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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-04
BY AMERE NAN.

ough the Butter-aud- Eggs Man con-
.ued to deliver his stale, flat and eX-
,remely profitable wares at the home Of
the Amateur Wife. Her husbands Voice
sull preached Of household economy.
Since the Helpful Handmaiden had dis
closed the depths OF her infatuatlon for
the middle aged dairyman that particular
avenue OF saving was cut off But there
remained 70 be investigated the local
butcher and grocer
Prices out here are away ahead Of any
thing In New York, and the things are not
nearly so good" the Post Graduate Hus-
band announced so often and so convinc-
ingly that finally he converted His Wife
-.sio one Saturday morning proclaimed her
intention OF accompanying him 20 town for
the purpose of marketing for the Sunday
dinner
I'm get a steak for tonight and some
roast beef for tomorrow-and some let
tuce and chicory-they're always nicer in
New York" declared His wife.
And on the train to town she busted her
self with making and revising the list Of
purchases she intended to make.
How are you going to get them deliv-
ered?" inquired the Post Graduate Hus-
band. He loved to sermonize, but shranS
from the practical application OF his the
cries because he was not always sure that
they could be demonstrated.
why, I'll carry them home myself she
b retorted scornfuliy, I'm not one Of those
women who are afraid to be seen with
bundles II you are sure enough Of your
position you can carry home the washing,
you know
Il guess ia rather be a plebian and
have ii sent home replied the Post
Graduate Husband, to whom the tenets OF
exclusiveness were rather a joke.
I've been figuring how much money III
save by this trip pursued the Amateur
wife, "and / think Il will be at least sew
cnty-five cents There's three cents q
pound difference on steak and eight cents
on roast beef. OF course that's not count
ing the price of my railroad fare, but Their
yoa paid for that"
Her husbands heart sank within him
Well he knew that II by any specioui
reasoning His Wife could persuade herself
shat she had saved half dollar she nigh
walk home with a new set OF furs pur
chased in all good faith on the strength Of
and incidentally as a reward for, her econ
umies,
lie left his office early that Afternoon
and took the first train to Mountainville
expecting to find that His Wife had gon
before and that she would greet him will
triumphant story Of her marketing-ant
possibly the new furs.
But she had not returned. And it wa
. not until six O'clock when steady, nag
ling driEzle had set in, that the sound of
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-04

Peter. 2le-"Not using your freedom for
cloak Of wickedness Topic THE Abuse
Of Liberty"
Liberty Is the instrument OF personality,
and the abuse Of liberty is treason against
the democracy Of human existence. To
abuse liberty is to misapprehend its ma
ture, to misinterpret its laws, to ignore
its fundamental opportunities The tri-
umphs of liberty are delayed when men
substitute lawlessness for its stern re-
quirements, and when they wantonly
waste the resources which should be dill
gently conserved.
In this American republic OF which we
are citizens, and in which with painful
processes the implications OF liberty are be-
ing worked out, we are vaguely conscious
OF the fact that our theory OF life calls
for a threefold manifestation of liberty. We
must have liberty TO know, to do, to be.
Amid the clamor OF economic theories in
sistent science and experimental sociology
we cling desperately to our ideal; we are
determined to know, to achieve, to be,
Even so must it be in the spiritual realm
which is the ultimate justification of the
cosmic process.
To knowl knowledge is power in ali
spheres, in domains physical, mental, spir-
itual, but especially is IL power in the re-
public Of the spirit In the domain Of the
spirit most of all should there be inslstent
striving for abiding verltles; and all work
done in the subordinate realms should be
deemed preparatory to the task of ap-
pretending spiritually the laws and possi-
bilities OF spiritual existence Commenda-
bic and inevitable is the impulse which In
cites the old Genesis writer's to crown the
creative process with a conception Of God.
/ Inevitable, too, is II that the Fishes and
/ Drummonds and Tennysons OF thought
| should pass from the laws of matter to the
| laws OF spirit. Thinking is in it's very
! nature progressive, and into it at some
stage must enter the elements which render
1t spiritual, satisfying to the deepest de-
sires OF the heart. The study of the uni
verse, the world, life, body mind. must be
estimated as Introductory to the study OF
the free spirit its God, its laws its posi-
bilites. Spiritual ignorance means the
abuse of liberty. God. misinterpreted, means
maladjustment. Men will cringe where they
should stand erect, bring bleeding bullocks
where they should bring consecrated hearts
seek rewards where they should desire
communion with God.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-04
Some Silhouettes Of the Sidewalk
BY BOBBIE BABBLE.

