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THE OMAHA SCTfDAY BEE: DECE1IEEP. 15. 1317. The Omaha Bee HAIL? (MORNTNC,) EVENING $.inTD7 VICTOR RjSFWATXX, RDTTOfi THK BKJt J!,RUSK:K; COX PAN f, -tOTtIK7',Ft. Entered t Omaha ptnf."i" a w.rM-T! matter. TMS OF SL.TtiCtRrPTION ' Rv Cfr It" V1C 1 WtiliWlt .MI1f ('vng n ir.iasv , nth'M .nnilnv . ""Vit Urn "wtv . 5 ,tft MMft OF THR A.W,fATED ffritiS -ot.f M a 'H ! nr ihl cat in .l irwi 'Jfi;!!- Tv1('irt 0?.MITTA.VC PUTTING THE HOUSE IN ORDER. When a --an enters military serrxe he has , h-o-iht home to him, perhaps for the first time, j with taffteiMt force to make hrm realize it, the i imterfamry that beteu his fjtiire. He does not t.ivw h ,- ion he will he awiy :Y-rn f.-iena and "arrrl- and frm His ftisromary avocation or m j , .. u.. ...nt - - i... ;:ri it ffe h:irr;ei!7 pits h;i house in orer ! ii ?;a.-.ce -Mr---:a.': he a Si"?' he r. rake rs inventory of his be- v-.iume .-,f --. v.rjTji r.i :-n oh!iation.f, looks ahead little i vs.mj pubu.-.aric-". h per.ent aal makei provtiiom a?ajeit !, n'-rtn re ha never before ?:vr, a fiio'j-ht. r.'n .r he i-.orr.ei back safe aa-i so-.rA th-.i or 'terir, of ha a.fairi wjil not 01:7 do no harm, vi v:ii he to hi advantage, Bnt if it i a ?ood thinf for the ma- -vho i -k'-'' to the roiori to nnt hi V rtor Hnamur' SIGNPOSTS 0? PROGRESS. tha: .;e:c of 'he ;r vM.':t to s-.y a: x .:ir30"7 UitH One Tear Ajp Today In the War. Germaa d.vjiiona a: Ver-i ja .a Tp:. of 'iesperatrt lf-n.-n. Aaaonaiiemear. at Waan.Hjrroo .aa: O-irmaa w-i-i.ii 30c reeai peai'e tenia aacl en tea ". i.-!'eptil oer ." 01: a- inr.tefiiate itorrntt: jy William if. DCojri7 a 5fatrtmea: 1.1 a paper Freac.i at 'he fI i .-.:eet!n? ot the society, but cc.y no- dnclfi-ed. '-.e:-.au.i at the time merely- read hy titiu and :i!ed tor p'ih!icat:on, tie author ui- troduce h-.mse.r R .m' 'li: ' nnitrll R"ie i V 1 fyR f ?lON DP NCR NOVRMBf CUfCCT-AriO"! 58,715 Daily Sunday, 51,&84 7 ir. Vfr. V." - fa- ;-o-i f.e War vint( fn-.ps ea! th -in.on of thrift J;it 'he fne, ijfht'e t iflfhta a rrh!e fo hetl day urn prt- Tie rwrnber cold pe rarrie? the maktrat .1 r, uf. (w' in June. Railroad onr appear rh worry lor the money. willing to 'Trri4risce l.'nrle San may count hinnelf lucky if h'. 'cupe the double fro of hi heanrocrat. ffrrr' hoping 'he ffovernor' picture a a colo nel fim not f.ef-n turned to the wall. "In uri(n there i trer.j(fh," hut more strength in the American union than in the Farmer' union Certain democratic, politician re aifr ("rnted State fiitritf Attorney Tom Allen' .iffirial gc.alp. That' very evident! Cofificaticn of all land mark the latct tep of the Rian red. Fortunately for the owner, land i nct a moveable commodity, e!e they ihould worry. Stiil, there i u(h a thinif a overdoing the tconomiinft hiuitie. It i poihle to upend money economically and to ve money wate 'tilly, paradoxical a that may lound, An fitcc livery Ux on Sunday funeral hreaten with ((loom a standard form of Sab ath recreation in Chicago. A sorrowful joy 'tele, treated lo a holdup at the start, loe much of the return zest. "the railroad situation brighten a the thortagr duninishe. Considering exec de mand on the service, railroad manager rose to the emergency more effectively than the politi cians handled their end of the war busine. hewe in order. 1 ; rot equally a aood thin for e-rtryone ele to do he jame:? I: the war wiil force f-.fk the stay-af-hotne a well a the fihter to alee stork and find on where they and and fig ure on tomorrow a aj today a useful pjr poe be jrjbserved. Tr. do r.o' rr.ean that people hosM defer ' yeryth:r,jf to he fiiture and compie'ely jacri- ' ire the pre-in', for they hae hit or.e life to ! he ard yonfhf'j! year of activity and .satisfac tion oon pau. What are extravagance for 1 seme people are merely comfort or neceit:e ! for other. A.n "xpenditijre that i perfectly j jij.Uiiied thi year may be hixury next year and vice versa. It doe mean, however, that there j ihould be or.-e system in everyone' life and everything in it proper time. What :. wanted is a common sense program, or at any rate the 1 application of some en, rather than just drift- :ng without guidance or control. If we will all put our hone in order and 1 keep them o from day to dy and from month 1 to month thi old world of our will run along . much more smoothly. 