TIIK BEE: OMAHA, TTESDAV. FEBRUARY 23, 1915.
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Thought for thm Day
' StUc f 4 hy Martin W. Buth
TUt halloicw) riiilody ot magic tony
Voet K citation at a link btUtng; l
JHendimj il tnutto with GcxVt Karmony,
A rirer mtlt into the nighty fa.
4 SchilUr.
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Wonder If Edgar Howard really knows some
thing bis hasn't told about the election In Douglas
county last fall?
A submarine will have little trouble In bid
ing in water that is no clearer than that running
from the taps In Ornsha these days.
- ; The evil that we do comes back to smite us.
Tbe British accuse the United States of flying the
British, flag during the civil war.
Tbe vigorous neutral ship notes of tbe State
department would be more impressive bad they
achieved a reputation for effectiveness In Mexico.
The glories and heroics of naval warfare
reach Ignoble limits when' unarmed ships are
sent to tbe bottom without challenge dr Inquiry.
With a spending schedule ot $90,000,000
a day before H, congress will make tbe treasury
balance look like bargain counter after a rush.
Judged ' by practical results, the' perform
ances of aeroplanes and airships, as vehicles of
attack, do not approach the promises of the ad
vance agents. , .
Make the Law a Good One.
Senate File No. 6, the Saunders-Howell Water
District electric lighting bill, bus been ordered
rngrossed for third reading, with very little
change In the form of amendment. It is un
fortunate for the best interests of the cltliens
and property owners of the towns comprised In
the Metropolitan Water District that the efforts
to promote the passage of this measure have
been tinctured with such appeal to prejudice as
has prevented a fair discussion of the bill on Its
merits. It is not too late, though, to secure
changes in the wording of the law that will
remedy Itg most apparent weaknesses, and make
it stronger and more serviceable. The bill should
be amended so as
( 1 ) To give power to condemn or buy, as well
as to construct, whichever is for the beat interest
of the taxpayers.
(2) To put the plant 6n a civil service basis,
snd make sure that it will not be part of a
political machine.
(3) To fix a maximum schedule that will in
sure users a real rate reduction, and make the
charges correspond to the meter reading.
(4) To insure full publicity and compel im
mediate dividends on surplus earnings in the
form of rate reduction or debt extinction.
These amendments will In no way Interfere
with the main purpose of the bill, but they will
further safeguard the Interests of the public,
and will strengthen the measure In at least four
points where it Is now essentislly weak.
If the legislators really want to help the resi
dents In the .present Metropolitan Water Dis
trict to tbe ownership and control ot a lighting
plant, they can do no better than amend Sen
ate File No. 6 In tbe particulars herein Indicated.
What Do You Mean, Edgar?,
Under the caption of "The Ghost of Fear,"
our good friend Edgar Howard, in his Columbus
Telegram, suggests that certain Interests are
afraid to have tho ballots cast for the constitu
tional amendments last fall recounted, and In
the course of his comment says: "Quite generally
the belief gains headway that tbe suffrage
amendment did not get any the best of tha
counting In certain election districts In Omaha."
What do you mean, Edgar? Are you not
aware that Omaha elections under the law as
presently administered are chemically pure?
It you are' not, then be Informed that the pres
ent election commissioner, his election boards,
bis methods and results, have the stamp ot ap
proval of the highest authority In the state on
pure elections.
At the same time, If you know anything, or
have any reason to think that anythtng unfair,
or unjust, or dishonest, was practiced In con
nection with the last election In Omaha, you owe
It to the voters of the city to make public the
facts. Or, were you Just talking generally, as
democrats are In tbe habit of doing these days?
While tbe. democrats at Washington are
spending $90,000,000 a day, a lot of needed laws
are dying because the senate has no time to at
tend to them. Such a triumph for popular government!
The Indictment of a millionaire promoter of
Mexican revolutions by a federal grand Jury at
Los. Angeles Is a belated check ta a common
border Industry., It is to be hoped the govern
ment will follow tbe hot trail to the finish.
New York Cityalas, will not be straightened
cut and saved by Rev. Billy Sunday for at least
two years. He saya the city "did not approach
him; In the right spirit." Sinful hesitancy waa
shown In digging up the guaranty ot $50,000.
The Pottoffice Shakenp.
