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Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
SHOTS AT THE PULPIT.

Boston Herald The Spokane minister who
has abandoned the pulpit because he was
living In a realm OF fanciful theories and
Impractical IDEAS" and declared himself
candidate for congress, may even lind his
former mode o. life possible in the house
Some others do aud never get over It,
Baltimore American: In a modest utue
Presbyterian church near Lincoln. Ncb
the Honorable william Jennings Bryan was
ordained as elder last Sunday. This Is I'm
the line Of lay orders in that denomination,
but it comes next to the order OF the min
ister, who in effect is a preaching elder
Why should not the silver-tongued one go
a step farther? why not take full orders
and go forth with the everlasting evaugcl
upon his lips? Mr, Bryan is known to have
a leaning for the pulpit and he has ud-
mirable addresses Of a religious nature that
he has delivered the country over 1t would
be something unique and interesting in
American politics for one who has repeat
edly run FOR the presidency to enter the
pulpit
Springfield Republican: In the annual re-
port OF the corporation Of Trinity church.
New York, showing that the value OF it's
property has increased by nearly $500 900
during the year, the rector, Dr. Manning
observes that Trinity parish is essentially
missionary organization" 1t might be
added that it has also of late come in for
not little missionary work by outsiders.
IT Is not very impressive showing that
the yearbook makes-assets Sl4. .6OO. 900. total
number Of communicates S,527. increase
during the year 100. The four mission
churches supported have 1926 communl-
cants, hut the music is very elaborate.
when the results are compared with those
OF some genuine peoples churches in the
same district doubts are inspired as to
the advantages Of enormous church en-
dowments rich church. like u rich man.
can best forward reHgionsb sby ceaslng to be
rim
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
PERSONAL AND OTHERWISE.

If Mr.. Halley's show will come closer to
the legal closing hour of p. m, a much
larger audience will bring 10Y to the box
office.
Fritz Augustus .Heinze is on trial in New
York And Butte 1900 miles away. Fckle
fate oft plays shabby tricks on copper
sports.
The draught has. been broken in Arkan-
sas by a decision of the supreme court
that it is lawful to sell native wine in
packages Of five gallons or less.
An .Engllshman is going to start gil
gantie pill factory in New York. And
Dick Croker is coming home. Isn't one
pill enough,,for a defenseless community &?
Colonel. George Harvey of Harper's
Weekly dencately insinustes that colonels
don't amount to much anyhow. particularly
the esteemed Colonel Roosevelt and Colonel
Bryan?
Rival astronomers are diligently docking
the 100000 mile tail of Halleys comet
and handing the anxious reader tales OF
their own vintage. Ample room on both
to tie the can.
Right on the heels Of the report Of an
earthquake at Atlantic City comes blue
penciied contradiction, coupled with ex-
pert ASST rance that the tremor was caused
by landlord jumping on a delinquent
boarder.
George Barrie of Philadelphia is the lat
est nero within reach OF a Carnegie medal
His business house bears the street number
1918 and his automobile carries the same
woefui figures. But he dotes on the hoodoo
thirteen, and waxed fat in person and in
purse despite his bold def of superstition.
The author OF the railroad crossing sign,
"Stopl Look! Listenr' who charged 81, 900
for the mental job is as one tied to a
post in a race with the Chicago man who
won judgment fee Of $4,000 for one word
rs 1t legal foc me to marry him on his
death-bed?" a woman asked. Yes" an
swered the lawyer, who after the funeral
sent in a bill for 100000 A jury said
S35 900 was enough and some over.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
Christian Endeavor.

