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The national forum., 1910-07-09
WORDS OF WISDOM.

All the worlds a stage, and most
of us are looking for an angel.
Cheap notoriety is dear at any
price.
Only the blind swallow fiattery.
It's a case of open your mouth and
shut your eyes.
If you want an encore, don't sing
your own praise.
The mermaid is a myth. In fact,
she hasn't any standing at all.
Most of us have too much regard
for the good opinions we have Of our
selves,
Don't overestimate your capacity,
especially when you are looking for
trouble.
We send great deal of American
gold to Europe, especially when an
heiress marries.
A hair on the head is worth two in
the soup.
1t doesn't require q magician to
make an automobile turn turtle.
It is almost as easy to make fool
S3 ones self as to advise others not
90.
Money burns hole in mans
pocket, and in woman'p--er--hos~
1ery.
Homely girls are frequently clever,
but most girls prefer not to be clever
ct the price.
Don't look down on a man just be-
cause he's in hole.
1t doesn't require any pull to go on
the down grade.
The best ideas have habit OF
striking us when we are off our
guard.
To be born lucky is merely to be
born with a moderate amount of COM
mon sense.
He who dances must pay the tid-
dler, and usually about ten times as
much as the dance was worth. From
"The Dyspeptic Philosopher" in the
New York Times.
The national forum., 1910-07-09
JOURNALISM AND -e
ITS GOLDEN AGE.
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President Tafts little disquisition
on Journalism, with it's incidental
references to newspapers and news
paper men, was rather better than
such things commonly are, but, as
usual, remarks the New York Times,
1t revealed in several particulars the
inability OF the outsider to understand
the combination of business trade,
and profession which to those inside
Of it seems to have no mysteries at
all. The President repeated, for in,
stance, the long-familiar statement
that the newspaper of to-day differs
from those of twenty or thirty or fifty
years ago In that while now the
news receives most attention, then IT,
was the editorial utterances tlht
made value and reputation.
That is right enough, as a mra
matter of uninterrupted observati a
but as basis for the conclusion draw
by the President and so often reach 4
by other people-that the editors J2'
to-day are different from, inferior cJ,l
and less influential than their prede-I
cessors in the Golden Age of Jour-
nalism-is without any foundation In!
fact. Newspapers always printed all
the news their resources and their
facilities enabled them to get. The
better and more prosper Gus ones get
more of 1t nowadays, because they
can, and that is all there is to the
much-lamented change.
The supposed superiority of the!
old-time editorial articles is a pure
illusion, with no foundation IN fact,
or none except the one fact that when
the news supply, was scanty the COM
ment on it attained a comparative i'm
portance which it now lacks. The
best way to gain freedom from this
illusion is to look through the old
files Of representative papers printed
in the era when editorial giants are
supposed to have abounded. Who
ever does so will find some good edi-i
torial writing and some that Is strong,
but he will also find that its average
of merit is below rather than abovej
the editorial writing Of the, present.
and that not a little of 1t would now
excite only. derisive laughter.
The modern editor addresses pub
Tic larger better educated, and vastly
less prejudicial, especially in matters
political, than did his professional
forbears. He cannot as safely speak
to his readers "from high to low" as
the French say, and he must keep
in mind their habit of reading more
than one newspaper and their conse-
quent possession Of the means for
convicting him of Misrepresentation IL
he bs inclined to indulge in 1t.
The national forum., 1910-07-09
Modern Housing in the south.

There is no better way to gain an
idea of how the South has prospered
in the last dozen years than to look
out of the window from a moving
train at the houses and grounds of
working men, and think what they
were a generation back. Then they
were cabins, fat on the ground, often
with earth floors, scattered higglety-
piggity, surrounded with pools, heaps
of filth, wreckage to which the roofs,
the doors and the fences constantly
added, gates off the hinges and worn
out pots and kettles in the front
yards. Now trim rows Of neat, well
painted cottages, on foundations or
stilts, tight shingles overhead, clean
paths to the sidewalks, gardens at the
side, flowers in front. The better
housing of the working people in the
manufacturing towns, along the rail-
roads, must have absorbed hundreds
of the millions of the money made
by the new South. Good housing
rears up more healthy and success.
full race.-~New York Press.
The national forum., 1910-07-09
Our Need of Water.

