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Thought for the Day
5cf af hy Dr. Batten
What a divine calling is music l'hovgh
everything else may appear shallow and repul
sive, even the smallest task in music is so ab
sorbing, and carries us ateay from loan,
country, earth, and all worldly things, that it is
truly a bkssid gift of God. MtndeUsohn.
As a cure-alt for pessimism the automobile
show bat 'em all beaten.
The state senate may go the .peed limit in
killing off needless bills without endangering
(public applause.
The armored car la quite an attraction at
the local automobile ahow, but it Is not likely
that many of them will be seen on the roads
hereabouts.
The Scandinavians also Insist that their
shipping has some rights which belligerents are
bound to observe, a point the fighting nations
are not likely to overlook.
The weight of home-made opinion gives
Chicago high rank as an art center. The opinion
of purchasers also goes by weights 6 cents the
pound, frames Included.
The control of the sea has Its responsibili
ties as well as Its advantages, and John Bull
seems undecided Just now as to wnlcn phase of
the question predominates.
.The Ministerial union's project for the con
version of Mayor Jim Is commendable and
timely. Saints and sinners alike will enjoy a
real test of the efficacy of prayer. , ,
Omaha ought to, and some day doubtless
will, own Us own lighting plant, but that proa
pert should not be made the excuse for per
petuatlng an overcharge for water service.
It seems the statesmen 'at Lincoln have ob
tained about the right focus for properly view
ing Senate Kile No. 6. If that bill is thoroughly
stripped of Its politics, there Isn't much left.
, The spectacle of the 12-year-old son of the
lieutenant governor drawing $3 a day for serv
ice as page and messenger to his august father
must be Inspiring to the opponents or the child
labor end anti-nepotism laws.
President Wilson promises soon to make s
statement in regard to the food supply of the
United States. This ought to help a good deal.
If the hungry who have been thrown out of
ork since the present administration came Into
office can only bold out until the document Is
made public.
VBlue sky" laws have been thrown into
Judicial hospitals by the lower courts of Michi
gan. Iowa and West Virginia. The higher
courts have not yet spoken. In each case the
stumbling block is the clause of the federal con
stitution guaranteeing freedom of interstate
commerce. States may hamper or abridge the
rights and privileges of their own cttlsens, but
not those of other states.
This Ann Wednesday la being duly observed aa tha
opening of th Lenten eeasou with apecial services In
tha Uplacopal and Catholic churvliea.
The marrtare of Mr. W. C. Van der Voort and Mies
Mill-la Iort was solemnised by Rev. U W. Tarry at tha
residence of the bride's mother, Mrs. J. B. Dort, MJ
Davenport street.
Mr. I. A. Khodee of the Union Pacific headquarters
was united In marrlasa to M las Katie Brown. Rv.
W. J. Horsha performing the ceremony, and are off
for wedding trip to Chicago.
8. It Callaway of the Union Pacific baa bee called
ta the bedside tif a slater In Toronto.
The Home Circle club gave Its concluding dance of
the season laat nlxhl at Masonic liaJl, the arrange
trtenta being In charge of Mr. fa. K. Redman.
Mr. and Mrs. J I. U. Eatabrook have gone over to
Chicago.
Thomas Mct'ullougt. haa been appointed aaanta'it
depot ticket agent undrr Johu Bell for the I'nloa
raif!c.
The day's clt-arlng houae transactions amounted to
A ladles' mualcal program included numbers by
M. Bcrger. alias Jones, Mias Bodemyer, Mtae Marktl
and Mlse bion, and a stringed quartet con listing of
eSlcttrs. I'aao, Irvine and farmer.
Straining Their Credit.
While the expert strategists of the several
countries involved in the European war are
till manipulating armies and navies across the
checkerboard of strife, more Important factors
are being forced to the front. Public attention
is Just now more centered on the diplomatic
niov?s than on the military maneuvers. Loom
ing large above both Is one factor that will ulti
mately determine the outcome of the struggle.
Financiers are beginning to discuss among
themselves the steps that are to be taken to
properly protect credits, and provide the actual
sinews of war.
