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1HK OMAHA S17.VDAY H.K: MAKCil 26, 1916. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD KOSEWATKK. VICTOR? ROSKWATKR. EDITOR. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor. PFB PITTU'INO, TARNAM AND PKVKNTKKNTH, Entered St Omaha postofftc a second-class ynstter. TERMS Or SUBflCTUPTTON. Br carrier By mull per tnnth. pr year. Pally and Sunday Sc js.on lBtly without Sunday ioc 4.00 Evening and Sunday J. no Kvniliu without Sunday Uf 4. 00 Munfley Bee only jry j.no Dally and Punriay Bee, three years In advance . tlO. 00 Send riot Ira of change of addre or Irregulsrlty la delivery to Omaha Pee, Circulation Department. REMITTANCT:. Remit by draft, express or postal order. Only two cent atampa received In payment of amall accounts. Personal checks, except on Omaha and eastern ex charre, not accepted. OFFICE". Omaha The Be Building. Pouth Omeha 2J18 N itmt. Council Bluffs 14 North Main street Lincoln 526 Little Building. C'hlrsro ml Peoples Oas Building. New York Room 11. IM Fifth avenua. Pt. Louis 60S New Bank of Commerce.. Waehlnrton 7K Fourteenth street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Address communlcatlona relating to new and edi torial mr.tter to Omaha Baa. Editorial Department. FEBRUARY cmcciiATio. 54,328 Daily Sunday 50,639 Dwlght William, circulation manager of The Be Publiahlng company, balrg duly aworn, says that the average circulation for the month of February, 114, was 14. m dally and 60,S Sunday. DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. Subscribed in my presence and aworn to before tn, thla Id day of Maixh, 1916, ROBEKT HUNTER, Notary Publlo. Buberrlbers lvlng th city temporarily bonkl have Tho Be mailed to them. Ad dree will be changed m often m requeaiod. Old Man Winter dlei hard, bit be ta doomed to abort shrift. One touch of spring doea not mark, a regu'ar debut. Keep pour winter duda on awhile. American motor trucks are giving the Mex Icana needed lessons In spring plowing In tbe sandhill district. The war dogs of Greece, though deprived of tbelr favo-ite diet, aeem quite content with a large bite out of Albania. "Birds of a feather flock together." Watch the grafters and fake reformers hitch up for mutual offense and defense. Both peace advocates and Jingoes can easily unite on one program of preparedness the pre paredness for the spring clean-up. Travel routes abroad are not boasting of tbe adjacent scenery, but there Is no mistaking tbe high Quality of the excitement provided. A total of 3,000 merchant Teasels put out of business by war enlarges the freedom of the seas, but who ta the gainer would stump war prophet. - ' The sincere reformer commands respect; even If overzealous or actually mistaken; the fake reformer is distrusted and despised, as ha ought to be. - It is uphill work trying to inflate the demo cratic "Who-is-Hs" governorship boom, but If tbe scheme fails. It will not he due to lack of lung power or lubricating oil. Now, If Villa were disposed to be accommo dating, he would at least agree to bo captured and disposed of In time to let Uncle Bam spare some of his troops for our Ak-Sar-Ben demon stration next fall. . ' Aa extra 3100,000,000 of war taxes for national defenses is planned to come out of plute incomes and Inheritances. The steadily widening reach of the federal tax gatherer prom ises a serious drive at existing political fences. The Commercial club's 3, 000-members slogan means one member for ever hundred of the popu lation, and stretching the population to 300,000, at that. It is aa ambitious project, but ita cer tain achievement will bring Just that much mors glory. ' TraTersing Hallowed Ground. Tbe military expedition Into Mexico traverses ground hallowed by the valor. Bufferings and tri umphs of American volunteer frontiersmen. Reports of tbe desert's burning heat and blind ing dust, of trackless cacti plains and tbe hard ships of the march, are repetitions of tbe experi ences of General Alexander W. Doniphan and his men In the same region exactly sixty-nine years ago. The story of that remarkable exploit of 1,000 men, primitively equipped and carrying their own aupplles, ridicules tbe fears felt for the successful ending of the Villa hunt. General Donlpban'a command cut loos from civilisation at Fort Leavenworth in May, 1846. and biased the route of tbe Santa Fe trail. In less than three months the Mexican defenders of Santa Fe were dispersed and New Mexico be came a part of the union. A month later the hostile Navajo in the Arltona mountains were reduced to a peace footing, clearing the way for a dash to El Paso and south of the Rio Grande. Even to men inured to hardship