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2—B THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE FOUN Y EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDH‘OE__ " ¥he Bee Publishing Company, Propri BEE BUILDING, FARNAM_AND BEV Entered_at Omaha_postoffice as_second- TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Bycare By mail matter. S Sun ree Aoulos of chans of sddress delivery to Omaha Bee, Circulgtion Y REMITTANCE, Remit by draft. express or postal order. Ouly 3-cent stamps received in payment of small accounts. Per- sonal checks, except on Omaha and esstern @xchanges, socented. not OFFICES. QmabecThe Bes Bullding, juffe—14 North Main street. New York—Room 1108, 8t Louls—503 New Bank of Commerce. Washington—735 Fourteenth street, N. W. 'CORRESPONDENCE. G Address communications relating to news snd_edi- torial_matter to_Omaha Bes, Editoris! Depertmest. JULY GIRCULATION. | 57,569 Daily—Sunday 52,382 ‘Williams, circulation manager of The Bes Qe ogt Notary Publio. Sibscribers leaving the ecity temporarily mailed to them. Ad- shoula have The Bes dress will bs changed as often as As a price booster the hog justifies the name. | Less than three weeks to Ak-Sar- Ben's advent. | The recall of the straw hat may be safely left to take care of itself! | It must have been one of the cele- ! brated spells of economy that induced [} | the democratic congress to leave the safe. | Now that Arthur Mullen has ar- ranged the program for Woodrow Wilson, the campaign on that side of the house may show symptoms of life. Senator Lewis is scheduled for the " job of answering Candidate Hughes all along the western trail. If volume of sound could answer argument J. tle better in complying with the law calling for a full stop where street cars are loading and unloading pas- ~ sengers. Let the good work be kept o — President Wilson is again trying to _ break into the Lincoln class by cap- italizing the ugliness of his own face. ‘That, however, is the only spot where _ he is likely to get anywhere near to # 014 Abe. —— : . Should the suffragists succeed in raising that million-dollar campaign fund for 1917, keeping their hats on straight becomes a matter of minor concern. A flush purse makes any "l‘lc fashionable. : 2 « On the return: of” our- democratic senator perhaps he will again ex- plain his refusal to take sides for ‘Omaha; his home town, for the loca- ' tion of the federal land bank—just 20 there may. be no mistake ‘about it. — .« Still, if votes for women are to come during the Wilson administra- _ tion, in order to make the wish of Dr, . Anna Howard Shaw come true, it will have to exceed all speed limite to ‘get under the wire by March 4 next. Stgm———— " If President Wilson were really earnest in telling the suffrage women “I come to fight for you,” he would have put a suffrage measure through congress by the same stop-watch method that he used to force the rail- way wage increase bill through, E—— According to the dispatches, the bunch of Mexican bandits who stole a mule from an American engineer's camp are supposed to be Villistas. ‘The supposition is just as plausible . that they are Carranzistas bent on . having a party souvenir to remind them of their' democratic champion ,i-‘A in the White House.. /' With election fears facing them, the democrats have taken off the ‘stamp taxes which constituted such an annoying part of their war tax program. But there is no assurance . that they will not put them back again after election, if continued in power. An ounce of prevention is _ worth a pound of cure. Sap verb! ! — Repeating an Old Warning. It may be a little bit early, but the old warning against fire is here re- peated. October 9 has been set apart once more as a time for folks to ex- ercise more than ordinary care in - looking around to the end that all chance for accidental conflagration be as far as possible removed. Premises are to be inspected, chimneys and fire- places repaired, heating apparatus overhauled, and all manner of pre- cautions are enjoined. This should be a daily injunction, to the end that it would become habitual. One of ‘41 the most severe indictments of our ‘modern life is that we waste so much feeding preventable fires. Destruc- tive blazes are almost invariably due to carclessness or design. The law punishes the latter only. Through formér property equivalent in iy i€ to a city the size of Omaha is stroyed each year in the United tes. This property is taken out of wealth of the country, and while’ hw by other wealth it means much of permanent loss, Vigi- care will save this money and it rivate as well as public duty to i .m‘ car~ Raising Money for Charity. There are ways and ways of raising money for charity and it goes without saying that some ways are more effective