THE BEE: OMAHA. MONDAY, OCTOBER -6. 1919,
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SEPTEMBER CIRCULATION t
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Average circulation for the month aubecrlbed and awora to by
E. R Ragau. Circulation Manager.
Subacribrr leaving tha city ahould have th Be mailed
to them. Addreaa changed a . often aa required.
You should know that
Omaha is the market center for
the richest large agricultural em
pire in the world. .
, ' 'i, x anicee ooys on watcn in uermany are not
idle. . .
We have had plenty of talk; action is
wanted. (
If nothing else intervenes, folks can resume
consideration of the h. c. of 1.
You might also begin to lay aside some
thing for the next Red Cross drive.
Business is booming, says the Federal Re
serve board's review. All right, make it so.
Chicago is struggling to restore S-cent street
car fare. This may yet reach this far west.
Colonel House 'is coming home, and thus
Europe will be thrown entirely on its own
responsi6ility.
Andre Cheradame sees Germany unbeaten
and defiant Very well, Andy, let 'em start
something.
The British labor leader who sees a class
struggle impending may be voicing a wish
rather than a thought. '
v Nebraska's state debt is the least per capita,
of any in the union, and its wealth almost the
greatest. Happy Nebraska.' . '
"National Thrift" week is set for some time
irt January. Just when the old man will be
saving to pay Christmas bills.
A postcard mailed in 1906 has just been
delivered in London. How Mr. Burleson must
have chuckled when he heard of this.
Eighty planes are headed for Omaha In the
1 transcontinental race. If thry all arrive at the
? same time, it will make some show.
Talk about consistency and the fitness of
things, the Omaha Daily Ouija Board warns
its readers against "psychic sharpers."
i
A Chicago bank reports handling 10,000,000
pennies in six months. Wait till the Omaha
street railway company reports on its ex
perience. ,
The esteemed New York World is informed
hereby that we have plenty of law in Ne
braska. The trouble is that little effort has
been made to enforce it with exactitude.
If the president's hert action is good, his
mind keen, his temperature and pulse normal,
his eyesight as good as it was a year ago,
what are the doctors holding out on us?
Massachusetts democrats in convention as
sembled ask for ratification of the treaty, but
with an amendment to preserve the sovereignty
of the United States. "If this be treason," etc.
The lost army aviators, whose bodies were
lately found in Mexico, are now thought to
have been murdered, adding two more to the
score. Still, some people say any discussion
of such matters is but agitating for a war.
While the Chamber of Commerce is in the
business of sending out editorials, it might take
cognizance of another one the World-Herald
printed, under the heading, "Our House in
Order." Its general distribution might dispel
some of the fool ideas held with regard to the
situation in Omaha.
For "Inward" Assimilation
Addressing himself to the 20,000,000 or more
boya and girls of the country, Secretary Glass
. .U. tU nrnVi1mt nf the future Will fall
aav9 mat. nn - - ----
upon them and that, responsibility will corre
spond, hence the necessity for "preparedness.
The why being thus presented, the how takes
its turn: . .
, It is the earnest desire of your govern
ment that you should continue to practice
and make permanent habits of industry and
economy so that through your influence and
example America may become a nation of
- savers and cease to be a wasteful nation.
Nobody will dispute the why. Nobody will
question the wisdom, for instance, of training
for race. The harder the race is likely to be,
ithe severer the course, but training is irksome
and tastes interfere. The secretary asks the
boya and girls to include themselves among the
people who "always save some part of thein
a earnings, who spend money with the greatest
'careand who invest what they save. in some
safe place.".. , V
- A matter of fact this is revolutionary. It
- baa been said that this country is now staging
f.a saturnaliar of extravagance. Somewhere are
vwho tpeud with the greatest care; many there
, are wh6 spendr with no care whateer and who
v prefer to be 'prodigal. The some are excep-
tionaC the many countless. The young natur-
aUy emulate their "seniors it would be -strange
if they did otherwise notwithstanding which
the secretary concludes: ?4v
It is my personal hope that the lessons of
thrift that are being taught in your school
, may help you to develop in your life per
manent habits of saving,, and thereby lay a
fAMnJ.li.. , 1 :
usefulness and ultimately for a bigger and
. Well said. - Well worth a place at the head
v - i ... .. . .
usi oi inr course 01 instruction. J real
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ami au Mta aeara i.rora. Brooklyn Eagle.
