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Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-18
Picnic Mt stella

STELLA, Sept. 17.-(Special. )--Though
late in the season, Stella had the biggest
and best picnic Thursday ever held in lts
history. The celebration was held in Nut
ter's grove. southwest of the depot, and
was given by the Commercial club, as
sisted by the citizens a ball game in the
forenoon by Verdon against Stella was well
attended and resulted In a score OF 10
10 in favor OF Stella. In the afternoon an
immense crowd witnessed the game be-
tween Teoumseh and Falls City. The
game stood / to in favor of Falls City.
Mayor Dahlman made a political speech
advocating his candidacy for governor.
This was followed by address hv VIII
liam Hayward of Nebraska City, who
touched very briefly on politics. The Hum
boldt band furnished the music during the
day and gave a concert In the evening on
the grounds, which were lighted by cleo
tricity. Nineteen babies competed in the
baby show. the baby OF Mr., and Mrs. a.
J. Helmick getting first prize
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-18
Dawson CLOSES succe..tuI Fair.

LEXINGTON. Neb., Sept. I7.-(special)-
The Dawson county fair closed Friday
evening with the ten-mile automobile race.
The attendance was about 5000, making
the four-day session excel by far the at
tendance OF previous years
The first race was by the pacing wonder,
DIR. Tom. who made mile in 2;2S This
vas followed by the $50 trotting race.
First place was won by winkler's black in
three heats with an average time OF 2;S5.
Second place was won by waliace's black.
Third place by DIR. stuart's horse from
Fremont The one-mile dash was won by
Wallace's hay, Prince. in l;45; second place
by Daisy Reed OF Loomis.
The motorcycle five-mue race was won
by Clarence Haworth in 1851; second place
by +. jacobson In 7;52 The ten-mils
automobile race was won by a Buick.
managed by Harry Haworth OF Elwood,
dime l6:42: second place by Harley Kirk
patrick with a Pennsylvania. time 1913;
third place by Mr., Gardener with a Ford
In 1875; fourth place BY Jesse Bancroft
with a VeIle. time 1919.
Three Weddings at Nebraska city.
NEBRASKA CITY. Sept iT,-(SpeciAl)
YESTERDAY Adolph Mannschrack
of Burr and Miss May Hail OF
I.orton were united In marriage in this
city.
Frank H. Reese OF Dunbar and Miss
Mary Hummel. residing near this city
we're united In marriage this morning
Al the home OF the brides parents. Both
are well 10 do and popular young peo-
Pile
Fred r. Draper and Miss Virgin Nancy
Robbins e. Verdon came TO this city
yesterday and were united In marriage
They viii make their home AZ Nerdon
Omaha daily bee., 1910-09-18
Humboldt Couple Marie. In London.


HUMBOLDT, Neb., Sept. 11.-(SpeciaI.)-
Word has Just been received by relatives
here that DR.. George @. Candy and Miss
Clementine Rousek we're united In mar
riase In London, England. on September
8 The wedding occurred under romantic
circumstances. DIR. Candy left early In
May for Vienna, Austria, to take a post
graduate course In medical surgery, and
g few weeks prior to that date Miss Rou-
SEX and her brother Elmer Rousek de-
parted for a tour OF the old world. land
ing at Gibraltar and visiting Italy, Swift
erland and Germany and other countries,
and met DIT. Candy in London three
months later. They will return TO this
place the middle OF October and go to
housekeeping. DR. Candy is the only son
Of DR.. and Mrs. J. l. Candy, pioneer resi-
dents.
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Folly of boarding Gold.

The folly of the man who boards money
simply for the sake of having it is illus
trated by the story of the rebuke admin
istered by a canny Scotch farmer to a
wealthy but penurious nobleman. The
farmer had gone to his landlord to pay
the rent. but found he was one farthing
short. Instead of giving the receipt at
once. the miser withheld it until the full
amount was paid. When, finally. the re-
ceipt was in his hands, the farmer offered
to give shilling if he might go to the
vault and look at the boarded gold. When
he had done this, he surprised the land
lord by saying, Now, my lord, l am as
well off as you are" Surprised, the miser
asked an explanation. Why, sir" was
the answer, you never use any of this
money. All that you do with it is to look
at it. l have looked at it. too. and SO !
am just as rich you are.
