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Tlffi OMAHA SUNDAY BKE: DECEMBER .2fi. lflU
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Thought for th Day
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When anyone ha$ of undid not, Hryto
retss my ou o high thai th$ cfftnM eanru(
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Cheer up! Bane ball peace la assured and the
ruin from the trenches la on.
Private cops nay be useful In tome direction!,
tut do not radiate glory as assistants in auto
mobile getaways.
No branch of the administration surpasses
the Interstate Commerce commission aa booiteri
of the high cost of living.
Seekers of 100 per cent efficiency have not
far to go. Just watch the shippers slip to the
consumer the advance in freight rates.
Slavery Is a vanished institution in this coun
try. Still, the current talk of bidding for and
sale of base ball players smacks of the auction
blocks of the '50'a.
It will be noted on scanning the list that nine
necessaries of life west of the Mississippi river
get the Interstate hammer knock by means of
lntreaaed freight rates.
Grand Island goes to the mat with Hastings
for the third city champlonsh'p and puts up a
statistical acrtaro calculated to make the south
ern claimant produce the goods or back up.
The announced death rate of 47 per cent of
aviators In the war sone impresses upon entrants
in that branch of army service the advantage of
clinching all the life insurance policies within
reach.
Eastern shipbuilding interests show shocking
disrespect for the government in building up
business without Its aid or consent Despite of
ficial assurances to the contrary, private enter
prise persists In knocking the 160,000,000 pork
bar'l.
Norway evidently wasnt one of the
European . neutrals whose pledge was given to
Frau Schwlmroer. For that matter, this good
rngel of peace hasn't yet disclosed which two
she had in mind when she was making her
promises In America.
Another alleged eipert is quoted to the ef
fect that the Europeon war "is not destroying
accumulated wealth." The towns and cities and
country homes destroyed were not "occumulated
wealth," according to the expert, probably un
necessary adjuncts to tourist scenery.
Way. that Seed Mending;.
This Is not an especially appropriate season
to scold people, and yet a few words of exhorta
tion may not be aulas. What is said here ap
plies to almost everyone and should not be dis
regarded by any. Characteristic of the Amer
ican people is the thought that each man is
as good as his neighbor, and the action that
follows that thought. In putting into practice
the independence of action deemed consistent
with this great boon of personal freedom and
individual liberty, the cltUen generally forgets
that each about him is similarly placed and
equally endowed.
An inevitable result of this is continual
clashing, not so much in the great things of life
as in the leaser points, where a little consider
ation for others would count for much. Many
Mtle acU are neglected; such aa ordinary polite
ness or common courtesy would call for. On
the streets, la public places, on street : cars,
wherever people are called on to associate or
congregate is found confusion, disorder and dis
comfort, which largely. If not wholly, arises
from the fact that thoughtless or selfish people
LersUtently disregard the comfort or conven
ience of others, which might be easily secured
with no dlmunltion of their own.
Specifications on this point are needless, be
cause the experience is so general, that any
may outline for himself the exact nature of
the Inconvenience be causes others and appreci
ate a little effort or sacrifice necessary to Its
remedy. This remedy, however, in personal, and
muni be personally applied. If each will show
just a trifle of deference and regard for those
about him, the world will move quite aa faat,
and much more smoothly than It does under pre
not condition
"Let the Women Do the Work."
Now that the project of bringing peace to
Europe has been turned over by the Ford dovee
to the Women's International Peace society, we
Khali see what we shall see. It Is quite possible
that these women will accomplish fully as muoh
for the material interests and practical advance
ment of peace In Europe as would have been
achieved by the mixed delegation which sailed on
the Oscar II. One development of the fiasco Is
not particularly creditable to the masculine ele
ment of the devoted expedition. No sooner had
they reached the show-down, which came at
ClirlMlanla, than the men with one voice rose up
rnd blamed Rolcka Schwlmmer for having de
ceived them. In this, they followed the example
Hnt In the beginning by Father Adam, and per
sisted In by his unworthy sons, even to this day.
No matter what Frau Schwlmmer might have
promised, the men on board that ship were free,
hite and twenty-one, and, therefore, supposed
to be able to Judge each for himself. If any were
deluded, it was by his own distorted or vain
Imagining, and not because of any promise made
by the women.
