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Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-16
The Great Road Problem
By GARRETT r. sERvIss.

never had a line Of imperial Caesars atF7s
work for thousand years. or Napo-
leon leading conquoring armies TO give
US great framework OF solid highways.
to start with. We have had TO lay all
the foundations ourselves. TT
The coming Of the motor car has been
for greater stimulus to the constructions
OF lasting roads than the necessities OF
marching armies have been in Europe,
but this stimulus has been at work forcs
only a few years, In contrast with thec<
Centuries during which the European
armed power of Jealous governmentS
pushing on the work. But. now that the
work has been begun here. IL 10 going
forward al an astonishing rata. A slmpis-
comparison % the annual expenditurea4f
on roads, which I borrow from Motor..
will tell the story Of American progress
better than page Of words could DO itygs
The United States now expends every
year on the building and maintenancces
OF roads tho sum of slt20o.o0o. France
expenda s30ooocc. Germany s66. $40. 0oa
England tsoccoosp. for the same purpose. y
But In Europe the money II spent fora
maintenance-the roads are already goode
while here a large per cent must hA
expended for preliminary constructions
The United States have so5 yards OPS
highway for every inhabifant Europe
with three times the aggregate populaton.S8
has only 90 yards for every inhabitantE
But the European roads are all goo, -
though they vary In quality. while only,zf
seven per cent OF our roads are good ~
But read what Ia being done In all par.s.,
Of our country, wherever the motor caasf
Is employed. Read OF the accounts ore
the progress Of the movement for "betten
roads In Dixieland." Head OF what has,
been done, and u being done, In tho -
middle west and along the wonderfdfsss
Pacific coast. Look at some OF the plc4sx,
lures Of these roads, which do not stoess
for mountains or glaciers. or any natural
obstacle, and you win quickly be con-S~
WINGED that We are at the beginning Of sts
revolution In road-making which wfIfsw
place US at the forefront
This Is a work IN which every citizen =
should aid with all his force and ln- :. =
nuencs. II is as important--that all GUN
roads should be brought UP at least ID -
the European standard as Il is to the
simple pleasure seeker. In fact. this :.
work Is not being done for the pleasure
seeker. but for the whole people. and tt.s
ID a case In which the instinct OF pIeasuressfg
seeking admirably serves the needs or
the work-a-day world We may thank
our stars that we have not had a Napo-s
leon. but have had the motor car to CON. :
vince Us of the necessity Of good roads,.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-16
Children the Unanswerable
S.. Argument Against Divorce
BY DOROTHY DIX

alton? How can the weak breed strength
into the little ones7
OF course II will be said that when a
father and mother cannot aree AND live
in perpetual discord with each other,
the children are better off with either
one than vita both; that no home at all
is better than a home divided against It.
self
To this argument one can only say that
parents have no right TO make such a
home. No matter how deeply they may
feel in their own breasts that they have
gotten the wrong life partners, and that
some other man and woman are their
real mates, they are bound by every law
Of decency TO hide this from their chill
dren, and TO keep the doors Of their
skeleton closet fast locked against in
quisltive little eyes. To be tempted is the
lot Of all. To yield TO temptation is the
act Of the craven.
It is the paramount duty Of parents to
protect their choldren even from them
selves, and for fathers and mothers 10
drag their children into their squabbles
is as bad as IL they threw the helpless
little creatures into the midst Of a battle
where they would be trampled upon ard
mangled For father ani mother TO
let their children become oognizant of
their smours IL worse than taking them
into leprosy camp. 1t deflles the little
minds beyond the power Of cleansing.
As for the woman who would lend her
self to the breaking up Of a home In
which there are children. the curse OF
God is upon her Truly II were better
for her that she should tie a milstone
about her neck and cast herself into the
sea than that she should offend one OF
these little ones.
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-16

things which about everybody ought to
think, and concerning which everybody
ought 60 have some knowledge
Did you know that We have In this
country alss64s miles Of Highways
enough In aggregate length TO make four
continuous loops around tho earth and
the moon-and that. although this Is more
than twice the length OF all the highways
In crowded Europe. only iso,4ss miles OF
these Highways are improved--I =. graded,
drained and surfaced with hard material
while practically all the European
roads are thus Improved?
And did YOU also know that most OF
the improved roads that We do possess
have been made In consequence OF the
demands Of the users OF motor cars and
motor trucks7 Tho benefit accrues 70 all
to every user Of tho roads. whether for
walking. driving for pleasure, or carrying
products to market-but the impulse pro
ducing the improvement comes. almost
entirely. from the urging Of those. who
ride In motor cars. In helping themselves
they are helping all others.
There is nothing that strikes the visitor
from Europe so unplea sanity a. soon as
he ventures beyond the neighborhood Of
our great cities as the abominable condi-
ton Of the majority Of the country roads,
Their lack OF everything which he has
been taught TO regard as indispensable
In q highway frequently makes him jump
TO the conclusion that after all this mar
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-16
New Giant Sun in Gemini
BY EDGAR LUCIEN LARKIN.

