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TIIK OMAHA srNDAV liKli: Al'dl'ST 10, 1014.
THE OMAHA SUNDAY DEE
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Remit hv draft epreea or poMhI nrder
Only two-
The Question of Sympathy.
Tiie hiiMon motive that led to tho war ron
flacration in Europe have not yot been suffi
ciently uno cpmI. and probably will not soon
ho to enable anyone to Judte rlispasnlonately
between tho rnnflirtins claims urRed in Jusllflca
tion. In this twentieth century, H In past aRe,
the natuiul course In fact, the only patriotic
course la for thn subjects, of each country to
IppIIpvp In the Justice of their own position, and,
an blood la thicker than ater, the name la true
jrcnerally speaking of the expatriated subjects
who have made now homo with us. I'nless
forcpd to immigrate because of none unre
drePHO1 grievance or persecution, the forelgn
born citizen of the I'nlted States looks back
upon tho niothpr country with feelings of in-
arvrVn empathy, and a loyalty second only to his
' ia"y to the country or his adoption.
rhne. not accepted.
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.11 LY SINDAY IRCFEATION.
42,048
Ftate of Nebraska. County of Douglas, a
Dwlitht Williams, circulation manager of The Pee
PubllKhlnK ronipany, heliiK duly sworn, aaya that the
average Sunday circulation for the month of June,
I'll 4. was 4:.M.
DWIOHT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manajrer.
Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before mil
this 4th day of Aua-imt. 1914
ROBKttT 1 1 I NTER, Notary Public.
Subscribers leaving the city temporarily
should have The Be mailed to them. Ad
dress will be changed as often an requested.
Smash that water-marked slate!
The war god observes no Sabbath.
Our British friends are now to boast of a
"little brown brother." too.
Although a Chicago paper prints two "front
pages," yet Villa lands on neither one.
If St. Louis is not careful, Europe may fin
ish Its war ahead of that "free bridge."
The voters will put the final withdrawal on
our "withdrawal" candidate for congress.
Take no atock in the report that the French
troops are being fed on German pancakes.
It's nip and tuck whether the battle of the
ballots, or the battle of the bullets, comes first.
Omaha is about to be invaded,
friendly army of autumn buyers,
march!
but by a
Forward,
"Theft of Petticoat Began One War," saya a
headline. But this Is no dress parade affair in
Europe.
llovernroent marine Insurance may be an
opening .wedge to some other kinds of govern
ment Insurance.
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A Los Angeles paper tells of a man who lived
fifty-four days, without food. He ought to Join
the Russian army.
The wheels of the govs grind slow, they say,
but those of the Nebraska threshing machines
fly at a furious clip. . 1
Our people of German birth and blood. In
particular, love the fatherland more deeply
than any country except the I'nlted State.
ThPir brothprs, relatives and friends are fight
ing In the kaiser's army, and they have faith In
their military prowess. The (ierman element
of our population constitutes such a large per
centage, compared with any other single foreign
nationality, that to the strictly neutral-minded
their pronounced sympathy seems more in evi
dence than any othpr, and It may well be that
their expectation of German victory will prove
rightly foundpd. The lare body of American
people, however, are not drawn to take sides
until they are more fully Informed of the merits
of the issues. It Is well to remember, however,
that the Lord fights with the battalions, and the
succesBful combatant Is most likely to have the
convincing argument.
Another Good Crusade.
This crusade against Industrial sickness
launched by the American Association for Labor
Legislation Is sure to enlist general sympathy
and support and lead to substantial good. It is
being pushed by some of the leading experts in
sociological and Industrial reform. Including
employers of labor and employes, as well as the
professional men. Hut aside from the high per
sonnel of its promoters, the movement has Its
own soundness of purpose and Influence to give
it success.
This may be called a twin effort of the one
exerjed by the same association for accident
compensation and compulsory sickness Insur
ance for workers, which has already resulted
successfully In some states. The association
called Its first conference on occupational dis
eases In 1910, so that tho present crusade Is not
an over-night growth. Bills for legislatures are
now being drafted and will be vigorously pushed
when the time comes. The prime wisdom of all
such movements Is that they rest on the sound
old principle that "an ounce of prevention is
better than a pound of cure."