Something more than wealth is neces-
sary to happiness Some years ago one
of the maya zines told of a widow and her
two daughters who kept boarders. They
were happy in their work, but they did
not realize the source of their happiness.
The receipt of legacy made the keeping
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weeping. What so pathetic as strong
man weeping. What so heartrending as
a God man in the grasp of overpowering
grief.
He is weeping over the loss and de-
struction of the Jerusalem of our soul.
After all, when things are taken in their
perspective and the relative value of the
affairs of this world are measured, there
are only two great things. They are God
and my soul. Some day or other my soul
will stand alone before the judgment seat
of God. Then the world will have slipped
from my grasp. Then money and power
and fame and the things that we strive
for will have been left behind. And tile
two things only of any moment will be
God and my soul.
He had planted its foundations deep in
the soil of truth: He had laid out it's
ways along the paths Of righteousness.
RE had built in the midst of it temple
to virtue and surrounded it all by the
high walls of restraint and sacrifice. But
how like the history of Jerusalem. The
enemy hath come and made a breach in
the walls, and overrun the highways OF
the city, and polluted the temple of vir-
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aged thousands, and has brought into the
ordinary life suggestions of luxury which
were once unknown. it is not for us to
repine or to rebel or lose faith, but rather
to ask God what He would have us do,
and to study on our knees and with our
pirit-guided brains how to control the
things which may be blessings or curses,
according to the use we make of them Ger
tainly there are blessings associated with
wealth. And there are rich men-I could
name many-WhO are serving God with
that which He has Entrusted to them no
bly, and sincerely. Our missionary work
and our philanthropic work can surely
thank God for the gifts which have en-
abled us to do great things. Our churches
can praise Him for the opportunity Of
fered through consecrated gold to preach
His truth and to lift up the fallen and
the ignorant. Blessings are clearly seen,
and many are seen only by God and some
poor child who has been quietly helped
blessings which money has brought into a
needy world And side by side with the
awful tragedies of life In which wealth
has a prominent part stand the beauties
which make humanity sing and which lift
to a higher ideal the struggles of the mil
lions. 1t is a poor policy to condemn
wealth. 1t is the love of money which is
the root of all evil-not money itself.
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Necessity of Saving.

But while money is for use. not all OF II
should be used TO supply present needs
A portion should be laid aside to meetsN
future demands. No one should permit ,
himself to live up to the limit of HIS
income. 1t may not be easy TO save. bat :.
that is only another reason for saving
We need the discipline of present deniaF'
for the sake of future good. 1T will be.
hard, a wise mother said to her soH.is
who was talking of saving to secure arr :
education. But we must not mind the :.
trouble. During the first part Of thevs
night we must prepare the bed on which :
to stretch ourselves during the latter -
part" But the aim of saving should bs \
not merely to have something for ourH7
selves and our own comfort We must :
think of others: our own comfort must
include theirs.
Wisdom in the use of money demands
that it should never be spent before one
has it: debt is to be avoided al all costs? :.
The young man or young woman who be-
gins life with the reSolute determination
to keep out of debt at all costs is, SO far. =
following IN the steps of millions wfb
have succeeded in life, and is. so far,
avoiding the pitfalls which have wrecked
the happiness of millions more. 1t Us
written of a young husband and wife that
when they began housekeeping with a :
very meager outfit, they resolved that
nothing should ever tempt them to run in :
debt in the smallest degree" The resolu~. :
ton was kept. "a
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ried from their isolation and made part
of the worlds life. The very atmosphere
above US Is being made the brother OF
the solid earth, and the sea is married to
the dry land. though once it was counted
an enemy. We are really having new
earth today-new not in spiritual excel
lence or moral force. alas! though these
things are surely coming, but in the
foundations which are to make human
brotherhood more than a name and which
are to bring Christianity to each remot-
est nation" The resources of the deep
earth are being found and exploited. Pow
ers undreamed of are leaping from rocks
over which the chemist stands with re-
tort and microscope to welcome the birth
Eyes are fixed upon planets millions of
miles away, and voices are asking What
have We to do. 0 heavenly bodies. with
the bodies of our world?" The whole
world of learning is changing; theories of
yesterday are exploded by new discoveries
today. Science is dizzy with her ruins
and her opportunity as they face each
other Only the great truth of the ages
God who loves, Christ who redeems
a Holy Spirit who guides, and to this
truth the changes of life are anchoring
themselves that in the TRANSPORTATION of
humanity there may be safety for the
soul and assurance for the mind The
changing and the Interchangeable are fac
ing the future, and their hands are clasp
ed. thank God! For we know that there
can only be safety and advance where
our feet are on a Rock and our hearts
loyal to Father who loves and cares
for His children.
