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    THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, T SEPTEMBER 3, 1918.
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"Sedan day" again with the kaiser farther
from the crowning victory than ever.
The last month of the daylight-saving sched
ule. Has it proved to be a good thing? What do
you say?
Which reminds us once more, What about
that water main extension to Fort Crook so nec
essary to full utilization of that post?
. Now that members of the Federal Trade com-
mission are under fire, they will appreciate better
' the, position of the concerns they have been go
ring after so sharply.
In his enthusiasm over his airplane flight,
Mayor Smith may next be expected to propose
the erection of a new city hall 'steen stories high
with the mayor's office in the cupola.
The latest turn of the paper conservation pro
gram is to reduce the output of certain classes of
books to 25 per cent of the normal. "No de
privity'' as Mrs. Malaprop might say.
Another American publication purchased and
controlled by von Bernstorff as part of the Ger
man propaganda in America has been uncovered.
And there are doubtless others stilt under cover.
V Hindenburg declares that for the Germans the
conflict has now become a defensive war. That's
a good one. Have not kaiser and all his spokes
man from the first been insistenthat'they were
merely defending- themselves against their enemies.
RAILWAY MOTIVE POWER.
That the railroads of the United .States had
not stagnated under private ownership is shown
by a comparison of the motive power between
1900 and 1915. In the year first named, the rail
roads of the United States had in service 38,500
locomotives of all kinds. The average tractive
effort of the "simple" or single expansion engine,
of which type 36,500 were in use, was but 19,000
pounds; the heaviest type then known, of which
900 were in service, had a tractive effort of
29,000 pounds.
In 1905 the number of locomotives used had
mounted to 51,650, "of which 48,949 were of the
simple type, but their efficiency had increased to
an average of 23,000 pounds tractive effort. This
year is noteworthy as seeing the first of the
Mallet compound engines in service. Its power
is represented by 75,000 pounds tractive effort.
In 1910 the total number had gone up to 59,000,
with an average tractive effort for 56,525 simple
engines of 27,000 pounds. This year 200 Mallets
were in service, with average power of 72,000
pounds. In 1915 the railroads were employing
64,750 locomotives, 62,000 being of the simple
type, averaging a tractive effort of 30,500 pounds,
while 800 Mallets with an average power of
79,000 pounds were doing duty.
In 1900 the average weight on drivers of the
simple engine was 85,000 pounds; in' 1915 it had
grown to 135,000 pounds. In 1905 one locomo
tive was equipped with a superheater to increase
its power; in 1910 the roads had 3,000 oil-burners
and 300 with superheaters; in 1915 there were
4,250 oil burners and 14,000 with superheaters.
, These figures ought to do away with the
charge that the railroads had not made any effort
to keep up with the demands of transportation.
It may be of interest, also, to state here that the
present annual total capacity for producing loco
motives in the United States is about 7,000, and
that the government is asking for 10,000 for the
current year.
This year's Nebraska State fair marks the
semi-centennial of that institution. "Having suc
cessfully passed through the infantile ailments
such as grasshoppers, drouth and panic, the fair
may be regarded as having now struck a good
healthy gait.
No one can vote in Omaha at the coming No
vember election whp is not properly, registered,
' ana everyone wno has changed his w residence;
since he last voted, must have his registration
corrected. Don't keep, putting this important
duty off until it is too late.
Six-cent street car fares, established by the
Missouri State Railway commission for St. Louis
and Kansas City have been knocked out in the
court at the very moment the Nebraska State
Railway commission, has granted an increase in
street railway fares for Lincoln to 5 cents and
six cents. It will take some time before these
conflicts and contradictions are smoothed out
For Next Year'. Corn" Crop.
v The fast maturing corn crop of the United
States had to run the gauntlet of a number of
enemies; , Not only was it exposed to the cus
tomary attack by insects- and-worms, the dangers
of drouth and hot winds, with all their attendant
, evils, but it had to contend against the greatest
of all dangers, that of insufficient and unfit seed.