The colonel, Mrs. Pankhurst and the trusts
may form a triple alliiance of their own If Demon
War doe not stop keeping them out of the calcium.
If Belgium could supply Us need for rein
forcements from our army of primary election
candidates it might have some chance of holding
the fort. '
In St. Joseph a Mr. Poollttle holds the posi
tion of sales manager for a Mr. Work. But he
will have to.eb.ow those Mlasourlana what'a In a
same.
. History repeats Itself in this, that those
olcea shouting loudeBt for war are not of the
mothers and sisters and sweethearts In the
tomes.
A news Item describing an instant death by
txecident aaya the man could not tell what struck
him. Evidently tho enterprising reporter tried
to interview him too late.
Striking a Happy Medium.
"A cat may look at a queen," or, In other
words. If mere man may presume to discuss
women's dress styles, It may not be amiss to
suggest that with all the tirades against the nar
row skirt It soenie to be achieving a highly de
sirable purpose. It seems to be bringing; us
nearer a happy medium in widths, a question of
the ages. Already Improvement Is seen from
tho extreme from which through many evolu
tions tho style htave come. And we may well
believe there Is an extreme to which the women
will never return, that of the wider skirt with
the long train, never In this day of rigid sanita
tion. I'p-to-date women do not care to have
all the germs on the street swept up In the folds
of their gowns. If for no other reason, then,
than that of comfort, convenience and health,
the narrower and shorter skirt Is a vast Im
provement.
But the prospect Is for a little loosening up.
Not slovenly, of course, but just a nice, modest
medium, still narrow, a bit short and all that
sort of thing. Pretty? Well, of course, that de
pends somewhat on the wearer. A London pa
per recently stirred up quite a bit of excitement
by a discussion of the relative merits for pul
chritude of the tight and loose skirts, but the
controversy resolved itself down simply to the
wearer.
. Bat aa a whole, the narrow possibly not
tight skirt seems to be a permanent fixture.
There Is a certain chicnees about It that luat
fits the graceful, athletic twentieth century
American woman and, reduced to this afore
said happy medium, it should combine all of our
Ideas of making clothes and common aense go
together.
of womanhood who have found their way to the
throne as companion of great rulers, whose
wisdom, end couragn, and power have been I
helped ami sustained lv tln hidden hand.
The kalM-rin has always been known as a
very domestic, homo-loving mother and wife;
devoied to her husband and her children, and
now', with her own family grown up, she finds
time for giving this love and romfort In this
personal and practical manner to the people of
the city. The picture Is well worth presenting,
we think, as it will undoubtedly serve to sup
plant In many minds the false and foolish no
tions of royalty. It does good for us to remem
ber that the tie of sympathy and fellowship is
Just as close between such sovereigns and their
people as between ourselves and the heads of
our own nation.
Fifty odd erossmarka are to be made by the
Intelligent voter at the impending primary elec
tion In this county. Who said something about
the need of a short ballot?
"One reason why man is superior to woman,'
writea some unregenerate male on the Cincin
nati Inquirer, "It bemuse a man always knows
"where ha got his headache."
A Cold Deal for the Iceman.
For a companion-piece to the flreless cooker
we are now promised the Iceless Icebox, which,
when It eventuates, will compel us to put In cold
Storage all our hoary Jokes about the iceman.
As everyone knows, the iceless Icebox, or
artificial refrigeration, its It Is more usually
called, has been In practical operation for years
In large refrigerating plants, but has not been
adapted to economical use for households. Its
application soon to small iceboxes Is now her
alded at a cost of operation not more than the
cost of Ice, with a possibility of further saving.
This Is to be brought about by a mechanical re
frigerator propelled by electric motor utilizing
the ammonia system. It Is figured that 'the
necessary electric current can be supplied for
approximately $2 a month, and the temperature
In the various compartments regulated to suit
all purposes from 20 deroes up, as against a
hot weather temperature In the old-fashioned
Icebox of from B0 to fiO degrees. The iceless
Icebox Is really a miniature cold storage plant
for the home, and looking slightly ahead we can
Imagine Iceless refrigeration furnished In apart
ment houses from a central plant In the same
manner that the rooms are now heated.
