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    TTIK BEK: OMAHA THURSDAY, FEBRUARY in, 191G.
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Bahawribers leaving the city tern porn rlly
she-aid have The mailed to them. Ad
drees will be changed m often a requested.
Take bo chance! Wlien In doubt about the
youngster, call the doctor.
The state census showing of Increasing pop
ulation is the most welcome "Iowa Idea"
realised In the decade.
If not more careful that valiant fighter,
General Kelson A. Miles, may be drafted as
the peace candidate for president.
. And the Water board law still expressly
provides that active participation of employes
la partisan politics Is a cause for removal.
Buying one automobile fire truck at a time,
It might be easy to get away with it, but buy
ing by the dozen makes it a little difficult.
When the generals and the admirals dis
agree on preparedness details, congress should
not be overly crlclclsed for practicing the hesi
tation waltz.
A memorial by the Flee Arts society, de
manding the removal of that hideous welcome
arch would be a welcome proof of sincere de
votion to the cause of art.
A lot of present-day wiseacres are trying
to guess what Abraham Lincoln would, say
about present-day problems, Needless to say,
they make him say what they would say. '
The bunt for Villa and his bullion train
undoubtedly Is the hottest ever undertaken by
Carranaa troopers. The possibility of a rival
getting away with the loot Is the bandit limit
of aggravation.
Why should preparations toward the make
up of a convention delegation from Nebraska
be confined to republicans? The democrats
have to choose their delegates to EL Louis la
the same number at the same time.
The scarlet fever contagion la Omaha is
bad enough, but It Is no worse, if as bad, at
In some of the neighboring cities and towns.
Thst does not mean tbst we should in any
way abate our precautions against Its spread,
but. It should head off Invidious comparisons.
Congressman Carey has the right idea. The
present location of the national capital subjects
the government to the selfish Influences of the
east, imparting Its usefulness as an exponent of
patriotic American thought. Mr. Carey would
avert these evil Influences for all time by mov
ing the capital to Milwaukee. The country looks
to St. Louis to second the motion.
Cheer up! Only a few weeks to springtime,
when man Is booked to radiate sartorial Joy
rivaling a flower garden in midsummer. Green
and lavender vests, wine colored dress coats
and impressive checks, formally approved by
the tailors, emphssises a determination to
break the monopoly of gay raiment hitherto en
joyed by feminine fashion platers. The dawn
of brighter days for mere man surely is coming.
Thirty Years Ago
This Day in Omaha
' Compiles from Baa riles.
Again the Same Old Stcry.
By throwing bis bat Into the ring for the
democrat I gubernatorial nomination, "Brother
Charley" Bryan raises one question entirely
snide from the Issues promulgated In his plat
form. For, be it remembered that "Brothel
Charley" is right now mayor of IIn coin, having
been elected to that office last spring for a
term of years, with some very definite promises
of the reforms he would accomplish If invested
with that position by bis fellow townsmen. The
question is, What are his obligations as mayor
of Lincoln? Or, In other words. Is it a squari
deal for him to take that job and attempt to
use It as a stepping stone to the governorship
In disregard of the terms of the contract he
voluntarily assumed when he sought election
as mayor?
Of course, every one realises we do, at
any rate that thla is not a novel situation in
American politics. The same identical condi
tion was presented when the mayor of Omaha
was nominated for governor on the democratic
ticket, and again when the general manager of
our water works was nominated on the repub
lican ticket, both of them holding onto their fat
salaried Jobs while chasing vote for further
preferment. Perhaps nothing different was
to be expected from Mayor "Jim" because be
never posed as a reformer, but "Brother
Charley," as mayor of Lincoln and as clone
relative of Brother William, is supposed to be
governed by higher principles of unselfish
fidelity to duty. Tho only excuse he can offer
Is the old one, "they all do It," which obvi
ously, in this case, Is "an excuse as is an ex
cuse."
Man Coming- Into Hit Own.
Now comes emancipation in its most glor
ious guise, and man is to be relieved from bard
and fast conditions Imposed by custom. It
matters not whose "modest soul first shrunk
from the fopperies and fripperies of bygone
days, and thereby set a fashion that has re
stricted tho masculine apparel to the sober
tints and decorous lines familiar to us all.
His soul may rest In peace, so far as the pres
ent day is concerned, but his work is to be
undone. The tailors have decreed that for the
coming summer male habiliments will offer a
comprehensive range for the exhibition of in
dividual taste. Colors are not to be confined
solely to chromatic- vents but will include coat
and breeches as well, and the wearer thereof
may go as tar as be likes.
