powdering her nose ted to the
capture of Mrs.: Howard B. Hayes and her hus
band in Chicago for ottering bogus .checks. The
pair were lively spenders at cabarets, restaurants
and hotels, settling the bills with checks, and
never visiting the same place a second time. But
the powdered nose gave the snap away. ".
Diplomatic Glossary Needed
-PhUadephla Ladger-
For those who cannot be restrained from pre
mature oral and literary terminations of the war
someone should publish a glossary of terms giving
the world's meanings and the German' meanings
of various expressions now in Vogue. Such talk
would be useful in translating into plain Ameri
can much that is being said by' the Wends bf our
enemies. For example, the German meaning of
freedom of the seas." .so far as known, is po
tential German dominion of tineas in time of,
war and German disregard of international law.
The world's meaning ia freedom for all in time
of peace, with the sea. like the land, a battleground
in time of war, but with universal obedience to
international law. '
Again, "militarism," the German nowpretends.
is simply armament (especially naval). The world
means by "militarism" the combination of might
with lawlessness and .unconscionable aims. Hence
the world treats the word, naturally enough, as a
synonym for Prussian ism. 'A league of righteous
nations in arms for a high purpose, as we and 'our
allies now are leagued to crush ' militarism," does
not make our armament "militarism." An athlete
in training is not dangerous; a "thug" armed is.
On the German side of the column "vital in
terests" seem to mean whatever Germany wants.
"Leiitimate exparls on " ("freedom of evolution
r,nd other such pnrases may at mis aaie oe urac
eted opposite that same definition. "Treaty," wi
have tetn. mean "scran of oaoer." Offense is de
fense. -Black is white. Evidently a good many
conflicts of meaning would have to be cleared
,iv and a trrmA manv conflicts of morals before
the world could 'safely negotiate with any Ger-
tW bad lUa 'i""i" to tweak loose asain
' Ha g's Great Victory.
The latest British drive in Flanders is hailed
as the "greatest victory since farne" and some
reporters enthusiastically hail it as the greatest
of the war. Whatever its comparative extent in
relation to other engagements, it is of greatest
moment because of its bearings on the task Gen
eral Haig set for his left wing months ago, that
of turning the right wing of the kaiser's army.
His steady pursuit of this objective, with its great
dual purpose of driving the German line back
upon itself and breaking the navy's hold on the
channel coast, is bringing its reward. The mag
nitude of the latest engagement, which is but a
detail of the general plan, is such as warrants
the use of superlatives. A section of German
first line defenss over nine miles long has been
carried to a depth ofnore than a mile, thousands
of Prince Rupprecht's best men have been put
out of action and other thousands of them have
been captured. Arms and stores have been taken
and positions which have been built with utmost
skill and care and improved until deemed im
pregnable have been taken. The advantage that
for three years has been Germany's in this sec
tion is crumbling and the enforced retirement of
the invaders, who dug themselves in there in Oc
tober, 1914, is coming nearer with each forward
surge of the British army. And this in turn
brings nearer a lasting peace.
Swine Breeders Called to Action.
Food Administrator Hoovr has issued a call
to the swine breeders of America that should be
heeded. The meat supply of the world is short
and the only way to replenish it is by raising more
meat animals. This in turn calls for greater ac
tivity on -part of the breeders. That the re
sponse will be generous and prompt may be ac
cepted as foregone.
Swine breeding is one of the most profitable
branches of he great agricultural industry. The
president of the Nebraska Farmers' congress says
it . will pay well with hogs at $14 per hundred
weight, even if they be fed on corn costing $1.25
per bushel. With hogs selling around $18, the
value of the animal to the farmer may be appre
ciated. This state sends millions of hogs to mar
ket each year, but the number may well be in
creased by little effort. Nebraska has a great
crop of Corn this year, with other grains and
fodders in abundance, making certain of plenty
of feed. On the farms of the state last January
were found 4,390,000 head of swine and the count
at the first of the coming year, ought to see this
figure surpassed,' even with the urjusuat market
ing of the last months. The average farm price
for hogs in 1916 was $8.20 per hundred, while
for the current year it has been closer to double
that figure.