It Is Idle, of course, to expect the Iceman to
be put out of business all at once, but, Just the
same, the announcement of this new invention
Is apt to send a chill down his back.
People and Events
SECUAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT.
Insuring Marine Traffic.
The proposal of governmental insurance of
American registered ships and their cargoes
against war risks is perhaps the solution of the
problem of suspended commerce, but It Is more
particularly another forceful reminder of our
backward position as a merchant marine power.
Other countries, notably England, France and
Belgium, long ago provided such insurance in
times of war. The I'nlted States hns not done
eo bocause it has no commercial fleet. In more
ways than one this war is making that deficiency
plain to us.
Expert opinion Is that congress must pro
vide for the marine insurance If this country is
to seize the opportunity the war make possible
of commanding overseas trade. No foreign ships,
It is pointed out, will care to pass under Amer
ican registry with the enactment of the pro
posed registry law unless they can secure satis
factory insurance. While the president, so far
as diBpatches Indicate, has not specifically com
mitted himself on the Insurance proposition, he
evidently wits in full accord with the general
purpose of the conference of business men and
offered no objection to the plan. Whatever ac
tion Is taken should be without unnecessary
delay.
John H. Pinlth, former governor of New
Hampshire, died at Millaboro. N. H. He
i 7 yrars old.
bewail C. Btrrmt, aaeoriate Juattre of the
anprerne court of Maine, retired, died In
Portland, aRed year.
Samuel rvtnre. former aasemblyman
and prominent In labor onranlzatlona. died
In New York, aged 2 yeara.
Oa-den L. Mill, who managed Mayor
Mlti-hel's fusion campaign, haa announced
that he will be a candidate for the re
publican nomination for atate senator.
M. Martin William, reading clerk of
the house of representative, celebrated
hta aeventy-fourth birthday Sunday.
Many friends gathered at his home at
r.lverdale, Md., to do him honor.
Mra. Frank Howell of 12 I'nlveraltv road.
Erookllne, one of the oldett residents of
that town, celebrated her one hundred
and third birthday anniversary last Mon
day. She whs born In St. Johnabury, Vt.,
the daughter of Lydia Alden and Abner
Palch, and la a dlrert descendant of John
Alden.
Colonel Francis Xavler Ward, who died
at hla home In Philadelphia, Sunday, was
one of the last surxlvora of the staff of
Oeneral Stonewall Jackaon. He waa a
Baltimore limn who began fiRhttng for
the confederacy in the famous attack on
Massachusetts troopa passing- through
Baltimore.
James Moran of Bloomlngton, III., has
Just celebrated hla one hundred and
eleventh birthday. The fact that Moran
was born in Ireland and that so many
Americana who have passed the century
mark were or are foreigners as to their
birthplace, eeetna to Indicate that Wirope
is a pood place to be horn In pr ivided
America Is the place selected for living; In.
NEW WRINKLES.
If the German military machinery works ac
cording to plana and specifications there will be
nothing to it but the privilege of paying Ger
many a fine, Juicy war indemnity.
A Central Cleveland Cleveland and Mendrlcjta elub
was formed at Falconer's hall wltn thee ufflceia:
President, James Crelghton; vice presidents, Gustave
Heneke, A. J. Ptoppletoji. W. ' W. Lowe, Iienry Ilau
lns, John Itoslcky, William Turtle, B. V. Madaen
James W. Eavage, and the presidents of all the local
tlube already formed; secretary. A. K. Coggahall;
treasurer, Truman Buck; executive committee.
George Duncan, Will Krug. Julius Meyer, J. 3. O'Con
nor, Tom Swift, Arthur Wakeley, Cub V. Gallagher.
Warren Swltiler and Joseph Teahon.
Aa Indignation meeting of Kirat ward taxpayers
drew out about fifty, who appointed a committee to
fight a raise of tax assessments. The committee
consists of Messrs. Mirkett, Jenklnson, Ptrelli and
Krug.
Hon. John L. Webster, who has been visiting the
eastern summer resorts with his family, has re
turned home. Mr. Webster was at a Ixitig Island
hotel at the time of the earthquake and relates some
curious incidents In that connection.
