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CRIMES OF THE TRUSTS.
Millions read and ponder over the fate of “Sweet
Auburn! loveliest village of the plain.” Auburn
was deserted because of changing conditions that
rendered its existence unnecessary. The same pro
cesses that brought about the desertion of the vil
lage yet operate; the same philosophy argues against
these processed, and' the same rigid utilitarianism
enforces them. * *
Great industrial combinations are built up, es
tablishing monopolies or nearly such, in the name
of advanced civilization. For what good?
A souvenir book, published in Omaha in 1892,
was recently brought to light in The Omaha Bee’s
archives. One of the statements therein contained
was that Omaha had the largest linseed oil mill in
the world. That was thirty-one years ago. It is
aimost that long since a pound of flaxseed was
< rushed or a drop of linseed oil was squeezed out
nf it in Omaha. Passersby see the great building
standing gaunt and idle at Seventeenth and Izavd
streets, and wonder why. It was sold to the "trust,”
and its original owners did well, but Om<jha lost a
great industry.
The Carter white lead works, greatest of all the
trust’s rivals, has gone the same road. The starch
factory at Nebraska City, and other of the infant
industries, of the state, have been swallowed up by
insatiatible combinations. Iowa can add even more
eloquently to the list. Half a cbntury ago woolen
■ mills were as common in Iowa as grist mills; where
are they now? Starch mills, oatmeal mills, other
similar factories for consuming the farmers’ prod
ucts, have been consolidated into gigantic con
cerns, and the small communities where they were
born, sustained by local capital and local enthus
iasm, have dwindled or turned to other occupation.
Have the great combinations justified their ex
istence? Have they shortened.the route from the
held to the table, or from the sheep’s back to the
man’s back? The* question is not .easy to answer,
but earnest men are now eagerly seeking the an
swer, and the big industrial enterprises are going
shortly to be called upon to give the public some
reason besides mere bulk for existence.
AN UNTAMED GIANT.
When the rivers and harbors bjjl was before
the senate. Senator^ McCumber of North Dakota
sought to have included a specific item of $250,000
to be expended on the Missouri river between Sioux
City and Fort Benton. He was questioned very
sharply by a number of senators, and particularly
so by McNary, who comes from that “continuous
wood, where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound
save his own dashings,” who especially wanted to
know the volume of commerce carried by the Big
Muddy? ' -
Senator McCumber admitted what is known to
all, that very few boats are engaged on the upper
reaches of the Missouri, but these are busy. He
might have called attention to a fact worked out by
Col. Hiram Martin Chittenden, engineer in charge,
many years ago. In 1901 the ton mileage of the
Missouri river was double that of the combined
railroads of the United States. In general terms,
the Missouri’s current move* in the form of sand,
mud, boulders and other detritus, the annual equiv
alent of 2,600,000,000 ton miles of freight. This
m equal to 2,600,000,000 ton.; moved one mile, or
one ton 2,600,000,000 miles. .1 tremendous expen
diture of energy, and all wa^i
Almost every pound of that ti icndous nia- i
taken from the surface of ♦arm lands between ! ort
Benton and Charles City, where the Missouri at
last empties its enormous load into the Mississippi,
and the greater part of this can be saved.
A little money spent in removing sandbars, by
the simple process of opening a channel and allow
ing the current to do the rest, will take care of that
part of it. The rest can be reached by the fofesta
tion of the bluffs, the gullies, the waste lands, which
will prevent a great deal of the erosion. It is not
possible to stop all of it, for water draining from
a cultivated field will can-y off a portion of the
soil. Intelligent care can stop the most of the loss,
and with farm land attaining, as it is, a steadily
mounting value to the world, it is high time that
something were being done to check the enormous
tribute that is now paid annually to*the maw of
the Missouri river.
We chide the Chinese for not taking steps to
check the Hoang Ho or the Yangtze Kiang; would
it not be better to look a little after the job that
bes right at our own doors?
BEWARE I THE LAW HAS TEETH.
Most people will endorse the announced de
termination of the city prosecutor to ask jail sen
fences for individuals who issue checks with no
funds to cover them. No form of petty swindling
is more annoying or more prevalent than this. One
hundred and thirty such cases are reported to he
pending in Omaha police court at present.
