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8 THE BEE: OMAHA, TTESDAT, MARCH 2o, 191H. The omaha Daily bbis rOUNDHT) UY KUWAKO nOSKWAT&U. VICTOn ROSKWATKU. KHITUIt. HEE BUILDING. FARNAM AND W'fll. Entered nt Omaha ostofrlce as iecon.i. vbab matter. TERMS OF Kl'nSClUPTlON; Sunday Heo, one year f-J Saturday Hee. one year o Dally Uee, without Sunday, one ear.. "0 Dally Bee, and Sunday, one year-' " o-W DB1.IVBRBD BY CARRIKR. Evening and Sunday, per month .......wo KvcntnK. without Sunday, per month -.c Dully nee. Including Sunday, per mo..c Dally Bee. without Sunday, per ma.. ..! Address all complaint of Irregularities In dellevery to City Circulation Dept. . KBMITTANCE. nemlt by dralt. exprena or postal order, payable to The Bee Publishing loinpar.. . Onlv 2-cent atampe received In pament of small accounts, rersonal checKB. ex cept on Omaha and enstern exchange, not accepted. ' OPFICBS Omaha The Dae building. South Omaha-2J18 N ftrcet. Council Bluffs 14 North Main street. IJncoln-: Mttle building. Chicago- 10U Marquette building. Kansas aty-Rellance building. Now York-34 West Thirty-third. St. Louls-402 Frlseo building. Washington 7 Fourteenth St., N. V. rrnnv.hfl:r RNPK. Communication relntlng to ne And editorial matter nhouM be addressed Omaha Bee. Editorial department. FEBRUARY CIRCULATION. 50,823 ei.i N-fhrnxkn. Countv of DoUglas.ss: Dwlght Williams, circulation manager of The Bee Publishing company, being duly sworn, says that the average dail circulation for the month of ',l),r'm,y' 1913, was W,KH. UWiuiiT ii.iirtio. ' rirrnlat on Manager Subscribed In my preaenco and awurn to before me M.a"" (geal.) Notary i-umiw Snliarrlltrr lravtitic thr city tempnrnrllr "lioulil Imvc Tim llec mailed to them. Aildresn will lie channel! ma often n recinested. No dissension in distress. Now watch tho tornado Insurance boom. That Dowoy hotel holocaust pales Into Insignificance. Mr. Morgan, wo understand, pre fern his eggs scrambled. Omaha's Lenton expiation 1b, wo believe, tho novcrost on record. When said next time that to Hin doos novor invade cities, refuso to bo llovo It. Regardless of tho rotation of small pay to vlrtuo, tho wages of sin Is death. In the pall of gloom we will forget for a while evon about tho high wator rates. Mr. Olney's declination proves, however, that a democrat may got so old as to refuso public office A calamity of such crushing forco may well makoItev. "Billy" Bun- day's soul-savlni? VUIt unnecessary. When tho grim roapor dlBguisos himself as n storm cloud, no man made obstacle can withstand him. In tho democracy of sorrow all heads aro bowed but hearts aro sturdy and hands outstretched to help. Thoso two editors In tho cabinet ought to bo ablo to work Bomo im provement In tho Congressional Record. How. much wo depend on tho pub lic utlltloB service is novor realized until tho street cars stop and tho lights go out. Mr. Huntington Wilson la going abroad, but not as a ministerial ap pointees of the Woodrow Wilson ad ministration. It Is a good thing for the poorer of the storm vlctlhiB that wo are emerging from rather than entering the cold season. I One practical way to practice needed benevolenco In times ot dis tress is to sell tho necesBarlos with out excessively padding tho protltB. Many a girl, however, has tolled on for 5 a weok and less without ever compromising with evil, though that la no argument for paying her less than she earns. - Omaha baa never before known from .Ha own cxperlcnco such a stu- pefylng horror nnd thoso who Uavol gone through It will pray it .uuyia never know another such- What would a stricken people do without tho newspapers to tell them how great tho damage, tho extent of the loss, the names of the dead and Injured, and the measures for relief? If wo had a republican governor It would bo the democrats -who wouia no denouncing a governor appointed election commissioner for Omaha as a flagrant violation ot home rule. With one of Us employes killed, three homeless, and the dwellings of halt a Bcore more or less damaged, Tho.Bee'8 newspaper family feels that it has.lta full share of grief, and can extend to others heart-felt sympathy borne of IU own sad experience. Tho bull moose candldato for gov ernor of Massachusetts who insisted a atale-owned newspaper Is necessary In order to have the truth published, bu bought Into a Boston paper, bo that cow we may be sure of tho facts In, at least, one American Journal. A Crushing' Blow, in the devastation scattered by the deadly tornado, Omaha has suffered a crushing blow. Deforo tho Irresistible onslaught of nature's, gigantic forces, human be ings aro but as atoms, and their most