Mr. Chamberlain told the Commons In his
speech, early in the week, that the present year
would cost the allies not less than $10,000,
000,000. He added with much frankness that
the war could not be conducted "on a limited
liability basis," and stated plainly that the gov
ernment of France Is In financial difficulties,
while the government of Russia has had trouble
from the first In securing the necessary accom
modations. Mr. Chamberlain's estimate is
probably well within the mark, for while the
British government asked Parliament for a
blank check, It is not at all likely that it would
wish to frighten timorous patriots ny suggest
ing tooi large a sum as the probable expendi
ture. London exchange was quoted In New York
on Tuesday at the lowest figure on record,
while the bankers there who represent the for
eign powers are being pressed by American
manufacturers to pay in dollars rather than In
francs, marks, roubles or pounds. The war
credits voted to the several governments con
cerned have been raised much in the nature of
forced loans, in spite of the apparently spon
taneous patriotic response to the request for
cash. The fact Is plain that the end of the
present war will be determined, not so much by
the number of men one side or the other may
be able to put in the field, but by the ability of
the belligerents to raise the money they must
have to meet the insatiable call of the war god
for rash.
Discourage Professional Pugilism.
The action of the house In indefinitely post
poning the bill that was Intended to legalize
professional "boxing" contests In Nebraska will
be commended by thinking citizens of the state.
Nebraska does not need to add "protected"
pugilism to Its list of attractions. Prize fight
ing haa been under ban here for many years,
and should be kept there. Boxing as a sport or
amusement for amateurs Is all very well, and
nothing will be done to hamper its practice, but
the professional boxer is about the most useless
of all human beings, and should not have even
remote encouragement. The Bee hopes the bill
has been put to rest for good.
Pressing Home the Point.
The governments of Greet Britain and Ger
many are being very plainly reminded that the
countries not directly Involved In the European
war are determined that the belligerents must
show more respect for the undeniable rights of
Britain and Germany make this fact very clear.
Britain and German make this fact very clear.
These notes are couched in language and terms
similar to those employed by the United States,
raise the same points and take the same stand.
This is the only attitude for strict neutrality.'
It does not show any favor to either side of the
controversy, but demands from both' sides an
equal compliance with the provisions of Inter
national law, and the agreements governing
conduct of belligerents during the progress of
actual warfare.
A neutral nation Is Justified at all times In
insisting upon Its right to trade with a nation
with whom it is at peace, regardless of the rela
tions of that nation with any other. This right
is qualified by certain conventions that have
been agreed to, and all trade Is subject to the
operations of belligerents under those conven
tions, but no belligerent, no matter what the
provocation, has a right to transcend clearly de
fined rules of modern warfare.
Anoth&x Deadlock in Sight.
What's In a principle, when It comes to get
ting what you want? Just a few days ago the
president "set his Jaw," and refused to accept
or permit any amendment to bis shipping bill,
then the center of a deadlock la the senate. He
failed to drive that measure through by dint of
party pressure, and now finds himself In sup
port of a substitute measure, which haa ap
parently less chance of passing than the bill
that failed. The fact that it was driven through
the house under the party lash, and by applica
tion of gag rule, wblch prevented discussion of
Its provisions, does not commend it to either
element of the senate that opposed the measure
for which it is substituted. It seems that Presi
dent Wilson is doomed to another disappoint
ment, and that If relief la to come to American
shipping through national legislation, It must
be along lines that will appeal to some other
sense than mere partisan devotion.
The derision of the Interstate Commerce
commission that a stock yards is not a common
carrier will have a very Important bearing on
the future of the business. While in the case In
point the Issue was on the right of the Kansas
City company to charge railroads for switching
service, the application of the principle will
doubtless be made much broader, and may serve
to simplify relations between a stork yards and
the public.
In the days of Its youth the Board of Trade
building was a monumental enterprise. Long
since outclassed hy modern buildings. Its loca
tion saved It from the fate of a back number.
It is hoped the owners will see in the fire the
finger print of progress, and build on the site
a structure worthy of the location and the op
portunity. If proof were needed of Omaha's progres
sive speed, it Is supplied by the crowds which
Jammed the Automobile show on the opening
night and thronged adjacent streets unable to
gain admission. That is going some at the
start.
In all the essentials of business revival the
country is moving up-grade by steady steps.
Omaha and its trade territory are In the fore
front of the march with s stride bora of con
fidence la the soil and the goods.
