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Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06
WAITING.
John Burroughs

John Burroughs.
Serenely 1 fold my hands and walt,
Nor care for wind. or tide or sea;
rave no more gainst time or rate,
For. loi my own shall come u ine.
I stay my haste. I make delays,
For what avails this eager pacel
/ stand amid the eternal ways,
And what Is mine shall know my race
Asleep, awake, by night or day,
The friends | seek are seeking mei
No wind can drive my bark astray,
Nor change the tide Of destiny.
What matter u I stand alone?
I wait with JOY the coming. years;
NV heart shall reap where II has soWn.
And garner up Its fruit OF tears.
The waters know their own and draw
The brook that springs in yonder height
So flows the good with equal law
Unto the soul OF pure delight
The stars come nightly to the sky;
The tical wave unto the sea;
Nor time, nor space, nor deep. nor high,
Can keep my own away from me-
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06
"Toyland. "

The opening OF the numerous "toylands'' in
various stores catering to holiday trade remind
us what tremendous business is now done in
providing playthings for children. It empha-
sizes, also, the Transformation that has been
wrought in recent years in the character and
multiplicity of toys. The marvel is that such
beautiful, and often intricate, articles of
amusement can be supplied at the comparatively
small cost. It is gratifying to note, also, that
the instruction side OF the toy has not been neg
lected, the child In many cases being put in pos
session of n miniature tool. or household utensil
or mechanism, mastery of which may be later
put to practical use. This offsets what is lost by
the boys and girls being no longer obliged to de-
velop their own resourcefulness for producing
homemade playthings. AT this season OF the
year more than any other "toyland" is 10y
land"
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06
DOMESTIC PLEAsANTRIEs.

Reggie lis going the pace that kills
"Nonsensel Why, he does nothing
from morning to night but lounge around
Wei. that's the pace that kills
time. Boston Transcript.
He-You may talk as you please. but
there Is really no place In life where
woman meets man on a perfect equality.
ShezOh, yes, there is In the tax Of
John, everybody we know in our cir
cumstances seems able to get an auto
mobile. Why can't we. have one?'
until we have paid up to the building
association before we can mortgage tine
house. ."-Washington Star
Mrs. Crawford-Have you shown your
husband the list of Christmas presents
you are going to buy?
Mrs. Crabshaw-No, my dear He would
only want TO censor it.-Judge.
'T think I'll install q dictagraph to find
out what my husband 10 doing"
trouble. Better stick TO the old-fash-
toned way of consulting fortune teller"
Louisville Courier-JournaL
This day is the anniversary of the one
on which the girl I was madly in love
with refused TO marry me"
gret?"
mo; that is why 1 am giving thanks"
Baltimore American.
Wlfe-Don't you think you might man.
age to keep house alone for a week while
/ go on a visit?
Husband-I guess so; yes, of course.
able?'
Not a bit"
Weekly.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06

The esteemed Chicago Tribune keeps stand
ing at the head Of its editorial columns the say
Ing OF Washington. ITO be perpared for war "a
one OF the most effectual means OF preserving
peace Sure, as witness events In Europe NOT
70 disparase the sagaeity OF washington.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06

People living In Dundee have to take their
lives In their hands every time they pass that
Dodge street grade crossing which ought 10 be
spanned by viaduct, And no pipe dream
about eleyating the tracks in the dim and dis
tant future will meet the requirements.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06

perhaps Lord Kitchener would have known he
was being interviewed.
But, come to think OF IL. the British war lord
is not quoted in this later report as saying how
long he really thinks, or said he thought, the
war might last.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06

It's good advertising given to Rev Mr.. Saw
idge and his House OF Hope by the complaints
OF other charity workers. That Is the kind OF
publicity that brings returns. and Brother Saw
idge has had too much experience to pass up any
such advantage
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06

or course. there is this difference, that Can
tain Hobson had his fortune all to carve when
the fair ones pressed him for kisses, while Mr.
Bryan had his carved completely when the
temptress came
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06

II looks like getting down to the root Of the
question to start an investigation OF the Rookie
feiler Foundation.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06

And yet 1t is hard to work up much enthusl-
asn over country's salvation that depends
upon the villas and Zapatas.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06