Psychologists tell us that the ami
NAL body consists of almost eighty
per cent. Of water. Admitting this to
be true, it would seem plausible that
this quantity is necessary in order to
carry on the normal physiological
processes of the animal economy in
proper condition. For similar rea-
sons it would also appear plausible
that should this quantity in any way
be greatly reduced or diminished,
either through normal processes of
he body or through abnormal pro-
cosses, this lost quantity must imme-
diately be re-supplied. Should such
a withdrawal of water be permitted
to be unduly prolonged the disorders
will assume such grave dimensions
that life itself may ultimately be
terminated. Elasticity and pliability
of muscles, nerves, cartilage, tendons
and even bones depend mainly on the
amount of water they contain. Water
also serves as distributor of bodily
heat and regulates the body temper
atlre by the physical process of abb
sorption and elimination. Under nor
nal conditions and in proper de-
gree of health this supply is ordin-
arily furnished partly by the food
and partly by the drink we are daily
consuming. An ovor-indulgence in
the use of water--provided it is not
carried to excess--will seldom, il
ever, be productive of any deleterious
consequences Medical Record.
The national forum., 1910-07-09
Cheering Up 'Thuse.

James Whitcomb Riley was going
up the steps of the State House in
Indianapolis one day when he met his
friend Warren G. Sayre. The two
had been close friends for years.
Good morning, Mr.. Riley" said
Mr.. Sayre in greeting.
"Why, hello, Warren!" Mr.. Riley
replied. "How are your"
Never felt better in my life.
You're looking well.
Il don't know" said the poet; IT
sometimes feel the weight of years,
for you know I am getting old?"
Nonsense! nonsense!" Mr.. Sayre
remarked with emphasis "You don't
look old. In fact, you don't look a
bit older now than when l first saw
you"
perhaps that is true; but I feel
age coming on. I was just thinking,
as | came up these steps, about old
Methuselah. imagined could see
him driving along the road in his big
wagon. He met an old friend who
was sitting on rail fence at the side
of the road. Why, hello, 'Thuse!
says the friend. How are your
"'Oh, pretty fair for an old man.
said the patriarch. But I'm getting
along in years
"'Oh, bosh, 'Thuse! You don't
look old How old are you, 'Thuse,
anyway
I'm 969, he answered.
"'Well, we'll, | never would er
thought it, said the friend. why,
'Thuse, you don't look day over
96Sn - --Harper's.
The national forum., 1910-07-09

Even If work comes not as bless
ing per Sc, we have to be considered
as part of the primal curse in which
man was bidden to earn his bread in
the sweat of his brow, and which the
minority of mankind seem to think
did not include themselves, what right
has any created thing to wish to
evade it?
Is there such thing known as abb
solute rest among all the powers and
agencies of the cosmic universe, the
very names of power and agency i'm
plying action?
Are not the four elements constant
at their never-ceasing, neyer-resting,
always interchanging labor? Does
one drop of water pause in the roll Of
the ocean, one tongue of flame hang
suspended in the fire, one cloud stay
motionless in the wide heavens, one
atom of the brown earth cease to dis
integrate, to molder, to crumble and
change for It's new state?
Is not the seed ever germinLiing,
the flower ever blooming, the fruit
ever ripening, sunshine falling, rivers
running? Do the planets rest in their
courses, the earth in its revolution,
the tides in their great swinging? All
the atoms and impulsions of nature
are constantly rendering their tithe
of service; and why, then, should any
Of us, as much an atom of nature as
stick or stone is, and moved by ma
ture's quickening as much as tide or
sap-why should we halt at our work
and bemoan our fate that we have our
share of work to do?
Even while we bemoan ourselves
the work OF the universe goes on un.
The national forum., 1910-07-09
Roar OF the Vatican Lions.

