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The Morning Bee MORNING—EVENING—SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY NELSON B. UPDIKE, Publisher. B. BREWER, Gen. Manager. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tha AODctAted Piths. «.f whb-U The Beer is a number. is ojclMlreff •ntiUed to tb« use for repulilifaticu of all news dispatches credited to it »*r not otherwise credited 'n this paper, and also |he local news published herein. Ill riglita cf republivitiona of our special dUpatcbes are also reserved. BEL TELEPHONES Privet* Branch Exchange. Ask fop the Department aT or Person Wanted. For Night Calls After 10 P. M: _ Editorial Department. AT lantic 1021 or 1042. lWJU OFFICES Main Office—17th and Farua.ni Co. Bluffs - - - 15 Scott St. So. Side, N. W. Cor. 24th and N New York—286 Fifth Avenue Washington * 422 Star Bldg. Chicago - - 1720 Steger Bldg. : ^ ANCIENT JINX AND MODERN SCIENCE. ^ ? Even in this city and age there are many per i sons who would have hesitated to desecrate the tomb of an Egyptian king after thirty centuries of peace. Science, however, acknowledges neither fear nor respect for taboo. The fact that Lord Carnarvon, whose expedition opened the tomb at Luxor, is ileathly ill from the bite of a poisonous insect, has no connection with his violation of the ancient custom of holding such royal resting places invio late. Yet the civilized world can not shake off en tirely the feeling that bad luck was apt to follow such defiance of the last wish of the old king. Not all the superstitious people today live in Egypt, the natives recall that when the olden rulers were buried, fntu-re generations were forbidden to touch the grave. And they nod their heads gravely in the thought that the British nobleman has been stricken as a punishment for his temerity. Those who have read “She or some of the other African romances of Rider Haggard will have an understanding of the mysterious air that clings about these events. In more primitive days a ter rifying legend would have grown up as a result of this accident to the explorer, and the poisonous in sect would have been considered an emissary of the gods, executing the curse of the king. These superstitious beliefs were rather firmly imbedded in human nature through the centuries. Even as late as Shakespeare, there was efficacy in the tombstone injunction “Cursed be he who moves my bones.’’ A11 that was mortal of the great poet lies in the churchyard at Stratford-on-Avon te day, not even the desire to honor his memory by burial in Westminster abbey being sufficient to break the spell. Yes, we all know that there is nothing in these curses from the tomb. Lady Carnarvon rushing from London to Luxor in an airplane gives a touch of modernity that helps shake off the memories and misgivings of the past of the race. FALLACIES OF THE BRYAN CODE. * The taxpayers of Nebraska want the greatest pos sible economy in the government. They are not objecting to elimination of some of the services that the state has performed in the past, if only the tax bill can be reduced. . There are many things people ran do without when they really want to save. The Mathers bill for reorganizing the adminis tration of the state takes into consideration that citizens just now would rather have their govern ment ride in a Ford than a Cadillac. The power and speed of the latter are offset by the low cost cf operating the former. The Bryan code, to carry the figure farther, may be likened to a “one-hoss -hay,” which costs as much to maintain as an auto mobile, yet lacks ability to “get there” and may fall to pieces at any t me. In consolidating three departments of govern ment into one, the Mathers outline of government prescribes what is absolutely necessary and at the same time links up ail the inspection forces. It. economizes on the salaries of executive heads and does away with all possibility of duplication. In all the world there is not now nor has there ever been any such arrangement of governmental tunctions as that proposed in the new Bryan code. It centralizes all power in the governor, yet at the same time scatters the actual work of administra tion among almost a dozen different bureaus. Theie is also set up an executive council without any teal duties unless it be to take the blame for the acts of the governor. Compared to the Mather-, plan, dr to any other plan that might be