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The Morning Bee' M O R N I N G—E V E N I N G—S U N D A Y THE BEE PUBLISHING CO.. Publisher N. B. UPDIKE. President BALLARD DUNN. JOY W. HACKLER. Editor in Chief. Business Manager. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press, of which Ths Bee is a member. It exclusively entitled to »he use for publicaticn of all news dispatches credited to it or not otherwise credited in this paper, and also the local news published herein. AH rights of republication of our special dispatches are also reserved. The Omaha Bee is a member of the Audit Bureau of Circulations, the recognised authority on circulation audits, and The Omaha Bee’s circulation is regularly audited by their organisations. Entered as second-class matter May 28. 1908, at Omaha postoffice under act of March 3, 1879. BEE TELEPHONES Private Branch Exchange. Ask for * nr i «; i AATI the Department or Person Wanted. I AntlC IvFvFU OFFICES Main#Office—17th and Farnam Co. Bluffs—15 Scott St. So. Side. N. W. Cr. 24th N. New York—World Bldg. Detroit—Ford Bldg. Chicago—Tribune Bldg. Kansas City—Bryant Bldg. 8t. LouU—Syn. Trust Bldg. Los Angeles—Higgins Bldg. San Fran.—Hollrook Bldg. Atlanta—Atlanta Trust Bldg. v_s EASTERN EYES SLOW TO OPEN. Editorial expressions in • eastern newspapers in dicate a softening of the attitude toward the farmers of the west. Bank failures and other unmistakable signs have impressed the leaders beyond the Alleghanies with the thought that something un pleasant is going on out in this part of the world. The Philadelphia Public Ledger, discussing the sit uation under the caption, "Soothing Away the Last Sore Spot," says "Industrially, it is a sectional mat ter, confined to*half a dozen states. Politically, it la a national problem.'’ Such narrowness of view is hard to understand in a great newspaper, yet it fairly typifies the stand of that region. If Philadelphia’s textile or metal interests were threatened, or Boston’s wool and leather, or New York or Baltimore’s commerce, then the whole nation would be disturbed with the protests. That would be sectional, just as the wheat growing industry is sectional. But the problem is national in its industrial as well as its political aspects. Ever since Daniel Boone marked the trail across the mountains into Kentucky, and the New England ers began to press into the western reserve, this region has been tied like a tail to the kite of the manufacturing region of the east. Progress in this part of the world is on a new basis, and has been since the frontier disappeared and the tide of migra tion turned back on itself. Just now, through the adventitious presence of water communication, the coastal regions are waxing fat, regarding troubles of the central empire as "sectional.” Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, New York, or any of those states would starve in short order if left to feed themselves. If they can beat down the western farmer to the condition of peasantry, it will be to their advantage in one way. But they overlook the fact that the best customers of their mills and factories are found in the regions that are now distressed. Intelligent self-interest should prompt them to a different course. The New York World, for example, advises the farmer to look to Europe, to aid in opening up the European market. The wheat farmer of Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas, or the Dakotas would greatly prefer to sell his output in New York, which now buys largely from Canada and Argentina. Folks out here fcre patriotic, and are willing to aid in the work o'f keeping the eastern mills and factories run ning, but they do want an even break, which they are not getting. Politically, it is a national question, as the Pub lic Ledger says, and some of the hardshells along the Atlantic coast will do very well to give it con aideration on a national scope. People in the west know they can Tiot borrow themselves out of debt, and that unless they get a chance to sell what they raise they must go out of farming. Wise men of the east know this, but just now are not looking facts squarely in the face. When will they come to? * - -- - . — TRYING OUT PUBLIC OPINION. In certain quarters an accepted method for test ing the pudding is to chew the string that ties the bag. However, it may be questioned whether this is always satisfactory. Extending the practice to straw votes, a variety of results has been obtained, from which almost anybody can pick one to suit. The Literary Digest has in mind another nation wide referendum on the Mellon plan, and the bonus, and proposes to ask 16,000,000 voters to say yes or no on the question. Remembering what has happened in other similar attempts to get