Here where the tide Of Broadway flows,
Then Gibbs away. to flow again,
The poor proud player comes and goes,
And lives his mimic joy and pain.
His long locks waver in the breeze,
He rolls his RS his ss's' hiss.
And when his younger friends he sees,
He holds them with tale like this:
when Booth and Barrett played with me,
Those were the days OF drama, sir,
Our Hamlet was q thing to see,
It would have made your pulses stir.
Ny role was sobs and signs compact,
All sir, It was a noble thing.
And Booth once said Would could act
As you perform the Player King
" 'Othello' held my favorite part
Cassie Il was-you know the role?
in the great drunken scene my art
Would have enslaved you! Bless my
soull
was the understudy-well
watched and waited day by day.
That Cassie kept his health so well,
never got a chance to play.
There is no acting nowadays,
Actors, today, enact themselves,
And gain a public's easy praise
While work like mine II simply shelves.
with a good tailor at your back,
A careless ease a handsome face,
IT'S easy TO succeed Alack
The mad world rushes by apace!
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-04
James Alexander Jenkins, D. D., st.
hEary's Avenue Congregational Church.

James Alexander Jenkins, d. D., St.
NRry'R Avenue Congregational Church.
Nor is it otherwise with mans knowledge
of himself, for comprehensive, spiritual
knowing is the only safeguard against de-
lusions, excuses and abuses. Spiritual ig-
norance carries with II misinterpretation Of
the laws Of human life, and liberty works
mahciousness and desolation. The ignorant
man becomes a tyrant over hfe's sanctites
the man who knows becomes the willing
servant of society Abused liberty pro-
claims war between the spirit on the one
hand and mind and body on the other; but
the liberty which has the knowledge Of
Christ makes personality the glad unfier
of spirit, soul and body.
As free men who would make the most
of liberty, we must insist on knowing.
No knowledge which the finite can possess
is too exalted for the humblest son Of God.
In the republic OF souls no privileges are
reserved for aristocracy. 1t is the duty of
the lowliest to learn the truth from the
stars in their courses, to know the sig
nifcance OF being, the implications of in
carnation, the legitimate functions lof
church, book priest, the inspiration OF
immortality. Such knowledge is evidence
Of the right use of liberty, and its marks
are federation, sympathy, good will, the
surrender OF personal privilege for the
common good.
To Do-Liberty means action. Lethargy
and inactivity are marks of bondage, and
even action may bear the sign Of serfdom
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-04
Fable of Pain and Purity.

Dressed in the latest cycling costume,
with goggles all complete, the motor eye
list gayly toot-tooted past the park on his
way to the zoo. Suddenly he stopped and
said to a small urchin:
II say, my boy, am right for the zoo?''
The boy gasped at so strange a sight.
'You may be all right IL they have a
spare cage" he said when he could find
his tongue. but you'd ha stood a better
chance II you'd 'ad tail."-Lippincotts
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-04
9 The Bee8 H0me Magazine page X
CA LITTLE SERMON FOR THE WEEK ENDS

Much of the worlds doing has been
slavish rather than free. Nero was not
the doer OF a free mans deeds, though he
wore a crown and welded scepter Ma
poleons achievements were those OF
slave to ambition. Rousseau's freedom
was limited by the tether Of his moral
weaknesses. The deeds OF the man who
Is free indeed" are not traceable to selfish
ambition, official prestige or formal sub
lection to the dictates Of organizations,
rather have they the disinterested. spon-
taneous quality which characterized the
activities OF Jesus OF Nazareth. To the
fulness of the glory of His doing men may
not attain vet are they able to labor In
the spirit of the Christ The works OF
the man who is free in Christ cannot be
initiated successfully by the wording.
Only freedom through the cross can pro-
duce the deeds Of Paul and Frances, the
actions Of Luther and Lincoln
To Be-In holy writ the Eternal is dis
tinguished as Il Am" and the spirit of
God increasingly encourages the free man
to possess the assurance OF his own being
an assurance which win enable him to
say Il am" even amid the wreck Of
matter and the crash OF worlds" And
with nothing less than this assurance is
the free man content. He strives to
possess past and future, in order that his
conscience may utter the full, glad cry
Now am 1 the son OF Cod Wherever
being is unsatisfactory, limited, circum-
scribed It is certain that some liberty has
been abused. The scepticisms of this pres
ent are confessions of the Limitation of
being through broken law, through free
dom misGppliej When the perfect law OF
liberty" is obeyed being becomes pro-
phetic, poetical, mystical, sanity and i'm
mortality secures its highest earthly DEM
onstration.
And this meditation closes where 1t be-
gan-with the thought that liberty is the
God-given instrument Of personality. To
abuse liberty is to make knowledge a
stumbling block, deeds monuments Of folly,
being itself a shadow. The biblical culmi-
nations in evil are only witnesses to the
abuse of liberty, the closed gates of Eden,
the brand Of Cain, the objectionable sin
the doom of Judas. The biblical culmina-
tons in good are only witnesses to liberty
rightly used, the devotion of jeremiah, the
loyalty OF Ruth the return OF the prodigal
the martyrdom OF Stephen. Even so Is
II in all of life. Liberty abused is sorrow
and unrest, while liberty rightly used il
JOY and peace.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-04

