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BUSINESS GOVERNMENT FOR NEBRASKA.
What the citizens of Nebraska want is the best
possible government at the least possible expense.
This is the large order that has been presented to
the legislature. It can not be filled according to
any partisan prescription, but calls for the most
thorough co operation of democratic, republican and
progressive members.
In his veto of the bill reducing the salaries of
the heads of state departments Governor Bryan
makes it plain that he has no thought of accepting
any plan of government except his own. This un
conciliatory attitude promises nothing except a
tedious and profitless deadlock. Nor does it square
with the opinion of members of his own party in the
legislature. One can find in both houses a number
of democrats who acknowledge that the code sys
tem is right in principle, as a businesslike plan of
definitely locating responsibility.
During the campaign the main point of attack
was the inspection forces maintained by various
state offices. Although Bryan held these to be waste
ful, in his proposal for a supreme council he did not
eliminate any inspection force, but only redistributed
them. It ib quite probable that by co-operating with
the legislature an agreement can be reached to
eliminate any possibility of dhplication among the
various inspectors. In fact a measure is now before
the legislature which would consolidate all these regu
latory bodies except those connected with banking
and insurance, which are highly specialized.
Here is a starting point for agreement. It is a
ticklish thing to propose the entire overturn of the
form of government in Nebraska. Far better will it
be to seek o'ut the specific faults and remedy them.
There are other points at which Bryan’s plan and
the proposals of republican leaders in the legislature
might easily be harmonized. In the interest of
economy, and at slight risk of efficiency certain of
the departments, such as agriculture, labor and pub
lic welfare, might be combined if their inspection
features are grouped elsewhere.
The sticking point comes with the question of
the budget system, the keystone of the state business
management. Under the Bryan plan the budget fig
ures would be kept in the auditor’s office, while the
state tax commissioner would supervise the making
of estimate*. This scattering of a most responsible
function is not in accord with any known principle of
business or government, nor is the further suggestion
that the power to scrutinize expenditures of the va
rious institutions and departments be subjected to
new limitations.
The budget system must be saved. In the old
djys, before the state finance department was estab
lished, it was impossible to find out where the state
funds had gone, or how fast they were being spent.
It was due to the budget system that the special ses
aion of the legislature was enabled to cut state ex
penses one-third.
If the taxpayers of Nebraska are to be relieved.
' it is not by abolishing all semblance of business man
agement, nor by wrecking the entire organization of
government in order to experiment with a new fad.
Keep what is good in the state government, root out
the bad—that is the injunction of the people to their
legislators, of whatever party.
PRIZE FIGHTING AND THE POLICE.
Our state boxing iaw is bearing more and more
of the fruit that was predicted for it, that is the
disputes between those who back their fa.th in rival
champions by wagering heavily on the outcome.
Omit the hazard of the bet, and the average indi
vidual would not care whether one or the other or
both the combatant* won.
This is not material, however, when we come to
consideration of another phase of proceedings at
the Municipal auditorium on Friday night. Under
what authority the superintendent of police assumed
to banish from Omaha the referee passes under
standing. If Mr. Dunn had reason to think that a
crime had been committed, one of which the Ne
braska laws take notice, it was his duty to place
the offender under arrest, and hold him until the
law could deal with him.
We do not know if the referee's decision were
jest or unjust; some difference of opinion seems to
be entertained on this point. Those who laid their
money on the winner feel the referee is a veritable
Daniel in judgment; those who bet on the visiting
pugilist loudly proclaim objections to his decision.
* In this the public is not interested. Whatever opin
ion the referee may have expressed, it would yet be
questioned by the losing side.
Just why the superintendent of police should
declare the loser the winner, other than in voicing
his individual belief, is not clear. In his official ca
pacity he is expected to see that order is main
tained, the law enforced, and the peace of the city
protected. When he goes about to decide the cut
come of prize fights, and to banish from the city
referees whose views differ from hij, we believe he
is getting away from the dignity of his office.
And the prize fighters are going about the surest
way to get their game suppressed in Omaha by in
dulging in such uproars as that of Friday night.
MOUNT LASSEN AN AGGRAVATION.