and primi tive outdoor life, five months of marching re duced them to ragged and half-famtshed battal ions, living on the game of the country, suppl'es exhausted and hundreds Of miles from a base. They entered El Paso while Yuletlde festiyltles vere on and were obliged to thrash General Ponce de Leon's army of 1,100 men before par taking of the Christmas dinner. Crossing the Rio Grande in February, 184T, Donlpban'a expedition, with 856 effective men and ten pieces of artillery, traversed the route followed by Villa's pursuers, covered 315 miles of trackless desert in fourteen days, escaped destruction from thirst by a providential rain storm, routed 4.000 Mexlcana In a fortified mountain pass on the Rio Sacramento, and en tered Chihuahua on March 1. In ten montha the expedition covered 3.000 miles of roadless territory and whipped three Mexican armies, with a loss of one man killed and a score wounded In bsttle. In the light of this extraordinary achieve ment tbe present punitive expedition, with its vsst resources and modern equipment, takes on the affect of a military picnic The Supervised Playground. A correspondent asks a reason for' the su pervised playground and the existence of i recreation board to direct the play of the mod ern youngster. It is hard to give a reason that will withstand the test of critical analysis, but the pretext Is easy to present. Children nc longer grow tip as they did In times gone by. Our social ways have changed. Not many gen erations ago father and mother took a deep and affectionate Interest in the affairs of their cffsprlng, and gave to their rearing attention that resulted In boy and girl coming up from babyhood with respect for elders, a knowledge ot useful work, and a consideration for others that obviated much that might have led to un pleasantness. Todsy parents have other things tc occupy their minds. It Is still necessary that the children be supervised, so the work has been transferred from tbe borne to the achool, to the playground and to the juvenile court. Experts are paid to do tbe work that would otherwise fall on the parent, and thus the raising of children Is relieved of much that rsed to be bothersome. The experiment has not been carried on far enough to determine its value, but some old fashioned people com fort themselves with tbe thought that In good time the home will be re-established aa . the proper place In which to give the child lnstrue tlon as to behavior, and that playing will as sume again Ha natural quality of freedom. That, of course, remains to be determined by (he Issue, but for tbe present the supervised playground is to be an adjunct to the general purpose of public aseumptlon of private respon sibility in tbe matter of training children. Modern Gladiators and the Public. Proceedings In New York last night were not of such nature as to indicate that man's better impulses have entirely gained ascendancy. Two professions! bruisers banged away at each other, under the Immediate scrutiny of aeveral thousands of people, while throughout the length and breath of tho land millions waited for bulletins, besieged newspaper offices by tel ephone and otherwise sought for information aa to the outcome. This morning more people are reading the splendid descriptions of what went on at Madison Square than will give at tention to any other feature of the Sunday news paper. To the bruisers themselves the reward Is more money than the great majority of men accumulate id a lifetime; more by far than either could ever hope to attain by the most diligent pursuit of any vocation for which he Is mentally and physically fitted. It ia recrudescence of the savagery latent Id the most ultra-clvlllsed, a lingering trait com ing down from our aboriginal, and maybe arboreal, ancestors, amongst whom physical prowess took precedence over all other quali fications. Reminiscent of the luxurious day of decadent Rome, it shows us to be as were the patricians of that time, who would "pat the brawn and bet their sesterces on tbe red blood" of the gladiators, the outward proof of an In ward admiration for the fighting man. Tbe economic value ot a prise fighter Is nil; his sentimental Influence is far-reaching and In calculable. Public Interest tn the affair of last night, and in' similar exhibitions, gainsays the argument against its suppression. Many mor als may be drawn from tbla, some of which will suggest themselves, even to the most casual reader. Shackleton Still ia the South. It Is within the range of possibility that Lieutenant Sir Ernest Shackleton'a name will be added to the list ot those who have given their lives to tbe attempt to unveil tbe mystery of the poles. The