Self-Rule in Cuba
Keary Wiltinni la tbe Coarler-JouraaX
WRI7TNO from Havana toward the cloae of the
last American occupation I gave It aa my opin
ion, if reduced to the alternative of coming Into
the Federal Union, or going back to Bpain, the Cubana
would vote to go back to Spain.
Puch Is the for of perrersity operating on racial
lines. We had liberated them; w had set them up a
free Government; and w had put ouraetvea to many
pains and outlays showing them, or trying to main
tain and to manage It But. in the doing of these
things, we had offended their amour propre. They
resented our superiority, which, truth to say, waa at
times none too delicately asserted. Msny 'of them
came to hate us hone to love us.
I left her with th Army and th Civil Adminis
tration the laat of March, 100S. Curious to see what
the natives might be doing with their Republic and
themselves, th present winter has afforded me my
first opportunity.
Magoon left Havana province In perfect ahlpshepe.
It Is tumble-down again. He left It clean. It Is a
degree dirty. Tet building goes on apace In every di
rection; there are eigne of movement, sluggish Indeed,
but real, and of Improvement taking Its tint; whilst
business, albeit depressed, wears a bravado eJr as It
to ssy, "Be what Cuba can do when left to herself,"
the single bugbear being the threat of a return of
th Americans. That! is alt that keep th Govern
ment intact, that makes for order and law, that re
strain the factions and holds them within bounds.
Hell would break loose In Cuba, as In Mexico, except
for a nauaeatlng memory and a latent fear.
It Is their own, as Wood row Wilson says, and
they have th right to do whatever they pleas with
It. Nevertheless, I cannot help thinking they would
be Infinitely better off at one happier and moro
prosperous If we had taken over Cuba along with
Porto Rico and the Philippine at th end of th
Spanish war. Wandering her and than, up and down
southward as far aa th Isl of Pines, southeast
ward to Clenfuegos and Mansaitllkt taking In tho
whole country between Plnar dl Rio and Santiago
d Cuba especially the regions about Santa. Clara
and Camaguey one catches himself murmuring with
Chride Harold:
"O. Christ! It Is a goodly sight to see
What Heaven hath done for this dellctou land!
And how little man has don to Improve the work
of Heaven.
The Cuban Is something more thsn Insular. He Is
Individual and nothing If not Illogical. Aa Ignorant
as a cockney, he la equally pig-headed. Very polite
on th surface, he is disobliging at bottMn especially
In business.
Th Spaniard In Spain Is a child a thousand years
old. Dignity, Ilk his cloak, folds him round and fits
him well. Transplanted in Cuba his progney grew up
to a thin venser of enterprise and jonity. The Cu
bans took on loose colonial ways. In time many grew
up to become Insurrectos. Few of them could tall
precisely why. At length the travail and sorrow of
sixty years of alternating outbreak and repression
brought them Independence and the joke we hav
nicknamed self-government What will they do with
It? How long will It lastT
As I write the tumult of a great demonstration
rises on the air and ear. An immens and notay pro
cession moves up th Prado. Crowds hurrah very
motley crowds mostly negroes and half-breeds. Brass
hands blare and kettle drums rattle. Resounding shots
sr fired from overhanging roofs. It Is In honor of
th pardon and release of General Aabert, that Gov
ernor of Havana and Chief of Polloe who murdered
General Rlva. a Conservative leader, two years ago,
and who, condemned to an imprisonment of fourteen
years, hss Just been liberated by Act of Congress over
th veto of President Menoeal. Perhaps after th
ovation to Thaw In Boston It does not become an
American to make faces at Havana. But, Ixrd. th
vogue of murder snd. the popularity of assassins!
Squalor? A good deal of it. High prloesT Same
here. Yankee money, having a premium of from threo
to five cents. Is "the ooin of the realm." Spanish
money, however, at a discount goes.. In Cuban cur
rency you pay three cents for a Cuban postage stamp
worth two cents; In Uncle Sam's currency, only two
cents, Its face value. Curiously enough th only
thing cheap In Havana Is the cab fare, whilst th poor
cabblea are the sole victims of the Conglomerate sys
tem of exchsnges. A "peseta." twenty cents, carries
two persons wherever they want to go, "within the
walls," and cabby must take this In Cuban, or Span
ish, money. As If this were not little enough they are
moving to cut It one-half! All else Is out of sight
snd mainly shoddy.
