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6 THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, OCTOBER' 10, 1 1912. THE OMAHA DAILY BE1 FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSEWATEH VICTOR R08EWATER, EDITOR. BBS BUILDING. FARNAM AND 17TH. Entered at Omaha ?osto.'flct aa aecoad- class matter. TERMS (if SL'ttCRiPTlON. 6unday Bee, on year.... JJ-j Saturday Be, one year J1-?" Pally Be (without Sunday) on year .WW Dallr Haa. and Sunday, one year.. . DELIVERED BY CARRIER. Evening and Sunday, per month...... to rvMift uhAii aundav. nar month.. 2w Ually Bee (Including bunday) per mo..tc Dally Bee (without Sunday), per rao..w Address all complalnU or Irregularities In delivery to City Circulation wv Remit ty a rait, express or Only z-cont aumpa rte ved la payment ef ma.U account Personal enecas. cept on Omaha and eastern exchange. locepted. order, ex not offices. Omaha-The Bee building. Booth Omaha-2313 N Bt ' , Council Bluffe-14 No. Main St Lincoln-M Little butldin. nMt Chicago 1M1 Marquette building. Kansas City-Rllne building. Nw York-M WmI Twenty-thirt. St. Loui-448 Pierce building. Washington 73 Fourteenth St. CORRESPONDENCE. Communications relating to news m dltdVlal matter should b lrta Omana Bee. Editorial Department. SEPTEMBER. CTRCCT-iTlON. 50,154 i t. - . ... .. ruuKuo. se tat or weorssna. " Dwlght Williams, circulation ef The Bee PubUhng company, being duly .worn, says that the peculation for the wonth of September. kmSOjii DWIQHT WILLIAMS, vim, was ctrculmtlon Manage Subscribed In mr TWr" to betore me tWs 1st y ef October, isis. ROBERT HUNTER. (Seat) Notan PuWl Subscriber. lea.vt. t t.rHly .-I T.! Be Mailed tm thess. Are W1H be ehaaged as ' Wat a dark brown time they will hare at Armageddon the morning after. Judge Parker must be the official convention chairman of the demo cratic party. f -Don't paint, Mayor Oaynor ! lures young women and girls. An other slap at art r When It comes to money raising, the ball mooser says. "Let George do it." And George does. A St. Louis clergyman calls bachel or moral cowards. Yes, and also tightwads. Soak 'em, parson. ' " Hard times can only come through ruth less tariff rlpplng-Nw Tor- Kerala. ; i" And the democrats promise, If jjglven pewer, to do the ripping. -J TT TTT 0 Being a practical man, the late Mr. Harrlman doubtless would have enjoyed being around about now. Whether he goes back to help save Jtls country cr not, the American Creek has the price of the trip, all kt- ' I At tne risk of being slogged, we are constrained to remark that the Salkans are balking on the Turkey x It remains to be seen whether Oc tober beauties are more charming In New York or Boston, base ballically speaking, j Ji Certainly not. Mr. Morgan simply gars that $150,000 in 1904 in order to be giving. It Is the way of philanthropists. Buenos Ayres has a grandstand "built of solid marble. Suitable back ground for ; some ball players of whom we wot. : , ' Does Governor Wilson think he is telling anything new when he says the steel interests are backing the third term candidate t . ' If a wife is never Justified in lying to her husband, what about the hus band when his wife asks him em barrassing Questions? "Mr. Suher," says the New York Evening Post, "has been an unblush ing spoilsman." Hence his nomina tion with Mr. Murphy's consent. TOe candidates on. the local demo crats ticket have put.it in writing that tney favor the democratic na tional, state and congressional nom lnees! Whom would they be expected to favor? , ' ' The colonel announces that he has something startling in store for the country. According to all present indications, the country ' also has something startling in store' for the colonel. , ' The New York World calls the col lection of large sums by high officials from big moneyed men "Government by BlackmalL" What would It call denying the whole business in the face of incontrovertible truth? , The annual election of the Union Pacific has resulted in the retention of all directors, who in turn will re flect the present officers A big cor poration does not change Its manage ment when it is giving satisfaction. . It goes without saying that the democrats want the job, but the fact remains that Walter A. George has iaa.de a record as state treasurer dur ing the last two years with which no one can find fault, and which entitles him to a second term that it has been tie in variable custom In this state to svard la recognition of falthfol ser vice U that jtflce. War and War Clouds. War clouds have been hovering over eastern Europe so ominously that the formal declaration of war by the Balkan states against Turkey is not the startling piece of news It would otherwise be. Conditions of unrest in eastern Europe, and around, the Mediter ranean, are such that open