WHAT THE BEE STANDS FOR.
1. Respect for law and maintenance of
order. , .
2. Speedy and certain punishment of crime
through the regular operation of the courts.
3. Pitiless publicity and condemnation of in
efficiency, lawlessness and corruption in
office.
4. Frank recognition and commendation of
honest and efficient public service.
5. Inculcation of Americanism as the true
basis of good citizenship.
This is what The Bee stands for, has al
ways stood for, and will continue to stand
for. " .
Accommodations for Stock Shippers. '
The United States Railroad Administration
indicates its intention to ignore a law passed by
the Nebraska legislature, providing that sleep
ing accommodations must be provided for men
accompanying live stock to market The cen
tral division of the administration expresses
a view that the law is unconstitutional, and
follows this with a statement that if it were
observed stock shippers in Nebraska would
have an advantage over those in other states.
Neither of these excuses is a good one. It
ill becomes the federal government, through
its representatives, to declare in advance of a
test that any state law is unconstitutional.
Courts might hold otherwise, but regardless of
this, the railroad administrator is not clothed
with authority to set aside statutes that con
flict with its ideas of railroad management.
The other reason is equally poor. Instead of
its giving stockmen in Nebraska an advantage,
it should lead to the restoration of the accom
modations generally throughout the country.
In the dear old days, when there was real
competition between the railroads for the busi
ness, the stock shippers got many things they
are now , deprived of. Cabooses were fitted
with bunks in which they might sleep during
the long night rides on the way to market.
Parsimony, miscalled "efficiency," eliminated
these bunks from the cabooses, to the discom
fort of the trainmen as well as the patrons who
are compelled to ride with them. Restoration
of the convenience is demanded in the name
of humanity. Laws for the protection of the
live stock on the way to market are enforced,
and it seems absurd that one to care for the
men who have to go along with the animals
to look after them should be disposed of in so
cavalier fashion.
King Albert and the' Reporters.
A little incident at a New York railway sta
tion is significant King Albert of Belgium
was about to depart on his continental tour,
when certain newspaper reporters sought to
speak with him. The third assistant secretary
of state from Washington refused permission,
but the king wasted no time in overruling this
functionary, and spent some moments chat
ting with the newspaper boys. ,
The king thus taught the representative of
the government of .the world's greatest democ
racy a lesson. The newspaper reporter is the
most direct connection, the shortest cut, from
the king to the people. Albert knows this, for
he once was a reporter. Our present admin
istration seems to have forgotten the fact.
While the war was on, the newspapers of the
United States patriotically submitted to a self
established censorship, in addition to that which
the government supplied. They dished up
daily the "creelized" information sent out from
Washington, and did what they could to help
win the war. That time is passed, and the
people want the real news and expect the
papers to furnish it.
The average reporter knows that head
quarters is the place to go for information, and
goes there. King Albert is over here for his
own good, and that of his country, and is not
trying to conceal himself behind any attribute
of royalty Understrappers of the Department
of State, and other bureaucrats will do well
to imitate the soldier king.
Military Drill for the Police.
If nothing else comes out of the catastrophe,
Omaha is likely to have a better drilled and
better disciplined police force. One of the in
herentweaknesses of the body as it exists is its
lack of organization, peculiarly incident to the
all but total lack of intensive training. To
properly exert the strength of such a body of
men, the individuals must be taught the value
of co-ordinated action. This does not end with
the instruction in carriage and bearing, or in
the rudiments of maneuvering. It should com
prise an extended course of teaching to the end
that the policeman will eventually be instructed
in a great many, things he knows little enough
of at the best. When he has been taught how
to march, how to form the correct defense
under given conditions, and to exert his
strength with the greatest effect, all of which
will come with efficient drilling, he may be
given a course of instruction in the, finer mat
ters connected with the service. It takes time
to do this, but when it is done, the results will
more than compensate for the effort put forth.
