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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1915-08-06
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-31
The UNITY Of Learning.

In the report of President Lowell of Har-
ward we have clear restatement OF an old tru-
ism which too many people are accustomed to
great historian, meaning that the chronicle Of
human progress contains no lines OF demarca-
ton separating time or place. but that each event
is the outgrowth of some previous happening
and correlated TO all other events. Varying, but
not changing, the thought. President Lowell
declares:
An attempt to split learning into blocks sharply
separated from another is futile for IL has been
truly said that the object every fresh thinker is
to diagonal through the field OF knowledge.
In practical application, therefore, the inter-
ests OF the professors. he says. cannot be arbl-
trarily confined or their studies limited by the
boundaries OF faculties; but, on the contrary.
such an idea should be discouraged. Not that
instruction should not be specialized-not that
danger lies In the existence OF too many faCul-
ties, but rather in too little intercourse between
the members OF the different faculties and, still
more, in a lack OF cohesion within the faculties
themselves.
What President Lowell is arguing for has its
bearing upon the organization OF all our univor-
stiles and colleges, and perhaps upon all our
secondary schools, too. Approaching the need
in these days for everyone to specialize within
a definitely fixed field, yet we must never fail to
impress the fact that In the geography OF learn
ing all the oceans RUN together. and all the con-
tinents and islands are In some way, no matter
how remotely, connected.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-31
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.

st. Louis Republic: A st. Louis preacher
says stolen sweets are Away bitter. That
may be, but II isn't the bitterness that
keeps a small boy from robbing a bum
blebees' nest
Detroit Free Press: A Baltimore clergy
man says that whereas bridegrooms used
10 give s. or $40 for being married. they
now average about 81. But are the knots
he ties as serviceeble as they used to be?
Chicago Herald: A minister from the
Nebraska mission field says autos aid
religion by enabling people to go long
distances TO church. This ought TO re-
pair the injury to the autos reputation
caused by too much joy riding.
Louisville Courier-Journal: With the
Rev. Billy Sunday removing his coat and
collar in an effort to save Philadelphia
and a prominent actress taking off a
good deal more to get the Quakers to
the theater, what is the spiritual prog
nosis?
Brooklyn Eagle: AS a representative
OF the church militant Cardinal Mer-
cier of Malines takes first place. Ger
manys martial law hasn't inundated
him particle. lie fears nothing. backed
by 1.-The power that in an age of iron
broke forth to curb the strong and raise
the weak"
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-31
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIEs.

why did the ladies in the days of
chiyalry give their gloves to the knights?"
II suppose 1t was to show they had an
admirer on hand. "-Baltimore American.
Mother--And so my little man didn't cry
when he fell down.
Little, Men-'There wasn't anybody to
hear!-London Opinion.
Suitor-Mr. Simpkins, 1 have courted
your daughter fifteen years.
Mr.. Swell what do you want?
Suitor-Marry her
Mr.. Swell, I'll be darned! I thought
you wanted a pension or something
Philadelphia Ledger.
There really must be something in this
mental telespg.athy."
81 keep thinking Of Charley all day long
That must influence him. don't you see,
for he calls me up every. little while" -
Louisville Courier-Journal. -
Dead men tell no tales" observed the
Maybe not" replied the fool But
their tombstones are awful llars."-Cin-
otnnau Enquirer.
Reporter-The high price of wheat may
force bread up to 10 cents loaf.
Joe (the journalistic office boy)-Gee,
I'm glad brought my lunch with mel
Philadelphia Ledger.
A neighbours little daughter. after look
ing for some time at Shakespeare cpl
taph. which hung over the professors
fireplace, ran home.
"Oh, mammal" she said. tho BIS have
the strangest sign II their living room u. II
dust Boston Transcript,
wonderful" said Dubbson enthusiast
tically, as he gazed at the new Garraway
baby.
"Do you wonder I am proud of him?"
said Mrs. Garraway.
mo, madam, 1 do not said Dubbson.
Indeed. ] realize more than ever now the
truth of the old saying that a woman's
browning glory is her heir."-Judge.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-31
People and Events

