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The Omaha Sunday OMAHA, SUNDAY-MORNING, AUGUST 11, 1918. Comb Honey By EDWARD BLACK. Two Girls. . " Conversation between two girls in elevator of the Woodmen of the World, building: "Where did you get that gum?" 'Swiped it." . "From whom did you swipe it?" "From a girl in our office." f "How -many are there in your office?" v " "Stenographer and bookkeeper." "Who was that fellow you was with last night?" . ; "He, was jes a friend of mine " "He yas a swell kid, all right" "You betcher he was." "Wait for me after work, will yoa, Irene?" - : "You betcher I will." Will Dowling of Norfolk tells good one on Judge Thomas at, Co fumbus, Neb. The judge, who is ad dicted to punctuality, was piqued on a certain morning, when Attorney Dineen kfcpt the court, jurors and law yers waiting. ' "Why did you keep this court wait ing?" sternly asked the judge. . .. "I got a Cinder in me eye," Dineen A. "V. T ft . - V J 1 aT 1 III I nar - ' ILV - f s V --f.li-m r--Sh. w B. WetgAe'ztg By EDWARD, BLACK. " " ' TIi anrirnt sitrt honorable came oi'$ horsesh.pitching is enjoying re crudescence; When 40 or SO men will stand in the sun,-;wiU' the 'tem perature at 110 degrees; as' they' did a few days ago in Fontenelle; park.' there must oe sometntng in xne game to commend it to the children of men. There was a time in the. dim past, in the halcyon days of horseshoes, when an adept at this king ot Out . door sports was,. a-man ;; who was looked up to by the community. He was a man who did- things 'and he always was served at the first table and did not have to ask for a second -piece of pie. They just pushed the pie over to him. He wore, a medal on his coat and the village beaux and belles focusel their' glances on him. He created an atmosphere of distinc tion wherever he went and he re ceived passes to the- opera house. N For several decades horseshoe pitching, lost its vogue, ,An era of golf, pinochle, tiddledewinks, char ades, tableaux, high five and spin the plate offered varied public divertise ments. The. ; horseshoes were hung over the door to bring good luck to the owners. Now and then some of the boys in the upstate tow ns brought out the shoes on Sunday morning and matched their ability, but as a gen eral thing the game went into decad; dence until this outdoor classic was never mentirned in polite locicty. ; Comes B,ack With' Glory; - The game, howe-cr, has come back in all of its glory, and indications are that many addicts' Wilt be registered before Old Man" Winter wraps the earth again in his mantle of white; ' Pitching horseshoes is not a game to be sneezed at, although the players may and, do sneeze at, times. There is no rule against sneezing. , It is not ' true that horseshoe, players indulge irt horse laughs during games. That is an erroneous impression given c'ur. rency by jealous persons who are par tial to croquet. It is a man's game and it is a humanizing game. It is not a silk stocking game, because none of the players at the recent state tourna ment in Fontenelle park wore silk stockings. They wore socks, Neither were they ; arrayed , any glorious habiliments like Solomon or Jack Has kell. . They wore suspenders and plain store clothes, he're was. an excep tion, as there is to every rule. This The WeerI? ; ; v OMAHA, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST THE WKKKLY BIMUUC BEE . A. STlNOCn, EDITOR. ; Communlcailont On arty toplt rclvi, , without potUca or ' aicnfttiir. Non rtturnttl. -NO ADS, T ANT, PRICB ..' 'DECfPHEBED. f; " Tha Bumbla 6a'i apaclal vary roret aervlca , deptrtraant ha a Intarcepled . . eoda ' letter ad dr!ard to a 'party In Germany and containing Information ot great Importance. ... After . de ciphering the letter oar ataff of aecret service eiperu dei aided to mall It on to tha party In Oermany to whom It was ad dreened. . The code conalala f reading' the flret word and ev- From paper In this Item: Killed A model Th homa hava capltaliied theae worda for '"In th at th : ne convemeaco 01 oyr reader. Llaten: . ; -. . J -.: ., "THE weather la ' an hn road and. la'at night FATJIER. h bought HO acrea Blnne, "i l.a.