Isolated unfriendly melancholy alow or by th
lasy lagoon or beneath th leafy shade of the flowery
patio, a brood of self-indulgent stoics, th Cubana
reck not aave In a languid way the movement of the
world without; nor tare, nor wlah for change, l'he
Yankee la gone, hang him! Mailre de Do la. may he
never com again! They tell m "Society" Is with
the Germans. But I have not heard a not of "Die
Wscht Am Rhtln." The atreet organa continue to
play the "Marseillaise." whilst the dining orchestra
trolls "Tlpperary" to best the ban-!! If I were asked
to make a motto to hang over the gates of Havana I
would beneath the customary "Manana" write;
"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow,
Creena in thla petty pace from day to day.
To the last ayllrUle of recorded time.
And all our yeflerrlays have lighted fools
Tho wsy to dusty death!"
Nebraska Editors
Editor George C. Snow of the Chadron Journal
haa ben promleed three libel suits of 110,099 each by
commissioners from th west side of Dawes oounty.
Th Incident Is the outgrowth of the publication of a
report made by expert accountant who examined th
books of th county treasurer. Th attorneys for th
commlaaioners take the position that th report was
garbled. Editor Snow Is standing par.
Frank O. Edgcombe, editor of the Geneva Signal,
last week flntahad his twenty-first year of aervlo
with th publication of which he Is now th owner.
The Signal was selected by the school of journallaia
of th University of Oregon as on of th fifty-two
best weekly pspers In the United States.
Dopf Brothers Isst week sold the Blaine County
Booster to Morgan Btandleaa. -
Editor Blauveldt of th Arapahoe Mirror announce
that th merchants who buy their stationery out-of-town
or get It free from wholeaale house cannot
hav any free spsce to attsck mall order houses. '
Editor Wood of the Geiing Courier says ther are
more newapapermen than lawyers In the present leg
islature and asks "Why net?'"
People and Events
Cheer up. hayftverltee'. The New Tork Medical
Journal notes aatikfactory progress with experiments
dralgned to strangle hay fever by Innoculatlon. Tho
vlrua Is th extract of pollen.
Back In New Tork th bakers, frightened by th
wheat market, are hitting th ooneumer on both
sides and In th nlldle. Th sis of th loaf Is
shrunk and the price shoved up ta cants.
A presumptuous lawyer, who argued a raae b.
for th Pennsylvania suprem court without having
been admitted to practice la court, baa been sited
for contempt and Is likely to be eot up for life.
Assurances com from masculine fashion maker
that ther will b no padding In men's coats this
year. . Therefor th fin 1 lite of mea's figure, tailor
made, will atlck, out In all thialr beauty, adorned but
undiiguleed.
The leader of th movement for th repeal of th
boxing taw of New York Is Jpha I Sullivan. Do
you get the name? But he la not. th former cham
pion, oil. no. Just a Chautauqua assembly man built
on th grape Juice plan.
That ther Is lots of wild country remaining U
th eeat la shown by the haul ef hunter In Pennsyl
vania during the last hunting seasoa. An official
report pf th atat game warden ahowa JTS bears
killed and more than 1.10s deer. The-value-of th
km Is plared at ti.euS.000, and th coat of th killing
S3.W0.O. Nat coat of sports, tXaoo.OOQ.
Brief omtrftton en timely
twpSe tevtt. Th Be miens
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Daaea a fierwtane.
Omaha. Feb. 1S.-TO the Kditor of The
Bee: I wish to anawer Mr. Herman
Holm, of Clarks, Neb. He says that
country was populated by Germans as
long as there waa any history written
about these countries with th exception
f north Sr hies wig. which was partly
Danes. Tea, I think they were partly
Dane. II says that th Danes tried to
fore th Germans to learn the Danish
language. He Is greatly mistaken; the
Germans made the Danes learn German
under their own rag, and they regret It
now. If Denmark would do as the so
called German or rather Prussian gov
ernment has don sine ISM they would
hav mad Dan out of them, but as St
looks now, they wish th Iron hand.
P. A. P.
ettllaar Statna of Sehreawfsr.
