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'{« WHEN WINTER COMES.
. v i 01 almost six months the northern hemisphere
-'■* las been steadily swinging away from the sun. Daily
Jhe hours of daylight have been growing shorter, the
- - lime of sunshine perceptibly lessening with each 2 1
flours, and soon the time of the "l ong Night" will
-•» be at hand again. This change was not noted until
Ihe equinox, the day of equal division of light and
- ^ uarknors had been passed. Although we bad tins
v .longest day in June, the fierce hpat of July and Am
, * ftust held hack the thought that, the swing of the
earth on Us equatorial axis was proceeding as it has
• * for uncounted centuries.
And this swing was carrying nature through the
•.» growing end harvest times, and into the sere and
‘fellow, ,0. brown and bare period of suspended life.
.* Autumn s interlude softly moved along the way to
,■* Jhe inevitable, softening the transition with glories
,;j $>f sunrise and sun.-et. with deluges of golden light
t, pn.l the effulgence of fruits and flowers and mellovv
lug tones, until the frowning face of winter is be
reft of most of its harshness, because the approach
- lias been so gradual and tho way so full of rich de
* lights.
And now winter, with all its stern majesty of
. ice and snow and sleet and the rearing of winds, is
■-* here. Out of the north he came with a hound,
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» sweeping before hint Ihe last vestiges of autumn's
^tenderness, engulfing in his icy maw the life of half
n world. This was a season of terror to humanity
in the .lays of long ago, the time when the sun
seemed sunken into the icy arms of death, when
■"•|ight and warmth were denied them, and all the uni
■f* Verse appeared sinking into the shadowy abyss. Next
i^fonies that glad day, the feast of the winter solstice.
When the sun turns back from the south, and the
2. promise of the resurrection and the new life is ful
" filled.
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,? Man's faith in God, his hope of immortality, was
' * Strengthened in the past by this miracle of nature.
.Its symbolism is potent even today. For, ‘‘If winter
tomes, is spring not just behind?"
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A HOMER OF THE PRAIRIES.
Omaha, or at. least an important part of Omaha,
is paying tribute today to a Nebraskan who has won
.for himself high and growing honor in a difficult
field. John G. Neihardt sought expression for his
, . aspirations in poetry, and lias found distinction bc
j^causc his work lms meflt. What quality of lasting
f" fame is to lie his contemporaries cannot foretell; it
, is enough to know his talent has found recognition,
: And that he hus made for himself a place in the
" . World, with all the promise of leaving behind him
1 ; lomething that will deserve to be treasured in the
„ future ns much as it is enjoyed today. lie sings the
West, and has found here the glamor of life that
..'Ineeds most to be revealed to those who are so close
jr~-they do not see ft.
So the unveiling of a portrait of this gifted man
■t the public library today is of special significance.
Biniply, it is hut adding the picture of a writer to
Ihe collection already hung in a place where books
end pictures are kept. In reality, is the tribute of
.‘he thoughtful people of the state to one who has
brought honor to Nebraska by reason of his having
risen above the level of his day. Not only that, but
•the painting itself is worth while, for it is the work
of an artist who has made his name known beyond
( the confines of the community where he spends his
‘• Jays. J. Laurie Wallace, painter, and John G. Nei
‘ har.lt, poet, may well be bracketed in this notable
ceremony.
Omaha's cultural growth is marked by the prog
ress its people make in appreciation of the arts and
ihe drama of life about them and the pride felt in
Neiliardt is not just the adulation of a few admiring
friends, but the sincere recognition of worth. His
' , portrait in the library gallery will be a reminder
and an inspiration, a testimonial that all Nebraska
life is not centered on material things.
THE TRUTH ABOUT THE NEAR EAST.
Suppressed diplomatic documents are one by one
coming to light, each one revealing more and more
■ the national greed for expansion that lies at the
, bottom of tha world's distress. The Russian revolu
tionists revealed a series of these secret treaties in
which the allies were exposed in an agreement to
slice up the map of the world without regard to the
dictates of race, human rights, self-determination or
any other claim of justice. Now an American pub
lication, the Editor and Publisher, has unearthed
and published for the first time a suppressed official
, document of the United States government which
; also opens up to public view the plots and counter
- plots that have set the Near East afire.