1t is a splendid thing to live TODAY II
we are Christians. The uncertainty and
the change are only the dawn with it's
mist. which precedes the glorious day for
him who trusts and loves On the sea
of excitement. with its seemingly hostile
waves. stands the King, and He smiles as
He calls. ut Is L: be not afraid So We
can look at wealth as one of the great
items in this era and not tremble IT
can be abused, but also 1t can be used.
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The 8Public Be Pleased' Policy
ss j.

the deliberate or even the unintentionar-
ignoring of the just demands of the peo.-.
pie furnishes the best soil for the sowing
of socialistic and anarchistic doctrines. "a
But this little phrase has wider and :
more personal bearing. Some Of us not.
in any way charged with determining
need to order our actions and shape,
the course of thinking by this same
form. We ought to preach and teach TO- !.
heal and 20 practice law, to administer
our homes and walk the streets with a
view to pleasing. not Irritating. scorn-
ing, depreciating, or degrading the.
public. This does not mean that the-'
minister shall pare down his convictions
or the doctor or the lawyer should,
swerve from what he knows to be right
procedure. but that they all should think
of wide service to as large and varfe-s
gated an assortment of humanity as pos
sibe. ....>
Barnum, the Snowman, used to study
to please" He did it for commerciarr
ends, but the Christian man can do 1t :.
frola a higher motive. Here are all our
fellow men about us lacking this or that
or the other thing, discouraged. sulkN,
fretful. lonely. headed in the wrong d.s ,
rection- Why not make it point to-
entertain them, to divert them. to cheern'
and uplift them? II may take only a
smile on our way down town. or
cordial handclasp, or brief. friendly
-
How are things with you this morning."
The public be pleased. After all, the0
public, when rightly understood, is not
such hard master. and when we SEEK
to please it We are recognizing the face
that all of us are more important than
any one Of rc, that no one liveth unto.
himself, and that the more constant,
ones outgo of good will and helpful
ness. the more one does to speed forward.
the day when all men shall live together
in the spirit of Him who pleased not
himself"
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The JOY of Forgiveness.

Only those who know by experience
what forgiveness of sin is can appreciate
mat message. Consciousness of sin is an
awful burden: the relief that comes when
Christ takes the load on himself is like
nothing else in human experience. The
world seems like new place to the for
given sinner, the birds sing more sweetly,
the flowers are more fragrant, people are
more interesting Life has new mean
Ing. And so many are missing the joy of
this transformation because they persist
In carrying their own sins. Jesus waits
10 lift the load
In the crowd before Jesus were certain
scribes who had come to find fault with
His work. Here, they thought, was their
opportunity. They knew that no one
could forgive sins but God this man was
forgiving sins: therefore He was bias
pheming. They did not stop to think
that their logic might be at fault; the
true conclusion would have been, Either
this man is God he is disappearing y
Jesus read their thoughts and astounded
them by asking them why they were
thinking evil in their hearts
Then. as II He would say, You think
l am pretender. who is only saying
that sins are forgiven because it is i'm
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the loose tiles and let down the pallet
How astonished the people must have
been when they saw the descent of the
sick man, But Jesus was not astonished.
At once he prepared to recognize the de-
rotion and faith of the bearers and the
faith of the sick man by healing him.