Omaha, Feb. 16. To the Editor of Tha
Bee: Permit m to correct Mr. Steln
crau a little In regard to his Rev. Sor
enaen's dispute concerning Schelswlg
Holsteln. He atates that namee of all
towns In Schlesiwig or by right South
Jllland are German names and th Inhabi
tant sr of German descent Where did
Germany become originator of any
name? Regarding descent he Is right
aa the aame race who In ancient days In
vaded Germany also invaded Denmark,
Norway and Sweden.
H states Schieswlg was originally
German territory. How is It then that
Thyra Danetor, queen of Denmark, built
Danevikr fortress during her husband
Gonn th Old's reign In the years be
tween M0 and 996 to protect Denmark
from southern Invsaion.
Waldemar 2d, called the Victor, con
quered Holatetn and Pommeraln and the
German emperor in 1317 recognised his
authority over the same snd a good deal
more of what is now northern Germany.
Read Enc. Br. volume 7. page M and S5
if you doubt It; also "Germany Under
Frederick the Second." You see through
that Schieswlg Is sn old Danish atate.
Mr. Steincrau states Germany could
easily hav taken the whole of Denmark;
no ssne man doubts it. But don't you
think England, France, Russia, Sweden
and Norway wouldn't hsve gotten busy?
This present wsr is fifty years old In
coming. Bismark did the best thing that
ever happened to Denmark In taking
Ilolsteln from same (only my own opin
ion) aa through centuries too much
bloodshed had been for possession of
th province. Bismarck would have been
a saint had he kept his word and given
Danish speaking people of Schleswln
their choice between Germany and Don
mark (paragraph 6). I think If all we
cltixens of foreign birth would quit talk
ing and writing about the war. It would
b a good deal better for all. May God
gtv more men Ilk Helrsch and I.elb
knecht to Germany and leas aristocratic
military crazed Individuals and an early
nd of th wsr is my wlah.
CARL NEILEN.
Plea for Neutrality.
Ogalalla, Neb., Feb. 15,-To the Editor
of The Be: 80 much has been written
regarding our neutrality. In the great
European war, I would recommend to
tbe readers of The Be that they get a
copy and study well, "Wsshington's
Farewell Address." This great state
paper treats th subject of American
neutrality, in the case of a foregn war. so
plainly, so broadly, that he who reads
may understand, and I wish that this
precious document might be published
throughout the length and breadth of the
land. It seems like it might hav been
written but yesterday, so aptly does It
apply to the present crisis. It points to
the strictest neutrality, and warns of th
danger of th slightest deviation there
from. It hss for more than a century
been the gulldlng stsr. a beacon light to
this republic.
To our brothers of foreign birth, might
aak why did you leave the fatherland
and come to theae shore ? Was It not
that you might find a home and a wel
come In a free land under the Stars and
Stripes, But more especially wss It not
that you might escape the great calamity
which you felt must come sooner or later,
and which haa finally befallen the land
from whence you came. I-et me admonish
you In th most solemn manner to pon
der well and pause before taking any
steps asking this government to swervs
In the slightest degree from a line of the
atrlctast neutrality, for any other line of
action by this country msy be fraught
with danger.
Let us rather,-by our Influence, assist
ths wis captain to safely guide the
Ship of Btate past th rocks and shoals
during this) critical period of our his
tory. For only In this way will w fin
ally be able to assist th millions of suf
fering humanity.
In the words of our beloved Lincoln:
"With malic toward none, with charity
for ail. with firmness In the right, as
God gives us to see th right and to all
which may achlev and chartah. peac
among ourselves and with all nations."
The war was premeditated, and wss
brought on by th crssy ambition of
kings and emperors, who lik Alexander
and Nepoleon seek to put the whole world
under their feet'
EDWIN M. 8EARLE.
Eeaar on Prohibition.
OMAHA. Feb. U.-To the Editor of The
Bee: The prohibition question Is becom
ing more of an all abaorblng Issue ht our
present dey political life. It Is passing
the stage of a mere saloon fight and has
aetlled 'f n th Question of whether
prohibition of liquors wUl elevate the
moral and social life of a state and
country. Thos opposed to the us of
intoxicating ltquors. to b consistent with
their convictions naturally champion th
assertions that liquor Is a destroyer of
th hem life and perverter of mess
bodies and souls; thos opposed to prohi
bition naturally and Just as ardently de
fend their belief and hoot at the Idea of
any relation existing between liquor and
social conditions.