1 Cni' General Election. The general election in Canada, which close i ' ith the balloting tomorrow, is the outgrowth J of the conscription law passed by the Dominion parliament last summer, and the life of that ' measure depends on the result. Sir Robert Eor- I den, the preent premier, who rode into power a an opponent of free trade with the United State, now embodies the war spirit of the Do minion and tand forth on the broad platform of "v0n the war at any cost." At the head of the opposition stand Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the ableit and most popular of Canadian politician. In many repect Laorier' action in a war parlia ment resembled the conduct of Robert La Fol lette in the United State senate during the pe cial ieion. Lanrier opposed concription with out a referendum, and, failing in that, forced a general election at a time calling for more pa triotism than politics. Should fiorden secure a majority in parliament conscription stands. Laurier' uccesi insure a referendum on the repeal of the law, which mean nullification by inaction and the rescue of French Canadian from the peril of the draft. Before. the-balloting predictions found notes of party confidence a firm as thf c heard on the eve of American presidential battles. Uncer- .v:t.t m: opea.cg naragrasa: "i va a pioneer in Nebraska. My first work wai done in th rirst tate leapsiarure aa one ot the auraat enrolling crki. My writings are :a the Srit state a-rhtve. I am the founder of he first uit mstir-ite for the deaf at Omaha in 'he t: r t yr of the itate. Edward Rowi-tr and aiyif -were r.va.'. for the hand of the same young lady, whom he afterward married." V irh due defe-ence t.t the accuracy of other part of the narrative. I ha?e to take decided ex ception to tht.s wholly unfounded reference to my mother. W htle. if true, it might be no ri; j paragtment to her, but on the contrary, a tribute to hr good judgment, P-'f. French's own ac count of his coming to N'ehra.ka furnishes the conchHive rvrvA of his faulty recollection. He explain elsewhere in hi paper that his home was in Rloomington. tnd., that he first arrived in Oma ha in Yvft. having been employed :a the fall and winter of ?jfA a a clerk in aa abstractor's office in St. Lorn and th.at hehad prior to that cor rrsponded, in the spring of 166, while a teacher in the Indiana School for the Deaf, with the last la Omaha Thirty Year" Xo. T'ii ?:.smr-i;ia club gav' --,r.: parry of .-j aenes aaii ta -tJWioa was a .ieiyjatJ-a! one. Th-s laac was he i .a tile Metro pUtaa aaii u attend-iii by 3 'I eoup-.ns. Two of ta Iar-f reLS ionta;a;nj h; ca-les to be used ;a the npraun-' ;f tie cars of hte OxaSa Cabi-i com- Cf Inmioa :nvirinuo is a mer thai liMiics like a innr. tie9cop ana tajies -idota- j iraona t gnt agin to its aser' line i 1 ji 7-jtwn :taout tie 3Uij;ect'j iaowiedge. j Hie 4tju of Ciiifjrrjia Uaa owd 113. ltlO. HIil -o 3c ip?nt n i3rtt-t:n(' -rare ntr3,y iy-m nrt int a iinK'e nani? :a.!i 'a jr"? tne empo'ver-ni' ntfa'ir1; a j na.nrrr. ; IS' S'i zinh tona ii mrt ir wr i n.ned in iie Cmtwi States iaat ynr. cfle I ir latest, a-nounc m -?cnrt, an :neraafl .it" Tinr tiaa l-i.SOO,1)!)'! -ona from tha pric tn 7-ar. 3ritBfi induttrjfy : beini a- i a niahe-t The Bntisa Eeunnini' sampaa? ji 3ir-ninirhani, ha aeea fjr-ni ta itiiue ( 'iv! sucpiies if an wrap and v.n iianii) i taas in aeeq-naiatm very &. ' r'le laeeese of the neene auction sa. . of fun m it. Louis, -riser-! the tale fur ; i 'iaj sotiiieft t3.3o,439. makes that vry more than ever eonanent Outt ff. had i ippome the japicai af the orid'i fur trade, j ljiii3 iiwwl m'lca at aer early aeeiop--nnat to the trade in f'irs. It appears that iunr.j one of the recent -n.iia on "the Ea-st Cent" of En-f-uaii. a Zepo. which am! to jf.ef, Inppeii tw-j oi.moa oa a weil known yrjif ':tiiirfle. which had the eject it pro-ndins twj excellent pot huaiers, which the players ha'e jrcradly an-nnamed Big and Little W;X;e. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. JfavseUe Sen ! Wi.fr -" " .-.n -a rr.e J." a.H ' Sate.-.e ,-v..vW '--' " ' -3 70a Ph.lad'.pi.i r-'l"'. First Frexa M7 U : ha.i 1 h:rif.-r 4 :ilar A- ..- t t i ' ' j'ir f i' ir i ;-- i. W - - ..i.-:-. 