Mount. Gllead o., has gone dry by 262
majority. Those in need of balm can take
interurban TO the nearest town.
Massachusetts, offers 20 pay bounty 'on
every heifer calf raised to maturity" The
Bay state "beefs" for a ripe steak.
a Chicago policeman shot masher who
was trying to escape and was promoted
for the act. Hats off TO you. Old Windy!
Fourteen japanese Red Cross nurses
left last week for the seat OF war. and
will Join the hospital corps i'm England.
Every one OF them had seen actual serv-
Ice in the Japanese-Russian war.
Dr. Therrald Won Bethmann-H ollweg.
imperial German chancellor, was an init
mate fellow student OF the present en-
peror at Bonn, and that intimacy has
grown with the years. He was lawyer
in his earlier life, and is now 81.
Back in wayneburg. Pa, the father of
eleven children, all of them girls, was
with difficulty restrained from shooting
up the stork because the last deposit
wasn't a boy, The determinations of
the stork oftentimes put an old-time
freight rate schedule on the blink.
Charley Why, a wealthy Chinese of
Stockton, Cal, enjoyed the most expen-
sve turtle dinner on record when he dined
off the only one OF eleven turtles which
survived a trip from China. He had to
wait a year to have his order, and his
appetite was keyed to the right pitch.
Diogenes may as well blow out his candle
and go home. The search is over A Penn
sylvania inspector OF weights and meas
ures in testing scales that had been in
use for forty years in a grocery at
Weatherby found that the instrument
allowed seventeen ounces to the pound
More than fear prevails that the
Panama feet will not sail through the
canal at the appointed time in March.
Colonel Goethals dropped a hint in Wash
ington the other day indicating that re-
cent slides put more earth in the ditch
than can be sfoveled out in six weeks.
An American newspaper man is credited
with having pushed a few carloads OF
ammunition over the Rio Grande to the
right crowd and was rewarded with the
Macmillan opal, the rarest jewel of
monarchial times in Mexico. Hitherto
the Jewel has been an ornament. Now, ii
is adorned by associations worth while.
The amen corner benches from New
York are to be exhibited I'm San Fran
cisco. These curios are not invested with
odors of sanctity, but rather with the
memory OF Tom Flat, the easy boss. "
and are hooked up with the show in this
way: Plat procured the nomination of
Theodore Roosevelt for vice president
which led to the White House, and thus
started the building Of the Panama canal.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-31
QUAINT BITS OF LIFE.

Thomas Parr Of Shropshire, England,
in all probability bore the palm for lon
gevity. He lived 152 years and 3 months.
PARIS case is well authenticated
When Napoleon, was a youth of 10,
while at the military school at Brienne,
he wrote to his mother in Corsica: with
Homer in my pocket, and my sword by
my side, hope to carve my way through
the world"
A large, deliberately iced and decorated
wedding cake made its second appear
ance at tho marriage feast of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ralph Head. Both of Portland, Ore.
The cake had been kept In a scaled metal
box since the wedding OF the bridegroom,s
parents in Saginaw, Mich, forty-four
years age It was as good as the day
1t was made,
Amos Perkins OF Penobscot, Me-, is
the third generation of Perlinses to oc-
cupy his home. which is log years old
The chimney. which Is three feet in each
dimension. is built of bricks which were
made by hand on a neighboring farm.
Among the relics of the owner is an old
flintIoek gun captured from the English
100 years ago.
Getting married in Burma is not en-
tirely a. pleasant operation. Custom war
rants the practice of throwing stones at
the house OF the newly welded, but not
blackmail, and when recently a band of
Burman youth demanded money before
they would depart tho law stepped in
and sentenced the leaders to heavy i'm
prisonment and corporal punishment.
At a Christmas tree festival in South
Paris. Me-, the gifts were taken from the
tree by young lady who had recently
been married, During the distribution she
found one package with a name she
didn't recognize. so she laid the gift aside.
As the packages disappeared she began
to wonder where her own was. and finally
realized that the discarded package bore
her new name.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-31
Rising Cost Of Government.