at what the public is think ing on such subjects, there is much doubt as to the efficacy of the method. The editor of the Digest, in his note of prospectus, calls attention to the fact that 27,000,000 votes were cast in the last presiden tial election. From this he argues that the expres sion of 15,000,000 in their straw vote will give a fair reflection of a considerable cross-section of the pub lic mind. As the vote in the last presidential elec tion was less than half the possible vote of the country, the 15,000,000 ceases to be so impressive. Again, if no greater proportion of the voters ap proached by the Digest are interested than of those who arc privileged to express themselves on the far greater issues of government, as well as on the per sonality of candidates, the possible value of the test dwindles materially. One of the deplorable facts in connection with our present political situation is the indifference, the apathy, the inertia of public opinion. This is what gives to pertinacious little groups their great influence. No doubt can exist as to a general pub lic demand for tax reduction; on the bonus there is a wide difference of opinion. As a laboratory experiment a test referendum, such as Is proposed will be interesting, however uncertain its practical value may be. , “NEXT!” Hunting out the antecedents of the various mem bers of the Macdonald cabinet, somebody has dis covered that one is a barber. James Stewart, mark that name, and from Glasgow, is under secretary for Scotland. He is the only barber in the British cabinet, probably the only one whoever got there, but he is not the first of his kind to get the spotlight of fame. No romance of Louis XI is complete without some reference, sly and mysterious, to Olivier. This no table daily shaved the king of France, helped to ar lange his amulets and saint's images, and whispered into his ears the information he was able to pick up around the court. Philip of Comines is credited with having been the chief adviser of Louis in his atatecraft, which principally wus craft, but Olivier furnished him with the gossip. Even today the followers of the razor and shears, \ > I the lather cup and the clippers, do not regard them selves as mechanics. On the contrary, they are de scribed by one who has a right to speak for them as artists, and some even make pretense to being pro fessional. Whatever else may be said of them, the barbers are always at the head. George Eliot made a barber Bhop the starting point and one of the central stations in one of her most powerful novels, “Rornola.” In other works the barber figures extensively and worthily. As Samivel Veller said with regard to donkeys and postboys, “you never sees a dead donkey lying around; no more do you ever see a dead postboy.” So no one ever saw an apprentice barber, which accounts for the general belief that some of the really g*od ones have just emulated Topsy, who only “growed.” A tailor once became president of the United States, so a barber yet may reach the White House. SELF RESPECT, NOT SELF-PITY. How to treat convicts while in prison has always beeen more or less a topic for discussion, never reaching a satisfactory settlement. One side stands for severity, another for leniency and kindliness. One is certain the main object of imprisonment is to punish, the other that reform is sought. Some where between the two points thus outlined may be found the real answer. “The Prison Problem from a Medical Angle,” is the title of a report just issued by Dr. William Lathrop Love of New York. Dr. Love is a member of the state legislature and chair man of the senate committee on penal institutions. He condemns .the existing institutions in his state, because of antiquated conditions that prevail. He also explains: "The greatest cause of moroseness or sulkiness of prisoners is the sense of injustice resulting from the inequality of judicial sentences for the same of fense. The object of imprisonment Is to reform the prisoner, not to crush his manhood and his spirit —not to inculcate the idea that law differs from justice." Commenting on this, the Christian Science Moni tor says: “When, too, the Golden Rule is generally applied to prison conditions, the prison problem, which lias withstood the cruder methods of attempted solu tion, will find itself practically solved." Conceding the weight of these statements, it remains true that neither takes into consideration one of the main difficulties. The criminal is almost necessarily undisciplined, mentally and morally. The first step to reform is to induce some idea of discipline and orderly behavior in the mind of the culprit. When this is done, then maybe it will be possible for the convict to understand that he is not a victim of