relief ship, which set out more than a year ago, has Just been heard from, returning disabled to Its home port. It brings no news of the fate of the Intrepid explorer who went into the Antarctic darkness to make more certain of the knowledge suggested by the notebook of Captain Robert Falcon Scott, and to secure, if possible, any advantage to civilisation that might come from that knowledge. The world must wait for further word from the explorer and his companions, but it Is encouraging that not even the presence ot a great war can blot out interest in this undertaking of peaceful adven ture. Some services to mankind are greater than those performed on the field of battle, and of this quality Is the service of the dead who have died In the Polar wastes that man's con quest of the world might be more complete. Their sacrifice is not wholly In vain, and their example Is an ever-present Inspiration to the living. Wireless in War Times. The use of wireless telegraphy in peace and war Is rapidly extending, but Just now its value as a military accessory is tbe greater. In con nection with operations of war it performs a function of the highest Importance. The free use ot the air by amateurs is likely to Interfere with the legitimate purposes of the government. Therefore, steps are being taken to limit the operations of amateur plants, even to their abolition. This is one of tbe most serious prob lms our government has had to deal with In tbe maintenance of Its neutrality. Direct com munication with Germany since the opening ot tbe wsr has been possible only by means of the wirelees, and has continually been under super vision of the federal government, in order to prevent abuses. The success ot tbe plan ao far has been gratifying. It has been achieved with but little Interference with business, and has kept tbe world Informed or events that would otherwise have remained burled under the emba-go of the Allies" censorship. Along the Mexican border a somewhat analogous situa tion has developed, and here the amateurs are being auppressed. as they were along tbe Atlan tic coast. The amateurs can well afford to fcrego thelr amusement when the public, good is at stake. r YxtTfom moexrwATra. In Omaha's experience, unfortunately, "ae tive church workers' in office have not always panned out better tbsn the other kind. They have on aeveral occasions proved to be embes rlers or fee-grabbers or grafters, not because they are church workers, but because hypocrites and crooks sometimes wear the livery of the i church, to borrow a semblance of honor. WHEN the republican national convention la set In motion In June. William J. Bryan will again be occupying a seat at the press table just na he did at the last republican convention and as he did at the republlfian convention of twenty years ago. I have thla direct from Mr. Bryan himself for. when I greeted him at the I'relghlon law students' feast the other evening, ho started right out: "Roaewater, have you any Influence with the man agement of your coming convention?" he asked. "Perhaps." I ventured, hesitatingly, wondering what he wsa leading up to. "At leaat, I think I might have. ' "Well, then," said Mr. Bryan, "I wish you'd get ma a seat In the press section. I'm going to report the convention for a number of newspaper, and you took rare of me so well laat time, I'd like to have you look after thla for me now." "Which side of the house do you want to alt on. Mr. Bryan, tha republican aide or tha democratic sldeT" I asked. But I fear he didn't see the Joke. "Oh! They don't seat them that way, do they?" h came back. "No, not tn our conventions," I hastened to reas sure him, "And even If we did, you could have a seat on the republican side, tf you wanted It. for w are opening the door wide to everyone to come In." It will be remembered that In Vf Bryan went from the reporters' table 'at St. Louis to Chicago to talk himself Into his own nomination and in 191J he prat tloally stopped proceedings at Chicago while he took hi departure for Baltimore, where he finally swung the balance from Champ Clark to Wilaon. Far be It from roe, however, to predict. Needless to add. I have slready written to Secre tary Reynolds on behalf of Reporter Bryafi, and If It turns out that the application la too late to have tha deserved consideration. I ahall hold a place at the press table allotted to The Bee at his disposal. Mr. Bryan la looking remarkably well, it was a year since I had last aeen him at Washington and he then seemed exceedingly worn and tired. I think ha has lost some weight in that tlmo. Ha looks trim mer sll around, perhaps In part because he has his hair trimmed closer, though I noted the