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Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-30
The Heavens
in May
BY WILLIAM F. RIGGE.

II the reader has missed seeing the
close conjunction of Venus and Jupiter
on the morning of the 18th OF last month,
he will have another although inferior,
similar opportunity OF observing the con-
junction OF Venus and Mars on the morn
ms Of the i4th of May Venus can
be identified without difficulty in the
morning twilight since It has about
fifty times the brillancy of a standard
star OF the first magnitude Mars. how
ever, is not so easily found. its brilliancy
at the time being less than that Of a
standard star, whereas Jupiter last
month. and even at present, has a brill
lancy of about eight. Mars, on the 18th.
will be about & degree or two lunar
diameters north of Venus The two will
rise on that morning at 1857 and the
sun at 500. go that we will not have
much time to observe the conjunction
on account of the length OF the twilight.
The standard times Of the rising, meri-
dian passage or southing and setting OF
the sun and moon at Omaha for this
month, arc as follows:
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-30

the very stars out Of the night-sky in her
hair and spilllng in diamond-dust behind
her; her eyes compelling. hot and sweet
answering all'questions. holding all things
the eyes OF sorceress and q sweet
heart: and high in her hand she carries
the laurel wreath OF Fame.
The whole world OF man-and woman,
too-rises up. rips off its coat and it's tie
and collar. bares arms and throat, pushes
the hair back from its forehead, and pur-
sues her. Some sit down in a fume long
before they ever catch up with her-and
there are some that whisper that that is
Just as well. For women" says my
cynic, they can't chase love and ambi-
tIon, too-and most times they wish they
had taken love when they are choking in
the dust that rolls beside ambitions
steedr' What do you think7 Some droI
down in the road. wrung ana weary IL
heart and body-to take up the ohas'
later on.
But the chap who catches up with her
Who gets one deep look In her eyes. on
breath of the odor OF her yelling hair
who gets one clutching hand tight In tn
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-30

her eyes, who never Stacks or waits and
know now that once YOU have comS
abreast with her and got your hold you
must run like fury TIL you die 10 stay
there
Which viii you have. little girl who
wrote 10 me some days ago to know n
you should leave your garden gate and
go IN search for the Faery-woman3 Il
have a little talent" you ventured DO
you want 10 stay az home and hans on
your garden gate and wait for love-
for you know he doesn't hurry ana he
hunts you QUITO walk with him and
settle in a little house off ths great high
way where all the busy things are doing
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-30


rent.
Your aVocatiOn
is your playthins.
yoor rest, your
recreation, your
emergency brake,
your psychic gov
ernOr, your electric
fuse that takes
care of you when
there is danger OF
OF a short circuit.
Y ur avocation
brings into play
another set of
m e n tai muscles
and gives you fit
preparation for the
battle OF life.
II supplies re-
siliency or resting
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-30

power. lends endurance, courage. faith
and self-reliance.
The farmers wives who go insane do
so for lack OF fad. a hobby, a play
spell
The business men who slip their troll
legs and the specialists who go bug
wouldn't IL they had a hobby aud gal
Hoped II hard and fast an hour q day.
II your work Is indoors get a hobby
that takes you out. II your work Ia
headwork get a fad that makes you use
your hands and feet.
II nothing else. be a fight fan or base
ball fiend.
These things viii inspire you 70 get a
medicine hall and use It, or an indoor
base ball and pun the Observation-Disclosures
ing your wife. the children, grandpa and
the hired girl-into the game.
When Edmund Burke was IN HE early
twenties he experienced a great flarins
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-30
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star dust in his hair. the name OF having
once run in the sweat and dust beside
her. and memory
Once thought fame was high PIN
nacle far away from everybody, lifted
high. and. though It was sharp and
narrow and dangerous. once up there you
sat above the roar. secure and at rest
II only you held oni But know better
now. Fame is only a green wreath held
in the hand OF a flying woman who
thunders through our very crowded
streets with flying hair and whipping
garment and madness In her eyes. who
calls you 70 pursue and holds you beside
her In the madness that you drink from
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-30

leather Of her horses trappings. who feels
the whip OF her white garment on his
shoulder and throatl What about himY
You'd think his race is done That am
billion takes him up beside her-or drops
into a walk and turns to rose-grown paths
whore he can cool his hot head and walk
IN dreams. But It isn't so.
Ambitions great black horse never
slowsl And the man who gets his grip
In his name and his head beneath her
laurel wreath. and his eyes fastened in
hers, must hold the pace to stay therel
Ho must either run with her. or drop
behind with nothing in his hand but the
silver bells from the grip he mad. a little
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-30
Have a Hobby and
Cultivate 1t