injustice, but rather of his own miscon ception of justice. Remove the element of self-pity, which is reflected in moroseness, and then it will be easy to set about the general work of reformation. Finally, the Golden Rule, even in its most be neficent form, can not be applied until the offender comes to understand that he is an offender and has done something to atone for. To deal with prison ers on any other basis is irrational. Many imbibe the notion because of the mistaken views they he>r or read that to be a prisoner rather sets one up in stead of down. This, too, is a symptom of seif pity, which is to be removed in favor of self-respect. The latter status is not so readily restored, but it can be done. When it is, the work of the prison-reforma tory will be complete, and not until then. WHAT A DAIRY COW CAN DO. The prospect of a meeting at Lincoln next month to complete the organization of the Nebraska Dairy association brings with it ample signs of its need. Settlers in the sand hills region are asking where and how to get the cows they need for dairy herds. From other parts of the state similar requests for information and assistance are heard. The dairy in dustry is getting serious notice all over Nebraska. The report of the Douglas County Cow Testing association carried with it some convincing data. Two of the cows whose records had been kept earned net profits of $145 and $140 respectively, on butter fat alone. If the skim milk is used for feed or other purposes for which it is available, the return from these cows will be considerably higher. Add a calf to this, and the real profit of the well bred, properly cared for dairy cow begins to attain real interest. Nebraska’s 70,000,000 pounds of butter may easily be doubled or even trebled at no expense to the other farm output. Cheese %may be in time added to the list Americans are getting to know the value of cheese as food. Heretofore it has been esteemed chiefly as a relish or as something to go with a piece of apple pie. A little “cheese” educa tion will be of great benefit to everyone. What is chiefly worth while knowing, and which fact is soaking in, is that a good cow is worth more every year of her active life for milk than she is for meat. This takes no account of her progeny, nor of the fact that in the end, after she has served her other purposes, she will make pretty fair beef. Any way you look at her, the dairy cow is a profit able institution. Benson's new school association ought to remind everybody of the growth of Omaha in that direc tion.. School facilities should be provided out there without unnecessary delay. Women are willing to serve on juries, hut the great state of Nehraska still witholds the boon. Here’s an issue for some candidate for the legislg ture. A visiting poetess is looking for rest and soli tude. She hit a mighty poor town for either, for Omaha is busy and sociable. Why wouldn’t the democratic senators be con siderably vocal? This is the*first real chance they have had in many years. One of the by-products of the oil scandal is an opportunity for Josephus Daniels to come up for air. Get your eyes ready for the ground hog. r Homespun Verse \ —By Omaha’s Own Poet—• . Robert Worthington Davie A COZY LITTLE CORNER. There's a cozy lilt Ip corner In the hearts of everyone Where love's emliers burn Incessant, where the lights of comfort glow When the tranquil gloaming pauses, when the weary day Is done. When we treasure those about us and in silence tell their.- so. And In hovel as In palace the love lurid embers hum. While the beacons of contentment cant their opal escent rays O'er the home as fair as Heaven, as alluring as the fern Kfllorem-lng in the garden on delightful summer days. To the cozy little corner of our hearts and homes wc go. Where the gllntlexs gold of (ialllee through smiles and mellow eyca flcems to comfort ua and give us hope, ninl strives to make us know That our home Is really heaven In reflection. In dle gulse. /-- ' N “From State and Nation” —Editorials from Other Newspapers— V_S A Projected World University. From the Christian Science Monitor. That Is an ambitious and commend able undertaking now being discussed by the World Federation of Education associations, to establish, probably in America, a world university for the study of sociology, economics and pol itics. Drawing its students and in structors from the "2 countries of the world, it is assured in advance that reasearch and study would be direct ed. necessarily, from a basis automat ically excluding every narrow or self ish national viewpoint. Surely and convincingly It Is being realized that emancipation of the world from its slavery to war and the terrible con sequences of a resort to arms must come through a