Disappearing Hornet.
"Tho larger the city the fewer the indi
vidual homes in proportion to population," ex
presses a truth of deep significance in Amert
csn life. The gradual disappearance of the
private dwelling is apparent in every large city,
and Is most conspicuous in New York. During
the present year a net loss of sixty "private
dwellings" was recorded in the metropolis, over
and above the number erected. Apartments,
hotels or business houses were reared on their
sites. The record is not surprising, considering
the congested population, and the restricted
area of Manhattan Island, but the loss is the
more regrettable because New York already
holds the unenviable distinction of the lowest
percentage of homes to population. Restricted
area and high cost of land are prime causes,
but are not wholly responsible for disappearing
homes. The principal cause is to be found In
the changing habits and living ideals of succes
sive generations of people.
A like tendency is noted in Boston, "Where,'
says the Transcript, "the old fashioned home,
with its own front door and no front door for
anybody else, is also obsolescent, though by no
means in the same degree in New York." The
proud "City of Homes," Philadelphia, shows
strong tendency toward apartment houses,
though at the present time, rapid transit facili
ties are multiplying suburban homes. Similar
conditions obtain In Chicago and St. Louis,
where the distance to home sites of moderate
cost operates in favor of close-in tenancy.
We need not look eastward for signs of the
present day tendency. The remarkable growth
in modern apartment houses in Omaha during
the last few years visualises not alone a change,
but a distinct demand. The service they offer,
and conveniences afforded without labor, ap
peal to a constantly growing; number of city
dwellers, and tempt capital to more lavish in
vestment. Nevertheless, the individual home and home
ownership thrives and multiplies on Us superior
merit, and its grip on the hearts of families.
With ample space for expansion, and cost suited
to all purses, the home open to the four winds
will long remain the best guaranty of family
life in Omaha.
All-America". Scientif io Congress.
Washington 1 prepared for t e convening
of the Pan-American Scientific congress, which
meets on Monday morning. This is really an
august body, but its present convention is not
able for other things than the influence it
may have on the thought of the world. First of
all, it marks another step in the process of get
ting the peoples of the Americas together. Just
as they have been approaching a better under
standing as to political and commercial rela
tions, so they are bolng brought closer on Intel
lectual lines. It is worthy of note, also, that
the Americas can find time to hold a convoca
tion of eminent leaders of thought at this time.
The old world, countries, from whose fountains
have proceeded the streams of learning through
all the numbered years, are hammering out
again their problems on the battle field, while
the new world nations vie in friendly competi
tion aa to which may achieve the most for man's
betterment in peaceful pursuits. Maybe when
the end of the war does really come, it will be
found that not alone haa the Industrial and
commercial center of the world shirted, but that
the intellectual control has also passed, and the
Americas will lead the world in thought as
well.
Railroad Bate Increase.
Orders lately promulgated by the Interstate
Commerce commission, granting Increases in
passenger and freight rates on Interstate busi
ness to the railroads centering at Omaha, bring
more vividly to local attention the Importance
o. the regulating and rate-fixing power. With
out debating the necessity for the order, of the
sufficiency of either existing or proposed tariffs,
the question will come at once on the relation
between the rates aa ordered by the Interstate
Commerce commission and those fixed by the
Nebraska Railway commission.
The so-called "twilight sone" between the
pewers of national and state rate determining
bodies is being rapidly narrowed, and aa a result
of this compression of area, the "twilight" seem
to be deepening into darkness. Thla condition
emphasises the necessity of a better adjustment
of authority between state and nation on this
point, which so Intimately and vitally concerns
all commercial and Industrial activity.
District organisation for the Interstate Com
merce commission, as suggested by The Bee, will
meet many of the objections that now exist. It
will not necessarily take away from the states
any power they now have, but should serve to
co-ordinate state and national authority and
establish something of stability and permanence
in railroad rates. Present conditions are a most
forceful argument In support of the proposition
that the Interstate Commerce commission Is not
properly organised to successfully deal with all
the matters before it. nor does the action of state
bodies tend to produce the harmony In railroad
tariffs needed for the best Interests of all concerned.