hostilities have long been threatened, and the possibility of their spread clearly recognized. ! War clouds have also been fol lowed by' actual war, still waging In Mexico and in Central America to the south of us. While in none of the southern republics does the situation appear alarming to us, our obliga tions nnder the Monroe doctrine are such that we cannot be Insensible to the dangers. None will gainsay that the Ameri can people are a nation of peace-lovers, that we prefer to remain In hon orable peace with the world. No one will question either that President Taft is sincerely devoted to the eause of peace, and in all our for eign relations has peace for his guid ing star. With the clanking of arms resound ing from the far east, and the smoke of battle rising in the south, the American people, before they vote at the coming election, should ask them selves these questions: , Whose hand is steady enough and experienced enough to be depended on to avoid complications? Under which president is the na tion most likely to remain at peace and escape the horrors of war? Prosperity Talks .m. ' Have the last four years under President Taft been good years or lad years for the people? While each one can best answer that question for himself as an individual, no bet ter way of measuring the prosperity of a community has been found than the exhibit of bank clearings. How do the bank clearings in Omaha compare this year with the corresponding per iod before President Taft became our chief executive? There Is no trouble to get the figures, and here they are: v':". m. ; mil . July 44,138,791 July ...... .t 6S.87S.796 August ... 47,064.729 August ... 61503.115 (September. 48,525,120 September. 63,366,006 October .. 58,872,394 October .. 68,277,588 November. 42,224,839 November. 61,811.460 December.. 44,014,438 December.. 62,369,148 1908. .1911 January .. 61,173,896 January 68,269,943 February . 41,811,803 February . 67,707,243 March April ., May ... June .; (6.727.364 March .. 48.160,083 April .... 48,312.787 May ..... '48,448,813 June .... 72,810,120 67.429.135 73,789,259 67,120.283 Total ..,.1579,464.967 Total ....792,108,090 In four years the volume of Oma ha's bank clearings has increased from $57M64.967 to t792.lH8.09O. A ' pretty good increase. A city like ours could not possibly have been go- ins: backward, or Us bnalneoa he suf fering seriously from vicious govern ment policies, while making that magnificent showing. The Parka in Autumn.-' The city man thinks mostly of his parks in the summer as places of re lief from the heat,' but 'the Omaha man who forgets them in the autumn misses much of their grandeur and beauty. Pew cities are blessed with such a park at Riverview. It is a for est primeval of 111 acres; its rolling, undulating surface templed with trees of many descriptions, which in October blend into a landscape of coloring no artist's brush could por tray. It must have been such a place Walt Whitman had in mind! when he wrote: "leaves thick-falling, the ground brown with them already; rich coloring, yellow of all hues, pale and dark green, shades from lightest to richest red all set in and toned down by the prevailing brown of the earth and gray of the sky." ' In Riverview park, which gently recedes from the Missouri river, af fording commanding views off Into the adjoining state of Iowa, there are little streamlets and lakelets inter vening between the hills and dales seemingly to add to the sweet melan choly of the autnmn time. Where the band of man has touched nature's masterpiece with walks or boule vards or pavilions or menageries or parklets filled with deer, it has only been to enhance the beauty and ap peal of nature. And, besides Riverview, there are other beautiful parks in Omaha which make "loafing in the woods" as joyous as ever Whitman found it mid-way 'twlxt winter and spring. , : Confiscating Garden Seed. : 'A Vigrlnla postmaster is unfer ar rest for confiscating a package of garden seed franked' by a congress man to one of his constituents. What Obtuse cross-roads postmaster does not know that, ; though he might with impunity tamper with the pa tron's mall, intercept a money order or read his hve-letters, he could Lever hope to escape punishment if he touched his free garden -seed? Moreover, must the most solemn pre rogative of the representative in congress of a sovereign people be subject to the whim of a mere .Vasby? Take away from him his light to frank garden seed to all bis constituents and what would he have left? Might as well strike down the gontallon of liberty and be done with it. We have no idea what the fate of this postmaster will be, except that it can scarcely be commensurate with even the heinous offense he has committed. . ookinBackvOTtl litis Dcry In Omatia mMfiu. moM nee. ria,r9 OCT. 