rim not only steadily receding, as it has been for some years, but also becoming tinged with gray where it used to be a glistening Week. He waa In mighty good humor that night and his eyes sparkled at the fun and Jokes perpetrated by the clever Crelghton boys (and tho e-irla) In their talks. His own speech, while enter talnlng, waa little too long drawn out and waa plainly a made-on-the-apot petchwork of plecea from two or three of his staple addresses, but gingered Up as no one but Bryan can do. with apt local allusion., such for example, aa the bouquets to his fellow or, tors and his feeling reference to his personal relations with John A. Crelghton. cne of the university's foun ders. Mr. Bryan's command of clear, concise and vigorous English, however, la atlll unsurpassed and no ons can match him In ease and facility of talking. Authentic report ha It that President Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia university, who waa our guaat her In Omaha two weeks ago, waa the choir of the committee In charge of the Chicago convention for temporary chairman. HI (election might not have been universally pleasing, but all who heard his mas terful address at the Pallmpsent club will agree that he Is pre-eminently qualified to deliver the keynote peech and would make an excellent presiding offi cer. But when Z read that hi name waa under con sideration, I knew that he could not serve because his goodbye to m In Omaha, "I'll aee you In Chicago," was coupled with the explanation that he could not be there until the second day's session. And h reason? Well, that, too, I happen to know. It being that the Columbia commencement exercises and the open ing of th republican national convention fall together on June 7. The convention date I movable, but the oommenocment la fixed by university statute for the Tuesday of tbe thirty-eighth week following the be ginning of th regular fall semester and the. presi dent of th Institution 1 ordinarily expected to con fer the degrees tn person at any rate. President But ler has never missed a commencement ; and he In sists that his political activities be wholly subordi nated to his academic work. Thla mlscu of date la, I must confess, equally embarrassing to me, for I had been figuring on attending the commencement re union as a Columbia graduate of th class of twenty five year ago, and. as everyone knows, a quarter centennial reunion can come but one. Under tbe conditions th convention opening will have to get along without Dr. Butler and tbe oomroenoement will proceed without me. Twico Told Tales Jast a Fable. One time there was an honest shepherd boy who was accoated by a total atranger, who said: "J have lost my way. W1U you leave your sheep and guide me to tbe nearest villager 'No." said th boy, "I must not leave my sheep.'" "But I will pay you well for your time," said tbs stranger. "No, I am entrusted with these sheep, and I must stick on tbe Jobseer "Uh-huh." said the atranger, for he was highly educated. Just then tbe young man's attendant Joined hlra, and he found that the stranger was a grand duke, who owned all the country round. "Come to see me some time." said the grand duke to the faithful boy. "You Interest me strangely." One day the young man took the grand duk at his word and called on him. "You little mutt." saU tha grand duke, through his clenched teeth, "turn around and let my foot do what It has been itching to do ever sine that day you wouldn't show me the way to the village." And the young man went home happy. He was the only boy in that neighborhood whose pants bad ever been kicked by the foot of royalty. Loulsvlll Times. Thirty Years Ago This Day in Omaha ' Complied from Be rues. Excavation waa commenced today for the founda tion of the new Hoard of Trade building on Sixteenth and Far nam streets, and It is expected that the work of laying the foundation will be commenced by May 1. John T. Raymond played "Colonel Mulbery Pell era." to a delighted audience at the Boyd. Judge Savage left for Boston to attend the meet ing of the board of dlrectora of th Union Pari No, next week. A pleasant progressive euchre party mas given by W. J. Mount at hia residence on upper Capitol ae nue. The booby primes were carried off by M. C. Maul and Fred Bothwlck. The Charity union has established a wood yard on a vacant lot north of Chicago and Sixteenth street, to furnish work to deserving needy. The officers of the Chsrity union are: Fred Nye, president; Clement Chase, vice president; James Ross, secre tary; Alfred Millard, treasurer; F. D. Mulr, Henry Estabrook, Frank Irvine and a P. Peck, trustees General Mansger Callaway and General Superin tendent Pmjth. of th I'nlon