Henry Voaa, the architect, has gone ts Chicago and
Milwaukee on professional business.
A letter haa been lecelved from Rev. T. C. Hall.
Bow in England mith his bride, saying that h
would be home the latter part of August
The Xaiserin.
That Is a fine human Interest story that tells
of the simple girlhood life of the German em
press. Her father, a duke, had been reduced
to the position of a country gentleman by the
Austro-rrussian war. His daughter was known
simply as "little Jennie," quite the favorite
with all fortunate enough to know the beau
tiful character hid beneath the homesnun
dress and homely bonnet. Etiquette, relates
the Herald's writer, was so slack In the court
of Jennie's people that this story crept out:
A visitor was one day walking with the
fhther In the garden when Jennl ran n
"Must I have my dress dyed brown? Can
I not have a nice pretty frock for once.
father?" she asked. "It could be made of
pink or blue Just as well." It did not oc
cur to the future empress of the great German
nation to ask for a new dress. The father
decided In favor of blue, when the trim little
maiden tripped light heartedly off to so Inform
the feminine members of the household.
But how did it happen that she became the
bride of the brilliant young Prince Wllhelm?
Through the happy, fortunate selection of the
wise old nismarck and the father of the present
emperor, which cannot possibly be disparaging
to a union that has been so rlchlv blessed and
blisbful as this one.,
TheBtoryat least helps the world now to ap
preciate the part that this great, mother
hearted woman Is playing in the drama of war
Dally she nay be seen, report say. upon the
streets of Berlin, directing distribution of food
and provisions to the poor and the families of
soldiers at the front. Her own heart must ache
as much as any other Gorman mother's can, for
her own ona are at war. Hut not even persona
feara or apprehensions re permitted to stand
between her and a service so benign. No won
der the German people love and extol their
empress. Ehe is another of the many paragons
The Task of Education.
Americans are far enough along in their
schooling to admit that, though excellent In
many features, their methods of education are
seriously defective. Worst of all, this defect
lies at the very root purpose and mission of ed
ucation, which is to discover the best method
of administration., Experience teaches the Im
portance of adapting the work of the school to
the average mind and the too general failure to
accomplish it. Dy this is not meant that edu
cation must not satisfy the aspirations and abil
ities of the beet, any more than it must appeal
aolely to the limited powers of the poorest. Hut
there must be improvement In the methods of
teaching In order to make learning easier for
the inapt, and this means pitching the science of
teaching on the level of the average pupil.
With much pardonable pride we boast of the
excellence of our schools and colleges, yet some
times without realizing that the percentage of
those who quit school at the completion of the
grades Just about equals that of those who pass
into the high school. Allowing for economic
and other reasons, we cannot escape the fcrce
of. the fact that error Homewhere In the method
of Inculcation plays a part In this deplorable
deflection.
Where shall we look for the solvent of this
problem? Well, reverulng the course of
progress, perhaps wo may have to look back to
benighted India, where the great Tagore. poet,
politician, educator, Is visualizing a system of
great promise. Thus he definoe the task of
education as he sees it and the way to meet It,
as he Is doing:
Education ta imparted under conditions that make
It an Infliction on the young boys Innocent of any
crime that makes them deserve punishment. Let
not education defeat Its own ends by Its methods,
but make the whole process as easy and natural aa
possible.
Hla Ideal Is "a liberal education full of free
dom and love an education that not only de
velops Intellect and morals, but, more than that,
spiritual personality," using the term in Its
broadest sense.
This, he says, will make men Instead of ma
chines out of boys. There can be no doubt of
the need for such development or the "epirltual
personality" of boys and girls in our country.
Hiram Percy Maxim, inventor of the Maxim
Silencer, has Joined the "peace movement" to
end the European war. Now as Boon as Kaiser
Wilhelm, King George, the czar and a few other
notables fall into line all will be well.
A novel lever-operated vacuum washing
machine can be fastened to the side of
any stationary laundry tub
To distribute the heat more evenly the
renting elements In a new electric oven
are inserted under each shelX or rack.