The world needs the swine and It is up to the
farmer to produce them. Just as the call for
food grains was answered so will the demand for
meats be met. Only a few of the farmers are
attending political meetings or writing pieces for
the papers these days they are mostly busy on
their great duty of seeing to it that the world
does not go hungry.
Beneficiaries of Bernstorffs Bank Roll '
i One task set very squarely before the Depart
ment of Justice is to uncover the beneficiaries of
the Bernstorff bank roll. Investigation by a con
gressional committee of the so-citled Heflln
charges, which were not charges at all, but merely
insinuation, will very likely result In disclosing
what is generally believed, that none of the con
gressmen or senators took any money from Ger
many. If they got any pajrat.all it was deliv
ered In another form Cut disclosures of the ac
tivity here and elsewhere of the agents of
the German propaganda make it imperative to
discover and expose those who took bribes from
the kaiser. A tremendous commotion has been
stirred in France through the arrest of Bolo
Pasha, for whom Count von Bernstorff acted as
clearing agent in this country. Millions of dol
lars are known to have passed through a branch
of the Deutsche bank in New York, paid on
order of the German ambassador in this coun
try, and the large sums sent to France do not
account for all that was expended. Much of it
remained in America.
" Not all who sought to avoid war last year
or the year before re traitors, but some were
actuated by th,e meanest of motives, and plenty
of reason exists to think that some accepted
bounty so liberally dispensed by Bernstorff. A
man with the kaiser's money in his pocket can
not now be regarded as a faithful citizen of the
republic The widespread and deeply penetrating
influence and dangerous effects of the pro-German
intrigue are understood, although all its ramifi
cations have not been disclosed. It operated by
seeking to' undermine national institutions and
struck at the life of the republic. Traitors who
aided in this work should be dragged into the
open, that their infamy may le known. '
Give the facts to the public and, in the words
of the great Grant on a famous occasion, "Let
no guilty man escape '
One Job Well Done.
In our great work of preparation for the war
at least one job has been well done. This state
ment must not be interpreted as an intimation
that all the work is not progressing in a most
satisfactory fashion. It refers to the expeditious
manner in which we got ready to take on our
full share of aerial warfare. Naturally we have
had advantage of experience of our allies and at
least know what mistakes they made and what
devices they found most useful. The designing
of a standardized motor for airplanes, explained
several days ago, was one of the greatest achieve
ments of the war. It makes possible speedy pro
duction of airplanes of all types, from the small
and shjfty scouts to the heaviest sort of battle
planes and bombing machines. While this has
been done men have been trained by the thou
sand for the work of the aviator and men and
machines will be ready together. Americans will
go into the war well prepared to carry on battle
in the alr.-
.. While the average industrial scarcity sags pain
fully in the market place, distillery paper maintain
a swelling front Profiteering brightens as J.
Barleycorn drifts into a tight corner. The cer
tainty of limited product, fattened prices and a
thirst equal to "four bits" a kick vision, a golden
prospect which is expected to wipe out capital
stock, b6nds and other debts and leave ample
juice for a melon feast. Six months ago dis
tillers lamented the ruin ahead. Now tby whis
tle along the highways and whisper at way sta
tions: "Have one n the house 1" ,
King Ak-Sar-Ben's alliance with the weather
man ranks among the finest achievements of his
reign. Royal cheStiness is pardonable under the
circumstance. Still it, may be doubted if the
king put it over alone. The pervading charms
of the deal and its smooth perfection suggest
naltf Haliricv al rimigji xai aucecutiilik
Military Mail
B , trt eric J. Haskm
Washington, Oct 3. If you are sending mail
to soldiers address and pack it r.ght! i
This is the behest of an' overworked Tostof-
fice department to the American public. Since
the middle of last month camps equivalent, from
the postottke point of view, to about sixty good-
sized ot.es have sprung into being in the LnitedJ Ftny. Mtsg Peiry h!l8 the i,fn-t!rn
States. The order to provide these with Dost
oinces was issued on August 5 and by August 15
mail was being delivered to them regularly from
their own branch offices. Among the many mo
bilizations ot industrial and governmental forces
that have taken piace since America entered the
war this was not the least expeditious,
Including National Guard, national army and
regular army camps and cantonments, training
camps, naval and marine stations, the Postoffice
department row has sixty ..ew branch postoffices
ana many ot tnem serve 4U.UOO to 50,000 men
each. Some of them, of course, have only a small
part of their quotas at present, but at those under
construction there are 7,000 to 10,000 workmen
each to serve.