10. Thirty Years Ago The city council authorized the sale of 350,000 paving bonds. New officers of the Tountx Men's Chris- tlan association are: President, p. c. Hlmebaugh; vice president. J. L. Wo Cague; secretary. J. E. Davidson; trea- urer, William Fleming; directors, Warren Swltsler for the Second Presbyterian, Dr. B. Leisenrinf for the Lutheran, Dr. O. Wood for the First Baptist. E. U are for the Congregational. J. W. Mulr for the United Presbyterian, M. A. Lar. sen lor the Swedish Lutheran. George H, Kerr for the Christian, M. O. McKoun for the , Methodist. J. W. Johnson for the Eighteenth Street Methodist. N. W. Mer. rill for the South Methodist E. el rv. "olds tor Trinity. , The Pries brothers Are.atocklns thmtr lake on mile north of Florenca with fish, with a view to making It a oonular resort Rev. C, W. Savldge of Minnesota h been appointed pastor of the First Metho. dit Episcopal church, of this city by Bishop Merrill. Emma Abbott and her Dera com Dan v ara playing in Omaha, . Mrs. Marble has removed her mnlnv. ment bureau to 1706 Burt street. The slaters in charge of SL 2,nh' hospital publicly acknowledge assistance rendered by the women on two days in tne making of bed clothin. and invi. them to lend a hand again in tompleting Twenty Years Ao Edgaq Scott, referee, MTiA John n Wharton and EL M. Bartlett. attorneys or me interested parties, were bac from Chicago, where they had been, for a week on the ease of Nets Morris against Anorew Haas, Involving- 385,000. The suit was the outgrowth of a disputed ship. ; - Dr. R. McDonald Was home (mm ,K. Paciflo coast, where he spent two weeks. Henry Gibson returned from Colorado, where he had been for soma weeks, tak tng in Denver on the way home. M. EL Palmar gt b5v from Ka- ey and New York. He said the talk down east was all for Harrison, th.v regarded Adlai Stevenson as a greenback democrat and Cleveland was steadily los ing errouno. H. C. Oumb left for Chlcairo n ra. sponae to a telegram announcing the death of an intimate friend. B. H. Robison and Other ma!rbmii an. peared before the Board of Fire and Po Uoe Commissioners and aka4 f fir. alarm box near Twenty-sixth street and Capitol avenue. .. , Sol Smith Russell besaji hla annual an. gagement in Omaha at the Boyd theater n a i'oon Relation. " Ten Years Ago Miss Lillian Miller wan tha fln.i a - " IVU1IU and first place in the ladles' ping pong wwnameni ana in Faith Potter came eoonxu Twenty-eight young women en tered the tourney. J Morris B. Ward, representing a astern railway supply house, was In the city as the guest of Ev L. Lomax, gen eral agent of the Union Pacific. , Mr. Ward waa one , of the editors nf tha M Omaha Daily Republican during the days oi oi. a. u. uaicombe'e proprietorship. waa announced that . Congressman W. II. Moody of Massachusetts ' speak at Schllti' roof garden. .. The sum of 82,500. tied ud bv an in. Junction leaned by District In 1897, became available for use by the county board in macadamising the Flor ence road or boulevard. The iniunptinn had been granted upon petition of Will iam Van DOhren. William Paters. Jnhn H. Cryer. John McDonnell .and Peter Peterson, who objected to the money, raised by a 1150,000 bond issue, being used for any purpose other than the Bavin of Center street road. At the request of Commissioner Ostrom the petitioners agreed to have the Injunction dissolved. People Talked About Assurances are given by the lobster palaces of New York City that placing a price tag on bread and butter does not foreshadow a charge for a look-in. Going out is where the fine work to put over. , . George M. Camaey, reported about to retire after seven years aa special agent of the Carnegie hero fund commission, has traveled nearly 1.000,000 mtloe In that period and unearthed 115 genuine heroes out of over 1,000 cases brought to his at tention. Miss Margaret Valentine Kelly, who re cently resigned aa examiner of the bu reau of the mint, will be succeeded by a man. She waa assistant director of the mint and received the highest salary paid any woman In the employment of the government James B. Haggtn, the New York horse man and mulU-mlUlonalre,' la now the largest Individual land owner In Ken tucky. He la credited with 10,000 acres of tine bluegrasa land, comprising his magnificent estate of Elmendorf. four muee norm oi xingio. ' . The oldest living American railroad en gineer la a Augustus Jeffries, who is also the oldest pensioner of the Pennsylvania railroad. He Is H years of age, having been born la 188 at Lancaster, Pa, He started as a fireman en the state-owned Columbia ft Philadelphia tit ISM, and three years later became engineer. Hon. William Sulser. democraUa can didate for governor of New Tort, la & Dutchman on his father's side, aa Irish man on hla mother's aide, bom In New