A cablegram sent beneath the sea from
Kisl. Germany. 10 the Harvard college
observatory. Cambridge. Mass. an
Gsmini. This 10 the zodiAcal constella-
ton the Twins But every star Is huge
sun like our own star-the sun. But
think well of these facts The new sun
was discovered by Astronomer Enebo In
Europe on March IL On March 10 two
photographs Of the same space we're
taken at the Harvard college observa-
tory. and on the 18th two more plates
were secured. when the telegram ar
rived these four negatives were at once
examined. but no trace Of a star was
visible there. although eleventh magni-
tude stars are plainly visible all around.
These stars are very faint: bat on the
next nIght-thst OF the i2th-ths new star
Of the fifth magnitude was distinctly
seen by Enebo. And the discovery made
BY Observer Enebo was confirmed by new
photographs at Harvard. Fifth magni-
tude stars on clear. dark nights can be
seen without optical aid. the sixth mag
nitude being the limit Of visibility with
out lenses. Every star is a colossal sun,
no matter what Its intensity OF light as
seen from the earth may be: even down
TO the limit Of power Of celestial photo
graphy-the eighteenth magnitude. Mag
nitude here does not mean the sizes Of
the stars. OF which very little is known.
The dimensions Of our star, the sun. are
known with great accuracy, being losss
times the diameter and LILO. coo the volume
Of our home-the earth.
The new star in GeminI is the second
to be discovered In that constellation
The new sun may have exploded and
liberated huge volumes Of pent-up gases.
two seventh or eighth or tenth magni-
tude suns may have colllded; or q large,
dark body may have made sudden impact
on a hot sun. or two dark bodies may
have been In hesd-on ooIlision-we do not
know which The new sun in Perseus
was watched In powerful talespectro-
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-16
A QUESTION IN SCIENCE

ouestion-Piesse tell US why there is mo-
rain during the summer In southern Cabs
fornia? -
.a-s--.s.z -
Answer-only one reason. and that fs--
because water vspor always suspended, :
With greatly varying quantity does noe
eondense. This Is self-evident And the
reason why IT does not eondense over he
area Of southern California Is on aeoounf
OF the Sierra Madrs range Of mountains.
They are made Of stone. good SUBJ
stance to retain heat. Up here have mo-
ticed heat in the rocky peak until a.
m. that had been stored during the hots-
days in summer. Air cannot cool suffi-.
GENTLY to allow its water vapor to con-
dense into liquid drops. Heated air also
rising TO the SUBMITS from the MojsFs
desert Is another reason. -r
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-16

problems with which
this great country
of ours In con
fronted. a problem
for the solution Of
which the motor
car doing more
than all the other
influences combined.
! advise everybody.
whether owner Of a
car or not. 10 read
the May number Of
that magazine. for
II viii open every
body's eyes TO many
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-16
SHE GOT IT ALL BACK.

Yes; she qusrreIlsd with Jack and re-
turned all his presents.''
And he hers?"
Every one Of them. Why. ne even
went 50 far as to send her half a doxen
boxes CT face powder with a note ex-
planning that since be first met her he
must have taken that much home on his
coat. "-RoSton Transcript
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-16
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Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-16

wife forfeits what
ever claim they
have upon US. We
may say that when
we make a mis-
take in marriage
there 10 no more
reason We should
be hound forever to
It than there Is why
we should continue
to be victims Of
any other error OF
Judgment.
We may say that
TO be forced to live
with a husband OF
wife whom We hate.
and who brings out
all that is worst in
our natures. Is de-
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-16
Let Him Up!
NNceM u,AS SofcG