= ''aay husband is Just like our furnace. sighed
Mrs blinIts IAN day he smokes ana at night he
scts out"-PhfIadeiphia Public Ledger
Possibly the analogy might extend also TO
shaking them down.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06

su Earl Kitchener is not careful he will soon
find himself in with the press correspondents in
the same class as Colonel Roosevelt.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06

81 But IL is still decidedly uncertain whether
that democratic patronage pie will be a Christ
mas plum pudding.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06

Little Liberia lends color to the peace. talk
by continuing strictly neutral
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06

How TO Choose Wife" is the subject of
fcung Mems Christian association lecture. over
I'm europe. father and mother do the choosing.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06

Subscribers leaving the city temporarily
should have The Bee mailed TO them. Ad-
dress will be changed as often requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06

opis Read says this would be a dreary old
world IL everybody we're rich. still most folks
would be willing to try II at least once
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06

The third husband OF Fair Lillian" is dead
But she won't miss him, as she has another one
now
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06

Omaha is noted for its grain market Why
not for Its hay market. as wellY" we are asked.
That's what we, too, would like to know.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06

81 Governor Whitmansp plurality In New York
Is almost 10000. That's only 100000 less
than the total vote all told cast In Nebraska.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06

"Emden's Skipper Displays Rare Sense Of
Humor," says headline. But the Emden
itself impressed the enemy as totally devoid of
all sense OF humor
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06

Il requires no stretch Of the Imagination TO
agree with the eminent Methodist bishop who
declares that the war in Europe is not Chris
tianity.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06

The colonel seems to think the other col
onel's tardy espousai Of prohibition but the
prank of an envious rival.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06

And yet appearances are all against the per.
petual prosperity of the king business.
Omaha daily bee., 1914-12-06

He-You may talk as you please. but
there Is really no place In life where
woman meets man on perfect equality.
She-Oh, yes, there is. In the tax Of
fice.-Baltimore American.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
DUE TO SUN SPOTS.

A French scientist has issued n
statement tending to show that the
present craze for dancing may not be
cured by revival meetings. orders
from church dignitaries or action by
reform aldermen.
He saws IL is due to certain spots
on the sun. and according to his cal
culation. will 20 on undated until
1924, when conditions will change
and people viii come back to normal
or at least Towanda. somewhere in
the vicinity. Without stopping TO in
quire whether this scientist has been
subsidized by the dancing teachers
trust, one has to admit that he has
some argument TO 90 along with his
theory. He claims that these con-
ditions have happened before, and
that the endurance and snake dances
OF the savages had their origin in sun
spots. and likewise the dancing of OF
the head OF John the Baptist on a
wager to the Gaby Deslys OF her day.
Until within a year or two. dancing
in the United States was coming to
be looked upon with Indifference, and
TIE ultra fashionable were so blase
as TO practically eliminate the pas
time. Then came the craze which
drew both the lowly and the fash
ionable into its vortex and there are
no signs OF abatement despite the fact
that Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish who is to
society what the president is TO the
nation or the Pope is to the church,
has put on the ban.
All indications point TO the sun
spots being more potent than Mrs.
Fish.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
LINCOLN DAY.

Abraham Lincoln was born in Har
din county. KY. Feb. II. 1909. and the
anniversary OF his birth will fall on
Thursday next. This event was OBJ.
served in many churches throughout
the country yesterday as Lincoln Sun
day. and IN the public schools gen.
orally Wednesday or Friday OF this
week. The Rock Island club win cele-
brate the event with a banquet Thurs
day night.
The public schools are never more
profitably employed than when engag-
ed in bringing TO the attention of the
rising generation the deeds OF those
who have made sacrifices for patriot
ism or performed distin guished SER
vice for their country. Washington
was first in war, first in peace and
first in the hearts OF his countrymen.
but Lincoln was OF greater value to
the rising generation as an exemplar
because he rose from humble sur
roundings, was born in poverty and
Injured to hardship in his youth, and
gained his education chiefly IN the
school OF experience. though he ap-
piled himself diligently in his youth
to such books as fell into his hands.
His is an excellent example to cite to
the boy or girl discouraged through
apparent lack of opportunity. He prac-
ticed and owed his rise TO that spirit
Of self-reliance which the public school
aims to impart TO every child brought
within its influence.
His public career should serve also
to remind mature men that wisdom.
consists in knowing what TO do next.
Lincoln was never a doctrinaire. He
was willing to compromise only for
the sake OF progress in the right d.
rection. Believing in the emancipa-
ton of the negro. he was willing to
postpone or TO expedite It for the sake
Of the greater good. the salvation OF
the union. He knew how to be prsc-
teal without yielding his ideals. To
him a practical man meant not one
barren of ideals. but one who served
them best by rendering this service
on appropriate occasion.
He was the traditional, typical
American in both character and ex-
perience and therefore an exemplar
Of which American youth should be
reminded at every opportunity.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
THE SALVATION ARMY IN.
VASION.

