Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 19, 1916, Page 4

i A < el AR MR e A I S LD RS BB HE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR " THE DEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. PROPRIETOR. _ Entered at Omaha postoffice as second-clase matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 1 Bunday.... iy without Sunday ing and Sunday... Bee only .. .20¢. [Dafly and Son Bee, s In notice of change of address or {rregularity to Omaha Bee, Circulation Department. REMITTANCE. it by draft, express or postal order. Only2-cent stam| m payment of small accounts. Personal checl pt on Omaha and eastern exchange, not accepted. OFFICES. Omaha—The Bee Building. South Omaha—2318 N _street. Council Bluffs—14 North Main street. Lincoln—528 Little qudlu‘s“ Chicago—818 People's Gas Bullding. Room 803, 286 Fifth avenue. 03 New k of Commerce. 725 Fourteenth street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. x s communications relating to news and editorial joatter to Omaha Bee. Editoria] Department. = AUGUST CIRCULATION ‘55,755 Deily—Sunday 51,048 al lul m, 3 n:ln?l:?;:’fur t:" naa{h of August, 1916, was 756 daily, znd 51,048 SBunday. DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Cireulation Manager. h'zudr‘t!a:'ln my rucfn.- sworn to before me Mp. 39 day. of BepORERT HUNTER, Notary Publie. “Subscribers leaving the city temporarily hould have The Bee mailed to them. 3 dress will be changed as often as required. i | "Credit to whom credit is due. Nebraska farmers put the bulge in the bank vault. —— Still, even detectives can't always tell. Some- imes the unexpected perambulator casts sun- beams before. — There is no evidence that Des Moines solicits business for its calaboose. 1f people insist, how- er, a live entertainment becomes a city of live | e—— e An educational expert figures that a child barns $9 every day spent in school. _The claim lacks the slight detail of handing over the pay lope. — . The New York critic of Chicago’s speculative d should include private banking in his ac- s, An indictment in that direction would a sore spot and stick. 2 — Villa's little celebration wound up wi)h an ex- n funeral at Chihuahua. That was the in- ntion, but the selected victims managed to se- e substitutes without upsetting the program. | “You can't control the price of wheat,” de- the head of Chicago Grain exchange. No, as a steady job. But Chicago speculators urned the frick and usually raked the pot. s — The new premier of Greece, M. Kalogeropou- promises to maintain an attitude of benevo- nt Aentrality toward the allies.” Promise spells ormance in this case, else the gun may go off. 1y $100,000,000 im deposits in Omaha na- bnal banks and only $57,000,000 at work as ins. The welfare board should give immediate. tion to this growing class of financial hoboes. ; Smm—— Chicago railroads are coming across with Is worth while. The Omaha end of the remain neglected and smothered with jme. A modern station will dome when Omaha ts vigor in its drive. < . | : : ] | Another wrestling match between the National Stock association and. the packers is pro- sed. The main object is to take a fall out of buyers, No matter whose shoulders touch ¢ niat the meat consumer will furnish the gate 4 rats are asked by their democratic or= n to believe that, despite the jolt in Maine, the jospects for the re-election of President Wilson e “roscate” Wonder what adjective would been used if the democrats had won in ine! / g Sp———— The socialist candidate for president is “all het ‘over the alleged’ smuggling of the word " into the army bill. The discovery is use- as a means of reminding voters that Hughes Wilson and Hanly are notvfl\e only ones in race. ———— ‘Rarely does Gabriel’s trumpet sound the high and recall it as that experienced by the pas- who-was awakened by a rail driven through foot ‘of his berthin a sleeping car, The per- whim of reversing the ordered position of made for safety. The joy of escape is het ‘emphasized by the certainty that the rilling incident will not be featured among the cenic wonders of the route. | Minden News: Just at the present time the ts are making a great fuss about lowering tax levy of the state and saving the people hole lot of money. The best proof of whether ot this is so is for the fellow who pays his to compare his receipt with those of the years. This will prove whether or emocratic friends are telling the truth. Island Independent: Jus f Sutton of _the republican nominee for governor, ins to_announce at Aurora that he sup- epublican platform plank with refer- regulation of railway rates—a plank ich s no defense. It had -been felt that i nm'ected this plank and the Aurora lepublican called attention to the matter. Judge m, we think, will have