proposed, the Bryan code is a worthless collection of fads and fancies that contains neither the promise of real economy nor efficiency. The greatest savings to the taxpayers of Ne braska can not be accomplished simply through al tering the methods of administration. After all, the bill for state house’activities is a small part of the total state tax. Most of the state’s expenditures are for public improvements such as roads, and for public services such as schools. The savings Gov ernor Brjan mentions would not be brought about by merely shuffling around the offices under his code. Three millions of the reduction he speaks of would not be in tuxes at all, but in the cost of auto mobile license tags, thus cutting into the fund fur maintaining good roads. T wo millions more is the natural result of tha completion of the soldier aid fund, a sum that would not bo collected this year no matter who was goyernor. Partisan claims and considerations must be set aside in cutting taxes and revising the form of gov ernment. The only question is how to get the peo ple's business done as cheaply and as efficiently as possible. If changes are to be made, and public sentiment appears to fnvor this, the plan advanced by Senator Mathers premises best results. WOOING THE APPETITE. American* could ea»ily eat more wheat, ami might the Japanese. Our rice-eating brother* of the orient consume only half n bushel of wheat per apita. Each American cats almost six bushels of wheat a year. But in i*«me European nations, where bread is a principal item of diet, the ure of wheat is much mote extensive. In Belgium the per eapita is 8.53 bushels, and in Krunecc 7.81. A Minneapolis miller announce* the launching of a movement to induce Americana to eat more wheat. Thus i* provided a little playmate for the ‘eat more corn” and “eat moru meat” campaign*. If people should increase their use of one product, the natural result would be for them to use less of others. Neither appetite nor pocketbook Will per mit of the indefinite extension of diet. Tho*e na Ijon* using the greatest amount* of wheat a* a rule eat little meat. If the use of wheat 1* to be encouraged in the United States, the easiest way to do,It is ,by cut ting the cost of flour and bread. That German who "fought mit Sigcl,‘’ and now gete $'J,800 back pension from Unde Sam will be a shining light to hi* countrymen a regards American ways. AN INDUSTRIAL SAFETY VALVE. Lack of the postponement of tho erection of a j new federal reserve bank building in Omaha i3 a general plan which may be ultimately worked out to the benefit of national prosperity. This is noth ing less than the delay of federal construction pro} ects for slack periods when work is badly needed. Just now the building industry is quite active. | There is bound to come a time when there is a lull which causes unemployment. If then the govern ment stands ready to take .up the slack with its j own building program, there Will be a great benefit, i Road building and other state and national projects ; might well be rushed during days of depression, | thus filling pay envelopes that otherwise might be j empty. j At the instance of Secretary of Commerce Hoover, construction of federal reserve buildings in a number of cities has been held ofT for a time. This is regrettable from the standpoint of civic ambition to have a fine new building, but it may prove to have great advantages in providing steady employment. It is announced that if building ac tivity in various parts of the country fluctuates, con tracts for going ahead with construction may be let at various times. There is no intention of holding up operations longer than may be advisable. Omaha is to have its now bank building, and if it will save the government money or aid in the so lution of the employment problem, Omaha can well afford to wait. -HE FOUGHT MIT SIGEL." The picture of “Uncle George” Hoffmann comes | to mind. He was a big Bavarian, rugged and | staunch as an Alpine cliff of his native land. His ■ head was bald, and his mustache fierce. Beginning j at the very peak of his skull, and fairly dividing his face in two, until it was lost in the mustache, was the fierce scar left by the point of a saber. “Uncle George" had “fit mit Sigel,” and that scar was the mark left by one of “Jube” Early’s troopers, the day Sigel’s men beat back the rebel raid on Harper’s Ferry. This is called to mind by