During the pence conference, President Wilson
balked at fulfilling some of the secret treaties made
by the allies for the partition of Turkey. He sent a
commission headed by Dr. Henry C. King and Charles
' R. Crane to investigate the actual conditions in the
Turkish lands. The suppressed report of this mis
sion warned of the dangers of a division based on the
* desire for colonies and natural resources and told
i also of the opposition of the reople to European
i control.
Just why this document was withheld from the
American public is not clear. Perhaps the recom
• mendation of the commission that the United States
; accept the mandate for Asia Minor, Syria, Pales
1 tine, Constantinople and Armenia was deemed by
■j Wilson too likely to rouse a storm against joining
i the League of Nations if it was to mean the shoul
dering of such responsibilities. On the other hand,
perhaps its frank discussion of the greed with which
France, Italy, England and Greece regarded the oil
,1 ' lands and other resources of Turkey was deemed
i among those things of which the people are best
1 kept in ignorance.
At all events, the publication of this report is a
i valuable contribution to American understanding
of foreign affairs. It is difficult to believe that
■ American tutelage of these races would have pacified
1 them entirely, or that it could have been endorsed
by American traditions. Nevertheless, a less grasp
ing, more liberal handling of the problem by the
jf European powers might have saved the present dif
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h
THE SMALL TOWN.
To the stranger, who sees only the surface, it is
a dingy place; to the salesman, who judges it by the
orders he receives from the merchant he calls on, it
is a ‘‘bum town;” to the critical, who sees only the
sordidness of it, it is Main Street personified. But
to those who understand and love it, there is beauty
hidden away beneath the unpromising surface for
the lives of the people who live there reflect all the
triumphs and tragedies that go to make up Life
everywhere.
There are the Old Timers, every town has them,
and it smiles a little as it sees a group of them gath
ered on some sunny corner recounting their .ex
periences of bygone days. But it smiles in love, not
derision, Tor it knows that one of them, perhaps,
\ was the man who saved the life of his friend at the
| risk of his own during the great storm of ‘72; or
] that another is-the man^vho rode for miles to warn
the settlers of the approach of a prairie fire; and
perhaps another is that most interesting character
of them all, the pioneer doctor.
What stories the early settlers can tell of him,
1 of the long rides over the open prairies with not
even a trail to follow, and often no stars to guide
him in the dark night. Of the few hours' rest,
snatched beneath ihe friendly shade of some road
side tree, then on again to his ministry with a smile.
Of the innumerable visits to the homes vvhrre the
father was fighting against overwhelming odds, ami
how he "forgot" to make any record of them on his
ledger. Only the great Bookkeeper of us all ran
strike the correct balance for the old doctor’s ac
counts.
That, sweet-faced lady with a crown of silver hair
is widely known throughout the state as the head of
a prominent, women's organization, But that is not
the reason that many men and women take the prob
lems of their lives to her and confide in her their
joys and sorrows. It is the memory in the minds of
many of them of a eertaiu day in their childhood
when this lady, then little more than a girl herself,
hound those frightened children to her, and with a
little prayer on her lips, fared forth into a blinding
snowstorm and found a refuge for them all in a
neighboring farm house. What wonder that she
takes more than a stranger's interest in their lives?
And there is the little seamstress; surely her life
is eolorless enough, there is nothing of beauty hidden
away there. Not much of beauty in one sense, per
haps, but to those who know, it is made beautiful by
the very things she has missed. For she is an ex
ample of those of whom the poet wrote, “''.'he sweet
est lives are those to duty wed.”
And there is the modern business man; as keen
nnd alert as any of his brothers in the city. He it
is who is responsible for most of the advantages
that the modern town enjoys, the up-to-date lighting
system, the public park nnd library, the champion
football team of the county and for the town’s clean
amusements. He is behind every movement that
makes for municipal benefit, for he is like the coun
try, of which he is a part, big and broad-minded
and with a far-reaching vision.
There is much that the small town lacks in the
way of entertainment and greater%pportunities that,
the larger city enjoys, hut there arc real men and
women there, and human nature is much the same
wherever you find it. And there is love and loyalty
for the boys and girls who go out from it into the
world and make good; there is pride in their achieve
ments, and a warm welcome for them when they
return.
