THE BEE: OMAHA, MONDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1917.
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JANUARY CIRCULATION
54,320 Daily Sunday 49,678
Artrare etreoleMee for the month nbacrthed aad ewora to er Derhrht
. Wllllaiea. nreolatien Maneter.
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neM to then ArMraee ckamrael aa aits aa raajuaahai.
The into hat the right of wy this week.
, Why should the "rrninjr'
nied to other judges?
judges get fees de-
be
Be Calient; the spring rains will toon
'ihere, and then the streets will get cleaned.
leaders on both sides of the war belt see
victory aliead. No other vision could get by the
censor.
Sunday was a good example of what the Ne
braska climate really is when the weather man
gives it a chance. - -
An advance glimpse of the legislative bone
yard indicates considerable expert skill in select
ing fertilizing material.
Three whole working daya slipped by without
yielding a thrill from the Mexican side of the
border. Evidently the stock of food is abundant
or pulque unusually scarce.
, It is gathered from official remarks that John
Bull as well aa Germania can tighten their belts
a few holes without straining the leather. There
are other, a host of them. .r y
Yhe real hope of early peace lies with the
censors. If they permit the new to filter in that
Cflonel Roosevelt and 200,000 men are going
over, the finish becomes the detail of drafting the
terms. '
Close investigation by authorities on the spot
indicates that the so-called food riots in New
York and Philadelphia art doe more to an ex
cess of troublesome agitator than to hunger or
food shortage.
National banks cleared $170,000,000 net last
year, an increase of $43,000,000 over the preceding
year.. The figures bear official aanction and ex
plain why bankers frequently complain of in ex
cess of money. .
A shortage in food products and consequent
high prices comprise about all the worry the
country can assimilate at thia time. Mercy and
humanity alike appeal to dealer to work the soft
pedal on the auto shortage.
Progress toward reasonable' national prepar
ed nets gather speed with the day. Planner
and workers art doing their part The sole
pullback is the absence of mutiles for windjam
mers in and out of congress.
", Mystery (till surround the enthusiasm of
wet state congressmen in (witching the jug from
the dry belt Perhaps the "wets" anticipated a
shortage of fluid and voted to restrict consumption
to local needs. -Protection for home Industry, eh?
, Force of habit tightens the hammer clutch of
Clarence H. Venner, The disesteemed "friend of
Omaha is diligently beating an anvil on Charley
Schwab's Bethlehem shop. Venner doe not
.agree with Schwab' method of tlicing melon
'and resorts to the customary hammer. As Beth
lehem's stock of hammers work overtime new
one makes little impression in th volume of
sound.
. In setting aside the verdict of the court martial
Lieutenant General Wood aharply rebuked the
nine officers who acquitted two officer of the
Second New York field artillery charged with
having lathed five enlisted men to the wheels of
gun carriages as punishment for alleged diaobe
, dience. General Wood held that the chargea of
insubordination were not proved. Even if proved,
the wheel-lashing punishment Is a violation of
regulations . which cannot be tolerated. While
obedience to orders it the first duty of a soldier,
it is even more important that officer scrupu
lously observe regulation in handling men.
Abuse of power work irreparable harm to the
service.
Lieutenant Governor Sets Good Example.
Editor Edgar Howard in his official capacity
as lieutenant governor is giving his democratic
brethren a mighty good example in the way of
respecting order and precedent When a senator
of his party faith, who should have known better,
under took to infringe upon the prerogative of
the presiding officer, he received a prompt and
merited rebuke. Even a democrat must be taught
that to make progress a body must move In or
derly fashion; leaders must be named and au
thority must be respected. The Bee is glad to
note that the lieutenant governor is redeeming
its commendation, given in advance of his as
sumption of office, and that he has the courage
to insist on the rights as well as the privileges
of his high place. When his party learns the
lesson of respect for regular proceeding as thor
oughly as has the lieutenant governor, it will ceate
to be a continuing menace when it happens to be
in power.