Jersey, reared In New fork, trained In Tammany hall, and works a voice rated in the six-cylinder class. If that combina tion can be beaten. Freedom la welcome to another shriek. . , . . The extent of the blueberry business in Maine this year Is indicated by the fact that Arthur Stourtevaat et Buckfleld has picked and sold more than 109 bushels. For 100 bushels sold to one company he received 3392. C W. Shaw received a total of 346 In one day from different persons for the privilege of picking in hla fields. Gene Debs would tax hia memory some to discover when be did a job with his hands Instead of bis mouth, still he chide hla opponents on their Jobless careers. "Take aU three of them," tie says, "and not one of them ever had to look for a Job." From which it is to be Inferred that "all three" at the present time are running away from a Job. - A YEAR WHICH MADE HISTORY, World-Shaking Convulsions of a Century Ago. St Louis Globe-Democrat Let those who Imagine that great things never converged into such a short time, in the past aa they have done occa sionally In our day, take a glance at the number of centennials which are taking place this year, and see how widely they are distributed over, the earth. Only three and a half months ago came the WOth anniversary of the beginning of the second conflict between '- - the United States and England, an event which re ceived attention from the leading Jour nals of the two countries on June 18,' the centenary of the declaration of war by the United States congress. Immediately both countries started to consider what sort of recognition Should be rivet) to the peace anniversary, which arrives on December 24, 1913. On June 23 the French, Russian. British and other newspapers gave some apace to the centennial of the crossing of the NIemen by Napoleon and the beginning of the war between France and Russia, a conflict, which, in one or other of its phases, had a vital effect on the subsequent history of Europe. A few day. ago Russia observed the centenary of the burning of Moscow, which com pelled Napoleon to evacuate" that town. and begin the moat disastrous retreat of modern days. And now, In Cadis, , the people are cele brating the 100th anniversary of the es tablishment of the first parliament which Spain ever saw. Why CadU? Because Madrid, at the time, waa in possession of the French; Joseph Bonaparte, Na- poleon'a brother, was king of Spain; that country's native monarch, Ferdinand VII, waa in retirement, and virtually a prisoner and absolutism was triumphant over a large part of the country. With the creation of the courts la October, 1813 the story of modern. Spain began. Delegations from all the Spanish-Ameri-Ican countries, from the Rio Grande to Cape Horn, are taking part in the exer cises. The event which they are cele brating meant much to them, tor all of them, aa' well as Texas, New Mexico, Art lone, California and other parts of the southwestern end of the United States, belonged- to Spain at that time, although In many parts of that region the Insurrections were under, way which resulted in their separation from the par ent country. , . Manifestly, 1812 was a year of world shaking convulsions. Directly or indi rectly almost every country on the globe waa affected by them. The references to them which nave been and are being made by newspapers "from St Peters burg, Paris, Madrid and London to New Tork, St Louis and San Francisco remind the world that our own age .haa no ground for boasting about the wonderful things which it haa seen. Half way be tweeen 1812 and 1912 stands a year in which some Important contributions to history were made, although theae con cerned the United States chiefly. This waa 1862. Beginning with the battle of Mill Spring on January 19, including operations at Forts Henry and Donelson, Hampton Roads, . Shiloh, New Orleans, the Chickahominy-Jamea Peninsula, the second Bull Run, Antietam, Corinth and other places, and ending with Fredericks burg and Stone River, 1912, Is, or will be, the semi-centenary of events whose in fluence every American feels to this hour. Q'ms AND G110ASS. -xr Area war mad Snbway Tax OMAHA, Oct a-To the Editor of The Bee: In all the discussion about area and aubway taxing, I have never seen a question raised concerning the ownership of the thing proposed to be taxed, and of the rights of the city and of the prop erty holder therein, ! " The ownership is of two kinds. In on the city la the owner of the fee, and the property owner haa acquired certsln easements, of which the city" cannot de prive him, except by the exercse ot tne right of eminent domain, condemnation proceedings and payment of value to property holders. Those easementa exist on the aurface of the streets, and also under them. Any good lawyer will find In the