substantial houses provo to bo but fragile shells. No precautions of ours could have prevented tho terrible visitation, and all wo can do Ib to succor the Injured, comfort tho bereaved, house the homolcss, and help to put the lamod ones again on their feet. The blow Is crushing, but intiBt not be permitted to becomo dis heartening. Tho community must stand to gether, and by common effort repair the work aa far as may be possible. Let us tako courage and strengthen our determination to ac cept such strokes of tato, and try to rise above them. A Burlesque of Necessity. The guardian ot a 15-year-old girl with an annual Income of $50, 000 appears before a Now York judge to show that his ward cannot "get along comfortably" on her al lowance of $13,000 a year, and tho judge raises the allowanco to $20, ,000, as askod. The girl, through her gonerous guardian, shows that her spring outfit ot clothing will cost $1800. What a travesty to rocelvo the grave sanction of a court of law! How many thousands ot girls, per haps dependent on their own meager resources, will read ot that and at tempt to proportion thotr Ideas of tho requirements for comfortable living from that distorted basis! Tho ovll of such prodigality Is not so much In Its effect upon tho prin cipal ns In Its example and Influence upon others as vain aa this girl, but not as able to gratify their vanity. In tho course ot tho curront in vestigations into tho wages and con dltlona of working women and girls, admittedly nono too satisfactory, it uppoara that many of tho pooror paid young' women might got along better but for tholr Imprudenco In attempting to dress ns well na oth era who are better paid. And bo on up tho tendency goes, until, no doubt, many a famlnlno wago earner and many women with husbands as wago earners, will look to such dis plays as that of tho rich girl and bo influenced beforo they know It. GarrisonVArmy Polioy. Tho now secretary of war ovl dently takes no stock In the illusion of disarmament, though standing for practical promotion of the causo of peaco. He would promote it, Just as tho Taft administration did, by maintaining n strong army. Secre tary Qarrison advocates a standing army of not less than 90,000, which, ho submits, is not , excessive for a population of 110,000,000. Ab this Ib oxpreBBod In an official statement with the advlco of tho president. It marks another ot the many points ot convergence ot Wilson and Taft policies, and probably signifies that tho present administration, like tho lute one, favors strong fortifications and a largo detachment of troops on tho Panama. Now, It will bo lntorostlng to see whnt tho administration's attltudo will bo toward tho navy and tho transparent hypocrisy ot tho last democratic houso In rejecting tho two-battleship bill. A strong army and adequato navy go together. IT Is to bo hoped that tho new presi dent und his cabinet will throw the weight of tholr Influence against the small-bore politics that threaten to sot the United States back as a naval powor. Alhough It should, and must, continue to lead In tho world peace movement, the United States can hardly depart from Us estab lished military and naval policies until other countries Join with us In a mutually acceptable peaco plan. Ka, ha! "Wilson may placato Champ Clark by naming David It. rBnc,B 08 "iian araoassauor. Bays Washington dispatch. And why 1,017 110 lias 8ervoa' ,,K0 "ney, in a uieveiana cabinet; no nag tho money, the bearing and the aspira tions to make an American repre sentative at St. James. And be is a friend ot Bryan'a as well aa Clark's, Perhaps he would supply the last link In the chutn of causo and effect to bind up tho broken strand in the democratic family. A little whllo ago It was the greedy stock yards against which our noblo Water boarders had con stituted themselves the champions of the common people. Now It Ib the meuace ot that terrible charter .convention that tho Water board patriots must ward off. Any more men In buckram for this blustering Falstaft to fight? It Ib another clean-shaven admin istration. President Wilson and eight of his cabinet officers are with out beards. Vice President Marshall and Secretary of Agrlculturo Hous- ton wear mustaches and Secretary Commerce Itedfleld a mustache and burnsldes. Looking BacWatd Tkis DJ in Omaha COMPILED f ROM DCC riL.cs 000 c ? .UAKCU 23. Thirty Years Arc A beautiful jeweled processional cross has been presented to St. Barnatm church, ami used today for the first time. It was made In F.ngland of ham mered brass, and Is given as a memorial for tho eldest son of the rector. A Inrge parchal candlo has been painted and pre sented