It being the off-season of the year, with only
forty-four legislatures and one congress in session,
Mount Lassen, our only active volcano, coyly emits
clouds of steam. This mountain does not Heem to
understand what is incumbent upon it. Why should
the greatest repifblic of all history, the land of
greatest opportunity and greatest" achievement,
not also have the greatest active volcano in all the
world, instead of one that is a little more than half
dead? To be sure, In Hawaii we have Mauna Loa,
Kilauea and Hualalai, all taking high rank among
volcanoes, and in Alaska several noted trouble
breeders exist. This, however, is not enough to
meet the demand. If Mexico can afford a peak like
Popocatpetl, Peru a Chimborazo, Italy u Vesuvius,
Sicily a Stromboli, and Iceland a Ilecln, the United
States ought, to have something more worthy our
importance in other directions than Mount Lassen.
Here is a chance for some lawmaker. Either en
large. and Improve this volcano, or else remove it and
set up one that will be commensurate with the dig
pity and importance of the American eagle
CAPITULATIONS AND CONCESSIONS.
The peace conference at Lausanne broke down
because the Turkish delegates were unwilling to sign
a treaty which continues the concessions granted to
foreigners by the old government. The Angora gov
ernment asks that all these be abrogated, and a new
deal started.
Some of the capitulations complained of by Ismet
Pasha date from the time of Mohammed II, and were
by him carried over in form from the Byeantine
empire, which he supplanted 500 years ago. These
have been modified, added to, and numerically ex
tended, until at present the greater part of the
Turkish government is in some way affected by one
or another of the rights granted to foreign powers.
It is but natural that the Turk should undertake
to secure relief from such conditions.
So far as these capitulations were to secure
minorities resident in Turkey against the rigors of
Islam when expressed in politics, they have been
violated many times by the Turks, and these viola
tions have been in most cases condoned; such of
the concessions as touch on finances and commerce
have been more scrupulously observed. The Turk
is not d trader or a manufacturer; he has or pro
fesses to have ambitions to become both. Proceed
ings at Lausanne show he has advanced as a
politician, yet how far he is to be relied on is not
made plain.
On the other hand, the subjects of powers to
whom capitulations have been granted have ob
tained extensive interests in Turkey under them,
and naturally look to their governments for pro
tection. Whatever adjustment is made should have
some consideration for these. The enforced migra
tion of Greeks from Turkey and Turks from Greece
can not settle all the questions of property and
other similar rights that are involved.
When all this is understood and admitted, no
excuse is provided for the breakdown of the Near
East peace conference. Obdurate insistence on
extreme demands, by both sides; small concessions
grudgingly given, and a general disposition to dis
agree rather than to come together, have been the
outstanding features of that meeting. We still do
not believe that a further war will follow, for none
o't the contracting parties is desirous of war.
France may break entirely with England, and deal
separately with the Turk, but such a course would
probably cost her far more in the long run than
she could gain from Turkey.
The more reasonable view is that a new confer
ence will meet, at which the delegates will not be
bound by so rigid instructions, and the peace
sought may be established. One thing may aa well
be accepted, and that is Turkey is on a different
footing at present than when the Treaty of Sevres
was framed, and, feeling her national strength and
unity, will exert a greater influence.
THE SAND HILLS.
Those who were enabled to make short side
trips into the sand hills section of Nebraska dur
ing normal times, and have that privilege now,
can not help but remark upon the changes.
Seven years ago, many pleasant little homes,
where happy families were working in unity, to
build up a home atmospher and community life,
stand deserted. These newly built, well preserved
dwellings do not give that feeling of depression
which steals upon the consciousness of the observer
when his gaze -falls on an old home falling into
decay. Instead, the blood stirs with a new vigor
as one pictures the possibilities which are repre
sented for youth, health and determination.
The rich prairie grass, whether green or cured
without cutting, offers nourishing food upon which
cattle will feed and grow fat until late winter if the
ground remains free from snow as it has this win
ter. Many farmers and stockmen realize this and
send their cuttle and horses to feed from this grass
after the limited pasturage of the corn belt has
been exhausted. These am returned to the owners
with the first snows of winter in good condition.
At one time these hills were dotted with
large herds of cattle the year round. Since thq
financial u’.ieavai following the war, many of those
who appeared to have a fair start in growing feed
ers for the stockmen of the corn belt have been
closed out, to ‘tart anew in some line of work that
requires little or no capital, and cattlemen receive
their feeders from neighboring states.