I'aclfie. are back In Kan. aaa City. A foot rsoe for 1100 a side has been arranged be tween twe well known sprinters, W. A. Oregg and li. K. Athertnn, both members of th Thurston bos tesm. SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT. Detroit Free Press: Bll'y Sunday say women who play cards for prlres sr 'blark-legsed, gamblers." It must have been an old-fashioned lot that Billy peeked at. Boston Transcript: The Methodist and Presbyterian churches at Cimarron, Kas., hsve joined In a single congregation with one preacher. The Moose and the Ele phant seem to he setting a powerfully Strong example on the prairies. Baltimore American: Dr. Tarkhurst's melancholy experience with the so-called American candy company cornea soon after the disclosure of a famous Brook lyn rlersyman's bad luck as a business man. Still, business success Is not. the highest test of human quality, some pop ular hero worship to the contrary not withstanding. New Tork World: It Is creditable for the Kplsropallsns to rai.e 11.12.000 to meet the deficit In their foreign missions ac count. That leaves the wsy clear for mtsslonsry work among the superannu ated clergy of the denomination In the matter of pensions and rettrlng allow ances. Brooklyn Eagle: Dr. Taleott Williams of the School of Journalism told a church congregation In Manhattan Sunday that the churches would Increase their at tendance greatly by spending as much on advertising their services as they now spend on their music. He might have made his point stronger by adding that In Brooklyn, where th churches adver tise more freely than In any other city In the country, the church attendance Is notably larger than among any city pop ulation of the same else. Springfield Republican: Mention has been made of the steps that are being taken by the Methodtat Episcopal and th Protestant Episcopal churches to raise large endowment fund, th Income from which will be used to pension aged ministers. should be added that th Congregational churches, under the lead of their national council, are also plan ning to raise a pension fund of tl.000,000, aa a part of the program proposed for the celebrstlon of the 300th anniversary In 1K0 of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers. The sons of ministers 'who have been prospered In worldly goods should be able to give a big lift to all these funds, along with the rest of us. They best un derstand the need. WOMEN IN THE WAR ZONE. Great Britain ha over x.too police women. Nearly every town In Germany now has policewomen. More than 66.000 women are now In the French Bed Cross. Three-fifths of the Belgian refugees In England are women. Women are even acting as street clean ers In southern Germany. More than T00.00Q women are employed ' In the factories of Russia. About three women to on man are now employed In th munition factories. Marriage have dropped off over IS per cent in Berlin since th war began. Footwomen hav replaced nearly all of the footmen emnloyed hr the .ith. families in England. Women have replaced many man aa steward of trans-Atlantis steamer th result of conscription. In every country now at war the culti vation of the fields, orchards and vine yards Is left to th women. As a result ot the war woman In alt th warring countries are taking bigger places in the various industries. Typewriter and women typist will take a prominent plaoe In th new ef ficiency system In the French war of. flee. Over SO.OOO we man have taken th place of men In France, thue enabling u per cent of the factories in that country to run on full time. Over 1,000 women hav been engaged to examine all lattara which h lated at Liverpool and which are destined vo ine iniiM stale. An army sohool of iwikanr wht.h women instruct, ha been inaugurated for tne training or military cooks who will serve at the front with th British army. In order to meet th shortage of agri cultural labor In England, du to th en listment of men, steps hav been taken to mobilise a sufficient number of women to work the land. OUT OP THE ORDINARY. Taking the year as a whole the tables show that there are two regions of maxi mum thunderstorm frequency, one over Florida and the other over Mexico. The largest fine ever collected in Wash ington county under the Vermont law which makes six inches th minimum length of trout wss $230, paid recently by Harry Dudley, for having forty-five short ones In his possession. A cat, a mascot of a battery of British royal, field artillery, after taking part In every engagement of his soldier comrades, who carried him with them when they left England tn November, 1914, has still to lose the first ot bis nine lives. Full credit seems to be given