Fighting Wars With Wealth
PklUeWphU Leda-er
More and more do the astounding financial
operations of tngland stagger the human mind,
Upon the dizzy top of a sixteen-billion-dollar na
tional debt that country swiftly and with apparent
ease places another three and a half billions. The
world has witnessed nothing in the past like these
stupendous loans. In a day Great Britain floats
i a larger debt than the total debt of the United
States at the close of our four years of civil war.
. In a day its people purchase as great a bulk of
debt as England's debt was when its present awful
war began. - There seems to be no bottom to the
British purse, and the mighty war loans doubly
prove the Briton's boaat in the past about his
country s fathomless wealth.
England's navy and England's credit are todav
the two greatest factora which Germany'a army
1 -has to fight Whatever else has failed, the financ
ing ot the war tor trie allies has been a triumph
for British genius. This should be of particular
encouragement to the United States. Our conn
try hat double the wealth of Great Britain, at
though we have not double the marketable wealth
which it had at the outbreak of the war. England
was fortified with an overpowering amount of
securities of other countries, and these have been
of immense value. It has been able to market bil
lions in the United States besides having the abit
rtv to borrow billion more, . But the United
States has the world's fullest parse, the world'
greatest granary, the world's vastest fuel and iron
supplies, the world's biggest copper mines and
two-thirds of the earth's cotton, plus more gold
than any two other nations combined. - And in
the days when wars are fought with machinery
tucfte mings coum in ine long run more tnan
standing army.
Th Cabinet.
The rapidly approaching advent of his second
term, without any indication of impending cabi
net changes, supports the conclusion that the
president's entire official family is to be continued
over. It is, 'of course, the president's privilege- to
hold to his advisors as assurance to them that he
is satisfied, or to vindicate his original selection of
them, but there is no precedent requiring it.
, Current discussion of the second-term cabi
net raises the question, Why should not Mr.
Wilson surround himself with some truly big
men, with proved public leaders, or with men
with records of success and efficiency in lines of
work embraced in the various departments? The
Philadelphia Ledger ventures, for example, to
suggest that the first-term cabinet was made up
times of peace unaware of the critical situations
that have since emerged or the difficult prob
lems newly caeated. It wants to know why, on
the threshold of his second term, the cabinet
chosen with the simple administrative needs in
mind should not be reconstituted as an "official
council of national detente" to preside over ''the
reorganization of the life and industries of a
mighty nation, keenly sensitive to dangers such
as have never before confronted It from with
out." It might have added, without overstepping
the bounds, that the old cabinet has demon
strated inherent weakness in several spots, even
fbr the test of administrative detail, and that a
thorough revision of the cabinet would be fully
warranted even were the country faced with only
ordinary conditions.
The saving clause has been, and doubtless will
be if the cabinet remains unchanged, that we
have a one-man government in which Mr. Wil
son himself is the dominating figure and that
the cabinet is not likely to be cast for any more
important role in the next your years than it has
been in the last four years. The people, how
ever, .would unquestionably like to see the big
gest and brainiest men in the country in the ad
visory positions closest to the president
I a More Varied Menu the Remedy?
When everybody wants only the best cuts of
meat, and the poor cuts find no taker, meat
prices aviate. On the same principle, the popu
larizing of new and less sought, but equally nu
tritious, edible relieve the pressure on other
food supplies and helps bring down the living
cost. Inatead of all eating nothing out porter
house, it is desirable that we enlarge and vary
our menu and to this end we are constantly
adding to the list of things we eat things that we
would not touch before. For example, we are
reminded by th Minneapolis Journal that "grape
fruit was it en time regarded aa useless for food
because of it bitter taste. Now it is considered
a luxury. Frog were long despised'at an article
of food in America. Today their legs are in great
demand. Sturgeon, haddock and swordfish all
went through th fire of unpopularity, but have
ow come into their own. The grayfish, if the
public will give him a trial, is certain of popu
larity."