by Mrs. Catlln now ot Chicago, nnd a parchal candlestick presented by Mr. and Mrs. Labagh also as a memorial. This Is Kastcr Sunday with tho usual church services. Senator Manderson Is home from Wash ington. Treasurer Whltmore of Boyd's theater spent Faster at IJncoln. Mr. George Van Inwugon, bookkeeper at Her & Co., has determined a calculator to determine the maturity of a note. Senator O. II, Cnnfleld has Fold his property to W. H. McCoy, and will prob ably go west to engage In other business. Sherman and Miss Llzile, will remain In Omaha, tho former being employed at the Union Pacific, and the latter attend ing school. Tho Board of Education will Investigate th'o matter of corporal punishment In the public schools. Miss Jesslo Millard Is home from at tending school In Chicago for tho Easter vacation week. A tame coon entertains Photographer Eaton nightly by climbing up on the roof and malting a racket at the skylight windows. Rev, Savago a few weoks ago savagely burned all his ISO prepared sermons, tho result of six years labor In the gospel field, and has begun some new ones. The Presbyterians had the benefit of his first now one on the subject of "Heaven." Thirty Yearn Ago John Francis, general passenger agent of tho Burlington, and family wore hap plly ensconced In tholr new home, 1004 South Thlrty-soventh street, one of tho handsomest dwellings In that section of tho city. Mayor Bemls Invited the mayor o Lin coln to bo his guest In a box at a min strel show In Omaha on April. 1, J. If. Dumont. the active sprlrlt In the Nebraska Central enterprise, returned from the east. President S. H. II. Clark of tho Union Pacific left for St. Louis to assume the presidency of the Missouri Pacific and before going told every man, woman and child In the Union Pacific headquarters goodbye. Frank Kretschncr, secretary of the In terstate Commerco commission, spent the day In conference with United States Dis trict Attorney Ben 8. Baker and the sup position was that another furor over the railroads was. brewing. F. A. Nash, general agent of the Mil waukee In Omaha, had been back from Hot Springs, Ark., a weok, but his pres ence was kept a secret. He was some what Improved In health, but not a well man by a long shot. Congressman W. J. Bryan wag back In Nebraska, having returned to his IJncoln home. Mr. and Mrs. o. W. Megeath left for the east to spend some time In Washing ton and other cities In that .section. Ten Yenm Ago t Hev. Courtney Fenn, a missionary to China, rolnted In graphic words tho story of the slegn of Peking, to a largo au dience at Knox Presbyterian church In tho evening. "Native missionaries were mercilessly persecuted, missionary prop erty looted nnd the cry rang out 'Down with tho foreign devils.' " Congressman John A. Hull of Towa, chairman of the house committee on mil itary affairs, wns entertained at the Omaha club. J. W. McCann. the Union Pacific striker, who was shot by a strike-breaker, was reported on the road to recovery A burglar pried open a window at the home of C. W. Galloway, 1921 wirt street, and Kot In. but In doing so awoke Miss Oalloway, who In turn aroused her brother Emmet, whom the burglar picked ns a Bood target and fired at. but missed. The rogue then escaped. Mrs. Patrick Campbell, and her Indon thn. a brlcf c"Kment at e.?.y?.n u T,' Joy of L'vlnff." much - ... u..v oi a very lively body of people. A. S. -Maxwell of Beatrice. nrni ager of the Itnntrir. n man- .-town UK. ngTnheSco,t,hT,rwrk at the Masonic temple. People Talked About Hleven bank official, have been In dieted In Cincinnati. Two New York banks are out several hundred thousand dollars through loans on bocn. Truly the lot of the banker I. not all ways a happy one. The Colorado minister's suggestion of a far-off Island home for confirmed """""f ,na,u solemnly discussed In Kngland these days. The Idea, slightly revised, affords John Hull a solution for " irouDie ana a welcome prom ui iew uours rest. After trying, to reform him for thirty, eight years. Mrs. doldle K. Ooldesman of New York haa thrown up the Job and entered suit for divorce from Ooldesman. Tha conclusion of tills patient reformer Is that men do' not Improve with age. A world-wide observance ot Mothers' day Is being planned by Miss Anna Jar vis of Philadelphia, founder of Mothers' day In the United States. Mothers' day Is the second Sunday In May. In tho employ of the Indian service of the United States government In Denver, Colo., Is a full-blooded Oneida Indian girl, l.ella Somera by name, who attends to the stenographic and clerical work of tho department. Married eighty years. MUo Warrick, a centenarian and the oldeBt