A Connecticut inventor has patented a
hitching post that also serves as a rural
mall box, being hollow with a removable
lid.
A canvas hair suspended from the hand
by a strap haa been patented by a Michi
gan mall carrier to help persons gather
amall fruits.
A swInBln framework to be attached
to the head of a bed has been Invented
to enable a sick person to provide himself
with water.
A cash register to record the number of
words In various kinds of telegrams Is
be'ng tried out In a New Zealand tele
graph office.
For filling: lamps an oil can has been
patented that carries a funnel so that the
oil may be poured Into the right place
without waste.
In a new type school desk both the desk
and chair for the desk In front of It are
mounted on a adngle pedestal and both
are adjustable for height.
A portable steam renovating machine
for cleansing carpet) and rugs without
removal from floors haa been Invented
by a man In Portland, Ore.
A new French alarm clock, electrically
operated, will ring Its bell one or more
times a day. at a set time every ay or
only upon designated day.
For vessels using the Sues canal there
haa been developed a searchlight throw
ing branched rays of light to prevent
blinding the pilot of vessels coming from
the opposite direction.
But one person la needed to operate a
new range finder for military purpose
In which two tcleeopes sre mounted at
the ends of a common tube, their eye
pieces being close together.
HAMMER TAPS.
Our next ambassador to Mexico is to be "Mr.
Lamb," which, in view of the fnct that the selec
tion might have fallen to some man named "Mr.
Lion" or "Mr. Wolf," indicates a real movement
in the direction of peacefulness.
Some day some member of our Water board
will have backbone enough to live up to the offi
cial oath he takes and Insist on the high-iularled
Water board employe quitting politics or quit
ting their Jobs.
A pra?s widow Is never green as she
acts.
If we had to turn our own grindstones
we wouldn't have so many axes to grind.
There are a whole lot of narrow minded
m-n in this world who are wearing No. S
hats.
Adam blamed It on the apple. But now
adays It la a peach that usually starts all
the, trouble.
We should love our neighbor. And there
would be more of It done if their husbands
were not around all the time.
Pome men are born that way and can't
help It, but that Is no reason w-hy the
rest of us should use face powder.
When Lovey notices that Honey goes
around tho house with three days' growth
of whiskers on his face, even oxygen
couldn't revive the poor old honeymoon.
When a man ha a toothache it Is the
only genuine six-cylinder, ball-bearing,
drop-forged, self-starting toothache ever
Invented, and he doesn't mind telling
you to.
All men are free and equal. That's why
one man balls out the barkeep because
the beer Isn't cold enough and the other
man bulls out the barkeep because the
beer Is too cold.
I am always willing to give the other
fellow the benefit of the doubt. It may
have been that Ncah was the government
weather forecaster of his dsy and that 1
why the people gave him the merry grin
when he predicted the flood. Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Indianapolis News: These summer con
ferences of religious societies make It
rlpln that In order to a'ireeed a country
preacher haa to be a little of everything
from a bear to an efficiency engineer
and a good old-fashioned preacher Into
the bargain.
Philadelphia Inquirer: A missionary
who has been In a foreign field for seven
years, traveled lO.oOO mile to marry a St.
Louis girl, but then, we presume, even
a Pt. Louis girl would look good to a
missionary who had been out of elvlllra
tlon for seven years.
Houston Post: The Gideons have placed
ZTJ.Ono Bibles In hotels during the last
five years. Now let a Society of Bridgets
distribute WOW) cook books in the
homes of the United States during the
next five year and we believe Chris
tianity will be able to eay It Is making
headway.
Washington Herald: A saloon keeper of
Pateren, N. J., haa disinherited and
disowned hi daughter because she ran
away with and married the pastor of a
Jersey City church. Those Jersey saloon
keepers always were an exclusive set.
hut there Is no reason why the one In
Pateraon shouldn't have waited long
enough to give his new eon-tn-law a
chance to make good.
New York World; The retiring Russian
church archbishop turns over to his suc
cessor I52.000.0no worth of church property
In the I'nlted Ftates a surprising proof
of the rapid growth of that faith In the
United States and of the religious senti
ment and sacrifice of many poor men.