This latter is one danger that can be surely
guarded against. Careful selection and care of
seed corn means much' 'to the farmer, being di
rectly reflected in his crop yield. The Depart-
' ment of Agriculture urges that now is the time
to begin arranging for next year's seed. Its
experts warn ' farmers that unless they, do take
the needed steps early they may face again condi
tions that prevailed last spring, when in many
localities good seed was not to be had. The
advice will be repeated by all who have real
understanding knowledge of the crop. Need for
corn and corn products will not be lessened
within another year, nor - probably for several
years to come. Little danger of over-production
exists, but on the contrary, every reason for a
greater crop if possible. Farmers of America
-have given splendid help to the world in its need,
- .and can continue i their good record i by making
I careful selection of seed corn this fall against
the planting time of next spring
Education in Siberia.
Russian politics have filled the public eye and
baffled imagination for so long that it is refresh
ing to be asked to view any section of that mud
dled and befuddled country from which a glim
mer of reason shines. Singularly enough it is
from Siberia, that hinterland of the empire, the
limbo to which offenders were banished, con
demned to a living death, that now gives a sign
of encouragement The American consul at
Vladivostok transmits to Washington, under date
of July 8, a letter from the Culture-Educational
union of the Altai district, with headquarters at
Barnaul, Siberia. According to this letter, the
union, which is concerned with the "outside-of-school"
education of the people, wishes to obtain
portable cinematographs, and scientific popular
films for use of the co-operative unions of
Tomsk, Semipalatinsk, Yenisei, Irkutsk and
Transbaikal provinces. Most interesting is the
information that the union expects to purchase
not only the machines but the films. It is also
establishing a museum for the exhibition of the
products of the several provinces named. It is
not surprising that such a spirit should exist in
Siberia, for thither went under guard most of the
truly cultured and thoroughly educated of the
czar's subjects. He did not know it. but in the
vastnesses of the great wastes of Siberia he was
sowing seed that now exhibits a fruitage to which
it is pleasant to turn after witnessing the gyra
tions of the crew the Romanoffs were tontent to
rule in Holy Russia. Siberia will yet be the
salvation of the bolsheviki.
The Lichnowsky Memorandum
By Professor Munroe Smith of Columbia University
Critical interpretation and discussion of this most important war docu
ment by one of the world's foremost authorities on historical Jurispru
dence and the study of comparative international law.
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The Lichnowskys. are a family of Upper
Burgundian origin, a branch of the house of
Granson. They have held estates both in
Austrian and in Prussian Silesia since the
seventeenth century. As late as 1848 they
were described in the Almanach de Gotha as
"possessing" one town and 45 villages, with
21,620 inhabitants. The title of prince was
first conferred by the king of Prussia to
ward the close of- the eighteenth century.
Early in the nineteenth century the Lich
nowskys became princes in Austria also.
Karl Maximilian, sixth Prince Lichnowsky,
was born in 1860. He served for a time in
the Prussian army, in which he holds the
rank of major, and then entered the diplo
matic service. In 1885 he was attached to
the German embassy in London: later he
held diplomatic positions in Constantinople.
in Bucnarest, and in Vienna. During the
latter part of his residence at Vienna he was
first secretary of the embassy. Transferred
in 1899 to the Berlin foreign office, he served
there, as he tells us in his memorandum, for
several years (1899-1904). After eieht vears
ot retirement trom the diplomatic service, he
was sent to London in 1912 as German am
bassador.
Looking to Future Commerce.
American business interests are carrying on
with all sincrity, so far as present war1 activities
go,- but are not neglecting, at least so far as dis
cussion is concerned, what may follow peace.
They are reminded that Germany is planning as
purposefully and as energetically, as ever for
trade supremacy. The German government is
getting ready to re-establish as soon as possible
the external commerce of the empire, and some
analyses, assert that much of its apparently mean
ingless destruction of private property in terri
tory it has overrun, its sinking of merchant ves
sels of neutral countries, and other acts that seem
wanton, are really part of its great scheme. It
is the creation of necessity which Germany hopes
to be in position to relieve.
This example is not lost on Americans, who
have been shaken out of their complacent atti
tude toward the world. When the war is over
we will have the greatest commerce-carrying
fleet afloat, owned by the people. It must be oc
cupied, and its only service . will be carrying
American products to consumers around the
world. That is why, for example, the Philadel
phia Chamber of Commerce emphasizes the
teaching of commercial geography in our schools.
