Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 27, 1915, Page 14

THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROIEWAT_II, EDITOR. The Bee Putll-m:a)-pny. Proprietor. BEE BUILDING, FARNAM AND mtn-rnm Entered at Omaha postoffice as second-class matter. TERMS OF uucmrnon oarrier Brmfl i per month. per ¥ and Sunday 65c. ' % E ithout Suf (5] 1 Fveni: u Evening Srithout Sund e e i Sunday Bee only i Eend notice of change of address or complainta of num? in deltvery to Omaha Bee, Circulation rtment REMITTANCE. H Remit by draft. expreas o- | prn;l. order. °{o-w e H tam| rec n amal o t ""‘.....:".‘»:"m' b exeent on Dmaha and castern exchange, bot Omaha—The B l?\‘llldlncl e Om -.ll N street. Coo Jutte—14 North l-lI street. w earst 1) ork—Room 11 - avenue. ,.'IA ls—508 New Bank of Washington—i% Fourteenth St., r"v’f e m—————— e et g Y communications ating :::1‘-1 matter to Omaha Bee, torial Department. MAY SUNDAY CIRCULATION, 46,903 Btate of Nebraska, County of Dougla: Bwikht W illiars. circulation Tansger, says that lbo average Sunday etrculation for the month of May, P T tion Man: A sworn to ore W T TER. Notary Publio. Subscribers mwmu—m should have The Bee mailed to them, Ad- In-wmhom‘-ofi- nqm l-. = Theught for the Day Selected by Mre. T. H. Van Nostrand There w no death of kindness Or love among mankind But in darkling loneness i Hoarded hearts grow blind, Pull of kindness ting-ling Soul is shut from soul, When they migh! be mingling whole. . In one kindred —Gerald Massey. h—“—g' = | Eli did—by five lengths. Never too hot to boost for Omaha! it Get there, EI! The safe and sane part of the Fourth may well begin & week in advance. | 014 Sol is the prince of boosters in the corn belt whenever he Is on the job. ipettep— Criticize and condemn as you may, boys will be boya at Annapolis as elsewhere, S vyp—— A Victoria Cross merely gives a decorative touch to the O'Leary laurels won at Chicago. m celebration finish as fts send-oft it will be an .Q__..___,_._.____‘»_..., the Magna Charta from an unwilling king. Similar influences are operating for Polish self-govern- ment. Patronage ple cometh! But then, like the story of the repeated false alarm of wolf, those hungry Nebrasks democrats will not believe it until it arrives. ——— Still, if dreams were to constitute a good defense for accused criminals, the dreamer part of the population 'nu experience a sudden oxpansion. Em— Put it down that there is only one possible iesue that can keep the tariff from figuring as er—— Faithful democrats inclined to hitch their ple carts to the senatorial star are in danger of mistaking resignation for retirement. Colonel Bryan expects to remain a live wire at Weshing- ton for some time. p— Are All Polidy Holders Dishonest? Discussing the question why the fire loss continues to grow in this country, the writer of an srticle in the New York Times, who assumes 1o speak with more than ordinary authority, makes this remarkable statement: ‘Not one claim for loss or damage by fire o a hundred, when presented to the company by the insured, honest and on the square. Every one of investigated, will show an attempt an unfair advantege of the insurance & false claim, is the explanation tln loss. the terms made, this is & wholesale indict- American business men—and matter—with dishonesty & claim for fire as possible, with the certain knowledge that the pany will try to beat it down. thers are oo many frauds per- collecting Zre insurance, it is for the not dellberate dishonesty, but the by which losses are settied. Policy %0 on the theory that insurance adjust- the companies and will omit noth- to the companies money, sud we have doubt the adjusters proceed on that theory, an appeal to the courts belng regarded by *uwmhflwh.u’-u. this system is tolerated and further by overinsuramce competitively :v:.m up-to-the-limit ! §5TEizgg f sigixl% I as by By Wanted—Semi- Centenmn] Suggestions. While the initial steps have been taken for the proper celebration of Nebraska's semi-cen- tennial of statehood, no fixed plan has been adopted, or even considered, so that the scope and method of celebration is yet. entirely open. Nebraska became a state March 1, 1867, by proclamation of President Johnson pursuant to act of congress, and none of the other sister states have as fine a record of fifty years of progress as Nebraska will present. The impor- tance and historic significance of the oceasion calls for a celebration by every man, woman and child who has had a part in the upbuilding of | the commonwealth, or who is to have a