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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-27
Stings.
by FRANCIS l.. GARsIDE.

When dictionaries reach that state OF
perfection when they viii give the some
definition Of a word. I'm addition 60 its
derivation. It's synonyms and its meaning
and usage out In the world, there will
appear this explanation after the word
Things"
~ word ia It's home usage meaning
old furniture. old clothes. old keepsakes,
rummage; something Of no value to any
one but the owner"
a woman Is left alone in the word.
Her husband Is dead and the children
are married and gone, and with a mis-
taken spirit Of kindness they take her to
their home and surround her with COM
forts and Injuries she never knew before.
But she f. restless and unhappy. she Is
homesich for her own things" She
wants to 60 back TO the cupboard with
knobs off the door, perhaps and with
drawers thai always stick; she wants
her own broken china, she wants her own
old fashioned teapot ard battered
settle she wants them. not for their
mouuyed value. but because they are
hers. and every association OF many
years is connected with them. She wants
CD 90 home and b. with her own things
oId sum faded pictures. worn-out carpet
rocksFa. lsbles an that went 90 make up
her horne. an her own. and bearing 20
her the frieadly look one sees In IA
miiiar face.
They have been with her IN many hours
~ loneliness. and, though inanimate have
filled place In her heart once filled by
husband and children and Hfe. They con
sriure her home. 20 be with her own
Things Is an that is left % make home
Cor many a woman and for a few men.
When "a mother die ami father marries
again. the rebellion against a stepmothsr
.s based countless times on that worthy
gomau's thoushusss use OF "mutnsr's
tHInEs which doesn't mean mothers
diauonds or pearls Dut mothers flat
irons. mothers bomhazIne pettlcoat
teacuD. mothers vacuum cleaner
Mothers things" have been the cause o.
many daughter soiHg % war against
her father, noe always because Of the
tender associations that attach to them.
nut because % the fierce resentment to-
Eard the other woman.
TIE new and perreC. dictionary vii
classify "t1mss iH the feminine gen
der Coz D. there is any tender as-ocia-
Coon cinsng to ANY o.d shoes or hair
brushes 'ctt by father that leads d. a
quarrel over their uos=e- siun when
mothers second husband uses them. OK
Ipeueucs has talied ~ rseOrd H. A nan
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-27

am glad that YOU calm hoan nice e.
eileen.
Wen. sed Pa, I don't know how nice
calm hoam. but l certingly calm home
eileen. sed Pa. l have Jest about enuff
left to git me package OF tobacco 4
pay my fare TO the offs tomorrow morn
ing.
Jest then Mas friend calm in. He was
short e fat & his wife was tall & thin.
Thare naim was Excelsior, Mister &.
Missus Excelsior.
am very glad 10 meet you folks. sed
Pa. What do you generally talk befoar
dinner? sed Pa TO the man.
I generally talk nap, he sed 70 Pa,
\ then after dinner talk another nap.
There il nothing so sweet In this wourld
as sleep, he sed TO Pa. Doant you think
so?
Wen, said Pa, speaking as one man to
another, / RELY doant know. The facl Ia,
sed Pa, have had so little sleep laitly
that ] RELY can't tell much about how
butifu & sweet sleep In. What meant,
sed Pa, when / asked you what you talk
beefoar dinner. was this: What kind Of a
drink do you talk?
oh, sed Mister Excelsior. newer drink
anything. You see. he sed TO Pa, am
traveller & travellers newer drink any
thing excep tea or coffee. A traveller cud
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-27
By Tad

newer 20 very far II he drank any hard
drinks, YOU see. sed Mister Excelsior.
Why. he sod, have been on sum OF tho
highest peeks OF the Hlmalays. and all
that We had TO drink for weeks at
time was tea, tea, tea. IL KEEP us up
wonderful, he scd to Pa Travellers can
so a wonderful pace II they don't drink
anything Intoxicating.
Well, Bed Pa, ! suppoas that Is purely
q matter of opinion. ! suppose that you
are rito from yure standpoint. but as for
me, sed Pa, have known sum travellers
that cud so long way & travel mitey
swift after drinking the regular drinks.
Look at me, for instance. Pa sed. was
newer iu the HimalRys, but / have
climbed sum hills in my day a have
always found that wen a man wants TO
climb a HIN II is a good ldee for to have
plenty OF gasoline aboard. BY the way.
sed PA, what Is thare In the Himalays
TO talk brite man like you thare?
oh, sed Mister Excelsior, thare are
lots OF strange sights. I met hermit
thare he sed to Pa, hermit with long
whskers. He was a poet, too. He luvs
the mountains & he wuddent cum back
to the city for. n miIyun dollars. This
is one of the poems he rote:
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-27

