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Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-05

wrecked in the purple zenith. Cosmic pellets
crash constantly through space-fragments Of
forgotten comets crushed by unrecorded collisions
scattering through the voids of infinity. through
hlows of nothngness
Viewing thes unknown wonders, Father Will
lam Rigge realizes the insignficanee of human
beings, and well might he exclaim, II am but man
in this churntng insanity of elements"
For eighteen years Father William F. Rigge
has been professor of astronomy at the Creighton
university. For eighteen years he has viewed the
heavens from his vantage point in the little OBJ
servatory on the heights of the Creighton campus.
"Ah, there are gorgeous sights in the heavens"
is his explanation when someone asks why he
studies the heavens much. There the
various phases of the moon; there are the comets,
and there the various colored stars, and there
are thousand things to be seen nightly that are
worth while"
Father Rigse deplores the fact that so few
people take interest in astronomy. with all
the wonders in the heavens" he says, you would
be surprised know how many people OF even
above average intelligence. still know almost moth
ing about the People who come here to
visit the observatory, are often completely lost
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-05

when they get N here, for they do not know what
to say. They do not know how to ask question
about the work. They do not know what to ask
Nothing occurs to them in connection with
astronomy"
But the little priest does not worry about the
lack of popular interest in astronomy. Astronomy
Is his business, and whether he is followed by the
popular mind not, astronomy leads him into the
infinite firmament he loves
But sad to relate practical astronomy some.
times leads him into less poetic pursuits tenn
Iorarily How?
oh, well for two weeks he had to chase spiders
around the campus of the university. Many and
Of various species we're the spiders he caught and
carried to the laboratory, but none would do. The
patience of Job exhibited by the little priest
he chased spiders. bought spiders, traded for
spiders, and if priest be ever said to steal,
perhaps Father Rigge could be pardoned if he even
went so far as to steal spiders,
But at last he was rewarded. At last he found
n spider of the right species. At last he found
spider with web both tough and extremely fine
He drew from this spider many yards of web
which he carefully preserved.
The transit micrometer depends upon spiders
webs for its accuracy in measuring diameters of
stars, and distance traversed by stars In the
heavens. No other fibre known to man is so fine
the spider web, and science has long en-
ployed spider webs stretched the high power
lenses in the transit micrometer.
Well. a student in one of the classes pushed
lens in too far and gave the spider web frame a
shock and broke the fibres.
That was why Father Rigge had to chase spid-
for fortnight. It to repair the transit
micrometer. And he repaired it, thus saving a
great many dollars of expense it would have re-
duired to have expert come from the east to
fix It,
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-05

Sss2sSnSS was unheard of until many years
alter Bryant wrote this opening sentence
Yet if this had been written later and Bryant
bad been acquainted with Father William Rigge,
it would be simple matter to say where the poet
sot his inspiration for the thought
For nature indeed speaks various language
10 Father Rigge. Most of this is silent language,
spoken in vari coored light rays through a high
power telescope.
For Father Rigge lives with his telescope
among the stars
Few perhaps capable of appreciating as
Father Rigge appreciate the lines of Carlyle,
But l, alone with the stars"
To be alone with the stars, to Father Rigge,
means to be amid swarm of friends that smile,
beckon, and speak million languages all of which
he understands To be alone with the stars, to
Father Rigge, means to be seated in the amphi-
theater of the armament, it means to view the
worlds, and flaming suns, as they leap. and plunge
and play in the spanless mystery of space 1t
means to be far from the sordidness of things that
belong only to the one little planet known as
earth. 1t means to watch other green worlds
eyrating through the depths of space, boasting
their men and vegetation. 1t means to watch
other worlds cycling by barren as burnt brick,
where men and vegetation have long since been
choked 1t means to be able to turn a powerful
lens upon gigantic nebulae, majestically Waiting
into view, huge, fragmentary gaseous, chaotic,
where all the grandiose tragedy of life is yet un-
staged.
To be alone with the stars to Father Rigge
Iaeans TO see what the naked eye cannot see-
Nhte-heated comets with ten-fold rifle-ball speed
sweeping toward him. 1t means to watch them
swerve at the sharp turns, crashing again into the
unknown.
For while other men hoe potatoes and look
for the stars only to determine whether rain clouds
are gathering Father Rigge looks at the stars be-
cause he loves them. He looks because there are
things every moment to be far, far more
wonderful than all the grand panorama that met
his gaze at the circus lad of eight For, far
above his little observatory is being enacted the
crushing of worlds. Chariots Of the zodiac are
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-05