There is no question but that people eat by
prejudice or, rather, by inherited or early-formed
tastes which are bard to change, yet appetites for
new thinga can be readily acquired, especially
when stimulated by the reputation of being in
fashion. Horse flesh may some day become a
delicacy, as we are told whale tenderloin is now
served out on the Pacific coast, and even our de
tested and pestiferous dandelion, which is mad
into a toothsome salad in Italy, may become
equally popular here.
Unfortunately, people with the notion that the
costliest foods are the best may not take to new
kind unless they, too, are high-priced, but even
that much diversion of demand should help bring
the "old reliables" down again within reach.
Farmer' Cost and Selling Price.
One of the Chicago papers proposes that the
government inquiry into the cost of living begin
at the bottom and determine what it costs the
fanner to produce his crops and meat animals.
The editor asserts that no data bearing on this
is to be had. In thia he is mistaken, for he
may find in his own state, at Urban, and at all
the great agricultural schools of the middle west,
very carefully Worked out table of comparative
aad actual costs of all that goes into farming. In
fact, any thoroughly up-to-date farmer can give
him the figures, just as accurately aa any busi
ness man can ahow hia cost of operating.
But thia information avails the farmer nothing,
for of ail the producer in the country he it the
one most exposed to the conditions of th world's
markets. He sells in competition with the farmers
of all the world and has nothing whatever to say
about what price his commodities are to bring
in the world market If anything of induced con-
trot of supply and demand exist it it not charge
able to the farmer. Nor does the cost of pro
ducing a particular bushel of grain or pound of
meat have anything to do with what it sells for.
Cheered by the prospect of pulling Uncle
Sam's nether limb for $25,000,000, General Rafael
Reyes, Colombia financial agent at Washington,
buuea a new road to health for doloroua Ameri
cans. "Set your alarm clock two hour ahead.
When it rings turn over and eat a banana, and
sleep the sleep of happiness." Such is the Co
lombian royal road to health, buttressed by
Colombian banana plantations. General Reyes
wins an honorary membership in the Boosters'
club.
; The weather year near it finish with an ex
cess of 159 degrees of heat. So far as the record
goes the excess failed to ease the strain on the
coal piles. , v
Meager reports from the suburbs of Bagdad
indicate that both the British and Turks continue
somewhat KuWup.
Comment on Bee Change
Orrl Ouii: C. C. Rosewater of Omaha has
sold his stock in The Omaha Bee to his brother,
Victor Rosewater, who now has a controlling in
terest In the big concern. The Bee stock has al
ways been held principally by the Rosewaters,
C. C. and Victor being the chief holders since the
death of the founder, Edward Rosewater. This
last transfer of stock will require a little readjust-,
ment of the official positions of the company, but
otherwise there will be no changes. The Bee
will doubtless continue to be the great metropoli
tan daily of Nebraska.
Nebraska Citv Press: Charles C. Rosewater,
business manager of The Omaha Bee for several
years, goes to Lot Angeles to become the busi
ness manager of the Tribune. Mr. Rosewater has
not been in the limelight as much as his distin
guished brother, the editor of The Bee, but he has
been a very busy man just the same. .Moaest,
retiring and an indefatigable worker, he has been
responsible for much of The Bee't great success,
and, in addition, has been very prominent in Com
mercial club affairs in Omaha. A fine tribute has
been paid to him by that organization.