WAITER At MEETING TINS
STceY opeNS Ne aAo
BEES v,ANlNs Four AooRs
EoR kio HAsA Or ROOM NO, 4
10 BUY A DRINK or cLARef-
lehoNApE. YES iNDee0F
TO ooNr eelEue lr LEf
US SAY AGAIN. VINCENT VAS
SOME WAITER he Just SAT-
pOuiN IN A ooRNER ANo
U6NT 70 SLEEP eHpeSttNS
10 HEAR Az oRDGR cohtiuG
rNoM TIE LIPS or td0 HASa.
As woOlo HAVE eGEN wAIlpl
Vet BIT EoN PICK uJuo
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"a Sl>iloR A RueHEpNeGk
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Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-16

OYER ~ TIE coRNeR N
the MoANER "S,N6iNs AZ
THIS WORLD Is SAD aNb oRsAR'
AND HtNkcN6 UP Some NeW
KNOCK ca The s,oRIb ~
GENERAL II WAS a PRETTY
HARD JOB For The MOWER"
10 NiNk OF Avn THING VIEW
70 Seeikx, he HaD EVERY
MAN, peS6eO You coulDNr
FOOT HIN, Ne HAD seEN Al.
THROUGH " ANb NE Owe
&c ANSWER uoAS ZERO, AA
ot A sDooehl he THOUGHT
u tfMSeIF
IS a cARpkr LAYER A
ns coLLGGpG!
sAes out, Voo-Se ~
nag WRONG sap
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-16

Picking up the magazine called Motor
the other day. became unexpectedly and
deeply interested In the wonderful expo
sition which found there Of the present
state of one Of tho greatest practical
Omaha daily bee., 1912-05-16

The one unanswerable argument against
divorce is the child
We may say that each Of us has a
right to his or her own happiness. We
may say that an unworthy husband or
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-09
Presbyterians Enter Campaign
Raise Endowment.

The Presbyterians of South Caro-
lima are engaged in campaign for
the purpose of raising 500, 600 for
their educational institutions, viz,
the Presbyterian College of South
Carolina at Clinton, Chicora College
at Greenville and the Theological
Seminary at Columbia. A Joint
committee on endowment has been
appointed to manage the campaign.
This committee consists OF nine,
three representatives from each OF
the schools, the president being one
of the three.
The personnel of the committee
is as follows: Rev. E. f. Gillespie,
of Yorkville, chairman; Rev. III. A.
Know. of Mayesville, recording Sec
retary; Mr.. John McSween, Tim
monsville, treasurer; Rev. B. P.
Reid, Reidsville; Mr.. VIM. p. An
derson, Westminster; President D.
M. Douglas, of Clinton; President
S. c. Byrd, of Chicora, and Presi-
dent Thornton Whaling, of the
Seminary. The financial secretary
OF the committee is Rev. A., G.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-09
Fifty Young Men Wanted.

Fifty more young men are wanted Il
earn Teiegrapby and accept positions az
telegraph operators on the l.. & N. Rail
Toad. Addrcss j.. ". Roy, Supervisor
Nashville, Tenn. ,6.,i
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-09
Indian Killed on Track

3 Near Rochelle, H., an Indian went to
Sleep on q railroad track and was killed
by the fast express. He paid for his
9arelessness with his life. Often its that
way when people neglect coughs and
colds. Don't risk your life when prompt
use of DR.. Kings New Discovery will
cure them and 80 prevent q dangerous
throat or lung trouble. 'It completely
cured me, in short time, of a terrible
cough that followed severe attack of
Grip" writes j. ,.R... Watts, Floydada,
Tex, "and ! regained Is pounds in
weight that had lost" Quick, safe,
reliable and guaranteed. Soc and 81 90.
Trial bottle free at The Rice Drug Co.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-09

Bridgman. who has headquarters in
Columbia. =
The plan adopted to raise this
amount is what is known as the
''Short Term Simultaneous Cam
spaien" that las been used so sue
cessfully by the Young Mems Chris
Etian Association all, over this coun-
try. The campaign is conducted
by Presbyteries. As there are seven
|Presbyteries Of the Presbyterian
church in South Carolina there will
be seven campaigns. The third of
these campaigns Is 70 be held in
Enoree Presbytery. Enoree Presby-
terry comprises the Presbyterian
churches Of Greenville, Laurens,
|6partanburg. Union and Cherokee
(west Of Broad river) Counties.
This Presbytery now has IS churches
with total membership, according
TO last reports, of 5,413. These
churches will be asked to raise a
sum of $55, 900 and each church
will have q definite part of this
amount apportioned to it, which it
is expected. 70. raise ;in,,aseanxass to
last eight days and to be conducted
BY picked men of the particular
church.
Here's hoping that each church
tin Enoree Presbytery will do its part
cheerfully. energetically, promptly,
anthusia iasticallv opd cnoooo,f,,ll,,
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-09
School Government.