A fight of this natur often runs to
poraoeal tlltg and hat, and engenders a
malignant feeling verging on th threah
hold of th vicious and slaaderaua Ar
guments should be met by argument
free from all peraonaliam and ealiao!
Ilea If bad social conditio na are not
raraedled by prohibition thea th matter
ehould be dropped and the true aourc of
contamination hunted Out. But If so
cial degradation and the liquor traffic
go band ta hand, than It Is time for all
fejr-sntnded people to clamor for and de
mand a national prohibition law.
Honest personal observations Is th
only method of answering th question.
With a aaUoa part wet ead part dry it
is Impractical to Quote state statistics of
comparisons. Our social life Is predomi
nated by th Influence of our home life,
so sll bsals of comparison must be made
on the home life of any community. All
else Is more or less speculative.
From personal observstlon It is my
opinion thst crime Is lessened, saving ca
pacity Increased, and earning power
doubled la communities where there is
prohibition, provided the compstison I
made on ths permanent residents of a
state, excluding transients.
Comparlaon haa often been made be
tween Kansas and Nebraska. Who Is to
prove or disprove that we are not getting
permanent good dtlsens from Kansas,
or that an exodus of bsd Ncbrssksns, or
undeslrsbl "floater" from other states,
may be pouring Into Kansas to commit
crimes, the responsibility of which tho
stats of Kansas must assume. For ex
ample, each year Nebraska must make
record of the number of murders com
mitted here. Probably, aa has been the
case, th vest majority of these crimes
wer th work of temporary residents,
tramps or "floaters." and not ef the class
wh build our homes and msk our his
tory. Tet by the deeds of these undo
strablea Nebraska gains the unsavory
record of having more crimes than this
or that state.
The good of prohibition must be meas
ured by th Increas or decreasa of trait
to our merchants, bsnk savings of our
citizens, and th moral condition of ths
arinking man a home.
The great Russian nation Is an ex
ample of what, regardless of our sta
tistic, nation-wide prohibition will ac
complish. The comptroller of the treas
ury of Russia declarea "that
prohibition tha national savings hav ln-
cressea rrom S3M.0OO for December, 191.1,
to tl4.tt0.me for December, 114." Can
anyone logically argue that such an in
crease of deposit placed to th credit of
th cltixens of that realm will not better
their moral and social HfeT c. E.
THE WEED.
St Louis Post-Dispatch.
They are lerlslatlng liquor into alleyways
and sheda;
Tou ran find it In the coal pile and inside
of folding bed
It Is contrsband in Kansss, it Is gasoline
In Maine,
And the south hss got It hiding in the
cotton and the can.
But tobacco holds its own,
Having very few regrets-
Though its purity Is doubted,
1 believe, in cigarettesL
I have quarrelled with tobacco, and hav
said that we are quits;
There are times, beyond disputing, when
It obfuscate th wits:
But tobacco, I've discovered, hss no sub
stitute at all.
And It never ventures farther than as far
as one can call.
It Is always very glad
To make up again and play;
iou may think It or dispute it,
But tobacco has a way.
Whether war shall leave us wiser on Is
much disposed to doubt.
But it has at least established what we
cannot do without;
There la not a king In Europe who has
donned his martial cloak.
But Is busy In the trenchi keeping some
thing there to smoke.
Tou may say it is a weed.
Or consign It to the pit;
But of this you may be certain
That tobacco Is a hit
An Old Recipe
to Darken Hair
Common garden Hage and Sulphur
makes streaked, faded or gray
hair dark and glossy at once.
Almost vryon knows that Sage Tea
and Sulphur, properly compounded,
brings back that natural color and luster
to th hair when faded, streaked or gray;
alao end dandruff. Itching scalp and
stops falling hair. Tsars ago the only
way to get this mixture waa to make it
at home, which Is mussy and troublesome.