1t does not require official statistics to prove
the growing cost OF government. Every tax
payer knows IL because II touches the pocket
nerve. But few know the taxing rate OF speed
at which the country is travelling, and statistics
on this point are Of interest in showing the pace
in Nebraska.
A census bulletin just issued makes a COM
parative exhibit of the income and outgo OF
states and the present value Of state property.
A series OF tables show population .srevenue from
several sources, as we'll expenditures for vari-
Gus purposes, and the per capita of receipts and
expenses. compiled from the official records of
the different states.
According to these tables the revenue re-
osipts Of Nebraska, in 1903 was SO .O2s.6 21. or
s1.ss per capita. In 1914 the states revenue
amounted to s9.761,sss. or 1905 per capita.
The cost of the state government in 1903 wes
se.1B2771. equal to s1.s5 per capita. while IN
1913 II had jumped up TO sS,572,297, or $2.s0
per capita. an increase OF s5 cents per head in
ten years.
From 1908 to 1913 the states population In.
creased lis per cent while its revenue in
creased S5.4 per cent, and general property
taxes increased 1918 per cent. Besides. quite
a number OF new revenue sources are listed In
1918 overlooked ten years before. The actual
per cent
AT the beginning OF the statistical decade
Nebraska had a floating debt which required in
terest payments OF s74.514. This has been
wiped out and no interest charge is reported
for the year 1918.
The Nebraska taxpayer. however. is more
fortunate than some OF his neighbors. Iowa,
with stationary population, shows an increase
OF 101.5 per cent in. revenues and a Gil per
cent In cost OF government. Kansas shows In
creases OF ss and 72,7 per cent, respectively
But these nelghboring states have considerably
more state property than Nebraska TO show for
the money. Iowa state property is valued al
sso.546.22 Kansas. $1s,243sos, and Ne
brasks. ss.7Ss.6l5.
Needless to add that the rising cost OF state
government is duplicated in local as well az ma
t!onai government, and altogether constitutes q
condition which calls loudly for the brakes.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-31
LIES LONELINESS.
Chambers Journal.

Chambers journal.
Think lovely thoughts, that every day be
Look thou for God. nor fancy Him
Along earth's common way the flowers
and grass
Will breathe His name to thee when
thou shalt pass.
To thy divinest self He stands re-
His conuuering power through love made
Speak lovely words. to fall like sunlight
rays. s..l
That youth may be so long. and age
but brief,
To add to joy in life a little more.
And take some misery out of. earth's
vast store.
So shalt thou walk with gladness and
not grief.
Planting q hope in all the thorny ways.
Do lovely deeds, of brotherhood the bond:
Each burden nobly lifted and each task,
Each days plain duty, teaches thee 70
bless
The friendless lives brave in their lone
Ere yet they near the Shadows and the
And those untrodden paths that stretch
beyond
Thoughts. words. and deeds! To stand
for truth in ALL
This is the creed that counts. Unflineh-
Staunch fortitude, and strength of pa
thence born;
Security treading though the way be
worn,
Fronting the light. ror fearing to reeoll,
Facing the right, nor looking back to fall,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-31
Abatement Of War Fever.

From the accounts constantly coming 10 us
from the war arena and the combatant coun-
tries, it would seem that the bitter personal ami
mosities blatantly manifested on both sides al
the start we're being gradually softened. and the
mutual acerbities steadily losing their force
While no signs of yielding is given by either set
OF allies, the possibility OF sincere conviction
and well-intentioned motive, and the absence ot
cause for individual hatred, is apparently being
recognized more and more This is what we
read between the lines OF the reports about the
fraternizing Of the outposts and the comrade-
ship Of the informed soldiers OF many nations in
Holland. II is what we see in the equal treat
ment and tender solicitude for friend and foe
alike in the hospitals in the missions of mercy
Of the different Red Cross corps disregarding
nationality. and, finally, in the tributes OF re-
fpect to the fallen heroes and OF admiration of
the daring exploits under whatever flag the act
Of bravery is performed.
We fancy we can discern over here in our
own America a similar tendency away from the
harshness of tone and Indifferent distrust of one
another Of the opposing champions of the allies
or Germans. The noisy debate as TO which Il
most to blame seems to be quleting down, and
the ordinations and recriminations growing
less severe. Perhaps It is we'll that opportunity
was given to work off the high pressure steam
in the forum and through newspaper columns
for the effect has been, with exceptions, OF
course to broaden our visions and make us see
the conflicting viewpoints. The partisans over
here may be no less partisan, but they arc
reader to concede the right to hold different
opinion. We confidently believe the time Is not
far distant, IL not already here, when our de-
bates on the war will produce light, and not
heat and American Judgment will helm TO formu.
late the dispassionate verdict Of history
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-31
MUFFLED KNOCKS.

