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OCTOBER CIRCULATION
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What became of the Iowa idea in
tho shuffle?
Governor Johnson may now un
clench his (1st.
Sorao women want a voto nearly
all want a voter.
Tho Turks have not caught a man
stealing second yet.
Tho man who forgot to vote will
have no right to kick.
Is there any difference botweon
''social justice" and Just Justice?
"Hater of Americans Killed," sayn
a headline. Only our lovers live.
It begins to look as If Tama Jim
might resign as secretary of agricul
ture. That Is not absent treatment thoy
aro giving the sick man of Europe,
either,
From all accbunta, thoy scorn to
bo giving Turkey the Armageddon
degree.'
Turkey's, new resolve is that tho
best way to get' peace is to dlo for It
if need' be, ',
"No honest man nood fear my ad
ministration," says Mr. Wilson. That
quiets our nerves.
It becomes possiblo to have a
Whlto Houso wedding or two within
the next four years.
Tho woathor man has bcon on the
consumer's side; oven though tho
coal man is against him.
An. election without an election
contest or two growing out of It
would completely fill tho bill.
Everyone- agroes that Omaha is a
good show town. Still, It deponds
somowhat on the kind of show.
The old-fashioned follow who
wore "government box" did not pro
test much on the tariff on men's
hose.
"It only takes ono day to elect a
president," says an exchange It
took our democratic friends twenty
years.
Decker's new counsel calls him a
Dreyfus. Yes, well, tho time for
buncombe in that case seems to have
gono by.
Not much in the papers of late ex
plaining why the last seven verse.1
in tho sixtieth and 108th Psalms aro
ldontfrr.l.-
"DonU cqt tho cornorp," says tho
now street ordinance No, put thorn
QVpr lhfl-.plato and touch every baso
or you are out.
The poota ' who "listed November
among tbe bleak months could never
nave visited. Nebraska between Octo
ber and December.
Ono cu usually find an excuse to
Jo the thing ho most wlshos to do,
whether It is what he knows he
ought to do or not.
.Because J. P. Morgan is now tho
owner of. a volume John Bunyan
once ownod, "Fox's Book of Mar-
jts, ' does that make him a martyr!
Wo congratulato Mr. Bryan's Com-
oner on its transformation Into a
pictorial paper, but wo trust it will
no connne us ruturo efforts to the
fobster as a subject.
Kach houso of the Nebraska legis
lature will be so dlvldod politically
that two or three votes will hold the
balance of powei? which should add
interest to the proceedings.
Argument Non Disputandum.
Kvery person counts among his ac-
, qualntances the man or the woman
who Is always roady to disagree Just
to start an argument. In fact, it
seems to b a trait of humnn naturo
to be eagor to enter into n contro
Tcrsy, and match mental skill In
proving assertions and disproving
counter ansortlons. Another trait of
human nature, however, obtrudes It
self in a similar disposition to clinch
an argument by applying an oppro
brious name to an opponent, or by
Impugning his motives and inspira
tion. Toward tho cIoho of the lata cam
paign four. eminent and distinguished
lawyers made a public statement as
to the law and points At Issuo In cer
tain court decisions, which they onld
wore misunderstood by reason of In
accurate and distorted explanations,
whereupon n certain candldato for
president hearing a military title
promptly ended all debate by char
acterlzlng thorn as "corporation law
ycrs defending perversion of tho
law."
Another distinguished Btatosman,
three times a candidate for presl
dent, has been equally follcltouB in
sllonclng critics. Every contradic
tion or adverse comment on his at
tltudo !b promptly warded off by
tracing its Bourco to "Wall street" or
some odious bonoflctary of special
privilege.
When, at a recent meeting hero In
Omaha addressed by the foremost
living champion of tho Blnglo tax,
questions ware invited and Informa
tlon asked which tho speaker did not
scorn to have ready at hand, tho quos
ttoner was 'unceremoniously squelched
by tho retort, "You're a land owner,"
as If equivalent to an indlctmont and
verdict of guilty of somo holndUB of
fense.
Along tho same lino might bo cited
a division had on the question of
granting tho suffrage to women. For
tho negatlvo all those wero askod
to rlso "who hellovo in the porpotual
enslavement of women, tho dobaso
ment of the wives and tho daughters
and tho donlal of justlco to one-half
tho human raco."