With a police force lifted above petty factional
disputes of politics, removed entirely from
private interest or group control, well educa
ted in the duties of law officers, the city will
have an asset, of immense worth. Now is the
time to begin on this work.
A Continuing Civic Duty.
Furnace fires will soon be started again.
This ordinarily means that Omaha will be under
a smoke pall and a soot shower for the next
few months unless the anti-smoke ordinance
is enforced with greater effect than ever.
Sporadic campaigns for reducing the smoke
nuisance have achieved but little result. Argu
ments in favor of conservation have been as
impotent as those adduced for cleanliness. It
is well established that coal properly burned
will produce more heat units for less money
than when improperly used. The argument is
not effective with the ordinary citizen, though,
for he persists in clinging to the old-fashioned
way of doing things that sends the greater part
of his fuel up the Chimney in a dense cloud
of heaven-offending smoke. Here is a civic,
duty that never fends. ? Education, , ordinance
enforcement, any sort of reasonable means to
keep the air clear, is a duty incumbent on alL
Let us try to reduce the smpke nuisance and
the fuel waste. -
The Chicago Tribune says in behalf of the
Ardmoreans that they had precedent for their
action. When the light was turned off in Paris
last winter it afforded , excuse' for any such
demonstration as that which put Senator Reed
off the platform at Ardmore.
Limitation oj Gain
(From the St Louis Globe-Democrat) "
We discussed yesterday the opinion of
Charles E. Hughes on the feature of the Cum
mins railroad bill which provides that the In-:
terstate Commerce commission shall determine
what is a fair return on the actual value of any
railroad or group of railroads organized under
the law, and if the carrier has received more
than the fair return fixed by the commission
the excess shall be paid to that body and in
vested or expended by it in a number of speci
fied ways. Mr. Hughes' view is that this would
be a confiscation of private property exceeding
the constitutional authority of congress. "The
mere fact," he says, "that it is proposed to de
vote the moneys or property of a carrier or of
any other person to good uses cannot be re
garded as justifying the deprivation of the car
rier or such person of the right to enjoy and
retain his own property, except as it may be
taken for proper governmental purposes
through valid taxation or for public use on the
payment of just compensation." Justice
Hughes, of course, was considering the matter
from the legal standpoint only, but Samuel
Rea, president of the Pennsylvania Railroad
company, in his address to the American Bank
ers' association. Wednesday, considered the
same section of the bill from the standpoint
of the practical railroad man and the discern
ing business manager, and found objections no
less weighty.
jThe Cummins bill is an honest effort to
solve the great railroad problem, one of the
most complicated and difficult that ever con
fronted congress. It is the product of the sen
ate committee on Interstate Commerce of
which Senator Cummins is chairman, and it is
admittedly a tentative bill, presented for dis
cussion and examination, in the senate and out.
But it and the Esch bill, yet to be reported to
the house, will undoubtedly be the foundation
of legislation governing the future of the rail
road industry in this country. We are quite
sure that it is the wish of congress that the
new railroad law shall be practicable and equi
table, and this result can be greatly promoted
by intelligent analysis and criticism of the bills
by the men outside of congress whose ability
and experience best equip them for competent
judgment, among whom Mr. Rae may well be
numbered. His views may be, and no doubt
are, influenced by his association and interest,
but that would be more or less true of all whose
interests are involved, and it is through the
measuring of points from every side of the
iiestion that approximate right may be attained.