up Of intellect tapping a big reservoir Of
power. And when the mood was on he
utilized the cosmic current. instead OF
grounding IL, and wrote an immortal
book.
This booE IS known to US as Burke
On the Sublime"
The Joker here gets his chance and
comes in with 'The Sublime and Ridicu-
lous.t'
And there is no doubt that people who
reach the sublime often appear ridicu-
lous TO those who don't or can't
The enthusiast supplies mirth for the
onlookers. But the enthusiast is the
man who eliminates and finds rest for
his convolutlons.
Only this-be sure to enthnse concern
ing more than one thing. A good golf
enthusiast always enthuses over his bust
ness-the pendulum swings out as far in
one direction as in the other
The business man who loves roses will
make a success of both business and
roses. ana viii never have nervous pros
tratiOn.
Men are TO DO judged by their avoca-
, tion rather than by their vocation
Your vocation may be a thing that fate
eompels you 70 do, but your avocation
you choose for yourself You are what
you are on account Of the way you spend
your leisure time: This is the you
Elihu Burritt was a blacksmith all
day. but IN the evening he was something
else. Robert collyer the same
The question H.: How do you I'M In the
chinks Of the day. What do you de
Saturday afternoons. Sundays ana each
evening from 10 81
Maeaulay. doing ali his writing on
stolen time, is type not infrequent
among extraordinary men They were
great on account OF their hobbies
80 the moral is, gel a fad. RI II your
boy or girl has a hobby encourage H.
A hobby is heathfu play "a the
worst. and uhdying fame at the best.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-30

and mobs are rising up at the thunder or
black horses flying feet7 Or do you
want TO be out in the whirlpool race for
the stars that fly from Ambitions gailop-
ing shApe7
There are those with the madness in
their veins who cry, 1T IL worth all
wsarinoss' to run spellbound. eyes fas-
tened In glittering eyes, In the Hight and
the whirl and the gaBping glory. hand
on the satin coat of Fiery Horse. star
spikes blowing and stinglng. the wonder
sreep Of the Faery Wreath above, and
the Faery Woman leaning sidewise. sing
ing Fiery song that lures you 10 strain
on. Choose. NELL BRINKLBY.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-30

When Edmund Burke wss In HE early
twenties he experienced a great flarins
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-30
Advice to Lovelorn

Yes, ~ You Love HIN.

Dear Miss Fairfax; / am 20. and met
a young man four years ago. He il ~,
Two years ago he was engaged and broke
his engagement, and later he wanted 70
get married TO me. / always loved him.
main a bachelor. and everybody tells me
j should not marry him. DO you think
l Will be happy IL marry him. NJ. II.
A broken engagement Is sad. but moi
wicked or criminal. II this man found
he did not love HE fisncee he was honor
able and wise to break off their relation.
ship at once. And none OF this affects
the love between you two. II you care
for him. marry him by all means.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-30
KNOW More of HIM

Dear Miss Fairfax: l have been en-
ployed I'm a store for four years, and dur
ing that time l have become acquainted
with a few OF the customers. A certain
gentleman has come in the store ever
since / have been there. Ha has invited
me to go to the theater with him.
Would you kindly advise me II il would
be proper TO go with him. as ! have
never been introduced to him and / do
not know Of any one who could intro
duce US. l am 10. b. u. q.
No young girl can afford to go about
with man of whom she knows nothing
Possibly your employer has some knowl-
edge of this man. If so. your four years
OF meeting might justify you in asking
him TO call and meet your parents, Fur
Their than this you must not go.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-30
BY EBERT HUBRARD

Every man and woman should have &
vocation and an avocation.
Your vocation is the thing you depend
upon flor your bread and butter and
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-30

Dear Miss Fairfax: I am IS and going
out with a young man "a | am about TO
become engaged. but would like 10 ask
you something before l do So l have a
no cause to be jealous. but still I am.
Won't you please advise me how to con-
quer this great fault? l am Jealous OF
almost everybody. and ] know IL ~ very
V. c.
= To conauer Jealousy forget self Just
think to yourself that there is no cause
for Jealousy between you and the man
who. has chosen you out OF all the world
for hiz wife, and remember that after the
first victory the others are easier,
Omaha daily bee., 1915-04-30