The laymen's missionary movement,
which has come to be generally recog-
nized as the most potent, practical
agency OF religious propaganda in
late years, is taking steps to en-
trench itself against the likeli-
hood OF reaction in sentiment
when the tidal wave Of early enthusi-
asm passes of. It will hold a national
congress in Chicago May 3-6 for the
purpose of laying definite plans for
permanent work with a systematic or
ganization. This will tend to meet a
criticism offered from within as well
as without the movement and to
strengthen its already firm standing
in public estimation
In an enterprise as far-reaching and
influential as this it is natural for men
to inquire as to its origin, who first
suggested the idea? A young man in
the city of Washington, a member Of
the Christian Endeavor is the real au-
thor of the Laymens Missionary move
ment, according to the word of Rev.
Francis e. Clark, founder and presi-
dent of the Christian Endeavor. And
DR.. Clark is not alone in ascribing to
the Christian Endeavor the origin Of
many other of the aggressive forces Of
Protestant evangelization today.
When DR.. Clark founded the Chris
tian Endeavor at Portland, Me. in
1881 upon very humble lines, he did
not foresee its. destiny, and yet it has
extended its membership to all lands
and to the islands of the sea and is
just now engaged in a campaign of ad-
ding other millions in the next two
years. 1t takes the child and holds
it through youth on into manhood
and womanhood, gives 1T it's early
training ine church work and thereby
supplies the adult forces with their
material.
Though more aggressive than ever,
the Christian Endeavor is not so much
in the public eye today as it was some
years ago, but stands back of the Lay
mems Missionary movement and other
similar agencies as the author and in
spiration.
Father Endeavor Clark, as he is
called, has given these twenty nine
years of his life to the work, never re-
ceiving salary, paying his own ex-
penses on FIVE tours OF the world, go.
ing ten times to Europe and making
countless trips across the American
continent 1t is this fiber of Christian
manhood that has made laymens S
movements possible and that must
keep them going if the work begun by
the Christian Endeavor is to be carried
to ultimate success.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01

why don't you ash, that Young man ,lp
to tea some evening, dcar?' 80
~ don't believe 1t would do any 9ood
mother. Hes confirmed bacnclor."-
Detroit Free Press.
StelIa-Aro they wealthy
Bella-1hcy gave baby an auto tire to yut
its tceth.-Harpers Bazar
He-what kind OF stone would you Hike
in the ring, darllng2
She-Oh. Jack, dear, l'vc heard so much
about base BAH diamonds DO you suppose
they are very eNpcnslVc?- Boston Tran
script.
What objection would you have to You.
None Whatever" replied Mr., GroucDl
IF she wouldn't keep me awake Mighty
trying TO explain to her what she is Vouns
about'-W ashington star. ...
Wigwag - It Is pct theory Of mine
nat 2y.,,,' two can liye as cheaply as one ,
you were never the father Of twlns.-Phila-
delphia Record
Vicar tseverely)-l was surprised and
sorry. Mrs. smith, TO observe that your
husband walked out Of church In the mid
die of my sermon last Sunday.
Mrs. Smith-O, YOU really must excuse
i'm, sir; 'es a somnambulst and walks lD
Is sleep, YOU SEEN. \. p,
Squire Durnitt (of Lonelyville)- towns
got the four biggest liars in the state.
Uncle Welby Gosh (of DrearyhursD--i
guess that's right. You're three OF 'em.
Who's the fouuth?-Chicago Tribune,
And YOU say you love me?'
"Devotedly!"
with the cost of living as high it is7"
Indeed do and when the cost OF living
is less l will prove my love by making you
my wife. Houston Post %
Pardon me. madam. but the way that
man across the aisle Is staring at you must
be very offensive. DO you wish me to in
terfere?"
"Oh, no. thank you. That's my husband"
your husband
"Yes. He's very nearsighted and thinks
I'm somebody else -- Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
Treatment of Criminals.


Two Chicago judges, Olsen and
Gemmill, out of the depth of long ex-
perience on the bench, principally in
dealing with offenders against the
criminal code, have spoken words that
deserve deep and careful consideration.
These jurists have determined after
many years that man is naturally
prone to break the law, and that the
surest protection society has against
the criminal is the certain administra-
tion of punishment. Whether men S
natural bent be for evil or for good, it
is conclusively plain that an unfortu-
nately large percentage of the race di-
rect their efforts into wrong channels
It may be worth while for the student
of sociology or psychology to pursue
these misdirected individuals with the
Students quest for information, but
for the purposes of society in general
it is desired, first of ALL that a check
be put on the wrong doing. The re-
form of the individual is a secondary
consideration, for the reason that So
ciety owes little to the individual,
while the Individual owes everything
to society. If it be possible to accom-
plish the reform of the convict Grim
inal the result justifies the effort. But
before this reform is undertaken So
ciety has a right to make sure that the
crime will not be repeated
For these reasons the judges main
tain, and others who have given the
matter attention are convinced, that
certain punishment is the most potent
deterrent known. If the criminal is
assured in advance that detection will
be followed by the visitation of a pen
atty commensurate with the nature Of
the offense he is likely to halt before
entering on his illegal design A
difficulty in the way of the law has
been the mistaken zeal of emotional
reformers, who seek to interpose the
sheltering character of mercy before
the offender has had an opportunity to
bring forth fruit meet for repent
ance." If these well-meaning persons
can be brought to appreciate the value
of properly applied punishment they
will see the desirability of assisting the
cause of justice to the general body in
preference to the coddling of the Grim
inal If it can be impressed on the
offenders mind that the penalty ex-
acted from him is not, taken in the
spirit of vengeance, but for compensa-
tion, and he be given an opportunity
to contemplate this truth while work.
ing out his salvation, his ultimate re
form will be as certain, and probably
more lasting, than if he is allowed to
go "unwhipped Of justice" because a
touching plea has been rendered in his
behalf, and some philanthropist has
promised to stand sponsor for his good
behavior
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01

