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The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1916-01-27

and Love can make Life almost
divinely beautiful even down to
where the evening sunset dies.
There is much of which our City
friend can boast and hold them
selves proud in doing so, but to
my mind the biggest thing with
which they can challenge us for
competition and win, are those
dazzlingly brilliant electric lights
that are beyond my capacity to
portray. ForI tell you that for
the lamp on your table to flare
and flicker and splutter and go
dead out on you at the eleventh
hour of the night, when you are
right in the middle of some thrill
ing romance, or had just captured
some pretty thought that you had
been chasing about in your brain
and wanted specially to commit to
paper, and then sending you to
bed by the fitful freight, or
worse, still, to bend over the mall
odorous contents of an old kero-
sene can to refill the globe isn't
having a picnic by any means.
And | am going to say, without
the least fear Of having the fact
controverted, that the country
woman who visits her friend in
her modern City Home and who,
being left alone on the first night
of her arrival in the pleasant
room that has been assigned to
her and while seated at the dainty
little desk to write a newsy letter
to the young folks at home, right
under the wonderful glow Of all
that unaccustomed iridescent
brightness, and is not tempted in
heart to break one of the ten com
mandments is fashioned out OF
pure gold, doubly refined.
When a country girl is primping
To meet her farmer lad,
The old Lamps always cranky,
With the chimney smo king bad.
And when she's through with
pinching
The charred wick to a clot,
Her dainty finger tips will need
An unce Of bergamot.
Now, city maids are never caught
In such a woeeul plight;
A magic button deity touched,
And lo a blaze of light!
AMANDA cAPERs NEVILLE.
| Glenwood.
The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1916-01-27
UGH! CAL0MEL MAKES YOU SICK.
DON'T STAY BILIOUS, CONSTIPATED

Your druggist or dealer sells you a
so cent bottle of Dodsons Liver Tone
under my personal guarantee that it
will clean your sluggish liver better than
nasty calomel; it won't make you sick
and you can eat anything you want
without being salivated Your druggist
guarantees that each spoonful will start
your liver, clean your bowels and
straighten you up by morning or You
get your money back. Children gladly
take Dodson's Liver Tone because it IS
pleasant tasting and doesn't gripe or
cramp or make them sick.
| am selling millions Of bottles OF
podson's Liver Tone to people who have
found that this pleasant, vegetable, liver
medicine takes the place OF dangerous
Buy one bottle on my sound.
reliable guarantee Ask your druggist
ahnut me.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17
The Thrills That Kill.

People who attended the auto races at the
Omaha Speedway are not complaining that the
exhibition was tame or that they we're victims
Of bunco game. They experienced the thrills
that kill or, rather the thrill produced by killing
namely two accidents with one fatality-and that
seems to be the height of racing sport.
1t is popular mania, perhaps not developed
here more than elsewhere, to see daring men, as
it were, toy their lives. The people want thrills
and insist upon having them at any price and at
any cost of life and limb
But, what's the good Of it and what is &C.
complished after It is all over? 1t is only ques-
ton OF time when the law that put an end to
dueling and to knockout prize fighting will inter-
pose a restraining hand on the auto-speed maniacs.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17
Education and Farming.

The criticism Of farmers for haphazrd methods
Of horse raising uttered by Dr.. c. w. McCamp-
bell Of the Kansas City Live Stock Registry
board before the convention Of Missouri Valley
veterinarians, applies with equal force to nearly
all branches Of farm production. A lack Of in
teligent management is evident in many direc-
TONS Waste Of material and energy spring from
attempting too much, resulting in little being we'll
done. Intelligence applied to fewer things
brings better and more satisfactory returns in
the long run. In farming, as in all other activ-
titles, knowledge makes for success, and the meas
ure Of success 10 in proportion to the knowledge
applied. A recent report on farm life in New
York state shows that one farmer in three makes
money and only one in twenty-eight makes $1,000
or more year, That this poor showing is due
to poverty OF knowledge and shiftlessness is
proven by the fact that farmers with high
school education make double and college men
treble the profits per acre than do the unschooled
farmers. In the west the unschooled farmer; as
rule, won competence through hard knocks, rich
lands and the rising values Of products and acres
The later farmer requires more capital more
knowledge Of soils, and the indispensable headi-
ness which converts raw material into the best
paying marketable commodity. Today more than
ever before the farm offers the greatest rewards
for intelligent energy. No other occupation more
surely guarantees independence.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17
Democrats Dodge Child Labor.