part in its further development. Knowing that the committee placed in charge the preliminaries will welcome assistance from every source, we invite suggestions through the columns of The Bee, and hope the invitation will be widely availed of. If you have a semi- contennial idea which may seem suitable, put it in brief descriptive form and send it in without delay. of On the Water or in It. In ‘the good old summer time mankind may go swimming, fishing or boating, or he may take his aquatic pleasure vlcl.rlgn y, as he did on Friday, when he walted for news of the Yale- Harvard boat races, getting his material benefit from daily dabblings in his tub at home. But the boat race itself is a magnificent spectacle, unsurpassed in this quality by any form of con- test, and the interest shown is evidence of the growing importance of water sports in American life. Nature’'s invitation to out-of-doors is per- sistent, but In no other form is it more attrac- tive than when backed by the lure of a stream or lake. Clear, limpid water of gufficient depth to make a header safe, holds in its cool caress o joy that can be found nowhere else in all the world; nothing surpasses the pleasure the swim- mer has in the water. The fisherman, with his tackle suited to his whim; the yachtsman, with his smartly trimmed sall; the power-boat fiend, his “kicker” perfectly timed; the oarsman, swinging gloriously to his sweeps—all these are enjoying one of the greatest blessings to be found in all nature’s beneficence—life on the water, or in it. Americans are more and more proving their appreciation of thig privilege, and the presence of rivers, lake and oceans provides water In plenty for the great common people, who find in it vigor and comfort along with their fun. Better Bridges for Nebraska. Nebraska is just now going through an ex- perience that has been repeated many times in the history of the state. Heavy rains in June have caused freshets in the streams of the state, and much damage has followed, especially in the matter of destruction of bridges across the creeks and rivers. The state engineer recom- mends that these bridges be so replaced that the danger of destruction by Jume floods will be avolded. It can only be done by the adoption of a sturdier form of construction. Bridges have too often been built in flimsy fashion, and of such material as is least calcu- lated to withstand the stress of a sudden rise in the stream. This practice is due to the policy of economy that has been in some instances forced upon the residents of the communities served by the bridges, Nebraska has reached such a stage in its material development, how- ever, that 1t is no longer economy to build any public structure on a temporary basis. Perma- nency should be sought, and this through such construction as reasonably may be depended upon in time of strain. It will be found much cheaper in the end to establish a bridge that will be permanent than to be called on to renew a less costly structure every year or two. ebrask: highways are taking on a perma- nent character, too, with the development of the state, and this affords another reason for the building of better bridges. The change in the traffic that passes along the highways, it becom- ing heavier and more important with each year, is also an argument for the affirmative on this question, which is worthy of the closest study and consideration by the authorities. ——— _ Bankers and Farmers. Co-operative self-interest between bankers and farmers is one of the practical developments of the times. The jughandle relations hitherto prevalling are giving way to a more equitable division of the obligations each bear to the other. Primarily the prosperity of the banker, especially the country banker, springs almost directly from the prosperity of the farmer. It in to the credit of intelligent bankers that they appreciate this and are showing the right co- operative spirit in practical ways. Recent conventions of divisional bankers’ assoclations in the middle west and In the east have devoted the greater portion of their time to considering means to assist farmers in mak- ing improvements, enhancing crop values and preventing waste. The American Bankers' association has an agricultural commission at work on plans for bettering the condition of farmers. Many bankers dealing with the tillers are, on their own Initiative, putting to the test different methods of stimulating Intensive farming and giving direction to ambitious but pntrained farmers. One hundred banks in Michigan hold