A better knowledge of the world is needed, that
we may as a nation compete in the open markets.
Such plans need not run counter to any inter
national agreements that will bind the allies in
post-war economic relations. They will only
serve to enable us to reasonably secure and 1iold
our fair share of Jhe world's business, something
we have never had.
One Year Ago. Today In the. War. h
German forces occupied the Rus
sian pert of Riga on the Baltic sea.
President Wilson Issued a special
message welcoming the soldiers of the
national army into the nation's
Mervice.
' The Pay We Celebrate. ,
Thomas A. Fry, president of the
Fry Shoe "ompany, born I860.
Harley G. Moorhead, attorney-at--
law, born 187s.
Brlg.-Gen. Charles A. Doyan. United
Slates marine corps, who commanded
the brig-ads of marines In France,
bom in New Hampshire, St years ago.
Rear Admiral Alfred Reynolds,
United States navy, retired, now in
charge of the naval training station at
Gulfport. Miss., born in Virginia, 65
years ago. --. . , ,
Right Hon. Sir George ."Foster,
.. Canadian minister of trade and com
merce, born In New Brunswick 71
tawara j. Konetcny, nrst baseman
of the Boston National league base
ball team, born at La Crosse, Wis.,
33 years ago. V-,
Tliis Pay in' History.
. 1788 Great Britain, France and
Spain signed the peace of Versailles
-and Paris, which acknowledged the
independence of the United States.
IS 62 -The federals evacuated Cen
terviiie, Va.. and fell back toward
Washington. -..
In the military lingo of the day, the war
gardens hereabouts are all shot to pieces.
1 ! . '
As his memorandum shows. Prince Lich
nowsky is, in many respects, a diplomat of
the older school. He is not of that oldest
school, described as men sent abroad to lie
for their country's good, for he is obviously
a truthful man; nor is he of the Frederician
school, cynically described by the Great
Frederic himself as spies, for he is clearly
an honorable gentleman. He tells us, in fact,
that he had no espionage fund. That fund
was expended in England by other aeents.
with whom he had no relations. The prince
is old-school in his belief that the relations
between states, and even the great issues of
peace and ot war, are mainly determined by
the relations established between their dip
lomatic representatives and the persons who
play leading roles, in society as well as in
politics, in the countries to which the repre
sentatives are accredited. He is, en the other
hand, a modern diplomat in his recognition
of the importance of keeping in touch with
the leading men in commerce, industry, and
finance and of influencing general opinion, at
least so far as this can be done by public
speeches reported in the daily press.
In his general view of German foreicrn
policy, Lichnowsky is distinctly of the Bis
marckian school. He declares, indeed, that
Bismarck made a mistake in allying Germany
wiiii nuauii auu wiiu naiy; out, given ine
situation created by those alliances, the pol
icy which Lichnowsky steadily advocated
and still defends is that which Bismarck con-
lslently followed in the later vears of his
chancellorship and insistently recommended,
after his retirement from office, in public
speeches, in the press, and in his post
humous memoirs. Germany's duty to Aus
tria-Hungary, according to Bismarck, was
united to defending the integrity of the dual
empire. Germany had not undertaken and
should not undertake to support Austrian
schemes of expansion in the near east, for
Germany had no interests in the Balkans.
In all collisions of interests and of ambitions
between Austria and Italy, Germany's role
was that of the disinterested friend, and,
therefore, that of a possible umpire. Simi
larly, in all collisions of interests and ambi
tions between either of its allies and Russia,
Germany was impartial. So only could Ger
many maintain its traditional friendship with
Russia which seemed to Bismarck, as to
Lichnowsky, of the highest importance.
Bis'marck?anr again, is Lichnowsky's con
viction, clearly implied, although not definitely
stated, that the German empire should have
been satisfied with the position it held in
Europe before the present war. He also be
lieved, with Bismarck, that Germany's colo
nial expansion should be limited to such
gains as could be secured without war, par
ticularly without conflict with Great Britain.