What Is most notlcoablo, however,
is that tho people who resort to thin
Bort of argument non disputandum
are, as a rule, Just tho ones who,
whon paid back in their own coin,
aro quickest to show resentmont, and
to insist they aro being unfairly
treated.
Heligious Warfare.
"Tho cross will chase tho crescent
from Bolgrndo to Bagdad," said an
orator during tho week and his words
as tho tltlo InBplrod a poem. -Turkey,
though, finds tho situation oven moro
Borlous; to it tho war means, not
moroly an attompt to boat back Is
lamtsm beyond tho Bosphorous, but
to oxtormlnato it. Hero is a trans
lated oxceVpt from a leading Turkish
ournal:
If Europs wishes to tear up treaties It
may do so; but wu will not allow tho
Koran and the history of Osmun to bo
torn up. All tho Turkish ministers, with
ll6 grand vliler, affod 81 years, at their
head, bji well as our high dlffnltarles,
our soldiers and tho wholo nation, havo
sworn to shod their blood In that cause.
Thoao who entertain tho idea of aban-
donlnc the fathorlaud will incur tho male
diction of tho almighty prophet.
To Turkey this is a rellglouB war
and of all wars religious wars havo
been tho most frenzied. Tho moro
mention hero of tho Koran is enough
to reflect tho foellng of tho Turks.
To them this book Is. In a sensn.
oven moro sacred than 1b the Blblo
to tho Christians, for whllo tho Blblo
Is being printed In all languages aa
fast as possiblo, M -,oma bollovo tho
sanctity of tho Koran destroyed when
translated, out of its original tongue.
It would not bo hard to bollovo that
ovory drop of Turkish blood might
be offered in defonso of Islamlsm
under tho Inspiration of rollgioua
seal. History holds imprcsslvo exam
ples of tho grlmncBs of Moslom te
nacity whon It comes to a dofense of
the faith.
The Railroad Club.
The Southern Paciric- railroad Is
Xlndlugr very practical benefit to lt
polf and employes In tho railroad
men's cluba established over Its sys
tem. Tho cluba aro In tho hands of
an expert, who first Btudlod tho hab
its and tastes of tho men, then at
tempted to gratify them. He found.
for Instance, that many of tho inon
frequented snloofis, whoro all wero
admitted on a footing of equality
without dues, certlflcato of member
ship or other requirements or restric
tions, They simply paid their way
and got their wlshos. Tho export
had his cluo. Hq produced clubs
whoro tho men could got everything
but intoxicating liquor with JtiBt tho
same freedom as In tho saloon. Thoy
niigut smolte and chew, chat and
read, play pool, billiards and cards,
But In addition to these prlvllocoa
tho club furnlshod baths, rpoma for
rost and sleep, which tho saloon did
not. The result is, according to tho
company's reports. Increased eobrloty
and efficiency and general content
ment among tho employes.
That is what tho railroad sought.
It promulgated a rule against drink
ng, not on moral grounds, but elm
ply on tho ground that drinkers did
not make safe railroaders, but it was
unablo to enfofco the rule effect
ively without offering the mon an
adequate substitute for the social
ability of the saloon. It was laying
out largo suuia of money for safety
appliances and could not afford to
leavo undono anything else that
might tend to lncreane the efficiency
of this equipment. It scorns to havo
hit upon tho proper method. Its of
ficial roportB show 150,000,000 pas
sengers carried in four yoars without
a fatality from a collision or derail
ment. This may bo accepted as
fairly suggeativo of the feasibility,
both of tho safety mechanical ap
pliances and the club houso system.
Penalty of Carelcis Living
According to our census reports,
tho population of this country in
creased moro thnn IB, 000, 000, or 21
per cent, between 1900 and 1910.
Our area of farm land, that under
cultivation, increased only a little
moro than 4 per cent, and tho num
ber of meat-producing animals
actually fell off more than 20,000,-
000.
It appears that our high cost of
living Is, In part, tho penalty of our
carolosB Bystom of living, We cannot
neglect tho land and expect condi
tions to be different. Without going
Into tho wider domain of tho univer
sality of this problem of high prices,
wo havo hero tangible evidence of
concurrent causes so far as our part
of it is concerned.