Proper school government is the
foundation for all proper advance-
ment in education. just in propor-
tion as teachers govern themselves
and their own tempers will they be.
able to govern their pupils. All
schools should begin daily with some
kind Of religious worship. The one
that is shortest and seems most .,ap.
propriate is fol. the teacher and all
the pupils to repeat the Lords
prayer together. Calling the attsn-
ton OF the children to their religious
duties is the surest and best way to
call their attention to proper beha-
viour and study. Welcome the pu-
pills. Although each one has a right
to attend school. yet they should
each one have q welcome. Nor
must this courtesy be omitted be-
cause they come every day. The
teachers may by q smile or q nod
extend this courtesy or they may
coldly neglect il. There is Q basis
OF courtesy that impels most teach
ers; that in a certain sense the pu-
pills have come on a visit and must
or should be properly received and
entertained.
The teachers first duty seems
| properly to the small primary chill
dren. They should not be told to
look on their books or study their
lessons except while they are recitY
ing until they can spell and pro.
nounce well and read as it is liable
to injure their eyesight and give
them q distaste for books and study.
Ii they should chance to learn any
thing they are apt to learn it wrong
or improperly, which is far worse
than not knowing it at all T. ie
very important to give the child q
proper start. Gain and keep the
attention of the pupils and excite
their interest in the subject. Use
language which your pupils fully
understandand clearly explain every
new word required. Excite the
self activity of the pupils and lead
them to investigate truths for Them
selves. Require pupils to re-state
fully and correctly in their own Ian.
suage the truth taught them. To
require each pupil to do for itself il
the only way of absolutely compell.
ing it to give attention.
Teaching is not merely giving out
lessons and talking. 1t is causing q
chilk to know. It is awakening ct.
tention and then satisfying it. There
is moral basis still stronger Ia
command kind recognition on u
pupils. The teacher will be rems
bered that makes the impreesl
that endures for lifetime. u
not what is learned. that ed6cafe'
but what is remembered. Review
review, review is a very important
lesson that should not be neglected
II these lines can help one teache,
in the responsible work of teachins
or one pupil in the important work
of gaining proper education they
are not written in vain.
Truly,
Eliza A. Garner.
Kelton, s. C..
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-09
First La Grippe, Then Bronchitis

that was the case with Mrs. w. s. Bailey,
McCreary, Ky. my wife was taken
down with severe attack of la grippe,
which run into bronchitis. She coughed
as tho she had consumption and could
not sleep at night. The first bottle of
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound gave
her so much relief that che continued
using It until she was permanently
cured" Jonesville Drug Co. Glymph's 8
Pharmacy.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-09
A Warning Against Wet Feet

Wet and chilled feet usually affect the
mucous membrane of the nose, throat
and lungs, and la grippe, bronchitis or
pneumonia may result. Watch care
fully, particularly the children, and for
the racking stubborn coughs give Foley 8
Honey and Tar Compound. 1t soothes
the inflamed, membranes, and heals the
cough quickly. Take no substitute.
Jonesville Drug Co. Glymph's PhaIm-
acy.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-09
An Epidemic Of Coughing

is sweeping over the town. Old and
young alike are affected, and the strain
is particularly hard on little children and
on elderly people. Foley's Honey and
Tar Compound is quick, safe and reli-
able cure for all coughs and colds. Con-
tains no opiates. Jonesville Drug Co.
Glymph's Pharmacy.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-09
Saws Without Teeth.

The development of circular disks
Of iron. turning with great velocity.
but possessing no teeth ON the edge,
for saving material. 10 common In
many workshops
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-09

Foley Kidney Pills will cure any case
OF kidney or bladder trouble not beyond
the reach OF medicine. No medicine can
do more. Jonesville DrugCo Glymph's
Pharmsey.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-09
Horrible Thouaht.

Alleged humorist-Can you imag.
inc anything worse than q sira@s
With . sore throatS Proven One
6urs! 4 csntipsds with corns.--Tsx.
- Coyote.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-09
rhe Trials Of A Traveller

am q travelling salesman" writes
Youngsx e! Berkshire, VT. "and
ten - bled with constipation and
cst6n ~ begah 70 use DIR. Kings
excellent remedy" For all stomach,
liver or kidney troubles they are un-
equaled. Only Is cents at The Rice
Drug Co.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-09
Wouan's SSorfdom.v ~

"a haif-grown man is. OF course. .
tyrant And so 1t has como about
that the rule OF man in the world has
for many ages meant the serfdom q
woman.-Edward Carpenter.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-09
Cod.