give, might save him money"
1.-THE boss gets enough fresh inside views
from the help to keep his goat working
overtime as the game stands now" Son
retorts. III the wife has to blow into
the shop every day and give orders on
how to run the business. there's a bunch
of us Wisenheimers who are either going
to chuck work or else pass the buck on the
marriage game"
Copyright, 1911. by the N. Y. Herald Coz
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-04
A Rrirht RrnI.e,nnn.

brakeman who had not been long
employed was going up a very steep grade
on his first run With unusual difficulty
the engineer succeeded In reaching the
top. Al the station, looking out OF his
cab the engineer saw the new brakeman
and said, with sigh of relief;
II tell you what, my lad, we had a job
20 get up here, didn't wee"
We certainly did said the brakeman
and IL 1 hadn't put ON the brakes we'd
have slipped back. -Lippincott's Maya
zine.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-04
The Old
Actor.

Take the young actors Of our time,
What do they know OF noble verse?
They can't declaim a noble rhyme,
And when II comes to prose- they're
worse!
John Drew? Ned Southern? Men lfisA
these,
Is theirs great acting, do YOU think?
Refreshment? Hem! Well as you please,
Since you insist, I'll take q drink"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-02-04
OnIy Nine Left.

Harry had been naughty. and was SUM
moned before his mother, MY boy" said
his mother, I've said the Ten Command
ments over and over 20 YOU, and now
you've broken one Of them"
That leaves only nine, then. doesn't a.
mamma remarkes the boy and Als
mother let Il 50 a. thaL-Llppineotts.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-14
Wins Fight For Life.

1t was long and bloody battle
for life that was waged by James
B. Mershon, of Newark, N. j., of
which he writes: 81 had lost
much blood from lung hemorhages,
and was very weak and rundown.
For eight months / was unable to
work. Death seemed close on my
heels, when / began, three weeks
ago, to use DIR. Kings New Dis
covery. But it has helped me
greatly. tits doing all that you
claim" For weak, sore lungs,
obstinate coughs, stubborn colds,
hoarseness, la grippe, asthma, hay
fever or any throat or lung trouble
it is supreme. Doc & 81 90. Trial
bottle free. Guaranteed by Eli T.
Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-14
TOLD IN FEW WORDS.
Shortest Robber Story In History, as
Narrated hx Nolfaira.

Shortest Robber Story In History, as
Narrated by Noltaire.
In his study Of "Seven Great States
men" Andrew ID. White describes the
work done in the eighteenth century
by the French minister Turgot against
the vicious system. then prevailing Of
farming OUT the taxes. A great
combination OF contractors resulted,
who grew enormously rich at the peo-
pies expense. not. however, without
able criticism
This syndicate assumed the charac-
ter Of what in America Of these days
would be called a combine" and at
the head of it were the farmers gen.
eral, wealthy, powerful and, as q rule,
merciless Their power pervaded the
entire nation. from the kings apart
ments at Versailles to the cottages Of
the lowliest village.
To those men and their methods Vol
taire had made reference which ran
through France and indeed through
EUROPE.
A party of Parisians were amusing
each other by telling robber stories.
Presently Voltaire, who had been
listening quietly, said:
II can tell a robber story better
than any of yours"
The whole room immediately be-
came silent and listened to the great
est parsonage in the French literature
Of the eighteenth century.
Voltaire after clearing his throat be-
gan as follows:
"Once on time there was farmer
general"
Then he was silent. Presently an
began to cry out:
"Why do you stop2 Go on. Tell us
the story"
II have told the story" said Vol
taire. do you not see that my state
ment implies the greatest robber story
In hist0ryY'
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-14
DON'T MIND BIG NOISES.
But Slight, RustIins Sounds Make al
RATES. Tremble With Fear.