No more will we hear that the "groom wore
the conventional black." Instead of going to
the altar dressed like an undertaker, under
the new order of things, he may vie with hit
bride in his display of cheery colors, and thus
add a bright note to the proceedings, to which
be baa for many generations contributed only
occasion for dolor. Our "glad rags," too, the
ones we disport ourselves in on state occasions,
will permit the combinations of colors best
suited to the wearer's complexion or disposi
tion, and it will be easily possible in the future
to distinguish a guest from' a waiter at
glance. , '.'..... .
Generally, ' the Rdvice of old Polonlus , on
the subject of dressing is to prevail, and out
avenues will be kaleidoscopic in hues, while
the day will be the brighter because man has
finally come again into his own and will fol
low "honest nature's rule' in bedecking himself.
Armor Plate Prices and Government Shops.
Whether intentional or not, the armor plate
barons have given a big lift to the demand that
the government manufacture for its own use,
so far as possible, materials needed for the
army and navy. , Armor plate prices have been
a source of great scandal for many years, a
popular wave of indignation bolng felt every
time an appropriation is made for a new fight
ing ship. Prices charged by American makers
for material furnished the United States have
been greatly in excess of figures paid by other
governments for armor plate from the same
forges. This was one of the great arguments
used by the free traders to support their con
tentions. At' present- the United States la
paying more for its armor plate than any othei
government.
The threat Is made that the price will be
practically doubled in order to create a fund
for the amortisation of the plants, In the event
of the government entering on the business
of making armor plate. This, coming from
the leaders of the "war babies," whose enor
mous profits have astonished the world, will
gtve a decided impetus to the movement, well
under way, to have the government build Its
own ships and make its own war material.'
Mias Anna M. Saunders. Brand worthy chief of tha
Good Templara of Ncbraaka, haa been spending sev
eral days In thla city In the Intcreat of tha orgai.la
tion. organising subordinate lodge.
Tha moat brilliant get man aver given In thla city
loo i 'lace at tha residence of Mr. and Mra Frank. Col
prtxur. Twenty-fifth and Douglaa, In honor of their
KuBt, Mlaa Maud Aatliony of Leavenworth. Tha
dancing waa led by Mr. Clem Chaaa and Mlaa An
thony, and the favors were hanusome and unique, one
or them belli- a piece of filagree allver, given to each
lady and gcntlrmair participating. Thoaa dancing In
eluded tha lilsae Wadlelgh of Clinton, la.; St on of
Madlaon, Wis.; Oaga of I.yona. Ia.; Haas, Cur, Mc
cormick, Tompkins. Wakeley, Berlin, Henry. Do tie,
ixjiady, and Mr. D. II. Wheeler, and MeearS. Frank
and Will Hamilton. Berlin. Wakeley, Wileon, Bum
mer. Dan Wh-ler. Jr., Mckey. Chiiatlancy, He.
John Clarke. Al Patrick. Remington, Chertea 11
tn. Ha.
W. Bacbrach. wh enjoy tha distinction of being
an ex-Siberian exile, lectured at Uermanla hall. tell.
Ing of hi experlenoa In Siberia.
General O. O. Howard aent a meaaag of condolence
to Mra. Haneock on tha death of UeneraJ Wluftcll
buott Hancock.
The Thuraton Hon company pulled off a fine
mMuarad ball Uh Chief UuUer aa raaater of cere-
inoulea.
Tha admlMlon of Kanaa City Into the National
league haa left Omaha baa ball Intereata up tn tha
air. Oeorge Kay expreurd the opinion that Omaha
.t" to Jol! the propou-d Western league if
be any bum ball here thia aeaaon.
War and the Workingmaa.
A meeting of pacifists in Washington lis
tened with Interest to the address oV a labor
leader, who professed to speak for the work
ing men of the country in opposition to the
campaign for preparedness. Hla aentimentt
well express the general attitude of a consider
able class of our society, but contain la them
selves nothing of novelty. Ia order that judg
ment may be finally made on a sound basts, it
will be in order to consider what has actually
happened, so far as the worklngman is con
cerned in connection with war.