7 J " 1 iim'r.::ii4 t" ' . - 1 1 1 ; -n 1 T rjrl r,i f-" territorial governor Saunders, in regi-d to children in Meh-ask-i. of Nebraska, the la'e Alvm thool for tit deaf ; 0'. the ':me schedule of hn o- a care Prof. , French could not have me? either my father or ; my mother until long after they were married. Vfy father' residence in Omaha dates from the ; fall (fi 10.5. hen, straight from the War depart ment at Washington, where he was in the mili tary telegraph service, he was brought here to i take 1 position as operator in the Omaha omce of the just-completed Faciric . telegraph, of-i fered him at the instance of Edward Creighton. j Hi folks lived in Cleveland, to which city he j returned a year later to be married, bringing his , bride back with him to Omaha on Thanksgiving r day, 164. I'nor to that time he had never been in Indiana, much leu in St. Louis and had par. 7 were unloaded at. the corner of , Tenth and Leavenworth treses. Th , n "st and lightest weisriied between I'i. '10') and 33, 10') pounds. ; The Christmas bazar, given tv the ', rnmbra of the Southwest Prebyxe- r.aa church at the residence- of the pastor, s33 South Twentieth street, J wis aa agreeable a2air and a fiaaa- j .i.il iucceaa. j The d.reritors of the Omaha base bail club held their anatial meeting ' for the eieotioa of officers. The great- 1 st harmony prevailed and the old , orfj.-ers were unanimously re-eiected i for the romin? year. After several months' residence at 'he Paxton. Dr. Lee and family have rno'd to their new home, 1321 Ciss street. The ca.ae of he 11 policemen against the ci'y of Omaha, for their October and November salaries, was heard before Justice Anderson, with Connei' and Gilbert attorneys f-r the piain tiffs and City Attorney John L. Webster attorney for the defense. HERE AND THERE. never had ar. opportunity tions of Prof. French. :o receive the atten- Outside of this, F'rof. French recalls some j thing undoubtedly correct and worth remember- ing on Ws initial excursion to Omaha. In Febru- ; ary, I80O, he tells us, he came up hy railroad from St. Joseph to Council Bluffs. "I crossed the Mis- souri river in a large sleigh drawn by four horses . over the ice. I found that the territory of Ne braska had been admitted into the' union as aj state, that all the officer had been changed, and ' that the capital had been located at the village of Lincoln. I made my headquarters at a large J boarding house on the corner of Howard and Tenth sn-erM To go to Lincoln I went down to the small Union Pacific depot, on the flats near i the river, and out to F.lkhorn station, where, with J others, I took an old-fashioned stae coach, in I which we crossed the Platte river at the village i of Ashland, partly on ice and partly on a tiat ' ferryboat. We arrived at Lincoln after 7 o'clock j and stopped at the best hotel. In a few days I 1 secured employment as one of the as.iitant en- 1 rolling clerks in the legislature. I also worked j in the interest of the school for the deaf among the members of the third state legislature. I i toun! a null in the statutes already passed in ; This Day in History. 174: Field Marsha: von Biu.-her. who commanded the Pr'issian troops at Waterloo, born ia Meek lenburg ri.'hwenn. Died in P;i?sU. September 13. 1T70 Ludwig von Keethoven, one cf the greatest of musical composers, born at Eohn. Died in Vienna, March :;. is27. 1317 John S. Carli'.e. United States senator from Virginia during the civil war period, bora at Winchester, Va. Died at Clarksburg. W. Va., in 137s. 1830 John F. Hartranft. civil war commander and governor cf Pennsyl vania, born at New Hanover. Pa. Pied at Norristown. Pa.. October 17. 159. 12 General Nathanfel P. Ranks took command of the federal Depart ment of the Gulf 174 The Keichstae gave an ad verge vote to Bismarck and he re signed the chancellorship. IS92 Rev. Lemuel H. We Us was consecrated first Episcopal missionary bishop of .Spokane. li14 Germans raided Enelish sea coast towns, killing 99 persons 1M5 Austria in reply to Ar.cona note evaded issue, declaring the re dponsibility lay with America to show legal liability. The deepest oil well m the world, a; Eeailsvill. Pa., that cost; over iiHl.il). haj been abandoned as a failure. Last year She itate California from a'l.DO') acres harvested 259,900,l)0) pounds of nee. Thia cereal a a very ood sabati- I 'ute for potatoes, and much cheaper at . :urrent prices. Aj a variation on the sonredliabie bet- tie. 1 N'ew York man has in"td