clear understanding of the desires, the ambitions, the con ceptions of right and wrong, of those brought now Into only occasional con tact. Education offers the solvent: not the superficial education which too often has engendered hatred and jealousy, but that Intelligent study of man's true relationship to n;«n. This is not a mere experimental expedient or an effort to take recourse in some method which has never been quite thorough ly enough tried to prove convincingly Its possible worth. Encouraging prog ress has been made in recent years in bringing about a better under standing between Americans and Eu ropeans. and between Americans and Europeans and the peoples of Asia, by a systematic interchange of stu dents and instructors in colleges and universities. There is even greater promise in the properly arranged cur riculum of a world university dedi cated to the cause of humanity. It does not matter greatly in what particular country such a university is located. Perhaps as the forward looking educators in the United States are now regarded as the leaders in the movement, and American capital probably will be enlisted to finance the enterprise in its initial stages, the great institution may be located halfway, as It were, between Europe and the orient. American scholars would undoubtedly take great pride In equipping and establishing such a university. Among them there seems to be a commendable unanimity of opinion that the United States is In duty lound to promote, if in no other, at least by some Innocuous process such as this, a unity of na tions as strong, in its ethical and edu cational relations, as some merely po litical organization or league. ]t may be. after all. that the strength and efficacy of any proposed^ political as sociation of nations can never be any greater t han the moral or ethical bond of sympathy which unites the jieoples concerned. An Uneven Load. From th« Sioux Kalis Press. Getting deeper into debt has be come Increasingly fashionable for de partmrnts of government in the after war period. Nations have set an ex ample which states, counties and cities have been willing to follow, in too many Instances. In America, the ease with which money has been ob tainable on tax exempt securities has proved too much of a temptation to most public officials. l-atest statistics on tlie total public debt of people of the United states places the amount at nearly $.1.1,1)00. 000,000. Some of this is offset by funds held In trust or deposit, but there remains a per capita debt of I2S6.76 for every man. woman ami child in the country, calling for an nual interest and amortization charges Of about $16 from each one This would be a really serious but den of deht on the average individual, especially on the one wage earner at the head of a considerable family. Hut the load lsn t evenly distribute.]. These able to sink their money in tax exempt securities Issued in creating the debt escape much of the levy im posed to carry It. The rest of the country owes the money to those se. curlty holders, who have reason to rejoice as the bulk of the obligation grows larger. N'o blame attaches to the Individ tials fortunate enough to have the rest of the nation paying interest on the public debt to them. Hut it Is an unfortunate arrangement which makes such a condition poaslb e. Sub tract these tax-exempt security hold ers and those w ho succeed in evading their taxes from the list of those en titled to pay their $16 each and the burden of thoae who actually pay will be found much heavier than that amount. There Is a move on foot in con gress In halt the promiscuous issue of tax free securities. It deserves en couragement. A companion move even morp Important, aimed at halt Ing public extravagance which Is adding to the public debt every year, shoud be put under way at once The average citizen will pay off hia share of the present debt, keep up the necesaary running expenses of the government nml survive, if given lime. Be he should not he loaded with new debts faster than he can pay the Interest on the present obligations. Great Sating Promised. From the Heat']# Tribune. If he la a benefactor of the human race why makes two blades of grass grow where but one grew, before— and he Is- -what becomes of the man who makes one pound of coal do the work that two did before? He cer tainly would Cut the mining and transportation and labor c ost of nail In two. and that means practically the entire coat of coal laid down In* the manufacturing company's fur nace. The government will sell you coal in the ground at 10 cents a ton. The price paid for the coal at the factory, or In the home either. Is a sniull profit on the Invested 10 or 15 cents a ton, plus the coat of get ting the coal out of