Sweeping changes recommended la the per
sonnel ot the force of the Omaha postofftce by
a board ot Inspectors lit the Interest of ef
ficiency, brings to mind again the condition ot the
civil service employes ot the United States,
These men are thus reminded that, no matter
what may be Implied In their contract ot employ
ment with the government, based on a rigid ex
amination as to fitness and qualifications when
entering the service, and confirmed by long
years of faithful and competent performance of
duty In that employment, advancing from grade
to grade aa deserved promotion Is attained, they
are still subject to a supervision as strict as any
that a private employer might adopt. Moreover,
they are restricted In the matter ot certain
ot rights that are left to employes ot private
concerns, dbanges must be made In the manner
of administering laws that govern civil service
employes before Uncle Sam will be listed among
the preferred employers.
Missouri senators who wasted valuable time
discussing the humane qualities or ftahbalt might
profitably emulate thejr. Nebraska brethren.
With the latter tbe quality of the catch Is what
counts, especially if it has the markings of a
pure flshbake.
me situation or Russia. In the war is not
takutated to give ( far Nicholas unbroken slum
ber. With Its "steam roller" sinking deeper la
the Mamrfan swamps and Bukowina forsaken
as an undesirable winter resort, the bear chose
the wise course of backing up for Its third wind.
An orator at a I-Incg:u celebration in Brook
lyn remarked tbat there was "no Ananias club"
ia the time of tbe great emancipator. Probably
there was not sufficient business to justify tbe
enterprise. The country has grown soma in halt
a century and responds quickly to a hunch on
the special needs of advancing civilisation.
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Tha telephone company ia fUibllng a bill doa
Lincoln to limit t.ha rent of a telephone to not to ex
td U a uioiilh, explaining that the preacnt chargra
are a month la titles U eta of Omaha, and fJ
for entailer towoe.
Omaha people were In treated In tha marriage of
iv I'. Urn 8. Cannon, tba drugglat at Elkhora, and Mrs.
Elizabeth Rtevea. widow of . tha lata Jaaao Reevea,
-ne of tha pionecia of Dougla county, known aa
''-andma Reve." 8)i came her In ISii.
lUrry Koorea. aoa ot Frank Mooraa of tha Wa
i) oh. frll from a horizontal ladder at tha high school.
a diataoc of twenty fe-t, and broke hla arm. '
Tt a Omaha Medical and Surgical Inetttut has re
ii.o-1 J fiom a kujidlng at tha corner of Twentieth and
llowatd atreeta to wbat'U Known a the Crelghtoa
houe, corner Thirteenth and Capitol aven.
It. Oeurge L. Ml!l-r ha son eaat. It la bow aald
to t.i- a aur thlt.g that It. Miller will be la Prealdent
I'lDtUnd t cabinet.
'. A. )rlcga of r:iyru. U . ha lakes a poaltloa In
the m. of the Onuiha Ua company.
Mi. and Mi. V 11 r-lilllipe mill atiaod the Inaugj
tioi ceremniiiea tf Prelrnt Cleveland, and go fion
;.ii fcli..n. to Ncsr York and other caetera points.
Aimed at Omaha
llamltir Trihiin.-: What's the matter with
Omaha? Can it he that It la aa wlcktd aa It would
have the people believe, or la It juet trying to crowd
Into the lime-llght by the aaelatance of Billy Sunday?
Nebraska City Tress: Hilly Ounday will not com
to Omaha until Reptomlwr. Philadelphia, he aayn,
needs him. Ahd prohahly. In a manner of apeaklng.
Hilly needs Philadelphia, aa It ia rather expensive to
live the life that requires fur coats, limousines ard
marhl palaces. And Omaha can wait. When Omaha
seta that million-dollar hotel paid for It won t have
any money loft for Sunday.
Plattamouth Journal: Thouaands will visit ths
automobile show In Omaha thla week who never ex
pect to have money enough to purchase one. But the
excuse to go to Omaha waa all that waa necessary.
David City Banner: If Billy Sunday succeeds in
really converting Preacher Bavldge of Omaha It will
b worth while to have him come and ought to be
worth IJO.O0O to thst city.
Joup City Northwestern: The Omaha preachers
have tackled about the toughest Job in their existence.
They have made up a prayer list of 10,000 whom they
will select for converalon, and headed the list with
Jim Dahlman. We once heard an evangelist figur
atlvely hold ainners over hell-fire by the hairs of their
had aa he proclaimed. - Had Omaha's mayor been
there he could have called his bluff.
Kearney Hub: The Omaha Bee conclude that so
long aa the state normal board haa It existence under
the preaent law It Is not likely to be freed from "the
pernicious activity of Interested politicians." That
might be called both an expert and an unbiased
opinion.
Tork Republican: A Hastings man atole a copy
of The Omaha Bee and waa fined and costs. The
total coat of the paper to him was 110.25. While The
Bee la often worth that much or more, and the copy
In queatlon more than likely was worth all the man
paid for It, yet he felt that he would have done better
to have puchaaed a copy at the news stand for a
nickal.