exhibits of fruit and farm products in their bulldings, some maintain agri- cultural libraries for visitors, and still others make small losns to boys and girls to cultivate gardens, One bank in Minnesota and one In Massachusetts employed agricultural and stock experts to address farmer institutes, and several banks in Illinols advertised to loan money with- out interest for bullding silos. In other locali- tles, notably in the Dakotas, bankers are giving practical assistance to farmers in grading up stock, even providing pedigreed animals at cost. There is no limit to the good results sure to follow friendly co-operation between financier and farmer along such lines. It reflects mot only intelligent self-interest, but neighborly helpfulness, and offers a more promising foun- dation for rural credits than law-makers have as yet been able to devise. — ‘With only drumbeats of peace to mark the uplift, the United States & few years ago entered the billion-dollar class. Now all the warring nations of Europe are talking in billions and wading in Ilpo( ik OMS \N\ .\l MNDAY hm. Ol.h Transmississippl exposition days are vividly recalled by the Inftatory gathering for the semi. centennial celebration of Nebraska statehood. Here s a project which should have been officlally taken up by the legislature, but legislative neglect has left It for private enterprise of public spirited citizens | 10 see to it that a fitting semi-centennial celebration | It was #0 with the exposition, which was | ter joined | with officlal recognition and an appropriation, but in | I8 provided. similarly inaugurated, although the state this case the fact that another legisiature does not normally convene until the eve of the time for cele- brating, makes it necessary that whatever is to be done be done by volunteers and without delay Wattles, at the head of the working committee, as he Wwas at the head of the exposition management, serves to give It a sort of exposition flavor, to say nothing | of assurance that thers will be something doing, and that all arrangements will be conducted in a sys- tematic and businesslike manner. In connection with the preparation for the semi- centennial of statehood, I looked up the schedule of | organization and arrangement of the celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of Nebraska as a territory, which we held here in Omaha in 1004, r. George L. Miller was the chairman of the general committos, and 1 was chairman of the smaller executive commit- tee. We had originally thought to commemorate merely the laying out of Omaha as a townsite and its achievement of a pl on the map, but as this was coincident with the enactment of the famous Kansas. Nebraska act, and the extension of a form of terri. torlal government for the first time to this part -t the country, its scope was widened, and it lost Its strictly local character. We made the governor of the state, and all the living ex-governors honorary presidents, and all the territorial ploneers enrolled in the county vice presidents, a special session being de- | voted to reunion exercises for these earliest settiers. | It is interesting, though sad to note, that of the nina speakers on the program for that session only two are still among the living, and that of the approximately 250 territorial ploneers then listed nmearly seventy-five, to my personal knowledge, have passed to the Great Beyond during the eleven years that have since elapsed. Speaking of celebrations, let me refer to the cur- rent lssue of the Western Laborer, which is a speclal number for the twentleth anniversary of Frank A Kennedy as fta editor, and is full of pertinent remin- fscences. All the way through ‘‘Brother” Kennedy contrasts then and now—the year 186 and the year 1915—in labor circles in Omaha, bravely including h's own portrait taken at those two widely separated his- toric turning poiats. No one can read the record showing the progress made in shortening the number of work hours, and enlarging the pay envelope, with- out a better understanding of the Improved condition of the mechanical trades and other laboring classes, all of which leads to this sage remark: “The ‘good ol® days’ are nice to rgmance about, but no one who has been through them would trade 1915 for 1895."" Speaking of celebrations again, I am in recelpt of an invitation requesting the honor of my presence at the Independence day celebration to be held in Phila- delphia by the commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the city of Philadelpkia, which is the most