Our peoplo havo tried to oat their
cako and havo it at tho same time.
Thoy domand a bottor adjustment of
tho scalo of prices, but refuse to go
back to tho land where, on tho basis
of this showing, tho readjustment
muBt begin. Not only Is population
grossly outrunnfng the development
of sources of production, but It has
becomo extromoly difficult to get
labor enough to harvest tho crops wo
plant and grow. Only this yoar In
tho middlo west fruit farmers In par
ticular have sufforod losses bocause
they could not get help when needed
to gather and markot their crops. If
tho consumors woro closo to tho placo
of food supply, much complaint would
be obviated.
The Market Idea.
The market idea as appliod to tho
problem of high living costs claims
now vindication In Oklahoma City.
Tho idoa, of course, of maintaining
markets where farmers may sell and
consumers buy directly Is old, but
Its practical abandonment for bo
many years makes It Beera new now.
If Oklahoma City's experiences aro
typical, it does not matter about tho
ago of tho idea if it can bo mado to
boget desired results.
Oklahoma City, so tho story runs,
was growing so rapidly within that
Its people did not attend to tho de
velopment of tho surrounding coun
try In tho matter of providing1 Im
mediate outlets to what tho farms
produced. Then one day the city
awoke to tho fact that its produco
prices were sky-high, -whllo on tho
Other hand farmors woro suffering
for markets. Promptly, as tho
World's Work relates It, an open
market in tho city was established
whoro farmers might bring their
truck and sell it directly to tho city
consumor. Soon largor spaco waa
given to tho market, which now com
prises several city squares, whero all
classed of consumors buy, those who
walk or rido In street cars, buggies
und Umouslnos.
According to reports, "actual fig
ures, comparing tho retail costs of
all kinds of food supplies In Okla
homa City with thoso of a yoar ago,
ahow decroasoa from 2G to 50 per
cent." If such results aro possiblo
In one city, why not in others like
wise in sloso proximity to the farm?
Negro Rights and Wrongs.
A most senstblo discussion of tho
condition of tho negro In Aniorjca is
contributed by Booker T. Washing
ton to the current Contury maga
zine. In this artlclo Dr. Washing
ton takes particular pains to ludlcate
and emphasize bis opinion that, de
spite much injustice Buffering and
undeniable raco projudlco, tho negro
in America faros much bottor, and
stands on a higher lovol, than tho
negro In any other part of the world.
Tho wrohgs endured by the Amer
ican negro, both north and south,
call loudly for correction, and tho
barriers to his progress are doubt
loss discouraging. Chief of all, In
Dr. Washington's catalogue Is tho
denial of tho equal protection of the
law, tho moro accusation of a negro
In many places being tho equivalent
of conviction for crime because of
biased und hostile white Judges and
juries, and often rcluctahco to ac
cord trial by Jury at all.
TJio inadequate school facilities
provided for negro children and the
poor Instruction furnlshod whoro
Rchools nro open to them aro proper
subjects of remonstrance, especially
whoro, aa Is shown,- negro schools
rocolvo Btipport disproportionate oveji
to tho monoy collected from negro
taxpayers.
Tho outrageous treatment of ne
gioes compelled to travel In filthy,
rattletrap, Jim Crow cars, together
with Inability to get necessary food
nnd drink enrouto, is also naturally
resonted, Dr. Washington has not
Inslstod on tho negro's right to mix
in with whites on trains and In rail
way stations, but he demands ade
quate facilities, Bomewhero near tho
somo for the satno money for black
and white.
On the demarcation of social lines
no special fault Is to be found by
Dr. Washington, who declines to nn
courage tho negro to usplrn to social
Intercourse outsido of tho raco.
Thero aro countries in wtilch theso
lines arc less sharp, dr disappear al
together, as in Haytl, San Domingo,
parts of South America nnd paila of
Africa, but attontlon Is rnllu.l u io
fact that the possibility of escaping
from social discrimination is not
strong enough to offsot tho advan
tages enjoyed horo or to attract ne
groos from America to those coun
tries. It goes back, then, to tho original
proposition, that tho American negro
Is not only tho most Intelligent and
industrious of his race, tho most ad
vanced In civilization, the best fed
and clothed and housed of all of the
negroes, but also holds tho beflt op
portunities for future progress und
development. Negro wrongs in
America aro grievous, but negro
rights in America make thin country
the ono he prefers to live tn.