Tekamah Journal: The Omaha Bee last Sun
day announced that C C. Rosewater, business
manager of The Bee, will sever his connection
with that paper and will go to Los Angeles,
where he will assume a like position on the
Tribune in that city. Mr. Rosewater has been
connected with Ihe Bee tor a number ot years,
his brother. Victor, being the editor since the
death of their father, Edward Rosewater, some
years ago. The newspaper fraternity of the state
will regret to see Charlie Rosewater leave Omaha,
lor tney an Know nun ana nice nun ior 1115 gemm
disposition. He regards the move as a step be
yond in journalism; hence his decision to leave
Nebraska. .The Journal extends its best wishes
for him in his new home in the west
Beaver City Timet-Tribune: Charles C. Rose-
water, who has been one of the guiding influences
of The Omaha Bee for the last number of years,
has retired from the business management to ac
cept a position with the Los Angeles Express and
Tribune. The change in affairs will give Victor
Rosewater the controlling interest in The Bee,
and he seems thoroughly capable of the added
responsibility.
Fremont Herald: ' Charles Rosewater has sold
the major part of hia atock in The Omaha Bee to
his brother, Victor, and gone to Los Angeles to
take the management of a newspaper there.
Charles Rosewater was not so well known to the
Nebraska public at Victor, but he stands in high
esteem by all who do know him, and his depar
ture trom the state 1 regrettea Dy many rueDras
kansi Victor Rosewater continues as editor and
publisher of The Bee.
York News-Times: Victor Rosewater has
bought the interest of his brother, Charles C.
Rosewater, In The Omaha Bee and now owns the
controlling interest in that publication. C. C
Rosewater will go to Los Angeles to accept a
managerial position with the Earl papers, the
Evening Express and the Morning Tribune. The
Bee I a well edited, reliable daily paper and occu
pies a favorable position with the people of
Omaha and the state.
Wavne Herald: Sundav's Omaha Bee an
nounces that controlling interest in that paper,
hitherto held by Victor Rosewater and Charles
Rosewater, has been transferred by sale to the
former, and that the latter will retire from con
nection with the publication to accept the man
agement of a newspaper in Lbs Angeles. Victor
Rosewater has been editor, of The Bee since the
death of his father, the late Edward Rosewater,
a number of years ago, and his brother has had
charge of the business management. No change
in policy is suggested. The Bee has always
been a vital force in the development of Nebraska,
and will continue to be.
Aurora Republican: -The city of Omaha and
the state of Nebraska lose a devoted son and a
public spirited citizen in the retirement of C. C.
Rosewater from the official staff of The Bee and
his removal to Los Angeles. While not so widely
known aa his talented father and brother, whose
editorial and political activities have kept them
more in the limelight he is recognized by those
with whom he has been associated as a man of
equal force and ability. The Rosewater family
has played a conspicuous part in the develop
ment of Nebraska, and the removal of one of the
brothers from the state it a matter for sincere
regret.
Kavenna News: Lharles- u Kosewater, tor
many year associated with his brother, Victor
Rosewater, in the publication of The Omaha Bee,
has sold hit interest in the publication to Victor
Kosewater, and will accept a saiared position as
manager of the Los Angeles Evening Express
and Daily Tribune. -
Cedar Bluffs Standard: Victor Roeewater has
purchased the interest of hi brother, C. C Rose
water, in The Omaha Bee and will continue the
publication aa the majority stockholder. The
Rosewaters are certainly competent' newspaper
men, being the sons of Edward Rosewater,
founder of The Bee. C. C. Rosewater goes to
Los Angeles to take charge of a paper. May
success crown the efforts of these two competent
men. .
York Republican: Charles Rosewater. who
has been manager of The Omaha Bee for a num
ber of years, has accepted a position as manager
of a Los Angeles paper, having sold part of nis
stock in The Omaha Bee company to his brother,
Victor. This gives Victor a controlling interest
in the company. Charles Rosewater has been
prominent in Omaha business circles for a number
01 years ana nas won the confidence ot the com
munity in his integrity and respect for his ability.
He has never been aa widely known as his
brother, who has occupied a more conspicuous,
though not more important, position on The Bee.