A checking account at the hank is a very great
tonvenience, and is most extensively and usefully
employed. So general is it used that the dealer ac
cepts a tendered check as readily as he would a
treasury note. Individuals of little conscience take
advantage of this, and secure goods or services with
checks that have no value. Such offenders deserve
little consideration. The harm they do falls on all
honest people who are sincerely striving to keep
business transactions of all sorts on n lrvol of se
curity.
The ‘‘bum check artist" trades on the good name
of every honeat person who has a checking aceount.
and uses it. His little personal gain, if he is content
to call it such, is purchased at the expense of com
' mon credit and common decency. When he is over
taken, he should get all the punishment that is com
ing to him.
It was Senator Chambers, not Senator Larkin,
v.ho introduced the bill to permit illiterate voters to
hand the election Judges a ready made list of candi
date* for whom they wish to vote. But it. makes no
difference whose name is on this hill or who is he
hind its proposal. !t menaces good government. There
nre many blots in this country, hut the very lipst
•no to be thought of is the ‘‘ignorant bloc.”
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THE STRENGTH OF THE WEAK.
.No junker ever lorded it over an impotent foe
with more ruthless disdain than is shown by the
French General Degoutte. There is, however, a
note of baffled rage. After reading his interview
with the Associated Press correspondent, the or
dinary American citizen who loves fair play and has
a decent regard for the rights of human beings, sim
ply" as human beings and not as members of one na
tion or another, must stand amazed and shocked.
Holding the Ruhr under his mailed fist, the
French commander heaps scorn upon the German
people as cowards because they have not attempted
to meet him with violence. It is evident that nts mili
tary mind is nonplussed by the passive resistance of
the people of the occupied zone. Just let one of his
soldiers be harmed, he exclaims, and he will wel
| come the opportunity for a knockout blow'. Violence
j from the Germans would entail reprisals. It is quite
possible that if general sniping should begin along
the Ruhr the world would be treated to a new lot ‘of
atrocities that would make the German advance
through Belgium look like a Sunday school picnic.
The way in which the German people have con
trolled their tempers at this pass is a new wonder of
the world. The end is not yet., but if France should
fail to accomplish its aims against a people that do
rot fight hack but merely refuse to co-operate, the
pacifists will have an example that will give the ad
vocates of preparedness a good deal to explain.
JAYHAWKERS SKIDDING AGAIN.
The Kansas legislature is entertaining a meas
ure, introduced as part of Governor Davis’ program
for business reform, that transcends anything of
the sort put before a law making body. It is to deal
with business affairs in general, making the state a
participant in control and management, but not in
! the risk, in any form of enterprise. According to
the Wichita Beacon :
"The Snyder measure provides that m< nibcr« of
the state charter board may, either upon their
own initiative or at the suggestion of the go-,
ernor. attend any and all meetings of hoards of
directors and stockholders. They are given the
same power at these meetings as the members of
board of stockholders, except the right to vote.
They also may examine all books and proxies
For fifty y^ars or longer the principle of state
control of private business has been slowly develop
ing. Beginning with the ‘‘granger’ legislation of
1872, aimed at the railroads, it has steadily mounted,
as corporations have grown in size, not always keep
ing pace with the expansion and aggression of capi
tal, but always lurking near enough to warn the pro
moters of the power that might be invoked against
them. Yet this latest Kansas proposal appears to
be going just a little too far.
If applied, it will mean state control of enterprise
almost to the limits of sovietism. Instead of firms and
| corporations being subject to the general regulations
| of laws that apply to all, the scrutiny of stat'e officers
1 affecting the proceedings of directors and managers
1 to a degree that well surely thwart if it does not en
I tirely destroy initiative, energy or aptitude of man
; agement on which success finally depends. Such
j oversight will tend to produce a uniformity of regu
lation and practice that is fatal to business, and its
logical end will be business enterprises with no more
variation in aims, methods or results than may be
tound between one brick and another.
Kansas has given much cause for conv, rsation
: within the last three-quarters of a century, and -eenis
: reluctant to relinquish the limelight. She i- in no
danger of being neglected as long as her lawmakers’
i zeal is turned in the way suggested by the Snyder
' measure.
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Another good start has been made on the pro
gram for improving rivers of the United State*, to
make them serviceable as commert o rs'i - . T'n
is one practical way of solvin', the in r'a*ion
, problem. * .