The Vanishing Astor Estate.
Lato inventories sliow that the
Astor fortUno, once the most for
midable, has dwindled to a mero
178,000,000, of which, under tho will
of the lato John Jacob Astor, $68,
000,000 falls Into the lnoxperl
enced hands of tho youthful William
Vincent Astor, his son. Thus, as
tho Saturday Evening Post observes,
very likely tho Junior branch of tho
Astor estate has boon transmitted In
bulk to n single 'beneficiary for tho
last time.
The day for bequeathing such
great fortunes Intact is passing. So
ciety no longer wishes to lend its
consent to the perpetuation of the
principle- Involved. And this now
conception of tho offlco and func
tion of wealth, which denies any in
herent right of tho transmission of
property, is a sign of a progressive
age. It accords with a broadly
democratic principle that clearly
recognizes individual offort and en
courages great rewards of Industry,
yet stops at undeserved advantage.
Tho very fact of tho shrinkage in
the ABtor millions through tno
process of transmission Is one argu
ment against the system of per
petuating Us unconditional control
ns an Integral property.
Some Runner.
Even in advance- of tho official
returns, It Is plain that Harry CounB
man, running for county assessor,
tops the bunch on tho republican
local tlckot In Douglas county, which
moans that Counsman Is somp run
ner ovon in fast company. This is
ono of tho most gratifying incidents
of the campaign, because It is a
tribute to an Omaha boy, grown up
in our own community, making
frlonds constantly by attending
quietly to his own business and per
forming tho duties, that have como
to him efficiently and unostenta
tiously. As county assessor, es
pecially with tho training ho has had
under provlous officials, Harry,
Counsman will bo ouro to make good.
All ho has to do is to keep right on
tho path ho has been traveling nnd
not let this big voto swell his head.
Dean Sumnor of Chicago, usually
cited by well moaning, reformers as
safe authority, says ho does not be-
Hove in the system of arresting un
fortunato women as n means of
boaking up their illicit traffic. Now,
It tho dean is to be recognized as an
authority becauso of bis Interest and
experience in dealing with moral
questions, why not recogntzo hlra in
this? How to cure this social ill has
porploxcd good mon of all ages and
no ono need claim a patent right on
a remedy, or condemn thoso who
may honestly disagree with their
way of thinking,
Tho announcement of changed
ownership of the. New York Indepen
dent will bo noted with Interest by
everyone familiar with that historic
Journal, which has counted among
Its editors Honry C. Bowon, Henry
Ward Beocher, Edward Eggleston,
Justin McCarthy, Washington Glad
den, and other mon distinguished In
tho world of letters. From now on,
Hamilton Holt, for ten years its man
aging editor, will own and publish
the magazine, which 1b assuranco that
Its standards will be maintained and
steadily raised.
A St. Louis girl confesses to set
ting fire to one big hotel, which
burned with fatal resulto, and to at
tempting to destroy another, just for
excltcniont How that quiet old
town must pall on a person's nerves.
"Tho .progressive party has won
the greatest victory in tho history of
political organizations," said Gov
ernor Johnson of California. Won
der what It would take to make him
regard It as a dofeat.
On the theory that "It's an ill
wind that blows nobody good," these
balmy autumnal zephyrs are docld
odly consoling to tho purchaser of
$12 anthracite.
King Georgo commands world
wide admiration probably because
ho Is bo different from the King
Goorgo whom our American colonics
repudiated.
Tho convention of Nebraska teach
ers proved a record-breaker. But
then this Is a rocord-brcaking year
In Nob r ask a all around.
With tho presidential olectlon out
of tho way, even tho business of train
robbing is porcoptlbly picking up.
hu Backward
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Thirty Years Ago
"IJttle Corrlno" opened lu a new mu
sical comedy called "nijou." Ttev. Joseph
Cook Is coming to lecture next week,
and Fran): Mayo Is billed for later.
Tho new gong for engine houso No. 2
hoa nrrived and can be heard three or
four blocks away.