At a conference between representatives of
French and German labor unions, held during
the summer of 1818, the French flatly asked
the Germans If they would, la event of war
being declared, abstain from fighting. The
Germans declined to answer. When war came,
a year later, the worklngman sprang in answer
to the call to the colors, each in bis own coun
try and under his own flag. Even the socialists
were swept from their moorings and carried
along with the war wave. Since the war com
menced, many efforts to secure from the labor
unlona of the several countries involved ex
pressions la opposition have failed. Within the
fortnight nearly 5.000.000 of Brltlah organised
workmen voted, with fewer than 100,000 ia th
negative, to continue the war to an issue.
What has actually happened in Europe Is
a fairly good guide for judgment ss to what
may happen here. No one wants war, but most
of the people want to be made sure that if war
does come they'll not be left helpless.
Abraham Lincoln
Recollections
B. . Madal ia The Outlook.
I MNCVJIy.N AND STANTON.
I AM Indebted to a friend, who waa not one of Lln
roln'a ndtnlrera, for the following:
"When tha lent call for troop waa rruvla and a
conscription ordered, tha proportion aaelgned to tie
city of New Tork waa soma thouaanda In exreaa of
what some people believed to be our legal liability,
and our committee on volunteering were certain they
could prove thla If they could have accrue to tha
books of the War department. Tha committee Ori
son Blunt. John Fox, Kmlth Ely and William M.
Tweed went to Waahlngton and asked Secretary
Ptanton'a permlaelon to examine tha records, which
waa bruaquely refused on the pretext that tha books
were In constant use. The committee then went to
the White House and saw Lincoln In his private
office. After asking them to be aeated, ho reaumed
hla chair. In which he sat partly on his back, with
hla heela literally on the mantelpiece. Hla linen
bosom wss unbuttoned, exposing hla red flannel ahlrt
He waa told, that wa had furnished. In excess of pre
vious calls, more than enough to exempt us from
the present call, which we would prove If we could
have access to tha records for any two hour during
the night when they were not In use. Ha was also
assured that In no event would a conscription be
needed in New Tork, as we were getting fifty volun
teers dally, anu a short postponement of the draft
would enable us to supply all the demand, just or
tinjuat. He listened with an expression of profound
sadness, and said he thought the requeat a reason
able one, but he feared, If the order for a drart was
postponed volunteering would cease, ile said that a
almllar committee from Cincinnati had applied to him
for a postponement of the drart, aa they were retting
twenty volunteers a day. It was done, and the day
following not a alngle volunteer appeared. That.'
aald Lincoln, 'Is human nature. When you think death
la after you, you run; but aa soon as death stops,
you stop,' At this he sprang from his chair, throwing
his arms about, and laughed loudly at hla own dismal
Joke. Lincoln gave the New Tork committee a not
to Ftanton, substantially as follow:
iJear Secretary: These gentlemen from New Tork
sak only what I think la right. They wish acceea to
the record, with two accountants, for two hour at
any time tonlsht I have told them that they may
have double that time.
Tours. A. LINCOLN.
"They took the note to Stanton, who handed it to
Ftye. Th latter glanced at r end, saying, Take
seats,' left the office. In a few minutes he returned
and said, curtly: 'The order Is annulled; you can't
see the .books.' The committee withdrew and re
turned to New Tork the next forenoon. The clerk of
the committee, Rugene Durbln, aald that late In the
evening an army officer with two orderlies called at
the committee's rooms and presented the chairman
with a note, which read as follows: The secretary
of war expecta to be Informed that the committee on
volunteering from the County of New Tork have loft
Waahlngton prior to neon tomorrow.' The commutes,
after their return, said it was Stanton, and not Lin
coln, who waa president of the United States.
The gentleman to whom I am indebted for this
Mr. Smith Ely, a former mayor of New Tork and a
member of congress was a democratic political leader
of war times, and, although one of tha most amiable
and kind-hearted of men, had of course to some de
gree the feelings regarding Lincoln shared by the
men who In those days frequented the Manhattan
club. He does not see much point In Lincoln's remark
about death and the draft. To me the point seems
olear enough. "When tl e devil was sick, the devil a
saint would ibe,' etc. Nor will the reader conclude
with the committee that Stanton was president and
not Lincoln, fttanton was a man of great adminis
trative ability, a kind of human dynamo, such aa you
could hardly duplicate In the country, a patriot and
honest man healdes. As long as the lasue .was one of
no great Importance (which seems to have been the
case' here) Lincoln let him have his way.