However, the hills and prairie grass are still
there in better condition than ever before. The
tall, heavy grass, falling into decay, has enriched
the soil, and the sand hills are becoming richer
each year. The- small groves of pines, set for ex
perimental purposes, are flourishing and prove the
truth of the assertion that the sand hills country
will, some day, furnish sites for many of Nebras
ka’s ideal homes.
Our ocean-borne commerce may be declining,
but we submit that the record of 80,230,962 long
tons of freight, incoming and outgoing, is a fair
record. This will look better when it is remembered
that a “long” ton contains 240 pounds more than
the common or garden variety of ton used to meas
ure coal, hay and the like.
Omaha has* tlireo^ conventions to entertain th’s
week, if anyone is interested in knowing how the
city’s hospitality is enjoyed.
British police do not carry guns, but they get
along fairly well in the discharge of their duties.
Another indication of spring’s approarh is that
King Ak is clearing the decks for action.
Marriage by mutual agreement usually ends in
court with similar unanimity.
Sign/)f the seafcon: Farmers are looking up seed
corn.
No epidemic of flu? Well, who wants one?
Homespun Verse
.--By Robert Worthington llavle..
SUPPLICATION OF LIFE.
Lead me -not to fame where simple little tilings are
treasured none,
Let me be a human being till my duty h»s been done,
Let me love the kindly mortals who have lifted me
from woe,
And reward them *s I'm able in the truest way I know.
Let me envy not another his possessions and his play,
Let tny force of will be master to my anger day bv day.
Let my love of home and country be forever pure and
high,
And tny dreams and creeds hr youthful when my day
tias conic to die.
Let me live to soothe and brighten otlicp-' lives with
jest and song,
l.et me icach the creeds of goodness that make mortals
steadfast, strong—
And be faithful to my teachings as along life’s vaie I
roam—
Let me leave no lamentation whan my cryptic soul
goee (tom*
“From State and Nation”
—Editorials from Other Newspapers—
The Bryan Budget.
From the Oacsola Record.
A careful analysis of the Bryan
, budget as presented to the legislature
last Thursday will give the taxpayers
of Nebraska the first sharp awaken
ing that they are due to get ns n re
sult of the faith they pinned to Bry
an’s promises as a tux saver, which
he made during the campaign. This
paper han no criticism on the cutB
proposed by the governor, except that
wo do not see how the necessity of
making the farming Interests bear the
brunt of the same and the school sys
tem take the balance. The point the
Record desires to call attention to at
this time is the fact that after all
l here Is no trick nor sleight of hand
In this tax saving matter, as some
democrats, whose mouths worked on
the hair trigger plun, told the voters
no easily during tho campaign. Their
plain confession now is that the taxes
they will save do not come from the
coda abolition plan at all. Scarcely a
cent of the whole six millions that
Mr. Bryan is recommending sliced
off will be slashed as a result of his
code fight, even if his recommenda
tions are followed. There Is now no
longer any need for these gentlemen
or their friends anywhere to deceive
themselves about the oodelbill costing
this state the taxes they said It did,
for taxes will be cut down by a square
cut on appropriations of the kind we
always had, long before there was
any code law in the state.
The wisdom of the trimming that
Mr. Bryan proposes to give the ap
propriations is a thing that will take
time to reveal. There Is no doubt
that a lot of activities which the
state has had could be gotten along
without, and his plan Is to get along
without them or cut the price of hav
ing them very materially. The $10,
000,0410 bonus is a thing that is hit
ting the'democratic economy plan a
lick in the eye and It will be very in
teresting to watch. They have all
been very ready to criticise every
bonus step that has been taken, wheth
er by the federal government or by
the state government, and now that
the job will be put up squarely be
fore them. It will be good to see how
they will move.
One of the very Interesting things
about the Bryan budget is the*bill for
$10,000 for upkeep and repair of the
governor's mansion. Neville got
along with $3,500 and McKelvie got
along with $4,600. Now Mr. Bryan i
wants more than double what either
of them had. and this in tho face of j
the fact that there has already been
a repair bill paid for out of state
funds for the Bryan bi<*nnlum. Looks 1
after all very much like Mr. Bryan |
is like most other democrats, It don't
worry him so much about the high
appropriations when the appropria
tions aro pointing Bryanward. Nor 1
was there any recommendation of a
cut In the Bryan salary IntheBrvan
budget—did you notice that? These 1
little matters are all very Interesting
in tho light of the pledges made to i
the people when Bryan was running 1
last fall.