Dear Miss Fairfax; l am az ana have
been going out with a girl two years my
junior About two months ago / heard
stories about her which 1 believed true.
1 made an appointment with her, but
never kept Il. She wrote letter asking
why did not call, and answered.
going with her ! love this girl dearly.
ought to write to her and explain7
ANXIOUS.
You were very rude TO make an appoint
ment and fail 70 keep H. An apology IL
due the gin for that for your ready sus-
picion Of her and also for the lie you
told her, II she will grant YOU the
privilege OF explaining you must be duly
Erateful for her gentle friendship and
Kindness. Write and ask the great favor
Of a chance 10 rectify your blunders.
Meade County news., 1915-01-21
For Oil Near Bucklin

The Bucklln Banner of Jauu-
ary Ii contains the following:
"The Short Grass Oil and Gas
Company, consisting of num-
ber of responsible business men
of BucklIn, Kansas, and acting
under a charter given by the
state of Kansas, by next week
will start hole for an oil we'll l
IA miles west OF MinneOla. Mr..
March a jeweler of that place
and who came from an oil coun-
try in the East, became interest
ed in the oil agitation here some
Is months ago. As time went
by be interested number of his
fellow townmen in the PROPOSE
ton. He made several trips
here and got some tracts of land
to the southeast OF here. Those
at Bucklin who became interest
ed with BIN began to make thor
ough investigation Of the propo
sition. They had experts from
the oil country of the east to
come here and look the situation
over. Biologists were here to
give information as to the for ma
tions. This company has the
reports of these different men.
These reports are so flattering
and so conclusive that the above
named company was formed and
chartered by the state. They
feel so certain about the propo-
sition that they are investing a
large amount OF money to put
down this we'll.
Meade County news., 1915-01-21
Historical Edition

Work of collecting data for
the Historical Edition of Meade
County, to be published by The
Meade County News, has begun,
AS was stated is a recent issue
of this paper, it is the intention
to begin with the time of the ar
rival of the first settler until the
present time, To do this we
must have the support and the
cooperation of every business
man, oldtimer, and booster in
the county. The price for write
ups and photographs have been
made very reasonable in order
that everyone in the county who
considers that they have been
one of the builders in the county
to be represented. Other coun
ties in the state, with a smaller
population than Meade county
have published similar editions
and they have been entirely sue
cessful. Knowing the Meade
county people as we do, we have
every reason to believe that the
same will be true of this one.
Copies of this edition will be
sent all over the county. If you
are interested in this edition,
and if for any reason our special
representative does not call up
on you, within a reasonable
length of time, notify the office,
and he will arrange TO see you at
once. We want this to be a sue
cess and we want you to help us
Meade County news., 1915-01-21
Commissioners Proceedings

The Board of County Com
mlssioncrs met this llth day of
January 1915 in regular session
with all members present for the
purpose OF organizing as pro-
ylded by statutes.
John Cordcs was elected chair
man.
The Meade County News re.
ceived the contract for the coun-
ty printing and was designated
as the official county paper.
The board after inspection &C.
cepted the cement bridge south
OF Stalders and the cement ford
in Odee Twp.
B G Wasson auto in
Allen case 100
3 S Nc cMeel mdse for N Best so
Ed Buck covotes zoo
Linn Frazier mdse for
Ellen A Young 1918
Keith & White cement
bridge south of Stalders 800. 90
Keith & Heinson cement
ford in Odee twp. $4,000
Meade Co News
County Printing l26.52
w II Gray Register
of Deeds $3.50
J A Holmes work
on county road 500
G w McBee coyote
and gophers 1.90
Chas Leader coyotes LOO
A J Howell LOO
Chas Worman q" 200
w. w. PRESSLY,
(SeaD County Clerk.
Meade County news., 1915-01-21
Car Load of
Poultry Shipped
From Meade
r. A. Mcclure, Our Popular
Merchant Encourages
Poultry Raising


Last week II. A. Mcclure
shipped car load of poultry.
This was prepared for shipment
in two days,and the car was VAL
ued at 81, 200. In addition to
this amout of poultry, Mr.. Nc
CURE purchased almost as much
for sale and shipment about
Christmas time. This is quite
large amount of poultry to be
shipped in that length of time
and should encourage a more ex
tensive raising of poultry.
Meade County news., 1915-01-21