In making up It's program Of imperative legis-
lation," the democratic steering committee of the
senate has decided to allow the Heating child
labor bill to lie over until December This meas
ure was passed by the house several months ago,
and sent to the senate, where it has been held up
by the influence Of the southern cotton mill own
ers, who are the ones chiefly concerned in its de-
feat. Although the platform adopted at St. Louis
says, I'VE favor the speedy passage of an effective
federal child labor law" the dominant party pre-
fers to exclude the measure from the list Of things
to be done, and will fritter away the rest Of the
present session Of congress in debating the ship
ping BILL defeated at the last session, and almost
as surely doomed to defeat in the present The
deliberate evasion Of q real issue will not be over
looked by the voters, who can not be fooled again
by the sham Of platform promise so openly
ignored. The democrats pirate loudly of their
devotion to the reform involved in the Heating
BILL but they dare not face the test Of its passage,
for fear Of offending the cotton barons Of the
south.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

Hastings Tribune: bunch OF rough-neck
picked an Omaha policeman and threw him into
The. lake. Perhaps the copper really needed the
bath.
York Republican, Some day some nation
will pay off loan and surprise the rest" says
The Omaha Bee. A surprise like that might have
been staged by this country some time ago, but
for our experiments with democratic administra-
lions.
Beatrice Express: Nebraska boy, raised
on farm near Tecumseh, has risen to fame in
New York because Of his poses OF Grccian sub
jcets. The womcns clubs OF the American
metropolis herald the young man. Paul Swan, by
name, as the most perfect physical man." In
Nebraska perfect men physically attract but little
attention. they are 90 common. They are being
born daily on Nebraska farms, and thanks to
their own good sense most Of them are staying
where they can breathe pure healthy Nebraska
air.
Kearney Hub: A protest against the high
handed efforts Of Food Commissioner Harmon
IN boosting the constitutional amendment to per-
petuste himself in Office, has broken out in Har-
Ian county in the form Of petition to the gov
srnor requesting his removal The wonder is
that this action has not been taken before, and
it y still more strange that Governor Morehead
has ignored state clamor against the Harmon
tactics. Part Of the mischief has, however,
slready been done, for Harmon's employees and
agents have secured the necessary petition, con-
tanning nearly 10000 names, asking for subms.
sion Of the amendment.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17
Water and the Thirsty Corn Fields.

Billions Of cubic feet Of water are impounded
back Of the Pathfinder dam; thousands Of acres
of corn in western Nebraska thirst for that water
To bring the two together means to turn the idle
water into golden dollars. Why is it not donel
Because the reclamation service Of the United
States has stored up the water and feels that
it has right to keep it. What fori To irrigate
the dry lands Of the semi-ard region it is in
tended to serve. Well, why doesn't the reclama-
ton service let the water 60 to the corn fields
that need itl Nobody outside Of official Washing
ton seems to know. The Pathfinder dam was
constructed to store up waters Of the North
Platte that ran away useless. Great bitches were
built and many acres Of land were brought under
cultivation, until the limit was reached. Further
down the river are other acres OF land, much
needing irrigation but now deprived of the water
that Is held idle by the Pathfinder. This isn't at
all in keeping with the purposes OF that DAM 1t
may be that some red tape will have to be cut, and
some techncalities overlooked, but the fields now
drying up ought to have that water. 1t wouldn't
matter a great deal II the Pathfinder reservoir
was empted during the next six weeks. A lot
more water will pour down from the mountains
Of Colrado and Wyoming and replenish the store,
and the corn in the crib will look lot better
than idle water behind the big dam.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