than others. The gratifying re- turns of the recent Tag day collection, conducted for the Visiting Nurse association, emphasizes not only the readiness of a sympathetic public to sup- port a worthy charity in whose management there is implicit confidence, but also constitutes an en- dorsement of a plan that puts practically 100 per cent of the receipts to work without the diversion of any substantial part of the money to cost of production, professional promoters, or other ex- pense accounts, The trouble with most of our schemes for rais- ing money under the guise of charity is that too big a proportion of the proceeds, often by far the larger part, never becomes available for the object for which it is intended because of the excessive cost of the entertainment, charity ball, advertising stunt or what not, utilized as the mechanism for soliciting contributions. Of course, all our charities cannot finance them- selves by selling paper tags, but there is no good reason why they should not distinguish between money raising schemes that produce net revenue and those which bring in substantial sums, but eat up most of the collections as “expenses,” leav- ing the wheat of charity deplorably small beside the chaff of promotion cost. Is Religion Made Too Easy? One tendency of modern times, much deplored by serious churchmen, is trend of the church in general to take religion to the man, rather than bringiman to religion. This is a development of advancing civilization which has mitigated the other circumstances of man's existence as to re- lieve him of any oppressive sense of religious duty. He is inclined to feel himself beyond the incentive of reliance on divine favor for the bless- ings and advantages that pad his existence. His savage forebear found a world peopled with spirits, working for good or evil, to be invoked or to be propitiated on all occasions and under all circum- stances. As his mind unfolded man clothed these rulers of his destiny with varying attributes, in- creasing in ratio of power and dominion, sanctity and sovereignty, until his finite mind was able to grasp some notion of the Ineffable One, in whom all the previously divided qualities of deity were united. Another stage in the process brought a newer view of the Almighty, and a more attractive form of religion. Its appeal was to the masses, direct and personal, Gibbon ascribes the spread of Christianity among the Romans and their subjects to the fact that the poor man couldn't possibly be worse off than he was, while under the new faith he was taught to look forward to not only his own salvation to an eternity of bliss, but the punish- ment of his contemners and persecutors in ever- lasting torment. A more wholesome form of this religion has evolved, and Christianity is become a cult of love and hope. With the loosening of the bonds of sectarian discipline, or for some other reason, we are no longer so devout or sedulous in our worship as were the earlier Christians. Under stress of ex- citement or pressure of circumstance man eagerly admits himself beholden to God, but normally he ? longer puts himself to especial trouble to at- ténd public worship. To what extent the church is to blame for this the preachers themselves are not decided, but they are uncomfortable under the dact, and fegl the effects of the condition they .seem powerless at present to control, See————e— Great Britain and Protection. Theoretical free traders, who find nothing in prospect after the war to warrant adoption of protective tariff laws, may learn something if they will follow the action of the British Trades Union congress. This body of men represents more than 2,500,000 workmen affiiliated with varlous trades unions, comprising all the crafts and callings. At its convention for the current year it adopted by a majority of more than 1,000,000 votes a resolution endorsing the principle of protection. A more significant pointer has not recently been furnished. The British have been busy on eco- nomic as well as military problems since the war commenced, and every dependable evidence is afforded that John Bull is going to change his policy, This is entirely independent of any under- standing with his allies in the war as to preferen- tial treatment in trade after the war. Canada and Australia are certain to be included in the new British commercial plans, and possibly India and South Africa, and with the British empire on a protective basis the free traders of the United States will have no place left for their beautiful dreams of scientific altruism, Calibrating the “Kiddies.” Better babies is Nebraska's stronghold, but don't be misled by the slogan into thinking that Nebraska ever had any kind but the best. No- where, since the earlier days in Eden, when the