A camp of 40,000 men is equal in its demands
upon the Postomce department to a city of about
loO.OOO people, for only about one person in five
of average population is a writer and receiver of
letters, ut every soldier is a writer and receiver
ot letters yea, and of many other things. Cakes
and candy and cigars, chicken salad and grapes
and fried chicken and roast ham and stuffed ol
ives and other dainties wrought by fair fingers
too numerous to mention, too squashy to handle,
too perishable to keep, often too poorly packed
for even the most patient and patriotic mail men to
successfully transport, are pouring into the camps
by the ton.
One camp is receiving no less than fifteen tons
of package mail per day and a large part of this
is in the shaj)e of good things from home, dain
tily wrapped in tissue paper, but often all unpro
tected against the harsh vicissitudes of,, railway
travel from some town in the north tp some can
tonment in the south. The boys in khaki are
getting almost enough cake and fried chicken to
sustain life without help from the government,
but some of this volunteer grub is hardly recog
nizable when it arrives. So notice is hereby served
that if you want to mitigate the horrors of war
for Tommy by sending him a quart of home-made
sylabub or an angel cake you must pack the
same in a tin or wooden box and insulate it with
paper against the jars and .accidents of transpor
tation. '
Furthermore your offering must be correctly
addressed or the chances are against its ever ar
riving at all. Great quantities of mail are reach
ing all of the cantonments addressed .simply to
Thomas Jones, Camp Meade, Md. There is no
excuse for this unless it is urgently necessary
that you communicate with Thomas during the
brief period after his arrival and before he has
been assigned to his company, andfregirrtent. For
after he is assigned it is only.by vjompaoy and
regiment tnat he can be identified. If he is in
the regular army, therefore, he must bft addressed,
as Private Thomas Jones,' Company 'A.' Sixty
fourth infantry, Camp Lee, Va. If he is with
the expeditionary forces, for Camp Lee should
be substituted American expeditionary forces.
If Thomas is in the National Guard he should be
addressed the same way, with the addition of the
state Organization from which he came, thus: Pri
vate Thomas Jones, Company B, One Hundred
and Fifty-first infantry (Sixty-ninth New York),
Camp Lee, Va. If he is in the national, or draft,
army he should be addressed in the same way,
with the addition of his state,' thus: Private
Thomas Jones, Company C, One Hundred and
Thirtieth infantry (New Jersey), Camp Lee, Va.
In providing trained employes for these mili
tary postoffices the Postoffice department has
adopted the interesting method of calling for vol
unteers from the large city postoffices the only
places from which trained employes can be spared.
For most of the carrips and cantonments are in
the south and the postoffices to which thev are
attached are too small to spare any employes.
Accordingly the Postoffice department offers to
pay the railway fare and the subsistence in .camp
of any postal empl jye who wants to volunteer for
service in an army branch postoffice. The re
sponse to this call has been prompt. Many men
who were rejected tor military service nave taken
this method of getting a glimpse of the military
life which attracted them. There is a spice of
change and adventure about the work and a little
extra pay. So there has been no dearth of men,
especially young men.