Cold Feet
liner tes, SC. Oh ta Stealth Culture- "
Frigid feet, anemia, and poor circulation are
closely related, and are Indication of malnutrition. A
cold hearth tells ua that the fire la low, and ley feet
that Mood la anemic and lacks energy. Health,
strength and force, to freely circulate the blood la In
lespnns to nutrition.
cM of full nutrition la not eerloue If It la only
temporary, hit If the lack of nutrition la dally and
conlinnoua, bodily visor Buffers and the foundation
for disease la laid.
In health the whole body, limbs and all, are main
tained at above M degrees Fahrenheit, and o far af
T know, were nutrition sustained by correct diet, a
full warmth of the body would continue till the end
of life.
Lowered temperature In the feet and legs la pain
ful also an Injury to the nervous system by refle
effect Oold In the. feet, congestion In the head, and
headaches, are symptoms of constipation, a combina
tion which takea moat of the Joy out of life for a soo.1
many persona.
Warm estremetiea, feet and hands, every one
should have! and every one who does not have them
lacks something- essential to their comfort and sue
cesa. Chilled and clammy feet are unnatural, and
whoever haa them haa a ton lead towarda something
worse later.
Full nourished bodies are not likely to have cold
extremetlea. I can hardly recall a case of habitual
cold feet in a person who waa not malnouiiahed and
constipated. Constipation, too, la a symptom of mal
nutrition rauaed by eating the usual mixed diet
Rightly considered, health and warm of the body de
penda on complete nutrition, and disease on mal
nutrition. Kvery form of bodily discomfort from cold feet tc
neuritis, also colds In the head, and even fatal dta
eaaea, are after effeota from Imperfect diet and mal
nutrition. In health the blood la warm to the tips of
the fingers and the ends of the toea, keeping the skin
warm, dry and elaatlo.
Tight ahoaa, alto tight hosiery, tend to prevent
free circulation and warmth In the feet Women la
high heels and thin, tight ahoea limp and auffer from
painful, cold feet In winter and at other times, which
la one esplanatlon why so many women ride In caba
and atreet cars, even for short dlatancea.
Tight, narrow ahoea, high heels, tight waists, and
the habit of candy eating, cauae tn many women be
numbed, tender, and Icy feet, and age them early. I
w a baby's feet, and how exqutalte, how symmetric,
and aa warm aa toaat; I see adult feet, and some mis
shapen, clammy, and bloodless many of them are, be
cause they are mistreated and malnoulahed.
The anclenta of China and India held the body In
reverential esteem, moat of their eacred wrIUnga were
on how to preserve their bodlea, but of course, they
had many false and foolish systems and praotlcea the
same as we have today. People of every age had
their falsa medical systems, and many of them, the
same as with us.
Women could wear handsome ahoes without resort
to high heels, heals not over one Inch high. Neither
Is It neoaaaary- that women crowd their feet Into
pointed ahoea or slippers to appear well shod. I aee
stylish women who wear sensible ahoea once In a
while; women aa a rule wear cold-feet-eaualng shoea.
Neither do men alwaya have ample and comfort
able ahoea, because shoe salesmen fit their customers
too closely, a longer and broader ahoea would In most
Instancea aerve the feet better.
Women wear extremely thin stockings, too thin
for warmth or aa a cuahlon for the foot, and ao
flimsy that they are kept doming their hose all the
time.
Medium weight cotton hoee fo, men and women
serves the wearers' feet best and need less darning.
Twice Told Tales.
Aa He raid Wlllla-r.
A Belolt man went te Kansas City recently on
pleasure bent and left Friend Wife at home. Bhortly
after hla return he and his wife were Invited to a
Party. The wife laid out her husband's overcoat
and leat aha ahould foraet hr .k. .
W'"- .
them In the overcoat pocket
On the way to tho party Friend Husband put hla
hands In hla pockets, dlacovered the alovea and im
mediately had a nervoua chllt. A few minutea later
at a dark place in the atreet he threw the glove
away. After the party the wife asked her husband
for her gloves. 1
"I have not had youP alovea." he replied.
"Tea you have; I put them In your pocket before
we started."
Gradually the husband saw a great light and the
next day it coat him 17 60 for new floves.-Beloit
(Kan.) CalL
We OoeaaUa torn llaagtr.