Jesus knew at once that the man lOnged
more for purity of heart than for the
healing of the body, his first care was
10 satisfy the deeper need by granting to
him the forgiveness of his sins. When
The glad fact had been made known to
MIN that his sins were forgiven. it would
be time enough TO heed the unspoken
prayer of the four who had carried the
patient when he could not go himself.
Very likely his bodily infrmity was a re-
suit OF his sin. If so. how natural that
Christ should say: Son, be Of good cheer.
thy sins are forgiven thee
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, true, Md disrupted the foundation OF
truth u.Nil we have been left a prey to
every evil inclination. We, too, have
| said in effect that we would have no king
but the Caesar of tyrannical passion.
A Palm Sunday has come in our heart
when with hollow mockery we have gone
out to greet divine Master with
Hosannas, but with keen, penetrating.
glance He has seen the hypocrisy of it all
and He has sat down by the wayside &c
weep over 1t. God weeps over the i'm
pending loss of my soul-the pity of it.
| 1t is good to have such times as holy
week, to take an accounting with our
selves and see how we stand before God.
For He sends message TO US at this
time, and this it is:
This commandment that l command
thee this day is not above thee, nor far
off from thee;
Nor is it in heaven, that thou shouldst
say: Which Of us can go up to heaven
to bring it unto us, and we may hear and
fulfill it in work?
Nor is it beyond the sea: that thou
mayest excuse myself, and say: Which
of us can cross the sea, and bring it unto
us: that we may hear and do that which
is commanded?
But the word is very nigh unto thee. in
thy mouth and in thy heart, that thou
mayest do it.
Consider that l have set before thee
this day life and good, and on the other
hand death and evil:
That thou mayest love the Lord thy
God. and walk in His ways. and keep His
commandments and ceremonies and judg-
ments, and thou mayest live, and He may
multiply thee, and bless thee in the land,
which thou shalt go in to possess
But if thy heart be turned away, SO
that thou wilt not hear. and being de-
ceived with error thou adore strange gods
and serve them:
| foretell thee this day that thou shalt
perish, and shalt remain but a short time
in the land, to which thou shalt pass over
the Jordan, and shalt go in to possess it.
l call heaven and earth to witness this
day, that / have set before you life and
death, blessing and cursing. Choose,
therefore, life, that both thou and thy
seed may live:
And that thou mayest love the Lord
thy God, and obey His voice. and adhere
to Him (for He is thy life, and the, length
of thy days.. that thou .mayest dwell in
the land, for which the Lord swore 20
thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,
that He would give it them
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as Kipling speaks of in his "Recessional,"
and 1t is contagious. and even they catch
the disease who have not the handling
of the gold, so that it makes them wild
And then there enters q Judgment which
is faulty. almost stultifying, and the con-
science dies while the eyes grow big with
covetousness. Education casts its gaze
upon the millions and Is tempted to sell
character for a mess Of pottage. Religion
grows confused and breaches a truth
which so contradcts its deeds that there
seems to be a literal following OF our
Lords words, while the spirit is forgot
ten: The left hand knows not what the
right hand Is doing" For, with the left
tnearest the hearD Christianity in its
organized capacity holds up the message:
How hardly shall they that have riches
enter into the kingdom of Cod: but with
the right hand she seeks to grasp the
wealth Of the mighty regardless of It's
purity. Indeed. In our own government
we have the strange anomaly OF Sl-
preme Court trying the case of great
and rich corporation. even while Congress
corporation has made for the ameliora-
ton of the world" And this last phrase
seems again to lift wealth TO a seat of
rivalry. IL not Of usurpation. side by side
with the Christianity which alone can
ameliorate the worlds needs and troubles
Sometimes one longs for the old days of
simple living and high thinking. Some
times one longs to go away into some
wilderness place-if. any such can De
found on the globe today-where the ring
Of gold cannot be heard and only nature
brings forth the fruit after the toll OF
planting and watering!
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Conversion of a Tax Gatherer.

Going out of the house Jesus saw one
of the despised men who collected taxes
for the Roman empire. Probably he was
just like others of his class in that day
who managed to extort everything possible
from the people in order that there might
be golden lining left in his own pocket
after he had paid over the sum he was
instructed by his superiors to receive.