Plattamouth Journal: The coming of Blllr Sun
day wlU prove a great trade fetter for Omaha merchants.
Ohlowa Spotlight: It seems that all of the hay.
seeds do not live In the rural districts. The metropolis
Omaha haa been supporting a Belgian actress the
last week or two. She was soma actress, she made
good In Omaha.
Grand Island Independent: Public Service, a Chi
cago Journal devoted to combating the municipal own
ership idea. In speaking, of the campaign for a
municipal lighting plant in Omaha, and especially
with reference to the defeat of a resolution introduced
at an Improvement club meeting favoring uch action,
aays: "It Is pointed out by members preaent that
Omaha till haa much undeveloped territory within
the city limits. One member told of scaring up a
coyote at Forty-fourth and California atrevta re
cently." The reading public not familiar with Omaha
will certainly conclude that If Omaha haa become ao
dead as to Invite coyotes to make their domiciles In
Forty-fourth street, It certainly ought not to under
take to own and operate Ita own lighting plant., There
are cheaper methods of driving away coyotes than
by light.
State Press Comment
'LUTES TO A LAUGH.
W kit the Aatoaaoblle Skew Ds.
OMAHA. Feb. 2J.-To the Editor of The
Bee: 1 did not realise how many people
the annual Automobile show brings to
Omaha until I tried t get hotel accom
modations for a Chicago gentleman. On
Wednesday afternoon 1 spent three
quarters of an hour by telephone try
ing to find a hotel thst could take rare ot
him and waa unable to locate one la this
town thst had a, vacant room they all
had watting Hats. ' '
If the new Fontenelle hotel had been
open every room In tt would have been
occupied.
This gentleman had gone to Lincoln
the night before because he could not
get a room at any hotel In Omaha, and
went home to Chicago Wednesday night
because he could not gt a room here.
Tha clasa of out-of-town people who
attend automobile shows have money.
Many of them bring their families and
invariably spend more than one day here.
I find upon inquiring of the hotel
proprietors and uptown retail stores
that the Automobllo show brings more
business to Omaha than any other gath
ering, with the possible exception ot the
teachera' convention.
There Is considerable complaint that
the Ak-ar-Ben festivities bring out-of-
town people for one day only and even
then a large proportion leave town after
tha parade.
The experience of Chicago Is that the
Fat ritock show is the best drawing; card
they have. For a good deal leas money
than we spend Ak-Sar-Ben week we
could have a first class fat stock show
here In Omaha. It would attract farmers
and stockmen ' from the surrounding
statea and would have a decided influ
ence In raising the breeding standard of
live stock.
If an Omaha fst stock show could be
held immediately after the Chicago show
we would have no difficulty in getting a
larsw nrooortton of the exhibitors to
show here.
If each industry will do what the auto
mobile people are doing to bring trad
to Omaha, we can have at least four
shows a year that will not only bring
trade to Omaha, but will advertise us
more extenslvety than anything else w
could do. F. U HAL.LER.
"There seems to be a great change In
that man 1 took for one ot tha bt suns
of the establishment."
"No wonder: he aolnr to be fired.
Baltimore American.
Attorney How old are you, madam?
Wltnesn Hlr!
Attnrnev IWr vnur nardon! HoW much
younaer are you than tbe lady next doorf
Philadelphia Ledger.
Mv wife la a nervous wreck." com
plained the young husband.
"Herves vou right," commented the un
svmpathetic friend, "for keeping the girl
on the anxious bench four years before
coming to the point." Louisville Courier-Journal.
Little Robert Ma. was Robinson Cruso
an acrobat?
Mother I don't know. Why?
Little Robert Well, here it reads that
alter ho had finished his day's work he
sat down on his cheat. Judge.
"Do you know." said the cannibal chief.
"you're the first missionary we have seen
In a long time?"
"Yes." added ine mewara. nraw
ren t what they were. The high cost of
living hss gotten to be something ter
rible." Washington SUr.
The young prince chuckled.
"I mav be the heir awarent." he said.
poking the prime minister In the portfolio,
"but that s because my uncie is xne neir
consumptive."
Whereupon the courtiers signed mourn
fully, knowln full well the difficulty Of
laughing at what royalty considers Jokes.
-Philadelphia Ledger. i
"That kid of mine Is practically auto
matic'
'What do you mean?'
"First he aete his face dirty. Then he
cries and washes it." Louisville Courler-
"HEY, THERE!"
the
Journal.