undertaker In the United States, with his wife, Mary J. Warrick, celebrated their long period of married biles recently. The couple were married In Clarkson. O.. March S. 1633, and have resided there since that date. A woman In St. Louis secured presents of Jewels, money and other things from WW men, ranging from twenty-one to sev- : entl-flve years, eager to marry the beau tiful brunette she described herself In her advertlfment. When captured she was found to be snubnoeed and sallow. The Naples plan of swatting the prose cuting attorney In court has been Im proved and dignified In Kansas Clty.1 where two opposing lawyer swatted asuh nlkap tin t It Hnftti 1mnnA tn I. of:floo, The court r.BeTVeil d tllo , Marquis Of Queensbury precedents could bt examined. About Tornadoes flY OAltllKTT P. SKHVI8S. Not since 1SS4 haH thero been such an outburst of tornadlc ftorms an that which occurred In the west and south last week. A full-fledged tornado Is the most awe Inspiring meteor that ever sweeps through the atmosphere. An ordinary tempest creeps upon Its victims by more gradual steps, galnn strength by degrees, covers the whole country for hundreds ot miles around with Its Indefinite shadow, and seems only a common storm that has developed unusual power. But a tornado Is a kind of atmospheric demon, whoso black, distorted form can be seen swiftly approaching from far off, whirling and dancing like a gigantic der vish, and tearing up the very soil In Its fury. It lets down from the menacing cloud above a huge trombe or trunk of Inky blackness, with lightning playing abovn It, and, whizzing with the speed of a buzz saw, It plows a path through a forest; tears away tho front of a gravol bnnk with the force of a hydraulic jet; scoops up the contents of a pond to the very mud; sittks away creeks. 1 It demolishes barns, haystacks, houses, j churches, scattering their remnants over a square mile of territory; snatches up cattle, horses, sheep, and even men nnd women sometimes dashing them to death and sometimes giving them a wild ride through the air only to set them down at last uninjured. Tho path of a tornado Is from 100 to 600 yards wide, and the length of its course may vary from one or two up to fifty miles. Almost Invariably It moves to-1 warn me uorineast, with a speed of from twenty to fifty miles, an hour. The center, where the destructive "power Is greatest, occupies from one to Mvc min utes In passing over a given point. On account of the uniformity in the direc tion of the movement of tornadoes. It is not difficult to get out of their track If they can be seen, or heard, coming a quarter or a half hour In advance. A single tornado may level a half dozen villages and plough a track of destruc tion across two or thrco countlos. But when, as happened last week, a horde of these "twisters" breaKs upon the face of the land thero Is hardly any meteorological disaster so serious as that which they produce. I have, just been looking at a scries of charts prepared by tho government in Its studies of the great outbreak of tor nadoes on February 19, 1SS4, to which the present ono may bo compared, and they rcsemblo military maps of an Invaded country, aiross which a dozen armies are marching on parallel lines. From the Mississippi valley across Ken tucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Georgia, South Carolina and North Carolina the tornadoes rushed side by side, new ones breaking out as the earlier ones were dissipated, until their raid had almost reached the Atlantic ocean. Tornadoes always occur In the south eastern quarter of a cyclonlo disturbance. Such a disturbance may be from 1.000 to 2,000 miles broad., producing nothing but ruins and moderate winds over most of Its area, but In tho southeastern quad rant, where warm southerly winds are brought Into contact with cold winds from tho northwest, whirls are set up, as eddies appear at the edge of conflict ing ourrents of water, and these, If the contrasts of temperature are extreme, quickly develop Into tornado funnels. In every case the direction of the whirl of a tornado Is from right to left, the same as that pf all cyclonic winds In tho northern hemisphere. In the coso of the genernt winds this Is readily ex plained as a result ot the rotation of the earth on Its axis. In 'the southern hem isphere the winds turn from left to right Some of the performances of tornadoes seem Incredible. Occasionally the whirl ing trombo Is withdrawn towaru tne clouds, skipping a threatened point only to dart, down again with vicious speed and redoubled power. Small objecta like loose nails, ore driven Into trees or board fences. Victims