Tho Milwaukee road has opened a ticket
offlco In the offlco of tho Missouri Pa
cific at tho l'ax ton hotel, with Oeorgo
H. Vooio In charge, and Ooorge a 'East
man m city passenger agent for tho
two roads.
Tho Initial party of the Home Circle
club waa given laat evening at Keeney &
Connolly's hall.
Tho finder of a black plush laprobe wltn
grcon and red striped lining, lost near
Cuming street, will be rowarded by re
turning to Lr. II. Williams & Son, Fif
teenth and Dodgo.
lion, James Liilrd arrived In Omaha,
and reports his election to congress by
2,000 majority.
Honey may be bought at William Gen
tleman's, at 15 cents per pound,
Tha last game of the season Is again
announced. This tlmo to bo between the
I'ttclflo Kxprcss nine of tho Union Pa
cific freight auditors' nine.
Twenty Yearn A go
Tom J. Huteson and brother, J. C.
JIuteson, returned from California and
woro at the Paxton.
Dr. A. B. Homers, health commissioner,
showed tho Board of Health that three
fourth of tho contagious dlsonses for
the last three months had been In tho
section Immediately southeast of Pros
pect, Hill cemetery, and he desired the
passage of an ordlnanco enabling him
arbitrarily to close up wells, convinced
that they were the chief sources of
trouble.
Local democrats were preparing -to
Jubllato over tho election of a president,
The Samosat club appointed theso men
to Join in plans for tho celebration: J
C. Morrison, Frank J.'Lange, Dan Honln,
1. K. Blaassor, J. It. Downing, and the
Jaclcsonlans appointed these: W. D.
Mcllugli, John J. Mahoney, George J.
Bternsdorff, It. V. Montague and John
Power.
President S. II. II. Clark of tho Mis
sourl Pacific was planning a three
weeks' tour of the southern lines of tho
company.
ProipectH for the early completion of
tho now union depot at Tenth and Marcy
streets wero bedimmed by two suits
filed against the city, tho Union Depot
company and tho Union Pacific. They
were filed by the Ilock Island and tho
Milwaukee roads, demanding entrance,
and maintaining that a bridge embargo
was to be levied against them.
Ten Years Ago
Tho Broatch-Savage police board let out
sixteen police officers on tho pretense of
shortage of funds. Among the number
were many old-timers.
"W. J. Broatch, J. W. Thomas, Leo w.
Spratlon and Carl C. Wright secured from
Judge Baxter of district court a ruling
that they constituted the do facto flro
and police board and or3rlng the mayor
and city council to pay them 'their sal
arles for the months of August and Sep
tember, the period tho action was pend
ing.
Hudson & Judah closed the deal for the
icasn of tho Trocadero theater, which
they wero to control for five years. They
announced their plan of spending J25.000
In renovation.
The county board finally came to an
agreement on a successor to tho late
Harry Miller as county clerk, conferring
tho honor upon John C. Droxel. Connolly,
O'Keefo and Hpfoldt, democratic commls
sloners, hod a hard tlmo agreeing on tho
man.
Washington Lewln, 85 years old, a real
dont of Florence, died at the county hos
pltal from fracturo of tho skull, which
ho got from a fall while walking along
the street.
HOW EDITORS SEE THINGS.
Houston Post: Our aversion to holding
offlco Is so strong that out of a lofty
respect for our feelings we feel sure that
President "Wilson will not press us to
accept one.
Ht. Louis Globe-Democrat: Tho reports
of those hordes of savage Mussulmans
who would spring up from the desert tb
aid Turkey In tho holy war seem to have
.had, a straw vote origin.
St. Louis Republic: One dollghtful
autumnal thought Is that, tho Balkan
allies appear to be vigorous enough to
invito tho pestiferous "great powers" to
buay themselves with their own affairs.
Brooklyn Eagle: "Hot dog" is not
a figure of speech, but real food, now,
in Qermany. Tho very best way in tho
world to make socialists Is to keep up
a tariff on meat. The logic of hunger
is inexorable.
Chicago Record-Herald: An anti
militarist leader says that an armed In
surrection against a government despica
ble enough to declaro war might bring
peace. A flno example of the method
known as fighting fire with fire.