He Whv are vou women alwaya going
to bargain salea In the hope of getting
something for nothing?
rihe t or the same reason you men are
always going to your poker clubs. Bal
timore American.
The lalted Statea Amy "NaTT.
LITCHFEILD, Neb., Feb. !. To the
Flltor of The Bee: Tbe present compii- hlm (0 h.ep hl, Dow1b regular, for which
what constitutes 1 nothing is better than Aetoltlt", and when
Various Forms
Of Headache
'It Is necessary In order to treat head
aches properly to understand the causes
which prodnoe the affection'' aaya Dr. J. W.
Ray ot Blooktoo, Ala. Continuing, he says:
"Physicians cannot even begin the treat
ment ol a disease without knowing what
causes give rise to It, and w must remem
ber that headache Is to be treated according
to toe same ruie. vy e mast not only oe par.
ueniar to give a remeay intenaea to coon
teraot the eause which nroduoea the bead.
aotae, bat we mast also give a remedy to
relieve the patn until the eanae of the trouble
ba been removed. To answer this purpose
Antl-kamnla Tableta will be found a moat
convenient and satisfactory remedy. One
caoietevery one to tnree aours giTeaeemrort
and rest In th e most severe eases ot headache,
neuralgia and particularly the headaches
oi women."
Whan we have a patient subject to regular
attacks ot stok headache, we should caution
John D. Walls, In Buffalo News.
Of all the forms of greeting (
weathy or the poor.
The gutterala ot the German and ths
Frenchman's soft "hon Jour"
The Oriental kowtow and th Kagllah-
man a "My Word!"
The Chinaman's palaver Snd the ' other
form I've hekrd.
There's one among tha others that I like
above the rest,
Becsuse It's good and wholesome and be
cause It a friendliness
Because It rings as honest ss th gospel
on the air
It's the good old Tankee mellow
Salutation to a fellow:
"Hey there!"
it 1srtt proper English as the proper kind
Is writ.
If Brander Matthews heard It he would
doubtless throw a fit:
The lexicons discredit tt ss "dialect" or
"drawl"
And consequently highbrows never uss
the term at all:
We're apt to never hear It save when
hurriedly we roam
The city streets and see a face a grii-
s'ed race rrom nome;
A qulxzlng look, and then a smile snd
then, so rich snd rare.
Cornea that good old Yankee mellow
Salutation to a fellow:
"Hey there!"
I like my many frlendahlps and the
spirit each impuea,
even like their handshakes and their
formal "howdy-dos."
They smooth out lots of runes in uie
rocky patn wove iron
And bring a fellow closer to his fellow
man and Ood;
And yet th way seems snorter and the
happiness ia more
To meet some man or other wnom we
used to know nerore.
And watch hla amlle grow broader, the
like music ricn ano rare,
Hear the good eld Yankee mellow
Salutation from the fellow:
Hey there!"
OCEAN TRAVEL.
CUNAKB
Total Church Membership.
The. ratio of church membership to the to-
al population of the United Statea Is difficult
to determine. Dr. Carroll's statistics excludes
from membership the very young children of
church families, calculated on a basis of 15 per
cent. Adding this deduction to the total mem
bership and assuming the accuracy of tbe of
ficial estimate of 100,000,000 population, at th
present time, It appears that S3 per cent of the
people are affiliated with church bodies and
growing up under church influence. With 47
per cent of the people without church walls and
inriuences, tae aggressive and progressive
churchmen of today need not go far from home
for fruitful ftelda for their energies and abili
ties.
Responsibility ot tha Jitney.
Speeding swiftly behind the Jitneys la west
ern cities comes the problem of responsibility
for Injuries to passengers. Personal injury
damages is a large factor in the operating cost
of street car systems. To an equal degree lia
bility should attach to competitors. Indeed
liability to Injury is increased owing to the
greater speed of the motor vehicle. In Kansas
City, where the Jitney "business Is largely de
veloped, the council ia considering a measure
requiring liability bonds from Jitney owners aa
a protection for passengers Injured by these con
veyances. Similar protective measures will be
a necessity la all cities should the Jitneys be
come a permanent Institution.
Falls City Journal: Governor Morehead wants
$3,000 to give to lawyers to fight the railroads in their
application to get higher freight rates. What Is the
matter with the governor's attorney general, and his
srmy of assistant? Once upon a time Norrls Brown
was attorney general snd gave the matter his per
sonal attention. Ther 1 no reason why th state
should par cot a. lot of extra money to give somx
Indigent lawyer ajenanc tq. pretend to earn some
thing from the state. Let the attorney general attend
to this part of the legal business of the state or get
off the Job.