Stanton was probably the greatest man In civil life
produced by the war, of course, after Lincoln. My
earlleat recollection of him la aeelng him at the trial
of Sickles for the murder of Key, which took place
when I was a boy at school In Washington. He was
one of SlcTiIea' counsel. The acquaintance which
eicKies rormea at mat time with Stanton waa In part
the cauae of Sickles' success as a soldier in the civil
war Stanton advanced and supported him. I
remember at the trial a thick-set man with a heavy
beard who sat behlnA tha other lawr mn i.a
would occasionally Interpolate a remark In a gruff
Tuiee. zi i in a ini pnyaicai puna which la said to
be one of the best for strength very broad shouldera
and deep chest, a large body set on short, atout legs.
He had herculean powers of labor. I suppose he wi
honest, but I do not suppose that he waa an over
scrupulous man. He would have been out of place as
war minister if he had been. When someone com
plained to him of General Meigs, who waa one of his
subordinates, he said: "Now, don't Bay anything
against Meigs; he's the best man I have; he Is a sol
dier, and can do things which' I as a lawyer find it
hard to do." One wonder what the thing were that
Stanton would not do.
I am able to make only one original contribution
to the hlatory of Stanton. A young girl once told mo
this Incident about him. The reader, of course, know
Coleridge's poem beginning
All thoughts, all paaalons, all dellghta.
Whatever stirs thla mortal frame,
Are but tha mlnlalera of love.
And feed hla sacred flame. ,
Thla girl s father was a client and a great friend
of Stan ton' a, and ahe uaed to make long vlaits to
Stanton's family during the war. She waa a pretty
girl and a belle of those daye. She aald that Stanton
worked all the time and that the only relaxation ha
allowed himself waa that on Sunday afternoon for an
hour or no ha would read poetry to her, and ahe told
ni that the poem he read orteneat and with the
greateat pleasue waa "All thoughts, all pas Ion. ll
dellghta"
Twice Told Tales
Her Iciara Hat el. '
A literary club waa recently organised by women
In a suburb of Boaton. ror a while everything went
along beautifully.
One evening, while the Browns were having din
ner. Mr. Brown asked:
"Well, Ines. did you have a pleasant meeting at
your club thla afternoon?'"
"Oh. yea, dear!" replied Mra. Brown, with great
enthulasm, "It was really a splendid meeting. About
the best we have had. I think."
' Indeed," aald the huaband, who waa not a firm
believer In women's clubs; "what was the toplo under
dlecuealon today?"
Mrs. Brown couldn't seem to remember at first.
Finally, however, aha exclaimed triumphantly:
"Oh, yes. I remember! We dlacuaaed that braaeu
looktng woman with red hair that's juat moved in
across the street, and Shapespeare." Boatoa Globe,
People and Events.
A midnight hurry call from the pubtlo library
at MlnneapoUa resulted In the discovery of Auguat
Molina bo absorbed In the pages of Raffles that he
waa hedlesa of tune and being looked In. The li
brary watchman, thought he was a burglar.
Back ia Ulouceater. N. J., somebody hinted tv
Judge Klrey that oodlea ef money awaited him la
Ireland. - "All right, responded the judge. "Bend It
ever. I'U pay the freight whea I see the gooda." The
judge didn't resign hla joa. much to the disappoint
ment of the informer.
Talk about devotion, peraiatence, loyalty, a to. I
Head on. For tea year O. M. retereon, of North
Hudson, Ind.. called on Mlaa Ru- Neuport on Tues
day. Thursday, Saturday and Sunday evening: the
following five year he called on Thurada)a iM
Sunday, and for the last five year he called. Sun
day only. Hevently they were married.
dm
U.Jrv-VJ
That Freedom of lreaa Debate.
GREELEY. Neb., Feb. S.-To the Ed
itor of The Pee: After reading Editor
Pontine' tirade in The Bee a few days
ago, the thought naturally uppermost
waa: What Is It all about, anywayT
The next day's Bee contained a letter
from Mr. Metcalfe, together with the
"ssllent points" of the offending arti
cle, and I waa still unable to discover a
cauae fur the violent brainstorm of the
soul-harrowed editor,, as I saw abso
lutely nothing In the Metcalfe article
that could in any way be construed as
dangerous to the freedom of the preea.
It Is noticeable how men of a certain
temperament and habits of thought are
drawn together. The next night's Beo
brought a "tribute" from a Mr. Brad
shew to Mr. Fontlus. (I wonder if he
Is kin to the genius who classed the
traveling men ss 90 per cent bad?.) One
wonders why, In a free country, he
should be tributary to any one, but I
suppose he knows.
