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THE IJKK: OMAHA, TUESDAY, SKiTKMJKU 1. 1914.
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BY EDWARD ROoKWATER.
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JULY CIRCIIjATIO.-.
52,328
State of Nebraska. County of TVuiaa, .
Pwlsht Wllliama. circulation manager of Th Be
Publishing; company, belnr duly aworn, aaya that
the arera- dally circulation for tha month of July,
ill 4. waa fi.flt.
DWlOHT WILLIAMS. Circulation Mininrr.
8ubarrlhd In my presence and aworn to before
tn. thla 4th dav of August. 114.
UOBKKT HfXTF.Il. Notary Public.
Subscribers If a Ting tbe city temporarily
shoald bare Tha Bea mailed to tbem. A.
Crtm will tie changed an often a requested.
Yea, but bow many times are those Russians
to take Koenlgsberc?
September 1! Does the straw hat get a stay
of ezecutloD or not?
Tha schools will soon reopen and then moth
er's vacation will begin.
It's a safe bet that our Congressman Lobeck
won't have bis salary docked.
. Turkey threatens to make a few more feath
ers fly if it gets Into the game.
Keep your temper, even If the other fellow
will not keep his. for "'It takes two to quarrel."
It is no longer so much a question of who
threw the first bomb as of who will be hit by
the last bomb.
On the theory that "AU'a well that 'ends
well," 1914 promises to close one of Nebraska's
very best crop years. v
Still, we won't quarrel as to whether It Is
proper to refer to them as a "flock of blrdmen"
or a "fleet of airships."
I'ntle Bam la now busy mobilizing his army
of school children, many of whom are going to
the front none too Joyously.
' Chicago grand opera has also been declared
off on account of war'a Interference with the
high C'a and the heavy bassos.
Old Neptune is being depleted In the Amer
ican movies, but, Mars'ls starring in a more re
alistic stage all bit own in Europe. 1 ' , l-
, The "drys" of Missouri hav shown a keen
sense for. the eternal fitness of things lh select-'
Ing as their leader a man named Hay. 4 .
School board members in 6niaha are to be
elected this year as petition candidates without
party labels. Come on- in. the water's fine. -
Inured as he la to the rigors of the north,
old Doc. Cook is not apt to be froren out ntn
by the cold deal war . is giving all the .chau-lalkers.
Independence Through Self-Dependence.
With the disruption of ocean transportation
and Intercourse with so many other nations of
the world, tha strength of America's position
lies in i self-dependence and unusual ability
to Hiipply practically alt of its own needs, an ad
vantage hich few other countries poeseas.
The Philadelphia Press notes this comfort
ing condition, which It shows wa brought about
by the development of our Industries under a
protective tariff, and pertinently asks what
pllnlit we would now be In If we had all along
followed the principle of free trade. As it re
calls, the theorists would have us devote our
selves exclusively to occupations which we are
naturally fitted for In superior degree to other
peoples and exchange our products for other
products made cheaper abroad on the basis of
mutual profit.
In a world of perpetual peace and brotherly
love we might posnlbly approach this ideal, but
we eo now the danger of being wholly depend
ent upon the exchange of our goods with out
side countries that may go to war m ith one an
other. In other words, the beautiful theory of
free trade has collided with the unanswerable
logic of events a collision that proves the ab
solute necet.nlty of the United States maintain
ing sufficient protection to develop a varied in
dustry and make us self-dependent. For with
out self-dependcnc our nation could not be Independent.
ngland'i Indian Troopi.
What does it mean that England is to have
the help of Us Indian troops in this war? The
empire of India by the last census comprised a
population of 316,000,000, scattered over an
area of 1,900,000 square mile. The native In
dian army numbered up to the last count 160,
000 men, but what proportion of this gigantic
mass of humanity could England whip into
fighting form for the present crisis? There la
no question of India's loyalty to Oreat Britain
or Its readiness to fight The dispatches even
make It appear as If the native Indian was
apprehensive lest he might not be permitted to
defend the flag along with the British subjects
In Africa, who number 31,000,000. Then there
are Australasia and the American provinces
with other millions.