pests just as in an imperfect plant,
and that labor spent in increasing the
productivity Of the soil or stability of
vegetation is positively thrown away
so long as the same degree of care
and intelligence is not exercised to-
ward killing the pests. Thousands of
dollars have been spent by the Depart
ment of Agriculture in working out
the control of these pests, but If it is
unable to recommend the proper rem
edies to the people after working out
the process the latter becomes useless
and the money has been thrown away.
An investigation made in connec-
ton with the consideration of this bill
showed that some OF the lead arsenate
in common use by fruit growers con
tanned nothing but white arsenic,
compound that would either kill or
seriously injure trees. Paris green
was also condemned for spraying pur-
poses, as it contains soluble arsenic
which will destroy foliage. On the
other hand, It was shown that much
OF the formaldehyde used in the north
west to prevent grain rust, instead of
containing a 40 per cent strength, con-
tanned only 10 per cent. In this case
the result was simply that the formal
dehyde did no good and kept the
farmer from preventing rust to his
grain
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
Kill the Pests.

Intensified farming and soil conser
walton lose much of their value when
not coupled with an intelligent combat
of the pests that destroy crops. In
1909 the money value of our crops was
estimated at 100000, 700, and
scientific experts estimate that fully
10 per cent of this amount was lost by
damage done by insects and another
10 per cent from fungus diseases,
making a total destruction of about
$1,000, 100000.
A bill is now pending before con-
gress which seeks to prevent some OF
this vast waste by prohibiting the man
ufacture and traffic in adulterated and
misbranded insecticides and fungicides.
The bill is based on the result of in
vestigations which show that fraudu-
lent remedies have been in common
use for years in agriculture and horti.
culture, doing tremendous mischief
II would seem necessary that the
government exert every influence in
the direction that this measure points
or else see much Of it's work Of scien-
tihc farming and fertilizing soil neu-
tralized Il requires no argument to
show that a healthy plant is subject
TO the ravages of these parasitieal
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
Get the Burgoo. Colonel.

Colonel Watterson, oppressed by the
sins of nation, like Habakkuk of
old, lifts up his voice in despair and
exclaims, "Oh, Lord, how long shall l
cry?"
1t is of record that the Lord let the
minor prophet cry quite awhile and
visited not His fearful vengeance upon
the Chaldeans until, in the utter ex-
tremity of his hope, Habakkuk pro
claims, Il will stand upon my watch
and set me upon my tower" Then
the vision came.
Mr.. Watterson is alarmed, not only
that his nation is going pell-mell to
the demnition bow-wows, but that in
the crisis of its peril it is confronted
by even a greater menace than that
from which he would save it, 1t is
"the man on horseback again, 1.-The
most startling figure that has loomed
up on the horizon of history
since Napoleon Bonaparte, ,"-Theo-
dore Roosevelt, seeking "autocratic
pOWGIg bt4l pei pSkueANlhb pOWbIg Il
benevolent despot," who would seize
the reins of this government and drive
on in his mad race to imperialism,
treading under foot the rights of his
helpless fellow beings! Worse than
Napoleon from Elba, he is Caesar,
flushed with the glow of conquest,
fresh from his invasion of the Gauls!
He comes, this mighty conqueror,
from lion-hunting in Africa, king tam
ing in Europe, to eliminate his tri-
umphal march through the nations of
the world in a demonstration surpass-
ing that for Dewey, down the bay and
along the river front and through the
streets of thousand cities of the land!
And for what? Why, to pave the way
to his perpetual power as president.
Gentlemen, in the language of Ed
mund Burke, Long enough have we
been caioled, derided and deceived
it rs time for us to act!"
Listen further to Colonel Waiter
sons proof:
Does such a tour de force come by
chance or is it planned and prsarranged
far ahead by keen foresight and skillful
stagecratt? Why Africa in the first
placer Then, II Cairo needs must be, why
Rome? Why Vienna and Budapest? Why
Berlin? Why Paris? Why London?
Nothing could be more convincing
1t would be folly to suggest that this
man Roosevelt, after seven strenuous
years in once, had sought the quiet
sedate jungles of Africa. filled with
ferocious beasts, as a place to rest his
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
SERMONS BOILED DOWN.