elaborately beautiful plece of Invitation work I have ever seen The card carries the coat-of-arms crests, emboseed in seven colors, of both the state and the city, and asks participation in the city's celebration on Inde- pendence square on Monday, and the commonwealth's banquet on the preceding Saturday. I am sure it wiil be a glorious affair. Tt goes without saying that 1 regret exceedingly to have to send my regrets, I know this column has many critical readers, for hever does a mistake of any kind get into it that it is not called forthwith. My reference to Mr. Bryan's termination of his military career by the resignation route spoke of him as colonel of the Sec- JUNE Mr. | ond Nebraska regiment, which was a allp either of mine or of the types. We all know or should know it was the Third Nebraska regiment which he raised and commanded. Brother A. E. Sheldon of the legis- lative reference bureau at Lincoln got If first, though several others got it also and let me know it about the same time. Twice Told Tales Virt Reward. “I've often heard that virtue is its own reward,'” sald an old gentleman to the writer recently, * hang me if T attempt to Interfere with the arra ment in future.” He had been crossing the street when a gust of wind removed his silk hat, which rollea under the wheels of a passing cmnibus. As the old gentleman picked up nis battered head- gear he was greeted with a yell of laugnter from a gang of boys at the corner of the street. Turning furlously, with the Intention of reading his tormentors a lesson, the old gentieman paused as he found one boy wearing anything but a cheerful expression. “My boy.” he sald, effusively, ‘‘you're the only little gentieman in the party. Here's a shilling for you. Now, tell me, why didn’t you laugh with your companions?"’ “Because, sir,” replied the youngster, as he pocketed the coln, “I'@ my back turned and didn't see the fun!"—London Tit-Bits. . Mother Instinet. At the close of his talk before a Sunday sehool the bishop invited questions. A tiny boy, with a white, eager face, at onoe held up his hand. “Please, s baby ™ The bishop coughed in doubt as to what amswer to give, but a lttle girl, the eldest of several broth. ers and sisters, came promptly to his aid. “Please, air,” she added, smartly, “there was no- body to nuss him."—New York Globa ." sald he, “why was Adam never a | Disgusted. One day, while her grandfather wes paying a visit to Florence's home, the little girl sald to him: “‘Gran’'pa, your talk about ‘perseverance winning’ is all nonsen: “Well, well, child!” erfed the grandfather, “why do | you say that?" “Why," sald the little girl, “I've worked all the afternoon blowing soap bubbles and trying to pin them on mother's hat."—New York Times The whole town is agog over the decampment of Loyal L. Smith, who has been splurging In the dry goods business here for about eight months. The la- bilities are sald to be somewhere in the neighborhood of $150.000. Nrs. J. W. Inghrom of San Jose, Cal, and her daughter, Mra. Cain, of Falls City, are spending a few days with Omaha friends. Max J. Baehr has a rare relic in his possession fn the shape of an {llustrated Bible in the Bohemian Janguage made In the year 184. It is bound in swine's Jeather and is remarkably preserved. Miss Loomis, 1914 Webster street, will take & fow puplle for the summer. A lot of special prizes are being put up for the com- ing fair, among them a $300 phaeton for the bet crazy patchwork quilt made in Nebraska and a $7.60 pair of shoes for the handsomest girl baby under ? years. The women of the First Congregational chureh gave a pleasant sociable at the home of Mrs. Tukey, 2420 Chicago street. The fire department was called to the corner of Thirteenth and Jones, where a feather bed had caught fire, and thrown out doors had ignited a board fence. No damage cacept to the bed iy HH-). TABLOIDS OF SCIENCE. Sandstone can absorb a gallon or more of water to thé cuble foot of rock Halt & part per million of iron in water is detectable by taste and four or five perts make water unpalatable. Direct sunlight by its chemical ¢’fects Gisintegrates the backing of mirrors in a comparatively short time. According to scientists, a man sbould live about five times as long as the time required for the full development of his frame and muscular system According to a German scientist. ani- mals have been distributed over the world by the oscillation of its axis, which has changed the climate of various lands. Sawdust has been found to be a more effective extinguisher of fire in burning