Mr. Rae finds much to approve in the Cum
mins bill, and the criticisms in his address are
aimed to be constructive, not destructive. There
is merit in all of them, but we are particularly
concerned with his objections to the disposition
of excess earnings, "commandeering of earn
ings," as he expresses it, for we are inclined to
consider this the most objectionable feature of
the Cummins bill, many of whose provisions
we favor. "The provisions relative to com
mandeering and using for other railroad com
panies and for railroad employes the so-called
excess earnings of individual railroad com
panies," says Mr., Rae, "will throw many rail
road investments again into a condition of un
certainty, because a fair return for one company;-
and for one year, may at the lapse of
the next year be, reversed by the commission,
or be varied for other companies. There will,
be no incentive to. any carrier to earn any
money in excess of the payment of an ordinary
dividend." Both of these criticisms are cogent,
but the last one goes to the root of the situa
tion. The strongest objection to government
ownership is that it removes the incentive to
advancement and practically abolishes initia
tive. The public is demanding the restoration
of the railroads to private control because it
wants the recognized advantagts of private'
initiative. But if the roads are returned under
conditions that inhibit initiative we will have
defeated the chief purpose. The railroad in
private hands is a business institution. The
object of all business is gain. Every railroad
we have built has been built for gain, even
those that have been promoted and assisted by
the state. It is initiative that creates business
and develops it, and the sole inspiration of in
itiative in business is gain. It was private in
itiative that made the United States the coun
try with by far the greatest railway mileage,
and railroad development, the extension of
railroads and the improvements in railroad
service, were most -marked when the gains of
the railroad business were greatest. To limit
gain is to limit initiative, to check enterprise,
toi fix a point where effort for betterment must
cease because there is no incentive to go be
yond it. The power to fix rates vested in the
commission, "which shall at all times be just
and reasonable," as stated in the bill, is a
proper function of government, and this in a
way is a limitation of gain, but it is no limita
tion upon the amount of business an individual
railroad may obtain through superior service
or upon the economies it may effect through
superior management. The incentive to initia
tive, to enterprise, to efficiency, is not impaired
if the rate'is adequate, for a greater gain is still
possible. The rewards of individual energy,
of better organization, of more intelligent di
rection, should not be denied, for if they are
the incentive to betterment vanishes.
But the railroad business is not' alone con
cerned in this question. "If," Mr, Rea says,
"this system is once established for the rail
roads, it will in time be applied to all public
utility companies at the outset, and later to irt-.
dustrial and manufacturing concerns, because
their products are just as essential for the
daily life of the citizen as railroad transporta
tion." That is at least a possibility, and one
that contains .very grave dangers.
The Apple Vote.
The only reason one can think of for mak
ing cider except ; from the restrictions of the
prohibition law is that so many people have
apples. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Day We Celebrate.
John L. McCague, president McCague In
vestment company, born 1856.
-Fred J. Paffenrath, local manager for
Nicoll the Tailor, born 1866.
County Judge Bryce Crawford, born Sparta,
111., 1869.
Robert F. Gilder, artist and archaeologist,
born 1856. i
. William A. Kelly, superintendent of P. O.
station C, born 1854.
Sir Thomas G. Shaughnessy, chairman of
the board of the Canadian Pacific railway, born
in Milwaukee, 66 years ago.
Joseph W. Bailey, former United States sen
ator from Texas, born in Copish county, Mis
sissipi, 56 years ago.
Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Dickman, who com
manded the American army of occupation on
the Rhine, born at Dayton, O., 62 years ago.
Rt. Rev. Frederick Burgess, Episcopal
bishop of Long Island, born at Providence,- R.
I., 66 years ago.
Rt. Rev. Mathias C. Lenihan, Catholic bishop
of Great Falls, born at Dubuque, la., 65 years
ago.
1 Dr. Prince L. Campbell, president of the
University of Oregon, born at Newmarket, Mo.,
58 years ago.
Louis Baird Duncan, member of the Cin
cinnati National league base ball team," born
at Coalton, O., 26 years ago. 1 j
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
' N. P. Feil of The Bee left to visit relatives
in Cleveland.
The American Waterworks company has re
moved its offices to The. Bee building.
Members of the First German Lutheran
church dedicated their enlarged church edifice.
The building stands at 1005 South Twentieth
street and the addition about doubles'the seat
ing capacity.
Hon. and Mrs. W. J. Connetl entertained
at dinner for Senator and Mrs. Manderson.