The catch OF cod In the United
States is third In value Of f,sh causht
amounting to almost 100000, fol.
lowed By that Of shad. HOLSTERS and
clans.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-09
True Devotion.

DO you love me. dariinsf. she
asked. Sweetheart ! love svery hsar
On your bureau!" he reverentiy An.
svered. Michigan 0arsoyls.
The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-02-09
: kust Llve for othor,.

Must Live for others.
A. class which lives only for itself
and not for the community of which
1t IL part is bound to perish. The
Nemesis of selfishness Is extinction.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-12
PLANS sKYsCRAPER GARDEN.
DemoIIshIng of Cottage VIII Not
Interfere with Hobby.

New York, Feb. 1.-THE little two
story cottege wedged in between the
towering business buildings that now
occupy lower Madison avenue viii be
demolished to make room for a sixteep-
story office and loft building, but its
owner, DR.. Thomas Adds Emmett. who
has pursued his hobby of collecting rare
books for the little dwelling since the
civil war, announced to-day that he
would retain the entire sixteenth story
for his personal residence, decorating the
roof with exotic plants and Italian ter
races to take the place Of the little
flower garden that for years has been
his hobby"
DR. Emmett is eighty-hye years old.
and refused to make way for the march
Of progress till he had completed every
arrangement to continue his home on the
old site, but some hundreds of feet in
the air.
DR.. Emmett's new residence win be
unique among the homes Of the metrop.
oils It win be furnished with his ex-
tensive collection of rare and ancient
books, in addition to every comfort and
luxury that a man Of his studious tastes
might desire, and win be supplemented
with a roof garden, where he may take
his exercise without ever setting foot
in the city or on the busy streets.
The Washington herald., 1912-02-12

r. F. cogswell. L. e. Crowley. c. z.
Davis, N. Fischer. H, A. Grant, g. c.
Howard. r. F. B. Hummer, II. d. Jacobs.
Z. G. Jollife, B. ]. Laws. p. B. Lev
erich. J. Mccormack, w. Pachel. r. s.
Pendexter, z. S. Quay. W. f. Rhea. r.
o. Sanderson. II. s. Shaw, H. Slattery,
]. r. Tilford, f. Tyler. and A. E. Tn
gar. Mr.. John I. Cosgrove. OF South
Carolina. is president of the class.
Col Arthur C. Ducat. L. S. A.. and
Mrs. Ducat have arrived in Washington
from Manila via the suez Canal. They
VIII leave shortly for Fort Leayenworth,
kans.
Mr.. Henry Hunt Mckee announces the
engagement OF his daughter. Miss NIL
dred Dixon Mckee, to Lieut.. Gustav
Henry FRANKIE, Coast Artillery Corps.
now stationed at Fort Monroe. Va. The
marriage viii take place in the spring.
Mrs, Thom williamson. jr., wife Of
Paymaster Williamson. U. S. N. has
gone to Germantown, Pa, where she
Will be the natron OF honor at the mar
riage of her sister Miss Margaret Whit
nam, and Mr.-Abram Claude Howard. on
Tuesday. February 20.
Mrs. Thomas H. Anderson. wife of
Justice Anderson, will not be at home
to-day.
MIS- A. L. Barber and daughters will
not be at home to-day. but will receive
az their home. Belmont" on the last
TWO Mondays In this and succeeding
The Washington herald., 1912-02-12
CAPT. GoURARD DIES AT ADEN.
English Cavalry Omcer Was Born
In United states.

London. Feb. n.-Cable dispatches re-
ceived to-day announce the death OF
Capt. Bayard Gourard. Of the Seven
teenth Lancers at Alden, Friday, on his
way home from India. The Gourard fam
fly reside at Stanhope Gardens.
Capt. Gourard was well known In New
York and San Francisco. He was the
third son OF Col. George Edward Gourard,
a distinguished cavalry officer OF Ameri-
can birth. hut living in England. and he
was a brother OF the lafe Jackson Gou-
rard. song writer, whose marriage in
1901 TO Mrs. Henry n. GiIlig. formerly
Miss Amy Crocker, Of San Francisco,
caused a sensation IN Bohemian circles.
Capt. Gourard was born in the United
States. but lived most OF his life in
England.