-vu ana ne aaya that he Willi,- take farming eay aow and BS contented.' Ever alnra ha wa DEFEATED, for eon. etabla ha baa don . NOTHING and nob of ua children CAN or want to ta.ka a STllun ih.i ing and to protect which was will eem to be AGAINST hlf wianee., we nave had . TREM- muuw amina nera. - Frieda hee more BTRENOTH than be foro and 1 out OF bed now. We are all UNITED In send- Ing.lora and father STATES tnatne haa forgiven you." , . "DEFINITIONS. of hla Her i ar a few mora gtma irom the achoo bora' ecamlna ,tlon: v "Matins ar' thinga to wear en the handed "There are ! bones In tha body Joined by Joints. ' The - head Is on aolld caused bona without any Jotnte-," "The . ADortginea are chain of moun talna." ;. s ' ., y j j , " ' ? CHINEbE. ' Olrla strolling along the streets In overalls ar , now a .common sight., Wonder If they -realise bow much they look like , Chlnea women, who hava wora i trouaerg for hundreds of years. from the ne waa Tha i Hun long rang! gun ' rtarted shooting at Paris again last Monday, and got Just - two , lines in me papers, bo mac for rightfulness. PBATEK. ) Tha 'city council ...wasn't ashamed to stop for a minute and pray for tha success of our King's barrister's Now a r intra. . r: . ? ... rand! - would The . Aontrlana are reported ' : Th o eattng bread mad partly. f--om aand. They'll need, tha L ktwul . "Two .'end.' . ' - nv aaabaasaBBBBBr- i m x. ' Mi rim m m mm. st..' l i i -5- :vtiJHr-;-JH''.v.:-. exception was .Marty, O'Toole, ; the aforetime base ball star who was sold orice upon a time, for" $22,000. Marty wore, regular ;clothes, just HVi . -i slicker, but he could not throw horse shoes with the boys from the; smalf towns, where they go to bed. with i' ; chickens and have fresh milk, once every day and twice on Sundays am, holidays. . r Clothes do not make the .'nan on the horseshoe tournament grounds. The man'in overalls usually excels the man in Talm Beach. ' .Clear ?ye . Required; ; ' , : Horseshoe playing is not a game for the neurotic or the myopic. Steady nerves and clear eves are pre requisites to success at this game of skill. A-man with -ague should not enter a horseshoe tournament, nor should a cross-eyed man attempt this sport. The successful player must have an even temperament and he should have both feet on the. ground and his eyes on the farther, stake. Some people believe that horseshoe pitching is mere child's play, but such persons ,'oCcupy untenable ' ground. There is' technique and finesse in the game. The player stands up at one stake and directs the shoe toward the farther stake by a careful calculation of his eye. He has by practice co ordinated his muscles and his eye. He knows just how much power to put behind the shoe to send it to the de sired spot. It is not a happenstance? He also learns to control his facial muscles so that he does not display undue anxiety while throwipg. ;1'he experienced player, smiles as he throws, a sort of 'non-chalent smile; a smile of supreme confidence. It is a delight to observe, an experienced player. It reminds one ot the days of the discus throwers back in Rome and Athens, or wherever. the discus throwers maintained their headquar ters in. the good old days of knights and chevaliers and chariot races. - - BUMBLE BEE'S EXPERT SHOWS AMERICAN, ENGLISH AND FRENCH PAPERS WRITE UP THEIR "STORIES" Observant Editor Draws Remarkable Distinction Be- ' ; tween the Manner; in Which a .Murder fs Narrated in Different v;fv - Newspapers. our old home-town "Why did they break It downT "Becauae, In tha wlerd silen cer ot th night a - shriek had pierced the air, a shriek- of agony,' a shriek of horror un earthly. - .. "Hearing It, the gendarmes had rushed to the houe whence Fenntylvanla we clip ' - " t by soma unknown per- soa. the body of Ephrlam Gul den was found lying In the bed room of his home.'' v , - " of terseness, Isn t It T - town paper . contains It 'cem. Un the stairs they rushed. .They had burst down the doer Ilka a catapult -' v .. t "But too iat! Too latt - 'The aaaessln had fled. Hla a lot of news to the square Inch. How would other, papers "han dle" that atoryT" Hera la tha way 'they Would do VH In tha dear eld London Times: ' - dagger' Aad, done Ua work! It stilt. atuok to the hilt In that bed" room'of a houeO corner of ,BIckfrlara' whch had lately been man. ' King Edward etreat, at I o'clock. Constable v '.'A stream of blood led from th wdund.;. A pool of warm blood waa upon the cost ly rog whieh' covered the. floor. Th -face waa '.upturned and In tha t eyes. '. horror, Indescribable