"England's sun never sets," is the boast,
but that Is not always to the complete advan
tage of England in a war where quick trans
fer and mobilisation of troops Is required to
win. Perhaps after all the biggest asset of the
British dependencies will be expressed in the
terms of money. When It comes to long range
support, pounds and sovereigns to pay for war
ships, guns, ammunition and supplies, will
count for the mother country more than would
raw recruits.
, In this great-year of peace on earth, good
will toward men," the death or a docen persona
la a horrible railway wreck no longer attracts
attentioa. .
'A weekly paper brings a story entitled'.
"From Daybreak to Breakfast." That ought to
ba a Tivid description of a lingering nap, and a
dah to get Into clothes..
-.The word ..'nujraiorlam is said to. hare
atumped Wall street at first. .. Probably words
that suspend colIefHoaa are not very numerous
lo th Wall street lexicon.
Tha editor of our amiable local democratic
contemporary has discovered a striking likeness
between Governor Morehead and President Wil
son. What brand can he have been drinking?
No Dearth of Doctors.
The evident attempt of some of the commer
cialised schools to create the popular impres
sion that the ateady reduction in number of
medical colleges reflects itself in a visible
shortage of doctors is flattened out by the pub
lication of facta and figures by the Council on
Medical Education of the American Medical as
sociation. It appears from this publication that the num
ber of our doctor factories has been cut from
112 In 1900 to 101. at present; the number of
ipccUl and. graduate students from 28,14 2 , In
1904 to 16. BOS In June of this year. And yet
It Is stated that the sixty large schools of the
highest data could easily care for all these
16,S02 students.
,Ai' to the supply of doctors, it runs
In the United Slates one to every 600 to 650
persons, aa compared with one to every 1,500
Jo 2.500 In Europe. On an average, 2,000
American physicians die annually, but in 1913,
8,514 fresh ones were graduated to take their
ptAces. J For several years, according to the of
ficial report, "the annual output of new doctora
exceeded 5,000." So at that rate, it will take
quite a while for. us to run short on doctors.
" ' What provoked the war on the doctor fac
tory was the elmueless tendency toward com
merctalltiog this great profession. Thla war
dates from 1904, when Dr. Flexner, aided by
Carnegie millions, took the field against the
cheap and unscrupulous medical schools and
pradltloners. Yet with all the progress made,
aa'ehormous work is yet to be done to eradi
cate all the evils of commercialisation that
have ramified through so many branches of
the profession.
Tha school board U coiialdeiing bids to eiect a
etooa wall on tha caat aid, of In. hl.r. l,0n'
around. (00 feat Ions. Mi-ndln from I tori to
Iavenport. Tha Diana tall for a wall thvre feet
hUh, twenty inches thick at tha bultom and rltHitren
Inrhea at the tip. with corner entrances at loJge
and Pavenport, and comer entrant a at the head .f
repitul avenue.
Only about l: reraona tame ut to the 1'iuon
Ta.ifica toy wih-the Keokuka. nh ,v0ra u.
13 to T.
St. Joaeph a hfa;!Ut fair oind In Fulconer's
nan unotr me sunervaton or Father Glauber and
Jeanneue, . and with tho. folluwlng ladle, in chame
ot tablea: Ft.' Mary Vagdalenc'a. Mr. Jaeph Fren
ter. Mr. Ilerraid gutter.. Mrs. McaJl . Mra. He'na.
mann. tha Miimcs 'jV.ie art Aa-rtc Herold, Mlaa Car
tla K oater; Holy rViuUy table. Mrs.-John A. fretgh
tun Mlaa Liisiu Murphy, Mlaa le.cy, Mlaa CrosUy;
l.oai'ital tM. M . Utt! Mra. J. F. llally, Mra!