the preva lent American spirit in the western paper which recently printed the following Item: "Dr. Mlltenbergrr spent Fridsy In Chi cago, taking a post-graduate course In surgery." He should now be able to cut a considerable swathe In the old home town. "The1 flowers of Hawaii declare tha glories of Ood, and the fish ahoweth his handiwork," declares a realistic writer In the Christian Herald, asserting, by the way, that nowhere else In the world can fish be found in so many and such variegated huea as tn the waters of these Pacific possessions of ours. Seven Kitchens. Pa., breaks Into the news column with a vigorous account of fighting between a cow and a bear. The apple of evil In this case wss a lus cious pumpkin for which both animals headed, the cow winning the race and de fending her prlie with valiant horns, bruin fleeing. People and Events The Ohio town of Fremont points with pride to a 16-year-old native son who weighs 260 pounds. Local optimists are uncertain whether the aid ia another white hope or a comer for alderman. An Immigrant girl In Boston, about to be deported for fear she would become a public charge, got over too offer of Job from as many housewives. Scarcity of help In Boston and New Tork approxi mates a famine. Purser Kursey of the Amerlcen liner St.. Paul has retired after his 1,100th trip across the Atlantic and a travel record of 4.000.000 miles on the briny since IKS. To him the heaving ocean proved a pretty safe place, and It is unlikely re tirement will take him very far from It. The brine end spume of the salted seas are pulsing Joys to the nostrils of Mrs. James A. Orne, suffrsge skipper of the Jlaxel Dell, a New England Coasting schooner. Captain Ome's crew consists of a husband, rank uncertain; two daugh ters ss mates, two white rats, a canary bird and a dog. That genius and poverty too often are teammates, la shown in the case of Ni cola Tesla, Involving default In payment of personal taxes In New Tork city. The electrical wlssrd testified he had no In come and subsisted mostly on credit Evidently the wonder he promised In print have not been reduced to a cash basis. A stake of 110,000 earned In a lump sum at the age of 2 Is the reward of merit which has come to Lucien T. Reld. a lawyer of La Crosse, Wis. The sum wss willed by sn uncle on condition that Held abstained from tobacco and Intoxi cating drink until he was JR. In itself the fee for abstinence was worth while and likewise profitable In a physical sense. One of the oldest weatherwlse Inhabi tants of Brooklyn digs up the weather record of 1816, which was a real Joy killer. He reports the winter of that year swallowed up spring and put Icicle on summer. Frost and Ice were common In June. Winds came out of the north steadily In midsummer, "mothers knit socks double thickness and made thick mittens, and the folks ate buckwheat cakes for breakfast the whole year through." Doubtless the latter Inward delicacy compensated for outward dis BRIEF BITS OP SCIENCE. An English scientist ha succeeded In obtaining seven gallon of fuel oil from a ton of seaweed. Wire made of a new German alloy with aluminum for Its base Is about twice as tough s steel wire. Applying elect rto currents to the base of the brain, a Berlin physician has found a way to give sleep to the sleepless. Seed germinate rapidly under the in fluence of violet and blue rays, but files and other insects do not like these colors. Safety In aviation still Is largely a matter of skill and Judgment of the oper ator. Statistics show that only one-fourth of the aocldents are due to defect in th aeroplanes. Without resort to computation, a new nautical Instrument, to be mounted over a ship's compass, enables the direction of object at sea and their distance away to be determined. That the world will grow hotter instead of colder is the assertion of sn English scientist who looks for this result because he think there has been a large amount of radium collected In the molten mole cule of this earth, energy from which will keep things warm for several years to come. As a result of a number of experimen tal studies, scientist have found that the eyea of fish are relatively large In com parison with human eyes; a fish' eye is ordinarily about 1-20 of the length of Its body, while that of a man la from 1- to 1-70 of the height. It is believed that this I on reason for their nearsightedness. AROUND THE CITIES. . The revised registration list of Kan sas City, Mo., contain 67.670 names. New Tork crusaders claim a BO per cent reduction In commercialised vice since 1912. Denver's Housemaids' union. Just or ganized, has drafted a set of rules for the government of kitchens and to show