strengthened his posi- with many republican voters by having made ir Entel The audience that turned out the' Si rd Qil senator on last Tues- /in_strange contrast, in numbers and in- est manifested, to the multitude that d to hear W. J. B just previous to election last spring, when they filled all to its capacity, the streets and inter- idjacent thereto, and waited during a ir of rain, over the dinner hour, for more o hours for him to arrive. vi Grove Reporter: The Ord Quiz says farmers to win the votes of union labor like good politics to President Wilson tain essmen, but it may not prove way on 3 day. c pmm Arthur Mullen appears to o ted from u'i:: el;er:‘;nann{er; of | ebraska to chi ilson in the central will undoubtedly be received a‘}tym democrats in Ne- THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1916. Why Not Tell the Whole Story? The Child Labor bill, which forbids inter- state traffic in goods turned out by factories or mines employing children under 14 years of age or working persons between 14 and 16 more than eight hours a day, is a fine piece of humanitarian legislation. By making it a federal law congress, thanks to the insistence of President Wilson, has done something most of the intelligent people of the United States have desired for the last twenty years.—Col- lier's Weekly. But why not tell the whole story and say that the Child Labor bill is in its origin a re- publican measure which would never have been enacted except with republican support and that its most determined opposition came from demo- cratic senators representing states of the solid south, which form the backbone of the democratic party? Why not tell, also, that the need of such a law is not because of conditions in republican states, all of which already have laws regulating the labor of children, but because of conditions in a few democratic-ridden southern states which have—time and again—defeated every effort to curtail the employment of children in their fac- tories. Why not tell, too, that a “joker” has already been discovered in the bill which may leave the door open for evasion of its restrictions in the democratic states where child labor is lawful and still tolerated, if not encouraged? Finally, why not ask why President Wilson remained deaf to the demand for this fine piece of humanitarian legislation for nearly three years and a half of his administration and became active for it only on the eve of his campaign for re-elec- tion in which he wanted to throw out this hook for votes to make republican progressives believe he was with them for progressive measures all the time? Seth Low. When Seth Low died an end came to a useful fife. This will be his recommendation to poster- ity. A man of parts, endowed beyond the com- mon run of men with foresight and capacity for planning and achieving, he gave his services al- most wholly to his fellow men. In an age where genius is commonly directed to serving selfish purposes, to enhancing private fortunes, and to setting up individual interests, he was a notable exception. As mayor of Brooklyn and mayor of New York, as president of Columbia university, and as one of the founders and president of the National Civic Federation, he found employment for ability of high quality, and to the very end of his days was interestedly engaged in helping others. His career may well be studied as an ex- ample of what a man may do for humanity. Greece and the War. Greece is not to enter the war immediately as an active participant. On the contrary, the new premier announces, it will maintain an attitude of neutrality, very benevolent as to the Entente Al- lies, and its attitude to others to be determined as events develop. In the meantime, the Gre- cian army is to be demobilized, and an election held as soon as the soldiers are settled in their pursuits of peace. This solution of the grave situation has some advantages for Greece. The | cotmntry will not be put to the enormous expense of.actual participation in the fighting, and may be \qlfle jto save its face when the pltl ate gettlement arrives. Its territorial rights’ were long ago day destroyed by the belligerents, who crossed Greek soil at will, and set aside protests witn no con- sideration. - Thus, willy nilly, tne Greeks have had to passively take part in the strife. The na- tional dignity of the country has been as thor- oughly outraged as if it had been overrun by hos- tile troops, while its home affairs have been kept in. turmoil by reason of the conflict between fac- tions concerning the course to be pursued. Now it has met the fate of the clay pot that went to swim with the brass pots. “The glory that was Greece” is becoming steadily dimmer, cm——— British Trade Restrictions. Recently published notice of extensions