In his seal for the cauae of freedom,
this modest reformer would sentence all
who happen to disagree with his pecu
liar views to "Old Mexico, Spain, or
aome other seaport where the speech and
preps ia muxxled." Evidently he thinka
that Mexico and Spain are just seaports
In some poor, benighted country, 'way,
'way off. And, of course, he would ban
ish "unpatrlotlsm" to the same old sea
port. He concluded his letter with a
plea for his "cleancut methods of free
presa, speech and public school
handling." But one Is at a loss to know
what the school bond or free has ever
done for him. .
Possibly a post-graduate course in his
"destrlct skule' would help to clarify
his distempered mind.
Freedom of the press Is something we
should jealously guard, but we should
always remember that there Is some dif
ference between liberty and license.
License, tho wise ones tell us. Is an ex
cess of liberty, and as too, much of a
good thing Is apt to be Injurious, would
It not be wise ss well as Christian to
draw tho line sharply between what ia
heaven-sent and what ia. hell-sent be
tween good and evil?
MICHAEL O'CONNOR.
What la Identical Reeperaalbilltyf
OMAHA, Feb. 8. To the Editor of The
Bee: . In a newspaper article not long
ago Garrison Is represented aa having
said, "I think. In a democracy, that
every citizen should be under Identical re
sponsibility aa to his duties to the na
tion." And what would be Identical re
sponsibility? If one of the common peo
ple should be killed while In the service
of a corporation, his widow might recover
15,000 or 110.000. If this be Justice, the life
is worth the money and the money la
worth the life. Or. say the average per
csplta wealth with tho life la worth $10,000,
It Is said that wars are fought for the
protection of life and property. Now. if
one of the common people puta up a Ufa
for $10,000. should he who Is worth 1100,000
put up ten lives hla own and hire nine
more? And, on this basis, should the
possessor of $1,000,000 go himself and hire
ninety-nine more? And thepossessor of
$100,000,000 go himself and' hire 10,000 sol
diers, less one?
Are we born free and equal? Would
thla approximate "Identical responsibility ?
And would It foster peace? H. T. B.
Notes of Progress
Ohio lias $100,000,000 invested la school
properties.
Electrical railways of the United States
represent a valuation of $730,000,000.
Seventy per cent of the American people
uae electricity In some form every day.
Two million miles of dirt roada have
been built in the United Statee. The total
length of public roads of alf kinds) In this
country Is estimated at 2,260,000 miles.
It hss been eaHmated by the United
States geological survey that North Da
kota contain 697.000,00 . COO ahort tons of
lignite In beda more than three feet thlckt
The Chinese government will reopen a
pottery that was built In 1306 and which
la said to be the only place that haa pre
served the ancient Waya of making porce
lain of rare colors and deslgna
One thousand and three hundred repre
sentative manufacturer in New Tork
atate, employing 600,000 persons, are pay
ing an average of 27 per cent more In
wage than a year ago, according to a re
port made public by the bureau of atatis
tlca and information of the state Indua
trlal commission.
Long Island ia agitating a project for
constructing a canal along the aouth ahore
to connect tho great baya for a diatance
of 120 mile. It would reach New York
harbor through Jamaica bay. The esti
mated cost of constructing the canal la
$2,000,000, which It la rropoaed to divide
equally between the atate and federal
government.
On many of the beat aaUnon rivers in
Canada power works have been or are
being constructed, the dama of which bar
the salmon's wsy up to the spawning
grounds. To obviate this difficulty New
Brunswick haa tried the experiment of
erecting close to one. of these dams an
automatically-worked lift, which raises
the confiding salmon to the higher level.
The salmon hsve Jumped at the idea.
Thirty-four concerna manufacturing
crudea. Intermediates or finished dyeatuffa
In thla country are listed in an additional
report on the dyestuffs attuatlon recently
Issued by Dr. Thomas II. Norton, special
agent of the Department of Commerce,
who haa been detailed to study the condi
tions surrounding and affecting the devel
opment of a domestic dya industry. Pro
duction of these material, which, previ
ous to the war, amounted to only about
S.OuO ton, la estimated by Dr. Norton at
approximately 1S.W0 tone a year at tha
present time.
ETCHINGS OF LIFE.
Don't bora your guests; and don't let
them bore you.