Wanda Hawley sues her husband, complaining
he called her "a brainless fool.” which/raises the
question as to whether honesty is always the best
policy.
Skilled mechanics in Omaha are all at Work, a*
1 cording to the Federal Reserve bank report. And
there will be more of them busy in a hort tune
Ultimatums are pa?sing so rapidly and in so i. iny
forms in the near east we are inclined to think that
the nations do not always mean what they ay
The man who robbed his mother’s gas meter ought
to get all the law will let him have in the of
time out from liberty. -
Each year it seems the respect in which Lincoln
is held increases. It is not every reputation that
grows with time.
The pineapple crop of Hawaii may be short, but
hardly as much so as the grass skirts of the hula
dancers.
Another set of jurors in the criminal court ap
pears to have a sense of duty as well as of respomi
bility.
.Governor Bryan's apparent disinclination to wink
with the legislature bodes no good for (he state.
Ami Cloue has gone back to Franco, leaving us nil
flat on our backs.
Homespun Verse
By Bohnt Worthington Davie
MEETING DEPARTED FRIENDS.
Do you ever rest in your roiking chair when night
is gray am! still,
And dream of (lie friends of yesterday adeep on a
distant hill?—
The friends you loved for tluir kindpes , and smiles
they gave to you—
The friends who lived to lift and cheer and ever were
dear and true.
> Do you ever dream by the golden flame when night
is still and gray
Of the friends who eantc to solace you rind then
were called away?
Do you picture them in the silent night and fathom
the scents you know,
And almost live with the old delight the days of
long ago?
Do you ever soar in your dreams of them to the peace
ful resting |flacc,
And lay a wreath of roses down to the sod of thru
embrace,
And revel again in ecstasy as von always used to do.
And feel so much that you did not feel wlich they
were alive and true?
Do you ever bring them hack in dreams a the old
days made them hr,
And then imagine the rendezvous in distant < i.ilili '"
And rest content as your golden dream to the realm
of <iod ascends’
i J litre vou'will go, and time you will know anew
j t the departed It lends.
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“From, State and Nation”
—Editorials from Other Newspapers—
An Heiress ant) Her Job.
From the Sioux City Journal.
Six o’clock in the morning may be
considered by a great many persons a
very early hour. Between it and 10
o'clock, rising time for those whose
most heroic efforts are made in the
direction of achieving social success,
may lie obtained four hours of sleep,
or. according to the view taken, four
hours of doing something of benefit In
life. Wit hin four hours one may dress,
breakfast, get to work and labor for
nearly one-half day. It may be ob
served la-re, too, that the four hours
between ti and 10 o’clock a. m. art
the best of the 2! as to the possibili
ties of accomplishment.
One would not suspect that an heir
<> to $3,000,000, who enjoy* dancing,
formal dinners, motoring and all the
other pastimes that lie within reach
of the wealthy could get up every
morning at 6 o’clock and go to work
s!or the love of doing something.
Stretching the imagination, one might
fancy an heiress doing that once or
twin for tin- novelty of the things,
hut the imagination refuses to stretch
that far six days a week, month after
month. Truth is stranger than fle
lion, however, and Miss Lydia Hop
kins of San Mateo, Cal., rises at 6
o'clock in the morning, hurries her
breakfast catches a train and gets
into >San Francisco in time to begin
selling beautiful hats in the millinery
department of the great store that
employs her the minute its opens her
doors. Miss Hopkins got interested
in doing something besides society hv
engaging in war work, and has not
lest her Interest yet. Before the war
he l I the life of the conventional
| debutante, dancing, dining and at
| tending teas, theater and garden par
ent. Now she likes her job bitter
than an empty routine of that kind,
for she is at work just like other peo
ple. Work depends upon the individ
ual point of view, and one may learn
not to hate the alarm that sounds at
r- o'clock and summons one to a new
day of labor full of untold opportuni
ties and possibilities.
Free Speech.
Prom 'ho IhtMlngs Tribune
Governor Smith of New York J* a
man of courage, as well as a man of
1 action.
He bolIe\cs in free speech.
He does nut only believe it. hut he
insists upon the people of his state
having that right.