This new postoffice machinery is already work
ing smoothly. There has been no hitch or trouble
except those due to wrongly addressed mail and
poorly packed perishables and the soldiers ap
preciate the difficulty caused by these things. Tele
grams w:re sent from the Postoffice department
here recently to every postmaster who 'had a
military branch under his supervision asking for
a report and all replied that there had been no
complaints. The Post6ffiee department praises
the co-operation Of the War department and vice
versa. All that is needed now to make the sol
diers' mail entirety satisfactory is a little co-operation
from the public.
Right In the Spotlight.
Miss Marie A. Peary, whose mar
riage to Edward Stafford, eon of the
judge of the supreme court of the
District of Columbia and Mrs. Wen
dell V. Stafford, takes plare today
in Washington. . is the only daughter
of Rear Admiral and Mrs. Robert E.
The Price of Coal
i ' Mlnaaapolla ladgar I
Orr first reading the regulations issued by Dr.
Garfield, the federal fuel administrator, govern
ing the profits which retail dealers in anthracite
shall be permitted to take do not hold out a very
definite hope of relief for the consumer. They
call for cost sheets from the dealers covering the
details of their business in 1915, which is made the
basis of comparison, and they permit an advance
of 30 per cent in the margin between the cost of
coal on the cars delivered at yard or siding and
the price charged consumers. This advance is
allowed as an offset to the increased costs of do
in business and does not in itself seem unrea
sonable. And there would appear to be an assur
ance that the price to be charged consumers shall
not exceed the average for July, 1917.
Insofar these regulations are designed to pro
tect the public against further extortion, but they
do not touch the vital questions involved itt the
toll taken by the railroads for carrying the coal
from the mines nor the intimate relations which
undoubtedly exist between the larger operators
and the carriers, factors which, the public has
long been convinced, are potent in affecting the
cost of coal to the ultimate consumer. There is
also a feeling of dissatisfaction with respect to
the differential in mine prices allowed certain of
the less favorably situated operators. The sub
ject is so infinitely complicated that it is perhaps
unreasonable to look for a solution under the
existing abnormal conditions, especially in view
of the disorganization- in the bituminous coal
fields, but the public will pot cease to hope that
somehow, some time the tangle will be unraveled
and they will be permitted to secure fuel at a
price with respect to the equity of which they can
have confidence.
People and Events
A four-star flag, indicating four sons in war
service, hangs on the outer wall of the Roose
velt home at Oyster Bay. And the Colonel grieves
because he is denied a star part in the fracas.
"When Mr. John Doe fails to support Mrs.
Doe and the little Does," says the Chicago Herald,
"the Domestic Relations court sends him to the
House of Correction, where, in the nature of
things, he cannot support his family." As far as
heard from, the latter contingency does not worry
John.
Rev, Robert R. Bigger, pastor of a Presbyterian
church At Chicago! hands out some- good advice
to the uninitiated. "In choosing a good wife," he
says, "8ft a good cook". Now you're talking, par
son. A good cook maps the route to domestic
happiness. Experienced women expressed the
same gripping thought in the immortal epigram:
"Feed the brute".
of be'nsr the first white child born In
the Arot'e Circle. In 189S. when her
father (thenCommodcre) Petry. was
laying the foundations for the ch'n
of explorations which ended with the
atta'nment of the North Pole. Miss
Marie was born at Anniversary lodr-e,
the winter quarters of the Peary ex
pedition on Bowdoln ftay. nnd lived
the first six months of her life In Arc
tic dirkness. Shortly after her birth
the Esouimaux beetnwed upen her the
nrrie of "Anlr-htD, the Snow Baby." by
which name she has since been known
amon? her family . and Intimate
friends.
the
One Year Ago Today tn the War.
Artillery continued, active on
Somme front.'
New Roumanian expedition invaded
Bulgaria.
Berlin claimed all Russia attacks in
Gallcia had been repulsed.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Thomas have
come to Omaha to make their home.