Omaha, July l5.-To the Editor OF The
Bee: notice that there 10 being expert
enced some considerable difficulty in deliver
ing progressive party men wholesale. This
Is exactly what expected and would have
been very much disappointed otherwise. The
progressive party 10 made up Of men who
believe In something, and It is hard to de-
liver that kind Of men.
And there Is plenty Of room for difference
of opinion as to what progressives should
do In the coming election. I. frankly, have
doubts. I consider the present administers
ton about - uncertain, wabbly and anna
teurish a. It Is possible for a man Of ability
to make II. and the appointments about as
disgraceful as possible. consistent with good
intentions, but II believed that the cham
pioning Of Hughes by the hyphens meant
the leaning of Hughes by the millionth part
Of an inch toward surrendering any part Of
his independence to any foreign element,
would be for Wilson II he had-been wrong
all Of the time instead Of only two-thirds Of
the time.
To me. there Is just one question worth
while before the American people today.
That Is, is there an American peoplei Are
we a nation or Just a tumble Of discordant
elemental Have we the courage of our con-
victions, granting that we have any convic-
prosperity and the full belly that we will
submit to anything rather than fight1 De
we want our boys brought up to take kicks
and cuffs from every bully rather than
come home with an occasional black eyef
To me It seems patent that there Is no
measuring the harm that Wilson has done
along this line. Hughes couldn't ba worse,
therefore ! am for Hughes, at the same time
granting Wilson all his good intentions. Hav-
ing demoralized, with his false standards Of
courage, and his official recognition Of fab
biness and Stacking. the young men Of the
country, he now finds himself In position
where he must try to undo all this and. out
of these same young men. build UP an army.
have been for Roosevelt. / am still for
Roosevelt, who created the issue Of Ameri-
canism. and who did the only sensible thing
In refusing to accept a nomination on the
third party ticket. after the nomination of
Hughes. Hughes. after personal interviews,
has been able to satisfy Roosevelt's rather
too fervid patriotism and Americanism. If
he 10 right on that issue, he 10 right for me-
Other issues can wait. Whether we have
a country that Is as good as II might be
Is of secondary Importance to whether we
have a country at all. Whether Nebraska
shall be dry or wet Is important; whether
men shall have good or starvation wages Il
important; whether women and children
shall work under healthful conditions or
the reverse is important: whether officials
shall be honest or dishonest is important;
but all these can wait The thing Is to
have q country Of our own men and women
Of courage to assert their right to work
them out without outside interference. Will
son makes for habbiness. vacillation and un-
certainty. There is nothing in the history
Of Hughes to indicate such tendencies.
Therefore l am for Hughes.
H. W. MORROW.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17
THE BOY THAT WINS.

Edgar A. Guest in Detroit Free Press.
When the hair about the temples starts to
show the signs of gray
And a fellow realizes that he's wandering
far away
From the pleasures of his boyhood and his
youth and nevermore
Will know the joy of laughter as he did In
days of yore,
oh, It's then he starts to thinking OF
Wit, study by little 1T ,r Lad berries and
soul supremely glad.
When a gray-haired dreamer wanders down
the lanes of memory
And forgets the living present for the time
Of use to-be."
He takes off his shoes and stockings, and
he throws his coat away,
And he's free from all rstrictions, save the
rules of manly play.
He may be In tattered garments. but bare
headed In the sun
He forgets his proud successes and the riches
he has won
Oh. there's not a man that liveth but would
give his all to be
The stubby little fellow that In dreamiand
he can see,
And the splendors that surround him and
the toys about him spread
Only seem to rise and taunt him with the
boyhood that has fled.
When the hair about the temples begins to
show times silver stain,
Then the richest man that's living yearns
to be boy again.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17
All cigarettes smell alike to me."-Louisviii'
Courier Jorunal

All cigarettes smell alike to me. "-Louisviile
Courier -Jorunal
DO you have to resort to irrigation IN
YOUR country" asked the New Yorker.
"Oh, yes, at times" replied the southerner
And what do you use 2"
"oh, sarsaparilla or ginger ale."-Yonkss
Statesman.
Nexdore-You said that you'd give my
boy box on the ear.
Naybor (truculently)-Well, would you
like 10 take II to him?-Boston Transcript
Science states that girls are getting taller
what II girls get so tall that men can't
walk with Them"
Fashion will introduce some kind Of
bend. Puck.
az hear when you went to Smiths house
to argue the question with Smith lie kicked
you out"
mot quite that checked his advance
bv nartialIy transferring myself to a neigh
boring sector. Baltimore American.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

II am out OF work, sir; and
See here, my man, | gave you SO cents
last week"
We'll, sir you've earned more since then.
haven't you2"--Puck.
First Urchin-Fd ruther be Mr.. Hughes
than Mr.. Wilson.
Second Urchin-Why?
First-Wouldn't have so much face ter
wash.-Boston Transcript
An old railroad man sat with friend on
d hotel ptazzi as a string OF chappies went
by In their flashy toys
Passengers or freight" smiled the
friend
"Empties," said the old man.-Judge.
These connosseurs are wonderful chaps
They know all the distinctions in wines
They can tell the difference In cigarettes"
"Um. They must be wonderful chaps
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17
This p.y in Omaha Thirty Years Ago.