the account of back pension being paid to a German soldier, who also fought under Franz Sigel, but who long ago went back to his fatherland. The sum he now receives will list him among the wealthy of his country, and insure him comfort for the rest of his days. A lot of folks have forgotten that ever we had such a soldier as Sigel, or the men whose pride it was that they had fought under his leadership. Franz Sigel came from Baden. He was in the revolution of 1848-9, and led the defeated revolu tionary army from the siege of Xeckar to Switzer land, whence he came to the United States. He j was running a military academy at St. Louis when 1 the Civil war broke out, and espoused the Union ' side. He took a regiment of infantry into the fight, was beaten at Carthage, won at Dug Springs, and, when General Lyon was killed at Wilson Creek, ' took command of the defeated Union forces and I led the retreat. In the east he rose to the rank of major gen i eral and commander of a division, saw fighting at i Pea Ridge, the Second Battle of Bull Run, and de fended Harper’s Ferry against Jubal A. Early. lie resigned from the army in 1865, and published a paper at Baltimore for a time. Then he was called ' into the Pension bureau, and was again serviceable until his death in 1902. And all over the land yet j live veterans whose “Iron Crow" is the proud recollection that he fought with Sigel. FIRST OUT FOR 1924. Of course, there is yet plenty of time for Pres ident Harding to take back the announcement made in his name by Attorney General Daugherty, that ne will stand as a candidate for president in 1924. A little judicious silence for the present doesn't commit the president to anything, and does give the thought time to sink into the public mind. On the reaction will depend the outcome, j It is natural enough for a 'president to seek a renomination. First, such an endorsement by his party's convention amounts to approval of his course in office. A president would be something more than human or less than a man, if he did not de sire popularity. Mr. Harding is dear to his coun trymen, if for any reason at all, because he is a man. He has courage and persistency. Some who were not especially taken with him in 1920, now like him, as Bragg of Wisconsin said of Grover Cleveland, for the enemies he has made. Some others, who expected much of him, have lost their patience because of the company lie has kept. Warren G. Harding has faced stupendous dif i ficulties with supreme courage, he has moved among superhnmkn tasks with care, guided always by pru dence and a strong sense of justice, and has steud i!y held to a course regardless of criticism. How much of success he has attained, how firm his hold on popular imagination can not be measured. I Its administration has gone far with its job of getting the country back on a sound basis, not without jolts and jars, and the president admits he has yet two hard years ahead. Hia announcement should have the effect of bringing out others, and the next few months may ; disclose what the line-up will be when Nebraska | goes to the polls to choose delegates in April, 1921. Our French brothers are worried because the debt i settlement made with England is going to bind Uncle j Ram and John Bull closer together. One good way 1 to test it would be for France to make n similar nr j lang'-ment. Pay up and find out. j , _^ Ho men pu n Verse Hy Rohm Worthington Dario THIS LITTfcE COTTAGE OF MINE. Horne It Is true. Miss is It. too— Ine.imbind unbounded sml free Humble but fair shielding from cm r 1 o/,y and fjui»t to nu I I.otn of i her! Yeui .'ifter yeat. I’rule of cndenvor divine Dearer then gold. Never grows old - - rids little cottage of mine Morning * delight. Fomfort of night. Eventide's weloome It know* Heaven It aeem* Heaven of dreams Hearth of content and repose Home obsolete, Quaint and complete Playhouse and drcsnihouec ami dim - fashioned to he Perfect to tin , tins little cottage of mine. — ■ ---—-- * S®m4 ®fcJhr@ectyiri@nw A Prize Wifwinj Poem -/ Western Cife —' Jy dolma Will Carpenter* Anglo-Saxon; Mike Fink, Irish, and Frank Talbgtiu, 1 Canadian French, are friends that stick closer lhan brothers. Tho two former are large men, the latter small. All are of superior physical prepress, but because of Ills inferior size. Tableau is scarcely a possible rival for either of the others. He admires and loves his larger comrades