Governor Smith recently pardoned
"Big Jlin" Larkin, revolutionary labor
leader who was serving a five-year
term in Sing Sing for violation of the
criminal anarchy act. The governor
■aid thit he pardoned Tarkin, not be
cause of agreement with hi* views,
i it <)* spite my disagreement with
him.'*
I> tr .Jim* Larkin 1* s well known
Irish leader and he had just served
two and one-half years for signing the
so-called "left w ing" so* i ilist mani
festo urging a change in our govern
rnent *s what is described as "dicta
| to: ship f 111«* proletariat.**
Governor Smith in his abatement
announcing the issuance of the par
don bitterly assailed the ld'*a of die
tatorship by any class, proletariat,
• i pit a list, firmer, merchant. **r any
other vi»*tion of the community " The
.» rm.: ud that the state r**sts too
firmly on the devotion *»f its citizens
■ 1'ia. J i if- protection and im
prisonment f*»r the little expression of
an erroneouiu or even an illegal doc
trine tin accompanied by an overt act.
No doubt there are many who will
d i. r*** with Governor Smith, but It
!* safe to nay that most of them will
1 men who are not fit his ability nor
of hi* political faith.
\ \> * Ir \dvisrd Bishop.
From tT\n \>‘\t York World
In !.!* i,t It ter B shop Manning
• I i h it 1 »r Grmt should "publicly
*ori-ct th* impression given” by Ids
• rnioti, *m *1 slate clearly" that he
i * pied Bishop Manning's inter
P* Litlen of th** creed. In hi*-- second
letter the bishop say* that since I>r.
Grant has not corrected flic impres
sion given by hi* sermon and lias
tafed his belief "ambiguously** rath
er than "• !» / ilv." the rector will not
• ? t !•*• t: d for heresy In Fils
■ t ! Her ' t'ishop demanded s
«>f $ ith < r Hr
Gr.i’it's r«- ;*n.it:**n. In hi* second
Ictt'i* t!.»- hi-lw.p decline* to try Dr.
Grant f.-r h* r* -*y h* r ails* there has
! ,n no cl* ir denial of the faith.
This ?*•*-oiul position is w *li adv *ed
and st.it* sm.mliko and in the un
doubt* d Interest of the Protestant Bp s
*-.»P‘*l eburrh. A heresy trial, which
ever way it turns out, would have
, meant some sort of schism. Tt would
pl4Tf>. m* all such trial* do. the whole
emph imIs on the point* of dlflferen*'*
between members of the same mm
niunion. obliterating th* vastly great
er bond* of agreement which give
their tradition its high value. The
decision of th* bishop leave* the
■ hurch more catholic in it* range and
more protestant 1n it* concession to
j Individual Interpretation of Scripture.
If 1* a victory for everybody except
those who are more sectarian than
j they are religious.
Daily Prayer
I i • f ry * t t P In f} u • ’ v — P« 7*7*.
j «* Lord who host proven thnt we
; may trust Thee. \vc seek Thy blessing
m tin* bi k'ii nlng of the day. that we
nmv ran y its influence with un into
tH«* toil and trial *>f our busy life.
W.» claim Thy sufficient grace, thnt
wr nuy he p*jiih1 to every severe tent.
<;i\o us wi-d'-m, that we may un
dertake our tankn and d<* them ns
- ihone who have beamed of the Divine
i Workman. Take poteen*Ion of ntir
! minds that today they tuny think Thy
‘ thought* after The*', and !»« intent
y npi . workim: out Thy gn at plan#
f through the best lives wo ran live,
H<» rule us with Thy Spirit that our
tensi n mn v he harm used for Thy
Havi* us from falling into nhamt*
} fill sin Prevent nn from being
: iihmii, small, disagreeable, irritable,
I nnsympathetlc, nn we touch other
| lives 1 to our unseyn Pom pan ion nn
; up niru our dnl. hr cat!—and help us
I m earn it honestly.
Make us w hnh * nme; keep un n\v*M«t.
'lav other* know today by our tmob
tnmive goodnesn that .b'nu* live* at
our bonne May we nothehow I*** in*
trumerjtnl in opening tlie d-ors »*f
other home** for tin- incoming *»f this
Heavenly Diieat.
\V*- ask th* se favors in I list Name.
Ante n.
.1 HR A f>|,P!T mauku u p t> i*.
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! Fun and Profit in Swapping.
| From thti Kxamlner.