of regulations to apply to traffic between neutrals lead to the conclusion that John Bull intends to push his go-called blockade of Germany to the very limit, In the newest of announcements priv- ileges heretofore granted the Overseas Trust of Holland, especially formed to comply with the conditions of the “Order in Council,” are cut off, and Holland is to be put “on rations,” as are Norway, Sweden and Denmark. While the United States is not yet limited as to what it may import, its export sales to the Scandinavians and the Dutch are to be determined by the British. Meanwhile, American firms affected by the British blacklist and those whose private letters have been intercepted, failing to secure relief at Washington, are going to London to beseech for the right to do business in the open markets of the world. Efforts to arrange for hearings are under way, and the firms concerned will under- take to convince the British trade minister of the injustice he has done, From Washington we learn that Secretary Lansing is watching the situation, as he has been for weeks. The trouble is that “watchful wait- ing" doesn’t seem to accomplish any more in the direction of protecting American rights from British interference than it did in Mexico. The spineless foreign policy of the administration is in keeping with its career in other ways. Memory of Beecher Island. Five men gathered at Beecher Island to cele- brate the anniversary of “Sandy” Forsythe's fight there against the great band of warriors gath- ered under Roman Nose recall that there was written one of the most, thrilling chapters in all the records of the west. No other tale surpasses it for keen command of all that makes the white man proud of his race. It was here that the power of the red man broke in futile dashing against the authority of a superior breed. A hand- ful of scouts, surrounded on a little sandy island in the shallow Arickaree, for three days and nights held off thousands of the best fighting men the Indian ever produced, under leadership of one of the greatest of their war chiefs. The shot that ended the fighting days of Roman Nose hastened the pacification of the Indian, and the gstablish- ment of the white men in safety on the great plains. General Forsythe and his volunteers pere formed a great service there, and the story of their three days should not be forgotten. It is one of the turning points in the history of the west. r—— British trainmen rest demands for increased pay on a genuine grievance. War prices and war conditions cut almost in two the purchasing power of their earnings, which rarely equals 50 per cent of American trainmen's wages. The authorities no doubt appreciate this and will exert their power to effect a satisfactory settlement. f g L As to Riding a Free Horse Tekamah Herald There is no other product that people expect to get for nothing except publicity, It seems impossible to make J)eople updcrsland that puo- licity, circulation and space, 18 all the newspaper man has for sale and that they cost him good money, just the same as the merchant’s sugar, calico and hardware. Why should the publisher be expected to give away his goods any more than any other business man? Mr. Carson, of the Anti-Saloon league, re- quested the Herald to grnnl_hlm free space for a lot of plate. We wrote him that we thought that the newspapers were as much entitled to ay for the space as the newspaper unions were or the plate.. That we understood that a fund was provided to bear the cost of the campaign to carry the amendment and we though! it unfair for them to absorb it all for salaries among a favored bunch, and then beg for free space in the newspapers. We are just as much in favor of the amendment carrying as Mr. Carson or any of his paid bunch, but we do not propose to take “thank you ma’ams” &s pay for space. 1f we were on the other side of the question we could get regular rates for all the space they desired. We think any publisher is liberal who will run the Carson plate free and permit a few in charge of the cause to put all the money collected down in their “jeans.” > Greece and the Greeks Mythology derived the name, Greece, from an ancient king, Graecus. The Greeks are fabled to have been the pro- geny of Javan, fourth son of apheth, . Athens, the Greek capital, has*a popultion about equal to’that of Toledo, O. Agriculture is the chief industry of Greece, and the principal exports are ores, wines, fruits and olive oil. 3 . The national flag of Greece consists of nine stripes, alternate blue and white, and with a white cross in the blue field. . Education is compulsory in Greece between the ages of 5 and 12, but a large proportion of the population is illiterate. 