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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16
The nandelion.

The festive dandelion is here again,
After the most prosperous year of its
life in these parts, it has come back
and promises to do business at the old
stand in the same old way And IL
seems to say with an assurance that
is distracting to some folks, And
what are you going to do about it7"
And what are they going to do?
Eternal vigilance is about the only
thing that will keep the dandelion out
of lawn of blue grass and not every
one has the time or disposition to pay
the price. Haphazsrd methods will
not do 1t. Roofing up the little
pests here and there and now and
then will not answer. The rooting-up
must be done incessantly, and even
then it is not always effective.
Many people have given up in des-
peration to the dandelion, and why
not? why fret life away because of
IT? After all. is its unpopularity not
largely a matter of taste? To some
lOlhS IL Is very pretty llJJle mower,
To all who like tender greens to eat
it is a very useful one. Indeed, the
dandelion seems to have had a place
in the first garden ever set out, the
one where Adam happened to his lit
tie difficulty.
Behold I have given you every
green herb bearing seed" and GER
tainly the dandellon is prolific of seed.
And Ito you it shall be for meat"
There is your green's. One of the
Boston papers suggests that the COM
muters, as they come and go to and
from their suburban homes, might
find in the dandelion the source Of
much pleasure and food. They might
use the little yellow flower for bou-
tonieres and the leaves for greens.
Certainly this can be done easier than
the dandelion can be destroyed II
has made such a good fight toward
proving its invincibility that it should
be entitled to some consideration.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

work to shut out all worry, but most
men find that it is not
Very few but who could AFFORD to
slow down just a little today, so that
the whole motion of modern industry
be reduced to a moderate rate. Men
have no right to make machines of
themselves. They cannot except at
the expense of the man. Great powers
or small powers are given to be used,
but not abused, and intemperance or
dissipation in the ordinary and legiti-
mate pursuits of life may lead to very
serious consequences. Just as "all
work and no play makes John a duh
boy" so all work and no play makes
Johns father a less effective man.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16
Contradiction.

In enumerating the good laws and
progressive legislation enacted by the
recent Nebraska legislature, to say
nothing of the bad bills killed, is there
not a contradiction in placing the in-
itiative and referendum topmost
among the achievements? The es-
sence of the demand for direct legis-
lation is that duly elected lawmakers
cannot be trusted to give the people
what they want or to refrain from
doing the bidding of the special in
terests. The argument for direct leg
islation is that it would be useful
even necessary-to abate evils and to
accomplish reforms impossible through
a legislature, and yet, as we have be-
fore pointed out, Nebraska, so far
without the initiative and referendum,
may confidently challenge comparison
of the laws on it's statute books with
those on the statute books of Oregon,
South Dakota and any other initiative
and referendum state. Considering
the progress it has made with the old
fashioned machinery of government.
Nebraska is doing tolerably we'll.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.

Boston Transcript: Bishop Nicely objects
to calling his church m. E." Certainly
that is a good objection. It is sufficient
perhaps TO call 1t merely Methodist" Just
as the Protestant Episcopal church is
called Episcopal"
Minneapolis Journal: Rev. DR.. Aked, ex-
pastor of the Rockefeller Baptist church,
is quoted as saying he doesn't believe the
biblical story of the deluge. This blow at
the greatest event in Baptist hlsto since
the creation comes dangerously near
heresy.
Chicago Post: Boston finds that unless
congregations can pay more to preachers,
pupits, IL filled at ALL will be occupied
by fourth rate" men. Even second rate"
sounds rather distressing and not sugges-
tive of active competition with the balmy
Sunday.
Chicago Record Herald: Kansas City
preacher has confessed that he is the
husband Of three ladies. and the courts
have decided that he will have TO go to
the penitentiaTy for three years. There
are people who will think he is getting off
very easy, at the rate Of one year for
each wife.
Washington Herald: The Westminster
Presbyterian church IN Milwaukee has
solved the riddle Of how TO keep out OF
debt by imposing a tax on the incomes
OF its members. Incomes OF $500 or less
are assessed per cent, those from 81 900
up to 5000 per cent Pew rents as well
as collections have been abolished. The
church made its budget in advance. was
enabled 70 compute the expenditures and
10 make them fit the revenue, and after
trying the novel experiment for a year is
not only without a deficit, but has a sur
plus which is TO be invested.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16
DOMESTIC PLEAsANTRIES.