against my shoulder and wept babe that would
not be comforted
THE bitter thing is not that miss him So"
she said in her sob-muffled voice Though we
were together for forty years it's like missing
food and air and sunshine, all needful things. to
know he's gone. And it isn't that so few friends
came for last look at his face or to comfort me-
That's because he reserved man who made
few friends, and they only superficial ones But
it was the way his family behaved.
He had always loved his family. But when
he went away there was only one near relative who
came to bid him godspeed on his long journey
That one was his sister. and my heart swells to
breaking when tell you how she acted She
came straight TO my room without ever asking
where the poor boy lying. Her maid was with
her. and while she was talking to me she inter
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-05
BY ADA PATTERSON.

GENTLY paid little visit of con-
dolence to a newly-made widow. She
is woman whose name you will
know and reverence. Although she
has the altitude of fame on this day,
she was of the stature of a little
child. for she pressed her head
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-05
BR YANT

}, THE poet did not have Father Will
liam f. Rigge in mind when he
penned those lines. Creighton uni
versity, in which Father Rigge is
professor of physics and astronomy,
was unheard of until many years
Omaha daily bee., 1914-07-05

TO him aOhO, IN tie loUe Of nature holds
Communion a0ith her Uisi6Je forms
She speaks a variOus language.
BR YANT
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-16
.NEWsBoYs POINT OF VIEW.

A .NEWSBOYS POINT OF VIEW.
I likes de movin' pichtures-vep-I
tink dere out er sight;
I used to go to see dem wild me goil
on Sunday night,
Now don't yer kid me, Skinny, jest
for calm her "me goil"-
It's Mag, what peddled papers down
on Main Street, corner Pearl,
Her Old man was a rummy, an her
mudder, she scrubbed floors
An took in family washin'-she just
kept de wolf out-doors.
Me an Maggie an her ma 1--WE some
times took her, too,
To be what dey calls "shaper-own."
just like de rich guys do)
We'd set up in the galry dere, upon
Sunday night,
An sometimes Mays old man would
come, when he was feelin' right,
Which made Mays so cheery-why,
it made de old dame feel
Just as happy as a hobo dreamin' of
a good square meal.
An wunst we seen a movin' picture
of guy what got boozed
An den come home an bused his wife,
jest like Mays old man used.
De old man didn't say nuttin', but I
sees him bite his lip
An feel back at de pint of gin he
carries on his hip.
An when he gets in the -5reet, by
jinks! [ hear a clink,
An splash down in de gutter where
he'd gone and chucked adrink.
Right dere he took an climbed up on
de water wagon seat,
An ever since Mag an her ma has
clothes an lots to eat.
De old mans got a steady job, he
works now ev'ry day,
An it would do your heart good j-.st
for once to hear him say
II never knowed just what bum I'd
got to be
Until those movin' pitchures went an
showed myself to me-"
All what I see wit me own eyes I
knows an understands.
When 1 sees movin' pitchures of lie
far-off furrin lan's,
Where de Hunks and Clinics comes
from--yer can becher life knows
Dat of all de lan's and countries,
faint no matter where yer goes
Dis here country's got 'em beaten
take me oat dat amt no kid
Cause we learned it from de movin'
pitchures, me an Maggie did.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-16
Mock Olives,

Mock olives made of green plums
are worth making. Get quarter of
peck of them. Mix an ounce of
mustard seed, two quarts of vinegar.
two tablespoonfuls of salt and boil
it. When it is boiling, pour it over the
green plums, which should have been
washed, sorted and laid out on board
or table to dry. Let the plums stand
in the spiced vinegar until the next
morning and then drain it off. Heat
it and pour it over the plums again.
Let them get cold and bottle and cork
them.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-16
Potatoes in the She'll.