The Novel’s Collapse.
From the Spokane spok-aman Review
Th» novel began a* "a little and
new thing," this phrase being a lit
oral rendering of the Julian diminu
tive from which our language formed
the word "novel," hut the term his
realized when wo think of such Brob
dingnagian "novel*” as Tolstoi's
'Anna Karenina." The enormous ex
pansion of the word to cover such
works formed the first symptom of
the iruo novel's disintegration.
Between the Action that file low
brow loosely calls a novel and the
Action to winch the highbrow re
stricts the name little In common ex
" ts. The first form of Action keeps
iho -tory or plot, lint the second has
long been losing it to other factors.
The process began early in the pre
ceding century, and the close of rn
mam ir ism in Knglish literature, such
as Scout almost coincides with the
opening of the novel s disintegration.
The novelist came to think that he
Daily Prayer
Tor thi* e»ua** also. ainro th* day
we heard it. do not «-»axr to pray for you,
and to desire that ye might t>« filled with
the know ledge of Ilia will j-i alt wisdom
and apiritoal understanding; tha» *•
might walk worthy of th« Lord unto all
; I*--HI**. t»-tng fruitful In - very go t
v. ork, and increasing in the know ledge «.f
«;•> ! Htr*'iig*h'ned with all might.
• " Hug t«» Ilia glorious power, unto *11
patience and long Buffering with Joyful
n**r». OiviQf thanka unto tha Father,
• tii h ha*li made ua me*» to bo |>ar*«W
*»f the tnherltatr'a of the aaiuta *n
| Ugh* —f oioae. I
Our Father! worthy of ail honor
-*nil prab«, ami Whom Me (leak’s to
worship in spirit, and in truth, help
um humbly come to The® in prayer
iri this quiet hour.
May Thy band. that hovered over
ua <luring the past night with pro
f"t!ng can. and measured to us the
rk*h bless* it gs <»f peaceful slumber
*nd refreshing rest now guide our
feet to th** duties of the day, and
I there shield us from harm. Thera
^ivt* us Thy spirit of love and ten
, dernesa, Thy grace to sustain us In
temptation and trial, Thy presence by
Thy fipirft, to help ua In all we may
do
Dwell in this home ever. T>ead us
: "n to glorify The® in all things, until
itt last, life's duties finished, receive
| to Thyself above. Amen.
HKV, r H TlAF.FRAttOM.
Columbia, Pa.
It's All in the State
of Mind
If you think you at* btatan. >ou aro.
If you think that you dar# not, you
doiM
If you'd ttk# to win, but you think yoo
ran't,
It’# almo#t a "rlncb“ that you won't,
if you Ihlnk you'll lo*a. you’va lost,
For out In tha world you find
flurcaaa boffin# with a fallow’# will;
It’a all in tho atat# of mind
Full many a rara I# loaf
Fro «v*n a alap la run.
And many a roward fall#
Fra a van hi# work a bafun
Think big and your d*a«la will grow •
Think nmall, and you’ll fall bahtnd,
Think that you ran and you will:
It'a all In th* atata of mind
If Von think you #r# o\|tcliM#d, you ara,
You’va got t« think high to rlaa:
You’va got to ba aura of youraalf hafor#
You avar ran win a prlr.r
Idfa‘# tiatt Ira don't always go
To tha #tronff«r or faatar man:
Hut anon or lata tha man who win#
la tha fallow who think* ha ran.
Author unknown.
NET AVERAGE
CIRCULATION
for JANUARY. 1923, of
THE OMAHA BEE
Daily .71,555 i
Sunday.78,845 !
B. BREWER, Ganar.l M,r.
VERN A. BRIDGE, Cir. M«r.
j Sworn to and aubacr ibad b#for# mo
j thia 3d day of I ahruory, 1023.
W. M. QUIVEY,
(Sool) Notary Public
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is not. primarily, a teller of tales.
About 1850 he thought that faithful
ness to the mere fact and real rep
resentation of life set his true task.
After 18S0 the vogue of Tolstoi and
Dostoievskl dealt another blow to the
old idea that the novel should tell a
story as well as dissect human nature
to death. Now we have the era of
shapeless bulks called novels, such as
Proust’s productions.
