Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, January 29, 1915, Page 4, Image 4
TIIK 1JKK: OM.WIA, KlillfAY. .IAXITAKV -J.'), l!U5. 1 THE OMAHA DAILY DEE rOUNBKD BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSFWATKR. EDITOR. The Bee PuMlnnlng Company. Proprietor. HKK HU1LDINU. FARXAM AND SEVENTEENTH. Entered at Omaha i-ostoffice as sceond-clsss matter. TERMS OF i11r nl Funds.... Br mall j.?r ' t " . , .! 4.00 Sl'USCRIPTION. Ry carrier per month. .fic... without Sunday ne... Kvenlng end Sunday .., F.venfng without Sunday Jfto... Utmi4av 11m nnlv - 2faL'... Send noun f,f" .har.ee of address or complaints of irregularity In delivery to Omaha Bw, Circulation Department. REMITTANCE. Remit hv draft, express or postal order. Only two rent stamps received In payment of emsll ae oounts. fersnnst checks, except on Omaha and cistern exchange, not accepted. - - OFFICES. Omaha-The Bee Pnllding. f-outh Omaha 131S X street. Counrll H tufts 14 North. Main street. .' Lincoln W Little rTnildlng. ' Phli aeo 9A1 Hearst Building. New -York Room 110H. tin fifth avenue. . . St. liutH--S0tt New Hank of Cninmwrre. Washinston ta Fourteenth St.. N. . Vi. CORREsl'ONUEXCB. Address communications, relating to news and edi torial matter to Omaha Bee, Mltorlal Department. ULCEMUEIt CIRCULATION. 54,211 Etate of Kehraska. County xr Hon el as, a. Dwlcht 1 1 Hums, circulation inanaaer of The Pee Publishing company, being duly eworn, eaya that the average daily circulation for the month "f ijecember, 1ft 4, 64.2)1. UWIGHT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my presence and sworn to before Tne, this ii day of January, 1916. ItOBKRT HUNTKIl, Xotary Public Subscribers learintf the city temporarily should have The Bee mailed to them. Ad - dree Hill be changed aa often aa requested. r Jaanary St The tight for the Dry i asMfMajtajsajeemaaaBasafjaaaa) WM SMajBgaaaa. ''"si 54c( by W, P. Byrnu Gspd mdvre unrf j'od good kh twr join; J"o err (s human, to forgive dicin.. r'ope. The. 1915 reduction l water, rates and Id electric lighting rateg are both overdue. The kalser'a birthday ia only another re minder that he is eacTi year an older and a wiser man. . ' It la not a theory, but a condition that con ronts Uncle 8am In the dally shrinkage or bis cash balance.' ' . And Mexico was supposed to have been coin pletely pacified before our troops were with drawn from Vera Crus. The temporary war tax may not be so tem porary after all. . The truth Is, it is sot so much a war tax aa it is a democratic deficit tax. Altogether too much politics and aclf-lnterest in this consolidation proposal. On a strictly business basis, every one would be for it. If'any one has any reason to offer against t bolltion of the coroner's office except that It Is a good graft, he has not yet come forward with li. Five measures of school board reform thrown into the legislative hopper constitute a jarring reflection on the thoroughness of last fall's puri fication. , Fee grabbing in public office la steadily los ing caste as a gentlemanly holdup. The pain of putting back the money emphasises the force of v judicial punch. But when the water board "forcibly annexed" Florence, Dundee and South Omaha at ono swoop, there was not a peep from the World Herald about "shotgun niatrlniouy," - With freight rates advancing and pure rule measurement threatened, Nebraska lumber dealers are brought perilously close to the necessity of borrowing a meal ticket. . -. ' "Deserving democrats" will note that the Lattleshlp Nebraska to a prize winner, It must be consoling to know that the Antelope state l not wholly submerged In a snowdrift. Every cloud has a silver lining. The efforts to put wheat in the mflllonalre clasq bring ont the joyful word that the country has 166, 000. COO bushels of potatoes to fall back on. Join D. Rockefeller, Jr.. permitted hlniBelf to be photographed shaking hands with "Mother Jones. Yes, and we have seen group pirturot Knowing Emperor William and King George In friendly intercourse! '' A Righteous Veto. President Wilson's veto of the literary test for Immigrants entitles hi, act to equal com mendation to that we accorded