at tainment for ordinary bottles that pre vent taetr contents be'.r.s poured out if they hae been r'jni'e'i. Lesnston. Pa., has a woman hnnter to He proud of. She i Mrs. G. S. Miller, and iajt season on Shade Mountain, near Peru. Jamata county, ihe killed a turkey fib bier weigh ir.j 1 pounds. A aua,-h vine in the farden of D. G. Trie, Windsor, Ms., frew 20 feet aion the ground, when it eaught on a drooping branch of an appe tree, elrrabed it and oVvelooed a 27-pound j'Viajh IS feet front the ground. The New York State Packing i-'part-went haa imt published a lu'. of 54.01)') long anciairned accounts ia that state alone. Although most of the individual accounts are small, they amount in ail to hundreds of thousands of dollars. HO PAYS YOUR TAXES? U you p'jt your surplus f unds Li Horn Builder' Mortgage sec a red 6Tc SHARES $1 EACH Home Builder pays your taxes in Nebraska on any amount you invest, thus relieving you of this expense. DON'T Home Builder' 6 shares, tax free in your hands, in Nebraska APPEAL BQ flRtrXROSJB TO YOU as a safe, profitable and convenient form of aa investment? Write for information. Americas Security Co, Fiacal A cent. jfome ftuilderS IICORPORATCD OMAHA NEBRASKA A LAMENT. Mr tari.or-l asri.! m for -.Ji-? r-?c: I n.a i- ri.ru -.hii "On. M':r.i: : yn'r- fir-ly b r., To i-rv . h -? 0 m rn o n "tv e ;i ' Coni, show yo jr-s.f a. pair : T"JJ Forba to pr3 your claim " K insH, "III digram on v.:. I that a your ginn'." I triJ th arror?r? Lett bu'- Ref-jaed to s-? :!- poin'. The buvhrr -.ii'i he'd rr.-tk! me pi;-. Though tlms w-er-: 'o;:t if join..' My th taiir brish-?ti aji-l-?. Th- b3-r rrj.y rv. 1'. "o'l'.-I'r.t T-i.-h" the !aun.-irr5s :r:-:-J- Th -!y-?r looked qu:i-3 blu-?. And stll :r..T-a3j T-t. a.i n:y fr.lls I hav? to r:--,:t. Just n tim of p-'af0: 'tth patriotic calm Vd bar The tioom of psjvr; But i3 the- Ti c r-r. k--en to ha: Mv sa'Tifce with m-?1 trr.iiia. P AM L. MORRIS. ST. PAUL WOMAN USED HORSE LIHIM ENTFOR RHEUMATISM . Suffer a Number of Year With Ache and Paint, Until She Di4 covered By Accident the Merit of Hore Lini ment in Thi Affliction. tainty is equally visible. It is impossible to meas- j tn(. territorial legislature establishing such Hie first attempt to tike the government uith shoddy lials for soldier brought three firms into the federal court in New York. Vigilance is the price of honcily as well as immunity from repetition of the "embalmed brrf scandals" of )HH. tire the drpth of the war feeling, complicated as it is by the prompting of elf-intereit in ditching car 1 conscription. Un the other hand, soldiers wives will enercise the right of suffrage for the first time and Canadian soldier at home and abroad will vote on the issues. These are expected to support equality of national service. Besides, all aliens of less than 15 years' residrnre have been disfranchised and denied the prized privi lege of hitting a government they dislike. The effect on Borden's political fortunes, or the re turn of Laurier to power, remains a guess. One is never sure of the political game until the bal lots are counted. I lie kaUri sprfit million of dollars in the I uitcd .States on (irrniau propaganda to keep llns country out of thr light for democracy and liberty. Where sotiir of this money went has liten traced, end where 'otnr more of it went may i utity be guessed. t. o-ordiiuitiuii of allied tin sal puwri pmprrly tipplcinrnt military unity of plan and push, i niiiliiiiiiiK the allied Herts under one gtucral board of managers vatly increases tangr and rf tectiveness, insures greater co-operation and more .ilt water grave foi sneaking subs. Ilrotflcr C'otry wauls to blacklist possible "La Toilette lieutenants" us aspirants for democratic i lination for positions at Washington. What is lie going lo do with Senator Hitchcock, the M'lf boasted champion of the kaiser's bill to make tits: V'nitcd States helpless by putting all our tuu nitioii factories out of business? I he brand of optimism expounded by Lloyd iieorge is a model of its kind, lit- does not hIoks over the obstacles nor minimires the back sets, but exhibits each so clearly that defensive responsibility may act. The public thus advised knows whst lies alir.nl, tightens its belt and confidently presses forward to the goat. Again sve ask, why. should our Senator Mitch cock be so solicitous about