Mr. and Mrs. Max Meyer have
moved to their new home, 2608 Doug
las. A number of friends of Mr. and
Mrs. T. B. Ferguson were entertained
at their pleasant home, 604 North Sev
enteenth street, those present being
Mi.'.ses Belle Stnndlsh, E. Roderbeck,
L!na Kelly, Joste Crouch, Edith
Davis, Sadie Plttman, Lillie Durnall.
Clara Lawton, Callie Standish; Messrs.
P. Dailey. C. R. Zimmerman. Isaac"
Adams, Frank Standish, J. H. Van
Closter, J. H. Burns, Charles Urquhart
and O. Blackburn.
George W. Tillson, city engineer,
was married to Miss Mary E. Abbott
of Lancaster, N. H. They will make
their home In this city at 605 South
Twenty-eighth.
August P. Mays, proprietor of the
flour and feed store on Sixteenth and
Chicago, was run over by a wagon and
sustained a broken rib.
, Edwin Sherwood and H. T. McCor
mlck have Just returned from an ex
tended trip to Wyoming.
Mra. Dr. Glasgow has . returned
from Sioux City, where she has been
visiting thij Corn palace. . -r
William iBaughmarf Is 'oelebratln
the appearance of a thltteen-pound
son.
This Day In History.
1786 William Burrows, distin
guished naval officer,' horn at Kensing
ton, Pa. Killed In action between the
Enterprise and Boxer off Portland,
Me., September 5, 1813.
1817 First general Assembly of
Mississippi met at Washington, Miss.
1840 Prince Louis Napoleon (after
ward Napoleon III) sentenced to life
Imprisonment in the fortress of Ham
for attempting an Insurrection at
Boulogne.
1864 Confederates under General
Hood made an attack on the federals
at Allatoona Pass, Ga.
1867 Henry Tinrod. celebrated
poet died at Columbia, S. C. Born at
Charleston, 8. f!.; December, 1829.
1899 The Mormon -church re
nounced polygramy at a general confer
ence held at Salt Lake City:
1892 Lord Alfred Tennyson, En
glish poet laureate, died. Born Au
eust 6. 1809.
1914 Russians forced German re
treat from Wierzbolo-Lyck district in
east Prussia.
1915 French and British troops
landed at Salonlkl. Greece.
The Day-We Celebrate.
Major General Joseph T. Plckman,
IT. S. A-. commander at Camp Custer,
Battle Creek, Mich., born in Ohio
sixty years ago today.
Joseph W. Bailey, former United
States senator from Texas, born In
Coplsh county, Miss., fifty-four years
ago today.
Dr. Prince L. Campbell, president of
the University of Oregon, born at
Newmarket, Mo., fifty-six years- ago
today.
Albert J. Beverldge, former United
States senator from Indiana, born In
Adams county, Ohio, nfty-flve years
ago today. .
Rt Rev. Frederick Burges, Epis
copal bishop of Long Island, born t
Providence, R. I., sixty-four years ago
today.
Robert F. Glider born at Flushing,
N. Y., sixty-one years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Today Is the twenty-fifth anniversary
of the death of the poet. Tennyson.-
The National Old Trails association
holds a meeting today at Columbia.
Mo.
Today has been desipnated for a
nation wide celebration of Candy day
the proceeds to be used to buy candy
for the soldiers and sailors.
Republicans and democrats of Mas
sachusetts are to hold their state con
ventions today, the republicans meet
ing at Springfield and the democrats
In Boston.
A monument Is to be dedicated to
day near Gold Creek, Mont, to mark
the spot where gold was first discov
ered in Montana in 1858. , . .
Storyctte of the Day.
Ellis Perrot Blister,-the fly-fishing
expert, said at a banquet:
"The prime virtue cf a good angler
is patience. No man or boy ever de
veloped into a teuccepsful fisherman
who hadn't at least twice the patience
of Job.