decisions of the courts plenty of cases that will define just what these easement are. Another kind of ownership Is where the property holder has dedicated the street to the use of the public retained the fee -giving the public an easement for pas sage over and under the surface foi water, gas. etc. These rights, it will be found, the courts have largely "deter mined and defined.' v It will be well that the city authorities before they embark In this scheme- have this looked Into and know where they stand. XX. A Pl for the Deaf. LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 9,-To the Editor ot The Bee:' an article headed "Dwyer Opposed to Purchase of Land for the Deaf Students" baa been printed here over the name of T. O. Dwyer, 'one of the board of trustees of the Nebraska School for the Deaf at Omaha. His opposition to the proposed purchase of the land ad joining the present school site Is based on the roughnesa of the land. He seems to be greatly Influenced by a scheme that In buying land out In the country some where possibly isolated the school might be made nearly self-supporting. It dci not seem to matter much that par o theee particular fifteen acres are rich in soil ,aa the ground can be made beautiful Just the earn and the surround !nm of the deaf children should be made as beautiful as we can possibly make them. . -' - The present site ot the school Is a good location, and most of the building there on are all right and It cannot be of any advantage to the children to be Isolated In the country, where It would be more difficult to meet .them frequently. .The more we allow them to mix with us the better for their , future developments. Nothing surely can be gained by setting them off to themselves somewhere. Let ua not look so much to trying to make this school self-supporting as to the mental progress and enlightenment of our children. . , , Do we ever figure on making any of our regular achoola self-supportlngT No, On the contrary. .we cannot do. enough for them. I am proud of Nebraska. So are you. Therefore let us be all the mere optimistic In our views and our allow ance toward tWa worthy school for the deaf at Omaha, and let us make It one of the best In this country. I know your conscience agree with me. Let Nebraska do It best FRANK FALBAUM. ' Patriotism. MTNDEN, Neb., Oct 8.-T the Editor of The Bee: How old veterans, look at it An old Pennsylvania veteran write: "I am not prepared to vote for the son of a rebel soldier to be the president" The father of the democratic candidate was a Virginia confederate soldier, fighting to deetroy the nation that the Pennsylvania veteran was fighting to save. The Pennsylvania veteran' fear are shared also by' nearly all his few hun dred thousand remaining comrades that Wood row Wilson being elected president will surely change from dogmatic to pragmatic to' far aa able. Well do we remember that lesson taught us by Cleveland 40,000 In one order dropped from the rolls; shocked many , to Instant death, and then It took four years with his Hoke Smith in power and his "order 229." to find friends to be restored, kepfall the old vets busy. ' And Cleve land wa not a born traitor; simply had persistent proclivities to the southern as sociation then dominant Wood row Wilson's southern editor are already explaining their candidate' po sition on the pension question, who given the power will not hesitate to execute; to eut the pension from everyone who can sv without It; the other to be placed Into the state soldiers' home to be ted and olothed; to save the treasury from such enormous useless waste; the south ern state to be taxed to pension their own confederate veterans.- The Georgia and Louisiana country editors seem most vituperative. - , ' . . Verily, verily, conditions are serious. When disloyalty, treachery, evea treason, are winked at; when a Traaen, rampant demagogue rushes over the nation with shouts and screams, "I am the original only 'progressive,' ail other knaves or fools;" detracting attention from the real danger. Meanwhile the best qualified for momentous modern Issues, calmly and wisely handling, determining questions which the Intellectual giants of the world say are of vast import, of the gravest ever of consideration. . It makes a patriot sit up and think. JOEL HULL. A Conclusive Arsrnment. CLINTON, la., Oct 8.