A man la usually more careful of hla
money than he la of hla principle
Quit your foolishness, and you can beat
your lurk. It'a the only way.
Thoee who are careful at the beginning
of a transaction rarely get the worst of It.
How easy reform and a garden seem,
when you read a political platform or
seed catalogue.
Women's literary clube waste a lot of
time that might be profitably devoted to
literature.
Nearly every roaa haa some pet doctrine
he believes the people should be made to
aeoept.
Ever aotloe that doctors, who are
shocked because you do not know the
human machine better, do not live very
long themselves?
Editorial Snapshots
Boston Transcript: It will be observed
that those who pronounce Mr. Brsndcis
name "Brandlea" also Invariably accent
the final "e" In the name of Senator
Mart'ne.
St. Louis Globe-Democrat: John P. says
there Is something about Billy Sundsy
that he likes; It can't be merely that
fellow-feeling between moneyed mag
nates, cau It?
Cleveland Plain Dealer: About VO
studenta at tha naval academy at An
napolis have failed In their examina
tions. Apparently they do not believe
In preparedness.
Brooklyn Engle: Colombia would prefer
$2R,000,ono to $15,000,000. naturally, but she
will be vsstly tickled to get th lesser
sum, even If our "apology" Is toned down.
tlomblan politicians are much like those
of Albany and Washington in facility at
disposing of a surplus.
Indianapolis News: When the neutral
world is contributing so largely to keep
the Belgians from starving to death, one
may doubt the justice cf Germany's in
creasing the tax It has Imposed on that
country from $,0i,0,ono, which Is collected
In 1915, to $192,100,000 In 1916.
Baltimore American: Recent German
operations may not have been decisive,
but nobody can deny that they were
spectacular. They Indicate also some of
the good effects of preparedness, for
which evidently there Is no need of a
crusade In Germany.
Pittsburgh Dispatch: The mystery of
the Moewe, which captured the Appam
and brought It snugly Into an Amcric.ii
harbor as the most dramatic pr'ze In the
frentlest of piratical history, may be
solved by the revelation that the Moewe
Is the legendary Flying Dutchman.
Philadelphia Record: Ex-Governor Har
mon of Ohio has been reading his Gibbon
for a third time and came on the season
able observation of the historian that Just
before the conquest of Constantinople by
the Turks the pacifists on the Bosphorus
were very Influential and resisted all the
efforts of the last Greek emperor to coax
their byxanta out of them to meet the
cost of putting the olty In a state of de
fense. They lost their gold coins, all the
same, but 'they lost them to the Turks.
Baltimore American: The General Fed
eration of Women's Clubs of America it
about to start a campaign In favor of
modest dressing and against the license
of the present mode of attire. This Is a
crusade much needed by the times, and
particularly suited to feminine energies,
as the remedy for such conditions, which
all critics of the times allow are deplor
able, lies almost absolutely In the hands
of women. It Is the sort of reform which
begins at home and so ought to be doubly
effective.
LUTES TO A LAUGH.
Mrs. Tearwedd I wonder why we are
growlns; tired of each other.
Yesrwedd I hs-en't an 1"ea.
Mr. Y. Yes. tbst may be the reason
Boston Transcript.
"Tommy, you should not fight with
t! at Jlmpsnn boy."
"I know It, ma."
"That's rlsht."
"Hut 1 d dn't know It trefore I hit him."
Birmingham Age-Herald.
"Now," said the professor of chem
ist ry, "under what combination la gold
mot quickly released?"
The student pondered a moment. "I
know, sir." he answered. "Marriage."
Dallas News.
Mrs. Flsthush I see by this paper thai
a New Jersey woman has uaed the same
rolllng-t in for fcrty years.
Mr. Flatbush Good grafloua! On one
husband? Tonkers Statesman.
O'Brien Ol can ssy wan thing Ot'm
a self-made man.
Casey is It boastln ye are, or
apoU gisln' ? Irish World.
fcEAR MR i KABlBelcv
TWO MEN ARE CAUlNcjONMe.
OWF PlAlG THE VIOUW , THE"
OTHER A OWflR- WHICH
WALL I MAfW
I NtTVER HEART) OP A
60ITAR PLAYER MAKJNfcf A3
MUCH AS KUBElIk!
Maud Is It true, dear, that your en
parement with young Gottroz la broken
off?
Ethel True? (Holds ot her hand.)
You can see for yourself that I am still
In the ring. Boston Transcript,
Auntie Well. Tommy, what have yoa
Irnined In school today?