liquids than sand, as it cuts off the sup- ply of oxygen more quickly. Electrically spéaking, the average man each day dissipates about two and one- half kilowatt hours of energy In mction, radiation, Bullding Inspector C. Youngstown, O.. C. Knox of claims that great pre. cautions should be taken in the corstruc- | tion of chimneys, as he maintains that 2 per cent of all fires In the city are caused by defective chimneys. According to a Canadian patent for treating fuel to prevent smoke, the coal or like fuel is sprayed, before or during cembustion, chlorate or perchlorate and sodium per- menganate. AROUND THE CITIES. New York finds that street accidents are due carlessness, @ per cent of to indtvidual Some of the St. Louls jitney operatcrs are pulling town l0-cent farcs and ss much more as they can get. New Yori's lelephone directory car- ries 345,000 names, by far the highest numbe- of any city In the world Longview, Mass., boasts of a yirl even- gelist, 13 years old, who preaches with the vim of a veteran ~ircuit rider. New Ycrk has launched a company with a capital of $4,000,000 to operate a chain of high-class picture theaters at whick §/ seats will prevail. Des Molnes jitney operators have Iired lawyers and started a fight on the city ordinance regulating the business. Regu- lation is now tied up by an injunction. Cincinnat! in 1914 paid 4 cents per capita per diem for feeding workhouse prison- ers, the balance being earned by the in- stitution. Quite a saving from %3 per. The police of unromantic Fhiladelphia are under positive orders to stop spoon- ing in thc public parks. The first round-up of first offenders brought a multitude of parents to the guardhouses with tears end protestations, A delegation of the Women's clubs of St. Joseph, Mo., council last week, and wnen the joint sesaion ended an ordinance presonted by the women was passed ani other ar- rangements completed for starting rock quarrying by prisoners on the eity farm. In Philadelphia jitneys figured in 112 accidents from April 1 to June The question of regulation is still a warm one. To offset the influence of num- bers supporting the jitneys, street car motormen and conductors are rushing petitions for regulation and rallying labor unions to their support. It is the first time the traction magnates sanctioned unity of action among employes. QUAKER MEDITATIONS. As broad as it s long—A square deal. A man is made of clay, but that doesn't prove he's a brick. The fellow who bets his bottom dollar doesn't always get to the top. Just because a fellow s uppish, dom't jump to the conclusion you can't down him. For every girl who Is a matchless beauty, some other girl thinks she Is a match for her. 1t is much more gratifying to have your bust in the Hall of Fame than to be busted outside. Even nature makes mistakes. Some- times a man with a champagne and ter- rapin income has a milk toast stomach. When a man insists upon taking his wife to a ball game she can get back at him by taking him to a millinery open- ing. Blobbs—Wigwag says it takes a lot of sand to succeed in his business, and 1 s it does. Slobbs—What his busi- ne Blobbs—Sugar. Rollingstone Nomoss—Dey say whisky Is a sure cure for snake bites. Thirsty Thingumbob—Well, I'll skirmish around fer de snake If you'll furnish de whisky. “No man can acquire momey without making sacrifices,” remarked the man who had made his. *“No, not even when one marries for it,”" replied the man who had tried the experiment. Harduppe—I just asked Closeflst .to lend me $10, saying I had left my pocket- book at home. Borrowell—Did he fall for 1t? Harduppe—Fall nothing. He offered me a nickel for carefare, to go home and #et it.—Philadelphia Record. SIGNPOSTS OF PROGRESS. ‘With 3,000 telephones, one York office bullding holds the world's record. Philippine clgars are now regularly ex- | ported to forty countries. The total ex- ports last year were 155,000,000 cigars. A three-inch steel cable made for use in a Cuban mine withstood a pulling test of 761,600 pounds, which is said to be the record. For sorting frult as it is picked from a tree there has been invented a tube that separates the asmall from the large as they slide down It All but four states now have laws for the compulsory attendance of children at sckool. Alabama, Florida, Georgin and Mississippl are the exceptions. ‘The best authorities agree that the total ot the crops raised from seed in the Urited States might be doubled by im- methods of farming. To do this would add 34000000000 to the nation's wealth and the resources