Mgr Schaepfer, Bishop of Tarbes,
was yesterday celebrating mass in the
Lourdes Grotto of the Vatican Gar
dens for the benefit Of the French
pilgrims, when the sound Of roaring
lions broke in on the singing Of the
choir.
The disturbance had been caused
by the two lions presented to the Pope
by the Emperor Menelik, which are
enclosed in a cage at the back Of the
grotto. In order to pacify the beasts
their feeding hour had to be antici-
pated, and they forthwith ceased to
disturb the service.--London Express
The national forum., 1910-07-09
An application was recently made

An application was recently made
for a permit to lay conduits along the
new Baltimore and Wilmington road.
These are to form part of an under
ground trunk system connecting Bos-
ton, New York, Philadelphia, Balti-
more and Washington, in which the
American Telephone and Telegraph
Company will run its lines. The con-
duits will be laid just below frost line,
and will contain hundred wires,
which can be tapped at any point. 1t
is stated that the system will serve as
an auxiliary for the overhead wires,
which occasionally are put out of
order by severe storms. 1t is expected
that after the line connecting Boston
and Washington is completed, the
system will be extended West and
South.
The national forum., 1910-07-09
ChiIdren's Parks.

The Civic League OF Lynchburg is
working for children's park, and
it could hardly turn its energies in a
better direction. Parks are the lungs
of city, and very few cities have
enough of them. Petersburg needs
one at the head Of Grove avenue and
High street, but we greatly fear that
it will be lost through neglect of
most inviting opportunity, which we
have mere than once pointed out
Petersburg IndeX-Appeal.
The national forum., 1910-07-09

Chicago has a smokeless iocomo-
tive, for which perfect combustion is
claimed. Not only is it free from
smoke, gas, and Notwithstanding
sparks, but it effects a saving of over
thigty-iye per cent. a,-~'
The national forum., 1910-07-09
EXasperaSing.

Beginner (wrathfully) - LOOK
here, I'm tired Of your laughing at
my game. If hear any more impu-
dence from you I'll crack you over
the head"
Caddie--"All right; but I'll bet yer
don't know what's the right club to
do 1t with. ."---Pick-Me-Up.
The national forum., 1910-07-09
where Cradles Are Yet in Use.

We are proud of our people. They
have all been brought up right They
are home grown and hand spanked. .--
Green County (Ohio) Journal.
The national forum., 1910-07-09
AnYinns Fnr Particulars.

Papa, Mr.. Ellington says he will
Kill himself unless you let him have
me-"
docs he say that as threat or as
a promise ?"-Chicago Record Herald.
The national forum., 1910-07-09

A wind with velocity Of 100 miles
an hour travels at rate Of 1886 feet
per second; $500 feet per minute, 1t
has force in pounds of 4s,2O0 per
square foot.
The national forum., 1910-07-09
The pawnbrokers of Great Britain
issue over 10000, 900 pledges year.

Queens is the largest in size of the
FIVE boroughs of New York City. 1t
has an area of 124 square miles.
The national forum., 1910-07-09

Broadway, beginning at Bowling
Green and terminating at the Yon-
kers line, is about fourteen miles
long.
The national forum., 1910-07-09

Tests made by army officers indi"
cate that projectlles fired from the
heaviest guns when they penetrate
concrete do no cleanly, not splinterinS
lbr scattering 1t. IT
The national forum., 1910-07-09