Happy indeed are those who are permitted to join
the inner circle of its life, and come to see the real
beauty of it all.
“WHAT’S YOUR HURRY?"
Sir Basil Thompson, eminent English criminolo
gist and social expert, has put his finger on several
American had habits. One of these is the great na
tional bent for speed. This, he says, is responsible
for most of our street accidents. It is responsible for
many other unpleasant things, too. For example,
who has not been bothered by the crush at an ele
vator door? People wanting to get on push forward
and those wanting to get out push hack, and the con
fusion that results wastes more time than if all had
moved orderly, those getting in waiting for the oth
ers to clear the doorway. Again, getting on street
cars, or through revolving doors, or almost any of
the other places where crowds arc brought together.
No need to do a “Gaston-Alphonse” performance,
but just take it a little easier. Hurry and confusion
that results from it wastes a lot more valuable time
than docs a leisurely but orderly and certain prog
ress. The “snappy,” “peppy” individual who hounds
through the door, brushing briskly past or rudely
over others, and then stands on the sidewalk a min
ute or two, trying to recollect where he was going,
hasn’t gained any time, but he is not uncommon.
Not merely the question of safety is involved
■ in exercise of caution, even to the extent of hesita
tion at street crossings nnd the like. Mental alert
ness is not always evidenced by bodily activity, at
| least when the latter takes a form that is reckless.
Let us go about our business with alacrity, hut let
us also remember that haste makes w’aste, now as
well as in a day when life was more dignified if
not more purposeful. A minute saved in the jam
sometimes means a month in the hospital.
POTASH TO PROLONG LIFE.
Maybe the alkali lakes out around Antioch will
| come to the front again. Instead of monkey glands
i or goat milk to restore youthful vigor to wornout
constitutions, a London doctor now suggests that
, potash is what is needed. Hear him; he is Dr. Bar
ton Scammell, and is talking to the British Radium
society:
"One of the most important constituents of hu
man organism is alkaline metal potash, and where
there Is a full and adequate supply of this the body
remains vigorous for long over the psalmist's allot
ted span.
"The trouble has been to supply the potash in a
form in which it can be assimilated by the body
and taken into the blood, but experiments have
shown that potash mixed with radio active solu
tions can be taken Into the system with amazing
results. It not merely prolongs life, but keeps per
sons in advanced middle age in a state of perfect
health and efficiency. After a few months' treat
ment the hair begins to grow afresh and the muscu
lar system is completely braced up.”
Dr. Scammell thinks 120 years of life, with new
teeth and new hair when the old play out, is easy to
accomplish. This is not altogether a new use for pot
ash, as it has been applied to head off arterial hard
ening for a long time, and it possibly may have the
effect suggested by the London doctor. Persons
who ate anxious to try it may obtain potash in any
desired quantity from the Nebraska factories, most
of which are shut down at present, owing to the fact
that German potash is cheaper than the home-grown
article, for fertilizer. Any of them will open up,
though, if a sufficient business in the way of life
prolongation is developed.
Do not waste time going to Africa for monkey
glands; come to Nebraska, and if the potash doesn’t
rejuvenate you, the fresh air, sunshine, good food
and placid existence surely will help.
Old Soups That S i up
of a Dap That Is Past
l>r. Louise Bound Collects Folk Ballads That Tltrotv Mod
ern Jazz in the Shade.
For many who pioneered in Ne- '
braska or who were roared in the
families of pioneers?. * American Bal j
: lads 4nd Songs." collected and edited j
I by 1% Louise Pound, professor of 1
i the English language at the Univer
sity of Nebraska, will bring memories
j of happy gatherings, enlivened by
group singing, or. perhaps, recollec
tions of the few visits of the old-time
"entertainers." or of the more com
mon play parties. It may lead even
' to visits to the attic to view again tlie
old manuscript song book which has j
been in the family for years.