Bake medium sized potatoes.
When done take from oven and cut
into lengthwise pieces. Remove the
inside carefully without breaking the
skins, mash, add butter, pepper and
salt, 2 tablespoons of milk and the
beaten whites of two eggs. Stir to-
gether. lightly, fill the skins Or shells
with the mixture and bake 20 min
utes Serve hot. There is no time
to be wasted in preparing these, and
the quicker you can do it the better.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-16

The housewife by judicious selec-
ton of her food materials and intelli-
gent cooking may perform her part in
saving.
1t is not so much what comes in
the kitchen door as what goes out in
waste, that determines the size of the
bill the housewife must meet.
These recipes are simple and select
ed with the idea of promoting econ
omy.
Tomato Soup-One-half can toma-
toes, 1 pint cold water, II onion, II
tablespoon sugar, tablespoon but
; ter, tablespoons of -four, 1 teaspoon
of salt, u teaspoon pepper.
| Strain tomatoes, add water, salt,
pepper and sugar, cook II hour, after
which stir in mixed flour and butter,
boil 10 minutes and serve hot.
Boullion and Vermicelli-Buy a 10
cent knuckle of veal. Put on to cook
in quarts of water and let come to
a boil slowly, then add salt, pepper
and onion. Boil slowly for three
/ hours, strain through a fine sieve, and
let come to boil. Add about " cup
of finely broken vermicelli and boil
for 10 minutes longer.
Cream Carrot Soup-Wash, scrape
and cut into slices enough carrots to
fill fruit bowl. Boil these in a quart
of water, slightly sailed, till soft
enough to rub through a sieve with
| the potato masher. Mix together in
a thick saucepan tablespoons Of
flour and 1 tablespoon of butter, stir
ring with a wooden spoon till they be-
gin to bubble. Gradually stir into
this pint of milk and carrot pulp.
Add hot water to make l quart of
soup. Put the yolk of egg and ia
/ blespoon of chopped parsley together
in the tureen, turn in the hot soup,
| stir. gently, and serve at once.
| Rice Soup-Take 1 quart of water
and tablespoons of well-pickled and
washed rice, put in a granite kettle,
and place in a moderate oven. Add
quart of. rice milk and salt to taste,
and boil 10 minutes or until rice is
done; a slice of onion or stalk of
! celery cooked with it and removed
before serving will improve the fla
vor. Add IL cup of sweet cream to
the soup and serve.
Consomme-Fifteen cents for 8
| pounds of veal or beef bone. Crack
the bones we'll and cut the meat from
| them into small pieces. Into a hot
soup kettle put 1 teaspoon of sugar
and a few slices of onion. Heat un-
til both have become dark brown.
Put in the meat, scar slightly and COW
er with quarts of cold water. Add
the bones, bring quickly to boiling
and skim. Let simmer gently for 3
hours, then add or whole cloves
and bay leaf and allow to simmer
half hour longer. Strain through
cheesecloth and set aside to cool.
When cold remove fat from surface.
When heated, with the addition Of
salt only, this makes a most delight
full dark brown clear soup.
Lima Bean Soup-Soak one pint of
lima beans over night in cold water
and in the morning boil in water I'M
til soft. If the water boils away very
salt, pepper and cayenne to taste. If
you like add little onion juice. Melt
one tablespoon of butter and rub into
it until it is perfectly smooth one
tablespoon of -four. Pour on this one
cup of boiling water and stir hard.
Stir the two mixtures together. Slice
or very thin and put in the soup.
It will be ready to serve as soon as it
boils.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-16
Use an Eraser.

Always keep an ordinary black
board eraser near the kitchen range,
using it to wipe off the top. This
keeps the range clean, and you only
need to wash and polish it once a
week. The eraser can be purchased
at very small cost and saves time
and trouble.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-16
DRAG THE ROADS.