The invasion OF England by 700
members OF the Salvation army of
this country under the command of
General Eva Booth IS booked for an
early date.
This organization OF Christian work
ers IL one OF the most effective for
the betterment OF the world that
Christianity has developed.
The great assembly OF representa-
lives OF army posts from all over the
world which will be held IN London
Will be a jubilee which viii cheer the
hearts OF al Christendom.
The American representatives. or
the army. 700 strong. viii be the OBJ
served OF all observers. as they de-
serve. for their record has been one
OF continual success IN the work IN
dertaken
The people OF this continent wish
the American regiment bon voyage.
Joyful time. a renewed inspiration
and a safe return.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09

against armed mercenarleS-pro1eS-
sional gunmen-recruited by the So
called detective agencies and hired out
to whoever can afford to pay for them.
The rest of the country is at peace.
But IL is actual warfare in these strike
zones. In Colorado some 60 or so
newly-made graves testify to the san
culinary nature of the conflict there.
How did the bloodshed start? When
the coal companies imported private
mencenary troops. supplied TO order
by detective agencies These same
private soldiers. it is declared. were
fresh from other bloody service in
West Virginia and elsewhere.
This condition would be tolerated in
no other country on earth Why it can
exist in America, whose jealousy for
home rule is chief national charac-
teristic, is almost beyond comprehen-
sion. II is probably because the peo-
ple have not yet awakened to the
monstrous sort OF business being
transacted by these detective con-
Germs. Secretary Wilson has called
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
The Daily Story
THE NEW AUTOMOBILE A. mitchell.
Copyrighted, by Associated Literary

was shopping and had been IooKrns
at some laces. Leaving the store.
went out on to the sidewalk. intending
to go home. but It was such a bright
spring morning that i was loatb to do
so. Beside the curb stood new spick
and span automobile. the san glisten-
ing on 1t and the cushions looking so
comfortable that wished might have
a spin in 1t. My husband was at the
time trying automobiles with view TO
buying a new one. and ] wished he
would select one exactly like the car
before me. While / was coveting IL
Charlie Forsyth came along and after
greeting me Joined me in admiring the
machine.
I'D like a spin this morning." / said
to him. 81 haven't been out for a
week. Our chauffeur has been laid
up. and I'm afraid to go out into the
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
Capital Comment
BY CLYDE II. TAVENNER
CONGRESSMAN frcm the Fourteenth Cistric.

attention to It in such way that
popular indignation is sure to be
aroused.
Every American has a voice in the
selection of civil officers, including the
officers who maintain the peace and
do the police duty. Therefore, as Sec
rotary Wilson points out, when q
strike comes in a community and sud
denly there arrive strange men, armed
TO the teeth, blood-thirsty and swag'
gering, looking for trouble. and as
Stunning an authority which is not
legally theirs, the average American
citizen, no matter how peaceabie ne
may be, is apt to see red and nourisn
murder in his heart. Disorder always
follows the importation of these mer-
cenary soldiers. II is no wonder that
strikers begin arming themselves
when the private troops arrive.
After the Homestead strike con-
gress investigated this traffic in prl-
yate soldiery, and both the majority
and minority reports denounced the
practice. "Exasperated strikers will
not modest or resist the officers OF the
state, when, under exactly similar cir
cumstances, they will assault the
Waterman or guard hired by the cor
poration," was the report The judic-
iary committee, at that time. however,
did not believe that the interstate
commerce act gave the federal gov
eminent authority to stop the prac-
tice.
The authority over interstate traffic
has since broadened, Mr.. Wilson OBJ
serves. The Mann white slsve law
shows that persons as well as prop
erty come under the jurisdiction OF
the government in interstate traffic.
Secretary Wilson's conclusion is as
follows:
There would seem to be no reason
now why the transportation of pri-
vate troops, or private police, or arm
ed guards, or armed mobs, whether by
employers or strikers, from one state
to another under commercial con-
tracts, should not be regarded as COM
ing fully within the scope of congress
sional authority over interstate COM
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
Quincy Herald.)