his predecessor when the last Immlpratlon bill enacted by the preceding congress was vetoed for the same reason. President Wilson does not. In our opinion, take his stand as positively as he might and should ntalnst the reversal of our traditional policy toward, newcomers from aoroad, which lie correctly declares to be the sum and sub stance of the measure; Tor we are firmly con vinced that the policy of welcoming foreign born men and women, physically and mentally healthy, and ambitious to better the'lr condi tion by helping to develop the resources of this country, is the policy which has produced our past growth and present greatness, and is yet r.eeded, and will be needed for a long time, to make our nation forge forward among other nations as it should. At best the literacy test is advocated, not nt a logical means of selection, but as the moat expedient check upon the inflow of Immigra tion now within reach. It is the application of no principle.' but merely an arbitrary device. Everyone knowa where the pressure for thj literacy tent comes from, but it Is not from the people of this western Country, whoue develop ment has only begun. m , We hope to see every member of congrec hailing from west of the Mississippi line up solidly for sustaining the president's veto. Greater Omaha Consolidation. ' The question of Greater Omaha consolida tion is up again, aa it will be repeatedly until consolidation is an accomplished fact. As a population center Greater Omaha la one com munity no one denies that. That it will event ually have one municipal government Is no more to be denied. That the maintenance of four or five separate city and town governments Is wasteful and extravagant, with accbmpanyin.i loss of efficiency, is self-evident. To strangeis and visitors with no personal interest in -us, the explanation that. Omaha is a community with il m6st 200,000 population, although the censua gives us only about 140,000, the rest being llstod under different names, is ridiculous. " The Bee has always been a consistent advocate of municipal home rule. We believe in the rule of the majority, but In this case the majority that ought to rule is the majority in the entire area that would make up the Greater Omaha. We do not believe it la really home rule to nullify the wishes of the majority by artificially separating the vote with that very end In view. We can conceive of the possibility that the residents In certain strips of territory now ins'de tho city limits of Omaha might, it permitted to dp ho, vote themselves outside to get away from ctty taxes, but that would not bo cn expression of th majority; but of only ft small minority. We feel Bate in saying that the vast majority of the people tf Greater Omaha favor one municipal government for the entire community. If there is any doubt about it, let us have a vote on it a vote over the whole area, not over each piece separately, A vote under these condi tions, however, would be so certain to be for consolidation, that we doubt if the antl-annexa-tionlHts, themselves., would Insist upon It. ' Spreading Out A war that could be called "short," according to the term as used by the prognostlcators at its outbreak, .might possibly have been con fined within the narrow limits of the fortified borders of the warring countries, but the longer the ponfllct lasts, the more certain It la to spread out. The fighting In Egypt, between the British and the Turks, signalizes anotlTor enlargement of the' war. arena, although it la not the flrit fighting in Africa, where the Boer rebellion has been In progress for some months, j There have been clashes, too, in the Caucasus and around Persia, and only the mastery of the aeas by the allies' nuvies prevents raids into other colonial possessions. ' As Great Britain girdles the globe, so that the sun never sets upon it, if the Ger mans, Austrlans and Turks could match tbelr enemies on the water as they do on the land thjs contest would before now have become a world war instead of an European war,. In that event the British possessions in North and South America would ' constitute temptations to- the other side aecidedly