first of babies opened his eyes on this smiling world, has there been found a better place for a baby to be born than in Nebraska. The air and sky, and milk and water, the sunshine and the birds, the flowers and all conditions, material or otherwise, that make for perfection in babyhood, are found here. That is why it is necessary to calibrate the “kiddies” when they are taken to the baby show at the state fair, Everyone there is a perfect little type of just what a baby should be, and the judges admit that. One hundred per cent is no longer the criterion. That is admitted at the start, and the only thing to be determined is how much over that mark the youngsters will go when they are measured, weighed, punched and stretched. To win a baby prize in Nebraska fs certainly a mark of distinction, and The Bee gives its heartiest felicitations to those little folks who met with expert approval at Lincoln, They are living, laughing examples of what Nebraska can do, and we challenge the world to equal them, — —— That reminds us, what became of our sena- tor's wonderful proposal for a wonder-working tax on foreign-owned American stocks and bonds sent back here to be disposed of? Another elu- cidating “explanation” from his local personal or- gan is in order. — General von Reventlow, the noted editorial strategist of Germany, henceforth must submit his thunderings td the public censor before ap- pearing in print. The edict effectually muzzles one of the most efficient wordy warriors in the empire, — The “Dry Special” carrying the prohibition presidential candidates ix to cover 9,000 miles on 4 two months’ coast-to-coast tour. This will con- stitute a record trip for the “water wagon” and make attaches hold tight so they won't fall off THE . OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 10, Thought Nugget for the Day. As night the life inclining stars best shows, So lives obscure the starriest souls disclose. —George Chapman. One Year Ago Today in the War. Germany defended attack on Orduna, saying it tried to escape submarine. p ki 4 : ! Anglo-French financial commission arrived in New York to arrange for loan of $500,000,000 to allies. ' Petrograd reported Russians had broken Austro-German front in Galicia and captured 5,000 prisoners in third recent victory there. This Day in Omaha Thirty Years Ago. Miss Garlichs, who has been here for the last two weeks on a visit to her sister, Mrs, A. M. Yates, and her brother, R. Garlichs, the banker, has left for the east to fulfill several concert en- gagements. Mr. and Mrs, Fred Herzke, who came to Omaha in 1867, have left for Berlin, Germany, to remain until spring. It is twenty-seven years since they have been'in the old country. Professor Bruner, county superintendent of education, has gone to Waterloo to pay his first visit to the schools in that vicinity since the open- ing this year. sk Mrs. Captain J. W. Bishop and Miss Fanny Bishop of Keokuk, Ia,, are in the city, and expect to make Omaha their future home. W. P. Hudson is rejoicing over the advent of G vé'flg. a 13-pound baby girl. Members of the Bohemian School association met at National hall with the teacher of their school, Mr, Joseph Dinetur, and presented him with a gold-headed cane as a deserved compli- ment for his untiring efforts in behalf of the school. A few words were also spoken by the secretary of the school, Mr. John Rosicky. The county commissioners have authorized the county clerk to advertise for bids for the construction of the sewer on West Leavenworth street, After the sewer has been constructed the street will be graded to conform to the grade ordered by the council within the city limits. The Harvest Moon. Harvest moon, which rises today at 4:01 p. m,, is the name given in high northern latitudes to the full moon of the lunation which occuts about the time of the autumnal equinox. The circumstance which has made it noticeable and given it its name is that during this lunation the tising of the moon for several successive days before and after the full takes place nearly at the same hour, thus favoring the work of the farmer during harvest, whereas, taking the year through, the rising is retarded on an average about fihy minutes per diem. The cause of this phenomenon is to be found in the inclination of the earth’s orbit, or the ecliptic, to the equator, The moon’s apparent daily motion (in rising and setting) is parallel to the equator, but its progres- slye motioft in its own orbit is nearly coincident with the ecliptic, there being an inclination of ’rnly about 5 degrees between these two Daths. ‘0 an observer on the Arctic circle, when the first point of Libra (the autumnal equinox) comes to the western horizon, the ecliptic coih- cides with the horizon all uroundl and if the