Dedicated to the King Road Drag,
When the summer sun is h'4n,
Drag the Roads.
When the crops are all laid by,
Drag the Roads.
In the fail and in the spring,
When the birds begin to sing,
Mind you! lr's the very thing
Drag tho Roads.
When there's heavy loads to haul,
Drag the Roads.
When you go to make a call,
Drag the Roads.
Often on the way to town,
Should the grade be up or down,
Never falter! Never frown!
Drag the Roads.
When the farm work crowds apace
| Drag the Roads.
When you find a resting place,
Drag the Roads.
After all the heavy raitns,
You can count up many gains,
If you'll only take the pains,
To drag the Roads.
If your wife or daughter scolds,
Drag the Roads.
Fill up all the ugly holes,
Drag the Roads.
It will keep your temper sweet,
Horses sleek, and wagons neat,
Make track that can't be beat,
Drag the Roads.
Whether soil be sand or clay,
Drag the Roads.
You can find no better way,
Drag the Roads.
When too wet to run the pillow,
Run the drag and then see how
Passersby will smile and bow
Drag the Roads.
Get your neighbors on the job,
And drag the Roads;
Some will fuss and some raise hob,
But drag the Roads.
What if you do not pay your tax,
And you find that things are lax,
Settle down to solid facts,
And drag the Roads.
L. Dillon, Bedford City, Va.
Don't place matches in anything
but tin boxes with covers attached.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-16
FIRE PREVENTION DONPs.

Don't block the fire escape
may need it yourself tonight.
Don't leave everything to the land
lord. Inspect your own house from
cellar to garnet.
Don't throw cigars or cigarettes
out of the window. They may drop
on the awnings and set it on fire.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-16
MoIasSes Pie,

Line a pie plate with pastry and
fill it with your favorite soft ginger
bread batter, baking it the same as
any pie.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-16

Don't allow the children to play
with matches.
Don't use matches or candles in
dark closets and cellars.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-16

Be independent, join the Ready
Money Club of the Bank of Com
merce-ask for particulars.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-16
After PeeIinu Onions.

After peeling onions rub your hands
with celery OR parsley. It will coun-
teract the odor.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-16
MEANS MONEY SAVING
INTELLIGENT USE OF MATERIAL
IN THE KITCHEN.

Especially In the Preparation Of
Soups Can the Housewife Who
Knows, Economic on Her
Butchers Bill.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-16

Don't place matches in anything
but tin boxes with covers attached.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1914-04-16

Don't use kerosene in lighting fires.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-23
Germans Are Forced
Nearer Their Homes

These reservists soon will be sent to
the firing line. They have been in
training for two months.
Germans Winning BelfOrt.
London, Oct. 23.-A Copenhagen
dispatch to the Star says report
has reached Stockholm from Berlin
that the German attack on Belfort
is succeeding; that the southern forts
have surrendered and that heavy siege
guns are being employed.
Russian Prisoners.
Vienna, via Berlin, Oct. 23.-The
Austrians have captured 3,4OO Rus
slams, 25 officers and Is machine guns,
it is officially announced this after
noon.
Communication Lines Cut.
Amsterdam, Oct. 23.-The lines of
communication supplying the German:
troops near Ostend and Nieuport have
heen cut near Eeclco, it is stated in
telegram to the Telegraph. Eeclco
is half way between Client and Bru-
ges. The same message says the bat
tie in West Flanders, in Belgium, is
still undecided.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-23

Congress power to. curb trusts, when
all that was needed was an exercise of
Congress- power over interstate com
mere, in way that would curb these
combinations. Congressional Record,
June 1 and 2, 1900, Page 6499.
On February 2, 1903, he voted
against taking rural carriers out of
partisan politics. On January 9, 1904.
he voted against, investigating Santa
Fe railway relating, voting with Dal-
zell, Lorimer, Tawney and others to
table the resolution. During the 62nd
Congress, although voting for Cana
dian reciprocity, he. voted against ad-
mitting baggage, ties and agricultural
implements free, neglected to vote on
q bill aimed at gambling in cotton,
and took no interest in our agricul-
tural appropriation bill and other
matters of direct interest.
| have written frankly my opinion
and compared briefly the legislative
records of these two candidates, Civ
ing facts quite sufficient to warrant
my conclusion and the opinion l en-
tertain of the attitude, sympathies and
dispositions of these two candidates
toward legislation in which the farm
ers and the people are deeply inter
osted and against which are to be
found the Big Interests. Both men
are personally known to me and
against neither would | say word
personally. But as public servants
i feel confident the Congressional
Records show Kettner to be friend
Ct the farmers and the people and
Needham to have been willingly or
unwittingly a servant Of the Big In
terests and all that Cannonism per-
Sonified.
Yours very truly,
J. H. PATTON,
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-23