Quincy AeraIo-)
VIII ]. Davis, veteran theatrical
man and manager OF the Illinois thea
tire, Chicago, will end so years of
active connection with stageland this
year, according to his announcement
at a dinner given in honor of his
10th birthday by the Forty club OF
Chicago at the Auditorium hotel.
There are few men in public life
with a wider range OF acquaintance
and larger list of warm personal
friends than Will J. Davis. He has
been connected with the theatrical
life so many years and has had such
intimate business and social rela-
tons with nearly every actor and
actress OF prominence, that he may
be almost considered the dean OF
theatrical managers. His first wife
was Jessie Bartlett Davis, whose
magnificent contralto voice was famed
far and wide, first IN the noted origin
al Chicago Church Choir company,
and later for many years one of the
big stars in the Bostoniaus. Every
one at all familiar with the operatio
stars OF this country will recall the
supreme beauty OF her solo "Oh.
Promise Me-" The rich resonance
and mellow tones OF her superb voice
made the demand for that song
not-to-be-denied insistance among
audiences wherever she appeared.
She was required 20 interpolate 1t in
every opera and concert up to the day
of her death.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09

He trained a goose to multiply and add
up and subtract;
He taught a spotted pig to waltz-ft was
funny act:
He coaxed a billy goat to Jump through
hoops which were afiane,
He taught a chipmunk how to choose the
letters of it's name.
But he could never learn to cease to use
his toothpick where
And when such action gave offense-or
else he did not care.
He trained a dog to walk q rope and
taught cat to pray.
He said himself this took hard work
which lasted many a day;
He hitched an alligator up and made II
pull cart.
His perseverance was immense. HIS teach
ing art,
But he could never train himself. some
how, to save his life,
To quit endeavoring to SCOOP his food
ur with his knife.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
THE LAW IN MEXICO.

Pancho villa. bandit. has the bandit
virtues. II there are such things. He
takes money from the rich. and gives
II 20 the poor. When an emassary
from his enemy comes to corrupt him
Ito bride him to betray Carranza-
he stands the emisssry against a wall
and shoots him
The wretch. Guzman. whom Villa
had shot at Juarez. was one OF the
worst OF the men who betrayed Ma
dero. Afterward he betrayed Felix
Diaz. He was 9 reptile. and. merited
4 fate suited 90 q reptile rather than
the soldiers death that was awarded
him
But these Robin Hood methods. and
this hair-trigger Justice OF Villas
merely call attention 20 the disorder
ed condition OF things In Mexico.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
THE cYcLOPEAN EYE.
IL Exists Today In Parliamentary Form
In Mans Brain.

IL Exists Today In Parliamentary Form
In Mans Brain.
The Greeks were. unwittingly, very
near an anatomical truth when they
ascribed to certain monsters called cy-
clops only one eye apiece. which was
placed in the center OF their foreheads.
The cyclopean eye exists today IN
the brains OF men in a rudlmentnry
form. for IN the pineal gland we find
the last vestiges OF that which was
once a third eye and which looked out
into the world. II not from the center
OF the forehead, at least from very
near that point. There is alive today u
little creature which would put to
shame the one eyed arrogance and
pride OF Polyphemus and Argos and
Brontes and Steropes and all the rest
OF the single eyed gentry who, IN the
days OF myths and myth makers. in
habited the flair sicilian isle"
The animal IN question Is a small
lizard called CalOtis. Its well develop
ed third eye IS situated in the top of
its head and can be easily seen
through the modified and transparent
scale which serves 10 as a cornea.
Many other lacertilians have this third
eye. though It Is not so highly organ
tied as Il Is in the species just men
toned
tree lizard which IS 10 be found IN
the mountains OF east Tennessee and
Kentucky has fits third eye well de
veloped- This little animal Is called
the singing scorpion" by the noun
ta,neers- On dissection the third eye
will be found lying beneath the skin
IL has lens. retina and optic nerve
New York Herald
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
WILL ]. DAVIs--AN APPRECIATION