But Slight, RustIing Sounds Make al
RATES. Tremble With Fear.
Among the curious characteristics Of
the giraffe Is its strange indifference
to loud noises as contrasted with its
peculiar ''scariness'' with reference to
slight sounds. Noisy sounds, like that
Of man walking near In hobnailed
boots, the giraffe does not appear to
notice, but should it be approached by
woman whose skirts give out but
the slightest rustic the sound thereof
causes the giraffe to start up with
pricked ears and eyes distended In
fear.
officials of geological Institution,
situated near canal, tell Of curious
instance of this popularity Of giraffes.
After terrible explosion Of gunpow-
der on a barge on the canal the keep
ers were astonished to observe that
the giraffes took little notice Of the
tremendous blast. They jumped to
their feet. but almost at once lay
down again when they found that
nothing extraordinary had happened
In their Enclosure. But were keeper
at night to creep along outside that
Enclosure in his stocking feet the queer
beasts would exhibit such terror that
one would imagine them about to dash
themselves in terror against the fences.
Giraffes fear the lurking foe. and a
big bang scares them hardly at all. To
them the faint, rustling sound is a to-
zen of the greatest danger. In thai
respect they are like deer.-New York
Praaa
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-14
PLAYED A SHELL GAME.
A Parliamentary Joke by New South
Wales Scion.

w al9S i00l0Hs
Australia once had great public
joke. which was played openly In the
New South Wales state parliament by
member who afterward became at
torney general.
A bill had been introduced to pro-
tect native flowers from ruthless de-
struction. The honorable member up
rose and sympathized. He informed
the introducer Of the bill-a somewhat
pompous gentleman-that he heartily
approved. But why these invidious
distinctions? The bill protected and
he quoted all the botanical names in
the bill.
But why were other flowers equally
deserving neglected? Why were land
here he reeled OF a long list Of the
Latin names for cookies, mussels, oys-
tiers. etc.-why were these sweet fow-
ers to be blighted In their bloom, by
being plucked by any providing exct1r-
sionist who wanted something in his
buttonhole?
The introducer of the bin promptly
offered to extend the list to include
these. So half the shellfish on the
coast, including the periwinkle. were
added to the flowers worthy Of protec-
ton.
The officials Of the house discovered
the hoax next day and set it right.
But the joke was too good to be kept
quiet, and all Australia chuckled at
the expense Of the pompous legislator.
London Answers.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-14
Many Things Different In Holland.

Many Things Different In Holland.
Holland is to me one Of the most in
teresting countries In Europe. writes
George R. Sims. Apart from the ex-
element Of having to do a bit of
Blondin, with the edge of canal for
your tight rope, at intervals Of a few
minutes all day long, the Dutch them
selves furnish you never ending study.
I love to see the little Dutch boy of
six smoking his clay pipe or his cigar
as he clings to his mammals skirt.
There is something at once novel and
startling in finding Dutch cheese and
a penny bun placed in front of every
guest at the breakfast table. In a
land where public company IL a
Maatschappij and nearly every house
Of restauration announces that the
thirsty traveller can there obtain 'sTap-
peril. Slitterij and Slemp," there is al
ways something to amuse you.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-14
BASEBALL STRATEGY.
Bench Orders at TImes Queers Iii
Batter With the Fans.

Bench Orders ct Times Queers the
Batter With the Fans.
One Of the charms Of the game IL its
unexpectedness, the fact that you new
or can tell what's goi ag to happen I'M
til it Is history.
Y Do you know what INSIDE baIl''
really is2 Most fans" think they do,
but few really do know. In fact, It
Is a very interesting sidelight, both on
the game and on the American char
acter. to realize that nine out Of ten
people who see ball game see only
the flesh Of it, never realize the skele-
ton on which it is built, never see the
heart beating nor watch its nfeblood
flow. You go to game and shout
yourself hoarse.
"Hit it out, you, you 'boneheadP
What yer standing there fort Think
this pink tea? They're all perfectly
good-hit 'emp' And the player at
the plate. hearing, longs to obey-for
all players love to hit--yet holds him
self in.
MAKE him give you three balls.
Then hitl"~ are his orders from the
bench from the baseball general or
dering the game. A man is on third
There is but one out. Hits have been
few and far between. but a long fly
will score the man How get a long
ny? By meeting one which ''cuts the
heart Of the plate'' square and fair.
How get the pitcher to serve such a
ball? By working" him until three
balls have been called, when the
fourth ball must come over the plate
or the batter be given a pass; hence
the orders If they go wrong, II the
pitcher succeeds in getting three strikes
across before three balls, the batter
strikesAout. and a groan goes up from
the crowd. But the batter knows, and
the pitcher knows. and the team
knows, and the players on the bench
know that the man at the plate struck
out because he was obeying orders
World Today.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-14
What Is a Rath2