His chief .efforts, during his two years in
London, were directed to this end, and were
attended by a degree of success which he
does no overstate.
In his acceptance of these Bismarckian
traditions, Lichnowsky was, at least from the
point of view of Berlin, distinctly old-school.
Ever since the retirement of Prince Bis
marck there had been a growing conviction
at Berlin that Germany had interests not
only in the Balkans, but also in Asia, and that
these interests were to be realized by putting:
the whole force of the German empire be
hind the wedge that Austria was driving into
the Balkans and by acquiring for Germany
a dominant influence in Constantinople and
thus throughout the Turkish empire. That
this would mean war with Russia was fully
understood, but such a war was not feared.
The "Slav peril," so far as Germany wasj
concerned, was a bugbear that might advan
tageously be employed in domestic politics;
but it was not taken seriously by the German
general staff or by the German foreign office.
In his belief that Germany should regard
its position in Europe and in the world as
substantially satisfactory, Lichnowsky was
again, from the point of view of Berlin, hope
lessly old-school. He was not in touch with
the Pan-German movement. He did not un
derstand that Germany must obtain an abso
lutely dominant position m Europe, in order
later to oust Great Britain from its leadine
position in the world.
' The Family in the War
The Industrial Conference Board issues
an estimate, based upon inquiries in 12,000
families in various parts of the country, of
the increase in the cost of living from July,
1914, to mid-June, 1918, as from 50 to 55 per
cent. The percentages of increase are:
Fodd, 62; rent, 15; clothing, 77; fuel and
light, 45; sundries, 50.
The cost of fuel and light is most easily
borne, being but 6 per cent of the family
budget. Rent, though it is but 15 to 18 per
cent oi tne Duoget, is the lighting item, since
it is paid monthly in round sums and the jus
tice of the advance is questioned. Various
checks are proposed, among them that of
Representative Crosser of Ohio, to tax at
100 per cent al! rental increases above 5 per
cent "
The allowance for clothing is smaller than
for rent, 13 per cent. The relative advance
in prices is hdre the greatest, but here also
the average family is most inclined to cut
expenditures. Food constitutes 43 per cent
of the budget, and food the family must have
to retain its health and efficiency.
Through studies such a these the cost of
the war behind the lines can be best appre
ciated. The people who with little complaint
bear this heavy burden yet spare out of their
need hundreds of mililons for war activities
and billions for the bonds that finance the
struggle have no war, correspondents to I
chronicle their efforts; but they also are "in
the war." New York World.
Given this complete antithesis between
Lichnowsky's antiquated views and the "new
course" which the German imperial authori
ties had followed since 1890, the prince
might well wonder why, in 1912, he was ex
humed from his Silesian estates and sent to
London. Quite characteristically he seeks
the explanation in his personal relations with
the emperor, the chancellor, and the foreisrn
secretary; and quite frankly he tells us that
he cannot find it there. An exolanation.
however, does not seem difficult. Pending
tne outoreaK ot tne long-planned war for
German hegemony on the continent, it was
desirable that British suspicions of Ger
many s intentions should be quieted. When
the war should come, it would be highly de
sirable, that Great Britain should not inter
vene, at least not at the outset British in
tervention, it was thought, would come more
rapidly if Great Britain were already in a
state of acute suspicion; less rapidly, and
probably too late to be of value to France
or to Russia, if Great Britain were taken by
surprise. For this reason it was obviously
politic that Germany should bs renresented
in London by an ambassador who was not
aware of Germany's real purposes, who was
peacefully minded and friendly to Great
Britain, and whose efforts to concentrate
British attention on colonial negotiations and
a rapproachement between the triple alliance
and the entente powers might be successful
precisely because they were sincere. It was
to secure these advantages that the prince
was, as he complains, kept uninformed of the
most important matters. In the meantime, as
has been intimated both in France and in Eng
land by persons familiar with German dip
lomacy and its methods, the Berlin govern
ment had in Great Britain agents who were
in sympathy with its real designs and who
were kept fully informed of all relevant facts
and events. These agents controlled the spy
system, and discharged all the obscure and
devious duties which could not be imposed
upon a diplomat of Lichnowsky's rank, tra
ditions, and character. It has been sug
gested that the representative of Germany's
real policy was Herr von Kuhlmann, then
chief counsellor of the London embassy, now
(1918) imperial foreign secretary. If thia
were the case, von Kuhlmann was clever
enough to play his part without exciting any
suspicion in the mind of his chief; for Lich
nowsky speaks of him always with the high
est appreciation .