Austria? Why should lie insist and reiterate in his hyphenated paper that lie regards Austria as an "unwilling" partner of Germany even alter the president has shown what a "willing" tool Atistiia has been all the time? Is it another case of painting the leopard' skin without changing its spots? Hang Spies Chicago Tribune. The destruction of an army depot containing $200,(HX) worth of medical supplies is believed to be the work of agents of Germany or sym pathizers. Whether this is proved or not, it is known that encmv aliens arc at work in this country, and it is high time the government took drastic action and let that action be known. The penalty for this sort of activity is death, nd death should be meted out to such offenders. It is a perverted humanitariauism which would dead for leniency. Take the case of this Chicago depot fire. The destruction of these surgical supplies may mean the death of many an Amer ican soldier. It is mawkish sentimentality ami lalse logic which would refuse the swift and tern and righteous justice of the hempen rope. A few executions made known to the public, vould teach a good many men who are at work indergrpund in this country that, ineffective as Mir criminal justice is known to be in peace 'itnes, the government is now capable of taking appropriate action against the nation s enemies snd will do so. ! The time is past for hesitation and com- : promise, lhe spy evil and the evil ot sedition iave been allowed to go too far. The strong hand should appear in our American home affairs The Art of Letter Writing. Another flower we hope to see blossom from the ugly root of war is a renaissance of the art of letter writing. The boys in the far-away trenches will he pardoned all the crudities and abruptness of letters written under high pres sure amidst untoward surroundings, but those at home who write to them should give their missives enough care and attention to make them readable and expressive as well as in fortnationable. The gentle art of letter writing, once a much pried accomplishment, has not been greatly cul tivated of late, regrettably be it said, and, al though the level of literacy has risen so that very few are nowadays unable to read and vrite, the interchange of the average social correspond ence constitutes not only a linguistic atrocity, but is also a reflection upon the ability of the writers to give intelligible utterance to their thoughts. There is no good reason why a letter should not be a delight to read as well as a welcome re minder of the sender. One of the best tests of a letter is that it hear reading and rereading over and over again, and if the writer will apply this test before mailing the letter standard will be perceptibly improved. Let Our Realtors Get Busy. The change of administrative officials in New York City has moved the Real Estate board to address a very important letter to the new regime. The document relates to the financial condition of the great metropolis, which is not only heavily in debt, but has nearly exhausted its borrowing capacity, while the annual tax upon real estate is rapidly approaching the limit im posed by law. The board urges measures of re trenchment and that the tax commissioners be selected for unquestioned qualifications as experts cm real estate values. The action of the New York board will have added force because it represents real estate own ers as a class and has no partisan significance. It is within the true province of an association of real estate men, and if properly followed up will surely be effective. Surely the time has come when most of the larger cities of the nation must adopt measures with a view to reducing the tax levies, which have risen to a high level in recent years. Not long ago The Bee called attention to the ex traordinary increase in the levies of the city and of the school district. It is a subject calling for the expert consideration of real estate owners and taxpayers generally a field of endeavor quite within the domain of the Omaha Real Estate board. The situation presents an. opportunity for civic service of the highest importance and we know of no set of men better qualified to under take it. school at Omaha under a corporate body, but without any financial aid. f went to work to se cure this aid and succeeded and so the Nebraska School for the Deaf