the plane OF our earth's orbit OF Al de-
grees; and at least distance from the
sun. the mean OF two determinations
15,7O0 miles. on November 10. 1911.
IL has moved westward and southwark
through a long arc OF its orbit. The
streamer was about Is degrees long; while
the nucleus was apparently as large and
bright as that af Halley's e6Ihet The
luminous gases or fine cometary dust
expelled by the pressure OF radiant energy
from the sun projected in fan-llke
shape, This form is only TO be seen in the
large telescope But the entire comet as
a whole was imposing 10 the unaided eye.
Next, July 81, Encke's regular three and
a half-year period comet was detected in
It's computed place. 1t was discovered In
ilS6, ana has made many returns TO it's
perihellon. But II has failed 70 keep
time; and it's Irregularities of time OF
passing as much as two and half hours
gave rise to much discussion regarding a
resisting medium In space. Question not
yet settled. It's distance at perihelion Is
100000 miles and on July 81 was IN,
r. A. Z hours % minutes and n. North
20 degrees 55 minutes.
And then Borrellys comet was detected
at it, return on September 10 I'm r. A.
hours 80 minutes and d. South 80 degrees
"a minutes. This Is the return OF the same
comet. and was discovered IN 1906 II IS
one Of our family and very small. reuuir-
Ing big telescope.
Astronomer Quenlsset, IN Juvlsy, France,
discovered fine comet on September 20.
In r. A. IA hours % minutes, and ID.
North 70 degrees minutes. This has in
creased In brilliancy, but Is not clearly
visible without lenses. 1t win pass its
perihelion at distance OF 100000 miles
on November Is. The plane of it's orbit IS
greatly inclined TO that OF the earth. or
los degrees 20 minutes.
And Russia, not 10 be outclassed. dis
covered comet-that is. Astronomer
Boljyawsky brought Il 10 Hight on sep-
TENDER q in r. A. 10 hours AZ minutes. IN
North ID degrees 10 minutes. Visible
without glasses Nearest TO sun. October
10; inclination OF orbit. 9s degrees 81
minutes.
Seven comets since June. But they had
nothing to do with the war between Italy
ana Turkey Deplorable as was Is. than
war and more must Inevitably come until
the Turkish question is permanently set.
tied. The appalling calamity at Austin.
Pa, happened because the dam gave Uav
and not because seven comets were in
the vicinity OF the sun.
Lowe Observatory. october "a 1
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-27

Ing one OF the failures in life.
Given a normal child. and its future
lies In the parents hands. The boy that
II taught obedience and self control, re
spect for authority and regard for tho
rights OF others, never grows up to be
q drunken hoodlum. The boy that Is
brought up in the knowledge of the dig
nifty OF labor. and who Is held response
bic for the performance OF certain duties,
and who IS taught that there IS no shame
greater than that Of a man not being
able 10 stand on his own feet. does not
degenerate into an ldlcr and loafer
The girl who Is taught modesty OF be-
havi0r, and has high ideals OF sweetness
and purity held unwaveringly before her
Is never the girl VINO goes wrong. She
has that In her own heart that beats all
the chRperons In the world.
These are not new facts. There's no
father or mother 80 dull as not to know
them better than anyone can tell him or
her. Yet every day ON the street cars
we sec well-dressed boys whose appear
ance shows they come from good families
whose behavior Is that Of hoodums, and
who are being permitted to grow up into
being toughs. We see these same boys
uFAaNliAk lHt property III
houses and making life hideous for the
other tenants.
We hear their parents mournful lament
that they cannot control Johnnie or
Willie. We are sccosted on the streets
by beautiful and elegantly gowned little
girls who beg for money for soda water.
and call us epithets of the slums when
we refuse TO hand over a dime and we
]
thinking about.
And the pity of It all is that these
parents are making criminals OF their
children through love. They are so ten
der to their precious darlings they can
not bear TO deny them anything even for
the child's ultimate good. They, them
selves. are so weak and flabby they lack
the strength to harden the muscles OF the
child morals so that Il will be enabled to
Withstand the strain OF life.
To every father and mother that reads
these words I commend Dr.. Eaton's
advice.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-27