Ne told mo I was simply stunning in
my fancy costume
And what did he tell YOU when the
masks were emoved?'-Houston Post.
Husband-How much money will yok
need? =
Wife-An you have. That will DO me for
few days.-Boston Transcript
Don't tell It for mercys sake, but
caught links the other night in a dark
corner Of the piazza, kissing married
woman
His wife. - baltimore American.
He-Do you think we can keep our en-
sagement secret. for while?
She-Certainly, dear. Everybody has
promised me they'll not say a word
Judge.
Mrs. De Sham-Excuse me for being late,
my dear Mrs. Peppry. | was detained
downtown while my hair was being
washed
Mrs Peppry Cwhose luncheon has been
kept waltlng)--And YOU had to go all the
way home to get t.? That was too bad. my
dear Mrs. De Sham-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Mrs Crabshaw-Theres no practical way
to shorten what you term the dangerous
Crabshaw-Then why not reduce the size
Of the hats?-Judge.
"He got double-crossed in that specula-
ton, didn't he?"
Yes, and the girl he was engaged to
threw him over because he went under
Houston Post.
Maud-oh, dear, I'm in such a quandary.
Please give me your advice Three men
have proposed 10 me and I don't know
which to accept.
Ethel-Whlch one has the most money!
Maud--If / knew that do you suppose I'd
waste precious time running around fop'
naturalization Transcript.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16
Open Doors to Education.
Boston Transcript,

In reply to the 269 women students who
have petitioned that two colored girls who
have applied for admission 10 Sage col
lege, the womans dormitory at Cornell
university, should be refused that privilege,
President sohurman informs them that at
that institution "all university doors must
remain open 10 all students, irrespective
of race or color or creed or social standing,
or pecuniary condition" II would be diff
cult to make the invitation 10 those de-
string an education and fair treatment
much broader than that
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16
Income Tax Optimism.
Washington Post.


Senator Brown OF Nebraska Is certain
that his federal income tax amendment
will be adopted this year, He figures that
thirty-one state legislatures have voted in
its favor and that only four more are
needed to carry 1t through. Mr.. Brown evil
IDENTIFY anticipates favorable action on the
part of several states where one house was
in favor only and where another vote will
be necessary.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16
Any CIeveIanders in Omahas
t. Louis Republic

In half a dozen American cities acute
anxiety will continue until 1t is ascertained
whether Tom Johnson's autobiography
gives the names of city officials and legis-
lators who used to have serreptitious
sources of income during the two decades
preceding 1900 and whether any data is
furnished as TO the identity OF those who
supplied the money,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

A California judge has been hanged
in eflgy The Judge himself escaped,
but may get a chance to return the
compliment to some of those who
participated.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16
MARCH CIRCULATION
48,0l7

state OF Nebraska County of Douglas, SIS:
Dwight Williams, circulation manager OF
The Bee Publishing Company, being duly
sworn, says that the average daily circu-
lauon, less spoiled unusued ana returned
copies, for the month of MARCH, 1911, was
4S,OlG DWIGHT WILLIAMS,
Circulation Manager.
subscribed in my presence and sworn to
before me this 3lst day OF March 1911.
(Seal) ROBERT HUNTER,
Notary Public.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

President Diaz may not retire him
self, but he should be quick to see the
wisdom of retiring his troops from too
close proximity to the American side
of the line.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16
THE MEANING OF A WORD.
Reach of the Nerve system of the
steel Trust.