Bryan's Scrap of Paper
Waehtaftaa Peat
William T. Brvan. former Secretary of State
want to know, why his peace treaties cannot
be accepted as an honorable way out of the situa
tion "created bv the unintended injuries" done to
this country by Germany. In a letter to one of
the peace societies he says: ,
"As this treaty plan, offered to all the world
and the offer has never been withdrawn
5 Ives us an honorable means of adjusting all
isputes with all nations, it surely affords an
honorable means of adjusting a dispute aris
ing out of unintended injuries done by a nation,
which has indorsed the plan, although no
treaty has been negotiated. Is it unresonable
or unpatriotic to urge, as a means of prevent
ing war, the employment of a plan used by the
president and approved by the senate, the
United States and nearly all the rest of the
civilized world?"
Mr. Bryan's naive query should have the ex
cellent result of bringing to his attention consid
erable information and some rules of logic which
he evidently haa overlooked. He seems to be un
aware, for Instance, that the definitely promul
gated order of Germany for the widening of the
acope of ruthlesa submarine operations was an
"intended injury" to the United States. .It was
not the result of absent-mindedness or an tin
intentional misunderstanding, of neutral rights.
It was stated frankly that neutral rights were to
be violated. Not even Germany make the plea
of '"unintended injuries."
Moreover, there is a still better reason for
ignoring Mr. Bryan 9 theory. It was tried out
actually, if not nominally, and it was found that
it would not work. There was more than a year's
delay following thee sinking of the Lusitania.
This delay is the very essence of Mr. Bryan's
treaties. The result of the delay was merely to
embolden Germany and bring on the extended
plan of submarine warfare. Following the Sussex
ultimatum Germany entered into something very
similar eto a Bryan treaty, agreeing to give warn
ing and time to escape. When Germany came to
the conclusion that this agreement was inimical
to her interests she tore it up.
Germany haa proved that Mr. Bryan's plan
is worth no mora to it than any other scrap of
Pper- ..''
TA r A
Health Hint For the Day.
Neuralgia is ao frequently due to
bad tooth that the mouth should
be examined carefully, and if conven
ient a dentist consulted before any
other cause is seriously considered.
One Year Ago Today In the War.
Germans took Fort Douaumont,
Verdun, after terrific losses.
Petrosrad rerjorted Russians had
captured Kermanahah in Persia.
Heavy artillery duel on me Bel
gian and British front In Flapders.
Italians began evacuation of Du
razzo after covering withdrawal of
Balkan allies.
In Omaha Thirty Year Ago.
Captain and Mrs. Cook gave a royal
entertnlnment to their garrison
friends, at which .Mrs. General
Wheaton sung several beautiful se
lections.
Clark Itediek has gone to Loa Ange-
ie to tnke a mare an teller in the
Southern California National bank, of
which his father, John I. Redick, iB
president.
Miss Dalsv uoane enrenaineu m
Butterfly club very pleasantly. The
youthful "ftutterers" present were:
Oraee Hefflev. Mabel Fonda, Emily
Wakeley, Opal Toimilln, Jennie -Mc-
Clelland, Bessie Morse. Edith Cran
dail, May Mansfield. Messrs. Harry
Morrla. KgOerl Keller, narrjr mui-
mlck, Herbert Rogers, Fred Ruatin,
Hilton Fonda, Will Griffiths and Her
bert Cook.
nh. n11.rin -iNrflM fnrmAd the
supper committee for the hop given
at Masonic nail, unaer tn ewaiu
of capital, uoven ana oa.
lodges, Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons: Mesdamea W. 1. Mount D
B. Keyes, C. Alvtson, M. a Wilson. J.
B. Bruner, M. B. Carter, J. N. West
tj a Smith. Majttnr Eddie
Davis and - Mine Jettle Keith, two
charming children, lea me gruiiu
march to supper.
mi.. r,QHM Ulrica, alnter of Mrs. W.
W. Kean, la the guest of the latter
at 1111 souin winin.