uncomfortable for us. The spread of the war arena, however, simply emphasises the resemblance to a conflagration whose limits no one can tell when the spark first starts the blaiee. With a devastating fire, the only thing to do la to extinguish it, or to hem it In a and let it burn itself out. It would be highly desirable If: the combatant nations could estab lish bounds by agreement, and fight H out. If they luust, or as long as they must, without over running any more territory or endangering any more neighbors. ' OLrYvdL . S tiJLJaxJ6AJ--6 Mf TXOTOB 10I1T1T1I, t IX flATMKRINO I hoit ballot," I material for recent talks on "the found some Interesting example! In our own political experience llluntiatln the hit-or-mlsa system we have been urine n our prlmerla and elections. I fntortunately. In matters of th(a kind people do not lomemlier aoch Incidents unlese they are recalled for them, nor grasp thflr meaning unless they are bunched. Read on and the Illustrations will point their own mural. In o.ir llrt Nebraska state-wide ptimary, for ex ample, whn the. candldato' rilings for state officers were certified out, although I was fairly familiar with the active leaders In the republican, party throughout 'the atate, there were several names I had nt-ver heard of, and whose Identity I had to 'crlfy by Inquiring from people who came from the seme sections. . There was one candidate for state office whom I could neither place nof find any ono who knew him.-and-to get a line on him I had to. wilte to the town where he resided. It Just hap pened that this particular man was nominated and elected, and made an excellent official record.. But tf he wis unknown, as I am sure he was-at that time, his election was purely accidental, ond It was Just good luck that h( turned out so well.'- For the same primary election, my friend, Fred It. Abbott, offered himself for the republican nomi nation of railway commissioner, but in announcing his candidacy made a fatal mistake by declaring t-lm-stilf for distance tariff rate. The Jobbers and busi ness men of Omaha were not attracted bj his self made platform. On the contrary, they were In pecu liar, agreement that they wanted no one In that posi tion committed to a distance tariff. . A .delegation called upon me. and, explaining their predicament, said: "We will have to do something to beat this man Abbott." "All you have to do," said I, "Is to get more Votes for some one else." "Very good, but how?" was the response. "He has a certain following of his own, and his distance tariff scheme will net him some support. But the worst tlUng to overcome Is the fact that his name gives him the top place on the ballot." "If that's the main thing." said I, "the thing Is easy. All you have to do la to have another eandl date filed whose name wltl put him above Abbott's, (the lists were then arranged' alphabetically), an take off the vote he might get by accident." "Yes, btit there Is no wsy of getting above Ab- bou.'" :. "Of course, there is." t replied, "double V beat 'ab' every time, and I know a man whose name Is Aarons. who is employed by one of your own asso ciation." . 1 1 The suggestion was no sooner made than acted upon. Mr. Aarons was called in, an the situation put before hltn, with the request for' the use of his name. It was distinctly Understood that those who made this request were not to support' htm for the nomination, end that he was not to canvass In bis own behalf, and I doubt If he even voted fos himself, but he polled 8.773 votes, beat Abbott, who received only A.fttt, gave the nomination to another candidate perhaps less desirable whereas ' had Aarons been pushed In earnest aa their candidate, he would un questionably have been nominated, and probably elected. The point I wish to make, 'however, is that not one of the S.7T2 votes cast for htm expressed a real preference for him. . .. Again, In the 1910 election, Lieutenant Gftvernor Hopewell was up for denomination. This time the ballot rotated," and hla only competitor waa a man by the name of Walter Johnson. Now. t submit that If there were an actual and deliberate choice ef the voters a' town meeting