sun is on the first of Libra at that time it is sunset to the observer. If full moon occurs at the same moment, the moon will be in the first of Arles, opposite to the sun, and it will be moonrise to the observer. The next evening the sun will have advanced about 1 degree in its orbit, and the moon 13 degrees; but this movement will affect the hour of the moon's rising compara- tively little, though it will change considerably the azimuth (or distance from north or south point) of its position on the horizon at rising. And, as for several evenings before and after the equinox the moon's orbit will continue to be nearly co-incident with the horizon at the close of the day, it follows that for several successive days the moon ‘will rise not very far from the same hour, Though it is to observers on the Arctic circle that this phenomenon is most strik- In(lg apparent, it is more or less noticeable in all high latitudes, as in Great Britaln, Norway, and to some degree in Canada. It does not oc- cur at all at the equator. British astrono- mer Ferguson remarks of it: “The farmers gratefully ascribe the early rising of the full moon at that time of the year to the goodness of God, not doubting that He ordered it on pur- role to give them an immediate supply of moon- ight after sunset for their greater convenience in reaping the fruits of the earth” This Day in History. 1794—Charter granted to Blount college, aft- emnd the University of Tennessee, at Knox- ville, 1813—Battle of Lake Erie, in which a United States squadron under Commodore Perry de« l’md a British squadron under Commodore Bar- clay. “ 1816—Sir John Pender, one of the pioneer builders of submarine cables, born in Scotland. Died July 7, 1 1842—Mrs. Tyler, wife of President John Ty- ler, died in the White House, tatue of Commodore Perry unveiled in Cleveland, on the forty-seventh anniversary of the battle of Lake Erie. 1863—Union forces occuf!ed Little Rock, Ark. 1866—The Maine state election resulted in the choice of General Joshua L. Chamberlain, repub- lican, for governor. ld75—ltll{d observed the fourth centenary of the birth of Michael Angelo. 1878—Prof. Karl Nobiling, a soclalist, died of self-inflicted wounds, following his attempt to assassinate the German emperor, 1887—The British funbon Wasp, with A crew of o?ht{ men, left Singapore and was? never heard of again. 1888—Prince of Wales (King Edward VII) was entertained in Vienna. 1898—Empress Elizabeth of Austria assassi- nated at Geneva by Luigi Lucheni. 1907—Colony of New Zealand was proclaimed a dominion of the British empire, The Day We Celebrate. . W. D.McHugh is celebrating his fifty-seventh birthday. He was born at Galena, Ill. "He once came very hear being a federal judge instead of our most prosperous lawyer, Ezra Millard was born September 10, 1877, He is a native son of Omaha and graduated at Harvard university. Banking is his calling, as it was that of his father before him. Earl R. Stiles, chief auditor of the Woodmen of the World, is 41. He was born in Millers- town, Pa, and has been with the Woodman or- ganization in various capacities since 1903, James Linn Rodgers, adviser of the United States commissioners in the Mexican conference, born at Columbus, O, fifty-five years ago today. Frederic A. Delano, until recently 'vice gov- ernor of the Federal Reserve honr! born of American parents in Hong Kong, (Ehlnn, fifty- three years ago today. Dr. Stratton D, Brooks, president of the Uni- versity of Oklahoma, born at Everett, Mo,, forty- 0 today. . Rev. Harry S, Longley, suffragan bishop of the Episcopal diocese of Iowa, born at Cohoes, N. Y, forty-eight years ago today. . John W. Lapp, catéher of the Chicago Amer- ican league base ball team, born at Frazer, Pa., thirty-two years ago today. Robert E. Speer, for man F"‘ secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions, boé-n at Huntington, Pa, forty-nine years ago today 1916. omd. Jndinarionss By Victor Rosewater. URING the hurry-up trip which I made to New York a week ago, | was compelled to encounter the congested condition qf travel of which I am sure folk who were keeping close‘ to home here have no adequate conception. This rush of people to take railroad trains and the consequent difficulties of securing accqmmoda- tions are explainable, of course, by two things, the eagerness to anticipate the then threatening tie- up of traffic by a trainmen’s strike and the simul- taneous haste of summer resort visitors to get away without being held up in the meshes of the health quarantines which are being maintained against the spread of the infantile paralysis plague. I was on one train that had been ex- tended by the addition of extra coaches to be a fifteen-car train, and if there were any unoccu- pied berths the fact must have