C. E. Mayne nas esutousnea
...... .Y. Amna in fin,! th Omaha ODIM-
slte the depot for the exclusive sale
of the Bourn umana iauu wiiiipauj
property.
v,. n,iH hardlv lrnow thm flfnoe ao
many years occupied by Paulson
& Co., 161S t arnam, as n naa u
transformed by the Motter Real
T?etn.tA As-enev. who will take up their
quarters there at once.
This Day in History.
1802 Commodore Esek Hopkins,
first commander In chief of the Ameri
can navy, died at Providence, R. I.
Born at Chapumiscook, R. I., April it,
1718.
mil AHnu, annrnnlated tRO.OOO
tn ooi.ihiinh the first naval hospital In
the United States.
1846 Marriage of Jefferson Davis
and Miss Varina Howell, daughter ot
William Burr noweu.
1862 Thomaa Moore, celebrated
Irish poet, died. Born In Dublin, May
28 1779.
1871 Preliminaries of peace beJ
tween France and Prussia, signed at
Versailles.
1876 First steam ferryboat launch
ed on the Thames river, London.
loci rini.vi.Aiia nil and law nro-
hlbitlng the Importation of contract
laborers. ,
1896 Attempted assassination 01
Klna- Geortre of Greece outside of
Athena. '
102 Paris began a Ave oayr cele
bration of the centenary of Victor
Hugo's birth. '
104 Fir ill the business district
of Rochester, N. Y, destroyed (3,200,-
000 worm ot property.
1D07 Major Ooethala was appoint
ed chief engineer of the Panama
canal.
1909 Austria and Turkey signed
a protocol settling the compensation
for the annexation of Bosnia and
Herzegovina,
The Day We Celebrate.
A. D. Northrup nrsc saw tne ugni
of day in Waddlngton, N. Y., fifty-six
years ago. The Northrup Letter Du
plicating company now claims him
aa its secretary and treasurer.
Hyland B. Noyes with Noyes Auto
company, was born February 26, 1876,
at Batchellersvllle, N. Y. He was edu
cated at the University of Nebraska
and was formerly with the Gate City
Construction company, aa electrical
engineer.
Czar Ferdinand of Bulgaria, one of
Bmperor William's alles In the great
war, born in Coburg, fifty-six year
ago today.
Camllie Flammarion, famoua as
tronomer, bora at Montlgny-le-Rol,
France, seventy-five years ago today.
Thomaa W. Lawson, the Boston fi
nancier, who atarted the celebrated
"leak" investigation, born at Charles
town, Mass., sixty years ago today.
Ernest Twitchell, recently awarded
the Perkin research medal by the 80
oiety of Chemical Industry, born In
Cincinnati, fifty-four years ago today.
James Sturgla Pray, the new presi
dent of the American Society of Land
scape Architects, born in Boston, forty
six years ago today.
Dr. Charles M. Sheldon, noted
clergyman and author, born at Wells
vllle, N. Y., sixty years ago today.
Grover Cleveland Alexander, pitcher
of the Philadelphia National league
base ball team, born at St Paul, Neb.,
thirty yeara ago today. v .
Timely tattings and Reminders.
Birthday greetings to Tom Lawson,
Boston financier, author of "Frenzied
Finance," and Ineplrer of the cele
brated "leak" Inveslgatlon, born sixty
years ago today.
Hundreds ot the leading educators
of the country are to gather in Kan
sas City today for the annual conven
tion of the department of superintend
ence of the National Education asso
ciation. The British Industries fair, inaugu
rated last year to stimulate the manu
facture In Great Britain of goods for
merly imported from Germany, will
open its first annual exhibition today
in London.
The high cost of living and national
preparedness against both economio
and military foes are to be featured
in an educational exhibition to be
opened In Washington today, under
?;overnment auspices, for the enter
ainment and instruction of visitors to
the inauguration.
Storvette of the Dy.