3 Greece is an irregular-shaped country, with an area of 24,528 square miles, or slightly smaller than the state of West Virginia. The Greek Orthodox church, governed by a permanent council called the holy synod, is the state religion of Greece, but complete liberty of worship prevails. 2 The Greek army consists of 60,000 officers and men on a peace footing, about 150,000 on a war footing, but with reserves it can put in the field about 450,000 men. . The Greek navy includes four battleships, two of which were purchased from the United States and renamed. Fn u}ldition there are several cruis- ers and lighter craft. g The total population of Greece is about 2,600, 000, or less than half the populaton of Greater New York. Millions of Greeks, however, live out- side the limits of the kingdom, Greece won its independence in ‘the struj gle of 1821-29, after centuries of subjection to Tur- key, and was in 1830 declared an independent kingdom under the protection of Great Britain, France and Russia. ! v In the war with Turkey, which arose in 1897, out of Greek sympathy with Crete, Greece was defeated, and had to pay a heavy indemnity and to submit to a- strategic recomstruction of the frontier in Turkey's favor. : Under the Greek constitution of 1864, revised several years ago, the executive power is vested in the king and his responsible ministers. The legislative authority in the hands of the Boule or house of representatives elected by manhood suffrage. A . The present king of Greece is Constantine T, who succeeded to the throne after the assassina- tion of his father in 1913. The mother of Kmi Constangine was the Grand Ducheéss Olgg of Russia and his wife was the Princess Sophie of Prussia, sister of the present German emperor.. The ‘king and queen of Greece have six chil- dren: Crown Prince Georgios, born, 1890, un- married; Prince Alexandros, born 1893; Princess Helene, born 1896; Prince Paulos, born 1901; Princess Irene, born 1904, and Princess Catherine, born 1913.. The king has four brothers and one sister. living. ' Odds and Ends The English language is spoken by more than 150,000,000 people. . Five million mail bags are used by Uncle Sam in transporting the mails, \ In four years Grayson county, Virginia, has paid more_than $2,000 in bounties on hawk scalps, It is just twenty-five years since the song, “Ta-ra-ra-boom-de-ay,” was all the rage in this country. A positive cure for the destructive chestnut blight is claimed to have been discovered by a chemist of York, Pa. ! The extreme breadth of the United States from | uoddy Head, in Maine, to Cape Flattery, in ashington, is 2,720 miles. Members of the Illinois legislature are the highest paid of any in the country, receiving an annual salary of $3,500. \ In consequence of the war the rece:rts of the Suez Canal company for 1915 decreased by more than $15,000,000 as compared with 1914. The great wall of China is the largest de- fensive work in the world. It is thirty-fiye feet high and twenty-one feet thick and its original length was 2,250 miles. he little house near Calumet, Mich,, ‘where Horace Greeley lived one winter while directing copper mine operations in the vicinity, has re- cently been demolished . The flag of Denmark, which may be sup- lanted in the West Indies by the Stars and tripes, is a plain red banner bearing on it a white cross, and is the oldest national flag now in ex- istence. The rose is the emblem of secrecy in Greece, and was formerly hung over the table where uests were entertained in token that nothing gtard there was to be repeated. Hence the ex- pression “sub rosa.” s Millions of dollars of American capital are to find an outlet in a vast scheme to render the Grand Canal of China fit for navigation and at the same time to reclaim large areas of water which might easily be confined within definite limits. Shafts Aimed at Omaha York News-Times: W are at a loss to under- stand why Omaha should want a free bridge across the Missouri. Anyone who is foolish enough to want to go to Council Bluffs certainly ought to be made to pay a small toll charge. emingford Ledger: Nebraska is planning for another strong man in the United States senate, and we believe she will have him in the selection of John L. Kennedy of Omaha, who is the re- publican nominee for that position this fall. His opponent has not “made good” in the minds of a great mass of the voters, as a real servant of the people. 