sometimes have their clothes stripped off and torn to -sheds. ' On one occasion a corn-stalk was driven partly through a door, "recalling the ex periment of shooting a candlo through a board." A four-Inch gcantllng, ten feet long, was driven by a tornado three and n half feet into tho ground. Not Infrequently there Is a noticeable disturbance of the air only a few hun dred yards on either side of a tornado track within which everything has been destroyed. Once In a wl)lle a house, the windows of which have been kept closed, has been burst outward like a shell by the expansion of tho enclosed air as the central vacuum of the tornado passed over It. Hall storms and tornadoes pro quently go together, and both aro evi dently the result of the meeting of bodies, or currents, of air of sharply contrasted temperuture. Washington Notes Ooaslp around the north end of the Capitol finds a reason for the failure of the senate to confirm the nomination of Charles P. Nell as commissioner of labor statistics In Nellie' report on child labor conditions In the cotton mills of the south. Tho warning red, card of officialdom has (Invaded the White House. The mall of the president which ho has to sign personally Is so heavy that he does not have the opportunity of reading all the tetters prepared for his signature, and the card Is used to warn him that tha rartlcular paper to which It h fastened must not be signed until It has been carefully read and considered. The card Is equivalent to the behest "Stop, look, listen." Pity and amuement In equal parts may be drawn from the diary procession of Jobhunters around the departments, in the evenings they congregate In groups In hotel lobbies. Most of them have book lets containing a Hat of government jobs and the salaries they pay. One Texas man had marked off ao positions, any one of which he would take, when his congressman looked over the list and told him that every one of them was under the elvll service. That was the blow that killed father. Now and then a pilgrim who started out for a X5.00O Job Is ready to take an elevator Job at 1109 a month. Countless hopes have bnn blasted. A Washington letter says that saloon men who furnished free lunched from S to 4 o'clock every afternoon, are In doubt as to whether It pays to keop It up white the rush for office Is on. They ere selling 5 cents worth of beer and glvl&S away SS cents' worth oof food. HieBeddfetD oxl Onr Tribute to thp Coal Denier. OMAHA, March 21.-To the Kdltor of The Bee: This Is the first day of spring and why not celebrate by going after the coal trust and show up what It has been doing to us this winter on our coal bills. I paid H.T3 for 1,000 pounds of Illinois lump coal today when tho cost to tho Omaha dealer for best grade of Illinois lump coal Is as follows! Illinois lump. 3.S to H.00; retails by ton. $7.00; one-half ton, JS.75. Kansas Cherokeo nut. J3.10 to i3,2S; re tails by ton. JC.00; one-half ton, $3.25. Pennsylvania hard coal. .C0, retails by ton, J12.00; one-half ton, .25. Other coal about the' same prooort'on and all dealers ask the same price. No city In the United States oavs such tribute to the coal dealers us Omaha does and has paid all this winter. GEO. JACKSON. As to Homo Inntirnnce Conipnnlen. OMAHA, March 22. To the Editor of The Bee: During the debate In the en. at last Monday, Senator Cordeal quoted sections of laws from Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Mlnne sota. .Montana, New York, North Da kota, Ohio, Washington and Massachu setts In an effort to excuse the seventh provision of section 101. The following facts should be of great Interest to every one: New York companies In 1D00 carrleJ 66.81 per cent of the life Insuranco busi ness of that state. Nebraska nt that tlmo had only one regular old-line com pany. It carried 4.82 per cent of tho old lino business1 of this state. The home companleH of the state enumerated by Senator Cordeal as having similar pro visions in their laws carried In 1910 the following percentages of the old-Unc life insuranco In their respective home states; ,, . Per Cent. Montana g.if Colorado , ,, 4.71 Minnesota .' 4.ag 'Clan? s.S5 North Dakota 6.t Michigan 6.S8 Illinois s.l Washington ,' lo.ss Ohio , n.so Iowa 24.33 Massachusetts 26.31 Indiana !.. 