"That young man of yours," said the
. oarent as his daughter came down
to breakfast "should apply for m post
la a freak museum."
"Why, father," exclaimed th young
woman, in tones of indignatoln, "what
do you mean?
"I noticed when I passed through
the hall late last night," answered the
old man, "that he had two heads upon
his shoulder." Chicago News.
Would Hake Them Constables.
Omaha Feb. 26. To the Editor of
The Bee: I saw a letter In The Bee of
a brewery worker who asked what
will we do with the thousands of men
thrown out of work after May 1. I
surely agree with him that those men
are hard Tilt and there should be a
law passed to put these men on as
special constables to enforce the law.
If liquor is such a- detriment to the
state as to forbid the making of it in
our state, we surely don't want it
shipped in. 1 for one have done all I
could to keep the state wet but now
after the voters put it dry give them
what they wanted. BEE READER.
Questions to the Point.
Auburn, Neb., Feb. 26 To the
Editor of The Bee: I would like in
formation on the following: My father
came from Germany forty-five years
ago, very soon after taking out his
naturalization papers, I being then a
girl 3 years old. I grew up, married
an American man. and have boys ot
war age. Now my brother tells me I
am not an American citizen, hut a sub.
Ject of the kaiser, who can recall such'
to Germany if war should break out
I have always considered myself a
loyal American, have no sympathy for
the .submarine warfare. Please tell
me through the columns of your paper
ir it is .necessary for me take take out
papers to become one of the United
States.
P. S. Would I be allowed to vote
In a suffrage state?
, CONSTANT READER.
Note The wife takes the citizen
ship of her husband. You would be
able to vote in suffrage states if other
wise qualified.
thev return next eorinr. Elmwood is
a forest of trees ample for a hundred
times the number of birds that will
ever inhabit it
No one is more interested in, or will
do more to protect, the birds than my
self. I know something about their
habits and requirements, and to me it
la Just funny for any one to make an
Umue of "deatroying the birds" by the
cutting down of a few half dead trees
In the midst of tnousanas 01 otner
trees more beautiful and more desir
able for bird homes.
BIRD-LOVER.
LINES TO A LAUGH.
"They arreeted the flow of Smltirs tla-
(tuence at the club the other night."
"Then what happened?"
"Ther tried hie patience." Baltimore
American.
IO you ininn mat in- .wuw.in ,.
dleplace the horae?" aaked the conversation
al youns woman.
"It will," anawered'the nervous youns
man aa he taxed down the road, "If U hlta
hlro." Sacred Heart Review.
Mother Tom, dear, you'd better not ta
to the dance thia wet night, your rubbers
leak.
Tom Thafe all right, mother; Tre got
pumpa Inatde of 'em. Boelon Transcript.
cwans w-sa
Wooiiter With I'a Again.
Silver Creek. Neb., Feb. 24. To the
Editor of The Bee: Perhaps the most
cogent conaiaeration that has been ad
vancea in ravor 01 building a new
state capitol is the lack ot room for the
state library, to remove thie diffl
oulty, and Ho relieve the admittedly
somewhat congested conditions as to
office room in the capitol, I have
proposition to make on which I invite
oonsi deration.
I propose that representative hall
should be cut In two by putting a new
floor and celling just under the upper
windows, and extending it to the col
umns In front of the balcony thin
floor to be on a level with, or a little
above, the third floor of the main
building. '
It will at once be seen that thin
would give the new floor space in the
capitol of th same dimensions as that
of representative halt Itself. Thia
space could be used for offices, which
would givs ample room elsewhere for
the library; or the library'ltself pos
sibly, might be put on this new floor.
As I look at It, there are absolutely
no valid objections to be urged against
the scheme proposed, unless from an
architectural viewpoint, which I think
is not deserving of. serious considera
tion, or that It would result In a lack
of ventilation in the house, which, if
so, might easily be remedied; and it
would put to a most valuable use much
space which is now worse than wasted.