An English town council, after a protracted alttlng.
a dealroua of adjourning for lunch.
The proposition was opposed by the mayor, .who
thouaht that tf hla feUow offlceholdera felt the etlm
ulua of huturer the dispatch of business would be
much facilitated. At last a rather Illiterate member
gt up and exclaimed:
"I ham astonished. I ham
amaaed. Mr. Mayor, that you will not let ua go to
luncni
"And I am surprleed." replied the mayor, "that a
man who haa got ao muoh 'ham' la hla mouth should
want any lunch at aU. "Philadelphia Ledger.
H Beea Tela Before.
A Boston man tells of a trip he made on a coeet
wlse steamer to Baltimore when the yea eel waa wal
lowing la waves that threatened tq engulf It at any
moment '
Hastily the oaptaln ordered a box of rdekets and
flares brought ta the rail and with hla own hands
Umltad a number of them In the hope that they would
be aeea and help aent
Amid a glare of the rocket, a tall, thin, auatere
woman found her way with difficulty to the rail and
addreaaed the captain thua:
"Captain. I must protest against this daredevilLh
nesa We are now facing death. Thla la no time fol
a celebration. "Harper's Maaaslne.
Nealeeted the Bewe.
Philip C. Henna, former United States Consul at
Monterey, Mexico, touching. In the course of a speech
on the advantage of keeping ebreeet of the times.
Illustrated his point by reference to a traveling aelea
man. who found himself In a village hotel dining
room when a heavy downpour of rain set In.
"Oeel" he said, addressing the waitreaa. "It looks
like the flood."
"Like whatr the girt Inquired.
"Uke the flood. Teu have read of the flood, and
how the ark landed on Mount Ararat, haven't your
"No. sir." admitted the waitress. "I haven't aeon
a aewapaper for three daya"-Phlladelphia Ledger.
Former Mayor Patrick Murphy died after aa Ul-
of only three daya
Chartee Hoyt'a lateat farce, -X Tin Soldier," waa
produced at the Boyd.
Prtnoeaa lodge. No. ITS, Kntghta and Ladiea ef
Kener elected the following officers: Protector, E.
K. Long; vice protector, Marlon M. Land rock; chap
lain. Mary X. Fret well; secretary. J. B. Bruner,
treasurer, J. B. Weat; guide. Elisabeth Mldgely;
guardian, Aletta de la Cornlllerte; aentlnaL Charles
I And rock; trustees. Ctiarlee Li Frltcher, Anna R
Bruner and Mary A. Fret well.
Newa waa received at hla office that Mayor Boyd,
who had been alck for aeveral days In Chicago, had
recovered sufficiently to enable him tu start home.
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
Brooklyn Eagle: FreebyterUne are for
defense in all forms. If Baptists have a
natural leaning toward submarines, they
may be allowed to specialize. That Is all
In the game.
Detroit Free Press: A New Tork min
ister says that IVbles should be plsced in
the homes of the rich aa well aa of the
poor. We give him warning right now
that if he aaks us to contribute to a
fund to buy lilhlrs for the rich we're
going to refuee.
New Tork World; A Long Branch
church has held an eight-hour prayer
service for divine aid In a fight to cloee
Ntinday picture shows. Where would tTne
thoueands who make up Sunday muvle
audiences go If theee places were closed
agalnM them? Would they pro to church?
Or In It the theory that they would be
better off morally If occupied In less en
tertaining pursuits?
Springfield Republican: Ixndon la
threatened with another Invasion. An
evrhgcliallc committee has been formed
with the purpose of calling Dr. Chapman
and Mr. Alexander there for an evaftrel
Isllc campaign In March. The plan seems
to be going forward, though It haa en
countered opposition. A free church min
ister speake out against Inviting "thve
rich American evangeltnta," who "demand
large payment for, their aervieea" not
only "for their own heavy hotel ex
penaea." but for their retinue of workers
and secretatiis. Opposition to the scheme
largely centera in the belief that no at
tempt to finance such a revival vhotild
be made at a time when ao many of the
churches and missions are pressed for
funds. , -
People and Events
SFEAXH7G OF SPEAKERS.
Many a speaker who thinks he la
fluent Is only frequent .