The Omaha Bee haft recently intro
dueed a eurio department under th'
head of "Swap Column,” which is lo
cated in tho want ad section, and it
is, in some respects, more amusing
than the average comic strip. For
instance, a woman announces that
she “will swap or soil tine clothing,
size .16 or 38, for a diamond; lady
wearing mourning in Dundee. Ad
dress 8-124, Omaha Bee.” The reader
might ask if sin < online* the wei
of mourning to Dundee and arrays
herself in gayer garments while visit
Ing In Fair Acres, Benson, or Flor
ence, or while shopping in the down
I town bargain district. Her ad ap
pears Jn two different places in the
] swap column, which goes to show
\ that she is doubly anxious to turn
j her fine clothing Into a sparkling dia
; niond. The address of the second ad
Is 8-228, Omaha Bee.
Another woman informs the trad
ing public that she "has a good, full
length Russian marmot fur coat to
; swap for a good used Ford sedan, if
there is any swap in you.” That’s
a saucy challenge, sure enough. If
she will cast her eyes a few inches
below her ad she will find a partial
answer in this: ‘Five passenger auto
for typewriter, or what have ybu?”
Another party, who wants to go joy
riding when the gentle springtime ar
rives, tells the world that "he has a
perfect diamond, genuine steel blue
white, to trade for a Ford ear, open
or closed.”
Any one desirous of acquiring a
new astronomic lecture should lose
no time in answering this swap ad;
"Some club may be able to use my
new lecture—Destruction of Kalj-sto.
the Ninth Planet. Swap for useful
clothing, typewriter or grafaphone.”
Here’s a great opportunity for Father
Rlgge, tho astronomer, or the Omaha
Philosophic society to grab some
thing that may prove interesting, in
structive and perhaps startling
If you are at all In the habit of cold
catching you should by no means
overlook this chance of freeing your
self from this annoyance, "Scholar
ship in Klondike Health School, teach
log how to live 50 years without a cold
or cure one in 48 hours. Will swap
fi r a set of teeth or a good suit of
clothes” Rome dentist will no doubt
take advantage of this wonderful of
fer and make a fortune as a cold
doctor.
Here are two swap advertisers who
are anxious to increase their struck of
knowledge: "All or part of oak din
ing set and genuine leather couch.
Will swap for Enefycopedia Brittan
ies or section hook ease." "Pure bred
German police dog, registered, welt
trained: will swap for set Harvard
Classics ”
Jf you wish to'unload a vlctrola
you might make a deal with the an
thor of the following ad Morris
chair and blue mesaline dress ».f late
design, orange trimming and beaded;
will swap for victrola ”
Here’s another in the musical line:
Emerson square grand piano to sw ap
for t raveling bag. small trunk. oth< r
furniture.” Anil still others: ”N»earns
Knight auto In good condition, to
swap for C melody saxaphone a id
diamond or residence lot ‘‘Will
or.,p r.ov. Vega li.injo with bather
case. What have you?” "Violin, im
ported. 119 years old. wonderful lone,
tor sale or trade for diamond
If you want to know how many
hen* you can get for ;t jiair of eye
glasses answer tills ad ’’Want to
swap hens for n pair of ey« glasses for
a person, age 63 ’’
A triend of infts has Tire pa red the
following i»»p nd which he Intends
to insert in The Omaha Bee: "A sec
on<1-hand aeroplane, in good running
condition, to swap for a fireproof and
w.iterproi f cyclone cellar: also a
bunch of old family photographs for
i hushel basketful if wit wash What
have you?”
The drawing card of The Omni a
r;" trade exchange la: 'No snap, no
pay for the ad. '
Common Sense
Keep Mum on Your Failures.
You may think telling about some
.'? your undertakings that were fail
Hies—will rXcuse y . i f, t ,,t |» ,, K
In .a better position tod.i t
Irn si'l l n of the fact that s*u.-h
failures may not have l>ern due to
lack of business foresight on tour
part, the fai t that you were a loser,
dors not reflect creditably on con.
Hierefore It is unwise to give too
much emphasis to your in»ac«
Really successful men don't enioy
hearing accounts of failure' they
want to bear about successes and tho
methods of successful men
You Will get more sttentinn from
such men if you have somethin*
bright unit good nnd businesslike to
offer for the future
Stop living in the psst.