People Y6u Ask About
Information About Folks In
the Public Eye Will Be Given
in This Column in Answer
to Readers' Questions. Your
Name Will Not Be Printed.
Let - The Bee Tell You.
King Albert No Stranger.
The king of the Belgians, who
with his wife and son, will spend
the next few weeks In visiting many
of the cities and points of interest
in the United States, Is no stranger
to America. Some 20 years ago.
when he was Prince Albert of
Flanders, he came to the United
States to see its engineering and
electrical wonders, and to study
educational methods, particularly
those relating to industrial training.
He was received by the president
in Washington and met many of
the men responsible for American
Industrial development. He visited
the large manufacturing centers of
New England and saw the oil fields
of Pennsylvania and the steel works
of Pittsburgh. He spent a large
part of his stay In the northwest,
in company with James J. Hill. He
traveled about the country In the
railroad man's private car, and saw
all that was to be seen of the build
ing up of a new country.
Great Religious Worker.
The American delegation to the
International Congress of the
Church Peace Union, which is to
begin Its sessions at The Hague, after
five years' Interruption due to the
war. is headed by Rev. . Nehemiah
Boyrton of Brooklyn. For many
years Dr. Boynton has been a recog
nized leader of the Congregational
church and an active worker in
many religious and social welfare
movements. Born at Medford,
Mass., in 1856, he received his A.
B. degree at Amherst college in
1879 and several years' later grad
uated from the Andover Theological
seminary. Following his ordination
in the Congregational ministry in
1882 he occupied pulpits in Boston,
Detroit and other cities until 1906.
when he accepted his present charge
as pastor of the Clinton Avenue
church in Brooklyn. From 1910
to 1013, Dr. Boynton served as mod
erator of the Congregational na
tional council of the United States.
Interesting Irish Leader.
One of the most distinguished and
interesting figures in Irish politics is
William O'Brien, who is 67 years
old. Ever since his first election to
parliament in 1883 he has been fa
mous among Irish leaders. A man
of transparently honest purpose, in
exhaustible energy, superabundant
enthusiasm, Mr. O'Brien compels
the admiration even of those who
do not agree with him. He is
known in the House of Commons
as the "stormy petrel," and his ac
tive and exciting career shows that
he has always lived up to his nick
name. A journalist by profession,
he has been prosecuted nine times
on political charges, and has spent
more than two years In Jail. He
was the founder and editor of the
newspaper "United Ireland," which
the British government tried vainly
to suppress during the Parnellite
struggle in the 80s.
Once lioved by d'Annunzlo.
Eleanora Duse, the most cele
brated tragedienne of the Italian
stage, has just turned her 60th
birthday. To the present generation
of American playgoers Mme. Duse
is little known, for it has been many
years since she last appeared on the
American stage. Curiously enough,
It has been the recent exploits of
Gabriel d'Annunzio at Flume that
have served to recall her to memory,
for the tragic love story of the fa
mous actress and the equally fa
mouse poet is still well remembered.
The whole life story of Mme. Duse
has been one of romance. Her birth
occurred on a railway train between
Padua and Venice, her parents be
ing strolling Italian players. The
child made her first bow to the pub
lic at the age of 3 years and had
attained considerable fame before
she was out of her teens. She has
made several extensive tours of
America, the flrst in 1893.
TO KEEP PERSHING'S CHAIR.
House Will Mark Seat He Occupied
to Receive Nation's Thanks.'
The chair in which Gen. John J.
Pershing sat in the house during
the Joint session at which the
thanks of congress were formally
expressed to him was brought from
the office of House Leader Mondell.
It is a new mahogany chair with a
leather cushion and is one of the
new office set installed when the of
fice of the floor leader was reno
vated. A suitable plate is being en
graved and the chair will be pre
served as one of the heirlooms of
the capitol. Washington Star.
But He Doesn't.
And even Cupid, if he wore
clothes, probably would have to
sew his own buttons on. Dallas
News.
A KING'S CLOAK.