The so-called novel of today is an
other species, speaking biologically,
than tlie novel of Fielding or of
James.
Survival of the Fittest.
From dr* 8t. Paul Pioneer Frees.
The automobile produetion figures
for 1922 as compiled by the census
department exceed those recently an
nounced by the Automobile Chamber
of Commerce and make a really re
markable showing. For the year the
output of passenger cars was 2,334,
171, as compared with 1,435,161 in
1921: and of trucks 243,049, against
147.009. The motor car organisation
predicted that nearly 50 per cent more
r are would be produced this year: the
cenaus department does not indulge
in forecasts.
It is a debatable question whether
the country can absorb next year the
incredible number of 3.300,000 new
cars, anil it is an interesting question
what will be the effect upon prices. If
the country is or is not ready for
that many new ones. The growing
opinion Is that the manufacture of
cars is likely to be subjected to t lie
test of a survival of the fittest, which
means, in this case, not the best car,
but the beBt facilities for manufac
ture. Quantity production is becom
ing more than ever the order of the
times.
Wliat I.aws Have Done.
From fhe New York Herald.
The simple life is no more The ■-..id
dest thing about it is even that old
fashioned statesmen like Calvin Cool
idge are not getting us back in the
general direction of simplicity. In
Washington and in dozens cf state
capitals thousands of men vie wiih
one another in a magnificent effort
to pile up the machinery that makes
life more and more a mass of rules.
Try to find out what can or can’t
be done in this city and you encounter
a charter as thick as an elephant's
ankle. Try to barn what the «tate
consents to or forbids end you are ,
faced with a flve-foot shelf of law
books. Try to discover what the I'ni
led States expects of its law-abiding
tltizens and you are in a dense forest
if legislation and regulation with new (
gfowth shooting up on every Bide.
Common Sense
On Ihe Child Who Is Not so Dearly
Loved.
In many families there Is one child
who is not as dearly loved by the :
parents as the other children.
Some parents do not make an effort
to conceal this fact, with the result
that ths child grow* up feeling that
it matters little what becomes of him.
that no one has any special interest
in him.
If a child gets the Idea that ljls par
ents do not love him as mueh as his
brothers and sisters. It Is but natural*
for him to think them Is no such .
thing as real love.
This results in a 1 fe of much secret
sorrow and s distrust of the sincerity
that anyone may expre-s for him.
The child who feels he is not as near
and dear to Ills parents as Ins broth
ers and sisters is going to lose Inter
est in his home end have little f ilth
in what his parents ray he should or
should not do for his own Rood
A condition of this sort in a child's
life is a tragedy *
Parents should have s« deep * feel
ing for one rhlld as they have f r a
other,, if they have not they should
make every pos-ihl<* effort to ke-p
the fact from the knowledge of tho
one who is less favored by them.
(Copyright, 1121.)
“The People’s
Voice’'
fdlUrlalx from readtri of Tho Morem Boo.
Iiwdiri of Tho Mornlai Baa an laoifed to
um this column freely for expreuteo oa
matter* ot public latoreat.
Debate* Europe'* Woe*.
Omaha.—To tho Editor of The
■ Omaha Bee: In the Omaha Bee, date
: of February 2, in "The People's
Voice” columns, there appeared an
article entitled "The European Crisis''
over the name of one A. I,, Meyer,
who strongly advocates Immediate as
sistant*! from tha United States In
behalf of Germany In her now dir*
predicament.
Iteuding this article reminds one
i of the old saying: "It depends on
jvhose bull is being gored." One would
draw the conclusion from reading this
article that Germany had been com
mcndably good, hut thfct now ruthless
hands were being laid upon her with
! great oppression, and without just
cause, and on account of all this unjust,
oppression the United States should
immediately come to Germany's rescue
and not only demand that France im
mediately desist, hut that France "va
moose " 'clear out, "scheedaddle in
Ftanter."
It now' seems true that Germany
has nowhere else to go for help and
sympathy than to the United States,
yet the sound of the firing lines where
thousands of our American boy* an
swered the last great call has not suf
ficiently died away to permit a hurried
handshake of greeting acros* the
ocean to create undue haste in offer
ing perhaps premature assistance.