with pa/sionato loyalty. Carpenter and Fink are the crack marksmen of the oonjtpany of 100 men and were accustomed to indicate their mutual love and ormfldence by shooting each at a target on the head of tho other, the target being a whisky cup filled to the brim. A lanky, rangf man was Carpenter, Quite six feet two front-naked heel to crown: And. though crow lean, he brought the steelyard down With twice a hundred notched upon the bar. Nor was he stooped, as tall men often are; A cedar of a man, he towered straight. One might have judged him lurnber ' ing of gait. When he ms still; but when ha walked or ran, lie stepped it lightly like a little man— And such a one is very j?ood to see. Not his tho tongue for riutp or repar tee: Ills wit seemed slow; and something of the child Came o'er his rough-hewn features, when he smiled. To mock the porching brow and eagle nose. 'Twas when he fought the true im port of those Grew clear, though even then hi* mien deceived; For less In wrath, he seemed, than mildly grieved— Which made his blows no whit less true or hard. His hair was flax fresh gleaming from the card; His eyes, the flax in bloom. Now let us behold Fink, the perfect physical specimen: Moreover, at first gllmpe* of him one saw' A bull-necked fellow, seeming over stout; Tremendous at a heavy flft, nodoubt, But wanting action. By the very’ span lot chest and shoulders, one mis judged the man ■ When ho was clothed. But when he stripped to sw-im. Men (locked about to hare a look at him. Moved vaguely by that body's won der-scheme Wherein the shape of God's Adamic dream Was rietor over stubborn dust again! O very lovely Is a maiden, when The old creative thrill Is set astir Along her blood, and all the flesh of her Is shapen as to music' Fair Indeed A tall horse, lean of flank, clean limbed for speed. Deep-chested for endurance! Very fair A soaring tree, aloof In violet air I'pon a hill! And 'tls a glorious thing To see a bankfull river in the spring Fight homeward! Children wonderful to see— The Girl, the Horse, the River and tho Tree— As they suckled at the breast of sod; Dissolving symbols leading back to God Through vista after vista of the Plan! I But surely none is fairer than a man in shorn the lines of might and grace are one. Bronzed with exposure to the wind . and sun. Behold the splendid creature that waa Fink! You see him strolling at the river * brink. All case, and yet tremendously alive. He pauses, poised on tiptoe for the dive. And momently It seems the mother mud Quick with a my-tic seed whose sap IS blood. Mysteriously rears a human flower. ■ 'ban os a windless flame the lines of power [ Run rhythmic up the rfuut limbs, muscle-laced, Athwart the ropy gaurgtness of the waist. The huge round girt of chest, where over spread Enormous shoulders. Now above his head H« lifts his arms where big thews merge and flow As in soma dream of Michelangelo; And up along the dimpling back there run. Like lazy sepents stirring In the sun, Slow waves that break and pile upon the slope Of that great neck in swelling rolls, a grope Beneath the velvet softness of the skin. Now suddenly the lean waist grows more thin, The deep chest op • sudden grows more deep; And with the swiftness of a tiger’s leap. The easy grace of hawks In swooping flight. That terrible economy of might And beauty plunges outward from the brink. Thus God had made experiment with Fink, As proving how 'twere best that men might grow. One turned from Mike to look upon Talbeau— A little man, scarce five feet six »nd slim— And wondered what his comrades eaw In him To justify their being thus allied Was it a sort of planetary pride In lunar adoration? Hark to Mike; "Shure I declare I niver saw his like— A skinny whiffet of a man! And yit— Well, do ye moind the plisint way we mit And how he interjooced hieself that day? , 'Teas up at Pittsburg, !!<iu!r flowin’ fray And ivrybodv happy as a fool. I cracked mo joke and thin, as Is mo rule. Looked round to view the havoc of mo wit; And fvrywan wae doubled up wid If. Save only wan. and him a sernbby mite.’ Says I and ehur# me language was polite. ■And did ye hear me little Joke?’ sex T I did,’ sez he. ’And can't ye laugh, me b’y?’ 1 can’t.’ rays he. the sassy little chap. Nor did I git me hand back from the slap I gave him till he landed on me glim. And I was countin' siventeen of him And ivry dancin’ wan of him waa air! Faith, whin I hit him he waa nlver there; And shure It seemed that Ivry wind that blew Was peltin’ knuckles in ms face. Hurroo! That toime, fer wance. I got me fill of fun! God bless the little whiffet!’ It begun Along about the shank of afthernoon; And whin 1 washed me face I saw the moon A-shakin.’ wid its laughlher In the shtranie. And whin, betotmes, he wakened from his drame, I says to him. 'Ye need:* t laugh, me b’y; A cliver little man ye are savs I. And Och, the face of me! I’m fellin’ fac's— Ve .1 wonder did he do it wid an ax! Twaa fotne! 'Twaa art." “THE PEOPLE’S VOICE” *r*m r**d»*t *f TB* ®m Rtadert of Tit •••*«••# Bm a't ItfNH t« mm f*»t Mlam* frMly »•* tMffMttlM* fMttUra mi pwlrtlt iattrctt. Problems of a Housewife. Greeley, Neb.—To tha Kditur of i The Omaha Bee Homing a husband l and 3 family of small children has its ' ups and downs. Vo.i rnav feel all in [in tho morning: baby will bo crying mn.rn. Musi.and wIII an v. "Jumr up Mrs. and get a little breakfast. I otn Just awful tired." thinking only of ; ilia own poor "elf. Then on Puriday you get up early and ret tho work don* up and tho children ready for church and bv that time yon are all In and-too tired 1 to y»t yourself ready, so Just stay home. Then when you get a cliame Just -ay: "Husband, dear, It's your turn i t«. stnv with the kids Oct ready and leave him Just almut as long as lie -da rally stays, and when you get home ha'll say: "1 thought you wpr# never coming home.' and tho baits# ju.-t M ain for Joy because you'r# 1. 0 k You really decide never to leave them again—till next time. Abon* the first thing you have to uo Is to stall cooking, aa everything will l>c licked hare, and you start t<> . i ■ till the brand Ism and nil. There ■ ire always a lot knocking the "hon«« wifehut If the knockers hod to tal e the knocks ve Uo they would he all ( knocked out" nnd the undertaker ' would have to lie called FAltMlJlt'K WITH. -- I Against Beer end Wine Amendment Omaha —To Hie lid! tor of Tho I Omaha Her It Ik time n^w to cm | phislzc anew the fact that even iioma-mads alcoholto drinks, elder, wine and beer, are alcoholic. Already the opponent" of prohibition are pie dieting that there will he a. large in I crease In their private manufacture. | While these anUslputtona will prob iubly not lie fully realised, there is I enough danger to make a special teaching on these topics very desir .hie .Mist at tide tints. The public . Iioola arc IwUliurfy well situated in do this In a way that will diffuse I nowleilgc without Sugg-cling Hie id If the instruction Is property given. Home went argutvirnte In favor <>f l.S'.r read as 'f Ills alcohol question were simply a question of how to drink alcoholic liquors without get ting drunk. Until that misconception f the affect# of drinking I" corrected, i ;hare la heed of constant reiteration of ill* fact that drunkenness is not th# measure of I lie harm done by alcohol. DrunhannssB I* acute poisoning, there is also Hie alcoholic poisoning, that -how* Itself a* temporary Impairment of physical or mental power, nr (Inal ly In disease and premature death. Thera la nothing neve in living to flnrt out h .w to tiring alcoholic liquors without getting chunk Tin eld I.Vvptlan*. We arc tol'l. used to eat ,.oiled rvt.hug». wdli their wine nnd lirera as a preventive against diuitk nness, and the Greeks r. ".i.d to metics and hot baths to rnnhlc (hem u uUldilnk thrli. i ounjunlon* Tnk mg a given amount of alcohol In ettch a way na to avoid drunkenness >» not avoiding the poisonous action* of al cohol on th* cells and tissue*. Practically all intelligent people agr<■« that whisky and brandy are bad and should be prohibited. There are a few who still ar* honest In be lief that beer Is a nutrient and that Ita moderate use should be encour aged Home are willing to reduce the amount of alcohol In It to J per cent, but are unwilling to rule It out entirely. Pig nations, they «av. "re beer drinkers, and Ihls Is undoubtedly true. History, how. vcr. affirms that when drinking nations l>ecome big they begin to crumble. Prink Is not rcsposihle for their bigness, drink conies In after they are big. It Is responsible for their downfall. Bab> Ion was a large nation and her tress urles full to overflowing, and she was in tlm zenith of her strength and in th# height of her glory when that memorable feast was given by B.al -haz.tar to 1.000 of his lords. While | they were drinking wine and