Honesty isn't the best policy when you
are tempted to steal kiss
When a man can't meet his bills he
doesn't want to meet his creditors.
After a woman has raised "A few chill
dren. it makes her sick t. see two young
things making love.
Whether You arc Intoxicated with
booze, or intoxicated with success, a
swelled head is always the result.
The reason why a girl can leave her
chest naked and feel warm on a cold
day. is because she IS carrying a big
muff
When a man is deeply in debt he knows
that he could pull out all fright, IL he
could just borrow enough money to pay
what he owes.
Somehow or other, when man Is
talking over the telephone. you can al
ways tell when there is a woman at
the other end Of the wire.
The woman who goes around the house
looking like a scarecrow. can't blame her
husband il he likes to rubber at nice
clean. well dressed girl. when he is out
of the house.
Us men like TO knock the women be-
cause they gossip so much. But * you
want to hear some real gossip. just hang
around a barroom where a bunch of men
are Cabling
After woman has fought dishwater
and dirt for a man for ten years, the
man wonders why her hands are not
soft and white like those Of the prin-
cesses he meets downtown.
Cheer up II you are broke on sun
day and your pants are &C shiny on the
seat that you have to stay home all day,
you know that your name Is not going
to appear in the list of joy rider victims
on Monday morning.
When a man is alive his wife thinks
that he is so Insignificant that she is
surprised that a fly doesn't step on him
and crush him. But when he dies she
gets the idea that he was so important
that she has TO go into debt for five
years to see that he gets the biggest
funeral in town.-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-31
AROUND THE CITIES.

= Huron. s. d., put $4,000 into new build
ings last year.
A movement is. on in New York City to
restrict the height OF slsyscrapers.
Salt Lakes record for 1914 shows 114S
deaths and ESQ births, which is going
some,
Laramie. wyo., boasts OF building and
loan association with assets well over
a million.
Cheyenne is UP against capitol re-
moval proposition in the legislature, with
Casper as the objective.
The health department of. New York
City is an institution so vast that $4,000,
COO is required to run it this year.
Atlantic City. N. j.. has decided to give
experiment lessons in modern dances in
the public schools one night each week.
Minneapolis cohncilmen are planning to
push tho city into the ice business as the
best means of pulling the teeth Of the
ice trust.
The F'riek coke plants in the vicinity OF
Uniontown. Pa, employing 1900 men. are
now running full time for the first time
in ten months.
Tho allied street car company of st.
Paul and Minneapolis took in $4,000 900
nickels last year, an increase of l.& per
cent over 1913
A jury In an Oregon court rendered a
verdict of guilty against a man charged
with cruelty to animals in shearlng his
sheep in winter.
Grand Island points with pride" to a
building and loan association which be-
came a fixture in the millionaire class
on the first OF the year.
Seattle reports that the street car
company and the jitney buses both are
losing money-the former $500 a day,
while the average net earnings of 5is
buses is $2,S5 a day.
Rev. Billy Sunday says New York is
going to hell so fast you can't see it for
the dust" Rev. Dr. Frank o. Hall, a
minister right on the ground, says New
York is not half as bad as some of the
small towns the base bali evangelist has
purified"
Residents OF the village Of Mount Nor
rfs, Pa. took sides In the postmastership
fight, in which two women were the chief
aspirants for the job. To the feud thus
engendered Is chargeahle the suspension
of the local national bank, the officers OF
which we're involved in the strifes
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-31
NEUTRAL RIGHTS.