It Is a wrecking hshlt.
The future Is t>% important time
for you.
Talk and think of the future—and
plan for It.
Forget the past You need aj| your
thinking power to help yntt in the
pres- nt and the future.
f "OJ right, IStf.l.
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“The People’s
Voice’’
Editorial* from reader* of 1 he Morning Bee.
Raadere of The Morning Bee *re Invited to
u*e this column freely for exprealon on
matter! ot public intere*!.
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Seek Out If r juroi s.
Silver Crick, Neb.—To tin* Kditor
of The Omaha Doc: I see by the
papers that upon the advice of Judge
W. A. Dil worth of Hasting-, tin* coun
ty supervisors of that county have
agreed to pay the expense* of mak
ing transcripts of cases in the disti • t
court to be received by the county at
torney with a view to proseeeution for
perjury.
How refreshing and encouraging
this is in these clays of such an alarm
ing and dangerous condition «f law
lessness. One feels like shouting ' 15*
{hold! A Daniel come to judgment.”
Judge Dihvorth has certainly s» ns<-d
the crux «/ *the matter of law en
forcement. To the close observer it
is evident that in our courts of jus
tice* not only witnesses often "inten
tionally and willfully swear to false
hood,” but often the attorneys en
courage them in it, and often “Judges
I are evening wolves; they gnaw not
| the bones till the morrow'.” (Zcph
I J >
It is to bo hoped that other judges
and county commissioners will follow
the lead of Judge Dihvorth and do
i likewise. Jt is also to be hoped that
I this Innovation will meet with the
I approval of all the members wf the
I Har association. It is further to be
| hoped that the editor-- wlwi r < <1:
torlals, the priest.* who are j i- *c< u
> Pied with perfunctory performances, i
and the ]»re.u h« • who in- *
| pious platitude* will all get enough
(of the prophetic note*—denunciation
i and commendation in their iness.i
to Cl tf« t b e\ lilii.g p •
ment tn sustain so worthy a jidg*- as
W. A Dilworth. W. L. HADSHLL
Against < hanging language Ian.
Omaha.—To the Kdltor of The
Omaha Bee: In "The People's Vue."
column under the caption, The Ne
braska. Language Law,'1 J. K. il . eg
Btrom condemns in effect any at
tempt to keep the “old country * lan
guages out of our public or private
schools, saying, in effect, that it is
'an aid to our diplomatic rviee as
1 piranta and others d* sirou" of discusa
i ing business, etc..* with those in other
countries, and ours also, who t-j-ak
only their “old country'* languages.
I 1 take It that Mr. Baggstrom is of
l Scandinavian extraction.
The writer in the non of Seandina (
! vian parents, also, but born in Sew
|ard county, (th*- home of Mr Nor !
j val), of a Norwegian father and a|
I Swedish mother, pioneers in the set-<
tling Up fit thin State and Sts d* v»j<
! ment, along with utherv Kngl.sli,
Hollander--, German*. I: i,* mi, *•.
My education was in the Icm-tJ j. ]-c
school*, in which there u i * j.< * ,j
of a knowledc * of my parent* ; m
guage. or of th*- German language,
which was used by the Germans
among them** Iws, but in conducting |
business with the other famers, who i
spoke American, or the merchants in
1 t f >w n w ho were uni versa 11 y A nn■ r,
' ans. they spoke broken Ain* n os to
them Many Germans were out
I neighbors.
My parents always refund ♦ , *
i me their Hw mu or Nojwegv- i.,**
iguag*. m n mg that We had no \< • f r
'it ho;, They a!wt>s h* d the
nh.i that they were her- to 1nv. that
this country was making them a good
•Cl i It ■ f «
other language or education for their,
• hlldr.-n but that of Amem a, though
I they occasionally spoke the *r re- 1
I spective Languages at home, t-. keep !
it up, bo that if they ever went l> u k
j on a visit they might t*e able to ge t !
.bout without ton much trouble How
ever, living as we did in America ye 1
found hut very lilt! i «• f . Au
He mi d;nn via n ton gin .
None of us- children r,t\ >\» lr. the)
Swedish or Xorv g. n lc - ;I
I being educated in an Amen. * pub-1
11*’ nrhooi. We all « f US think as A in.:
jeans. Wc knew its hfstorv fmni tin* ,
standpoint of Amerir.cn history : * k .
t 1
native tongue. American, and have I
absorbed American ideas.