of its farm pop- ulation. The Los Angeles municipal markets, ee- tablished last year, are said to have met the approval of householders to such an extent that 25,000 people on market days come with their own baskets to carry thelr purchases home. The superiority of French kid gloves over all others is due a il o the perfection of the skins, the kids being reared in villages by peasants who own culy & few goats, and, therefore, take great care of them. Another reason ls that in France one workman take: the prepared skin and manipulates it himself right up to the finished glove | celerity | has Umita. was granted a divorce from his in chewing with a solution of sodium | braceq up to the city | People and Events Only However Hurry, girls, speed up! more days for June brides. honeymoon tour in any other old mmnh generates just as much happiness. It is noted with exclamation points down east that Archie Roosevelt passed | *pecial inducements birthday without en- | Flusive | his twenty-first countering -a speeding-up fine s a family trait. Mere man’ Frank Pdgell of Huntington. W. Va, wife because she persisted | her quid of tobacco In bed. Colonel Henry Watterson tle stimulation to the mental faculties.” Who sent the lemon to Louisville? A gallant old southron journeyed to the i Confederate reunion at Richmond and fire muscular action, mental exertion and heat | *USht In vain for the woman who, fifty | o ANANOAL | vears ago, smashed his hand as it swiped | It is interesting even at this late day to find in the midst of war that loyalty to the great American in- | a plate of ple. stitutfon had throbbing roots. The frazzled exponent of department store banking 'n New York, Henry Siegel, takes his mild dose of ten months in Jail for to 15,000 depusitors. The latter refused to compromise for $150,000, all the money Blegel could scrape up, so Henry put the coln away and took a limousine to the pen. started down the road None of the adcrofters at the Chicago convention mentioned it as showing the high poesibilities of the art, but it hap- pened nevertheless. The family of Fiske Keyes of Hollls, Okl, advertised for a girl. Two weeks later the stork brought four girls to the house, all huskles weigh- ing six pounds each. Papa Fiske re- gards the oollection as the finest bunch of Keves in the state, but hereafter will restrict his advertising to his hardware business. Eenator Sherman of Illinols, who has some presidential aspirations of his own, rounds up four availables for the re- publican race next year. These are Sen- ator Burton of Ohio, Senator Weeks of | three | is & patient animal, but he loves New York as a summer resort because of ita “‘somnolent newspapers, affording so lit- | squandering $2.850,000 belonging “It will help me to start in business when I come back,” he remarked as he | SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT. i ad | Cleveland Plain Dealer A Detroft | clergyman, who evidently reads nothing but the domestic news, announces that |the world is growing better Detroit Free Presa: An Omaha preache germonless sermons for & The devil offers ne but gets there just announces |tering Sundays the same Methodist “a tAthy up very start ir up untl When speaks of it pains Houston Post our brother, Dr. Coppage. stinking tobacco user much, but when we Methodists to blister sinners we cannot let most of the hide is off. | New York World: Out of a charge of | stealing a Bible left by the governor of | West Virginia in a dining car has grown & sult for $10,000 damages for falee im- | prisonment. Even the Good Book can in- epire bad motives. But how much better to have accepted the abstraction of tha { sacred volume as evidence of a desire for epiritual uplift and condoned the alleged theft! Springfield Republican: The North | Ameriean church unity conference, which will be held in Garden City, N. Y., Janu- ary 5, 5 and 7, it is announced, is beinz |arranged for by FEpiscopalians, Presby- terians, Baptists, Congregationalists and “many more" denominations; also that members of the Roman Catholic church |and the Holy Orthodox Eastern church of Ruseia will make addresses. This is decidedly a report of progress in rea: church unity. Tt has not been easy here tofore for the Christlan churches to get together, even to agree to disagree. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. “Ife's loyal to his friends, {sn't he? “Very. With six barbers idle in a vmn he'll sit around for an hour and waft for Wi favorite hair cutter to finish the cv tomer ahead ot him.”