New York Post: The long letter to
Senator Stone issued by the Department
Of State. and signed by Mr.. Bryan, will
do at least this good. that Il will remind
all concerned that neutrality In war time
is not a matter Of within but of law.
Boston Transcript; Fortunately for it's
legal light and sound reasoning this state
paper. like the protest to London. was
prepared by the counsellor OF the De-
psrtment of state. Mr.. Lansing. and
doubtless both papers profited In style
by their obvious revision at the hands
Of the president The Bryan signature
is not without its value at home, how
ever, and particularly in that section of
the country represented by the senator
addressed. Missouri and the neighbor.
ing states have Ions been Bryan terri
tory. and at that distance doubtless the
intimacies Of official life at Washington
are little known.
indianapolis News: It appears that the
treatment OF Germany and Austria Hun
gary forms the basis os the complaints
which have been made Ia respect to our
foreign relations, in many OF the points
brought TO the attention OF the State de-
partment by Senator Stone It is manifest
that a belief of unfairness exists. The
reply OF the administration. as contained
In Secretary Bryan's statement? shows.
first Of ALL that the national government
Is keenly alive to the situation. 1t Is
doing its utmost to preserve that neu-
trality which Is required OF this country
as the principal neutral
New York World: The United States
is the one powerful nation which has
undertaken TO exercise all it's rights in
spite OF a war the most lawless that the
world has ever known. II has a right
to the sea Il has right TO buy and
sell. II traffics with Great Britain and
France today because their naval strength
is undisputed ana their ports are open.
II Germany and Austria tomorrow came
into command OF the ocean. Il would
traffic with them. Those here or else
where who hold that We should discon-
tinue foreign commerce because supplies
from this country may be OF service to
one belligerent or another, deny q SOW
erelgn right and ask as 10 sbdicate as
neutrals and become allies.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-31

Rev. w. J. HRrsha's sermon as pastor OF the First
Presbyterian church discussed temptations the heart
and body.
Incorporation is known the Charity
Union of Omaha promoted by Fred Nye, Herman
KOuntEe. ia NJ. Ross, Clement Chase W. J. jack
man. Frank Irvine and f. p. Peck. signers 10 be
secured 80 agreement 20 contribute 81 a month
do tie work which is TO investigate sickness and
distress and 20 determine the amount OF relief needSd
Bartlett campbells great play ''Siberis." finished
engagement at the Boyd last night
Mr. Samuel Meinrath Is dead at the home of his
daughter. Mrs Andrew Rosewater SSSS Farnam street
lie has also three sons living each IN Kansas
City. S. Joseph and Omaha, and had attained the
age OF q years.
Clinton snOwden with the editorial force of tho
New York World, Is here TO spend a short time
visiting his old friend. Judge Hun
The Young Mems Christian association gymnasium
Is IN running order and offers its benefits to
any young man OF good moral character for the
payment OF y a year
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-31
Twice Told Tales
Hard ON Hin.

Hard on HIN.
Mrs Pethick Lawrepce. the noted English suffra-
gette. said tho other day to a New York reporter:
"Your idea OF us militants is that vixens,
tartars. man-haters. But. matter of fact. we
in ranks OF the most elegant fascin-
ating women In London society
NO. the militant Is not like Mrs. Blanc who said
TO her daughter. day;
4" 4 certainly easy shoes Look at this
pair OF elastic Sides I've them three years and
they're stu good I'm easy Clothes too.
There's my tweed-just fresh the day 1 bought
IT, seven years ago. And hats gloves. stoekings-in
fact. I'm easy everything.
e Except father, ehT said the daughter. without
looking up from her book."-NeW York Globe.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-31
scientific Selection Of ne Ri.k,.

II is the boast OF one OF the big life insur-
snce companies of the country in its annual
report that the mortality OF its policy holders
during the year is only SO per cent Of the ex-
pected. being proof as It says. of the Inn
partial and scientific character OF the selection
No one will question that a mortality SO far
below 1.-The expected" is feather in the cap Of
any Insurance company. and TO that extent con-
tributes TO fits surplus and stability. 81
But II must prove also something besides
impartial and scientific selection. because it Is
positive evidence that the tables OF expected
mortality greatly oyershoot the mark. II these
tables are wrong by 81 per cent. or even by 30
per cent. or 10 per cent. the error Is against
the policy holder. who buys assurance at a rate
higher than the true actuarial basis would re-
quire and the fact that some. or all, OF the ex-
cess collections come back as so-called diyi-
oends does not alter the situation
One Of these fine days one OF the old estab-
lished life companies passing under a new and
progressive, or. shall We say. reckless. manage
ment win Startie the world by computing
premiums on actual experience. and then the
rest viii have 70 follow suit.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-01-31

A staunoh defender OF ''publie office family
snap thinks the anu-nepotism law would be
unayailihg because all the officers would trade
their relatives into jobs under one another. Get
away from that delusion The anti-nepotism
bill prohibits loading the payroll with brothers.
sisters. cousins and aunts directly or indi-
rectly." II II did not threaten the graft the
pie counter brigade would not be SO unanimous
against IL