praising the gods of sliver snd gold to which 1 they aecrilied their prosperity, the mysterious handwriting appeared upon t't wall of the palace innoune , ing her doom. America Is a great nation and she ; owes her greatness to a foundation laid by temperate men and women who found refuge here from oppres sion, but America is not securely ' great. rEMPEBAN* E. The Spice of Life ln#p*H-tor-*~’Wh#t hava you to dfrlafo * ' Upturning Piuitpr.fr f drrlift that 1 • m cl#*! to ft back >Ju4t* "Th# hunmn n'rnlnmy t# • won4#rfiil { bit MK. hl* l> Mil "V‘p. pat on" Hintl of man on »hn ba> k 1 and vou’ll tnaka hi# hr**! #p #il ' —‘■Ctiicln I f,nquirrr. muirr i l*s*»ifht#r laftrr fr».ttn* Jpttgf from cottifr’i non! “ tn-1 wh»? »*M > •»« I •!» «r11h tlm Mrtp •! Wtmf'n** #*5» ! bn'# RiMidintf lionir ItuM11 Mother > •'*» m»* it#11 a*k. i it»*|r 1 miy*Ml hiu to put tt in < n# «.f thr blfitlrp. bn* Him* I i trur* to fpp«1 It on. goodn### only kroon'—» London runrh NET AVERAGE CIRCULATION far FEBRUARY. 1933. of THE OMAHA BEE Daily .71.558 , Sunday.78.501 I B. BREWER. Gen. Mgr. | V. A BRIDGE. Clr. Mgr. I Sub#rriM rim! i»orn to b#f»r# w« , thi# 10th day •( March, 1#<#» W. H. QUlVf Y. (S#aI> Natary Public “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Oilier Metes pa pen Happier fMIdren. ; From Tho Norfolk Ncvi. Children are not great Is concerned I about the loss of personal liberty in* • volved in tho prohibition amendment. ! In places where they used to snoop I around garbage cans to seek for food i ro eke out the scanty bread and t of ! fee the homo provided, they now sit | af home tables laden w-ifti meat attd | potatoes and apple sauce and sonv times butter anti even milk besides. ! What is a little "personal liberty of [the old kind compared with sober fathers and full tummn *? The Society for the Prevention of , Crueltp to Children of Providence. It ! 1.. makes some curious observations along this line. The society finds that the total number of eases of children | 1 coming, before the society has de creased materially under prohibition There ha* been, of late, an increase In eases caused by drunkenness These cases, however, are not among the poor, but among people of fair means. The secretary of the society is inclined to attribute such cases not , to increased drinking, hut to the fact that present day lifjuor "knocks them j out quicker." The poor can no longer afford to drink, and "so marked has the im provement been that we have in sev eral instances returned to their par ents children whom we had to take away from them before prohibition." j Children have no votes, but grown- ! ups W’ho know these things will hesi- ! tate a good while before they vote i to drive any children back to garbage ! cans. let Them Alone. From The Miami (Fla.) Herald. The Herald has alluded to the mat ter before, but feels constrained to say again, that this community ought to permit President Harding to come j to this city and enjoy a complete rest 1 without any pressure from anybody for him to take part in any of the en- j tertalnment given to our other visi tors. Mr*. Harding has been ill some time. Bhe is coming south to recup erate, and the president is coming for a much needed rest. It would be a serious interference with liis plans to Insist that the president appear at any public function. True hospitality would Insure them that privacy and that quietness while here that they seek. Therefore, the Herald earnestly hgipee that there will he no Invitation ( extended to the president for him to make a public address anywhere, while he Is in this city. It hopes that there will be no pressure brought to hear to have a public reception for the distinguished couple. It hopes that they will be permitted to enjoy themselves while hero, In their own war. If the president intimates that bo wants to address the i-eople of Malmi, all well and good. They would be de lighted to hear him. but our first duty , ts to see that he and Mrs. Harding are left alone to enjoy themselves ns they wish. Stone for fhe State ( apitol. From the Nebraska State Journal. Henry Btruble, the stone contrac- ! tor. didn't do any rowing with the , copitol commissioners when he was Invited In to meet them the oth-w day. "Gentlemen," he said. "I have been in the stone business between < JO and AO years. I have never had a law suit over a contract and never intend to hare. I have never had a dispute with a