—Loulsville Conrier- Journal. our boy ever at the head of his 0," replied Farmer Corntossel; “Josh doesn’t get to the head of his class. But you jes' ought to see him slide to second bese!"—Washington Star. “Dearest,” he sald, “‘can't T get you a ‘ nice diamond ring for Christmas? “No, darling,” whispered the far-seeing young thing: I will take the ring now. Let Christmas bring its happy surprises Massachusetts, former S8enator Fairbanks | Just as usual.”—Newark Star. of Indiana, and Senator Borah of Idaho. Senator Willlam Alden Smith is passed | by and the vitality of Sherman's boom | depends on a working agreement with | Congressman Mann on the first choice | The preponder- | ance of senators on the Mst suggests the | of the Illinois delegation. rise of the upper house as a lightning- rod factory. PEACE TALK AND TALKERS. ew York Post: Whatever is to be #aid of the houry maxim about preparing | in time of peace for war, thers can be no douby that in time of a war like the present, men's minds ought to be look- ing forward to peace. In this sense, we may well praise the admirable persist- ence with which Mr Taft and his asso- iates in the lLeague of Peae, now meet- ing in, Philadelphia, prees their plans fwr} doing away with war. Boston Tranecript: Mr. Bryan is mo| less logical today In his rejoicing over our feebleness on land and sea than he was in 1896 when he 2Pt the ountry’’ ora- torically with his ‘free silver” heresy. Nor is he any nearer to recognizing a moral issue today in his espousal of weakness as an agency of justice than | he was nearly twenty years ag» when he| urged the adoption of a dishonest <uitar as the cornerstone of nativnal credit. Philadelphia Pecord: Mr. Bryan seems to think he can talk those who are bent on fighting into refraining from war. The people of this country are not dis- posed to fight anyone, so that it ought to be clear to Mr. Bryan by this time that he is *asting his breath. Bince he thinks he can stop war by arguing agalnst it, why doesn’t he buy a steam- ship ticket and make & talking through ¥ngland, France, Germany, Russia, Austria and Ttaly? Cleveland Plain Dealer: that peace and protection advocate, ex- Secretary Honaparte, down.” the fighting assumes a more primeval torm, It 1s not only recessary to knock the other fellow down, but he must be sat upon immediately afterwards. This is the only way to insure the fruits of victory. Detroit Free Press: Mr. Bryun's peace mouse has been born, after all, tne labor He would ask the of the mountain. leaders in the Furopean war to announce their peace terms. Perhaps Mayor Thompson can be induced to £o over to The Hague and lock all the leaders of the belligerents in the Peace Palace un- til they agree to arbitration. 1t #uch an easy scheme that the marvel is that some of the other brilllant writers on the war did not suggest it long ago. Mr. Bryan (s entitled to the Nobel eace prize Me might as without further pariey. well begin spending the $10,000. Lel tour According to “The way to end a fight 's to knock the other fellow Out in the primitive west whero KABARET LT 50 THEY ALWAYS TAKE YOuR MEASURE, ‘uflmmumss- AND WHEN YOU OWE AMd BEAT Y ’llemcimnmm SIze! ‘The pretty trained nurse I en mngn my little boy cough up a tack." “She can even do more. She med a ycung doctor at the hospital she's en- gaged to cough up a dlamond ring.' ' — Baltimore American. “Lady,” said Plodding Pete, “dat dog of yours come mighty near biting me.’ “Well," _replied the matter-of-fact woman, ~Cacfar is getting old an' kind of careless. Every once in a while he misses somebody.”—Pittsburgh Chronicle- Telegraph. aged rass Bix—Scientists claim now that tables have feelings, emotions. Dix—That's right. We frequently see cabbages with swelled heads.—Poston Transeript. vege- A straight is tl two points.” “I supposo %o, sald the man with a sultcase. ‘“‘But mighty few lines are as nearly straight as th pear to be on their railroad map: hington Star. THE HAPPY WARRIOR. e,” sald the geometri- ie shortest distance between Willlam Wordsworth. Who is the Happy Warrior? 'Tis he whose law is reesen; penis Upon that law as on the best of friends: who do- Whence, in a state where men are le{-tefl wtill To evil for a guard against worse ill, And what in quality or act is best Doth seldiom on a right foundation rest, He labors good on good to fix, and cwes To virtue every triumph that ho knows; Who If he rise to statiou of command, Rises by open means; and there will stand On honorable terms, or elss retire. 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