26.42 Nebraska 31. no New York R3.80 The states from which tho codo was principally taken Washington, the home companies only had 10.33 per cent; Minne sota next, with only 4.98 per cent. Even In Now York, since the adoption of the Armstrong laws, the home companies have lost over 13 per cent of the home stato business to outsldo companies. In Colorado one of tho companies the Col orado National has given up the unequal struggle and reinsured the Columbian National of Boston, and Colorado Is now' amending Its code In the Interest of its 1 homo companies. In spite of this record it Is sought to enact laws that have been forced upon states where there are prac tlcally no home companies and where the companies are very small; where it was possible to enact such laws becauso no opposition existed. Nebraska Is the only'state, except New York, In which home companies are given great preference by its citizens over out side companies, but, as above stated, the New York companies are now losing business In their home state, This record was achieved by Nebraska companies ln( spite of the fact that all eastern com-' pan lea were operating under- the praised "modern safety annual accounting laws." If Nebraska companies were unworthy of confidence, this record. In face pf the strong competition which exists, could never have been achieved. No scandal of any kind has over attached to any Ne braska life Insurance company. The policyholders aro loyal to home com panies, and that Is where tho shoe pinches. Q. Ii. E. KLINGBE1U Pdesldent German-American Life Insur ance Company. "Whnt Mnkra Glrla Go, Wronfft CLEVELAND, March 21. To the Edi- tor of The Bee: I have read a great deal. Including an article reprinted from your paper, lately, about what makes young people go wrong. It Is not ono general evil Buch as dan cing or working In factories for low wages, but many things. One certain thing might ruin one Indi vidual, but doeR not ruin them all. Eyll companions. Improper dunces, read ing low class books, and different kinds of Intemperance, If Indulged In, will ruin character. But get right down to the root of evil doing and see If It Is not traceable to the bringing up of the child. Xt a child Is brought up ps It should be It will hate evil ways, for It will feel above them. Raise children so that they will be strong In will nnd character and to know good from bad. Parents and older people who are examples to the young should be careful how they conduct themselves if they expect the younger generation to live rightly. T. B. C. High Ttinr to Make Good. OMAHA, March 21. To the Editor of The Bee: A few days ago a "member of the Twelfth Ward Improvement club" criticized the position which you have taken regarding Mr. Howell and his Water board, basing his criticism on a statement made by the writer in a letter to you regarding the attitude of one of our local newspapers to the charter board election, this statement being "that If there Is one thing in this country we like it is a good loser and if there Is one thing above all others that gets on the nerves of thinking people It Is to have some writer on a mud-sllnglng sheet show that he and his associates are a bunch ot sore heads." As I see It there Is absolutely no con nection between the attack made on the charter board members and the criticism of Mr. Howell and his methods which The Bee Is offering. The first was un justified mud slinging, while your ef forts are being used for the people and are certainly Justified, especially after the facts and figures which you have set forth have been carefully cpnsldered The people of Omaha have been promised, assured and told of the good things In store for them In this water deal until they are tired of It and what Is wanted nqw Is to have Mr. Howell and associates get busy and make good. There Is no exceuse tor Omahans pay ing more for water than Is paid In any city in the country. We were told be fore purchase ot the water plant that we would have rates reduced Immediately after the city took charge of It. but wo are still paying high hand rates and being told. Why doesn't someone make good. Mr Howell? The green grass Is growing al' around and Is getting tall. II. L SUNNK. THESE GIRLS OF OURS. "What are you doing for our cause?-' asked a suffragette worker. "Doing?" replied tho man. "I'm sup porting one of your most enthusiastic members." Detroit Free Press. "You can't go out like that, my dear; I can see right through your skirt." "Why, whnt do you see?" "Two legs.'- "Well, that's all I've got!" Life. Paying Teller 1 cannot cash this check, madam. She Why not? Paying Teller There Isn't enough money hero to meet It. She Then can't you meet It half way? Boston Transcript. "Everybody loveS little Mrs. Wllklns because sho Is such a good listener." '!Yes, and It's a shame the way they Impose on her good nature. Whcrcvci the club meets they always put her over In the corner near tho phonograph." Chicago Poet. "Did you tell her when you proposed to her that you were unworthy of her'i That always makes a hit with them." "I was going to. but she told It to mi first.