An Increase In ten years from loO.OPO to
about 500,00) members of the Eastern
Catholic churches In the eountry Is rather
remarkable.
OUR DEAR ONES.
Patience I see Montana and Idaho have
a nine-hour riav for worklngwomen.
Patrice And "can't thev talk any longer
that that? Yonkers Statesmen.
Tv you think 1 can safely aak your
daughter to marry me?"
' I Hin sure of it. She told ma h
wouldn't marry you If you were the last
man in oarth." Houston Post
He Pn you think that money Is neoea
ssry to happiness.
She Not if one ha unlimited credit
New Orleans Tlmes-F'lcayune.
"Mr. Wllgua tried to kiss me last even
ing." How ("ared he"
"He didn't I dared him." Pittsburgh
Press.
"She doesn't look as If she. had starved
herself."
''Well. no. The fart Is she starving
for publicity, that's all." Cleveland Tlaln
Dealer.
Pame (standine In slfle. to occupant ot
pew i Are you Mrs. Pllkington-Hayccck?
"No "
"Well. I nm, and this Is her pew."
London Punch.
IN OTHER CITIES.
At an evening party a very elderly lady
-na ...... 1 .lU . .nMn. Tin r-t r. nr. A
was looking on, end said:
"Pray, sir. can you tell me who Is the
young p-entlenian dancing with that
elderly lady?"
"One of the Humane sorletv. I should
think," replied Jermld. New York Globe.
Man fin bakeMiopl My wife told me to
get something else what waa It?
Baker You have biscuits and pie
mnyhe It was some crullers.
Man No: 1 distinctly remember her tell
Ine nie not to get things twisted Boston
Transcript.
"Is your client going to plead Insan
ity V"
"I haven't decided," replied the lawyer.
"He wants to look tho ground over and
see which la the easiest to epeape from,
the prison or the asylum." Birmingham
Age-Herald.
Louisville now has police autos.
Seattle relects elty manager plan 2 to 1.
Chicago has a divorce-prevention court.
Racine will buy Its water works system.
Sacramento purifies water with chlorine.
Mover, Del., suffers from water short
age. P.lchm-nd, Va , annexes lS.onO suburb
anites. Taroma is trying to check waste of
water.
Charleston, 8. C, Is metering water
supply.
Buffalo Is urged to legalize Sunday
dames.
Amarillo. Tex., haa a municipal "boost
ing board."
Pittsburgh may establish fire preven
tion bureau.
Springfield, o., H Increasing water
works capacity.
Salem, Ore., sliced laws are upheld In
supreme court.
Jersey City will form juvenile police
force to protect parks.
Camden, N. J., Is demanding increased
and Improved trolley car service.
Brooklyn authorities have begun a
campaign to check waste of water.
Mauch Chunk, Pa, woman demand
110.00.) damage for being called a witch.
Philadelphia's largest department tores
clore all day every Saturday this summer.
Atlanta offers SJ.000,000 bonus to secure
location of proposed new Methodist university.
Youngstown fanciers have found 1M)
varieties of wild bird nesting In and
around that city.
St. Louis, Mo., Athletic association plans
to build a twenty-tory club hoiiKo to
cost $1,000,000. Partly for offices.
mo a success," re
de
ly wife made
marked the man.
"I'm clad to hear you aay that,'
dared liia pastor.
"Yes; she haa always wanted so many
things that I've had to hustle." Kansas
City Journal.
"Where Is the fire hottest?" Inquired
the beautiful lady.
"On the next floor," said the gallant
fi reman.
"Then maybe yon would run tip and
heat these curline tongs for me. I ran t
be carried cut with my hair In wisps, you
know." Louisville Courier-Journal.
THE ANTIQUE UP-TO-DATE.
She gazed at the tall old clock on the
stair,
"Twas u relic of day long fled;
A costly timepiece, a treasure rare.
But lutely purchased and placed up
there,
"A quaint old gem!" she ald.
"Did you stand In some old manor hall.
Where the firelight flickered red
On polished floor and on carven wall,
Where tell the shadows of Indies tall
And stralghtly stiff?" ehe said.
"Did you look, perchance, on a win
some maid
Alas, a century dead.