The worst thing about a speaker who
aaya he hardly knows where to begin la
that he seldom knows where to stop, '
Toaatmastera and bill collectors are like
evils In one respect; they seldom let you
know when they are going to call on you.
. A toastmaater ta Uke a boy ahoottng off
fireworks: Often he thinks be Is setting
off a skyrocket and It proves to be a
equlb.
Whenever I want to behold a simple
minded peasantry I go watch a city au
dience listening to a lecture on the psy
chology of loeal eonsctousnesa.
The difference between a doctor of
medicine and a doctor of divinity Is that
one gives anaesthetics and the other
gives lectures. Did I say difference?
At every banqnet there comes a time
when they excuse the waiters and begin
the speeches; and many Is the time I
hav wished to heaven I were a waiter.
Judge.
Oratory In a speech la the cloud effect
that completes the picture. I alwaya hate
to hear a man aay be can't make a
speech and then take twenty minutea to
prove It
TIPS ON HOME TOnCS.
Washington Post: Although expressing
complete confidence In Secretary i Mc
Adoo personally, Senator 8 moot can't re
sist reflecting on what some folks can do
with figures.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: X French Journal
ist visiting the United States says Uncle
tarn will not be welcomed at the peace
congress. But lack of welcome does not
keep everybody at home.
Detroit Free Press: Champ Clark re
gard Roosevelt as a candidate "on whom
the democrats must figure." Perhaps
he's hoping T. R. wrlll give the demo
crats the same assistance he did In 1912.
St Louis Republic: The value of the
principal farm crops In the United States
this year waa aomethlng more than S6,
5O0.Oce.O0O, and yet there are those who
think the present prosperity is all a
matter of war munitions.
Louisville Courier Journal: If Mr. Aroh
bold baa filled his coal bin and bought
his new overcoat cannot the price of
gasoline be put down low enough for
the rest of us to go after a dime's worth
of coal In the limousine because It la too
cool to carry It home without an over
coat? Indlanapolla Newa: Probably the vaat
majority of the people, not being direct
ly Interested, don't care enough whether
a tax la Imposed on bank checks and
gasoline to eay out loud that they don't
care. But the fellows that are opposed
to auch taxes will doubtleaa do enough
talking to make the average good.
Christian Scienoe Monitor: North Dak
ota recently has had an "appreciation
week." From the smallest rural com
munity to the atate capital, from the
railroad hand te the governor, from the
farm school to the state university, all
along the line there has been an effort
to "aee the beat" that there la In people.
Institutions and causes. What has been
sought has been found. Pessimists have
been suppressed. The good has been
given encouragement The common
wealth now feels happier, goes about Its
bualnees with more confidence, and has
more a sects In Its social treasury.
ABOUND THE CITIES.
Sioux City's sale of 1290,008 of refunding
bonds, bearing fV per cent, brought a
premium of -16,867.50 from a Chicago
house. The city treasurer figures aa an
nual profit of fl.MO on the transaction.
A crusade against the aale of unclsaa
bread la In full awing In Kansas City,
with the Missouri atate food commit
sloner leading the - attack. Offending
bakeries protest against singling out
their bualnesa for Injurious publicity.-
In the atx monts ending November 13,
1.14 persona were Injured by automobiles
during daylight houra In Detroit, and (40
at night The automobile city entertalna
no hope of ending the crippling by
Christmas.
Chicago la moving for a reduction In
the price of gas below the present lu-oent
rate. A rlty expert testified that gas
could be made and sold at -from a to
ct cents per 1.000 eubte feet and the com
pany still earn T per cent on the Invest
ment' Dublin'a rocky road failed to check aa
Invasion of the town by jackrabblta.
Moreover the town's stock of ammunition
waa unequal to the emergency, ao the
rabbits defied bipeda and quadrupeds
until a hurry order for ahot and ahell
was filled. DubUn la in the jack rabbit
belt of Texaa.
Minneapolis applauds St. Paul la dia
poalng Ita police force ao aa to effectively
hoot up a trio of highwaymen. Borne
time ago two plain clothes men of
Minneapolis went aleuthlng for holdups,
their banda gripping pistols in peanut
ark a. Rambling Into the holdup section
they encountered what they sought.