Nowadays we simply aak at any drug
store for "Wyeth's Ssge and Sulphur
Compound." You will get a large bottle
for about 80 cent Everybody uses this
old, famous recipe, because no one can
possibly tell that you darkened your hair,
as It does It so naturally and evenly. Tou
dampen a sponge or soft brush with it
snd draw this through your hi r, taking
on small strand at a time; by morning
th gray hair disappears, and after an
other application or two. your hair be
come beautifully dark, thick snd glossy
and you look years younger. Advertisement.
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MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
Judeero you mean to say madam,
that this physical wreck you call your
hushand gave yon a black eyf
The Woman )h. he wasn t a wreck
until after 1 got the black eye. Judce.
Philadelphia Ledger.
He When X rronosed to Flossie, she
asked nic for a little time to make up her
mind.
She (the bated rival) Oh! So she makes
that up, too, doe he? London Opinion.
He I wonder how they cam to 'call a
wife's sllowanoe pin money.
She I gueea fs because her husbsnd
swnerslly sticks her on It Bsltlmore
American.
"Why, Johnny, what's th matter with
you ?"
"We had a free fight, mother."
"What do you mean?"
"There'a twenty-three flsjhtln' nntlon
sHtlea In our school, mother, snd only
three stayed neutral." Chicago Post.
Her ra What can vou offer my
daughter that equals or excels what lne
hsa now?
Suitor Well. T rather think the nam
of Montmorency la an Improvement uron
that of SkragKS, sir; don't you? Boston
Transcript.
CO-OPEEfflTlOU
is your only real safe
guard against loss of
appetite, poor diges
tion, and general
weakness. You must
help nature to main
tain strength and
vigor. With the aid of
.lOSTETTEtTS
STOMACH
BITTERS
you have a combina
tion that is sure to re
sult to your benefit.
Hill!
rMMA n,i:x: ForCoids
rice ueiiei in Head
Send to ai for generous free sample enough
for several days' treatment (or cold in bead,
chronic nasal catarrh, dry catarrh, sot nose.
KONDbN'S
Original and Genuine
CATARRHAL JELLY
itandard remedy for 25 yean. 16.000.0f4
tubes have been sold. Applied inside nostrils.
It brings quick relief. Completely heala In
flamed nasal passages. Got a 25c or 50c tab
from your druggist 35.000 drureists sell it
and guarantee It. Money back If It tails.
Refute substitutes. They are dangerous.
KONDON M FCU CC MIsmshHs, Minn,
OCEAN TRAVEL.
CUNARD
EUROPE tia LIVERPOOL
LU SIT AM A )
Fastest and Largest Steamer
now in Atlantic Service Sails
SATURDAY, FEB. 27, 10 A.M.
AU.tTBTXA BAT., MAS. S. 10 A. Bt
Calls at XoUfaz Eastbonad.
rKAMCOBTXA. .SAT.. SUA 13. 10 A. K.
And sailings regularly thereafter.
cOKPAmra omen, si-a stati bt,
ST. T.. OB LOCAL AOSHTSJ.
You can have your choice of either
a Boy's or Girl's Wheel
it is a famous
WORLD MOTOR BIKE
t
It has a 20-mch Frame
with Coaster Brake. Motor
Bike Handle Bars, Eagle
Diamond Saddle, Motor Bike
Pedals, Motor Bike Grip,
Luggage Carrier Holder,
Folding Stand, Front and
Rear "Wheel Guards, Trusj
Frame and Front Fork.
This picture) of tho bicycle
will be) in Tbe Bee every day.
Cut them all out nod ask
your friends to aave the pic
ture In their paper for you,
too. Bee bow many picture
you can get and bring them
to Tbe liee office, Saturday,
March 0th.
The bicycle will be given
Free to tbe boy or girl that
send us the most picture be
fore 4 p. m., Saturday, March
Otb. ,
Subscribers can help the
children in the contest by
asking for picture certifi
cates when they pay their
subsrription. We give a cer
tificate good for 100 pictures
for ever)' dollar paid.
Payments should be made
to our authorized carrier or
agent, or sent direct to us
by mail.
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sural I hav a fcteyel
aad wwwia lik t hav
very mack- If To caa flad
oaaeewe kel sa to wia tk
a la Tk Be. I weald be
verr suaofe oblured, aa w doat
live alee eaoaife t get to
Oasaaa very eftaa.
Tear trwly,
TAtrusTS iTinn,
Kersaaa. Bleb.
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