\ man OF tender heart and kindliest
nature. his ripper years only adding
10 the lovable traits and innate
geniality of his disposition. viii ].
Davis will enjoy the serenity of a
contented AID complacent rest with
a warmer esteem from every one who
knows him than often falls to the lot
OF any man. He has no enemies.
Every one who ever came to know
him as he is will give him the trib-
ute of a benediction and God
speed" as he seeks the quiet of the
retirement TO which his active and
worthy life work has richly entitled
him.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
DELHI and lts History.


Shah Jehan in 1851 built the present
city OF Delhi. close TO the old Delhi
and made it the royal residence The
Mohammedans still call it Shahjehana,
bad, the city of the king of the
world" Nadir Shah. the Persian usurp-
er. captured it In 1889, massacrcd
thousands of the inhabitants and bore
away plumber to the value of nearly
$100,00oO00. including the famous pea
cock throne and the great Kohinoor
diamond. The British first came into
control in 1903, when the Mahrattas
were defeated near Delhi by Lord
Lake. When the sepoy mutiny broke
out in 1857 Shah Mohammed BAHIA
dour, then ninety years old, took COM
mand of the city and until the English
again triumphed enjoyed the imperial
state to which he had long been a
stranger.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
His Mistake.

"Oh. IL I were only a mani" she ex-
claimed.
He waited a moment for her to con-
tinue, and then asked:
well. II you were man what would
you do?"
81 should do something to make
people notice that was on earth. IN
stead of wasting my time as you do
yours"
"Oh, thought you were going to ray
you would quit worrying about the
dark fuzz on your lip"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09

armies for hire 10
crushing labor dis
putes? This IS
1 h e cues ito n
raised by Score
tary OF Labor VII
son in his first an
nual report to con-
gress. He recon-
mends legislation
prohibiting bands
of armed men
from eros S / n 6
state lines.
Out in Colorado
and in the copper
district of Michi-
gan a state OF act
uai civil war ex-
lists. In each case
workers, striking
for better con-
ditions in their
work, are pitted
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
Trying to Save HIs Life

I've decided to buy either an auto
mobile or n motor boat Which would
you advise me 10 get?"
b.. IF you live near the water get an
automobile. IL you are located far
from the water get a motor-boat, by
all means"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
A Failure.

mo. feel that my life has been
failure"
Don't say that. You have managed
to accumulate a respectable fortune
without sacrificing your character. and
that, 1t seems to me, is a good deal
of triumph"
az know; but I can't amount to any
thing. Nobody has ever asked me to
furnish testimonial of any kind to
be used in a magazine advertisement"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
The Importance of Battling.

The Hittites many pennants won
In days OF long ago,
They often walloped Babylon
And beat out Jericho.
Pittsburgh Post.
There Is n lesson here for you,
II IN defeat you sit;
Brace up-be like the FIittites, who
Laid stress upon the Hit.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09

The Chicago Post sizes It up IN this
way Criticism Of President Wilson's
Mexican policy is based on the notion
that protection OF foreign investments
Is far more important than all efforts
TO reduce the tariff. abolish trusts, cut
down the cost Of living. raise wages, or
bother with similar trifes at home.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09

When Frederick Robertson or BrIgh-
ton, the great preacher who had writ.
ten much about Teunyson's poems and
Tor whom the poet had a high regart.
hrst called upon him, II felt" said
Iennyson. 'as IL he had come 10 pluck
out the heart OF my mystery, so 1 talk
id to him about nothing but beer"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09

He trained a mouse to dance a Jig, he
educated feas;
He had a carriage which was drawn by
harnessed humble bees;
Ike taught a turkey gobbler how to ball
ance on his head.
And trained a duck 10 hatten out pretend
ing 10 be dead,
But he could never train hiuaself-or else
he never tried
To speak good English and to put vul-
Earity aside.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-02-09
Grain and Elevator Burned.

II PasO. Ill. Feb. Sire destroyed
the Pamela elevator OF the FL Paso
Elevator company in the night. There
we're 1900 bushels OF grain in the
building. The fire was attributed TO
an oYerheated stove.