Golfers weekly.
Fourteen directors in the United States
steel corporation are also directors in one
or more railroads; the railroads thus dom
mated constitute. in the aggregate, four
fifths Of the country's entire mileage and
are the purchasers OF one-half OF the steel
trusts entire output. This situation We
ask every business man In the United
States TO ponder thoughtfully; let each
man apply II 10 his own business and see
what II looks like We are not hurting a
reckless epithst, but trying to observe
precision and care in the use OF the con-
temporary language OF Americans, when
We say that this Is exactly the situation
which the word graft was invented to
describe.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

Mr.. Hines probably realizes now
the force of the wise mans saying,
Boast not myself OF tomorrow, for
thou knowest not what a day may
bring forth"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16
A Point Well Taken.

St. Louis Globe-Democrat
A gateman at the Union depot in Omaha
has lost an eye through the enadvertent
jab of hatpin 1t is some months since
the hatpin ceased to be Joke, but 1t still
remains the style.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

doctors at New York hospital are
offering s12.5O a quart for human
blood. Wonder what is the best they
would do on about a gallon of real
blue blood
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

The mad race for money has eulmi-
mated in Pittsburg, where a youth OF
so has married a lady of So, only he
is the fourth victim. Answer-The
wife is the possessor OF $4,000. 900.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

Massachusetts and Rhode Island
have abolished the public drinking
cup Going back to the old way of
getting down on the knees and tipping
the well bucket?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16
stnndpatters ON Guard.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The choice of Martin not only makes the
Washington situation less desirable from
the viewpoint of the public but also makes
It more difficult for the democratic party.
The only hope of lettering the situation
lies in change of front by Martin. He
should break away from the Bailey influ-
ence,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

Those Mexicans might give a prac-
tical turn to their war If they would
fence off the next battlefield and
charge admission
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

King George has employed sandow
as his physical culturist. Now II he
had Gotch for the toe-hold he might
go to the mat with Parliament most
any time.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16
A Sure Cure.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
An Omaha surgeon says he is certain
he can cure kleptomania by the use Of the
knife His suggestion is that the pa
TENTS hands be amputated.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

Easter Morn.
By Frank b. Thomas.
In the east the dawn is breaking;
See, the crimson tints appear.
Come, We thankful ones, be waking,
Casters glorious morn is here!
Gone the night Of grief and terror
Gone the hours Of pain and gloom;
All the powers OF sin and error
Thwarted by an empty tomb
Hark! A cry rings thro' the agesl
See that angel form appear!
Mark II well, oh kings and sages--
Christ is risen! He is not here!'
Ye who knew the days of sadness
SorroWing with His every woe
Greet Him now with hymns of gladness!
Let all men the tidlngs know
In our hearts fresh joys are springing;
Dim foreboding steals away:
Hark! l hear the chorus ringing
Christ, the Lord is risen today
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

But why does Mr.. Bryan leave
Washington? Does he imagine that
just one little advising of congress
will do for the whole session?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

The mistress of the poultry yard is
entitled to a vote of thanks for revis-
ing downward the high cost of eggs in
time for Easter
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

Subscribers leaving the city tenn
pornriIy should have The Bee
mailed to them, Address will be
changed ms often as requested.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

Luther Burbank's newly invented
strawberry must be good If 1t
beats those handed down to US from
the Garden of Eden.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16
why Nebraska Hesitates.
Chicago Tribune

Chicago Trbune
Evidently" says The Omaha Bee, NE
braska does not want good roads yet" Evil
IDENTIFY not enough Nebraska farmers have
bought automobiles yet.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

1t may be all right for DR.. Hyde to
get new trial, but If 1t could be held
in secret the public would not miss
anything.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16
Efficiency Idea Spreading.