(To Be Continued Tomorrow.)
The Bean and the Army
The profound, intangible psychological
change that has been coming over the coun
try in these latter days now finds itself typi
fied and symbolized by the unexplained re
moval of the bean from the army ration in
France. Little has been said abdut it, no ex
planation is vouchsafed in Washington and
the shocked silence along the shores of Mas
sachusetts bay is so tense as to be almost
audible.
There are dietitians who condemn the
bean as unfit for human food, but they have
not been seriously regarded heretofore. The
bean has even been called "the army bean."
The civil war was said to have been won on
it. .Yet the health indictment of the dieti
tians (npt from Boston) speaks of the bean
as "inclosed in double-wailed sacs insoluble
in the digestive fluids." Some of the ulti
mate products of digestion in the case of the
bean are described as "carbonic acid gas, al
cohol, vinegar and yeast vegetation," all of
which are "agents to feed psychological
states."
Is there a hint here of the Boston state of
mind? It is hardly possible, for here are
"alcohol" and "vinegar," and surely the Em
ersons, Thoreaus, Frank Sandborns. Judge
T t sni w w r o
noars ana i nomas vv. Higginsonsj never
drew their inspiration from such founts.
The scientific indictment somehow does
not ring true. After the censorship is re
moved we may get nearer to the facts. Fi
nancial reasons may have had their part in
the decision. There may be something which
we do not understand in the nature of diffi
culties of transportation, or the shortness of
the bean crop. Judgment shpuld be reserved
until the facts are ascertained. .
But of one thing we mav be sure. - If the
policy 'of discarding the bean holds till the
Rhine is pased and the end is reached, then
we shall have a bean-hungry army on our
hands when the boys come back; that will
make the first Saturday night in America a
veritable orgy of "pork and,"" while the noise
from Boston, restored unto her own, will be
analogous to the fall of a thousand Bastiles.
Minneapolis Journal.
- StratraT.
Omaha, Sept 2. To the Editor of
me isee: Lots of people don't under
stand strategy. But It's the simplest
tning on eartn. A big domineering
Hun with an insolent "get off the
earth" air is German strategy.
Iochs strategy is different People
think Bundy was insubordinate on his
own hook. Now that Foch has passed
a thousand miles from danger, he
can not object to being shown up.
Foch wanted things to happen as
they did, but it took strategy to do it
Bundy was bound to counter-attack.
The Germans knew this even better
than Foch, but Foch wanted to ap
pear asleep. What! "Our brave Ger
mans don't need guns, we only need
clubs." Hell. Foch will glut the wolves
with so much Hun carrion that they
wilt become as tame as tabby cats. If
jrocn didn't write Bundy"s letter him
self, Bundy knew pretty near what
rocn wanted him to write and also
what he wanted hm to do.
Now when the insignificant Hun
spies trip a keen strategist like Foch
tney can yell not before. Talk about
Moltke, the poor fellow could learn
enough from Foch to attract atten
tion. We must learn to appreciate the
Huns for what they are worth. If
tney were quoted on the market the
price would be so near zero that when
you look one of them' In the face you
can chew strong tobacco and spit
where you darn please.
D. HOLADAT.
SAID IN FUN.
"I am oa worthy of yoa,"
"Ah."
"Totally unworthy. But I shall try t
mak myaalf worthy.".
"Why bother T I am porfactly willing t
go throash Ufa with that underatandlnf."
Baltimore American.
That dog youra looka thin."
"Tea. By tha tlma wa get ready to ftv
him tha bonea thera lan't nearly tha meat
left on them thera. used to b before the
war." Detroit Free Presa.
'
"Don't you think It la wicked, when ahi
eloaed up bar houae for the aummer, not te
provide for all the anlmala ot her houae
holdf 'Why, aha aent the cat to a hoarding
houae." "But I underatand that her huaband li
till at large." Life.