I This latest work of Miss Pound.
on*> of America’s foremost students
of the ballad, has just been published f
bv Scribner’s as one of the Modern ;
Student s Library. It Is'an interest- j
ing. scholarly work, and can l>e of j
great benefit, especially to eollegestu-j
dents and others who have been tak
ing p; rt in the riot of jnzs in music,
song, art and literature. As all f"lk
songs, this collection is of sociological
as well a.s literary interest. They
convey clear impressions of a state
of society unknown to the youth of
I our day, but. as v et, quite vKld to
< many of the older generation. No
doubt, many could sing dozens of the
I songs in the book, songs of which
i the}' have not thought for years, and
j the words of which they have forgot
' ten.
Various kinds of songs and ballads
are given. English. Scotch and other
imported productions; native ones;
those dealing exclusively with crim
inals and outlaws (popular at one
'time): western ballads and songs;
| dialogue, nursery and game songs,
i together with various miscellany.
The anthology presents selections
illustrating the main classes and
1 types having currency in English
speaking North America. It is of es
pecial interest to Nebraskans because
of the wealth of material secured
from this state by Miss Pound and
some of her students.
Consider, for instance, this ballad,
'entitled “Calomel”:
Vo doctors all of every rank
With their long bills that break a bank,
• »f wisdom's learning, art. and skill
, Seems nil composed of calomel.
[since calomel lias beep their tons*,
flow many patients have they lost.
How many hundreds have they killed.
Or poisoned wjth their talomcl.
'
; If any fatal vvretjbh be sick
Ho call the doctor, haste, be quick.
The doctor (nines with drop and pill,
. But don't forget bis calomel.
He enters by the bed h« elands.
He takes the patient by the hand.
I T.ooks wise, ills down tils pulse to feci,
j And then takes out his calomel.
Vest, turning to the patient's wlf*
Ho calls for paper and a knife.
"T think >mir hushand would do well
To take a dose of calomel.”
t The man grows worse, grows had Indeed
. "Ho call the doctor, ride with speed.”
The doctor comes, the wife to tell
To doulde the dose of calomel.
The man begins in death to groan.
The fatal Job for him is done.
The sout must go to hea\en or hell,
A sacrifice to calomel.
The doctors of the present day
Mind not what an old woman asy.
Nor do they min*! me when I tell
I am no friend to calomel.
Well, if I must resign my breath.
Pray Irt me die a natural death,
And If I must hid all farewell,
Don't hurry me w-lth calomel.
i Dr. Pound lias contributed notes
ami a general introduction on Amer
ican ballade and songs. Such folk
songs depend on oral and not written
transmission "fionuinc folk songs are
not static, hut are in a state of flux;
they have been handed down through
a fair period of time, and ail sense
of their authorship has been lost.”
There are many versions of the same
song. This proeess of unconscious
change and leveling leads, Dr. Pound
thinks, usually to loss.
On the whole. American folk songs
are importations from Europe, and
the exception of the western songs
and the pseudo negro ballads. They
have seldom been touched up by
literati. Home "are rough, frank,
spirited. others picturesque and
pathetic. The diction tends to be
rugged, the meter crude, the tone un
sophisticated. Though sometimes
highly colored by emotion, the lan
guage of American oral song is plain.
Finery and elegance are lost if they
ever wore present. The folk memory
is intent on story and it cares little
for coherence or ornament."
Only the words of the iialiads and
songs are given in this anthology.
Collectors only rarely have gathered
both the music and words. Since "the
song is the life of the words; the two
are not to lie separated." Rut usually
tiie words are more stable than the
tune and the pieces retain their iden
tity by the words. Fortunately the
tunes and words are usually so asso
ciated that one cannot he recalled
without the other. M. R.
The Bee
Bookshelf
•THE MORALS OP THE MOVIE." by
Ellis Paxsnn Oberhottzer. Ths Penn Pub
lishing Company, Philadelphia.
The author served six years as
member of the Pennsylvania state
board of censors, and he is known as
a dramatic critic and an author. He
writes in a preface that he has given
in tlie pages of Ills book a record of
; unusual experiences in assisting to
! establish a bureau for the regulation
and control of the issue and circula
j tion of motion picture films in a
i large American commonwealth. Of
his message he writes:
! "My purpose in this place is rather
, to poin out the wrong in film; de
scribe with a plainness which, I
hope, will not do offense. That which
is commendable is obvious; it lias
been much remarked upon.”