Tommy How to whisper without mov
ing the lips. Chicago Herald.
"It was a mad revel at the banquet
Inst night."
"Yes. 1 noticed that even the cham
pagne bottles were frothing at the
mouth." Baltimore American.
SAKTJ.
When you're down and out disheart
ened Till your spirits all hsns loose, '
Don't stop to ask the question '
Of yourself, "Oh, what's the use?"
Tilings may to you seem useless.
More than your poor soul can stand.
But bravo It out, rny heartle
Show the world you've got some sand.
Never quit God hates a quitter
Can't you smile? There, that's all
rlRht
Other f el Iowa, worn and weary.
Have traveled through the nltrht.
Throw aside your thoughts of failure:
lxok about on every hand
There are thousands sad dlscouraared-4
Just because they lacked the sand.
Come now do your part to show them
How you've learned to fight and stand.
For the world deserts a quitter.
And backs the man with aand.
Omaha C. L OLIVER.
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Dsyton. ., Feb. 10 -A taxi waa whirl
ing down Main street, enro'l'.o :o the
tllot, yesterday mrrnlng, when reilta
tr.ans were startled to hear a womvii ci v
to the chauffeur. "Stop, quick!"
Aa the brakes brought the car to a
grinding , lurch aU the curb, a tall hand
some, dark-eyed woman sprang out and
fairly ran acroas the sidewalk, and Into
the Miller drug store.
"Oh, I'm ao glad I saw It," she said.
"What?" asked the surprised clerk.
"Tanlac," answered the woman.
"I'm on my way to the depot," ahe con
tinued. "I aaw the Tanlac sign. It's Just
what I want. Wrap me up a doxen bot
tles." As the package waa being wrapped the
woman, who smile rippled between dim
Plea as a punctuation mak for every
sentence, told a story rich In the romance
of human intcreat.
She la Mlaa Grace Burns, ef Etralra. N.
T.. who came to Dayton to visit friends
before proceeding to Indianapolis, from
where h will accompany a member of
a well-known family there to Florida for
a winter's convalescence.
"Tanlac Is wonderful," aald Mlaa Burn.
"I believe my training aa a nurse quail
flea me to Judge It, but It la my own ex
perience with Teniae that Impressed ma
so remarkably, since then I have recom
mended Tanlao boo re of times without
once aeelng It fall.
"Nureee are supposed to have Iron con
stitution." Miss Burns continued, "but
I guess I am not bleaaed with one. I
broke down while studying about sU
months ao. My nervous syataia Juat ool
lapeed. My appetite failed. I Buffered
nausea after eating only bouillon and
toast. I had, the moat frightful beadachae
and slept ao fitfully I gained no real rest.
I lost twenty pound ia three weeks.
"Though I hated the thought, I had Just
about decided to go to a hoapltai when
another nurse told me about Teniae aa
she aat at my bedside.
"I hsd been educated to acorn proprie-
tarv medicines. mr,A h.n t tA nu
opinion, she said: Tes, I know It's a pro
prietary, but Just take my word for It,
Grace, it'a good. I know what It will do.
It will put you back on your feet again,
and that la the important thing, no mat
ter what your opinions are now. Next
day ahe brought me a bottle. For the
first few days Tanlao seemed to have ao
effect, except to end the nausea, but I
was grateful even for that She brought
me two more bottles. In another week
my nerves were quieting. I wa sleepiag
better, and was eating three egga for
breakfast, gruel and toast for luncheon,
and a bit of steak or lean roast for din
ner. "That was three months ago. Do I look
like a nervous dyspeptic now? Why I ant
ten pounds heavier than I was before I
became 111."
The Tanlac Man admitted that atlas
Burns looked excellent, and asked, 'la
this Tsnlao for you?"
"Mercy no; I'm going to strengthen ray
patient with it thla winter. ahe called
back from the door. "Good-bye.
"A bottle of Tanlac, for my wtte.
please,' eald a man who hadUeard Mias
Burns story, and everybody laughed.
Tanlac, which won this epontaaeeua
endorsement from a nurse, la being ex
ciuaiveijr introduced In Omaha
Sherman A McConnell Dm
and Dodge etreeta
There the Tanlac Man explain the Mas
ter Medicine for stomach, liver aad kid
ney Ills; the tonic, invigorate aad aape
ttser ideal, to scores ef rata aad wesasa
dally. Advertisement.
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