"Ton ought to be happy now that yot
are elected."
"Ugh."
"What are you reading over there if
eadlyT"
"Juat a list of thlnga I promised ti
do if I got elected." Louisville Courier-Journal.
Twice Told Tales
Keep It Up.
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo
was commenting on the War Savings
stamp campaign, and remarked that
a great many givers lived up to the
letter, but not up to the spirit of pa
triotism. They remind me of the man who
was accosted by a beggar who asked
for a dime to get some breakfast
, "But aren't you the same chap I
gave a dime to day before yesterday?"
"I wouldn't be surprised, 8," re
plied the mendicant "but I hope you
didn't think that that dime would
make me Independent for life!"
Washington Post
He Knew It Wasn't.
Teacher was warming to her sub
ject and laying down her book, said:
"Now, you all understand that the
trunk Is the middle part of the body,
don't you?"
"Yes, ma'am," chorused the class,
with one exception.
"You understand it too?" asked the
teacher of the boy who had not an
swered. "No, ma'am, because It Isn't so."
"Why, my dear boy, what do you
mean?"
"Well." replied the boy, "you ought
to go to the circus and see the ele-
pnant!" Baltimore Sur.
Selfishness and Tears.
what on earth are you crying
about little boy?" asked the neigh.
uor, wno was strolling along a subur
ban street the other afternoon.
"Because I'm so jmean an' selfish,"
sobbed the little one.,
"Oh, surely you're not very mean
and selfish if it affects you this way,"
commented the passerby. "What
makes you think you are?"
"See this bread an Jelly? Well,
I'm so mean an' selfish that I ain't
a-goin' to give Willie none of it. Boo-hco-hoo!"
New York Post.
Vcccssity.
E. Berry Wall, accompanied by his
sorrel chow, was walking on the Biar
ritz promenade when a young lady in
one of the new 1918 blouses passed.
The blouse was cut very, very low In
the neck, the short sleeves did not
reach the elbow and the material em
ployed was of the finest sheerest
gauze.
"There goes the young countess de
la Tour," said Mr. Wall's companion.
"What airs she puts on!"
"Well," said Mr. Wall, , "with a
blouse like that It's necessary to put
on something, isn't it?" Detroit Free
Press.
"It will be a proud boast in the future."
"What will 7"
"Instead of a fellow aaying 'I'm a self
made man' he'll stand up and say proudly,
'tha Army made a man out of me.' " De
troit Free Press.
"Why do you use such a long cigar
holder?" asked Smith.
"The doctor told me to keep away from
tobacco," replied Jones. Cincinnati En
quirer. She I see you Quoted Shakespeare in
your speech, senator.
Be Oh, that's all right I guesa he won't
take advantage of the advertising to run
against ma in the primaries. Judge.
"When I sing the tears coma into m;
eyes. What can I do for thia?"
"Stuff cotton in your ears." Boston
Transcript
Willie What's sociology, dad? i
Crabshaw After you have worked and
earned a dollar, my boy, sociology tells you
how you shall spend It St. Louis Globe-
Democrat.
"This vaudeville actress says her act hat
leven changea of costume." -"Well?"
"Shall wa book her?"
"la It one of these acts where tha cos
tume gets scantier with every change? 11
so, four changea will be about enough."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
JustSO Years Ago Today
The Olivette Social circle, number
ing 20 young ladles and gentlemen,
has 'been recently organized to pro
mote sociability, giving dancing and
aieigning parties, etc.
The season of '38 and '89 at the
Grand opera houae was opened with
Rice's Burlesque company In the
"Corsair."
The directdr. ot tha Omaha Na
tional bank increased the capital
stock of the bank from $600,000 to
$1,000,000, thus placing them at the
head of ail banks of city and state.
Isaac H. Nott has returned from
the mountains and his .parents of
Marion, la., are his guests for the
week.
Mrs. Foley f St Joseph, th mother
of Mrs. Alex. Green, Is here on a visit
to her daughter,
t . . '
Signposts of Progress
The entire school board of Med
ford, N. J., is composed of women.