Andrew Xlurphr. Mlaa CarmuJy; rafreilnnont table.,
Mra. M. Donovan, Mr. O. M. Olrlen and Mr.,
lames Crelfhtoo.' 1 ' "
Mr. Fred MconnU aad family ut fialt I-eWa City
arrived In tir.(ba, Lr 41 r. M . .-Lone til will btreaftar
mikt hia ii3(juaitr. 'or tha present they era
stopping at Uj.rWuUi Taanly, first abtet.
Mlaa Zelle Wlln left for J'eru to atttnd tha
jtte normal. . '
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Remember 'the Consumer, Too,
While ordering investigations of the pre''p
itate causes of high food prices, the president
4d congress should not overlook the direct In
terests of tha consumer, who usually, gets the
worst of it on prices In such emergencies as
the present.
The observation Is prompted by a proposed
senate amendment to the cotton warehouse bill,
which. In the judgment of many, would have
the. effect of protecting, not so much the pro
ducer, aa the speculator at the expense ot the
consumer- The original bill simply proposed
to Jhelp the small cotton planter put his cotton
In shape where certificates representing owner
fhlp may be used to relieve the man who must
have money and Is In the habit of borrowing
from his local bank. The amendment includes
wheat and may take In other foodstuff .
with cotton and ostensibly would enable the
wheat grower to reap a benefit. Actually, how
ever, according to the view ot Senator Nelson
and other senate leaders, it would throw the
probable advantage; not to the wbeat grower,
out of mhoue hands the grain would have
peered, but to the! speculator holding for a
higher market.
Whatever legislation the emergency de
miindi.' it cannot require the sacrifice ot the
consumer to the producer or the storage or
warehouse man nor of any of them to the food
gambler.
State Treasurer George calls for the aboli
tion of the (State Normal board aa a piece of
useless administrative machinery. Its useless
rtess has been apparent for some time, and the
same thing can be sa'ld of a large number of
other ao-val'ed state boards, most of them cre
ated to make a job for aoineone to fatten oft the
tees.
J7T' 7
rlaf atrleIoaa ea ttaaalr
sotrtes lartwd. The Baa tmuM
ns reap el butty fa eplaioma e-t
eemeveaaeaM. AH letters aaa
rt te eoaieaeatlea r eatteta.
Warning- Beware of Drrr.tUa.
NORTH Neb., An-. Il.-To tha
rVJltor of The Pee: In the late primary
the popl of Nebraska hava aen an
other demrnntration of nominating can
didates for public, office through a pro
oeas of ympnthy. In conjunction with
the egg attack, tha matter was published
far and wide, with the Inference that u
political gang opposed to progressive
principle was at the bottom cf lt.Th
candidate had alao been arrested . an.l
any pe-on might auppose tha police rf
Omaha were manipulating to defeat the
Will of the people.
If the people will take a second thought
they may readily see that wa who op
posed Mr. Howtll'a nomination could
gain nothing by such an attack. There
are many earmarks that Indicate, a
carefully laid plan to nominate Mr.
Howell and a slate by that process.
People who hava watched Mr. Howell's
Candida-y have noticed that he was
placed -ki the ticket by a clas of parti
san who have been In the antl-ealoon
adwxacy. In conjunction with those
partiaan certain other great corporate
Interests are at work to obtain un
limited franchise for power on the rivers
of Xebraaks. Also In conjunction with
thoee lntret are other political ,fac
tion. tvwlt the look trust, the unl
veislty fiaternltlr and a coertle of a
half doten politician who have obtained
control .if a church school who power
they are using a a political machine for
personal gain and advancement. There
are too many algn which Indicate thst
this aanoclatkn of political factions sre
orgsntsed with the supreme intent to
give away our natural resource to east
ern financier, and for thoe resources
submit to stste'w'lde prohibition two year
hence. If It la poialble to deceive the
people by a rotten-egg attack, promul
gated by a yellow Journal aheet under
the pretense of progresslveness. the elec
torate msy fall Into the same snare.