What is a bath2 Is it the simple
bath Of hot or cold water and soap,
or the Turkish bath of hot air or the
Russian one of steam, or the mud
bath Of Saint-Amand-les-Eaux, or the
compressed air bath of Reichenhall, or
the baths of wine favored by famous
beauties. or the sun bath Of modern
hygienists. or the Laplander's plunge
into the hot blubber Of a just killed
whale, or the bath Of asses milk, to
provide which for his consort an Earl
of Portman bought cheap the Port
man estate north of Oxford street as a
farm to keep a herd Of asses? Now.
which of these IL bath2-London
Chronicle.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-14
A Dreadful Wound

from a knife, gun, tin can, rusty
nail, fireworks, or of any other
nature, demands prompt treatment
with Buckleq's Arnica Salve to
prevent blood poison or gangrene.
Its the quickest, surest healer for
all such wounds as also for Burns,
Boils, Sores, Skin Eruptions,
Eczema, Chapped Hands, Corns OF
Piles. 25c at Eli +. Reynolds.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-14
Oath Of the Turkish Doctor.

The oath which young doctors take
in Turkey when they come before the
medical examining board contains the
following pledge: ''That when am
called at the same time by two differ
ent patients. the one rich and the other
poor, viii accept the call Of the poor
without taking into consideration the
money offered and will do my best for
his treatment, and that will never de-
cline to answer any call, day or night.
during the reign Of common diseases
or Of an epidemic of contagious. dis
ease" s
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-14
Keepinu His Word.

"Henry. you owe me So. You remem-
Der that bet you made me last week
that you wouldn't smoke any more for
a month. Well. saw you walking
down the street last night smoking a
big cigar"
"Tm not smoking any more; I'm
simply smoking the usual amount
Exchange.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-14

Aunt Prisms-I am shocked at you.
Maude. You permitted young Mr..
Jones to kiss you. Maude-He only
Just touched me on the nose. auntie.
Aunt Prisms-It was quite out Of
place. my dear. Maude-He knew it
was, auntie. But you came in so sud-
denly. you see.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-14
c. 7. SNYDER,
Green Grocery & Restaurant.
Green Groceries of all kinds in season, Domestic
and Imported Fruits. fun stock of Canned
Goods. Tobacco and Cigars.

Kolbs fresh Bread and Rolls daily. In addition
will receive everys tnrday special order of
the celebrated Engler & Murdangh goods.
consisting of Rusk. Cinnamon Buns Coffee
Buns camilla icing) Donghnuts Wedding
Buns, Bread Sticks, Fruit and Custard Pies,
Cream Putis, Eelairs chocolate icing,
Ice Cream, Oysters and Fresh Fish.
Butter, Eggs and Country Produce taken in trad
or for cash. ss *
Large or small orders will receive prompt and
careful attention and your patronage
is solicited.
Agent for the Institute Laundry. Port Deposit.
Shipments Thursday morning, returning Friday
evening
Cecil Farmers Phone.
Cor. Queen & Cherry SITS. RISING SUN. MD. &
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-14
srhe Almiahtx pcllar.n

The idea Of the forcefui phrase ''the
almighty dollar is much older than
the time Of Washington Irving. Ben
Jonson's ''Epistle to Elizabeth. Count
ess of Rutland" commences thus:
Whilst that for which all virtue now Is
sold.
And almost every vice. almightie gold.
London Notes and Queries.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-14
When Tennyson Sat Up NIdhts.,

We have had Alfred Tennyson heres
very droll and very wayward. and
much sitting up of nights till or 8
in the morning with pipes In our
mouths, at which good hour we would
get Alfred TO give us some OF his mag
&c music. which he does between
growing and smoking. and so to bed.
-Fitzgerald's Letters" Q83S).
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1911-07-14
Elshina Luck.

"Have any luck on your fishing
trip?"
Eyes. Counting those that got away
and those we threw back. we almost
got detroit Free Press.