el.ent, and never ex pect to. If there is anything you want done about this stone, tell ino and it will he done without any ex penso to tiie state of Nebraska. Naturally, the commissioners couldn t get into an argument with a man who talked like (hat. Mr. St ruble can talk stone by the hour without losing the interest of his auditor for n single moment. Ills plant is at Bedford. Ind., where two counties are underlaid with the lime stone that is being used in public buildings all over the country and even in Canada. Bwine of the depos its reach the surfa -e. while others j are covered by 16 or 20 feet of soil. The quarrymen get the stone out in j block*, which are sold. to contractors 1 at from 10 centa to II 60 a < ubic foot, according to quality and circum stances The contractor saws the stone to fit his Jobs, ships it to tie* site, puls It in the wall, and draws his par. The cost of the stone at the quarry is only a fraction of the cost In the wall. !>i this capitol job for exnmple. Mr. M ruble pays all of these expenses, protects the stent against chipping and discoloration, liars the artists for carving tli- big ligures on tha walls, and collects his contract price for the whole 10K Folka who have l*>»n talking about 40 cents and 6'. cents and cents s . ill.:, f.>r>t for tin stone in the capitol n j:, j i,t* -urpHt-cd to learn what the job really fools up in the wall. It Is .“onn where in the neighborhood of a , Ohio foot. Mr. i-itruble says that it would have been money In liis Itoi Uet if he had been allowed to use iho smoothest stone all through the job. It costs him more to dress a stono of rough than <>f fine texture, he says, hut he did It because the architect demanded this variation to uive life and warmth and texture to the vPall. home club ought to a*’cure an address from this master mason while he is in town, in the interests of public education on an important subject. What lo- doesn't know al,out stone is hardly worth bothering about. Canada's Greater Indejtendenre. From the Chicago b'ews. Canada has just concluded an inde pendent treaty with the United States. The instrument bears the signatures of Secretary Hughes, rep resenting the American government and of Ernest I^apointe, minister of marine in the Canadian government, but no signature that represents the British government. Since it is the first treaty that Canada or any other British dominion has made independ ently of the mother country, un doubtedly it is a matter of signifi cance in the British empire. To some minds it seems logically certain that 'his independent act of treatv making will b« followed by others that must lead eventually to Canada's complete separation from the British empire. It is probable, however, that the more reasonable view is directly opposite. Canada is not being driven a« were the 13 American colonies that became the United States to seek separation from Great Britain In order that they Daily Prayer t Thou for**v*»t tb« iniquity of i»f *!*• —PS. SI *. Lord Jo*u*. our Redeemer, be Thou ever present with us today Thou as the ail seeing Savior art acquainted with all our ways, nothing is unknown to Thee. Thou knowest how sir, ei - dangers our lives day by day. Thou knowest how temptations beset us on ail sides. Thou knowest bow doubts and misgivings fill our heart with di* trust. Tflou knowest how th« rare of life make us anxious for the nv row and forgetful of Thee and Thy glorious promises. Lord Jesus, in Thy merry help us. and grant us grace to look up in faith to Thee. Give us strength to with stand the many -in* and template -* of today, help u* to cast aside all ou cares, and trust with childlike faith in Thee. Above all Lord Jesus, forgive u Where we have failed in the past, and let u* find In Thee ottr Kavfor. whoso Life blood has redeemed us from air and death. Give us faith to believe that, unworthy though we lie, Th Blood ched on the crocs can gave u,« from every /(in. Fill us. Tin’ pardoned ■ hildr<-.\ w. love to Thee and mankind Keep u faithful in Thy all saving Word un' ■ our end. We ark all this of Thee he cause Thou art our God and our fit deeroer. Amen. REV. ALFRED DOEfiFLER, St. Louie, M>> might hate control of their own : f fairs. Canada Is regarded in Lend ■ not as a colony to bo exploited f - the benefit of the crown but as at independent though integral part o' the empire. 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