WALTER JOHNSON.
State hernial lalvereHy.
OMAHA, Aug., Jl.-To the Editor of
The Bee: Without any desire to criticise
the efficiency of the state normal board,
I believe I voice the sentiments of a large
number of taxpayers, when I assert thst
It Is a needles and cxpenMv luxury.
Tha normal board has no work to do
which cannot be done equally well by
the board of regent. Both Kaneas and
Iowa have only one board wltn reaulta
eminently satisfactory. 8uch a plan
could not possibly disadvantage either
the university or the normal schools.
The funda of each are separate and can
not b transferred from one to the other.
The regent would be aa truly regent
of the normal achool aa of the university.
All the regents would have to do would
be to use the appropriation and conduct
the Institutions In accordance with the
pit It of the law. By being under one
board the work of each achool would be
retrli't.1 to Its legitimate sphere. The
expense of .he normal board would rJa
entirely eliminated, and the tendency of
our atate educational Institution to work
at cross purposes would be a thing of the
psst. Theve eems to be every argument
for placing these Institution under one
board and Motiving against It. I would
like to hear this matter discussed.
1 R. U MOORE.
1 What Rasalat Will Wlai by War.
LINCOLN. Neb., Aug. 31. -To The
KUItor of The Bee: Many people are
peaaimlstir ovrr Tttiaita's outcome of the
wur, but the truth can't be concealed
from those who know that Rustla hss
atresdy won the greatest victory aa far
na commerce Is concerned. ' which is the
bails of mudern civilised war.
It us analyse the Kttuatlon of Ruseta'a
victory. It la a well known fact that
Itussla ha a vast area of foret. there
fore its lumber industry. Internally and
externally, I very euormou. Russia ex
port its logs moitly from F.nropean
Russia ahich cover a territory of 4T4.
OuO.OUe o.' aciea. The total number of
acres In forest In Russia la 94l,12,b.T.
The chief evport to Oermany are cer
eals, eggs, timber snd flsx. The timber
Is floated in rafts 011 tha following
rlvera: tug. Narev, Nteman and Vistula.
Tho river fall Into the Baltic sea. Al
though Russia export a great deal of
timber. Its people benefit vaiy little, be
came they get little work out of it.
The main German lumber industry I
In the northeast of Truasla containing
the citlea of Memel, Koniganerg, Thorn,
Bromberg and I'ansig All those cities
are "well fortified. The entire defense
lira, or rather all fortresses of Germany,
are connected with each other by means
ot underground telephones, while strat
egics! rails r lines lesd from the prin
cipal military centrra toward the fron
tiers. i
Beside those northeastern furliflca
tlitn there are natural fortifications
such as lake, swamps and hole where
the natives dig for peat, which I uaed
for fuel. o, the German were never
afraid of Russian Invasion from the
northeast.. The time ha come wben
Rula mut conquer the northeastern
part of I'rusrla, disregarding tha price It
will pay for It, as long aa it gains Ita
point. It will be a national victory for
entire Russia. Then the German lumber
in.fvistry will be crippled forever.
FEIJX NEWTON.
See Defeat fer Gr.rwany,
ARIJNOTON, Nb., .Aug. .-To the
Editor of The Bee: Belug a constant
reader of The Bee I hava noticed a num
ber cf lettera regarding the European
war. and especially thoae written by Matt
fpader.
In the first place. It aeema a though
(Isrmaay wa a little too qiUck In order
ing R'uaia to cease the mobilisation of
it troop and Franc also. Was not
j the Herman ready to begin war? And
I litun't. on nation Just the same righta
t to mobilise troops at another? The only
) serious mistake Germany made, to my
1 not. on, was trying to cross Belgium, a
', neutral country, to fight France. Thu
Germany violated the treaty, which
brought England into the war.