3 ewman Grove Reporter: An Omaha man is trying to have a young woman sent to the insane asylum because she wants to marry him. If that is the kind of a man he is she must be insane. Plattsmouth Jour: That Omaha man who has brought suit against a young woman, because she insisted on making love to him, maet be a very queer specimen of humanity, besides being a regular woman hater. lzelrney Hub: Omaha newss)apeu state that Omaha wholesalers have been placed at a disad- vantage by the flat didtance scale ordered to go into effect October 25, Very sorry. But there are, and have been, others in the same boat. In- terior shipping ro(nu have felt the same disad- vartage but did not. receive or “expect any sympathy or assistince from the city of Omaha. (&) )y’ ‘today. | etta, Ohio. i R Thought Nugget for Today. Many a dangerous temptation comes to us in fine gay colors that are only skin deep.—Mathew Henry. One Year Ago Today in the War. Russians continued to stem Teutonic advance on Rovno. Bulgaria mobilized and announced an armed neutrality. Germans began a vigorous bom- bardment of the Serbian frontier. Both French and Germans claimed minor victories in the west. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. D. Haas, the well known florist, took twenty-five premiums on his floral exhibits at the state fair last week. J. H. Hendricks, a prominent busi- ness man of Peru, Ind., is in the city and contemplates locating in Omaha. C. T. Bouffer, M. Sachs and A. Hel- ler of Adler & Heller of this city, have gone on a grand hunt, to continue about a week. Robert E. Livesey has left for Cin- cinnati to attend a convention of the National Bricklayers’ association. Graham P, Browne, who owns the Jerseyville stock farm just southwest of Omaha, won six first prizes and one second prize on Jersey cattle at the state fair. A telegram was regeived from Pat Sheedy, manager of John L. Sullivan, asking that arrangements be made for an exhibition of the “manly art” be- tween: Sullivan and Charley Mitchell in this city early in October. The Bohemian Catholics have de- cided to abandon their old church on South Thirteenth, and will erect a new structure at Fourteenth and Lane to cost $8,000. Plans have been drawn by Cleves Bros., architects, The cutting down of the hill on Six- teenth street, immediately south of Brownell Hall, to make way for the viaduct, has so far progressed that a person standing on Harney and Six- teenth can have a view of the latter thoroughfare as far south as Vinton. Sixteenth street will soon be in ap- pearance, as it now is in fact, the longest street in the city. This Day in History. 1739—General = Andrew Pickens, who at the battle of Cowpens led the milftia which for the first time in the revolution' returned to action after being once defeated, born at Paxton, Pa. Died at Pendleton, 8. C.,, August 17, 1817. 3 1803—Robert Emmet, the Irish patriot, convicted of high treason, executed next day. 1820—First general assembly of the state of Missouri met at St. Louis. 1866—Convention met at Topeka to form a free-state conatitution for Kan- a8, 1881—James A. Garfleld, twentieth president of the United States, died at Elberon, N. J., as result of shots fired by an assassin. Born in Cuya- {lgfl; county, Ohio, November 19, 1893—Suffrage granted to women in New Zealand. 1895—The National parx on the site of the - Chickamauga battleground, Tennessee, was dedicated by a great gathering of union and confederate veterans, 1901—Last services' were held at Canton, Ohlo, over the remains of the late President McKinley. The Day We Celebrate. _ G. A. Lindquest, merchant tailor, is celebrating his seventieth birthday He was born in Sweden, com- ing to Omaha in 1869 and going into his present business in 1874, Ira O. Marks, traveling salesman for Marks Bros. Saddlery company, was born September 19, 1877, at Ack- ley, Ia. He has been on the road since he was 22 years old. Thomas W. Burchmore (before his decease), chief clerk of the Wood- men of the World, was born_Septem- ber ‘19, 1862, in London. His par- ents brought him to this country when he was seven years old. James W. Hunter, president of the Hunter Realty company, was born sixty-seven years ago today at Mari- He had been in the serv- ice of the Chicago & Northwestern railroad for twenty-five years and was retired recently. Key Pittman, who has been re- nominated by Nevada democrats for United Btates senator, born at Vicks- gurg. Miss., forty-four years ago to- ay. Anthony Flala, noted as an Arctic explorer and writer, born at Jersey City Helghts, N. J., forty-seven years ago today. George W. Wickersham, attorney general in the Taft cabinet, born in Pittsburgh, Pa., fifty-eight years ago today. nev. George C..Morse, general in- ternational secretary of the Young Men's Christian association, born at Hudson, N. Y,, seventy-five years ago day. John P. McInnis, first basema. of the Philadelphia American league base ball team, born at Gloucester, Mass., twenty-six years ago today. Timely Jottings and Reminders. Thirty-five years ago today ocurred the death of James A. Garfleld, twen- tieth president of the United States, and the second president to die at the hands of an