The author writes that he has the
deepest admiration for what the mo
tion picture has contributed toward
the entertainment and Instruction of
] man and he profoundly believes in
i its future. He asserts that its possi
bilities enchant the imagination and
he believes it will go forward to win
new victories and make wider con
quests. Mr. Oberholtzer reveals a
. lot of ‘‘inside stuff.” which he ex- 1
plained came within his observation
and hearing during six years of close
up work with the industry.
A monumental work recently pub
lished hy the University of Chicago
Press Is “The Negro in Chicago.” It
Is a study of race relations and the
Chicago race riot. It represents al
most two years' work of investiga
tions of the Chicago commission on
race relations, composed of whites ami
negroes. The commission points out
the lack of understanding shown by
whites concerning the negro problem
and that no hope for the future re
lations can be held unless a more
calm and scientific manner is culti
i vated by both parties. The work tells
I of numerous Injustices done negroes.
! but it also indicates the colored pco
I nle have contributed something to the
[ bad feeling. Tlie hundreds of pages
I
of facts presented are important: in
its conclusions the commission seems
to provide a foundation for better un
derstanding.
"THE I.AW AND ITS SORROWS. by
.1 nines Hannibal Dlaivc'. I.L. H. of the
bar of Jacksonville. Mich. The Bent
ham Institute. Detroit.
"An exoteric on our legal wrongs.”
is the subtitle of this book, which is
offered by the publishers in the inter
ests "f law reform. An insight may
be* obtained from the author's prefa
tory note: “I hasten to explain that
this treatise is in no sense an adven
ture against the law. only in a mood
that its vices may be corrected and
its virtues strengthened. The better
we can make our laws, the more use
ful and satisfactory our lives will be.
If our laws are crude and archaic
in their application and brutal in
their conseij uences. as the world
seems ready to testify, and can only
be purged of error by an aroused
public opinion, then honest, hostile
criticism of a constructive character
should he welcomed.”
If. Wells has written ‘‘A Short
History of the World.” (Macmillan).
This is not a condensation or abstract
of bis epoch making outline, but a
new work, treating the same mater*
la Is in a different manner, w ith many
new features. As Wells says in bis
preface; "The ‘Short History of the
World’ Is meant to be read straight
forwardly almost ns a novel is read.
It gives in the most general way an
account of our present knowledge of
history, shorn of elaborations and
complications. It. baft been amply
illustrated and everything has been
done to make it vivid and clear.” It
is especially written for those who
are too driven to study the maps and
time charts of the “Outline of His
tory.”
“THE TRISTEESHIP OF* T.IFK,” by
William i;<'org#» Jordan. Fleming If.
It ©veil roropa iv. publishers.
Mr. Jordan’s well known philosophy
of living is expressed here vigorously
and optimistically. It is a stimulating
book, whose teachings work along the
way of one’s own religion. They can
go hand in hand.
A contribution to our knowledge of
the personality of John Burroughs is
made In <'lifton Johnson's "John Bur
roughs' Talks," (Houghton Mifflin).
Mr. Johnson, w ho made many visits
to the home of the great naturalist,
has written out a full record of what
Burroughs said. Throughout tt is
John Burroughs who talks. Most in
teresting of all are the photographic
illustrations.
"Old Boston in Colonial Days," by
Mary ('. Crawford, is the fourth of a
series of books this writer lias pub
lished on tlie colonial history of New
England. This volume Is interesting
reading for those who wish to know
more about the area which was such
a center of culture In our early life.
It is published by the I’age company.
f'f the making of books giving In
timate glimpses of the truly great
there seems to be no end—at least in
England. Kir James Denham has con
tributed "Memoirs of the Memor
able." (Dorati), in which he tells of
talks with the truly great, of course,
casting much light on history as it is
made.
Sun Tat-Sen, recently defeated In
his attempt to secure control of China,
has outlined his program for that
last empire in "The International De
velopment of China.” (Putnam). In
that work he trace* the forces and
influences which were responsible for
the tremendous changes in his coun
try and gives the reasons for the ex
istence of the republic of Southern
China, of which he was the head. The
work is of especial historical value
in that it gives tlie plans which Dr.