It would aecm to the average mind
that a most propitious time to have
thought of all this disaster was early
In the year 1914, Jyst before Germany
boastfully started out to conquer the
world, but, seemingly. Instead of any
suc4 contemplated thoughts she was
rather contemplating plans to drop
bombs on our coast cities after con
quering the nation she now deplores
as her great oppressor. But whose
bull is being gored now’ When it
was the other fellow's, all good and
well, but when It is our own, then,
it is all wrong.
He also says: "If France Is per
mitted to proceed In her present tar
tics the effect will be most disastrous."
I.et me ask: Could anything more
disastrous be conceived In the mind
of man than the German drive
Nebraska Ideas
Having revolutionized the industrial
world and evolved a plan to introduce
a delightfully Eutopian money system,
Henry Furd’gives a transient glance
at agriculture and discovers what is
the matter with that great industry'- i
All of the atcrage operations of tho
farm can be handled in 21 days, he
discovers. Of course Ford tractors,
trucks and flivvers are the key to the
transformation.—Kearney Hub.
The will of George Warren Smith,
In Maine, leaves all to what it terms I
"the four Smith brothers. ' It u a
J2.000.000 cough.—Wumer Chronicle.
Do you still remember the Instruc
tive and entertaining advertisement
that used to appear regularly in many
of the great daily newspapers, next
to pure reading matter on tho front 1
page, "Start the day right," graphical
ly illustrated with a fine engraving of I
a statesmanlike looking man, perfect |
physically, eagerly draining a gener- t
one glass of the liquid, the use of
which fs now greatly discouraged by j
the adoption of the 1 Stta amendment?
Homo of this valuable space is now
occupied in expounding the virtues
and life giving qualities of the 1 itest
new breakfast food —Wahoo Wasp.
The county commissioners In a cer
tain Colorado county have ordered all
signboards on publio highways re
moved within Su days. Signboards
are a nuisance and a back number.
For advertising purposes they are a
Joke and a firxle About the onlv ti*e
we could ever find for a signboard i
was that they made an excellent
nmrk for the small boy and brainless
hunter to e! •• * Friond Sentinel.
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terlect motor roads and
wellkeptgoU link. Excellent
inns and luxurious resort
hotels ;or you canranta
buntalow and enjoy your
own rose garden
daily
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through Belgium, when great heaps
and stacks of Belgian corpses lay
trampled under foot of the German
“bullies.'' and this in a land unlaw
fully Invaded and ruthlessly slaught
ered for no other reason than that
the happened to lay In the path of
German aggression?
This writer of “The European
Crisis" also deplores the loss of the
buying power of 60,000,000 Germans
now when he would have Lhe United
States and Germany? Who originated
tut prior to about eight years ago
did not that German buying power
abundantly exist, as well as Germany
having a profitable market in 'Js
United States? Let me ask the g».
tleman: Who blocked the game'
What of those millions now slum
bering in the soil of a devastated land
who were buyers of both the United
States and Germany? Who originated
the turmoil now so grievously la
mented'
Again he says: “When a husky big
buliy is battering the life out of a
crippled and helpless opponent.”
What about “big bully'’ tactic* when
Germany was piling Belgian corpses
mountain high?
He also speaks of “making an end
of chaos wh.< h threatens to destroy
the world.” It Is not the other fei
I low's bull that Is being gored Jus:
j now it would seem. Perhaps few, if
any. believe that France is acting
wisely, hut if wisdom was at a
premium it is hardly likely tha
France or Germany would profit
thereby.
1 fully agree with the writer <\
that article, however, when he sa> r
that it is poor policy in ‘ waiting to
quench the lire until the house is
burned down." but the fire that wa«
started in 1S14 has left misery ar,i
woe in its wake, but from all evidence
at hand up to date it is not a verv
difficult matter to locate the origin of
the whole lamentable trouble
GEORGE H. HAWKINS
If It Only Would.
No reward will seem too great for
the ingenious Frenchman who has u.
tented an alarm clock which lights
the stove when its bell strikes, if he
can eo perfect the device as to have
it shake the furnace and put fresh
coal on in the early morning hours —
New York Herald.
The Way of the World.
After everybody has agreed that
the best thing about automobiles is
the way they get people out in the
fresh air. nearly everybody wants a
closed car.—Torrlngton Register
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