HEY PHLuP IN A
BARK MESSENGER
HoN tT5 A PIPE DoNT
SET 10 D+E oFFiCe
III 2. THEN I RUJA
TO rAe poSTpEFlce \
Il <
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-27

in the land should lay to heart. The
greatest crime % modern civilization II
tho way in which tine average child Is
being brought up.
Tie or shc Dr. being reared a pagan and
a hoodium. with neither the fear OF God
nor man before his or fcr eyes with no
respect Tor authority. no regard for law,
40 idea Tor OBEDIENCE. no reorganization
"a tho rght % others. no conception OF
duty. 30 Ycftigc o. seif-cOntrOl.
The Frosacst material philosophy goes to
90 other such end as % is embodied in
the m1deru child. whose sole theory of
i.fc BE- o. take tho best Il can get for
Itself without regard for the feelings or
rights ~ others and 90 set this best by
trampllng roIgh sho1 over everybody
who stands la To- way.
To any thoughtful rerron who regards
this system 90 educating youth II h no
wonder that our prisons are filled with
boy criminals. 0r chat on every corner OF
enc STREETS ve Gee that most tragic Of
nFufes-a Uttie. uudcy elopei Uniformed
Eiri stlu a ehi.d On years. who has taken
The easiest way 90 the finery and gayety
rts rratcs. sr that cur divorce courts
aFs crowded with the matrimonial quar-
reis q men and women Who lack the
uuufaEa q endure disappointment. and
Keep en- obligations they lad assumed.
tad as these cases sre. common a. they
nrr uheu Yu1 sre how the average family
o. reared ard the marvel u not that there
ags 80 many uuch instances. but that they
afs Ha few
Hos Can Foa expect a boy who has
rsttr tsen taught Obedience a. home 20
lave am respect for aw and authority
ulfstie q 49, hrwst How can you ex-
usst "a ~ Wa hrs never had any re-
zaFf fer tEe rtEtts - others iustlIed
.uts hiul. 70 tfsp BE- hand vut % the cash
Trausr q ffs supllYef when be- sets the
a-Harfsr.tr ts rrFaIf How can you Cx-
ases e. o. vhF nas never been forced 20
fanEFa5 hfr,H.F tl resist temptation when
s esa.sa hs NaIr
ffa 600 fau ssuset "a sia uao has
naar go. - s11mpie lf ne By precept.
fHst FIRE. esrasa 1le jha eads q NE 90
aaaaaa. 80 tl Sc them AM way she caue
...H .4l laa alsest "a airi who has mad
H.H1E n boz .a.tltat-d except vanity
aHI asr-a -4.sa.. snf s.Ifishness. 90 be
rrFrH.ra tau curse t1 tHs husband
eHH faUs aer l.Hs cam Fpu expect "a
s.a .sH Boon naHlsaI i1 ber every
F"rH aI .r OBJ become anything
.ur enc sIFr a. a woman ulo changes
#1iad8 lH afar All s.H ea-r febIlnst
..Hla. asn.aH ri tH tse crime trd aI
f#.I HU.rHr 8f .rs su. I'D cam nF a.d ugut
H. -s IHar af tra N-Iue.iuer parents
fsf 60 eaHl chat when
Hasr aanar -1H rrflrrc aII falhsr or the
Hss.-rrsa.. sI nal1er at rHe murderer
Hr mfef ue sr. Who has sonn
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-27

the home This
weakness r. due Co
the sins - American
parents toward their
hiidrcu These sins
are both % omls-
aion and commls-
Ion Tho profound
elementary realities
.t lIfo are not
tnught On Ameri-
rau homes today.
4 simple zane.
moral conception %
IIfr should DO
taught The chud's
moral gristls should
t,s hardened into
a bone
Thfaa ars the
words u profound
wisdom which every
fAther and mother
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-27
& AVE- THAIWQnAN Bel

NorG Ar'p ORAETS NEI
STA~P ArIoMAtL LETERg
mn 7 Arp AFTER D4Ar
AuIHAuE 70 90 Is To
TnkE me Cp1tltERS
SoT cASe 10 HIS
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-27
Little BObbie's Pa
By WILLIAM +. KIRK.