assassin. The navy's civilian advisory board is to meet in Washington today to consider questions of organization un- der the new naval appropriation bill and the construction of the proposed $1,600,000 experimental laboratory. Subjects in connection with the mer- chandising of the dry goods and de- partment stores of the country will | be discussed at a convention of the National Retail Dry Goods association to open today in New York City. A busy program has been prepared for Charles E. Hughes' second visit to Illinois today. At noon he is sched- uled to address the republican state convention at ‘Peoria and several hours later he is to speak at the state fair at Springfield. Two contests certain to attract wide attention to tne New York state pri- maries today, when nominations are to be made for all offices to be fllled at the November election, are those between Robert Bacon and Willlam M. Calder for the republican nomi- nation for United States senator, and between Governor Charles 8. Whit- man and Judge Samuel Seabury for llhe progressive gubernatorial nomina- tion. The summer home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Leiter at Beverly Farms, Mass., 1s to be the scene of a notable wedding today, when Miss Francise Williams of Washington, sister of Mra. Lelter, will become the bride of John Ballentine Pitney, son of Mr., and Mrs. J. O. Pitney of Morristown, N. J., and a nephew of Justice Pitney of the su- preme court of the United States, Leading representatives of the life insurance business throughout the country are to assemble at St. Louis today for the annual convention of the Natiomal Association of Life Un- derwriters. The convention will con- tinue several days. R S s i g S, 4.‘.‘ The Pees LeSter, Beginning of Playground Movement. Omaha, Sept. 17.—To the Editor of The Bee: Omaha papers frequently, in commenting on the history of the playground movement, name certain persons as having had much to do with the founding of this spirit here, from whom I would not detract one ounce of credit, but seem utterly to neglect others who are even more en- titled to credit, if enthusiastic and faithful hard work count for anything. Among them the late Frank Heller, a well-known and able attorney, whose memory is as fresh today as then amongst those who personally knew this big-hearted and whole- souled character. .E. A. Benson is another, but in these later items re- ferred to above, his name occurs. Then there is Judge W. W. Slabaugh, also another whose name the writer's modesty forbids mentioning. | It is only fair to add that no four| persons gave more time, thought and earnest work against great obstacles and a lassitude of public interest than these. Please keep these names in mind when in the future referring retro- spectively to the playground move- ment in Omaha, especially to its earliest history, its very incipiency, and oblige many besides, THE WRITER. He's Coming Back, All Right. Beemer, Neb., Sept. 16.—To the Editor of the Bee: I have been read- ing The Bee for over twelve years, and I want to say I was disappointed in you quitting the Jiggs comic, and I know several of your subscribers who are of the same opinion. Try and open your, heart. A SUBSCRIBER. Science and the Sun. Belleview, Neb., Sept. 16.-—To the Editor of The Bee: I would like to answer the last communication of El- liot Loomis to The ‘Bee, in which he wishes to know what temperature a ray of sunlight would have after pass-| ing through 93,000,000 miles of space at 273 degrees below zero. I answer him, none at all. To explain: An etherial ‘ray” (either of light, heat, or electricity) is the direction of energy-flux, or it may be considered as a labeled disturbance which en- ables the eye to fix direction (in the case of light). The simplest wave is expressed by the equation: Y-A sin (X-VT). It is an etherial wave dis- turbance and a wave has no tempera- ture. A molecule vibrating, say in Sirius the Dog-star, sets up etherial vibrations of the same frequency, and if this frequency is such as to produce heat, the ether, carrying not the heat, but the vibration which causes the heat, will, if it meets a substance of appreciable density (the earth, say) set the molecules of this substance vibrating in unison with the molecule in the Dog-star, and the phenomena of heat will be produced. So the tem- perature of interstellar space makes no_difference. Violent storms do not cause the air to become apprec.ably heated, (1) because storms move large bodies of air and not individual molecules, and (2) because cooler air from regions not agitated by storm comes in and nullifies the results. The same is true of water. The ruddy appearance of the planet Mars is easily explained. , A red ob- Ject reflects as red the complex white