The kataer la a great military geniua
and haa a fine army, but he no doubt baa
overestimated hi strength, and It I my
prophecy that Oermany wilt be defeated.
FRANK B. REYNOLDS'.
With war the overshadowing and all absorb
ing topic, the chronic kicker, who can alwaya
run the newspaper better than the men who is
doing It, want to know why the paper fills its
columns with "thla confounded war talk."
With Our Own Warriors
New. and Comment from the
Army and Nary Register.
Military Obaerrera Abroad.
The War and Navy departments hsve renewed,
through the State department, requests of the Euro
pean governments enfsged In war for the privilege of
having American army and navy officers accompany
the foreign troopa and ships In the capacity of observ
ers from a neutral country. The Intimation on the part
of this government that such a privilege would be ap
preciated has elicited no response. Pome forty army
officers and about half aa many naval officers hava
been provisionally selected, but not yet publicly desig
nated, to go abroad as observers with the foreign
forces. No snnouncement of the Identity of these of
ficers will be made by the War and Navy department
until It 4 atcertalned whether the foreign govern
menta are disposed to comply with the request from
Washington. All the Indications, ss already atated In
these columns, have been against any such privilege.
There I every Inclination on the part of the foreign
era to dlscoursge the presence of officers from neutral
governments. It is evidently believed that nothing Is
to be gained from the observation of these exports.
There Is every resson to expect that If the privilege Is
granted. It will be with such reluctance aa will deprive
the visiting offlcera of the best opportunity to make
their observations.
War Me is at Capitol.
In the offices of the aergesnts-sl-srms of the sen
ate and house the War department haa placed huge
war maps, around which at all hours of the day mem
bers of the two bodies gather to study the theater of
war. The keen literest taken in tracing the movement
of tha opposing forces, ss they have been recorded In
the press dispatches and by messages received by the
government, teatlfy to the profound Impression the
war la creating upon officials of this government.
These maps ahow In detail the towns, rivers, and
boundary lines of central Kurope as well as the ship
lines. Lieutenant Philip Hexall Bagley, U. S. A., haa
been detailed by the Mar college, which prepared the
maps, to make the dally progress of events. As the
tide of bsttle sweeps the armies forward or backward
their change of position will be Indicated by colored
pins. The key accompanying the maps explstn thst
the position of the German forces are represented by
blue pins, the Auatrlsms by green, the French by yel
low, the Belgians by white, the British by red, the
Servians by white, and the Russiana by red pins.
Pro-Oerman aympathlxera who noticed the map ob
jected that it could not poaalbly b fair, aa It was a
French- map. A wealth of personal reminiscences were
stirred by tha display of the map and the scenes which
w-ere being recorded upon It by the prosaic movement
of a line of colored pips.
Aaserlraa Hydroalaaea ia Terkey.
On June 14 a most successful demonstration of a
Curtis "flying boat" wa given at Constantinople be
fore a large and distinguished crowd. While the exhi
bition wss primarily conducted for the benefit of the
Turkish nstlonsl defense committee, It also served to
hiow more effectively then a limited test would have
done tn substantial and merltortoua qualities of this
American product. Among the spectator wa Prince
Ztaeddln Effedi, other members of the Turkish Iith
perlal family, the American ambassador and hi suite.
Suleiman El Buatsnl Effendi, Ottoman minister of
commerce and agriculture; members of Psrilsment and
many representatives of the Ottoman army and navy.
The weather and setting were Ideal. The Junction
of the Bosporus and the He of Marmora between old
Btamboul and Kadlkeuy, which latter town la altuated
on the Asiatic toast, afforded ample area for the tests,
and the facilities on the quay of Kadlkeuy were well
arranged and adequate for thousands of spectators.