-T0 the Editor of The Bee: In man's effort to be right, what law will stand the test for a base? Inasmuch as great harm comes from wrong laws, first consider, with the writer, the natural laws, the obligations resting on man - to reason, to determine right from wrong; truth, to avoid decep tion of one another; equity, to withhold taking from one another without respect to the right ot the other. Those three vital principles used together, being nat ural laws, will test the correctness lot any subject pertaining to civil control of man. . AU constitutions and all law must con cede natural laws, obligation and prac tice. Why not nominate and elect all officers by popular vote, with recall for cause, to be determined by that vote without party lines T Then our republlo will be - a fact, our citizen's vote un bridled and sovereignty lodged in the citi zens instead of In officials. That Is a republlo. Civil and moral control will echo around the globe to develop the human race. . It will cost less to live, and life will have fewer burdens. The leader, ship and the press of the past were un fair, and the obligations of the natural law were right all the time. It haa fallen to the people of the twentieth century to light the globe. , As citizen we should teach citizenship in all achoola which con form to the obligations of natural law. There cannot be civil and moral people unless natural laws, which are adapted to a civil and moral people, are kept Now is the opportunity to review. Ev eryone Is wondering where to begin. Keep cool and the light will show what to do. Economy In the cost of living can help. r . MARK MATTHEWS. '. Boaqnets AU Around. OMAHA. Oct 9.-T0 the Editor of The Bee: Omaha's efficient police force' has been deservedly complimented for the splendid manner in which Ak-Sar-Ben visitor were taken care of tils year. Now, it occurs to me that the Omaha ft Council Bluff Street Railway company Is entitled to a few deserved compliment as well. The Immense crowds .of people who thronged our streets during the ten days' season of Ak-Sar-Ben festivities were admirably handled, only two minor accidents being reported, and these,' I am told, were, due to rank carelessness on the part of the Injured passengers, who admitted the fact Omaha can truthfully boast of having the best street car serv ice of any city ot Its size in the Unltea States another thing to be prouo of. And In this connection let us not overlook our splendidly disciplined fire department. with its modern equipment The Ore boy are surely there with , the good, which fact haa frequently been demonstrated by the prompt subduing of big fires which might easily have resulted in great dis aster but for the efficient work of Oma ha's amy of brave and coot-head d fir fighters. - CHARLES E. FIELDS. 3210 Spencer street "I supiwse you'll be glad when the elec tion 'is over." "I dunnV replied Farmer CorntosseL "Every little demand for farm products helps some, and I take lfhat some of us agriculturists ought to be doin' a big business fumlshfn' straw for straw votes." Washington Star. . Jones What's the matter with Pooriey? He's been goin' with Miss Budd for some time- Hasn't he got the sand to propose?". - ' Brown on, ye; but not the 'rocks' to get married. Judge. . Hokus I tell you, ah operation for ap pendicitis is no Joke!" Pokus No. but if 1t were it would be a slde-spllttlng one. Life. "The dog you sent here thi morning bit at us and then ran away." i "He evidently determined he would show you a case of .snap and go." Balti more American. ; "Coming Into the city this morning I sat Just behind two lawyers." "Well, ther was nothing remarkable about that." "Thara wasn't, eh? Thev were not talking shop." Chicago Record-Herald. '1 can't learn how Ptrlmmer Is going to vote this year. What alia him?" 'It's a comoileation or aumentaas usuai. He haa symptoms of Wllsonitls, moosopia. and eleDhantiasls. and he a cnalin unaer the collar." Chtcago Tribune. "I'm very marked Mr. fond of watermelon," re Gummey, "but it always gives me cramps." "JUSt wait till my wes is iienwieu, replied Mr. Glanders, "and then you can eat watermelon witn impunuy. "What ia your Idea, may I askf 'To graft the watermelon to the Ja maica ginger plant" Llpplncott's Maga zine. , : . . "This assault on the witness' character 1s impossible to verify, because she Is a dressmaker. "What has that to do with it?" "A dressmaker Is naturally obliged to live a, pattern Ufe."-Baltimore Amer ican. ' . ' "That sensational Mrs. Garble has been f out shooting- deer in Colorado with a guide." . v "Did she shoot any? "Three." "Mercy! How did she contrive to hit them?" x "Easy. She invariably aimed at the guide." Cleveland Plain Dealer. "What Is going on?" asked the terrified stranger, in Central America. "Revolution." replied the man In the uniform. " "Who Is leader of the rebels?" "Don't know yet. That's what thla fusht is about." Washington Star. Mrs. Bhortley wa discussing the latest fashions with a young lady caller. "Did you say your husband was fond of those clinging gowns. Mae?" "Tee; he likes one to cling to me for about three years." Lipplncott'a Maga zine. - ! " WJfe-Oh, George, do order a rat trap to be sent home today. . . George But you bought one last