light that falls upon it; a blue object reflects blue, etc. Now three-fifths of the total surface of Mars is com- posed of reddish-ochre tracts, pre- sumably desert regions, These pre- dominating, the planet reflects red light. This ruddiness disappears when a-telescope is turned on Mars, as then its disc is seen and the various re- gions are differentiated. Mr. Loomis" illustration of spheres of different volumes which he desig- nates absurd, appears very reasonable to me if the fact that heat decreases with the square of the distance is kept in mind. The earth has been in existence hundreds of millions of years. Now if a superhuman being had visited the ————— earth at intervals of 1,000,000 years from its beginning, he would not have found evidence of life in probably 1,000 visits. Only within the last 100 visits would he have discovered life, becoming more complex at each visit, Now does it seem reasonable that the eight planets and the asteroides of our system, of such widely varying densities, sizes and temperatures, should all be inhabited by beings of equal intelligence and race develop- ment? And if each sun .a space has even one planet revolving around it, each planet, according to Mr. Loomis, has life of advanced intelligence upon it. If this were so, evolution wouid not be possible and the race would be stationary. An electrically heated earth and an electrically radiating sun remaining the same throughout the ages (for he makes no mention of change) would mean our destruction. For it i8 change—change in en- vironment, climatic, barometric, or otherwise—that characterize evolu- tion, and makes for an advancing or |a retrogressing development of the germ of life. When Copernicus advanced his theory of the revolution of the earth around the sun there was one fact he could not account for which well- nigh destroyed his theory. If the earth revolves around the sun, the stars, by reason of this motion, would seem to describe small orbits in the opposite direction on the celestial sphere. The further away the star, the smaller would be the orbit. Coper- nicus. with the best instruments of his time, could discern no such stellar displacement, and by calculation he showed that to explain this fact the stars would have to be placed at least 200.000 times the sun's distance away. The contemporaries of Coper- nicus were aghast at this result and vigorously denounced it. They said: “God would not permit such a waste of space as is evident in the vast void between the stars.” And so the revo- lution of the earth was never fully proven until between 1835 and 1840, when Bessel, Struve and Henderson almost simultaneously discovered a star whose parallax was sensible. Even the nearest star has a parallax of less than one second. y Now this claim by the ancients of waste of space is no more absurd to me than the claim of Mr. Loomis when he says that the heating and lighting of uninhabited planets is a waste of energy. It is not, for it brings about those conditions in the worlds which render life possible. WILIIAM SMITH. MIRTHFUL REMARKS. Teacher—A nomad s a person who moves about a great deal—never remains long in one place. Johnny, name some tribe of nomads. Johnny—Cooks.—Boston Transcript. mulydont see why Jones is complaining so out his work. It Is ext p R miiae Hie work, 20 W ex remely light. “Works In a hair-dressing place bleaching blondes."—Baltimore American. DEAR NR. KABIBBLE, 1 RECEWED A LETYER FROM I FIANCEE THAY WAS DATED YWo WEEKS AHEAD -HOwW b0 You ACCOUNY FoR THAT? Foo SHE AUWAYS DOES YHAY MAYBE SHE A = HE MAILED Y THE SAME DAY! A little girl who had been Instructed not to talk in church because it was very rude was very thoughtful after the service, and wr;en questioned she sald In a horrified volce: “Oh, mamma! I think it was just awful for our minister to show off so rudely in v_:rl‘:urch——ha talked all the time."~=New York mes. Hearing a_crash of glassware one morn- ing, Mrs. X. called to her maid in the adjolning room: “Norah, what on earth are you doing?” “I ain't doin’ mothin’, mum,” Norah re- plied, “it's done.”—Boston Transcript. “Mr. Jones came home last night and ralsed a racket about the dessert his land- lady gave him." “I suppose it was stewed prunes again.” “No, the prunes weren't stewed; he was.” ~~Baltimore American. WINCHESTER something seen.” e e— NG AR ) B BRI e, ERETERL RO BRRN reason why buy a reliable make. The reppitation of Winchester cartridges is sufficient for you. They | to get this make if you ask for THE WBRAND RIFLE anp PISTOL CARTRIDGES When you go to buy car- tridges for your rifle or pistol, you want to con- sider that you’re buying In other words, ' “you don’t know what's in’em.” That's the very reliable. 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