The suit OF the heirs of the Folsom estate
to get possession of their property on Sixteenth
and Dodge streets now used as saloon by An
drew Nelson, has been appealed.
William A. Paxton has returned from trip
through northern Kansas and southern Nebraska.
He reports that the dry weather Of the last month
has had a disastrous effect on the crops and that
the outlook is dreary one.
Colonel J. J. Dckey has gone to Rapid City
to inspect the extension Of the Western Union
Telegraph line to that point.
Mrs Thomas Swobe and children, E: I. and and
Dwight, have left for Laramie, where they will
remain for short time, after which they will go
on an extended visit to Idaho.
The picnic Of the Plattdeutchers took place at
Brandt's garden and was most pronounced sue.
cess The procession to the park was marshalled
BY Louis Heimrod whose assistants were J. Bush
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17
Plea ior Nonparti..n support.

In his speech at Detroit the president pleads
for ''nonpartisan" support urging that voters
forget party and rally behind his pretensions to a
second term. 1t is characteristic Of democrats to
resort to this sham patriotism whenever threat
ened by defeat. The hollowness Of the maneuver
nor it's exposure, Is not sufficient to deter them
from its practice. They are always "nonpartisan"
when seeking for votes In republican states, but
we yet have to hear the cry raised by them any
where in the sunny south, where democratic ma
jorities are reliable But the democrats are never
nonpartisan when making plans for government,
or when carrying out duties devolving on them.
The present administration, for example, has vio-
lated the civil service law in letter and SPIRIT and
has arbitrarily created $1,000 positions under the
government to be flied by deserving democrats
Mr.. Wilson may be nonpartisan In Michigan, but
he's good democrat in Georgia.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17
One Year Ago Today in the War.

Van Mackensen broke the Lublin-Cholm line
at Krasnostaw.
Paris reported German infantry attacks in
Argonne, Lorraine, Vosges and Alsaee repulsed'
Italians captured two passes 10000 feet high,
after throwing back an Austrian assault.
British board of trade inquiry into destruction
of Lusitania resulted in verdict absoving all but
the Germans.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17
WHAT CITIES ARE DOING.

Philadelphia claims that in Broad street II
has the best lighted street In the country.
Pittsburgh has seven public playground
which are open all the year. thirty-one
summer Fairgrounds and four public swim
ming pools.
Detroit ID trying out new system on
its local street car lines, by which the
cars stop only at every other street crossing.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

The celebrated deserving democrat" James
NJ Sullivan, certified to San Domingo BY w. ].
Bryan and bounced by President Wilson, pulls
himself into the limelght once more with claim
for damages against England for putting him in
jail in ireland during the April revolt. The
claim promises to give the State department a
second dose OF Sullivanesque worry
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17
Dslu.ions About the Lords.

Benson, Neb.. July l5.-To the Editor Of
The Bee: John Redmond's denunciation of
the marquis of Landowners speech delivered
in the House Of Lords on Tuesday last
pertaining to the provisional government
Of Ireland until new government can be
established, Is preposterous. Far from being
= declaration Of war on the people of Ire
land, II 10 = declaration of wisdom. The
majority Of the people Of the United States
labor under the delusion that the House Of
Lords 10 composed Of 4 lot Of boobs. They
are mistaken. The marquis Of Lansdowne.
chairman of the House Of Lords, Is one Of
the shrewdest and most logical men in
Great Britain.
THOMAS HENRY WATKINS.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

Due regard for his job not over secure
nerved the efforts Of King Alfonso to keep out o.
trouble abroad. The home supply Of trouble re-
quired undivided attention.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

Men of experience and opportunities for obser-
walton agree that crop conditions in Nebraska at
the present time were never better. These assur-
ances assist city dwelers to keener appreciation
Of the uplifting power Of heat waves from baked
payements
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17
LAUGHING GAS.