horror, unearthly, horror. . ."No clue was left -hv. tha aa- who wss maKtng nis rousHl of duty, the ntght being dark . and a atorm . beinf ' brew the canataDie , navmg stepped Into ' tha shelter ' of a doorway and drawn hie weather cap about hla shouldera so- aa iaasln. The prefect of himself from, the rain begtftnlng to fait and detectives led by Lecocq are at work. , - had already - made the streets wet and slippery so that cab horses were hsrdly able to move along th block pavement which 1 common to 'that' por tion of the city; Constsble , "Somethlnf moy" ba t found. ."Ferhans. . .v.. . .... "Th body was that of M.' Ephralm Gulden." J -. No the wide-awake Amer Blnns., being--stationed at- this place and It betng!ear the end ican dally, something fashion: .'Weltarlng.ln fc -tour of duty, he waa about to make his way to the station, when ha waa attracted by a noise In 'the house at the corner of Blackfrlsrs' road and Xing Edward street which Own blood, tha body Gulden was found In ths bed room ot his home, .1711 1 Jones street, last night, at' "Th discovery was, him to move to tha !houa Policeman Michael O'Brien, who was' called to the scene by at that corner in which ha had heard th nolaa and Investigate, He made hla way In through (th front door and . mounted tha eteps to th second floor-where, having knocked and then placed hla ear to th keyhole and still being unable ta get a response James t-Tweedtedee. who ststed that h- had heard auspicious noises In tha house. . "The . policeman ' broke down-a door before h reached th bed room. The body of Gulden was lying beside th bed, a dsgger wound In the left breast. Both of th windows' of , th room were fsstened on the Inside and how tha murderer escaped ta a mystery - which may never be solved, i i . .. "Gulden lived alone and was reputed to have money. 'The body is , In charge of Coroner Beobenlck who will hold SO Inquest. , ' "Detectives Hoolaban, Bren naban and Callahan era work ing on ths rase." ' There you are. Which do you prefer T ,L ".'- ''SHOUT. ,v lnsldeof the. room ahdi reeling tnai eomeining must t wrong, ha put hla shoulder to the , door and broke It down (tha door) and entered, where considerably taken aback to find a body lying on th floor of th room Into which ha- had made his -wsy ln.th manner described. The body proved vto be that of Mr. Ephralm Gulden, K. C. -B., K. It. O. '8..' late barrister In Court., Tha cause of th demise la unknown,' for tha Frenrhl How Le Journal treat the tery -Like this; , - "Dead! . " ; - . .. Those . hose which half way and cotton body- lay 'in a pool ot of ths way look a atlll warm wita. tne .short .skirls wearing now. Ko we gendarme had , broken I014, at any rat Horseshoe players have their col loquialisms just' like regular human beings.: There , is nothing snobbish about , their felicitations or com ments, i 1 "Over the topi" was a remark heard during the recent tournament. One of the village sports from Blair said "Atta boy! Another player said, "Don't argue; you'll, never make, a good partner if you argue." ' ' ; ' Charles McLeland, after a poor play, was heard to say, "A puff f wind confused me." He did not al low himself to be perturbed because- the wind played an unexpected turn against his luck. He did not scold the wind in angry terms but only a mellifluous utterance was directed against the. atmospheric disturbance to indicate that he was not overjoyed. Persiflage and folderol do not enter into the sport.' It is a gentleman's game. Rowdyism' at a horseshoe tournament is as foreign to the game as a game of craps would be at a church bazaar,. Sunup to Sundown. . The fact that the luresome game of horseshoes is coming back into its own is 1 a sign that the world is moving fore ward and that the sign posts of civilization have at least one portentous sign. The world is not going backward as some" disgruntled persons would have us believe. The hours for, playing horseshoes are from sun to sun. The best .time is Snathe early morning, when the maturtinal beauties are yet fresh upon the earth, when the song of the robin may be. heard calling to its mate if it has a mate, and when nature smiles her prettiest smile; When the sun comes a-peepin' o'er the eastern hills is the time to; get out and play horse shoes. And then hie homeward to enjoy i cup of coffee and a plate of eggs ind baeon. that will stick to one's ribs. ' ' ' ' . .Horseshoes is not exactly the best ; 11, lJ918.: HOW !. .