"There's a boy In Shawnee who is
going to make a champion . one of
these days. I saw him .fishing the
other , afternoon on the bank of a
freek, and 1 said to him:
' " 'What are you fishing for, son?
"'Snigs,' said he.
, ' 'What are snigs? said I.
'I dunno.' said the boy. 'I ain t
never caught none yet.' "Washington
Star.
LINES TO A SMILE.
"Sa you ara going to taka a mMr trip
tn tha fall for your vacation. Ara you go
ing anywhera in the Interim T"
"Oh. no; we nan't afford any of tnem
expensive mak?. We're going to get a
econd-band machine." Baltimore Ameri
can. "Our laat cook atayed with ua alx monthi."
"What! KeallyT"
"Yeeh broke her leg In threa placca
an hour after aha arrived and .ba doctor
wouldn't let her be moved." Buffalo Er
preaa. It waa tha first ball game aha bad, aar
t'Whyd'do they call that thing tha platat"
waa her forty-eewnth.queatlon. -
-Why er because thafa where tha drops
from the pitcher are caught," ha replied,
hia reason cracking under tha strain.
i-eulavUle Courier-Journal.
rxictor Too are slightly morVd, my dear
lady. Tou should look about you and mar-
"widaw Oh, doctor, la la this a proposal?
' Doctor Allow at to -remind you. madam.,
that a doctor prescribes medicine but ha
doesn't take It Boston Transcript
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One Man's Real Sacrifice.
Springfield, Neb., Oct 6. To the
Editor of The Bee: Here is an ex
ample of patriotism by one of the boys
from down here who was drafted.
Frank L. Snide rented a farm near
here on a five-year Ies.se,. built an Im
mense cow barn on the same of his
own accord, went to Illinois and Wis
consin and picked out eighty head of
the finest Holstein cows he could find,
traveled over Nebraska and Kansas
in search of horses and purchased
elr-ht head of the finest horses now In
the county, Installed milking machines,
bought all new. farm machinery and
a new Ford and Just as he got settled
down to making money off of his in
vestment he was drafted. He Imme
diately advertised a sale of his entire
holdings, billed the same over a radius
of 200 miles. and on October 1 held
one of the biggest sales of the kind
ever held in Sarpy county. He offered
one man the pick of twenty-two head
of his cows before the sale at "13,000.
These same cows brought $5,000 and
the sale netted around $15,000, about
$4,000 more than he expected to get
out of the stock. On October I he
boarded the train at Paplllicn with
the broadest smile of any of the twenty-eight
of the boys tn this quota from
Sarpy county.
The people around here think this
man gave up about as much as any
man we have heard of.
ROY HARBERG.
. Poisoners at Work.
Omaha, Oct. 4. To the Editor of
The Bee: If there is one despicable
miscreant In existence.it is the scoun
drel who will poison dumb brutes.
The miscreant who poisoned the big
Airedale dog of R. F. Marcy, who
lives Just across the street from me,
ought to be shot. That dog was as
Innocent as a lamb and bothered no
cne. It 0.8 an Interesting sight to
see that great big dog march up and
down the streets like a stately soldier,
not even noticing anybody, unless it
was someone he knew, then he would
simply wag his tall and go on with
his stately marching.
A creature who will murder such a
dog Is lower than th brutes them
selves. The creatures who poison dog
never pick out any worthless curs.
They always pick out the finest and
most Inoffensive dogs to poison. It
is thought by many that my fine Eng
lish setter dog that disappeared In
such a mysterious manner in August
may have been disposed of by some
one with poison, for not the slightest
trace of him has ever been found. If
I should ever find out to a certainty
that my dog was poisoned I will feel
strongly tempted to. shoot the poi
soner, as auiet and inoffensive fellow
as I am, whether the ipoisoner Is a
male or female. My dog was aB In
nocent as a little child and was just
as Inoffensive as the fine old dog that
belonged to Mr. Marcy.