Washington Post: Tho free-lovo bride
and groom out In Pasadena who agreed
tn their marriage contract to share
equally in the household expenses are
being sued for a 119 vegetable bill, which
Imply proves that what's everybody's
business speedily becomes nobody's,
Springfield Republican: The war In tho
Balkans is likely to be unique In the
proportion of deaths from wounds to
deaths from disease; tho campaign has
been too short for many to bo taken
sick, though many typhoid cases may de
velop after the war Is over. The sanita
tion experts can hardly have kept pace
with this furious advance, but most of
the soldiers on both sides are hardy peas
ants and the proportion of sickness In a
short campaign Is not likely to be largo.
Boston Transcript: It Is Interesting to
find the bishop of Mexico, Right Rev. Dr.
IL D. Aves, pleading for land reform aa
the only solution of tho Mexican trouble.
It wos land reform that Madero prom
ised and It Is to his failure to keep that
promise that l attributed the unrest now
stirring the republic to the south. Dr.
Ave' plea Is for a middlo class, and In
order to get one ha tnsUU that the
Mexican peon must be given a chance
to better his miserable condition. Work
ing for a standard wage of liVi cents a
day, he now has little opportunity for
self-Improvement. The bishop asks a
helping hand from this republic In the
physical, moral and Intellectual develop
ment of the peon. 1
People and Events
Chicago expressed Its gratitude for
thoso overflow conventions with a pretty
stiff punch.
In tho presence of the landslide at
Undo Barn's doorway, Culebra cut bows
Its diminished head.
In transferring his capital to the Asian
side of the Bosphorus Mahomet X real
izes In that direction Hps Armageddon
and safety.
Tho force of the revolution going on In
this glorious land may be measured by
tho fact that Boston harbors a man who
speaks Irreverently of bean.
Just as the campaign ends a business
boosting Inventor springs a megaphone
that will project tho human voice three
miles. By this means tho Alsorans may
spread their screams over considerable
territory.
Tho fates aro not as cruel as they are
pictured. The kindly disposed voters of
Indiana Insist on the Hon. A, J. Bever
Idgo clinging to the vlneclad cottage an
a placo more conducive to flight of fancy
than tho cold gray walls of the state
house.
Tho hyphenated town of KIrk-Klllsseh,
recently prominent In war news, has e.
great reputation as a wine maker. But
the town's name does not go with the
goods. The wlno goes to Franco, where
Is bottled, labeled artistically and sold
around the world as rqal "Bordeaux."
Major General Nelson A. Miles has
filed at the democratic headquarters In
Now York a demand for the removal
of pelts and stuffed animals from the
Whlto House. Tho general would havo
"a corking good tlmo" doing the Job,
He has had some experience In Whlto
House chucking business,
A searching Investigation convinces
commlttco of tho Chicago city council
that tho gas, oil and olectrtc light com
panles have distributed disguised divi
dends whllo pleading low earnings as a
fundamental objection to forcible reduc
tion of rates. The discovery Is suffl
clontly unique to be listed as one of the
attractions of the city.
Where, oh where, are tho Uashl Ba
zouks while Islam bleeds? These holy
terrors, tho Cossacks of tho Turkish
army, whoso bloody record of slaughter
ing defenseless women and children puts
them In the class of tho Goths of old,
have not appeared on the firing line on
tho Thraclnh plains. Moro's the pity
No. other human target would Infuse the
Bulgars with greater celerity of action
on the trigger. But the foxy brigands
prefer safety In the Asian mountain to
radiating Joy among Bulgar cannoneers,
It Is worth while noting that the flocks
Of political roosters, which In former
years lent a Joyous decorative touch to
victorious party papers the morning
after, have been all but exterminated by
the lato melancholy cataclysm. Proclous
few are seen In the exchanges. The New
York World, tho Cincinnati Knqulrer, the
Boltlmoro Evening Sun and the Indianap
olis News each parade a strutting chan
tlcler, and Colonel Wotterson's Joy Is
vented In a bunch of six piping pullets.
Tha famous flock of prize winners In
tho coops of tho St. Louis Globe-Demo-'
crat aro "lost to sight, to memory dear,"
swept headless to Ignominious doom. Ar
a morning emblem of victory tho rooster
Is a distinct has-been.
SAFBOUAHTJINO STAFF OF 1.1FF..