-. : DEATH. Don't get scared at the war casualty lists. Those who die "over there" ar a mere hand ful compared with those "who breathe their last bare. ' About 5,000 die every .day at home In the U. 8. A. 1,700,000 every year. Just In Omaha last Mon day, a typical day,. IS deaths were recorded. Including three little girls of I, I and 10 years respectively, a boy- of 11 and two men of 10 and S3 years. Truly, 'thos who . tread tha globe are but a handful" com pared with those who- "slumber In Its bosom.". It is the 'bunch ing" of the names together In the war casualty list that makes their number look large. , "' ov. .'" V With the draft see raised io - i. 45 years, the sorrow of many a would be patriot Who ' haa la mented loudly and long that be 'waa beyond the draft age'' will bo assuaged. Hs will now. be able to do all those heroic things Which he haa mentioned so often and ' so-loudly. His cruel, han dicap has been removed by a beneficent congress and he 'will hai ani equal 'chance' with younges, men. , ; i , ;.f . ' . k " .' ,f " V'NREST. ' WhaV do ' y'otl 'read between tha linear of the recent, , fre quent 'German ' atsternents that "they .retired io jarder ,to,ave that most precloua thing. German- blood." Seems to us like a living ! - .': stilt trick police and ,as If those who are giving th German-blood ar getting a bit restive and tha, leaders are glv Ing them soma sedative. . - . ' ' CORBF.CT. . "Be merciful to my poor wife and suffering children.. ..May my blood preaerv Russia from ruin." Theaa ara th , laat words of th ' 1st ex-csar. brought with accuracy, , (no doubt) by aoma careful 'mea senger from the dark deaths of liberie. They're pretty good, too,- -"last words'' go.; ; . piuyeb.- : -" i '; . Dld-yot pray - at It 'o'clock evry Bay " last wek - for th victory of -th allies?' Or are you moral cypher,, too proud to prayT ,Well than, what else ar you dolnar to win th war? Anything f Perhaps you ap plaud the flag when it appears at th movies. , ' KISSES. - '" " There ' Is, at this date, : no prospect at a aettlement Of th debate In th ' Evenln Error aa to whether a departing aol dler ahould give hla last - kiss to his - sweetheart - or to hit. mother. We hop for an early decision on thla momentous question. - ' . '.'. CALCVUTION. .How many- thousands of Ger after this pool of his of Ephralm t o'clock. made by . are . silk the rest mane have been alaughtered. bit queer at Verdun and , In the latest drive . on tha Marna, ta -try to .they vara have been boleter up the . reputation of tha lop-eared kronprluisT .. -o - - - ... i game for worrjen because1 they, are not, adapted -to the art of directing metal missiles with any .. degree of accuracy. At least, it: has not been observed that women go 'wild over the game, Not Crying to Be a Soldier Local exemption, boards hear many grave and gay expression's from per sons who call in connection 'with the draft army: - The tedium of. the day's: work, in Board No., 3, city hall, was broken last week when z Jarge, good-natured negro walked' in: to inquijje whether his number" had been called.-' "Your number. has not teen called, tut we are sending out-a contingent of negroes and . you may join them it you wish," politely replied Henry F. Meyers. ' ;' ' ' '"I'll jes take mah turn, take mah turn; I, ain't cryin' to go," was the negro's serious rejoinner, , . Pious Louis Just as the factory whistles and the church bells-announcing the Ahgelus hour of 11, calling the- peopte of Omaha to enter a prayer to the God of Victory for the -success-of Jhe allied armies in their battles in France, Fri day, persons having .offices on . the 10th floor of the'City National bank were surprised to see L, J. Piarti, as-: sistant county attorney; kneeling irr. the threshold of room 1017. '.s . As they looked, closely they saw that his attitude at first seemed one of deep humility! and supplication: One of the spectators asked, of an other, as he pointed at Louis: "Is he publican or sinner?" r , The lawyer, hearing the 11 inquiry, looked up and answered:- "Neither. I'm picking up some mail the post man dropped on the floor." - Page the Doc Vic Parrisb? chief factotum under National Food Administrator- Wat ties of 'Nebraska, was given" a