Wall Street Journal.
Train robbers ignored the express car to
rob the dining car walters. Efficiency idea
on the railroads is spreading.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

The Los Angeles girl who signed a
contract with her employer not to
marry for ten years need not worry,
for she probably will now be deluged
with chances.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

Events Of the last two years in I'LL
nois have not proved that every great
lumberman makes a successful newer
of political timber
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

With the Mexican rebellion at it's
height, how timely that the Daughters
of the American Revolution are about
to assemble.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

The colonel will doubtless admit
that African game trails are a bit
more interesting than American fame
trails.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

The effort to prove that King
Charles XII was woman suggests
that every age has had its molly
-eoddles
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16
Wait for a showdown.

st. Louis Republic.
When woman becomes owner of a base
ball team are we to expect purchases of
new players every time there is hint OF
marked-dow prices?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

cess, for the convenience of the law
makers and of no immediate concern
to the executive.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

If the weather man wants to be
solid with the fair sex he knows what
brand to hand out on Easter Sunday.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

1t is difficult to consider the harem
skirt as a "full-grown" problem,
though
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

1t will be hard to believe this Mex
lean affair is real war until Richard
Harding Davis goes to the front.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

Paris, we are told, has been de-
ceived by bogus marquis. Is there
any other kind?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

What would coronation be with
out its poet laureate?
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

The death of Lorimer witness did
not kill the issue, it seems.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

great profession and making its range
of usefulness to mankind almost limit
less.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

Militant progressive democracy.
Oh, well, 1t sounds well, anyway.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

Dare Memphis to offer Billy" Sun.
day 100000 to go there.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16
EASTER POEMS.
The Lord Is Risen.

NJ E1NIH u -" HNH"N'H'
BY Rebecca Farson Mckay.
The Lord is risen
Now nature hints II
In emerald meadows new;
And leafy splendor OF branches slender,
Uplifted to the blue.
The Lord is risen
The lily glints It
In starry whiteness fair;
And fragile flowers of woodland bower
Tell it In tlntings, rare 4
The Lord is risen.
The spring imprints II
On plain and wilderness;
And vernsl glory, the wonder story
Sells in all loneliness.
Chicago, April 1911.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

Yes, it's perfectly stunning.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

NE told mo | was simply stunning in
my fancy costume"
And what did he tell YOU when the
masks were removed? Houston Post j
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

Mrs. Crabshaw-There's no practical way
to shorten what you term the dangerous
hatpin.
Crabshaw-Then why not reduce the size
OF the hats Judge.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-04-16

Entered at Omaha postoffice as second
class matter.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-30
An Innocent Wife.

n E had been invited to make one Of
~ an automobile party next after
noon, and that evening at the
dining table he carelessiy mentioned
the fact that he had never witnessed
a game of baseball in his life. and that
he would take In one next day. There
{ were no objections. nor was anything
further said until he returned from his
spree. Then the wife queried:
WAS II a good gamer
Fierce"
"And you understood it?"
Perfectly"
II am glad you did. FOR want you
to explain a few things here In the
evening paper. For instance It says
that Austin made a corlxing stop OF
Gardner's grasser.' What do you un-
derstand by that2"
why, II"
"And it says that TIemphnl made
a corking one-hand SCOOP Can you
explain?"
Il could. but"
And it says that Nelson caught
Warhop asleep at the bat DO the
players go to sleep in the middle OF a
gamer"
Il don't think so. but"
And It says that Pirates were high
in the air. Were they fying?"
Il can't just say. you know"
"Oh. well, It makes nc difference.
I was automobi1ing all the afternoon
and having a splendid time, and 1 Just
felt to pity you stuck up there on a
hard bench and with two porous plast-
ers on your lame back"
JOE KERR.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-30
Winning Compliments
hension.

~ HE beautiful girl shook her head
in the negative.
$ NO" she said after a mo-
nent's deliberation. Il can never-no.
never-be your wife. But I'll tell you
what will do. Just to show you that
there is no hard feeling on my part. I
viii be present when you marry some
other girl and lombard you with my
shoes for luck"
All, here was an opportunity Quick
as q fash the young man responded:
please don't. If you must throw
old shoes borrow them"
And why not use my own?'
Because they are SO small we could
never detect them from the rice"
FIattery won. The beautiful girl
decided then and there that the young
man was altogether too clever for any
other girl. SO she reversed her decision
and the cards are out.
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-30
Ahead of the Game.