What is believed to be the biggest
shark on record was caught in San
Pedro, CAL, not long ago. 1t meas
ured thirty-lve feet in length,
The national forum., 1910-07-09
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Probably most people who buy gold
filled watches fancy that they are
mysteriously impregnated with gold.
AS a matter of fact the term is mis-
leading. Gold filling consists in TAX
ing two sheets of gold between which
is placed section of solder-coated
base metal. This metallic sandwich
is heated and pressed, so that the
three parts are welded together, with
the gold outside. de.--Scientific Amer
ican.
In his presidential address before
the American Electro-C Chemical So,
ciety, at Pittsburg, Pa, Dr. Leo H.
Baekeland stated that the last hun
ured years, under the influence OF
the modern engineer and scientist,
have done more for the betterment OF
the race than all the art, all the civil"
izing efforts, all the so-called litera-
ture of past ages, for which some re-
spectacle people want us to have
such an exaggerated reverence
A French investigator has lately
interested the French Academy of
Sciences in his researches concerning
the glass mirrors which were used in
ancient times in Egypt and in Thrace.
They were backed with highly pol
ished metal, the nature of which has
been in question. 1t has now been
ascertained that the metal was almost
pure lead, and it is believed that the,
method of manufacture was to pour
the molten lead on the concave sur
face of disks cut from balloons of
blown glass. In consequence of their
shape the mirrors minimized the i'm
ages of objects looked at in them.
In Rochester, N. Y, a good system
of electric light and telephone wiring
is in use, whereby unsightly pole
lines on the streets are done away
with. The system is applicable chief
ly to the residential districts. The
lines are placed in underground con-
duits in the streets, but instead of
making connections with the houses
directly from the underground con-
duits, pole line is erected in the
back yards of each block and this
pole line is connected to the conduits
by an underground branch at each
side street. This obviates the nee
essity of having a manhole in front
OF each house.-Scientifi American.
The national forum., 1910-07-09

Acting on the idea that a business
man, or, in fact, anyone, will open
and read a telegram where a circular
would be thrown into a waste basket,
many persons who have heretofore
used the mails for reaching prospec-
tive customers are now using the new
letter-telegram system of the tele-
graph companies.
The national forum., 1910-07-09

The highest velocity of wind re-
corded blew at st. Paul, Mimi, at the
startling rate of 102 miles an hour.
The nearest to that was ninety-six
miles an hour at North Platte, Neb.
The wind once blew in New York City
at rate of eighty miles an hour.
The national forum., 1910-07-09

All animals are terrified sby air.
ships. Partridges, quails ami other
game birds crouch and hide, while
domestic fowl utter loud, warning
notes the instant they perceive the
monstrous bird Of prey.
The national forum., 1910-07-09

The first charter New York enjoyed
was granted by King James H., Of
England, in 1886. 1t is known as
the Dongan Charter. In 1880 King
George II. granted another, in which
mo direct changes were made for one
hundred years.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-06

Private Brit Kunkel. Hospital corps. this
post, was honorably discharged the service
% the United States October 30 1910. by
reason OF expiration OF term Of service. He
did not relnlst, but left for Omaha, where
he has accepted position as fireman on
The ROck Island road. between Council
Bluffs and Des Moines.
The hospital Is filled with patients, and
a. soon as one man Is returned 10 duty
mere Is generally someone 10 take his
place. Lieutenant Fisk the surgeon IN
ehaI &C. Is kept very busy.
Mr.. aud Mrs. Fisk OF Cincinnati, accom-
panied by their son, who have been spend
ing few days with their son, First Lieu
tenant owen G. Fisk Medical corps, this
post left for their home In Cincinnati, sat
uIlay evening.
Mr., and Mrs. Jesse Franks, this post
announce the birth OF a child IN their
nome. Mr.. Franks balonga TO Company A,
Iurh Infantry, he having been trans
MIred 70 that company from company NJ
sixteenth infantry, before their departure
Tor Alaska
Corporal IaBlue OF the band, Fourth in
Aihtfy, has been taken sick and IL now IN
NE post hospital under treatment
number OF the officers and ladies' OF
me Fourth Infantry were az the Brandeis
theater In Omaha. Tuesday afternoon TO
near ScOtu, In concert
Miss Annette kenermann, who has been
az the OrDheum IN Omaha, was q visitor
al the post Monday morning, and watched
,as troops being mustered BY Colonel Boil
The social division OF the Angle worm
cub attended the HallOwe'e en- dance given
IN Rushing hall Monday evening. Among
nose present were Misses Nellie and Elsie
snort Miss Viola MoCarty and Mss Susie
Cook Sergeant Cook. Sergeant Swetman
sergeant knight and others.
mo sunshine club intepd holdinga dance
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-06