It is a very low down creature who
will take out their spite against others
by killing Innocent dumb brutes and
no punishment is too severe to mete
out to such inhuman beings.
These low creatures must know
there Is a penalty for placing poison
where it will do damage. If they do
not It is time they would find out
Every dog poisoner In Omaha ought
to be sent to the penitentiary or shot.
FRANK A. AGNEW.
Faith tn God.
Weston, Ia.. Oct To the Editor
of The Bee: In a recent Issue of The
Bee an article appeared on the. sub
ject of "Power of Healing." Ill which
some assertions are made that will
not bear the light of Investigation.
Had the writer, made a more "care
ful study" of the scriptures he would
have found the promise of enjoying
spiritual-gifts extended farther than
to the "second person." The lan
guage bf the Mast as found In Mark
16:17 reads as follows: "These signs
shall follow them that believe; in my
name shall they cast out devils; they
shall speak with new tongues;- they
shall take up serpents and if they
drink any deadly thing it shall not
hurt them; they shall lay hands on
the sick and they shall recover." The
New Testament throughout holds out
the cheering thought that God's prom
ises reach down to our day.
The apostle, Peter, in Acts 2:39 gives
us to understand the reception of the
Holy Spirit extends to all who will
comply with the conditions of oiir
Heavenly Father. "For the promise
is unto you and to your children and
to all that are afar oft, even as many
as the Lord, our God, ahalLcall." Then
In connection with this read what the
apostle, Paul, has said with reference
to the manifestations of this spirit.
eflrst Corinthians, chapter 12. Then
read James 5:14-16.
After reading these scriptures we
are forced to take one of two positions:
A disbelief in God and the wonderful
promises made unto his children or
that man today when obedient to the
law of God has a right to expect a
fulfillment of His promises.
The writer is not a belelver in Chris
tian Science, but has faith in the true
and living God, who sent His son into
the world and gave Him a mesage
to deliver to man, and Christ said:
"I kribw His commandments are life
everlasting" (St. John 12:50). The
scriptures tell of the wonderful love
of God shown to His people in the
past and that God is no respecter of
persons, Acts 10:84, but "in every na
tion he that feareth Him and worketh
righteousness is accepted of Him."
To believe that God drew near to
His children in one age and bestowed
upon them the blessing of healing as
well as other gifts, but that now the
heavens are Bealed and it is an Im
possibility to secure His recognition,
would make Him a partial God.
A belief of this character cannot in
spire us with love i'or our Creator.
Our conception of God as revealed to
us in the gospel of Jesus Christ ia
one of Justice and love and that truth
is unchangeable. Obedience to God
oMe brought results. Man was rec
ognised and made the recipient of di
vine favors. The same conditions will
bring same results.
Be Willing, brother, as you read the
acred pages to believe the promises
of Jesus Christ and His chosen rep
resentatives and you will become con
scious the words of the Master to ask,
seek, knock were not mere idle words,
but revealing to man the wonderful
possibilities open unto them.
J. A. HANSEN.
IF WE ONLY UNDERSTOOD.
Kudyard Kipling.
If we knew the cares and trials.
Knew the efforts all In vain.
And the bitter disappointment,
Understood the loss and gain
Would tha grim eternal roughness
8eem I wonder Just the aame?
Should we help whero now we hlndert
Should wo pity where we blame?
Ah! wa Judge each other harshly.
Knowing not life's hidden force
Knowing not the fount of action
Is less turbid at Its source;
Seeing not amid the evil
All tha golden grains ot good;
And we'd lova each other better
If wa only understood.
Could wa judge all deeds by motives
That surround each other'a lives.
See the naked heart and spirit,
Know what spur the action gives,
Often we would find It better.
Purer than we Judge we should.
We should lova each other better
If we only understood.
Could we Judge all deeds by motives,
Bee the good and bad within.
Often we should love the sinner
All the while we loathe tha 'sin;
Could wa know the powers working
To overthrow Integrity,
Wa should Judge each other'a errors
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