Belated Attention In the Handling;
of II read Lonym,
Loutsvlllo Courier-Journal.
In these days of Increasing attention
to sanitary matters It Is rather strange
that tho practice of wrapping bread Is
not more common. A loaf of bread In
Us trahsltton from the "baker to tho con
sumor passes through many hands. In
tho Interval between baking and consump
tion it Is exposed to dust and files and is
likely to gather germs which, If not
deadly, at least are not beneficial to the
human Bystcm and not relished by the
consumer.
There Is no doubt that bread which
passes through various hands gathers
germs. A loading medical journal not
long ago announced the result of a
mlcroscoplo examination of several loaves
of unwrapped bread. The analytical
showing demonstrated conclusively the
possibility of tho transmission of dis
ease. It Is needless to say that the in
vestlgatlon also developed facts which
are exceedingly distasteful and discon
certing to thoso who have a proper re
gard for tho cleanliness and purity of
their rood Bupply.
Thero are many good reasons why
greater care should be exercised In the
handling of bread, "the staff of life," and
the food product which stands high
above all others as an indispensable fea
ture) of the household menu. More san
itary methods are being devised for the
preparation, the transportation and tho
tale of almost every article that eaters
Into tho catalogue of human food supply.
It does not seem reasonable that bread,
the most common of all such commod
ities, should be exempt frqm the ordi
nary precautions which count so strongly
for cleanliness and for sanitation.
eilKWI.NG FOB TMK OLD FLAG.
Up-to-Date Methods of the Navy
Department.
Washington Post.
The first thing wo know they'll be
giving away green trading stamps with
every enlistment, and offering seamen
season tickets for the world's series, and
automobiles to (he most popular sailors,
for It must bo admitted that the Navy
department Is becoming oa up-to-date in
Its methods us a dry goods and notions
store. It Is making llfo on the bound
ing wave so attractive that In a few
years the constructors won't bo able to
turn out dreadnoughts fast enough to
accommodate tho clamoring crowds of
eager men anxious to serve the dear old
flag. Free tobacco chewing contests for
tho men of the battleships Is the latest
novelty.
The facts are that IS happy and con
tented sallormen at tha Brooklyn navy
yard have been told off as the chewing
squad. For six blissful week they will
test samples of tobacco submitted by the
dealers anxious to supply Uncle Sam with
12,000 pounds of tho weed. They will
roll tho delicious quids under their
tongues, lie back contentedly, and let
the smoke of fragrant Havana perfectos
blpw through their whiskers, enoezo de
lightedly at every pinch of snuff, and
expectorato to their hearts' content.
What a revel in nicotine, and how en
vious tho farmer "boy out in Indiana will
bel It wU be Interesting to Inspect the
statistics of enrollment next month, and
discover to what extent the uiuator rolls
of the navy have been padded out as
a result of this canny maneuver on the
part of the authorities.
SPARKS FROM POLITICAL ANVILS
Washington Tost: Those Mlent voters
are certainly a nolfy bunch.
Philadelphia Record: Now let It snow,
or rain or hall, If It will. Wc don't care
Chicago Inter Ocean: How dkl It hap
pen? Here's the how In ono word; Roosc
valt! Chicago Tribune: There was a land
slide, all right, but it slid In the wrong
direction.
New York Sun: "Onward, Christian
Soldiers," stems to be a bettor war song
In tho Balkans than hero.
Sioux City Journal: President Tafts
place In history will be more conspicuous
than might be Indicated by the 1912 elec
toral college.
Chicago Record-Herald: In hurriedly
casting about for a word to describe
things ono unconsciously rejects land
slide In favor of cataclysm.
Springfield Republican: Never before.
In the, Republican's memory, was tho re
sult of a national election so quickly as
certained. Tho ambition for a third term
d.d It.
St. Paul Dispatch: Tho killed, and
wounded In tho last Balkan battle dwin
dled Into lntlgnlflcance compared with
the victims of Tuesday's battle of th
ballots.
New York Tribune: Woodrow Wilson
got away with everything that was not
nailed down. Thero wan never anything
quite lltto It In tho politics of this coun
try. The election will not be "thrown
Into the house."
fit. Louis Times': Let us rejoice that It
Is only the political "Uncle Joo" who has
been discredited. Ho Is a mighty man
still, in respect to genuine qualities. Ho
Is the man who put Danville and tho big
black cigar on the map.