publican party, is well illustrated by
bis voting with it on every occasion
when his vote was needed. For in
stance, during the last session of the
G2nd Congress when the 60 pages i'm
migration bill prepared by the Con
gressional immigration Commission
and excluding illiterates, persons in
eligible to naturalization, and other
undesirables, was up and passed by
over 2 to 1, Needham voted for the
measure, but when it came up for
passage without the Presidents sig
nature, after it has passed the Senate
by vote of 72 to Is, nearly every
Republican voting for it, Needham
was one of only two from California
to vote against the measure, and it
failed of becoming law for the lack
of his and three other votes. Page
1929, Congressional Record, February
10, 1913.
So with reference to direct election
of United States Senators, Needham,
although previously voting for the
proposition, joined Cannon, Dalzell,
Lorimer and other reactionaries in
trying to load the proposed amend
ment down with an amendment often
sive 10 the Southern Congressman and
Senators that came near making it
impossible of passage and ratification
by two-thirds of the states.
Likewise, he, voted with the Can
non machine his very first term in
Congress to side track antitrust leg
islation by submitting an amendment
to the constitution proposing to CIV,
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-23

Washington, Oct 23.-Congress ad-
journed today until tomorrow and the
deadlock continues. The Northern
Democrats are making every possible
effort to have the president declare
Congress adjourned. The cotton con-
tingent of lawmakers, however, are
concentrating their fight to have Con-
gress pass q measure to aid the cot
ton growers before adjournment is
taken.
Although Hoke Smith of Georgia is
heading the filibusterers, it is inti-
mattel he and his colleagues might
consent to recess until after elec-
ton, with the understanding that the
cotton relief bill would be taken uo
then.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-23
In Last Hours Fight
Is Made Over Cotton

do not understand he is opposed to
q temporary suspension. But / would
rot hesitate to support measure il
believed II was right, even if I
knew the president would oppose it"
"We nigh. pass it over his head"
remarked Senator Smith of Michigan,
Republican. "We can, under the
law"
eyes, / think it is proper now and
then to legislate by two-thirds vote,'
said Senator Hoke Smith. 81 think
il is more important to save 100000
persons from having their little swept
away than it is to elect q senator or
few members of TIE House."
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-23
Fifty Thousand Majority
For johnson Claimed

H. l.. Carnahan, chairman of the
Progre ssive county committee of Riv
erside and widely known as one Of
the shrewdest of political observers,
was IN Ell Centre yesterday and was
interested in the political outlook here.
He said that from the great enthu-
sasm manifested for Johnson through
cut thc state he places Johnson's plu-
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-23
Press Draws Line
To Protect Public

called bankrupt" sales in Ell Cen
tro. 1, AE
The members of this firm came to
Ell Centre recently, bought small
bankrupt stock and imported grea,
quantity of cheap stuff, which they
have undertaken to dispose of to the
public as part of the bankrupt
stock" of the local merchant who
failed.
Now, for $500, they have bought
the remnants of another stock, with
all the store fixtures, and are prepar-
ing to repeat the process. 1881
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-23

: 1t is not always easy for news
paper to draw the line between ad-
vertising that has merit and that
which has no place in a newspaper
of character, but the Press always
tries to draw that line in the proper
place. The publishers of the Press
believe the insertion of an advertise
ment in these columns carries some
thing of endorsement by the pub
fishers of the advertiser, and on this
basis this paper has been obliged to
refuse longer to sell publicity to the
men who have been conducting So
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-23

The Press declines to be party
TO this procedure and has refused,
page advertisement to help carry QUE
the scheme, and will continue to re-
fuse this kind of business.
This action is not taken SO much
to protect the merchants engaged in
legitimate business as it is TO protect
the public ~ large.
A large otion of the trade Of this
kind Of dump comes from working
men and women, and the Press will
not help to lure them into It.
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-23

That the people of Imperial Valley
will give an overwhelming majority
for The Irrigation District bonds at
the special election next Thursday now
seems certain. Outside of the little
group of opponents in Imperial, the
support of the bonds is practically
-:..,.,,
YET it is important that big vote
shall be polled, and everywhere in the
Imperial Valley press., 1914-10-23

lality at the coming election at not
less than $4,000.
He spoke also of the congressional
situation in Riverside county, where
he said most of the Progressive vote
would be cast quietly for Kettner, the
Democrat, as the attitude Of Need
ham does not appeal to the Progress
sives, except in cases of personal
friendship.