Husband, deer, sed Ma last nito wen
Pa cain home, ! am so glad that yau
have calm hoam so nice n cleen, so you
can meet n SCIENTIST witch has Jest calm
back from the IIim-alay mountains Ma
sed, toal him that was almoast sure
YOU wud be hOam, a as l sed beefoar, I
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-27

Oh. the Hlmalayan .aOan.ains
They are taller far than fountains,
a. / look at them each morning & each
mite.
With thare peeks OF dethless snow
& their sunsets all aglow
Nothing gives me such reel butiful
deelite.
Now, Bed Mister Excelsior, can you
wonder what II is that keeps him in
the mountains?
No sed Pa, not now / can't
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-27
BY Gus Mayer
Copyright, 1911.
National News Association.

seat by certain window, or the pictures
on the wall Will cause him 20 reject a
more comfortable home with a married
daughter.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-27
The Sin of the Parent Against the Child
by DOROTHY DIX

10 spcsch before the National Asso-
citation Tor the study and Education %
Exceptional children the other night Or
Eaton said
'~rhe weakest spot ln America today Is
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-27

sions are sold to an old clothes man.
They do not become things 90 cause
tears and QuarTels.
Neither does 1t happen that when
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-27

ana respect but the love he awakeHs has
none az that tender sentiment watch
would put a post-mortem halo around an
old hat o. shoe. Fathers personal posses
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-12-27

GETD+E MAIL AHD 0Pt
OUT 5000 LGrTERl
R4EN BEFoRe q
! 60 AHp GET n4RGE
MORE MAILS ANo SORT
THEM OUT. nteR 90
oJI on a RQuIE ,H1LnA -
f. II
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-08-10

they had been instructed to do,
they would refuse to pay their
taxes, and would institute suit
against them for dereliction of
official duty.
These are a few of the tax diff
ferences, discrepancies and com
plications which are arising over
the state, and which the governor
says will all be ironed out after
the executive rock crusher has
been run over them. But will
they be smoothed out? That is
the nub that the tax payer sticks
on. Credit Gov. Hawley with
all the honesty of purpose which
his most ardent admirers and par
tisan supporters may desire, (and
if there is any one under heaven
who should honestly and prayer
fully labor to right present comp
locations it is certainly he man
who is responsible for precipitat-
ing them upon the people) the
question still remains, Has he
the ability and power to do soY"
Is it really unwarrantable pre-
sumption on the part of the peo-
pie to call this in question: Can
it rightfully be charged that a
newspaper is playing politics
when it gives to its personally
interested readers the conditions
as they arise and points out as
far as possible the falacies of the
policy adopted by the head of
the state government? If so, then
the Globe pleads guilty to the
charge and will put forth it's best
effort to live down the disgrace.
In the meantime, dear reader,
whether you are personal or
political friend of Governor Haw
ley, or not ponder the figures
shown in the above table, and
draw your conclusions.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-08-10
EXPERT TAX TESTIMONY.