thrill last week that sent him to bed for, a couple of dayt with a bad case ot in digestion. For months Parrish has been preaching conservation of food. To Nebrasksins he has talked food conservation day and night, in season and out, and at the same time he has practiced it to the limit. . . " For months Parrish has been a close -student of all; the- substitutes thfct have gone 'along with the daily menu, always remembering that by sticking; to the Hoover .hiles h would help win the war. : i 1 -i The other, day when Parrish was going through some of liis fishing equipment that. had been. st6wed away in a box sirfce last year and since he made the trjp to the ElkKorn, he came across a loaf of bread the real vhitet wheat flour bread, such'as; was served a year ago.; If was dry, but it looke4 good,-and he debated upon whether or not to cat it. . It was finally decided that Mr. Hoover would not object to eating bread of the baking of oije year ago. Mr. Parrish had: a part -of the loaf of whiter bread soaked, until 'it was soft and then it 'was made into toast the real white bread tosst Of this Parrish ate and ate, : It was too much for the stomach that had be come accustomed "tc the accredited substitutes,, artdas a result, .Parrish was sick, and lor' two days was com pelled tC remain way from his office The jay-walker is a product of cities which re fcig enough and busy enough to have crowded streets. He is supposed to be a by-gosh rube from the country. Fact-is he is more often city bred, with that discriminating dis regard for the rights of ; other peo ple which the city tends ito develop. The jay-walker walks where and when and how he dern pleases. re? gardless of rules and regulations. He has not learned that on'A crowded street the shortest distance between two points is not always ft. straight line. He is no artful dodger; JHe ex pects the other fellow , to do the dodg ing. . h - -; The jay-walker looks in one direc tion and lijhts out across the busy UuJajk When Sheriff Took Dive Into Well Known Briny Deep '.. Sheriff Michael. Clark. is -obliged to turn 'back the leaves of memory to find the most thrilling moment in his life. .... ... Time was when the sheriff was a boy ,'way back in New York. He had a' fondness for- swimming and it was On. one of the daily expeditions that the goose fiesn ran com up nu down his back.' " The sheriff was in batmng near tne docks in his home town. Immedi ately in front of his diving-o place was a large floating pile driver.' Mike, with boyish carelessness, decided to see how. close he could come to make a .landing beside' the floater. He dived. : ' - Mike's judgment -was poor or else the current carried him in the wrong directions As he sailed beneath the water he instinctively felt that some Luxury Schedule Includes Excess Clothing Price Tax Washington, Aug. 9. A luxury tax schdule was adopted, an official tax advisory board for the1 treasury cre ated the tax on corporation capital stock doubled to produce an addi tional $30,000,000 and a' provision "ac cepted, making Liberty -bonds secur ity for all 'government contracts by the house ways and means commit tee today in framing the' $8,000,000,- 000 revenue, bilL : The luxury proposal was submitted by a 'sub-committee. It levies 10 per cent tax. on all jewelry, ,to be paid by the. .manufacturer, producer or im porter. .Covering , approximately 1,200 jitems- ol jewelry it supplants the present law, tax of 3 per'cent on the-imanufacturer, producer or im porter;; The ,.10 per' cent tax is also to be levied on art objects, pianos and 'pipe organs, furs,, cash registers, typewriters, photographs and tapes tries,., etc; In; view .of, the wide public demand for a tax on the price paid;for cer tain other' articles, not deemed lux uries by reason , of their nature,, above a. certain price, the subcommittee proposed and the full committee ac cepted. limited number "of other groups of -such articles, with sug gested basic prices paid for them by .the consumer, above, which a 20 per Cent tax. is to be assessed, "against the seller; to the consumer or to a person not' for resale." This second groUp and the amount ' excess over which will be taxed1 follows: Mens'and ybung mens suits or overcoats, $5l; ; men's and women's hats,' - bonnets ..and hoods, $25; women's , and misses' dresses, $40: women's . and ' misses' suits, cloaks arid .'coats, .sold, af over $60; boots, shoes,-pumps ; and slippers for men, women and -children, $10; men's and boys' hats, $5; men's and boys' caps, $2; Ricture frames, 10; fans, $1 ; men's waistcoats, sold distinct from suits, $5; silk underclothing - and hosiery, pureand mixed, $10; men's and boys' neckwear, $2;.' .trunks, $50; valises, traveling bags, sui cases and hat boxes, - $25; , ladies', purses, pocket ooks. shopping and hand bags, $7.50; carpets and rugs, fiber, $5 per square Omaha Woman Prays For ;'; Aviator-Nephew in War - 'Every . morning Mrs. Clemintina Mancuso - of L212 South Twenty secood : street, 'attends St. Anne church, KTwefity-fourth street' and Popfleton avenue, to pray for her rephewi-Lt. Saivatore Mancuso,. and the aHied armies. . ; This elderly woman has never seen her. jiephew who is with the Italian aviation forces a$ a pursuit pilot. Slje paid the expenses of his educa tion 'and takes as much ' interest in him s if he xere a son. t . : The lieutenant is 24 years old and has been With the Italian colors since the summer of 1914. He was in. the regular army at first and after the re covery from injuries he entered the aviation service and is now a full fledged, pilot..' thoroughfare. He causes vast pro fanity Jo grow in the brain of thauf feur and motorman, who miss him by the. skin -of their teeth. ' -The 'jay-walker starts east when the traffic has been waved south. He trusts the traffic cop to save his worthless life-from destruction. The jay-walker walks on the wrong side ohthe crowded pavement.' He wond'efs why'eVerybody is going the opposite direction, and why people are.: continually: bumping into him. It never, occurs to him to get in the swim and go with the crowd. . f ' ,tht Jay-walker has , a one track mind, and it-is a narrow, gauge track. He sees only in a straight line. Verily. , the jay-walker is not a men ace'to the public. He is a nuisance. thing had gone wr5nf, so he started for, the surface and fresh air. His lithe body soon rose out of the depths, but when he should have been "in the clear" his head struck'an ob stacle. Then he knew something had gone wrong! He had dived directly under the floater and was facing death 1 With the determiantion that comes of fear he started pushing back in the direction he had entered the trap. His head bumped the bottom of the floater repeatedly and on that bot tom were barnacles, which were lone and painfully sharp. But he didrrt mind that he wanted air for his fast failing lungs. Mike made the side of that floater and a new lease on life. But he says that his tace, head and hands were cut nearly to. shreds from contact with those beastly barnacles. yard; umbrellas, parasols and sun shades, $4; mens shirts, $3; house or smoking jackets and bath robes, $10. The luxury schedule provides that articles taxed under one of these groups shall not be taxed under the other group. Not So Bad John Buck had one of the greatest fhrills of his life two weeks ago when the man at the Strehlow garage called him up and said: - "Mr. Buck, your new car just burned up." It .was true and Mr.. Buck's heart gave a thrill and sank. Then he re membered that he had had the car insured against fire and other things. So the thrill wasn't quite as great as it might have been. But it was pleasanter. He bought the car, a chummy roadster, just about a month before the thrill came to him. Thanks to the insurance, he already has another in place of it. " The Verger's Attitude. A clergyman was grieved to-flnd his services for men were poorly attended. He expressed his regret to the verger one evening when, as usual, they were the only two at the meeting. "1 really think they ought to come," he said, sadly. ' "That's jest what I've sed to 'em over an' over again," said -the verger, consolingly. "I sez to 'em: 'Look at me,' I sex: 'look at me. I goes-to all them services,' I sez, 'an' wot 'arm does they do me?'" Presbyterian A J Aavance. Sporting Instinct. The shabby looking man slouched into tfie silversmith's shop and halted before some of the silver cups. "They're good specimens," he ob servedto the shopman. "Yes, sir," answered that worthy. "They are to be given as prizes lor races." "Ha!". ejaculated the slouchy one, as he grabbed, the largest one' and made for the door. ."Then suppose we race for this one?" Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. In a recent letter to his cousin, Samuel Mancuso of this city, he wrote that he expects to 'be detailed to the United States as an instructor. His fatherlived in Omaha for a few years,-returning to Italy, where he died.-' , ' - ' - - - - LIEUTENANT MANCUSO. ' o 'il explained. The judge was late returning to court after the noon recess, where upon Judge Post made bold to sug gest: " ' - "We were beginning to think that yon got a cinder in your eye, yer , honor." -. .' ) The court looked gravely over the j top of his spectacles as it to draw a bead on the 'person who had thus addressed him. t John McDougall, member of the po lice department, has an idea which he believes is too good to keep. He suggests that every family jn Omaha should save the paper sacks which are received with provisions. All " sacks that are in fair , condition he would return to the merchants for second use. Mr. McDougall states that the average householder destroys these sacks. By returning them to J he grocer, the butcher and candle stick maker, he believes that it "wuld be worth while if the practice becomes . general. , " Heard En Passant. v What time do you have dinner at your house onv Sunday? I know enough to keep still. , s Here comes your mother with ft broomstick. - -v For the love of Mike, I forgot to pay that man for the ice cream. Come out of that ice box, George. I had lumbago this morning. It's rotten. .Ever have it? Inside Information. She What is snuff good for, arty way? He It clears one's head. She Then it is a vacuram cleaner, is it? He That all depends. Now, Would It? Would it be, proper to refer to a charge account at the meat market as the ''beef trust?" And would it be just the thing . to refer to companions riding in an au tomobile at 60 miles per hour as "fast friends"? ; Heart-to-Heart Talk. I have always loved you. You : don't say so. . Will you marry me? I should say so. Judge Down Judge Day of district court had the thrill of his life 20 vears aso while hunting" with the late C. E. Bates in Idaho. He related the experience in this manner: , . -I went out with Mr. Bates to Idaho and we intended to hunt in the timber -t reserve. I was nat much of a hunter, but I thought that the outing would be enjoyable. We had a guide and our purpose was to keep out of the ' National park, as there was a severe penalty for being caught in the park with unsealed guns. Three United States soldiers drove up and Bates told the guide to talk to them. They informed us that we were two miles within the park limits, whereupon -visions of arrest and possibly a fine went through my mind. I told the soldiers that we wanted to stay within the law, but were uncertain as to our -whereabouts. One of the soldiers observed that I carried a tooth brush in 'my vest pocket and he remarked that ft ' poacher would not carry Jthis toilet article. We invited the soldiers J lunch and all went well until I. started back to our camp. W.hile crossing Snake river, which was 400 feet wide, my pony slipped in the ice-cold water f and I was drenched and thought that I would be drowned. Mycompanion and guide rescued me and I covered the three miles to camp,, where first aid application of a liquidnot sup posed to be sold in Omana at this time, revived me and prevented probable attack of. pneumonia. ., T Drowning; "If I should tell the most exciting experience I ever had," said E. C.' Page, "no one would believe me. My greatest thrill consisted in being rescued from drowning. I was pulled out by tne hair of my head." Then Mr. Page rubbed his hand over his bare and shining pate and smiled. -"When;! was a very little boy I went swimming one day in the old swim ming hole back in Pennsylvania. There was a big log there which made a fine boat and on which I ferried myself back and forth over the pond. Suddenly it tunied and rolled me uhderneath. Over and over we went, the loj and I, but the log finally got me under. I was goine down for the third time, when one of the larger boys came and grabbed trie"" by the hair and pulled me ashore, where they revived me.' Perhaps." continued the judge,' as his friendr ' call, him, "that is why no hair has ' grown on my head for so. many years. No doubt the shock discouraged it growth and so I was condemned td lead a hairless life in the future" v A