was established." How this financial aid was secured and the foundation thus laid for the magnificent institu tion still devoted to instructing the deaf and making it possible for them to become useful citiens is fold in another paragraph as follows: "Kdward Rosewatcr, editor of The Omaha Bee, was a member of the house of representa tives of the legislature of W. One of our local committee was too modest and o thought that wc had better ask for $S,(VHI for a school building. I told him I would ask for $6,000 for the support fund. None of the board was con sulted about this matter and none went down to Lincoln to see about it, so 5 was alone. I went down, with Mr. Kosewater and others, to see the legislature organize. In February I took a few pupils from the school to Lincoln for an exhibition in file chapel of the state uni versity to show the legislature what the school was doing and that it was worthy of support. Governor Butler was present ami spoke earn estly for our cause and the education of such children, and applauded the work just wit nessed and asked the legislature to be most liberal in this woik. A few days afterward I applied for $o,fXM) for the annual support fund and $5,000 for a new building. While I was in the lobby, Mr. Rosewatcr came to me person ally and asked me why not apply for $15,000 for a building instead of a shabby $5,000. I told him it would be better and to go ahead, if he could get it through, as it would be a credit to the state; which he did without much apparent trouble, along with the $6,000 annual support fund in all $27,000 for two years. The board met in April, 1871, and I made a report to them of my work with the legislature. They were surprised and pleased at the liberality of the legislature. The building appropriation was on condition that the board secured not less than 10 acres of land donated free of charge to the stale within three miles of the city of Omaha. Far out northwest along the Militar road, such a tract was offered by James Bonner in a large wheat field. The board accepted the Bonner tract and erected the first building on it." Trie Day Wc Celebrate. ; Frank K Weaver, in the lirandeis i biiildine, is 56 years old today. Vice Admiral Austin M. Knight, I'. H. N., in command of the Asiatic fleet, born at Ware, Mass., 63 years ago to day. Rear Admiral James M. Helm. L 8. X., in command of thf Asiatic fleet, horn at Ware, Mass., 63 years ago today., i'.ca'r Admiral James M. Helm, U. S. N., chairman of the commission on the establishment of additional navy vards, born at Grayville, ill., 62 years i niio today. linear B. Colquitt, former governor of Texas, born at Camilla, Ga., 56 years ago today. Ralph Adams Cram, a noted leader j of the architectural profession in America, born at Hampton Falls, N. H., 54 years ago today. Rufus Hardy, representative in con gress of the Sixth Texas district, born in Monroe county, Mississippi, 62 years ago today. Our conduct of a funeral ser vice is irreproachable. We place a thoroughly well equipped under taking establishment at the dis posal of the public. The fairness of our charges is incontestable. N. P. SWANSON Funeral Parlor. (Established 1S4S) 17th and Cumin Sts. Tel. Douglas 1060. Mrs. J. C. Bonn, 641 Cedar St.. St. Paul. Minn., exneriences most pleas ing results fvom half of small bottle of G & G Nerve and Bone Liniment, left her by a traveling salesman. After using this preparation she was convinced of its superior qualities, and tried to purchase a bottle from her local druggist, who at the time, was out of stock, and advised her that he had a liniment equally as eood. But this information was met by a rebuff, ;.s she had used nearly everything on the druggist's shelf with no relief, and would not accept a substitute. She wrote direct to Dr. Gatchell for a large size bottle, which proved so satisfactory that she re ordered five one dollar bottles, for herself and friends. This is convinc ing proof that there is no substitute for Dr. Gatchell's G & G Nerve and Bone Liniment, which is put up in JiOe and $1 bottles and sold by all lead ng druggists. Advertisement. I have a letter from an old friend and neigh bor, George llcimrod, formerly American consul at Berne, Switzerland, where he is still living, now in retirement, giving some further details of the sad circumstances surrounding the