This mans name was Levi. or Matthew,
as he was later called. Jesus went up to
him and said: Follow me-
Levi must have been a very much as
tonished man. Why should he leave his
means of livelihood? Who was this who
gave such startling commands. without
word of explanation? Surely, at the
very least. he should be granted a few
days to make his preparation for leaving
the old life and beginning a new life with
Jesus.
To Lewis credit none of these thoughts
came into his mind. He had been called.
He would obey. At once he lett the bust
ness that interfered with following
Christ and doing His will and went afger
Him. 1t is matter of history. the result
of that action. Levi, as Matthew. be-
came one of the chosen biographers OF
word is studying this year.
That call of Jesus. Follow me"' is
coming today TO men immersed in busi-
ness cares. as to women who are devOt-
ing themselves 10 society or to seeking
pleasure and selfish qualification Wise
are they who heed the call. Those who
close their ears to it are storing up grief
for themselves.
A pastor was called to the bedside of a
dying man who had lived for years in
open sin. At first the patient refused to
listen to the words of his visitor, put sud-
denly there was a change Something
seemed to bring to his mind boyhood days
in Sunday school or at his mothers knee.
for he said feebly. Jesus. You said
Jesus-why, he said. Follow me- Then
in a faint whisper, "And-I-didn't-do
it,
Matthew soon made a great feast per-
haps to notify his friends of the change
in his life. Jesus was glad to take his
place as a guest with many publicans
and sinners. This gave the fault finders
another chance. This time 1t was the
Pharisees who Knocked the disciples, as
if they would say: "A nice master you
have. See. he is eating with publicans
and sinners
But Jesus explained that, as the physi-
clan gives not to those who are wei but
to those who send for him because they
are sick. so he was seeking those who
desired his presence. knowing their sim
fulness. The Phariseas thought they had
no need of him, SO why should he 60 to
them? They thought they were such
good people that they had no need of
Jesus, but Jesus told them that better
than their life of empty Journalism was
life of merciful service to others
Comment today.s International Sunday
School lession: "A Paralytic Forgiven anS
Healed. Matt. ix:1-13.)
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AIN Sunday commentaries the
entrance of Christ the Messiah
into the city OF Jerusalem. The
city OF Jerusalem, on account of
it's extreme beauty. we'll as the
divine care that was lavished on it, IS
often taken as type of the human soul
Your soul and mine There is nothlhs
more precious on the earth, because It's
saving has brought God down from the
throne of His Majesty to live among
men. To redeem our souls was the pur-
pose of His death on Mount Calvary.
There is no more pathetic picture in all
history than the scene of the first Palm
Sunday, when Christ the Messiah came
over the slopes of Mount Olivet and saw
that beautiful city of Jerusalem brilliant
under the food of morning sunlight. A
thousand recollections came into His
divine mind In one comprehensive glance
He saw the time when His chosen people
possessed the land flowing with milk am
honey; when His great servant, David,
laid the foundations of the beautiful city;
when Solomon put stone on stone until
he had reared the first gorgeous temple
that was the delight of generations of the
chosen people, as they, year by year. dur
ing the Passover, came to worship the
living God. Then it's subsequent history
of fidelity and rebellion. OF loyalty 20
service and treason to the national vow.
He saw the people prosper under divine
favor and writhe in suffering under the
enemy's heel of oppression, and SO
through a thousand years of watchful
providences Through it all what had
been accomplished? He looks into the
future and the scenes Of the coming week
pass before His mind. Is this the out
come of all His love and fostering care:
He will be rejected; He will be nailed TO
the cross; He will be pierced to the heart
by the soldiers lance till the last drop of
His blood is spilled.
The thought is too much for Him.
Overpowing grief possesses Him. just
then the crowds are beginning to pour out
of the city to greet Him. He hears the
first Hosannas of the throng. The chill
dren are gathering about Him with their
palm branches But behind it all He
sees the darkness Of Calvary. "Hosanna
to the Son of David" they cry. but He
hears: Cruelty Him! Cruelty Him." His
blood be upon us and our children I'VE
have no king but Caesar" 1t is too
much for His loving heart. He sits down
by the wayside and breaks into convulsive