Softly demure and aweetly ataid.
In a lortoseshell comb and a gay bro
cade With a very short waist?" she atd.
"Did you see her lover, a comely swain,
A-hendlng his stately head
To touch her Hps and to touch again
Till her fair cheek warmed with a crim
son stain?
O, quaint old gem!" he said.
"Ah, the wondrous pictures seen by you
In the days so long since fled!"
But the tall old clock fetched a grin to
view;
''I wonder what she would say If she
knew
5 was made last week?" It said
IOndon Globe.
FACTS ABOUT EUROPE.
Brussels has a population of 71,000.
Bohemia haa a plague of muskrats.
There are S75.IW mineworkers In France.
Catania, Italy, now ha over 100,000
people.
London I to have a school of oriental
studies.
Scotch 1913 herring catch wa valued at
$10.1.0M.
German empire contain fT.HJ.OOft la
habitants. Pomerania last year planted &43.5KJ acres
to potatoes.
Rngland sells cotton cloth to almost
every nation.
Incashtre Is the seat of the cotten
Industry of Kngland.
Corsica last year exported JOO.OOO pounds
of citron to Britain.
Germany last year produced SO.JOO.OoO
metric tons of potatoes.
I'atras, Greece, last year sent lt.306 new
settlers to the United States.
Greeks In the United otates In 1)13 sent
back to their native land HZ.000.flu0.
Britain consumes St 00000 tons of coal
annually for domestic purposes alone
Italy s 131 government expenditure are
estimated at t:l, receipts,
POLITICAL AUVEIlTISIVCi.
POLITICAL ADVERTII'fi.
To the Public:
The members of the visiting staff of the Douglas County
Hospital desire to publicly commend the efficient management
of our County Hospital under the supervision of Henry S. Mc
Donald, chairman of the hospital committee of the IJoavd of
County Commissioners. v
The sanitary condition of the hospital is the best that can
obtain without the expenditure of large and unwarranted sums
of money on the old building.
The general appearance and cleanliness of the hospital has
been greatly improved by painting throughout, -old outbuild
ings have been torn down and replaced by new ones and a
thorough cleaning up the premises completed.
The condition of the inmates has been improved by the
inauguration of system as to conduct and exercise. All in
mates able to work are required to perform daily duties,
such services being utilized for the benefit of the institution.
A complete force of employes and the installation of an
up-to-date system of checking has reduced, waste of provisions
and supplies to a minimum.
The application of business methods and systematic super
vision has reduced the expense of maintenance 22 7-10 per
cent during the six months under the present management,
a net saving to the county of $7,613.75.
The vigorous and efficient management has placed the hos
pital upon a high plane of usefulness unexcelled in the history
of the institution.
Dated, Omaha," Nebraska, August 14th, 1914.
JOHX E. Bl'MMKRS.
LKE B. VAX CAMP.
RODNEY W. KIJSS.
H. I ARNOLD.
A. SACHS.
H. C. BCMNKY.
.1. W. HEIIAVIO.
H. TAYLOR.
A. R. SOMERS.
CHARIJOH McMARTIN.
J. B. POTTK.
ALFRED 8CHALEK.
W. F. MILROY.
F. J. WEARNE.
TO THE CITIZENS OF
THE METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT
I have filed and consented to run for another term on
the Omaha Water Board because 1 believe there is no mu
nicipal work more important than thla to the people of
Omaha or none that can more Inspire the beet efforts of
any public spirited citizen.
in the two years the water plant has been owned by
this city and district Its efficiency haa been Increased at
least 100 per cent, and betterments are being made from
month to month at a rapid rate. Rates have been reduced
from 35c to 22c per 1.000 gallons.
Despite the fact that not every good citizen of the dis
trict has always agreed with all the policies of the board, I
challenge any citizen to say that such policies were, at any
time, dictated by selfish reasons or by any other motive
than a desire to best serve the interests of all the patrons
of the Metropolitan Water District of Omaha.
These 1 believe to be the motives which have prompted
the actions of each of my fellow members, and know them
to be the ones which have governed my own actions as a
board member. CHARLES R. SHERMAN.
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