in Rushing hall. South Omaha, on the even
ing OF November II, 1910. Invitations will
be out later.
An excellent program was given at the
evening was rather cool outside IL Just
suited the dancers. A great many were
present from Omaha and South Omaha.
Private Harry IA. Sanders, Company +,
Fourth infantry, who was honoraby dis
charged the service OF the United States,
ton of term OF service, was reinltsted
November 2 1910 by First Lieutenant owen
e, Fisk. Medical corps, for Company F.
Mr.. and Mrs william IA. Duke Of Omaha
were visitors at the post hospital Monday
evening.
Private William I. Lindsey. Company H.
who has been sick in the post hospital for
the last two weeks. Is again able to be on
duty and has Joined his company.
Word has been received al this post from
the hospital az Atlantic, Ia, that Corporal
Henry b. Hamill, Fourth infantry, who
was taken from the train at that place.
seriously ill, is now able TO travel and
will, IN all probability, be transferred 20
this hospital Corporal Hamill was en-
route 70 the fair grounds, Camp John A.
r. Hull Des Moines. Ia, 20 Join his regi-
meBt when he Was taken sick and has
been confined In the Atlantic hospital ever
since He was attended by Or. Charles
ID Burke. the surgeon at that hospital
Fourth infantry, started again, the hours
Of study being from 10 70 III O. M. The in
structors are the company commanders.
Pursuant 70 orders from the War de-
partment Washington, ID. O., Sergeant
John Schroeder, Company O. Fourth in
fantry. Was placed upon the retired list
and was retired from active service. No
vember q 1870. sergeant Schroeder has Ina
an thirty years and tWenty-four DAYS ser
vice. with quite biz o. foreign service.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-06


Mrs. GramLsch, who has been sick, is
improving.
J. p. Brown left Thursday for Wahoo
on a short business trip.
Thomas A. Thirtle has been appointed
rural carrier on route one
Mrs. James Fox OF Omaha was a Flor
ence visitor Tuesday evening
Mrs. Kelly OF Sioux City was the guest Of
Mrs. b. f. Reynolds Friday
The Alpha Omacrons met with Miss Ethel
Herskinds Saturday evening
Mr.. Henry SpeCt has been ballng hay for
FRANK Beckley the last week.
William Fielding sprained his ankle We'd
nesday while chOpping wood
Mrs. Kate Remington OF Omaha was a
Florence visitor Monday evening
Mrs Mary Krenzer and Miss Clara Rus
sell were Omaha visitors Tuesday.
Mr. Russell Krenzer and MI Schultz spent
sunday hunting north OF Florence
Mr.. and Mrs. h. r. ColdinE were guests
on Dundee friends Wednesday evening
Misses Cora and Martha Moore OF Lin
coin were guests Of Mrs. Petit Sunday.
Mrs. j., b. Nichols was the guest of
Oinaha friends wednesday and Thursday
Mrs. NJ. r. Powell and Miss Daisy Powell
evening.
Mr. Anton sorenson ana family were
guests al the home Of Mr.. Carl Hoist
The city council will sit a. a hoard ~
equalization on sidewalk taxes al the oifv,
nan Monday evening. The meeting viii Is
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-06