Run Vat-Sen could not carry out.
"Georgina Finds Herself," second
of the Mellbrook series, by Shirley
Watkins, published by George \V.
Jacobs & Co., Philadelphia, is a story
for girls with the charm and vivacity
which made the first book of this se
ries so popular.
Georgina Hamerton comes hack
from abroad to her father's house in
Connecticut. After her long absence
she finds herself out of place, and at.
first Is shy with her cousins and their
friends. But her character unfolds
In her new surroundings and sha
wins a circle of unusual friends.
Former President Wilson and his
admirers will get little comfort out of
the account of “The Wilson Adniinis
11 at ion and the Great War," written
by Ernest W. Young (Badger). Mr.
Young is especially grieved because
Mr. Wilson dtrl not enter our country
into the world war earlier than he
did.
Mow that the facts of history are
being popularized tt is Important that
interpretations of the aocial forces
which have determined the course of
events should not lie left solely to
novelists. Mr. William K. Wallace
has written a careful survey. "The
Trend of History" (Macmillan). Con
temporary problems aro stated with
their historic origins and back
grounds.
The third volume of J. Arthur
Thomson's "Outline of Science" (Put
nam) continues the high level for
simplicity, clarity and interest reached
by the preceding volumes. It > on
tains a series of chapters on applied
science, meteorology, chemistry, hi
ology, botany and psychic science.
The discussion of psychic science,
written by Sir Oliver Lodge, is espe
cially valuable, though many would
claim it has no place In a work such
as Thomson's. Julian S. Huxley, the
son of Thomas Henry Huxley, con
tributes the chapter on biology.
In "After the Peace" (Seltzer) II- N.
Brailsford. one of the ablest publicists
in Europe, surveys the condition of
the old world as the war, the blockade
and the peace treaties have left it.
He believes that Europe will never
again be able to feed its former popu
lation in conditions compatible with a
civilized standard of life.
Professor Francis Newton Thorpe
has written another of his series of
works on political science, "The E«
sentials of American Government”
(Putnam). Mr. Thorpe believes that
the principles which underlie our
government are few and simple.
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Hamilton County Register (Aurora), j
The wet? have started a movement to j
pay the bonus with beer They are a I
resourceful bunch, but we are predict j
ing the failure of an effort to get by |
in this way. It would continue the
liquor warfare for a quarter century
and cost in money far more than it
would save besides all the misery,
degradation and crime resulting. A
man drunk on wine or beer is as
drunk as he will ever be, and this
kind of an open door would let In a
lot of stronger drinks.
York Democrat: Governor-elect
Bryan has Just returned from a hunt
Ing trip and found a number of the
fellows who are willing to help make
his administration a success sitting on
the doorstep waiting for him. This
is one of the penalties of greatness,
*r. dispense the loaves and fishes with
•is little friction ns possible. It i«
hard for one applicant to see justness
•f the claim of another applicant for
the same job. This is human nature
•mil cannot well he changed, even by
l reform democratic administration.
Aurora Register: The Omaha lice
contains a good editorial on the duty
of every legislator to assist the newly
elected governor to reform, and not
for political purposes seek to thwart
and embarrass him. The request of
tlm board of control for an additional
million for new buildings seems to
come at a very unpropitioua time, but
should be dealt with on Its merits.
Some new things will undoubtedly
have to be added as well as some that
should he dropped. On t he whole there
should l*e a reduction at least totaling
Mr. Bryan’s pre election promises, but
it should he wisely made. The gov
ernment should do less things for the
people and should extend no favors to
one class that it is tin willing to ex
tend to all.
Grand Island Independent: The rag
chewing matches and the evidences of
poop sportsmanship in both the high
school and the intercollegiate circuit*
of Nebraska football this year, will
not add much to the popularity of the
sport.
Tecumseh Chieftain: Tectimseh and
Johnson county felt honored to have
Governor-elect Charles Bryan as a
guest Thursday, even though the gen
tleman. and a party of friends, spent
the day along the Nemaha river hunt
ing squirrels. Mr. Bryan, so actively
engaged in "stirring the brush” for
votes during tin* campaign just closed,
seemed to be in his element on the
hunt and bagged his full share of the
game. A fellow huntsman states that
Mr. Bryan had draw n "a bead” on a
long tailed little animal which was
frisking in a treetop. when a member
of the party called out: "It's the code,
Charley!” i Ie shot it full of holes.