choice, for example a be tween Hopewell and Johnson. It would have been al most unanimous for Hopewell, because he waa a pioneer In the atate, had sat on- the district bench, had been prominent In republican party councils, had held tho highest state .office in tne Masonic order, waa actually serving aa lieutenant governor,' and waa widely known .and generally admired. I have noth ing whatever to say against his opponent, who may in character and qualifications be fully bis equal, but Mr. Johnson was an almost unknown, residing In the Western part .of the stato, where his only .previous political prominence had come from running for a nomination on the populist ticket He had not pro-, feased to be a republican for. much oyer a year, and yet when the votes were counted Hopewell had X1.S41 and Johnson '19.671 In other words, the unknown Walter Johnson polled within 2,900 as many votes as Lieutenant Governor Hopewell, supposed to be the Idesl vote getter. On this office all but 1200 of those participating In that republican primary Just marked their ballots, hit op miss, while those 1.200 i who crossed over made a majority of 3,370, to be exact, and made their votes effective. . ".. ' Our last 1014 primary election al fords ' another striking example of , the inertia on the part of tho votera when unacquainted, with the candidates. Soma cigar . atore on-hangers In Omaha one' day ' chipped Into a pot to pay the filing foe needed, to. put on the ballot the name of A. J. Van Xlstlne as candidate for the republican nomination of lieutenant governor. Van Alatlne is nothing but a typical ward heeler, with no license to, go after a Job -aa constable, , to say nothing of a atate office. If any one who knew him voted for him. It must-have been by , mistake, and yet he polled MM votes.' . ' An almost endleas number of caaea like theee could be found, fit of them telling the same story, namely, that the length of a ballot.. and the great number ot offices to be filled, constitute a serious obstacle to the Intelligent and effective exercise of the franchise, and hinder. Instead ot help, for efficient popular 'gov The Beefsteak and the Farmer. The - Saturday Evening Post gives vent to Well, this is a good one: Look at the South Dakota legislature voting down the. antl-hepo- . I ..III - ,l. .... .a I i. i . . - v. !.,., ... llBa, ... u iu ruu lul BU.a u -, Ier, v cn Uorla, Umentation on the vanishing beef with the perquisite, would bean lnfrlnement , f e(k wtth notu.e ,0 , of U1 to b(.glll , tne personal ngni oi ine onictui. kouid uuxoia bbould change ita elate motto to make It read;' "Public 'office a family snap." . . People andEvents A new Slauehtei l)oue l le rv.n !n CjiiuocUo'i wl:u the fnluu utock yurCs io tn.v.n' -d o i-3t!oii today til the hot' l.llllim (WmilliK lit. while i.tc u vf kllii . btamii will i o n until about .March I The lui fcli tu huu.jj wic built by t'io Muck yards company, but have li'-en . mc I ti uigo II. IUniiionl i Co. of Detroit (or I'.wv years. viih a renewal pilvllrge cf tbie vrs Lintel. Tho lon.l branch will be In the hiind.l of Mr. II. M. Mtdny. liy way of! f xpliinaiiun it is atatod that th alxB mentioned .In The lU e at the corner of TehtS, and Jon-f ma the 1'uiuli Coffee saloon and not h" Kin mill auroas- the a. 'i ' Mis. T. W. Iled. wlfr of Mr. Reed with Milton llofera & ton lift with )T whlldiva to Walt in Ijavtriipotl 8. J. Nil'-, TcrtU and llko.y aire-, la adter tiaiiig fjr a Klii for general huJwwork. Tie Saratov .i 1. Merer a'id Ui baling luo litis eleu-. liirM of I m for the ensuing ar: Hrvaident. W. IL It.m; M'i-tar, John I.. 1'uge: tieasurrr. Ja- ol, Klion. . Willie Hi i t, c?n of WIM'awn Mack. coiHiactni', aaa serioutiy InlnyJ by 14 ins Ihi.iu.i out of a run- ay al' UU earn the eh anus or boiled turnips, and to prepare to tell our grandchildren, with nioint eye, how 'va once ate that rare delicacy, since become ex tinct. While It does not say sjj outrlgjit, tho Infer ence Itt that another geacratlon will ho talking about beefsteak aa our oldcrt inhabitant iov makes our 'months water by atorlcs of the bu1'- fplo meat and vculson that wus a drug on ilm ma tor c?tnlj" 'l tln'i than ::ow, bivaute In ihoe koo 1 old tlnua the flcth of the Ulg game wc over, i more pleullful than the flesh of the domestic animal. ' . So cease to 'worry so far lu advance about the beefsteak bclufi expunged from the bill if ' Tho lawyers who are having their innings with Organised Ball agree that base bad Is '"a national Institution,',' thus obviating, a Judicial fleltvertvnce on that point. '.'