madam her place In the household. The exaggerated patriotism ot Canada finds expression In tha action of the city council of Toronto, eliminating German names from streets. Even Dresden must go, and In Ita place will be set up th honored name of Cavell. Philadelphia's Department of Health has inaugurated a crusade against noise makers. Psrttculsr sttentlon is given to the morning ballyhoos of milkmen, bakers, peddlers, and other' ear-cracking screamers In the residence districts. WHITTLED TO A POINT. High C 1 best attained by treading on a cat's tall. Patriotism always stsnds In with the govsrnment. At the sge of twenty-one a msn has more Ideals than Ideas. The true secret of feminine beauty Is to be bom pretty. ' Variety Is ths splce of lif to th bald man In the front row. A mean man always attributes his dis like of his neighbor to envy- From th bulldog's point of rlew this Is a very qusrrelsome otd world. If a womsn Is homely she tries te pr susde herself that she has a classla face. Instead Ot wearing a laurel wreath the modern poet struggles along without a haircut. Nowsdays we hear more about tha shiftless son-in-law than about the prod igal son. Every time a woman sees a door marked "private" she has a curiosity to know what Is on the other side of it. Chicago News. LAUGHING GAS. "Old Goldust made his young wife an Ideal husband in the good and merry life he gave her." "How was thatr "First, he made her a good husband and then he made her a merry widow." Baltimore American. "My huaband tells me that he was out late last night with your husband." "That Isn't so. I want you to under stand that my husband waa out with your husband." Detroit Free Frees. "It's five year ago today, and I'm going to celebrate my wouldn t wedding." "Wouldn't wedding? Wooden, you muni" "No. Wouldn't Flv year today since I ssked a girl If she'd marry me and she said ahe wouldn't." Philadelphia Ledger. She Will fasting make you thin? He I don't think ao. I lived on water for five days laat summer and didn't lo a povnd. She Tou did? He Tea. from New Tork to Liverpool Princeton Tiger. DEAR MfMCABIBSie, SHALL I LET W (jlRL SAve MY MOIE RDR WE ? WIL HwETfe MARK HERTS tCT tf BACK "I understand Crimson Gulch has a new sheriff." "Tes." replied Broncho Boh. "Coyote Joe's got the Job. He's so unpopular any how that beln" sheriff won't make any difference in his local standing." Wash Ington Star. "Cutting and fitting go together In dressmaking, but not necessarily 1n speechmaklng." "What's wrong at your club, my dear?" "We asked Mrs. Flubdub to make some fitting remarks, and ahe made some cut ting remarks." Kansas City Journal. The Cruaty Old Bachelor, wit th Self winding in-Hour Qrouch, settled down Into one of the club armchslrs. "I've Just spent an hour talking with some young married ladlea," he growled, "and not once did their conversation deviate from the Great Feminine Tri logy." What's thstr came from the depths of another armchair. "Babies, servants, and babies." New Tork Times. THE NAME ABOVE THE SIGN. Chester L. Sax by. The blush of the August Apple, A sunset aglow in the west, The sumach leaves end the woodbine And the oriole's hidden nest. The oak tree sprung from the acorn, The manle grown from the pod; Olve It the name of Nature, Then trace above It God. Th vengeance that stalked with tht savage. The unwritten code of the tribe. The primitive chlvalrio customs. The lawa that the ancients deaeribe, A criminal facing the judgment, a soul nrted up from the sod; Give it the name of Order. Then trace above it God. The Incense fire on the altar. The martyr's firm reply, Tbe Hugenots and tbe Roundhead And a chant that la born to the sky. The hermit slone In the desert, Tbe pilgrims on shores untrod; Call It, who will. Religion, Then breathe the. name of God. The flutter of wings o'er the nestlings, Ths life breathed out to the young, Innocence shielding the guilty. Christ with nailed arms wldeflung. The starving grief of a mother For a form beneath ths sod; Call it the gift of Loving; Olve It the name of God. ADVERTISING GARNER & EVANS Gt Natl BUg. DnsjU ess! MULTIGRAPH DEPT. j ?SIs Florene E. Mead left re visit relatives in I fenlson, la SIGNPOSTS OF PROGRESS. Ths largest gold mines In ths United Statea east of the Black HUla are in North Carolina. The production ef copper In the United States has increased more then twenty-five-fold since IS). Iowa Is the first state to establish a library of motion picture fllma of cur rent event for the use of future his torians. Ststlstlcs show that ths number of sutomobll accident increases only half as fast aa the number of machines In service. 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