II myself paid taxes in your
county (Canyon) on land for five
years. During that time I never
saw an assessor, never was asked
for a statement, was simply mott
fled of the amount of taxes due
at the end of every year, and
paid those taxes. I know that my
property was not assessed dur
ing those years at over 10 cents
on the dollar. Gov. Hawley in
letter to Canyon county assessor,
published in the Idaho County
Free Press, Aug. 8, 1911.
The above is probably true, at
least the local democratic organ
seems to accept it, and republish-
ed it under a scare head with a
good deal of gusto. Just why
it should be a matter either of
personal or party pride some peo-
pie may wonder. 1t seems to
be a case of James III. Hawley,
the governor, turning states evil
dence against James II. Hawley,
the citizen-lawyer, in an attempt
to convict former assessors as
well as the present assessor of
Canyon county of having violat-
ed the law and his official oath
by way of favoring Lawyer Haw-
ley ct al in unreasonably light
tax assessments. When the abov
statement is carefully considered,
and its true import gained, it
must at least be accepted as a
very remarkable case, and some
persons may be left in doubt as
to which of the parties, morally
considered, is placed in the worst
position. But if the governor has
really "seen the light" and want
to do better in the future, the
Globe is the last one to place any
stumbling blocks in his way; it
only hopes that the assessor may
also be brought in.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-08-10

With due respect to James H.
Hawley the Governor, whose con-
scientious scruples will not allow
him to accept favors at the hands
of the assessor Of Canyon coun-
ty in the way of assessment on
his landed interests in that coun-
ty at the rate of Is per cent val
uation on the dollar, because it is
right to pay taxes at cash valua-
ton, or 100 percent, the Globe
would like to ask James HI. Haw-
ley, the citizen lawyer, how he
managed to live with his con-
science during the five years
which Gov. James says Lawyer
James did accept the favor of a
Is per cent valuation, and paid
it without compunction or vio-
lent protest. If Lawyer James is
too busy at present assisting Gov.
James in reconciling other peo-
pie to their troubles, possibly the
Free Press might know of some
one who would turn light up
on this new DR.. Jekyl and Mr..
HYDE case.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-08-10
JIM WALLIS.

Pocatello Tribune: There have
been many bouquets thrown in
the direction of James III. Wallis,
state pure food commissioner and
sanitary inspector for Idaho. At
the time of an uncomprising
cleanup" campaign waged in
this city by Commissioner Wallis
and his deputies, many of the
bouquets presented to him were
composed of pig-weed and cab
bage. When the smoke of battle
had cleared away, however, those
who had been most ardent in
their denuneiation of the activity
of the pure food department real
lied that they shad been wrong,
and criticism changed to encom-
ium. Commissioner Wallis is no
respecter of persons. He would
just as soon see the mayor of the
city prosecuted for violations as
to hale Chinese restaurant keep
err into court. He is an inspector
who inspects-one who delivers
the goods, and one who is con-
Quoting one of the most import
ant and effective campaigns in
the interests of the people ever
inaugurated in the northwest.
Commissioner Wallis visit to
Pocatello yesterday and his in
spection of the water system in
company with the president of
the state board of health, will re-
suit in lasting good to the city,
His orders that the water reser-
voirs be Immediately cleaned and
properly screened, and that the
water be shut off at night in or
der to give the lower reservoirs
time to fill up and act as a set
Ting basin, are to be at once OBJ
served and followed out by the
company. This means that Poca-
tello will be furnished with pure
water. The Importance of the
purity of a domestic water supply
cannot be overestimated. The
health of the general community
depends upon it, and the thanks
of the people Of Pocatello are
due to Commissioner Wallis for
the prompt and effective steps
taken by him.
Here's to you, Jim Wallis.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-08-10
percent

Ada county is making grand
kick, claiming an increase in val
uation ranging from 300 to 500
per cent.
In Cassia county, the dispatch
es say the levy has been increas-
ed about $50 per cent, and the
commissioners left it practically
as it came from the assessors
hands. Some of the heaviest tax
payers in the county warned the
board that if they went to tink-
ering with the fixed leyies, as
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-08-10

stead be cut down from five to
three years. Mr.. Borah is usually
found defending the rights of the
common people, and that is one
thing which endears him to his
home people, and causes them to
stand Loyalty by him.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-08-10

project, took occasion to pay SEN
ator Borah a very nice and well
deserved compliment as follows:
The whole west, should be.
and no doubt is, grateful to SEN
ator Borah for his efforts in Sc
curing the $40, 100000 issue of ir-
rigation certificates, and Idaho
is especially indebted to Borah
and is doubly fortunate in receiv-
ing such lions share of the "me
on" as 100000 out Of the 800
000.0O0.'