The government today is the biir
gest employer of labor in the United
a .
a vmvagu woman oas patented a
shoe with an electric battery in the
heel to supply a mild current to a
wearers ankle as a tonic.
A. total ot 1,800 miles of railroad
was equipped with block signals dur
ing 1917, or about 700 miles more
than the increase recorded in 1910.
The wireless installation for aero
planes has been perfected so that it
is now possible for an aviator 6.000
feet in the air to communicate with
a station 20 miles distant
A rich deposit of asphalt has been
discovered in the Philippines located
so near the water's edge that no in
land transportation whatever is neces
sary. South California produces 87, per
cent of all the lima beans grown upon
the face of the earth. The only other
place where ltmas are extensively
grown is on the island of Madagascar.
Before the war 40,000 tons of barlte
were imported from Germany for the
manufacture of lithopone. Now five
companies are producing this article
in Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia and
IsHouri. . '. - .
A man who 10 years ago vainly tried
to trade his farm In the mid-continent
oi! field for a team of horses and a
wagon, is now receiving over $100,000
a month in royalties on oil and gas
wells and has refused $4,000,000 cash
for his Interest
State Press Comment
Norfolk. Press:' The man who runs
tor office doesn't necessarily know
how many enemies he has, but he has
an elegant chance to learn how many
friends the .other fellow has. .
Wayne Herald: Among other
things in the government order dl
rected at newspapers is one to the ef
fect that no new papers shall be estab
lished during the war. We would ex
tend that particular part of the order
beyond the period of the war.
Ainsworth Star-Journal: We have
sent our boys to war. We all want
them to come back soon. They must
De wen rea to nght well, and the bet-
ter tney nght the greater the nercent
age that will return and the sooner
they will come.
Gothenburg Independent: It is
said it takes nerve to stay in the
trenches in France. We claim it takes
nerve to lie on your back in a barber
chair in America with soap in your
eye, a razor on you." neck and a fiy on
your nose. And you dassent have no
gun.
Stromsburg Headlight: Omaha Job
bers are doing their bit in helping the
transportation problem. For months
they have been collecting large stocks
of merchandise in carload shipments.
Now they Invite the retail merchants
of this territory to jrislt Omaha dur
ing Market week, September 9-11,
and . purchase their merchandise, at
home Instead of, burdening the rail
roads of the east
Center Shots
Louisville Courier-Journal: ' If the
kaiser has sent any telegrams to the
kaiserin since the middle of July they
nave not Deen nt for publication.
Washington Post: Tha Germans
are back to the old Hindenburg line,
and with good luck many of them will
get back into Germany, led by their
strategic kaiser. ' . i
Minneapolis Tribunes The name of
the new German retreat specialist
when pronounced in the German way
sounds like "bean." That is probably
correct as he is spVUing them, all
right , j . .
Brooklyn Eagle:- The British lost
660,000 men in the first battle ot the
Somme in 1916. The news every day
in August 1918, tells us those men
did not die in vajn. Never shall their
sacrifices for us and all free men be
forgotten. r
Baltimore American: It is now con
ceded that American marines and reg
ulars saved Paris. America is paying
back her debt to France splendidly.
And in saving the magnificent city,
America has laid all coming time un
der a debt of gratitude. ...
New York World: Internal revenue
bureau experts find-that 10 per cent
of the country's coal-producing com
panies owe the government $5,000,000
more in taxes than they have paid.
From this proportion it is inferred'
that $50,000,000 additional may be
collected from the same source. The
figures throw a light on coal profits
which helps to explain why retail
prices were so high. i
The Maid's Guess.
Mrs. Borden Harriman, the sociol
ogy worker, was talking about schools
for girls.
"I don't like the ultra-fashionable
kind," she remarked. "They educate
a girl in everything but education.
"Two housemaids were talking once
about their mistress' daughter, who
had Just returned from one of these
schools.
" 'What's the new course Miss Ma
ne is taking,' asked the first maid.
I think." said the second. T thfnir
I heard her say it was cosmetics.' "
"PALS."
Pals were wa for many years, .
Neither of much renown
Just grew up together
In s little country town.