The expense would be comparatively
little, for 841 that would be needed in
addition to the floor would be parti
tions and columns for support. With
this space utilized and the wall and
roof repaired, as is now proposed by
an appropriation of $50,000, we should
have no need of a new capitol for the
next twenty years. ',
But let me here present an alterna
tive proposition, both of which could
be resorted to, of course, if thought
desirable: .
Let the state purchase of the State
Historical society the half block It now
owns, and on the foundation already
built there for a building for the His
torical society erect a'flre-proof build
ing In which to put at least tho state
library, the supreme court and the at
torney general. The State Historical
society ought properly to be housed
on the university grounds, and I em
under the impression that It would be
no difficult matter for the state to
make a deal with it.
The capitol of Nebraska is In a
sightly place on beautiful grounds, and
looks good; "let well enough alone."
CHARLES. WOOSTER.
"Whit make you think Georftj dootn't
love you in much is h uwd to?"
"Why, when he pom to now ha'n
olway.t lookios at hii watch." Brown In b's
Magazine.
BeHfl Do you know, I've htd thti drew
for ltrht yeara?
Bftutah Tea, I know you'v'ha! it mil th
Hmo you've bean twenty-eight rears old.
Yonkera Statesman.
"Mothor." said little Kvelyn, "may I r
out and play with the other children now?"
"You may play with the little glrli, aweet
heart. but not with the boy; the little boya
ar too rouffh."
"But, mothsr," r1olned the little ralaa,
"If 1 find a nloe, amooth little boy may. I
play with him?" New York Tlmea.
GOB BLESS THE MAN. .
Tempest In a Teapot.
Omaha, Feb. 35. To the Editor of
The Bee: Considerable has been said
and printed the last few days regard
ing the destruction of trees In Elm
wood park by Park Commissioner
Hummel. I have been sufficiently in
terested to look up the facts and find
that the public has been misled In the
matter. The few trees that have been
cut down have been without exception,
so far as I can learn, old decayed trees
that are either dead or dead in the
tops and hollow at the bases, making
them both unsightly and unsafe. Home
of the trees were so rotten that they
broke Into a hundred pieces when they
struck the ground. No trees of value
or attractiveness have been put to the
ax, but. on the other hand, these old
hulks were removed in the process of
further beautifying the park and elim
inating the risk of the old trees blow
ing down and Injuring or killing chil
dren or others who might be near
them.
It is rediculoua to claim that the de
structton of these old trees will in any
way affect the bird life at the park.
Birds do not build nests as a rule in
bare-topped dead trees. Even if they
did, no occupied nests can be found,
at this season of the year, and cer
tainly the birds are not going to miss
a few of these unsightly trees when
John J. Daly In New Britain Herald.
"God blnK the man who flrat Invented
I ileep!"
So Sam ho Pansa said, and old John Saxe:
But all the bleaKlng eueh a man conld reap
Prom me would nevor help to pay hia tax.
I'd like to meet the man who did Invent
Thia niraed cloak that o'er each mortal
fa He
Juat when at nlfht the world icenw ao In-'
tent
On joyoumea, long era the pleaaure nalli.
He'd fare not well with me, .that craven
wretrh
Who first invented aleep to dull th head
Into a atate of coma, and to atratch
My lanky carcase on a trundle bed.
Ah, not The villain, should I catch him
hei.
Full no re complaint he would reeetre from
thi.
The dull Invention which, I hare a fear.
Is cause for mortals mlselng much of
biles.
"God blesa the man who first unsaddtea
sleep!"
So Sancho Panza did not say; but I
Am willing- that my ehare of sleep shall
keep
In storage till 1 shut my eyes and die.
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St. Paul and Minneapolis Train
will Leave Omaha 10 minutes
Earlier, as Follows:
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PRESS, will leave Omaha 7:29 A. M. in
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8 :30 P. M. as heretofore.
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