the mhie and Into the consumer's furVince. On# William I.eltoy Kmmott, after 10 years of research In the plant of General Klectrlc tginipnny, at Hrhc nectady, \. v , has devised what Is known as a mercury holler, which greatly Increases the amount of en ergy recoverable fromc the burning of coal. A mercury boiler la suhstl tilted for the present steam holler 111 an electric plant, and the thing Is accomplished, so It Is claimed. At any rate, a tryout Is being given the new S’ I ('111 at the platil of the Hart ford Kloctrlo company, and ii mer cury holler was there placed In op eralion early hist month. Mari ury, It is explained, bolls al 077 degrees Fahrenheit; water at 212. The vapor from the mercury holler Is used to furnish energy to the turbine, and the exhaust still ban sufficient heat to produce Steam In a water l«o||er for Its turhlne. The »«ioe heal has supplied two turbine* "'Ith energy. The mercury, now re condensed to the fluid stale, returns nuton.iitlonlly to Its mercury holler, to he used over again Knglneers anv It may menu n revo lution In power production. At any rale, hydroelectric costs have not been worked down to such a fine point that It Is alwaya posrlhle to produoe two hydroelectric kilowatt hours of energy at tha same cost aa on# kilowatt pro duced in a possibly competing steam plant. The steam plant, and pre sumably the mercury-steam plant, has two main advantages over the hydro electric in the matter of costs: It does not require long transmission lines, and in can produce energy more flexibly responsive to the demand. Watch Dogs. From the Washington Star. Some correspondents in out-of-town newspapers have been discussing a statement recently made by the Na tional Bureau of Casualty and Safety Underwriters that dogs are valuable as property custodians. Many years ago Robert Pinkerton, the detective, said that a small dog Inside the house was w'orth his meat and bones as a honve protector. It is a question that Is interesting to men and ought to be interesting to dogs. There is a gen eral belief that an inside dog is a good burglar alarm. He seems to be a light sleeper, and no matter how serene his repose he keeps at least one ear open. He seems to be burglar-proof. But there is a question as to his sense of discrimination between a burglar and a nonburglar. Perhaps the dog rea sons that he will take no chances and will put the household and the neigh borhood on guard more often than de sirable. He may turn in several false alarms, but this shows that he is steady to his trust, and that no burglar, no peaceful citizen, no wan dering cat. can approach the house without setting off the burglar alarm. The casualty and safety under writers said that an inside dog was more nearly burglar proof than an outside watchdog. They pointed out that the outside dog would die at his post of duty, and that the burglars would pass Thermopylae over the re mains of Leonidas, while the inside dog sent forth his barks from- within his castle. It was also said that the outside watchdog might be bribed with kind words. That may be true in some Instances, but there are outside watch dogs on duty in the district that only a very bold and brave burglar would approach with kind words. It is said that to err is human, but dogs also make mistakes. A recent dispatch tol i of a stalwart watchdog that held off a gang of burglars until the po lice arrir ed, und then attacked the police. That happened at New York. The dog may have wanted all the medals and promotion for making the arrests, or he may have had some trouble in differentiating between bur glars and New York policemen. Hair and Ambition. From the Seattle Post-Intelligencer. The Kiri students of the University of Minnesota answered a question naire as to the kind of a husband they wanted. Good looks, money, health, chivalry, and other qualifica tions came in for the usual number of votes. One girl, however, wrote this: “He need not lie good looking, but he must have red hair, because ail red-haired men are very ambitious.'' This girl is wrong. And, because we like all the girls in the Univer sity of Minnesota—and all the girls outside of said university—we ad dress this erring thinker in these Imploring words: Do not. girl.