Damon and Pythias often called,
Guess we suited the name,
Through all the "ups" and "downs" of life
Our friendship remained the same.
, v - . . .
When pur country called us
Tha blue seas to o'er rids,
Pal and I were ready
And marched away aide by aide.
.
When the battle was fiercely raging.
Every , man waa ahowlng his might.
Somewhere I missed that pal of mine
Through the hours of that awful night
When the dawn waa nearing.
In the battle there was a lull,
Around my heart I seemed to have
A feeling sick and dull.
His name was on tha honor list.
As he lived, so it waa he died,
And t know his aoul Is "aver the top"
Where peace Is not denied.
And when the Conflict's over
And power has made the right
Tha last remembrance of him Til hare
t
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At lowest rates. We take a great '
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yet good for long service. We offer
these for sale at prices that will save
you a lot of money.
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by the application of CRANOLKNE, the great
externa remedy, eaa tha Ecstma microbe be
destroyed. Prove tWa atataeaeat forvoaresH
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Guard, Kan.
"Sleeps Uka Plow Boy"
! uttered for 20 years with Edema In Ks
Worst form. Affected all over the body.
CRANOLENE left me aa fine as white silk,
and I sleep like a plow boy." J. IleCraeaen,
Johnson City. Term, i Written two years after
using CRANOLENE.)
At all drag stores. S5eandH.
Meaay Positively Returned If Not Satisfied
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BELLVIEW.
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WashOutThePores
With Cuficura Soap
And have a clear, fresh complexion, tree
trom pimples, redness, vr roughness. Pim
ples are usually caused by clogging and
irritation of the pores. Smear them with
CutKura Ointment In a few minutes wash
off with Cuticura Soap and hot water.
(ale iMh me ky Hall. Address post-eard:
"Oatseara, Past. S0A, Bastea." Bold evemraere.
SeapOa Ointment S and Me. Taieum tie.
Watch Your Stomach
InHotMer
A Cool, Sweet, Strong Stomach Your Best Safe
guard Against Summer Sickness
;Kaep your stomach in good wck
jic; otder aorta the hoi earnou
aunttu acd yon wiJ Lave iittls to tear
in tin way ot sicanesa' tte advice
many physicriana give as bot weathar
apprvacDes
tjbnl, scund, common seiub advice,
too. B zt very treenect.y, and esce jx
t in not weather, tnese ooruoon et.m
ach rksorders wrucn bc iul.7 rxcue
sflpm rafrartl asrlmint im.vw-r.,
do open the way for eerxos Lax.
S3 keep yoor etomacu Ewea. cool
and ecmicitahe au KnmmT rmi. Tha
f extra war wcrc-chan ot i-t
aciu tan come witn not waxhe al
fcii tu m the Btorcasn. Ihe stvrnrset
; Btomica yru nsa be.p this sonimer as
aevsr ceiore
fas one easy way If too bay th
rjrai rercedv is to nd the stomach oi
xj renca acid. Becsose it a snperaoi i
ty teat mtcrreree w ta disaeiaon and
4 asskaaojatua. and tna causes atxot
su. unoe Btcmacn m aer.be yon are so
amiilat witaceartcnrn,iooQ-repeat-
in? SndigoBtion, eonr gassy stomacn
aad ihJt miserable, bloated, pufied-up
ccnaition after eating
New nere is good news. An easy,
sore reiief baa been tound to get rid of
th3 narmltu acidity and gases in tbe
stcmacn. It is called EAIONiC a
gcoa tasting compound that yon eat
:c3t jke candy A tablet or two of
lAroNIC after meals wiL work won
ders. Von can have no idea of what
em-s onlck comfort EATONIC brings
onti. von do try it Use EATONIO
arter your meais. enjoy a good appetite
and gat to'. streLgth from the food yon
eat Al the same time protect yonr
Bea: from summer stomach and bowel
miseries.
Jet a big box of EATONIO from
oar draegist today He wit teb yoa
thai people who have need EATONIO
tay that they never dreamed that any
tnmg ocuid give eocb quick and won
aerro. results it costs omy 50c a box
ana U H tails b any way yoor dros
am woo yoa know and trust,
toiTajoar money.
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