Der of lines are actually doing
business at a loss, while with
others the margin of profit is so
small that it doesn't begin TO pay
a fair return upon the invested
capital, upon which they pay a
, higher rate of taxation to the
state than does any other form
of private property.
In this connection we wish to
digress for a moment to quote
some stats tics which should
have had place in a former ar
tlcle. 1t cost an average OF Z
mills per mile to haul ton of
! freight in the United States,
whereas in England it costs 2.33
cents, in Germany 1.42 cents,
and IN France 1.4I cents. In the
United States the average wages
paid to railroad employees are
$2.23 per day, in England $l.15,
and in Germany and France not
over $l.O0 per day. The Eng
lisb railroads are capitalized at
$265, 600 per mile, In Germany at
Sl14, 1S5, and IN France at $l37,-
600 while in the United States
the stock and bond capitalization
averages only $4,000 per mile.
In view of this remarkable COM
parison. do American railroads
deserve the wholesale denuncia-
ton which has been heaped up
on them!
Losses On Passenger Traffic
In the application recently filed
by the Kansas lines before the
State Public Utilities Com MISS
ion for a restoration of the three
cent passenger fare, the Mis-
souri, Pacific filed data showing
that it had sustained a loss on
Continued on page 4.
Meade County news., 1915-01-21
Our Schools
Pittsburg, Kansas,

PlttSburg, Kansas,
January 10th 1918.
Prof, Frank Carlson,
Meade. Kansas.
Dear Prof. Carlson
Having returned home
wish to again congratulate you
on the splendid work you are do
ing in the Meade High School.
You are making good and 50 is
Supt. J. N. Hamilton. ! know of
no other high school of the size of
yours that is in better shape.
You certainly are to be
congratulated on the splendid
band you have organized in your
high school. never talked to a
better bunch of students.
f at any time | can be of
assistance to yourself or to Prof.
Hamilton let me know.
Very sincerely,
w. +. Ringle,
Dept. of Biology,
State Manual Training School
and State High School visitor.
Meade County news., 1915-01-21

There will be box supper at
Pleasant View school house Sat.
urday evening January 30. The
proceeds are to be used for the
purchase of reference books for
the school library. A literary
program will be given before the
boxes are sold. Everybody is
cordially invited to come.
Meade County news., 1915-01-21

Washington, Jan 9--Prcsident
Wilson holds that he has no au-
thority to follow the plan of Mrs.
Julian w. Heath, president Of
the Housewives league, repre-
senting 100000 families, who
wants him to place an embargo
on the expectation Of wheat or
food-stufis.
In the opinion Of the president,
authority for such step would
have to be provided by Congress.
Senator Simmons, chairman of
the finance com mittee, agrees
with him. Neither the presi.
dent nor the secretary of the
treasury has the power to take
such serious step affecting the
economic situation in this coun.
try" said Senator Simmons.
Meade County news., 1915-01-21
Congressman-EIect Ben c. HiIIiard

Editor News:.--Ab bout 80 years
ago a. G.. Hilliard aud family To-
Gated on a claim in Meade c-nnty
Kansas about u miles north of
this city. The family, so far as
! can remember, was posed
of the wife and son Ben, a lanky,
dark-bushy headed youth about
IS. The first the writer knew
of Ben was when he was appoint
ed deputy District Clerk under
Fillmore Hudson. The Globe
office of which ! was then editor
was near the court house and
Ben frequently loafed around the
Office and as he was a bright
companionable younth ! was at
tracted to him as was others in
this community. He was not
handSome---oh no---hiS mouth
was too big for his face, and like
Cassius, had that lean and hun
cry look--but his benign coun-
tenance exhibited sympathy and
good will to men.
After serving two years as
deputy clerk he went with the
family to Pratt county and for IA |
Meade County news., 1915-01-21
Married

Mr.. Jerry d, Collier and Miss
Minnie A. Geisinger, botn of
Plains, were united in marriage
last Sunday by Probate Judge
Marrs at his residence, last Sun
day evening.
Meade County news., 1915-01-21
Railroads of
Kansas Losing
Thousands
Pay Millions To People In
Wages, Taxes And For
Supplies Each Year
Kansas And The Railroads