Of Edward Knapp company. Mr.. Brown
Is vice president and manager.
At the Presbyterian church Sunday Rev.
topic Power" In the evening ne viii
talk on "Redigging Old Wells"
The Ladies' Aid Society Of the Presby-
terrain church met with Mrs. A. B. Ander-
son on Wednesday afternoon. There was
an unusually large attendance.
Miss Skow, the teacher OF the Fairview
school, has Issued Invitations for a pro
gram and box social TO be held at tho
school house next Saturday evening.
Miss Anna Louise Knoedler Of Chicago,
who was maid Of honor at the McCloud-
Olmsted wedding, returned Wednesday TO
, school.
Mrs. Gould Of Omaha entertained the
enSe We're Mrs, WEB Weber. " u.s. m fEn 1o B.
Slefh9is' Mrs J. T. Houston, Mrs, J. B.
brlsbin and Mrs Harry Brlsbn.
bo M9nd lay s evening at the P9nea school
Florence club will join hands in a meeting
S 70 further ne proposition Of the basket
betterment Of the roads.
Rev w j. Roberts OF the Omaha semi
nary gave two excellent sermons al the
Presbyterian church on last Sabbath In
Christ and the Fathers VIII; I'M ne
evening on II Am the Way"
Mrs. w. T. Denny OF Omahs entertained
az bridge Thursday afternoon Ia honor OF
Mrs. McCloud and Mrs Knoedier OF Chi
cago, and Mrs. DaRgett OF Minneapolis
who are Mrs n, Ill. Olmsted's guests hav-
Ing come for the McCloud- Olmsted we'd
ding
Mrs West and Mrs. b. Krenzsr gave a
oenghuul Hallowe en- dance al the home
Or MI and Mrs. VIII House Saturday even
ing Ihe house was decorated With autumn
leaves and pumpkin lanterns A large
crowd attended and all reported a good
The Royal NeighbOrs gave a Halloween
party az Adams hall Monday evening All
came dressed In sheets and pillow cases
Ihe evening opened with a grand march
by the ghosts, after which there Vas dane
ing ana card playing Prizes were won By.
consolation prizes by Mrs. Schrumm of
Omaha and Mr.. Cooper. Lunch was served
az late hour and All expressed themselves
~ having spent = very enioyEbls eVeninF-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-11-06

cut short to allow the councilmen to at
tend the meeting Of the two improvement
clubs at the Ponca school house
Miss Allie Houston was the guest " Miss
Monday.
Mrs. George Male of Omaha was the
guest OF Mrs. J. l.. Houston the first part
OF the week
Mrs schrumm and Mrs. Knight Of
Omaha, spent Monday evening with Flor
ence friends.
Or. II, Maxwell Of Rockport attended
g. Marks Episcopal church in Florence
Sunday evening.
Miss Marion Russell is spending few
DAYS DAYS as the glest OF her grandmother
Mr.. j, L. Houston, who has been in the
hospital for a couple OF weeks. Is reported
| ~ improving slowly.
Mr.: Bert Krenzer spent Sunday with his
FAMILY, returning with his son, Edward, to
North Bend on Monday.
Miss Freda Collins OF York. Neb and
Mrs. Hawley OF Omaha were guests OF
Mrs. Frank Brown Wednesday
Mrs. Rabbit will entertain the Ladies'
Aid society OF the Presbyterian church al
her home Wednesday afternoon.
Miss Helen Stearns, who was here for
the McCloud Olmsted wedding returned
70 her home in Chicago Tuesday morning.
Miss Annette Kellerman, who is playing
az the Orpheum this week was a visitor al
the pumping station and settling basins
FeaTl Is. Martin has purchased OF Anna
G. Nelson lot 8 block 81, paying So 200 Tor
me property This is the corner OF Main
and Harrison.
Mrs. Frank Leach entertained the Boost
ers' committee Of the Royal NelghbOrs OF
America al her home on Main street We'd
nesday afternoon.
John p. Findlay. who recently moved
from his farm Lorth OF town, died SUNDAY
and was buried Tuesday. He leaves a vile
and seven children.
Mrs. Irving Allison has ipvited the ,,,,,,,.,,
OF the Aid society OF the Presbvterisn
church 20 her home for an all days work
Dee, Thusday November 10.
o. y. Clagle Of Pierce, Neb., was a Flor
ence visitor Tuesday. lie was looking Tor
a desirable forty acres, which n found he
he would buy and locate here.
Frank Brown has again engaged In bust
hssas having taken an interest la the firm