*, insist upon the red haired, give the black-haired and the brown haired and the sandy-haired and the gray haired, and even those who hate no hair at ail a chance. They nr/> ail ambitious. True, most of them never get anywhere, but that Is because their brains are inferior and not tiecause their hair Is not red. Napoleon was not led haired. Neither was Shakespeare, Michael Angelo nor Casanova., the great lover. Henry Ford is not red haired, and yet he is chock full of ambition. The same with I-a F'ollette, Borah. McAdoo, Un derwood. and Al Smith. They are simply bubbling over with ambition and yet they have no red hair. And there is William'-Jennlngs Bryan. You have no possible doubt of his ambi tion. and jet the two or three hairs he has left on the top of his head are not red. Hven Dr. Cook is not red haired, and yet his ambition led him to Jail. Do not Impose this limitation upon the hoys, dear lady. Marry the one who first finds the way to your heart. If hia hair Is yellow or green or ah sent, forgive him. He may still make an Ideal husband. * Why the Consumer? Freon lbs Milwaukee Joulnal. Judge Gary reports to President t'oolldge that the eight hour day la working smoothly, but that It has itv creased the cost of production by 10 per cent; and the president promptly suggests that the conaumer should hear this cost, for the sake of the benefits conferred upon latior. That suggestion might meet with heartier approval if United Stales Steel were In a less delightful posi tion than it is. For Instance, the corporation had. according to Its last report*, a surplus of $499,000,000. Its stockholders received their regular 5 per cent, and extra dividends were declared at the last directors' meeting, an*I will he declared again within a few days. If Wall street prognosltca tors are correct. Hut these dividends hy no mesns mark the magnitude of earnings. The company not only has a surplus that now eijuala Its entire common stork issue, hut has ex expanded, built new plants and ex tended Its operations , consistently. Even now a huge new tube n.-ill Is lielng completed at Gary to tie paid for out of profits. The last financial statement—for the period ending Sep temhei .Hi, 1333—showed net profits of $47,063.6*0 against S27.46S.339 for the same period In 1922. These satisfactory figures, of course, were In large part achieved before the eight-hour day liecani" effective. Rut the declarations of extra dividends and comfortable , tsh reserves do not Indicate that United States Steel is suffering; nor that. In view of the normnl Increase In business to he ex peeled, United States Steel has other than even more prosperous days be fore It. So, even If It did need to saeriloe somo prolts, wouldn’t It he a fine thing If Just for once the steel cor POratlon would do something for hit inanity without trying to pass the cost on to the consumer? NET AVERAGE PAID CIRCULATION for Dscsmher, 1923, of THE OMAHA BEE I Daily .75,107 Sunday .80,795 Do«a not includa return*. |«f|. over*. Minplrt oi paper* •poiUd tn printinf and inrluda* no special •ales or Iin circulation of any kind j V. A. BRIDGE, Cir. Mgr. 5ub*crihad and sworn to kaforo ma this 7th day of January. 1924. | W. H QUIVEY, | (Soal) Notary Public / > Where the Tall Corn Grows \_y The Davenport Times asserts that the mopping up of Philadelphia shows that It is possible to "Put lawlessness to flight if the proper spirit and sys tem is employed." Hut what about emptying the dirty water over other municipalities? • • • The Webster City Freeman Journal opines that the people of Iowa do not seem to be getting worked up to a high pitch over the presidency. "Evidently the states believes that Coolidge will be re-elected, and is rea sonably well satisfied. • • • The Waterloo Tribune suspects that a half dozen republican candidates for governor indicates that the repub Means expect to elect a governor again in 1924. • • • The Algona Republican is willing to bet that Brookhart will never receive the honors that have been 'conferred upon Cummins. • • • Noting that there seems to be a con certed plan to laugh the peace plan out of court the Davenport Democrat remarks that "some people have strange ideas of what constitutes a Joke.” • • • The Elkader Register says that among real Iowa republicans Presi dent Coolidge stands well and Is grow ing stronger. Then it says that Loweden might stand some show of getting the Iowa delegation, but La Follette never. The Manchester Press insists that if Burton Sweet and Smith Brookhart are the only two republican candi dates fur senator, Sweet will beat Brookhart two to one. • • • The Rockford Register insists that "there is a simian of very generous proportions in the tax reform wood pile and It Is high time the taxpayers of Iowa joined hands in shaking him out anil standing him on his feet.’’ The Waterloo Tribune sorrowfully admits that the country will never be run right until we appoint a com mittee from the insurgents as a board of general managers. • • • The Boon* News-Republican de clares that Iowa Is so solid for Cool idge that nobody else will have a look in. • • • The Spencer News-Herald admits that it was all right to pay $50,000 to the man who wrote the prize win ning po.ice plan, hut Insists that the other $50,000 ought to lie paid to the committee that went through them all. The correspondent of a large b>jT ness concern had been Invited out to dinner by a friend. At the table the host asked him to say grace It was *. new experience, but he was not to lie found wanting. ‘'Dear I.ord,” he began, "we thank Thee for all Thy favors of recent date. Hermit us to express our heartfelt gratitude. tVe trust that we mpy continue to merit Your confidence and that we shall receive many more blessings from You in the future. Amen."—Store News "Twenty years ago Ikey Einstein stood on this eorner selling shoe strings. Now ho owns the corner ’ ”Oy. oy! if Ikey had only walked up and down he might have owned the block."—Boston Transcript. A Fool there was And he filled his bin, Even as You and I. To the top, with coal, and when twas in We called him the "Man with the Summer Grin.” But "10 below came and froze hh skin. Even as You and I. —Spokane Spokesman Review. ' “The People’s Voice” Editorials from readers of The Morning Her Readers of The Morning liee are invitee to use this column freely for expression on matters of public interest. ^ Criticises Distribution of Kabbils. Omaha—To the Editor of The Rec: The rabbit car sent to Omaha, by the good men of Ognllala, Neb., to he distributed among the poor fami lies of our city, has arrived, and the rabbits as we have been advised, dis tributed to institutions that we know are supported by contributions from lodges and drives made on the people of our city. We know that these in stitutions have money to buy a few rabbits with which to feed their in mates that can be purchased at the meat markets at a low price, where the poor man out of work has no money with which to get anything needful for his family, and the writer as well as other people think that all poor families of our city should of got their share of these rabbits, which w-e know they did not. Now, I was an eyewitness at the time this rabbit car was opened, after having been set to team track on Jones street for unloading, and It was some sight to see so many men who are employed as freight house men. and switchmen who are all working and'making a good daily wage, rush to this car and not only take two of those big jack rabbits, but some would take three and four. One engine foreman was sore because he could not get a larger number. These men all work for the Union Pacific rail road, We have this type of rr.en with us all over the world, because some thing is free they do not care who la in need so long as they can get it free they will take and carry away. As ! understand these rabbits were sent to our city for the city poor, but I am not so sure tilt/ they got any of them. A POOR MAN. Says Which? (Title of a bill submitted to the Vir ginia legislature.) "A hill ot repeal an act entitled an act to amend and reenact an act entitled an act to prohibit fishing within 500 yards of the mill dam across Clinch river at Speers Ferry. Scott county, Virginia. approved March 13, 1912, as amended by an art approved March 24. 1914, as further amended by an act approved March 13, 1918."—Exchange. Old Muff. It is said that Chicago and New l'ork egg speculators dropped large fortunes in the recent slump It must have been a shell g:<me, after all.—Birmingham Age-Herald. f Abe Martin \ Wearin’ our hearts on our slew. ■ hain’t so bad, but girls ought keep ther souls out o’ ther eyt Ford is out o’ th’ presidential ra but we still have his backers, a; ' th’ worst of it is, they hardly ever look around before they back. Copyright. 1S24. Diffused Concentration. An enthusiastic young admirer ;■ . to Arnold Bennett shortly aft' r i v of his more thoughtful, books v published; "Vou have been a wonderful he.p to me, Mr. Bennett. "Indeed! In what way, may I ask?" ^ “Oh, that last book of yours! It has taught me to concentrate " "To concentrate? Well, well, that's nice. Now tell me, what are you concentrating on?" “Oh, lots and lots of things,” was the reply.—Boston Transcript. No Time to Loaf. The average girl may not know much about making bread, but if s - needs the dough she will manage ' raise a crust.—Los Angeles Times. When in Omaha Hotel Conant We’re Moving We wish to announce that we are moving to our new location at 1905 Harney street aiu extend a hearty welcome to visit us. Remember, We Sell, Rent and Re pair the “5 ilent Smith' For Price* and Rates Write or Call. Special Rental Rates to Students L. C. Smith & Bros. Typewriter Co. New Location. 1905 Harney St. “America's most interesting city"—where commerce flourishes in a romantic old-world atmosphere. Mardi Gras, gavest of carnivals, March 4. It's less than 23 hours from Chicago on the finest train in the world. 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