The start was made from Kutchuk Chekmedjt beyond
fan Stefano on the Marmora, and some fifteen miles
over that sea were rspldly covered by the two aviators
at an average height of 1,000 feet. They made a grace
ful and effective landing beside the admiralty launch,
which contained a number of Turkish naval officers,
press representatives, etc., and were then presented by
Ambassador Morgenthau to Prtnca Ziaeddln Effendi
and to other distinguished guests. Seven successive
flights with passengers were then made, amid the ap
plause and wonder of the spectator, to whom this sort
of aviation waa an entire novelty. The demonstrstton
of the esse and safety with which this hydroplsne
could be manipulated made a deep Impression, and the
effect of the flights wss heightened by Its msnlfest
adaptability to naval warfare on the landlocked and
relatively small bodies of water in this part of the
world. Several Turkish warships were anchored off
Kadlkeuy during the exhibition.
The Ottoman preaa of June IS devoted much apaoe
to descriptions of the machine and to tha demonstra
tion, giving Interviews .with the various passengers snd
sxpresstng the hope that the Ottoman government
would not fall to follow the example of other govern
ment In the use of t hia modern invention.
Twice Told Tales
Sareadlac the Oil.
Washington Post.
If the Asntrlcan snerchsnt marine ware
strengthened by John D.'s tsak steamers,
they might help t sooth tb troubled
water.
When Sympathy Woa.
The great advocate let ua call him Mr. McBweeney
was defend In a men in a murder case. The rate
looked hopelKS, and Mcfiweeney submitted no evi
dence for the defense. So the f-ubltc prosecutor, be
lieving that conviction was assured, ended with jut
a few perfunctory remsrks.
Then, In a quiet, conversatioual tone, the famous
McSweeney began to talk to the jury. He made no
mention of th murder. He Just described In vivid
coKors a pretty country cotuge hung with honey
suckle, a young wife preparing supper, and the rosy
youngsters wailing at tha gate to greet ithelr father
on his return horn for th evening meat Suddenly
McSweeney atopped. He drew himself up to his full
height. Then striking the tabl with his fist, he cried
in a voice that thrilled every besom:
Gentlemen, you muat send hlm.bsck to them!"
A red-faced Juror choked, and blurted ouj:
"By George, sir, we'll do It!"
McSweeney, without another word, sst down, and
tea minutes later th Jury brought In a verdict of ac
quittal. The prisoner wept aa he shook his counsel's hand.
"No other man on earth could have saved me
aa you have done. Mr. Mcetweeney," he sobbed. "I
ain't got no wife or family, air." Ixmdon Tlt-BIt.
for Small Men.
And now. with all th great natlona of Europe tn
arm, little Holand la mobilaing her troops. Thla re
call a atory of some year ago. Th prince consort
of Holland, a guest of th kalaer, wa. attending a
review of the German troopa. A regiment of eix
foetera passed by. "Not tall enough,'' said the visi
tor to the kaiser.
A second regiment pssaed in review in which every
man was six feet five inches high.
"Not tall enough, ' said the man from Holland.
"Not tall enonugh!'" exclaimed tb German em
peror. "What do you mean?"
"I mean, your" majesty." aaid the viaitor, "when
w pen our dikes the wster avwragfa eight feet."
Indianapolis News.
The, teaser.
Mayor Baker of Cleveland, In defense of a political
movement that had been attacked, said th other
day:
"It a an honest movement and a straightforward
movement, ajid they who attack it are as censorious
as the $eabrtght old Inaid.
"A Seabrlght old weld waa talking to a eua-buracd
college boy on tae beach. A pretty girl passed and
the old maid aaid:
" 'There goes -Minnie Summer a. Tou took her to
the hop laat evening, didn't you?'
" 'Yea,' said the college boy. and he added po
litely: 'Aa 1 wa taking leav of Mias Bummers sfter
the hope it downed upon me
" 'It dawned!' aaid tha old maid. 'Tou kept her
ut tilt dawn! That a what these new dances lead
D to!" Washington Star
At a Safe Distance
Philadelphia Press: The nation which
ends the war will get more honors than
the nation which began It.