Albert, young liegeman, unto Freedom
apoke:
"Lo, there la mire befor your atepa,
my Queen!
I apread, that you may pane, my 'brold-
My field of Flanders!" History has
seen
How that cloak, patterned with Its pop
ples red,
Was with th blood of wounded heroes
mired.
Its old design stained deeper by the
dead,
And how that courtier's deed the
world's heart fired.
Raleigh of Flandera Albert, King and
knight
The glass of chivalry to earth a sign
Whose name forever floods the heart
with light
Wear, then, that cloak, marked now by
steps divine,
As decoration from th hand of God!
Your Flanders field, wher Freedom
. walked, dry-shod!
Isabel Fleke Conant, in New York Times.
DAILY CARTOONETTE.
I'MQOmSTOTHE SEA
SHORE LATE THIS YEAR
WHEN THE MOSQUITOES ARE
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DREAMLAND
ADVENTURE
By DADDY.
"GRASSHOPPER HOP."
i -(Oraaahoppera
threaten to ruin Farmer
Dalton'a corn field. When Peggy aska the
birds to destroy them, ahe flnda that the
birds have eaten ao many hoppers that
they hav grown (at and can't at any
more. )
CHAPTER II.
The Fairy Humming Bird.
BILLY, we've got to stop these
grasshoppers ourselves," cried
Peggy, when she found that the
birds were so tilled up they couldn't
wiggle.
"It looks like too big a Job," de
clared Billy, looking out over the
field, which seemed fairly alive with
the crop destroyers. "If Farmer
Dalton hadn't spilled all his oil in
the lake we could have done Jt with
hopperdozers."
"What is a hopperdozer7" asked
Peggy.
"It's a long oil-soaked canvas
trap that you drag across the field,"
explained Billy. "In the bottom of
the trap is a pan of water covered
with oil. If the hoppers Just touch
the oil it kills them. But when
Farmer Dalton was bringing the oil
to put in the traps his motor truck
tripped over the bank, and splash!
all the oil went into the lake three
barrels of it, and there it is now, cov
ering the water."
"Oh! I have an idea!" exclaimed
Peggy. "All we have to do is to drive
the grasshoppers into the lake,
where the oil will kill them."
"Ha! Ha! laughed Billy "You
aren't the only one who had that
idea. Look!" and he pointed out
into the field. There was a large
figure thrashing, around wildly with;
an immense club.
"The Giant of the Woods! What's
he doing?" cried Peggy.
"Trying to drive the grasshoppers
Into the lake," chuckled Billy, and
Peggy had to chuckle, too, for it
was very funny the way the Giant
whirled his club around, only to
smash the empty air, for the hop-
A Dainty Creature Appeared Before
Them.
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Draw from one to two and so on to the
end.
psrs slipped aside as easily as if
the Giant were not there. It was
plain that the hopping, whizzing
horde could not be drivers in that
way.
As Peggy looked at the Giant's
useless efforts there flashed Into her
mind the legend of the Pied Piper,
that strange musician who played so
sweetly that he drew all the rats of
Hamlin Town into the river, where
they were drowned. If only she or
Billy could charm the grasshoppers
with music they might lead them
into the lake.
"We might charm them with our
singing," said Peggy aloud.
Suddenly a tiny, dainty creature
appeared before them in the air,
hanging fluttering on guazy wings.
"Fiddledeedee, that cannot be, un
less you sing in a hopper key," sang
the pretty stranger.
"My gracious, it's a fairy!" cried
Peggy.
Jerry's Appeal to Colleens.
Omaha, Oct. 5. To the Editor
of The Bee: Faugh-a-balaugh van-
a-thee's for Erin's emancipation.
The apathy of Omaha's colleens in
Ireland s struggle for freedom is a
conundrum. Because, history and
tradition tell the story of the pa
triotism . of the daughters of Erin.