Their handa went up as ordered. Just
far enough to send from the peanut
aacka bullets Into the hides et two
holdups. The aim obviated further treatment
Knowing there ts no pocket In the
shroud, a Portland. Ore., man sought to
take along ferry money by awallowing
a gold coin. But he couldn't get away
with It. Post-mortemers dug It out.
One excuse for dasxllng auto headlights
haa been found. St. Louie reports that
a headlight succeeded In locating a dia
mond setting tost on a roadside. Keep
your heedllght glowing and you will find
diamonds.
Mrs. Richard Bendall of Aurora. 111.,
asks divorce on the ground that her hus
band haa been tipsy 70 times in. two
years. The historic remark of the gov
ernore of the Carolines haa no bearing In
this caae.
Out of Philadelphia comes the etartllng
statement that the growing scarcity of
dyes will aoon force white buttona on
men's outer garments. White buttona on
subdued colors are sure to make the
heart grow fonder for the absent button.
The boyhood talent of whistling through
the curved forefinger pVoved useful and
profitable to a Seattle restaurateur dur
ing a holdup. Being chased Into the back
yard the victim started hla whistle. Imi
tating a police call so closely aa to cauae
the robber, to skip without waiting for
the loot
A Cincinnati woman. In a croee-petttlon
for divorce, reveals a unique weapon of
offeree which wldowera possess. It Is a
weapon that wreaks no physical pain,
but geta there just the same. Seven years
after the second marriage hubby arrayed
himself In deep mourning for No. 1. and
became auch a moving figure of gloom
that No. S waa scared out of house and
home. Wouldn't that beat you?
The social 400 of . Lake Forest III.,
having placed value tags on their char
ity donatlona, were diligently reading oft
the Inflated figurea when the reproving
voice of a little woman roae above the
chatter. "You ladies," she remarked,
"may be able to fool the orphans with
those prices, but you must remember
that you can't fool the Lord." Subee
quent proceedings were painfully sub
dued.
The patriarch of southwestern cowmen
Richard D. MlUer, of Denver, has Juat
"crossed the range." Miller brought the
first big herd of cattle Into Colorado and
developed a famous blooded stock ranch
some thirty miles below Denver. Before
he entered the stock business Miller
fought In the Mexican and the civil wars
and was one of the band which attempted
to capture Denver and annex It to the
southern cauae. He was In hla 90th year.
SIGNPOSTS OF PROGRESS.
4
With the aid of an electrical furnace,
a London scientist haa drawn glaaa tubes
with an outside diameter of but one
twenty-flve-thouaandth of an Inch.
Five cans of tomatoes per capita Is the
report for the present season In the
United States, and this does not Include
the millions of the fruit preserved In
private houses.
Florida, where fuller's earth waa firet
discovered In I89S. now leada all other
states In the union In production. The
discovery was accidentally made by men
experimenting on brick burning.
The oil fields of Louisiana are proving
unexpectedly rich. Near Vivian, which
la near Shreveport, the Standard Oil
prospeotors atruck a "gusher" of almost
the first magnitude, and the gas pres
sure is so great that no way haa yet
been found of controlling it
An increased demand for subsidiary
coins, now manifesting itself, is attributed
by Director of the Mint Woolley , to
greater prosperity among workmen. Silver
for thla work Is bought at a price sev
eral cents an ounce below last year's
snd the mint haa taken nearly 4,600,000
ouncea of the white metal since August L
The owner of a granite cutting estab
lishment In Los Angeles has successfully
used the compressed air starter on his
automobile for driving the pneumatic
toole used In lettering on monumenta.
Air was conducted by hoae from the air
reservoir on the auto to the pneumatic
tool and the plan worked admirably, sav
ing considerable time and expense In the
work of lettering on a monument stand
in In a eemetery far away from the
shop.
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
A man that weighs 150 pounds contains
enough grease to make seventy-five can
dles and a pound of soap. '
One of the recent heroes of the war
was a poodle, which, during a Parte fire,
caused by a German bomb, dashed Into
the tenement house and brought back in
hla mouth a doll, which waa welcomed
with glad crlea by the little French
"mother."