Genoa Gender: Governor-elect
Bryan still maintains that he's going
to paralyze the < ode bill as soon as
he takes his seat in the governor's
chair. Perhaps lie w ill and perhaps he
won't. We phophesy lie won't.
Clay County Sun: One thing which
makes college men so loyal to their
ilma mater is the sustained interest
the institution takes in them. A re
cent college publication declares that
"The University will be glad to hear
of the death of anv of its alumni."
Gordon Journal: We got a peep nt
a 1322 tax receipt the other day, and
what did we find: The state levy for
this year is 2.3 nulls, the county levy
3.3 mills, the Gordon city levy 14.3
mills, and the school levy in Gordon
is 24 mills. As compared to last year,
the state levy lias b -on reduced 1
mill, or 30 per cent: the county levy
is the same; the city shows an in
crease of 1 mill, and the school an
increase of T mills. The county and
city authorities, however, have this
defense—that the increased valua
tions have been so reduced that their
lo.es will raise loss money- than they
did in ini!!. Thus, with the city the
increased levy will raise about $1,000
less in taxes. It simply shows that
the real taxes ar*» collected for use
right here at home, and that instead
of electing Charley Bryan governor
w ' should have elected hint to our
school board or city council.
C'KNTKR SHOTS.
Mr. Hardings pleasing reference in
his address to “the salted seas" sug
gests that the president was brought
up in the belief that it was the cod
fishes that made the ocean salt —Bos
ton Transcript.
How did small men put oxer the
idea of importance before they dis
covered that line. “Dictated but not
rend?" Atlanta Constitution.
The brilliant suggestion to finger
print everybody leads to the equally
brilliant idea that eae.h of us carry
number plates front and rear.—
Sheridan Enterprise.
But every man you $ee with a
Mack shirt is not necessarily fascist!.
His laundry may have shut down on
his credit - Saginaw News Courier
No wonder th*=» president is reeeiv
ing thousands «>f suggestions adv is
ing him how to collect the European
del*ts. Nearly everybody know s a good
Collector.--Toledo Blade.
Announcement that the Bnited j
States will put no curb on Clemen
ceau’s talk here is a reminder of how
far we have departed from free
speech traditions.—Pittsburgh Dls 1
patch.
Memory Tests J
1 Wli.it legislation made the rhstige
to provide that tlie president and vine
president be taken from the same po
litii-.il party? The adoption of the
Uth amendment to the constitution.
Ilnw many readings are th'*r«
fur a bill brought up in the house of
representative? before its final pas
sage? Three readings.
n. Where IS the gnatost snowfall in
tins country? tsaid to be on SlerrA
Nevada and the Cascade mountain
ranges where average annual fail is
in fxivss of 30 fret.
4. What I? a secant? A straight lina
that intersects a circle is railed a se
cant. A secant can intersect u circle
in only two point?1.
5. What "as the greatest act of
the Ttomnn llmpcror Justinian? The
summarization **f lloman law. 1 his
code is tlie law foundation of many
European countries.
TIIK ( HOW .
It •« lie* tadiie- out of tho ah>
Over hills and valleys In constant, rapid
fins In.
t n>Ioi sin p V fec.-d moon under a glim
mering star
II. M.u.trd boui"1 the crow !» wi glnf
Ms way tonight.
King of high dominions. Aulture of i*ld«
i • now n,
I! g i o distant refuge in se^tudad
doll.
. aw ing i Kfif^ contented, whllt
v 1.<1 • >f n k » « ome d.'w n —
i a« ^ aid ■ jnlnu end cawing a glut
tonous fart well.
Farther and fart! ei he flleg on hia llOTni'
ward Journey far,
O r ini! ami \ ail.' e In conttgnt, rapid
flic lit.
n <l* r th. pi' f i'cl moon under a g!1m
iivtIiir kiHr
Cawlng aid rawing and cawing until
he Is lost tonight.
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