death, about two months ago, of his eldest son, George Hcim rod, which was chronicled at the time in The Bee. The letter has, of course, undergone cen sorship in transit, but that is not the point, but rather what may be read between the lines as to conditions in Germany. Mr. Heimrod writes that he intended to go to his son's funeral, but that entry into Germany for that purpose was denied him, although his eldesJt daughter and her husband reside there. "The remains were cremated in Bremen, but the ashes will be, until future disposition, transferred to the Berne cre matory as soon ns political conditions permit any member of the family to accompany them." The father is naturally grief-stricken over the tragic outcome resulting from an explosion while per forming an experiment in the chemical labora tory of the Rockefeller institute in 1909. The accident deprived the young man, a summa cum laudc Harvard graduate, entirely of his eyesight and eventually, although he continued his scien tific work for the institute with the aid of an assistant, produced a complete breakdown. Storyette of the Day. William Jennings Bryan said in a tetiippran' e address in Kankakee: "We temperance people should make no rabid, exaggerated or false claims. With the truth we can win and easily win. Inaccuracies only harm u. "A temperance lecturer once ruf fled up his hair and roared: " 'Kvery glans of beer a man drinks shortens his life one week.' " 'Question!' shouted a stout, red faced chap in the gallery. 'Question!' " 'Well, what's your question, friend?' " 'Did I understand you to say that every glass of beer a man takes .shortens his life one week'." "'That's what I said. Why?' " 'Oh, nothin,' said the stout chap, 'only I've been doing a little mental arithmetic, and I find I ought to have been dead 650 years ago." " Phila delphia Ledger. WAR TIME LIFE IN BRITAIN. People and Events War bombi work havoc in unexpected places. Henceforth the retailers play no favorites and Boosters of good roads in Missouri propose making their section of the Jefferson highway the best in the eight states constituting the sys tem. Besides putting up the money for work and material, gold medals are to be awarded next fall for excellence in road construction and main tenance. The Swiss legation of Washington comes -to the defense of Dr. Karl Muck, director of the Boston !ymphony. and clears up confusing re ports regarding his citizenship and nativity. From this it appears that the doctor is a Fa- the price tags mean the same thing to all comers. ! ,;s fatt,c'r a5 Official price fixing grows in public favor as its worth is demonstrated in food lines, rians are developing for extending control over the manufacture of clothing, and a board of 33 members has been created for that purpose. To obviate the difficulties inci dent to various qualities of cloth, particu larly "shoddy," the board contemplates fix ing a standard uuality, manufactured and tailorod at fixed prices, which allow rea sonable profits for factory and tailor. An exhibition and sale of the needle work of wounded soldiers, trained in the art since returning from the war, occurred in London last month. The standard of work done by the men astonished women folks, who were the chief patrons. The finest piece shown was a pole screen made by a former cabinet maker, with ouaint crinoline figures worked in tupestry stitch. A former butcher wrought a cushion in a stitch of his own invention. Another sol dier embroidered a foot-stool covered with white lnmhs and smilingly refused to work a black one amonc them. Making war supplies forms the chief in dustry of the kingdom. Nearly 10,000 war shops are producing munitions. Naturally the output of material is on an immense scale, but the limit haa not been reached. Four new national factories, to cost 2,000,. 000, are under construction, and enlarge ments are being made to existing plants. These improvements also involve the erec tion of dwellings for workmen and increase the drain on the labor supply. Notwithstand ing' the ever growing call on human energy a movement for a six-hour-day has been launched in London. A writer in the London Chronicle, re turning to the metropolis after an absence of three years, sketches a significant revolu tion i4 life wrought by war. 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