No man can be faithful to divine .sgls
who lodges daily dulles
A man soon gets tired OF his religion when
he does not work at a.
some hope to cure the tiger Of bUng by
fiung his teeth with gold,
It's a good deal easier to seem fit to die
than to be III to live with.
The less a man thinks about his sincerity
The more he is likely to have.
The endesvor always counts mote tor
ones happiness than the success.
It's no use looking In lonely places FOR
men who are really walking with God.
The most harmless amusement Is poison
ous when Sc is the only food your heart
gets.
To be guided by the senses alone is as
though one should let the compass steer the
ship.
The man who lives by the golden rule
never has to talk to his friends about his
piety.
one OF the worst thing, about exposing
the wolves is that the sheep win turn and
try to rcnd you.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
CLOVER CHAINS.

J. NJ. Lewis in Houston Post
know by sudden gusts Of rain
That legEard spring Is here:
know too, by the clover chain
Which from my neck hangs clear
Below my knees, and round each wrist
Are wound the clover strands,
And but just now ! caught and kissed
Two clover-laden hands.
That / am old and stout and gray
Doth matter not at all,
The babies seem to love to play
About me In the halh- ..
They deck me with red blooms and white
With loving care and pains,
And because II Is spring, tonight fa-lsF
I'm wearing clover chains. .etes .a
little later on fnayhap 'f'" ''..
When other blooms unclosei 49,.
A babe will Chamber on myalaphs Co.
To pin a red, red rose ..-r 49,. ...
Onto my coat lapel with glad,
Wee, dimpled baby hands; 'i7.
But Just tonight she's decked her dad
With twisted clover strands
And now they both Of them draw near
And stand beside my chair. ..r sr
Blue eyes aud hazel eyes shine clear7--,
Two heads of toused hair
Against my coat sleeves snuggIe warm
Then from the eager two, 80. -.
Comes the expected coaXing storm, -..,s
dad, let's play peek k-a-boo" ...
And I, who lost all dignity
When the first baby came,
Am with them with as much Of glee
As they feel in the game:
And while the raindrops slithed down
The darkened window panes
To show us spring has come to town
We romp in clover chains
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01

OF armament or potency of defense,
but the ability to feed its forces on
land and sea Its statistics disclose
frightful increases in pauper popu-
lation and acute difficulty in provid-
ing employment for the masses. To
pursue this dismal inquiry further it
might be stated that 1875 persons died
Of starvation in England aud Wales in
the last year and still keep within Of
ficial facts Incidentally the number
of marriages and births is steadily
diminishing.
The solution does not seem to be
apparent even to Britain now One
of the great handicaps in working out
the destiny of its army Of unemployed
is its lack of contiguous farming ter
ritory.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
FAME'S WATERLOOLOO

Chicago News: In Waterloo, Neb.. il Is
a finabe Offense for a barber to put his
finger in a customers mouth. But the
fine is only 81, so it may have to be Joined
with justifable mayhem. ,,
Baltimore American: A town In Nebras ka
with the appropriate name Of Waterloo has
passed an ordinance prohibiting BARRIERS
from eating onions in business hours. II
they Go SO, they viii no longer be in good
odor before the law.
New York Tribune A rather strict ordi-
nance relative to BARRIERS has been adopted
with death the practice of demging a
customer with bay rum without his CON
sent, it is a dismal falure
Pttsburg Dispatch: A Nebraska town
has passed an ordinance making it unlaw-
fu! for BARRIERS to eat onions during work.
ing hours. In order to be fair the council
should pass an ordinance making 1t un-
lawful for BARRIERS, patrons to eat onions
during shaving hours.
Chicago Tribune: In Waterloo, Neb., il
has been made an offense punishable by a
fine Of s. for barber to eat onions be-
tween a. m. and 9 p. IN. Waterloo BARRIERS
who consider such city ordinance oppres-
sive arc at liberty TO move over. into Elk
horn or Florence, where they can cat any
thing they choose. To some extent this is
still free country.
Des Molnes Register and Leader: Mani.
testify, the taIkative barber was the indi-
vidual whom the councflmen of Waterloo
sought to reach; but they overreached.
The impossibility. of defining gossip
might not be an ihsuperable obstacle for a
judge Of nimbie mindi but to cut barber
off from the inaIienable right of free
Speech any novice will say, is an attack
on the constitution which not alone in
validates the measure but smacks of both
anarchy and monarchy. .....
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
Our Birthday Book
May /, 1910.