Washington Star: How easy it is to
shoot away a treaty when It is in the
path of an advancing army.
Kansas City Slsr: Th crowned heads
continu their rather blasphemous ex
ercise of makirg God in their own Imaga
rhilaoVlphla Ledger: What has this
wsr go to do w-ith civilisation or whst
has civilization got to do with this war?
Washington ?tsr: Diplomacy I ex
pected to remain comparatively ailent
until the work of readjusting the map
Is tsken tip.
Baltimore Amerlesn: Scotch whlaVy
hss gone up, why nobody knows exactly,
unless It be from the general tendency to
call on fiery spirits.
Wsshitigton Post: At the asms time. It
Is much better to be th ultimate con
sumer In the t'nlted Ststes thsn the utti
mat producer In Europe.
Ft. Ixiuls Globe-Democrat: The beat
Indication of the progress of the war is
the wholesale criticism of the French
army by writers in Paris.
Kansas CUy Times: A dispatch says
th king of Rumania is III and may
abdlcste. Thla Is no time for a man In
th king business to be sick.
Philadelphia Bulletin: Sneers at The
Hague tribunal may be In order, but It
Is still one tpot In northern Europe which
is not overrun with the horrors of wsr.
Baltimore American: Why worry over
an Improbable moelem massacre of
Christiana In Turkey when Christians sre
slaughtering Christians on th battle line?
TAST TRIFLES.
Fhe ffter stolen kles-ir, you forgot
yourself! .
u.oh watt 1 can think of myself any
old time! Judge.
Ptlmson (to Willie, reeding the paper)
Whst sre you looking so cheerful about,
Willie?
Wlllte-I see a lot of American school
teachers sre detained Indefinitely In
Europe. Life.
Depressed Luneber Have you any
prusslc acid?
Waitress No. air.
Depressed Lunches Then bring me one
of your steak and kidney puddings.
London Tatler.
"What wss her fsther'a present to the
bride snd bridegroom?"
"Nothing specific. He told the bride
that there would slwsys be a room In
his house for her and a Job at his factory
for th bridegroom." Detroit Free Press.
LONG AGO
Nellie Hart Woolworth in the Beetoa
Transcript.
A slow flowing rrve with elms upon the
bsnk.
Each pendant bough a-ejuiver as the lltfl
breexea play,
A waiting boat close hidden where the
reed are tall and rank.
And we two together as In the far
away. A wild brook a-slnglng, a mountain
brook so free.
The wood-winds low whispering1-
wslk there one sraln.
To red re m th day dreams, hear the
voice call to me.
The psalm of life forgetting tht throb
bing not ot pain.
A gat that will not open Wading to th
land of youth,
A fat-flow1ng river with dart re
morseless flow,
A heart that Is so homesick, a breaking
heart In truth,
A yearning for the country, the land
of long ago.
There is
no after-glow
When you blow
out a Safe Home
match, it is OUT.
And it stays out
Every Safe Home
match is chem
ically treated to
prevent after-glow.
Safe Home match
es are extra long
and extra strong.
The extra length
means extra ser
vice. With one
Safe Home match
you . can light all
four burners of a
gas stove and not run
the risk of burning your
fingers.
The extra strength
means extra safety.
Other things being
equal, that match is
safest which is strong
est Safe Home matches
are strongest
Examine the head of a
Safe Home match It
is nearly twice as large
as that of an ordinary
match. That means
better burning a big
ger flame, an evener
flame, a flame that
burns longest
Safe Home matches
are non-poisonous.
They are safe to have
in the home.
All grocers. Five cents a box.
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Selling Office Space
is the name as selling anything else. It is
it a sale unless all concerned are satisfied.
Our tenants are better satisfied because we give
them the best there is in service, location, attentiou,
cleanliness fresh air and plenty of light.
A TRIAL IS ALWAYS A SALE IN THE
BEE BUILDING
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