been known only to the conductor. At the station in Chicago such crowds wete besieging the three ticket win- dows that two policemen were kept in attendance to maintain orderly behavior and, rather than take a chance in this bargain-counter crush, I went to the up-town ticket office which, likewise, had all the business it could conveniently attend to. 1 had with me my little daughter, whom I was bringing home from a summer spent with rela- tives near Baltimore. Fortunately we t'.md heeded admonition and by way of precaution were fortified with an officially attested health certificate. This document, in w)!Ich the examin- ing physician declares that the child was enjoying perfect health and has not had poliomyelitis nor has been exposed to it, had to be first embel- lished with the great seal and autograph of the municipal health officer under date not more than twenty-four hours old. It was called for, too, at the boundary crossing into Pennsylvania, where it was rubber-stamped and notation added as “passed by the Pennsylvania health department. 1 refer to this to illustrate the rigid sanitary re- quirements enforced in the east and by wl{l.o! justification of the quarantine regulations wl ich are occasionally imposed upon us out here, but too seldom enforced with the strictness neces- sary to make them effective. With reference to the progress of the na- tional campaign, according to the measure made by those in charge I may be pardoned repel(lnz the following extract from an interview printe in the Baltimore American: “The outlook never looked better for the republican party,” said Mr, Rosewater. “Thera is every indication that Judge Hughes will be elected. I know of one man in Omahs who has been a democrat all his life, who has of- fered $2,000 in bets of $500 each that the taker cannot name one single northern state that Wilson will carry, So far no one has taken his bet and the money is still there for any one who wants to cover it. “l have been in New York attending a meeting of the national .republican aflvisory committee. A general discussion was held of the situation and especially of the west. The committee made suggestions and will meet again on September 18 in Chicago. Judge ughes started on his western tour a little ahead of the campaign, and, while he has made a wonderful impression wherever he has spoken, the advisory committee feels that there is a lack of ginger in some sections. The real campaign machinery has not yet been set in motion and the meeting of the advisory com- mittee was to go well into the situation and make recommendations. In many sections the primaries have not been held and so the cam- paign cannot be fully gotten under way. When the campaign starts it will be very thorough, with systematic speaking all over the coun- try, There will also be educational features and a general publicity movement. The pri- maties are being carefully watched and a great effort will be made to secure a republican senate.” Incidentally, what I told the little meeting of republicans the other night is also in point, namely, that for the first time since 1888 have the republicans and democrats occupied their rela= tive positions—a democratic president seeking re- election on the record of his me and the re- publicans assailing that fecord and waging a campaign of offense against the democrats en- in power. In' 1896, when President nd was ending his second term, Mr. Bryan, as the democratic standard bearer, repu- diated the democratic record and in each subse- quent campaign the republicans have held the entrenched position with the democrats attack- ing. In those campaigns we naturally called our democratic critics “knockers,” and with condi- tions reversed it is inevitable that the democrats will make the same charge lfl‘nn republicans who expose democratic failures, democratic broken pledges, democratic incompetency, demo- cratic vacillation and democratic untrustworthis ness. But in no other way can the i{ssue be sharply drawn and the voters made to understand the essential difference between the opposing candidates and the policies of the parties for which they stand. An item in our “Today” column served as a reminder to W. G. Shriver of the fact that he, along with a few others, had instigated and exe- cu!eg a Mardi Gras pageant in Omaha just thirty years ago which, crude as it was, could well be regarded as the direet forerunner of our beautiful Ak-Sar-Ben parades. After verifying his recollection Mr. Shriver has furnished me with the following account of the enterprise: “The first Mardi Gras in Omaha was given for the entertainment of visitors in the city during Fair week. The idea originated in the minds of a few young men, and a meeting was called at my office on Wednesday night