weeK. Wife Yes, dear; but htre's a rate In that "-Philadelphia Bulletin. Knlcker-How does Jonea manage to save so much out of his salary? . Bocker Inherited talent; his father a policeman and his mother waa a chorus girt Judge. . E0AD TO HAPPINESS. Pacific Monthly. This Is the road to Happiness; Start now from where you are . "Turn to the right and keep etralght on, And you'll not find it far. , Along the Path of Willing Feet And over Heartless Hill, Across the fld "of Sweet Content ; The stream of Glad Good Will; ' Then through the lane of Loving Heart, The gate that's called Today, And down the steps of Little Things Into the Common Way. And take the Cloak of Charity, , The staff of Wise Employ, A loaf of Bread of Daily Grace. A flask well filled with Joy; A word of cheer, a helping hand, Some good to give or share, A bit of song, a high resolve, A hope, a smile, a prayer. And in the Place of Duty Done, tiesioe tne uoor 01 jiumn You'll find the House of Happiness For happiness does not roam. . ; Hi j2aBBiBsSB HI Here is the opportunity you have been waiting for. The matchless Ford is now with in your reach. We have min imized the price. We have maximized t h e p r o d u c t. And we have made possible a Model T for you. Runabout -Touring Car Town Car - $525 600 800 These new prices, f. 0. b. Detroit, with all equipment. An early order will mean an early delivery. Get particulars from Ford Motor Company, 1916 Harney street, or direct from the Detroit factory. IMPOSLXGr SOUQHBACr FIGURES. Pittsburgh. Dispatch: But if ther wr orders to return contribution from the Standard In 1904, were ther nor. regard Ing $109,0000 contribution from other cor poration sources? New York World: May not contribu tion to the. doughbag at Armageddon also be linked to giving to the Red Cross? Perkins and Fllnn In the uniform of nurses would give a new touch of holi ness to the great battle. Baltimore American: A practical candi date in discussing hla need 'of' cam paign contributions with a practical mil lionaire would never make the Imprac tical blunder ot soliciting hi aid openly. Nor does the .waiter openly ask for hla tip, but both have a way of getting what they want "unsolicited." ' Philadelphia Record:. Of course Boss FUnn expects to get 3100,000 worth of favor for every $100,000 ot cold cash he spend in boosting Colonel Roosevelt FUnn 1 "practical." There 1 no keener sport la the game of grab ' and graft than Fllnn. . V , . - Philadelphia Ledger: No man ot Mr. Fllnn' type would expend 3144,090 la a slngl political campaign unless he had great Interests at stake which war threatened, or unless he hoped to recoup himself. What Mr. FUnn ' may expect from Colonel Roosevelt In repayment of hla great sacrifice of money haa not yet been told. What he may hope to ac complish for himself, to the event of hla purchase of the state machine, the public may Infer from his past career a a political contractor In Pittsburgh. 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Harmless, gentle "Syrup of Figs" is best to cleanse your stom- ach, liver aad 30 feet of bowels of sour bile, decaying foot, gases and clogged-up waste. Tou old f people. Syrup of Figs is par ticularly for you. Yvu who 'don't exer dse as much a you need to; who like the ey chair. Tou, whose step are low and whose muscle ara less elastic You must realise that your liver and ten yards' ot bowels have also become lees active. Don't regard Syrup of Fig as physic. It stimulates the liver and bowel just as exercise would do If you took enough of It It 1 not harsh like salt and ca thartica The kelp which Syrup of Ffgs give to torpid liver and weak, sluggish bowel 1 harmless, natural and gentle. When eye grow, dim, you help them. Do the same with your liver and bowels when age make them les active. There la nothing more important Costive, clogged-up bowel mean that decaying, fermenting' food la dogged there and the porea of ducta la toes thirty feet at bowels suck this decaying waate and poi son into the blood. You will never get feeling right until this is corrected-but do it gently. Don't nave a bowel wash Cay; don't us a bowel Irritant For your sake, please use only gentle, effective Syrup of Figs. Then you are not drug ging yourself, for Syrup of Fig la com posed of only luscious figs, senna and aromatic which cannot Injure. A teaspoonful to-night will gently, but thoroughly, mov on and out of your ystem by morning all of the sour bile, poisonous fermenting food and clogged up waste matter without ariD. nausea. lor4 weakness. But get the genuine. Ask your drug gist for the full name "Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna." Refuse, with con tempt any ; other Tig Syrup unless it bears the name prepared by the CaUforw nia Fig Syrup Company. Read the label Advertisement