•*
Xorval bill Intends?
V!CTOR JOHNSOX. !
--;- j
\ lk|g«J*M*(l Ohioan.
i we ar» we ran t help Wondering lb j
*•••!* dnpit • d '•
A Plumber in Action
the prey,-m-e of democrats, when the
tremendous savings which our great
narty has instituted in Washington
and can prove by the statistics are
going to b-g,n to show in the taxes.—
Uhio State Journal.
An r:\peited Prohibition Statement.
We shall look with some interest
for i statement fr„m the Anti-Saloon
league with regard to the recent
spread ejf the prohibitnon -movement
led by Mustapha Kemal Pasha.—Co
lurnbia Rerord. 4
Would Try It.
Pease, sir, father wants to know
if ,t is true that there is sudh a thinfc
as a tobaeco trust?”
"Yes, my lad, there is.” replied the
man.
"Well, father would like to !•«
trusted with a half-pound box.”—
Stray Stories.
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This Laxative Works
Fine on Old People
TheoianJ* have kept theisxlrei healthy
with Dr. Caldwell * Syrop Peons
i 4 lJ\ W C I X Cl age with it*
| A subdued ambitions and
i striving* multi lie made very
j happy if only good health acr.unj
j panted it, and the basis of good
fiealUi, as every
otie learns Ufs>n
re.ii hing the age
<>f t>0, is the regu
lar daily move
ment of the bow
, els. If it can be
effected through
the food you eat,
the water you
drink and the ex
ercise v<xi take.
mi much the better. But if
r iture will not operate it must
lie assisted or sickness will follow,
i Neglected constipation causes the
j Hood pressure to go up 28 per
isuit, and that is the forerunner
of hardening of the arteries. It
midi-a rheumatism and gout
| worse* too.
The ideal constipation remedy
for (icople of advancing years is
Dr. ( MweU’s Syrup IVpsin. a
: ible compound of Egyptian
senna and pepsin with pleasant
tasting aromatics. It is gentle
and nnld. and does not cramp or
gri|ie. It is a mistake to think you
n<s 1 a violent suit or powder or
pill, calomel, coal-tar drugs ami
such things. They purge and
ANT FAMILY MAY TBY IT FBEE i
Thnownd* r>t parent* art a?Atnf
tkemselsrg, “H'Vr* can / find a Irrxrl
Karthv Ltuaiir* that anyone in the
family con use uben constipated^'"
I ur$e >*>»/ tn tr~* Syrup Pepsin.
t l c l c'm ly per* •■'it a liberal free
mm pie sufficient far an odeqxsaie.
lest. Write me vtere tn send it.
Address Ur. W. B. r^pjueil. 5f5
W ashuxgtan St., MoniiceUo, Iliumis.
Do it noa!
weaken you. and their reaction
tends to mahe you more coosti
pated than before. a
Now try the milder method.
I)r. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin doe*
not L«e its good effect with re
peated use, and in reased doees
arc unnecessary. Mrs. II M.
Burges* of Enlield. .VC.. who is
73. keeps herself in good health
with it, and Mr. Charles Chorman
of Star Jet on, Staten Island, V
wasted fifteen years and consid
Crat.le money on other remedies
l>efore finding steady relief with
Syrup Pepsin.
I se Dr. Caldwell's Syrup Pep
sin yourself the nert time you
suffer from constipation, bilious
ness, heuda'he, sleeplessness, in
digestion. f>iles or night cramp*.
Many thousands of elderly people
use notlung else, and it o «ts them
lees than a cent a do**’. Dmgjrists
have sold it successfully for 30
year*, and it is the most widely
bought family laxative in the
world.
The Man far the Ages
If I could ~a\c the Union without freeing any
slave* 1 would ilo it, hut if 1 could save it by frea
mg all the slave*, I would do it and if 1 coal'd save
it l>> freeing some and leaving others alone, I
would also do that,”
Lincoln's whole desire was to save "this Nation con
ceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that
all men are created equal,"
The desire to save should guide us all. Lincoln thought
of the future of the nation—planned to save it. Have
you thought of your future?*
Onv dollar u ill start you
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Fnrnam at 17th Street
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