.' ' ' v i'ete Gross of Gillespie, 11L. traded an old horse for a farm of , acres in Virginia a few years ago. HeLtntly he sold the lard . for" $100,000. Discovery of a coal vein muun the price. .- Two l vow l .Hems -took form this week an order for V locomotives for the French government golnK to a i'hiluilelphiu llfin. and an addition of 1.090 men to the working fon "of 'the Illinois Pteel company, . fi'ini'iint) Ananias flub has been launched In Den vn lion. Alva M. Laverty and Kenator Helen Ring I'otilnstin. nienibeia of the state legislature, raconi- iccided aa charter memkrr No. T a Mrs. Brown, to rkct In pioneer days. But not quite so faat I hom they applied the .- short and ugly word.- . t i i m . . 'if the ill' i mil ot a New York jude carries thu a real, thick, Juicy, beefsteak wa uioro - , 1 1 . ' .... . J ice .ti y en. h, no mataover may undertake to uo l.mmtiy f fiermaaa. ELM WOOD, Neb.. Jan. fJ.-To the Kdl tor of The- Bee: , 1 was so surprised to read your answer to one of your readers who had asked you . to write an article about tho question raised by the Literary Digest, a call to Oerman-Americsns' to organise. , After reading the blood-curdling arti cles In our big dallies about the German stroclties, about the German soldiers cut ting oft the arms and legs of all the Rcl gisn boys they could get hold cif. and hundreds of other English lies, wss it possible our American editors could not know that such stories -were bald-facd lies? They had Germans all around them all these 'years, and thousands of their subscribers are Oermansr ao they should have khowr. that they were lies. The editor of The Bee knows the Ger man people and Is net afraid to aay what can be expected ,of them If this country should be Involved In war with any na tion. I believe. Mr. Kditor, It was a sigh of relief .for-thousands of hyphens headed Americans, (what you said about the Germans applies as well to other na tionalities),,, Therefore, thanks fori the right word at the right time. NOT A WRITER, BUT STILL ABLE TO THINK. Tv Kinds of eatrally. ' BCOTTa BLUFF, Neb.. . Jan. 28,-To the . Editor of The Bee: The Bee's' de bating society has developed two kinds of neutrality. One kind prohibits Ameri cana as individuals from saying or doing anything (not e'ven to sell the products of their farms abroad) not favorable to Germany. The other kind of neutrality (Permits Germans In this country to applaud the kaiser and his wanton slaughter, hold public meetings In the Interest . of Germany. ' sent out public speakers that even go so" far aa to aay that .the men . teachers . In the public schools in Germany make men of the German youth, while the women teachers in the United States are making "sissy boys" of the American youth. If you should ' dare to violate the first men tioned kind of neutrality you are branded' aa ignorant, prejudiced,- a fool or liar. On account of the few plain truths that -I have stated through the courtesy of The See, I have been accused of about all the mental and moral defects that human flesh is heir to. .Neighbor Neusbaum of Bennington, Inst.) of us ing argument resorts 1.0 personal abuse, I reckon the next thing I will be accused of smoking cigarettes.: My advice to Neighbor . Neusbaum Is to consult " a ' physician. He. like some others I . know, ha a bad case of chronic ."Kalwrltis.'" This Is a disease that causes dysentary of words and constipation of thought, and la dangerous to the public welfare. Get It out of your system. At the risk bf being hauled up before the German-American alliance and court martialed for "lea maate.'; I want to make this modest statement: There never was a war that was worth the' price. ' Germans in this country should take out their "second papers" before they presume to tell Americana what to say or how to say it In the present cause leas slaughter In Europe Justice and lib erty have been outraged ten thousand times more than if the entire royaJt?) families of Austria and Germany had been annihilated and the assassins gone unpunished. I use the word causeless, advisedly. There was no cause. There was one excuse (and a very flimsy qne at that) and three -distinct motive of the kalaer for precipitating the war." If . Neljch bor Neusbaum does not know what they are I should be pleased to "'wise blm up." . 