James McCrea, president Of the Penn
sylvania railroad was born May 1, lS4s, in
Philadelphia. He entered the railroad ser
vice as rodman in 1865, and has stayed
with it until reaching hS present high po-
sition at the head o: the Pennsylvania
system three years ago, - .g
James Ford Rhodes, the historian, Is
g. He was born in Cleveland, o., and his
chief work is a history OF the United
States since 1850, filling eight large vol
umes. .t
Simon N. Patten, professor OF political
economy in the University OF Pennsyl-
vania, was born May J., 1852 at Sandwich.
m. DR.. Patten was raised on a farm,
and after studying in Germany became one
OF the principal American authorities in
economic theory.
John A. 7. Hull congressman from the
Des Moinees. Ia, district. was born May
/, 1s4l, in sablna, o. He served with dis
tinction In the union army and has been
a prominent figure in Iowa politics. for
many years. .--... o..
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
Pledges and Performance.

Men violate pledges as much Dy failing
to carry them out as by legislatng posi-
lively against them. And the question
before the republican party Is one of car
rying out the pledges made by the party
to the people No political organization
is free 20 disregard its pledges We are
inclined to believe, therefore. that Mr.
Taft will be able to get some good things
done, and that congress will see the folly
of turning It's back on the reform pro-
gram Even the senate is likely to feel
the force Of public opinion, and to yield
TO some extent to 1t. 49,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01

The democrats who are laundering
about the difference in republican
opinion as to details of the present
tariff law, probably forget the Wilson
German tariff that split their party
in 1894, the bill which, when it came
back to President Cleveland for his
signature, drew from him the CON
demnation of party perfidy," and a
veto
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01

tired body and mind. 1t would be
equally foolish to attempt an answer
to any of the other categorical Ques-
tions, except to remark that here was
full-blooded American citizen in the
hey-day OF his happy manhood, with a
lot of time on his hands and good
chance to have a bully time and he
took the chance.
That is all there is to it.. colonel
Cheer up and remember that "burgoo
with a thimbeful of the best ever to
wash it down. and YOU need not stop
at the thimbleful.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01

If, as that Harvard professor says,
mosquitoes caused the collapse of an
cient Rome and Greece, we should lose
no time in declaring war on these
pests, which might, at any moment,
plunge this nation into the same abyss
of destruction. What would we do
without some of our vigilant and alert
college professors to cry out these pit
falls for us?
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01

"Gumshoe Bill Stone, the gentle
man from Missouri" on the democratic
side of the senate, made a speech the
other day against the resolution favor
ing an investigation into the cost Of
living. Light in any form hurts his
ewes
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01

Woodrow Wilson says the country
must look to the west for its new
leaders and the New York World as
serts that no mans opinions are more
uniformly sound than those of Prince
toms president.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01

The St. Louis Judge who decided
that title to seat in a street car
rests in the man who gets it first,
must have been trying to vindicate the
end-seat hog.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01

If Brothers Gaynor and Hearst keep
up this cross-fiTe of telling tales out
Of school, the country may get pretty
good line on at least two OF the coming
candidates for presidential honors.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01

As the cards lie in congress just now, it
would appear that the members are torn
by the conflicting desires of putting
through Taft's program and of getting
away to patch up their political fences at
home. When such an occasion arises it is
generally noticeable that the fences get
the most attention,
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01

TtHNtT INtDUUTIVdII'
After ALL perhaps it is better for foreign
noblemen to be permitted to unload spuri-
Gus old masters on the millionaires than
the spuriors new masters with which sew
eraI of their daughters have been encum-
hered.
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01
Musing from Mutton to Pork.

Louisville COurier-Journal.
If Mary had a little lamb that followed
her peregrinaton, she could drop in at the
butchers shop and become as rich as all
creation. But If Willie's sedentary pig,
that eats to sauaton, we're transferred
into currency, what a Rockefelerization
Omaha daily bee., 1910-05-01

A New York paper is beginning al
ready to Commiserate the west on its
crop failure. Oh, do not worry, we
will have enough left to feed you folks
on as usual