HAD fallen heir to $50 acres of
land in Iowa." said the fastener,
"and 1 went out there to see about
disposing of it. I landed at a town
thirteen miles away from my property,
and had scarcely arrived when it be-
gan to rain That was the beginning
of a storm that lasted nine straight
days. After the second day the roads
were so bad that there was no travel
ing. One could scarcely get around
the village. On the morning of the
ninth day the landlord of the inn
brought me man who knew all about
my land, and as we shook hands the
fellow said:
"T want to congratulate you on
your luck
LAS to how?'
t'This ere rain
But hasn't it been beastly7'
'' why. sir. it's put at least five hun
dred dollars in your pocket
:" I don't see how?'
Then I'll tell you. It's made a
lake of 500 acres of your farm out
there, and a huckleberry swamp OF the
other so. Lord, man, but this storm
seems to have come just on your ac-
COUNT There's the shores of a lake
to hold camp-meeting on. and there's
hucl<laberries to feed the crowd
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-30

how that fat woman is smiling at the
little tailor. You'd almost think they
were in love, and yet I've heard her
threaten his life because he wouldn't
hitch along and give her the end-seat-
There are two fat men up by the door
borrowing tobacco of each other and
wrapped up in blandness. About the
middle of last month I had to call
an officer to take them both off my
car. 1t was a case of no hitch along"
There is a man in there who looks
like a minister" said the passenger.
And he is one, but you wouldn't
have known it by his actions last sum-
mer. If he couldn't get an end-seat
he'd raise a row, and twice L heard
him dare a man to get off the car and
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-30
4 .RAGE or ELZZy
TIE END SEAT HOG.

80 the open car has been packed
in moth-balls and laid away for
the winter?'' he queried of the
conductor as he smoked his cigar on
the rear platform.
Yes, and I am a happy mani" was
the reply. Just take a look inside.
There are fifty passengers, and every
one has a grin on his face. You
couldn't get one of them to kick about
anything. See those two old fellows
almost hugging each other?"
They seem to be brothers"
Brothers be hangedI They have
fought each other all summer about
end-seats. and there We're times when
I thought murder would be done. See
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-30
No Legal Advice.

right to load a stick or two with gum
powder. I told him that he had"
And he went ahead on your opin-
ion?"
He did. and a week later I also
went ahead. The wife OF the suspect
ed wood-stealer was a washwoman
who went out by the day. One even
ing my wife asked me to drop in
there and engage her for the ext
day"
''Um."
II was in there when one Of the
loaded sticks exploded and blew up
the stove. the kitchen. the woman and
myself. and the doctors didn't get
through tinkering at me for about
three months. NO. sir, you will get
no legal opinion from me. GO to a reg
ular lawyer and let him be blown
through the window into the yard and
lose his hair and eyebrows and have
his legs roasted"
JOE KERR
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-30

Il SEE that you are a real estate
man." said the caller as he en-
. tered the office of a dealer, but
you are probably posted in the law
enough to answer a question. If so, I
am willing to pay for it,"
II give out no legal opinions, sirl"
was the reply.
But this is a very simple matter"
But you must go to a lawyer
But there isn't one within a mile
of here"
ct can't help that"
1.-THE question simply is"
''Sir, I positively refuse
''Oh. well. if you are so stif as all
this I'll have to go elsewhere, but
must confess to being a little sur
prised.''
''You are not so surprised as L was
about ten years ago." said the dealer.
"a man who suspected that a neigh
Dor was stealing his stovewood came
to me and asked If he hadn't legal
The Topeka state journal., 1911-09-30

have it out Bless you, sir. but run
ming an open car is the same as work
ing around a menagerie, only the an
imals are a little better behaved"
'.And you think their moral infiu-
ence is bad ?''
so that they could be run the year
round we should become a nation of
pigs and kickers within five years!
Blessed be the closed car. There are
no end-seats. You drop down any
where and begin to smile right and
left, and if the conductor happens to
ask for your fare twice you pay rather
than disturb the harmony of the oc-
casion.''
JOE KERR.