1 J. F. tVETBRIGHT. atronsr f the Railroads. NORTH I'LATTE; Neb., Jan. XI. To the Editor "of. the Bee: Having read so much regarding the proposed increase of passenger7 rates on railroads In the west, speaking from, west ot the Missouri river, I most certainly am In favor of the S-cent fare- per mile for railroads running west of the . Missouri -river from a financial standpoint The western railroads are, I believe operating passenger trains at a loss In revenue, 'where as a matter of fact they Whould be aell repaid, especi ally In this class of operating passenger trains, aa they are .doing their utmost to ' provide better accommodations and applying every safety device known re gardless of cost ' The public"; Is demanding, and in con sequence of these "calamity bowers" the legislators are being proded 1 along by these chroplo dickers to put more ex pensive burdens and responsibilities on the railroads. '-,' I have heard peoole- aay, "Oh, well. the ' railroads are rich and won't miss this and that" It most certainly Is an .er roneous idea. Railroads should be given credit for and congratulated on the pro gressive way they have made the country prosper. They have built roads in lo calities where it looked like it would be an Impossibility, not only that .but I dare aay that they could not positively figure any revenue from some ot these extensions. only possibilities. . They strive to bring business enterprises and populate the country where they operate to eiiarge towns. In fart the railroads ara first and above all when It comes to being progressive. That's their watch-wort,- make the" country grow. ' I will say in speaking of west of the HtsMourl river ' about paasenger and freight traffic, passenger, especially, that the western country Is not to be rent- pared w-lth the ieat for passengers on steam roads or any other. Let some of these chronic kickers go back east and eed the 'amount, of people that ride pas- se.i jbt trains as to pe compared with the western roada and they ran see why the weatem roads are especially entitled to the S-cent fare per mile. Western neoDle should be grateful to the raUroadr for the progresstveneaa they have shown In malting tms western country an "eye opener" for the eastern population. . X V. A. BUADSHAW. W5 West Eighth Street. '. Little Bobbie listened with deep Interest t the story of the f'rodlgsl Son. At the end of It he burst Into tears. ' Why, what's the matter, Bobble?" ex claimed his mother. "I'm, I'm so sor-ry for that poor 111 ce-alr." he, sobbed. "He didn't do nuf- biin: i.veryooiiy a Msgaslne. "What a funny looking man that con ductor Is!", said Mrs. Jiggles, on the trolley. "Yes." said Jiggles. "I've been trying to think who be looks like. His face Is very familiar to me." ' Oh, I know who it is," said' Mrs. Jig- Biea. .jib our goiartsn; judire, CHEERY CHAFF. "I undcmtaml thst you were strontily In favor of advsnred ideas." "I am." replied Serator Corghutn, ' Didn't you observe the Interest I took In some of thoe appropriation bills?" "But how do they apply to the advance ment of learning?" "Thsy don't. They apply to the ad vancement of money to my constitu ents. "'-Washington star. the row cu-ce publicly, rnraieiy, or course, an arck-it n'.sy' undertake .-iny tanglefoot ' without In vo'vlny ouvMith l i t'aimises. for , irokn hones. . New York state ha Kvjt ns' far In the direction of (red textbooks for t.io ' ii:ihllc sjhools J to hear a r ,ort of in ;tu efllfct'.ilon '"to tbe o.'t of the ven-i:-. - The. ij' .i'iv is tinned al $2..V.5. with fp.lr. It is only a quustlou Of making It profit;'.'