SUNDAY SMILES.
Jack Now that your engagement Is
broken, nre you going to mako Blanche
send back your letters?
Harry You bet I am. I worked hard
thinking out thoso letters; they're worth
using again. Boston Transcript.
"Pa, why is It that old friends are the
best?"
"One reason is that if they are old
enough thoy will know It Is useless to
try to borrow money from you." Chicago
Tribune.
"Why didn't you contribute to our cam
paign fund?"
"Because," replied Mr. Dustln Stax,
"your candidate Is a very agreeable man
and I like his company. I didn't want
to do anything that might causo him to
feel compelled, for political reasons, to
cut my acquaintance." Washington Star.
First School Teacher Does Edith's lit
tle girl ever make any bright answers?
Second School Teacher No: sho al
ways knows her lessons. Judge.
Jano (Jubilant over her first pie)
Your mother never made your father a
pie llko that, did she, John?
John (dubiously) No, dear. Father Is
still ullve and hale "and hearty. Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Patience I seo it Is said that female
spiders aro much larger and more fero
cious than tho males, and generally de
vour their husbands.
Patrice I should think even then that
the hue-bands wouldn't agree with them.
Yonkers Statesmap.
"Some day you may be president of the
United States," said tho admiring father,
"That's true," replied tho alert small
boy, thoughtfully. "You wouldn't caro
about coming to the front with an ad
vance contribution to the campaign fund,
would you?" Indlar.all8 News.
"Talking about Cinderella and her glass
slipper, she was the only Woman I know
of who could do such a feat."
"Such a feat as "what?"
"Do tho right thing by putting her foot
in it." Baltimore American.
"Geeso aro supposed to be symbolic of
all that Is foolish."
"Well, go on."
"But you never see an old gander hoard
up a million kernels of corn and then
BO around trying to mate with a gosling."
Town Topics.
Agnes I wish this suffragette move
ment would Introduce the custom of girls
calling on men.
QladysGoodnessI Why?
Agnes I know a few Staylates whom
I'd enjoy keeping up until after midnight.
Judge.
THE MELANCHOLY DAYS.
Rochester Post-Express.
The melancholy days have com.
Of which the poet etngs.
The days of woolen underwear
And other solemn things.
The leaves have fallen from the trees,
Tho sumac's lost Its hue;
The .turkey's being fattened, for
Thanksgiving's almost due.
The ducks and geeso hike overhead.
Forsaking marsh and lake;
The frost Is on tho pumpkin and
The buckwheat's In the cake.
A purple haze is on the hill, '
And In the valleys eke;
The furnace gobbles up the coal.
Tho water pipes all leak.
The gasman dreams of bigger bills,
The butcher's prices soar;
The foot ball fiend Is on the field
In quest of human gore.
The melancholy days have come,
Of which the poet sings.
Of walling winds and cloudy skies
And other mournful thins.
Spirits for Rheumatism
Tha IK nf onlHI. I (h. . . .
rnmimAttitm hi, nmv- i n . .1
among tho medical profession. When
iiu wim cenam oiner ingredients and
taken properly it is said to be an almost
Infallible cure for rhellmntUrn nnrt feaMr-
aohe." Here Is the formula: "From
rime tlit tret
pound (In original sealed package) and
one ounce of svrun of Rnnuinnriiin mm.
pound. Take these two ingredients home
and put them Into a half pint of good
tabjespoonful before each meal and at
bedtime." Result Mm, Immiii.iv it
your druggist does not have Torls com-
Kvuuu in oiuwn. n win get 11 in a rew
hounf from htn vrhnUialn imn.. iv.nt.
be Influenced to take tome patent medi
cine Instead of this. Insist on having
the1 genuine Toris compound in the orig.
inal one ounce sealed yellow package.
BOOS TTlWr Mn.n 1 1 . . . , T-l
r wv. auvuo-, X2UII-
Ions, Frost Bites, Aching and Sweaty
rm. a puoniui 01 vaiociae in the foot
bath gives Instant relief. Get a 25o box
at any drug store.-Adverttsement.
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