That monument on the banks of the
Shannon in the City of the Violated
Treaty Is proof of their valor and
Englands deceit. Almost four
decades ago in our own time, when
the best and bravest of Ireland's
sons were thrown into prison like
they are today, the women of Ire
land, under the leadership of Miss
Parnell, who was equal to her dis
tinguished brother, took up the old
banner and threw it to the breeze
for liberty. "Who fears to speak of
Easter week." The Irish colleens
during that week, as in days of yore,
d'-" their duty.
-t is with reluctance I utter a
word of reproach against any one of
Erin's daughters. But, alas, alas,
there are some . slackers among
them, dames who are neither fish.
flesh nor a good red herring. I
admit, however, that the provincial
diction issued from some obscure
basement called headquarters bv as
sumed leaders, usurpers is repug
nant and embarrassing to the elite
of the Irish race. Consequently the
lrisn lassies are not entirely to
blame, no more than the hleh-
spirited lads for objecting to asso
ciate with the morgue patriots,
politicians.
I would suggest to the Irish col
leens to join with Gen. John
O'Neill's Monument association,
thereby co-operating with Mayor
ci smitn m giving Eamon De
Valera, president of the Irish re
public, a municipal and magnificent
reception Monday evening, October
27. The Irish women are like the
men. The better the Irishman the
better the American, is a truth that
will be recognized and appreciated
with the advance of knowledge.
The Irishman that is indifferent to
the constitutional assassination of
Ireland is a danger and a menace
to the perpetuity of our American in
stitutions. Gen. John O'Neill, the patron
saint of the society I suggest to the
colleens to Join, was a good Irish
man and a true and tried American.
In recognition of his valor the sin
cere friends of liberty erected a
monument .to his memory in the
Holy Sepul'cher cemetery that will
be unveiled Tuesday, October 28.
It is the duty of the lovers of
liberty to lend the dignity of their
presence at the unveiling cere
mony. JERRY HOWARD.
No Cause for Worry.
It is no use for the house of rep
resentatives to nag our Mr. Burle
son about the postofflce vacancies. He
may be depended upon to see that
the most competent and efficient
man gets the place, provided he
votes the ticket straight and boosts
enthusiastically the present postal
administration. And what more
could the republicans ask? What
do they think the postal service is
for, by jinx? Houston Post.
No Sympathy Offered.
Percy Noodles says that when he
complained to the capitalist's daugh
ter that she made him feel like a
dog she said maybe he ought to buy
himself some flea powder. Dallas
News.
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"No, a hummint; bird," declared
Billy.
"A falry-hummlng bird," corrected
the tiny creature." Darter is my
name, and I'm going to make you
such sweet grasshopper singers that
the other grasshoppers will follow
you wherever 'you go. Are you
brave?"
"Try us," answered Billy.
"Here s a drop of water-lily honey
for Princess Peggy, and a drop for
Billy," hummed barter, leading the
way to a leaf upon which two drops
of honey glistened. "Eat them and
see what happens."
Billy policely held the leaf for
PeBgy to eat one drop, and he ate
the other. After a moment of dizzi
ness they found themselves clinging
to the leaves of a bush. Both were
as small as grasshoppers.
"Hum-m-m, now to give you
wings," sang Darter, and he sped
away only to return in a moment
with grasshopper wings which he
sewed on Peggy's shoulders. Then
he brought wings for Billy.
"Now you need grasshopper legs,
so you can hop," he sang, and he
fastened legs on Peggy and Billy a
he had fastened the wings.
"Now hop, hop, hop, and sing,
sing, sing, but remember, if you
want to charm the grasshoppers you
must sing what pleads them."
Peggy looked at Billy, and Billy
looked at Peggy, and both laughed.
They were so funny with their grass
hopper wings and legs.
Billy hopped to try his legs and
away he flew, hs legs throwing him
into the ar like powerful springs.
Peggy hopped and away she flew
after him. And when they landed
they hopped again. ' It was fun, Jolly
fun, and they hopped and hopped,
until of a sudden they found them
selves amid hundreds of Squirming,
hopping creatures. They had hop
ped right nto the grasshopper army.
(Tomorrow will be told how they meet
Chief Hopperty-bop.)
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