Can your husband drive a carr" asked
one feminine suburbanite of another.
Drive a car" repeated the wife, with
fine scorn. why, that man can't even drive
q nail."-Baltimore American.
Wife-I must send these shoes back.
Hubby-Whats the matter. don't they
At you?
wife-Yes, perfectly but ordered size
smaller.-Judge.
Employer-Young man, I'm afraid you
have deceived me. You told me when !
employed you that you were a college grad
uate.
New Clerk-Beg pardon. but what reason
have you for doubling II, sir?
Employer-Why, you just said In regard
TO n matter connected with the business
that knew more about It than you did
Indianapolis Star.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

Much depends on the point Of view. State
Food Commissioner Hartman finds the Hottest and
purest sentiment in petitions for six-year Job
but Is unable to grasp the literary merit Of the
label on patent medicine bottle.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

The Bees free milk and ice fund 10 day BY
day performing Its mission Of mercy for the re-
lief Of hot weather babies. II you want to help
good cause along this Is the place to make !
contribution and be sure II will do the work In.
tended.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

The Little Giant" Of Nebraska democracy will
note with due emphasis that the sixty-year prece-
dent does not apply to judseships for friends with
bigger pull.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

and c. Grotmack. Twenty policemen, under COM
mand Of Marshal Cunning, assisted by Captain
Cormack and sergeants Matza nd Mostyn, led
the line.
Mr.. j. c. Reagan, late of Des Moines, presi-
dent Of the Thompson & Houston Electric Light
company, has moved his family to this city and
will hereafter reside here.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

British naval authorities report, several weeks
after the event, that two additional German war
craft were sunk in the North Sea naval battle.
The beated revised list indicates that the British
embarrassment Of flow visibility" Is slowly van
ishins
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

Some day when republics are not - migrate
ful as they are charged, the army aviators who
ran out Of gasoline in Mexican desert and hiked
forty-hve miles to camp, viii get medal Of
merit big enough to utilize 10 . sunshade.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

The fortune Of Hetty Green, living. Knocked
the zeal Of tax ferrets. It Is now up to the
courts Of Vermont and New York to say whether
her system in ghostiy garb can scare off the
inheritance tax collectors OF two stateA
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

Even if a state bank charter could be arbi-
trarily refused, the way would remain open to
secure national bank charter. An over-suppy
Of banking facilities in any community cannot be
stopped SO long as there is more than one source
Of bank charter supply
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

The prospect Of feet Of arships crossing thu
Atlantic will excite more curiosity than surprise
The neutral world is surfeited with surprises.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

While the Italians are sticklers for home art
and the scenic splendors Of its mountains, no
ham befalls home industry in blowing up the
tops Of enemy peaks
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17
TODAY
Thought Nugget for the Day.

Truth is a cave; to him who only stands GU
side all is dark, but to him who boldly enters
and loks out into the sunlight, all is clear-Du
can MacGreRor.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

A British prize court soiemnly vindicates the
steamship Wilhelmina and orders payment for
the confseated cargo. Even though vindication
comes too late for Wilhelmina living. II is worth
while knowing that she was built on the square
and guiltless OF wrong. Vale, Wilhelminal
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

In revising the list Of world wonders, the
democratic invasion Of the dry Iowa belt should
not be overlooked.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

When England says, LET George do it," il
means the Welshman, not the Hanoyerian.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

Small wonder that Emperor Francis Joseph
of Austria, almost S6 years old, is reported crit-
cally III. Many younger sove-eigns Of Europe
are woefully sick Of their surroundings.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

No matter what the scarehead shows tn
Deutschland has cinch on the submarine pen
nant
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

Who asked. rs /. hot enough for you'"
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-17

Over the speedway fence Is out.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1916-02-02
pubuc no BE Guest Of e. Q. A.

The F. c. A. is enjoying the most
successful season since the organiza-
ton of this club. Under the super
vision of Father Carriere the young
men and boys of the parish are TAX
ing great interest in the clubs af-
fairs and the result shows in the in
creased attendance and a healthy
state of finances. The club is plan
ming a banquet to be given about the
middle of February, when it is hoped
to have Jean Dubuc, the Detroit
pitcher, as the guest of honor. Mr..
Dubuc formerly lived in St. Johns
bury and his father will probably be
remembered by some of the older in
habitants as the man who built Notre