and the show was put on the Friday night follow- ing.” Some quick work, ‘eh? It developed into such a magnificent and successful affair that the merchants encouraged the movers to make the Mardi Gras a permanent feature of the Omaha fairs. “The parade moved from No. 3 engine house on Harney street east to Twelfth, to Doug- las, to Sixteenth, to Cuming, to Twenty- third, countermarching to Sixteenth, to Dodge, to Fifteenth, to Harney, 'where it disbanded. The scene uionl the line of march was an in- teresting one. The music of several bands mingled with the burlesque organizations, the brilliancy of the fireworks and street illumina- tions, the nifty floats and exhibits and the shouts of approval from the dense throng made it all a scene seldom witnessed. Considering the short time for building floats, they were more than creditable. About forty merchants had floats, some of them having a dozen or more exhibits. The Union Pacific, North Omaha and A. O. H. bands were the principal ones in line,. The base ball game that was carried on upon a float fur- nished by Collins, Gordon & Kay, was one of the most taking of the parade. The men in uniform were playing in their respective places, batting a ball with whiskers that was deliv- ered from a machine pitcher. The umpire was kept in a cage and rendered decisions fear- lessly. The procession was closed by a repre- sentation of Omaha in 1856 and Omaha in 1886. The first consisted of a prairie schooner of the “Omaha or Bust” specie; the second. Omaha of 1886, represented by Stephenson’s Cab line, showing about twenty cabs and coupes. “Fred Metz, Joe Iler, E. E. Howell and W. G. Shriver, the committe who had the ar- rangements in hand, were unanimously accord- ed the credit for the success that was scored.” SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT. Boston Transcript: There seems to be something gruesomely appropriate in the fact that the clergyman who accompanies condemned prisoners at Sing Sing to the electric chair is Father Cashin. Detroit Free Press: Buffalo reports the discovery that moving pietures appeal more strongly to some people than do religious services. Evidently the good brother isn't & bit fast or he would have eaught up with this discovery some months back. London Telegraph: The Rev. T. C. Collins, Church of England army chaplain, speaking at Chestnut, advocated smoking at religious services, saying that although he was not a high churchman, he believed in incense, even if it only rose from the shag at 4 1-2 pence an ounce, Brooklyn Eagle: The Rev. “Billy” Sun- day, once a rallroad fireman, thinks he could serve again if needed as a strike- breaker. We hope it will not come to that. Beelzebub, who is something of a fireman himself, would be too well pleased to have Sunday’s attention distracted. Baltimore American: Take the Baptist slo- gan, the Maximum for the Master. Let all Christians adopt it, live up to it, prac- tice it not only on Sunday, but on every other day of the week and there would follow a revival of church activity that would make itself felt in every denominas tion and in every community. Springfield Republican: A prominent Lon- don elergyman, Rev. Perey Dearmer, has joined the advocates in England of a pro- posal that women shall be allowed to preach in the Anglican church. The proposal has already once been voted down by a majority of bishops. This is a question, of course, for each religlous denomination to settle for itself. Many dehominations aceept women preachers and it will not be a sur- prising development of modern tendencies it more do so eventually. AROUND THE CITIES. Pennsylvania boasts of a miing town named Japan, but its si on {s not a happy one. The bored bowels of abandoned shafts are collapsing and the town's streets are sink- ing into the eavities. Schools of Kaneas City, Mo., opened with an enrollment of 87,7562 and a merry medi- cal serap. One o fthe medical inspectors resigned because of a ruling exempting children of Christian Belentists from health examinagions, Half the seats in Chleago schools were empty on the opening day, on account of the rule requiring health certificates for ad- mission. The school staft of doctors could not take care of the rush and 180,000 pu- pils were turned away. Baratoga, once the most famous watering place in the country, has recovered from the backset of abandoned racing and other sporty lures legislated out. The develop- ment of the springs under state control is $he chief ca f the rejuvenation. A total of 88,928 quarts of beer and 1,676 pints of whitky, seized at the Rock Island frelght depot at Des Moines, are tled up by the courts, requiring each consignee to come on the mat and s that he needs the goods for personal use and not to pull down a dollar. Topeka ‘and other Kansas cities have been treated to an uplift in natural gas prices, without asking leave, and a volume of in- dignant human gas fills the air. The uplift is from 88 to 50 cents a thousand cuble feet. The company pleads that it is bank. rupt and needs the money. hetti in its normal mood s esteemed and sane confection. Oeeasionally it for the uplift. A chef in San Fran. @eiseo pressed the lid too tight on a boiling potful The explosion which followed wrecked the stove, blew out a window, turned in & fire alarm and blistered the face and hand of the cook with hot stuff, 8t Joe business men have put up the $50,000 which makes available a like sum approptiated by congress for protecting the Missouri river banks in the vieinity of Lake Contrary. The inroads of the river in' that losality necessitates defensive work, and government engineers are about to begin work on revetments. 1910. ...7,451 1911....7,718 1912....8,162 1916. . “"THE OLI Record Unparalleled---9004 Applications FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE WOODMEN OF THE WORLD DURING AUGUST THE LARGEST SIMILAR MONTH IN OyR HISTORY Here’s the Record ..9,004 Evidencing the continued confidence of the American people. IF YOU DON'T BELONG Telephone Douglas 1117 BRIEF BITS OF SCIENCE. A multiplying machine small enough te be mounted on the end of a lead peneil has been patented. - Slabs of natural cork expanded to more than twice their normal size have been in- vented In Bngland for cold storage insti- tations. Japan's most expert wrestlers are mien who have inherited their ability from an- cestors who made wrestling a profession for generations. Because red is the color least easily distinguished by color-blind persons, ex- perts have advocated blue disks with wide yellow rims for danger signals. American capital, genius and pluek al- ready have wrested from aridity 15,000,000 acres, and planted thereon 200,000 families in independent homes. In crops alone these lands are each year returning more than $300,000,000 to the farmers. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. “You druggists have to stand for a good many jokes.” “Yes." “A drug st s sometimes facetiously al- luded to as a pillery.” S‘About right, too," said the drugist. "Keeps you penned up most of the time' |, ~Louisville Courfer-Jornal. ““They're old-fashioned people.” “In what way?" “They still have ftied potatoes and pork ¢hops for breakfast. -Detroit Free Press. Firét Woman—I got a letter from you yesterday and it was dated a whole week ahead. Second Woman—Did you really? My husband must have posted it the very day 1 gave It to him.—Boston Transeript. “I wish T could be certaln that Alger- non really loves me." y 7 “Then I could be sure he would re- main hitched while I look for a better cateh."—Baltimore American. Native—There are the Oldboy twins. They are 98 years old, Btranger—To what do they eredit their long lives? Native—One 'cause he used terbacker, and :srrlae ‘cause he never used {t.—New York mes. Nipp—Nothing is so contradiotery as a woman, Tuck—Oh, T don't know. Do you ever read the war news?—Judge. Patlence—You say he married under a misappreXension ¢ Patrice—Yes; he thought he understood womer.—Yonkers Statesman. THE BEST ROAD OF ALL. Charles Hanson Towne. { like a road that leads away to prospects white and fair, A road that is an ordered road, like a nun's evening prayer; road that leads But, best of all, 1 love a to God kniows where, You come upon It suddenly—~you ocannot o ek it out It's lke & ng:-l still unheard and mever nolsed about; But when you es it, gone at enee fa every lurking doubt. ‘ It winds beside some rushing stream where aspens lightly quiver; 1t follows many a broken fleld by many a shining river; 1t ssems to lead you on and on, forever and™, forever! You ""“s along its dusty way, beneath its shadowy trees, And hear beside you chattering birds or happy bees, And all around you golden sounds, the green leaves' litanies, And here's a hedgs, n—Atra; there's & eot; ant den turns; glimpse where the red urs A bit of sky at evenin, th hidden ferns, B el A wlndln‘ n‘fi & loitering road, s finger mark of God Traced when the Maker of the world leaned oyer ways untrod. Bee! ore smiles His glowing smile, and lo, the goldenrod! 1 like & road that wanders straight; the king's hi ir, d'lanes that take 1013....8,695 1914. . ..8,801 1915. . ..8,560 e for explanation. W. A. Fraser, President. ) F W J. SwWoBODA RETAIL DEALER PHONE Douaias 222 OMAHA Nig Buildigy They will maKe better . Photo-Engraved Plales Bee Engraving Dept. Phone Tyler 100! o) Persistence is the cardinal vir- tue in advertising: no matter how good advertising may be in other respects, it must be run frequently and constant- ly to be really successful. po— A - i f | ) \