Kansas And me RaItrodds
1t is strange fact, but never
theless true. that in times past
the people of the average state
have not regarded their railroads
as an 'industry"-and yet, next
to agriculture, there is not a
single Central or Western state
in which the railroads do not pay
out more money for labor and
supplies than does any other
single enterprise, however large.
We brag about our fertile farm
lands and rejoice that our cities
are filed with big factories with
big pay rolls which create a mar
ket for farm products, but we
forget that more working-men's
families depend upon the rail-
roads for living than upon any
other one industry in either the
average state or the nation and
that their welfare is therefore
closely linked to that of the farm
er and the merchant-not merely
because they furnish him freight
and passenger service, but be-
cause the millions they disburse
ia one way and another contri-
butte tremendously TO the pros
peritv OF the state in which we
live.
Thus, for instance, the rail-
roads are the largest taxpayers
in the state of Kansas. While
the returns are not entirely COM
plete for 1914, the railroad taxes
of the year just closed can safely
be estimated at S3, $50, 0,000-and
this tidy sum did It's full share
10 support every public school,
highway, and to help meet every
other revenue expense of the
state.
The railroads of Kansas were
taxed in 1914 on properties val
ned at 1884, 904, ,955-money
which in years gone by was in
vested in these great arteries of
commerce by thousands of men
and women who live all over the
United States and in Europe,
and without whose financial as
sistance the wonderful progress
of our proud commonwealth
would have been impossible.
During the year ending June
80, 1914, the railroads of Kansas
employed 1898 men and paid !
out to them in salaries S29, 5S9,- |
15O-and these millions did their !
full share to create a market for |
Kansas farmers products and to
uphold the volume of business of
Kansas grocers, clothiers, dry
goods men, and others who de-
pend upon public patronage.
During the year 1914 the rail-
roads of Kansas paid out nearly
IS, 900, 900 for coal+-and the lions
share Of this went to Kansas
miners, of whom the railroads
are by far the largest patrons.
So, too, in an average year they
more than forty million
gallons of oil.
In other words, when the peo-
ple of Kansas look at their rail-
roads in the light of an industry
they look at the figures
on the other side of the ledger
they will find that not only do
the railroads return to them in
one way and another practically /
every dollar they collect within
the state for freight and passen-
ger service, but also that a num-
Meade County news., 1915-01-21

number of years | lost sight of
our COOL friend Ben. But it APP
pears that fate dccrccd that he
was made Tor other purposes
than petty olhccN.--and tilling the
soil, and the next | beard of him
was tina, he was studying law in
Pratt and after being admitted
to the bar went to Denver, Colo
RADIO, and drifted INTO politics
and begun to champion the cause
of the "downtrodden."
The next | heard of him he
was nominated for City Attorney
in Denver, but was defeated.
Last fall he was nominated for
Congress from the city of Den
yer and alter whirlwind cam
paign, having AFRAID against hlm
all the ward-hcc'crs and dema-
gogucs he was elected by one
minority.
1t is with un>peakablc words I
congratulate my old friend to his
election to Congress and am
proud of the achievements Of a
former Meade County boy.
+. Fuhr.
Meade County news., 1915-01-21

The Home Lumber q Supply
Co. are making extensive i'm
provements in their yard in the
way of building new oflice-build
ings and sheds.
Meade County news., 1915-01-21

The News force are no longer
orphans, our mother, Mrs. +.
Wehrle, returned today from
months stay in st. Louis.
Meade County news., 1915-01-21

Mr.. Paul Babicki and Miss
Swlderska, of Plains, were unit
ed in marriage last Monday by
Rev. Father Schneider, of Pratt.
Meade County news., 1915-01-21

Mr.. J. NJ. Concannon and
Mrs. Fannie Cobb, both OF Fow
Ter were united in marriage last
Saturday afternoon by Reverend
Jones of Fowler. They will re
side in Meade.
Meade County news., 1915-01-21

The ladies' of the Rebekah
Lodge were entertained by the
Odd Fellows on Tuesday even
ing. They were notified to meet
at the lodge hall immediately
after church, and upon entering
the hall they found a banquet
awaiting them, the superior of
which, so the ladies' say, il has
never been their pleasure to sit
down to. The committee on re-
fresh ments we're; J. E. Roberts,
M. f. Martin, DR.. w. w. Sim
pson, J. {. Armstrong, and Jack
Coston and the ladies have al
ready admitted these gentlemen
TO be experts in the way of plan.
ming surprises and banquets.
The evening passed most pleas
antly, but all too quickly and
at a late hour all departed happy.
Meade County news., 1915-01-21

Will Faarell of Pratt, Kansas
is visiting in Meade this week.
Meade County news., 1915-01-21

Continued on page 4.