-' Houston Post. "It Is said that a fool Is born ever' minute,' ho bitterly remarked. "Sometimes," she replied, "thp average Is higher. You have a twin brother, 1 believe.'' Chicago Herald. JNatures Way Is Xhte Be&t. Buried deep in our American forest we find bloodwot, queen's root, man drake and stone root, golden seal, Oregon grape root and chcrrybark. Of these Dr. R. V. Pierce made a pure glyceric extract which has been favorably known for over forty years. He called it " Golden Medical Discovery." This " Discovery" purifies the blood end tones up the stomach and the entire system in Nature own way. It's just the tissue builder and tonio yui require rhen recovering from a hard cold, grip, or pneumonia. No matter how strong the constitution the stomach is apt to be " out of kilter" at times; in consequence the blood is disordered, lor the stomach is the laboratory for the constant manu facture of blood. Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery strengthens the stomach J. Q. Kent. Esq. satisfactory," Two Trains Daily Just a pleasant days journey or an over night ride will land you in the most famous watering places in the world. French Lick and West Baden Springs "The Carlsbad The waters are unequalled for the treatment of kidney, liver and stomach troubles are an unfailing tonic for "that tired feeling." The hotels, baths, sports and pas times are all that could be desired by the most exacting. Reached 1 JKANIC ,1. ItKHl), General rnsscngcr Agent, Transportation HtillcliiiR, Chicago. Go Now, While Fares Are Low Via Chicago Great Western. Only $24.10 to Moose Jaw; $24.10 to Regina, Sauk.; $24.10 to Saska toon; $26.65 to Edmonston, Alberta; $26.65 to Calgary every Tuesday during April. Proportional low fares to other Canadian, North Dakota and Montana points. Also low one-way colonists fares, dally, until April 15th, to Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Wash ington. The Great Western Is the shortest and best lino to Canada and North Coast, via St. Paul. Ask about sleeping car servicj. 1 V. Uonorden, C. P. & T. A 1522 Farnam SU, Omaha, Xcb, Phono Douglas 200. Protect X." 1 s.vuiavu taimBiiH.fxr,iv, a. Ask for ORIGINAL ? GENUINE Tbe Food Drink OR. BRADBURY DENTIST I. inn Fa roam St. Extracting 25c Up ril!liiK '"r I p niwim S2..1" I CO Years 1 llrlduork . . $2.r.(i I (. I l'Ite liA.jj.. . $2.00 I y THE OLD HOME POLKS. Will Chambsrlalu. Not on the vhanro ni-qiialntance. Nor yet on the new found frieml, When the storms about us gather For comfort may wo depend. If I should be permitted, Asldo from all light Jokes, To choose for you tho truest, I would pick the old homo folks. From them I would nnme a husband TTr... 1 . -it I - .1 ... L 1 1 1 v. me uiiut'ii-u, wpuiu-uc uriup; A childhood mate or sweetheart, in wnom sno mignt confide. Tho old homo folks nre surest To notlco If wo succeed. And they aro the first to sorrow With us when our hearts do bleed. So do not be quick In forsaking Tho faithfully tried for the new. Who may seem ho apt nnd clever When tho skies aro soft and blue. For tho' It Is said tho prophet Has honor except at home. Ixivo blossoms there for the musses Tho prophet afar may roam. And . when In the fading twilight We put off life's stern Jokes. Thoso who will stand to us closest Will bo the old home folks. "While away on their sunny hilltops, By Elyslan breezes fanned, God'H own home folks will greet Us With a smile and outstretched hanA puts it in shape to make pure, rich blood helps the liver and kidneys to expel the poisons from the body. The weak, nerv ous, run-down, debilitated condition which so many people experience at this time of the year is usually the effect of poisons in the blood; it is often indicated by pimples or boils appearing on the skin, the faoe becomes thin you feel "blue." "More than a week ago I was suffering with an awful cold in my head, throat, breast, and body," writes Mn. James O. Kent, of 710 L. Street, S. E., Washington, D. C. "Soma called it La Grippe, some pneumonia. I was advised by a friend to try a bottle of your 'Golden Medical Djscov. , cry.' I tried a bottle and it did mo so much good that I feel said in saying it is tho greatest and best medlctno that I ever took. My health Is much better than ItWaa beforo using your medicine. It docs all vou claim for it- tsd U of America" by the jm r v . ".-j-. s t lira?? for all Ages Others are Irritatr-i 2am a oillc. I'liont- limit;. 1 ?. !lsliU Trtn Mipi.li-' willimit Plate nr llrlilyc iwrk. Nrrvrft ri-tif .! ivitiiiiiit pnln V. ni-k a'"" uutveil ti:i )tar