. ! i ! f rt- for pu-iuul imewal.' Hesitation, is induced by to raise the cattle. With the assurance .lv.it to I t essence of the o'n. ) s . .in ki. .1.., r ,1,. i.ltMj t,... 1 fo huaky tors of German, parents In Chicago .... v. . u.e, au b.oi,ra,Brr :d ouble began soon ing it an ausorwe. Dy ibi- rmromu, rcruc-v.. wtw; v (iju, ti-t.eu jLhe.n psclpltaje4 the meu. tueat packers and retail buti : rs. th- fun.i!y Ir.to ca.it, b-t when the boys explained that mlddle-wet farmer will supply aty ,uJ .ij , th ll( lr' ..i.sn ' . Mf. d vie io-. tne irisn juage beefsteak requisitions for many years to rumd. i "u'""1 ar.a..e-v. r. m-e nV nt ,-nt the family , "" ' :" . n i ! ' MU.iwLi n .i . u-u. libu, .lj.j.iiiUy. tot; home When the absurd censorship of Oreat Brli- j ju, t tlw u,..u m, Jmeeiii-.g statesman brwca aln suppreased newa of the '.usa of, the battle- j 4,, .; 1 ji p.-oMtnnt oficUU -tts.naig iiarnera of ship Audacious, the government laid Ita cfriciul i their Is mates 10 the public payroll, -v .cv-int of'fainlly ttatements open to constant cUul'enge. C-r- ! ' M th, f: 1 inly-o uramu-vkM, sen. 1 daughters, nephews L.aiiy tskes notice of lb-opening and drive I nltr,ing salaries totalling Uo.oui.. a year home a contradiction. ' Heiua rulT How much njoreT 4 ' J Women's Activities' Mrs. Abigail F. Milieu of Geriusntown. Ia., celebrated Irfcr one hundred ard first birthday anniversary by plyicv ' her r.eedles for the bene': of the tn-ops of the allies. Some of her unndtAork has already been sent to Europe. In addition- to looking after the com fort of her many boarders, Mrs. 11,' H. William ot North Anson, Me.,- found time to make tM glass jara of preserved fruits and vegetables. bestde several stone Jars and bucknts the same. A mimber ot clubwi men were ap pointed Special policewomen by CUarlea Hubbard, director f he Hc,.rt men! of Hubllc r(eiy hi Ultavurgh. The took Into custody 'w.-nty tnn In one day, all anesled (or ii?tlug uo the at:eu '''. - . ' . . '.. . . ... . -- . ' kfth 1.... ... .... r ane saia sne would be content w iove in a couage," said the young man with a calculaiing mind. "That's a fine sentiment" "Perhaps. But I csn't help wondering whether a cottage Is the best her fsther Intends to do for us." Baltimore Amer ican, "la the soil rich out In your country?" asked the city man. "Is It rlch(" came from the farm err l "why, ssv. the soil Is so' rich' out Hktc that wlien the kids mskn mud plea tti'i can't eat 'em." Yonkers Matesman. THE TWILIGHT WITCH. Madison Caweln. The twilight witch comee with her stsrs And strews them throuph the blue; Then breathes, below tho sunset bars A breath of meadow rue: She trails her veil srross the skies . And mutters to the trees; And In the wood, with flrelly eyes She makes the mysteries. The twllght witch, with elf and fav. Is coming down the slumber way. , Sleep, my dearie, sleep. The twilight witch, with crescent moon Ntoops on the wood-d hill: She answers to the owlet's tune. And to the whlppnorwill. She lesns above the reedy pool And wakes the drowsy frog, And with the toadstool, d m and cool. Rims gray the old dead log. The twilight witch comes stealing dowi To take you off to slumber town. Hcep, my dearie, sleep. The twllght witch, with windlike tread Has entered In the room; She steals around your trundlobcd And whispers In the gloom She says: "I brought my steed along. My fiery steed of gleaJiis, To bear you, like a breath of sons. Into the land of dreams. ' I am the witch who takes your hand And lesds you off to fairyland. The far-off land of sleep." . HOW WOMEN AVOID OPERATIONS ' By faking Lydia E. Pink--ham's Vegetable Compound. Cleveland, Ohio-" My. laf t aid pained me so for several years that I 1 expected to nave to undergo an opera tion, but the first bottle I took of Lydia E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Com pound relieved me of the pains in my side and I continued ita use antO I became regular .and free from pains. I had asked several doc- r tors if there waa anything; I could take to help me and they said there was nothing that they knew of. 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