Many have believed that periscopes for
uae by soldiers In the trenches have been
developed only since the beginning of the
present war In Europe, but a confederate
veteran of the civil war reports that hla
regiment, while near Keneaaw mountain.
muna a enarpenooier wno had a
email looking glaaa attached to the butt
of hla musket ao that he could sit behind
hla breastwork, perfectly protected, with
hla back to ua. and by looking Into hla
glaaa eight along the barrel of hla piece."
la the center of Kildlne, an island in
the German ocean, ia a curloue lake. The
surface of Ita waters is quite freah and
supports fresh water creatures, but deep
down It la as aalt aa the greatest depths
of the sea and salt water fish live In It.
A feature of present-day London wed
dings where the bridgegroom happens to
be a fighter, la cake decoration symbolic
of bis branch of the service. Toy can
nona done In sugar, aeroplanes or bat
tleships of minute proportions are used,
as the case may be.
WHITTLED TO A POINT.
If you have occasion to criticise a mule.
do It to its face.
Some people fail to practice what they
preach, because they need the money.
The more reason a man has for Indigna
tlon the less comfort he gets out of It.
The kitchen Is about the last place on
earth the modern girl goes to to kill time.
A man alwaya wants to climb about
three times higher than he can ever hope
to get. j
There Is more true philosophy in an
Inch of laughter than there la in a yard
of sarcasm.
A man seldom realties the worthlessness
of his earthly possessions until he tries
to pawn them.
Nothing makes an angry wife so frantic
aa the refusal of her husband to hand her
a line of back talk.
The man who can accurately describe a
woman's dress mado a mistake In not
being born a dressmaker.
The look of Intelligence assumed by a
young lawyer aa be tacklea hit first case
Is apt to cauae the presiding Judge to
lose confidence in himself.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"Where's the young actress you were
ao Interested in last year?"
"She'a atarring."
"And how about the young fellow who
wanted her to, marry him?"
"Has still mooning." Baltimore Amer
ican, t
"Who la your friend?"
"He's an expert on Irrigation prob
lems." "Good enough. I waa juat wondering
where the next drink waa coming from.
Louisville Courier Journal.
"Where did you work last, and how
long?" demanded the Colonel. "Did you
3ult of vour own accord, or were you
lscharged, and T"
"Looky yuh, boas." sourly returned
Brother Bogus. "I Isn't puhpoain' mar
riage to yuhl I se axln' for a Job." Puck.
"Are you fond of mualo?" asked Mlsa
Oldgirl.
"Not very." replied Mr. Oldbatoh: "but
I prefer It to popular songs." Cincin
nati Ensulrer.
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KABARET
(EAR MR E5LB,
'OVtAfS WfO.NOW He? WeWB
ME Tt "TAKE HIM BACtr.SHAU.
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tM rWftrg PT AN EVbft 2Q
"That man has called you some pretty
hard names." said the friend and coun
selor. "I don't mind," replied Senator Sor
ghum, "so long as he sticks to hard
names. It'a the mud slinging that I
object to." Washington Star.
Doctor What's the patient's mean tem
perature? Nurse From what hla relatives tell me
I don't think he has any other kind.
Baltimore American.
"I hear your husband ia great for
sports."
"He's that crasy about them that he
won't even have roses or vines in our
garden that are not runners." Indian
apolis Newe.
THE OLD DREAM.
F. L. Stanton, In Atlanta Constitution
I eat that night In the lonely place
And met the old Dream face to face:
The Night without fell dark and deep
And the Wind Just wouldn't go to sleep:
And the Fire was talkln (the way, you
know.
It talks to a Dream of Long Ago.)
A lonely aoul. In the lonely place.
I met the old Dream face to face. '
And T aald to the Dream: "Why baunt
the way
Why wring your flight through storm
and night
To wreathe the brows of Winter white
With memories of lost delight?
Why come from the deep where Life
laid you to sleep,
Since Nleht Is a sign and Life wakes but
to weep.
And there's never a roae for a love
dream to reap?"
And the old Dream answered and smiled
' through tears:
"I come to comfort the loveless years:
To sing of the rosea that Life once
knew
The flowers she kissed for love of you
For the old and gray have but ona
The dream of a love that made Life's
And lives to the light of the Judgment
So eald the Dream In the lonely night
And I dwell with the Dream, and Life
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