Fremont Tribune: No man ever had finer news
paper support than th World-Herald gives its owner.
Senator Hitchcock, la his disagree, menta with the
democratic administration. In considering that situa
tion Intelligently it must always be remembered that
Senator Hitchcock waa reared a republican and that.
therefore, when ha get away from the democratic
party he is on perfectly logical and defensible ground,
and his able editor makes the moat of tt
Hasting Tribune: What's ths use. of talking
about getting Tom Major's goat? "There ain't no
such animal."
ria'uemouth Jounral: Colonel Tom Majors still
'holds ths fort" st Lincoln. He Is a veteran of the
civil war and knows how to fight.
Howell Journal: To read the recent article pub
lished In th press of the state by th railroads, on
would be led to believ that all of the woatern roads
ar oa the verge of bankruptcy, but we - note that
Union Paclflo stock sella oa the Mew Tork emhang
for a premium In exeess of that offered for govern
ment bonda; so also does the Oreat Northern and th
Northwestern.
Bridgeport New-Blade: Th argument made by
that railroads that locomotive engineers ar drawing
larger salaries than the governors of seven states is
not a happy one. In the light f recent events. If the
governors arc all Ilk ours there can be no doubt tbat
the engineers should be given an Increase and the gov
ernors cut down to two plunks a day.
Nellgh Leader: Th two branchea of th Ne.
braaka legislature got at loggerheads befor th or
ganisation of either body was completed, and this
spirit of contention appears to grow Instead of passing
away aa ths seasion proceed. Such a spirit does not
give preml of a useful seaaion. and It would appear
to be time for th members ot th two bouses , to quit
horseplay and get down to business.
Nebraska City Press; Old Charley Pool, new sec
rotary of atata, should live up to his newapaper train
ing a llttl more aaaiduouely. Here we ar told that
he is trying to put all th mutual Inauranc companies
out of business, w will not go ao far a ta make The
Insinuation that Tha Omaha Bee has, but we would
suggest that Colonel Pool let the mutual companies
alone, or he will have a lot of perfectly honeat and
Industrious fsrmera on hla back.
No death recently recorded hag brought sor
row to more homes In Omaha than that of Miss
Margaret O'Brien who is dead at Seattle. Miss
O'Brien during her long yeara ot aervlce In the
Omaha public library endeared herself to such a
Urge number of Omaha folks as Is given to few
to meet and each ot these will sincerely mourn
her as a woman of admirable qualities sad per
fect ways.
Twice Told Tales
The legislature Is respectfully reminded that
tbe city of Omaha at present has the power to
construct, buy or condemn aa electric light plant,
end that the Metropolitan Water District should
be given tbe same power. If any.
The leaderlees democratic cohorts at Llacola
are giving a very good imitation of their too well
led brethren at Washlngtou, and are doing noth
ing la the way of useful work.
If the weatherman will Just turn o the sun
shine. for a few minute, much will be forgiven
him. ,
Ha at.
Mr. Caproa aa hla wife atruggled valiantly to
teach their little daughter Edith to repeat the letter
"a." Try aa taey might, the llttl girt refused to
pronounce the first letter of th alphabet, and after
several vain effort a Mr. Caproa retired from the
atruggle discouraged.
Mrs. Caproa called th child to her, a ad In aa af
fectionate manner asked:
"Edith dear, tell mother why you won't learn to
say 'a'
"Well, mother," explained Edith. "It's because Just
aa aooa aa I aay 'a' you and father will want ma to
say '-' "Harper's Magaslae.
Al Pry.
Oh. Percy, dear, your birthday gift waa ao beau
tiful!" remarked the young lady, with her beat smile.
And yu unintentionally left the price mart oa fifty
Seller. "
"Oh. hw careless of met" replied Percy.
"And I ae you bought It at Payne New, I kuow
you wouldn't mlad taking tt back and exchengiag It
for one of Ihos lovely fifty-dollar sabl muffs they
have ta the window, would you?"
"Oh. aot at all; with pleasure!" he replied.
An hour later that yeung man waa lamenting the
foolish act of (toying an ornament for tie and atickins
a t't label on !L Baltimore American.
cations In Europe as to
the war sone will speedily become a
menacing matter If the United Statea
"lists to the voice of the siren" snd ar
Iowa England to dictate as to the right
of the neutrsls upon the high sea When
England declares the German coast In
the war sone and prohibits the shipment
of arms and foodstuffs to Germany, haa
not Germanr the right to declar the
English coast In the wsr sons and to
warn neutral nations a to the fact? To
all falrmlndsd person they have and It
also goes to prove that Germany Is meet
ing the neutrals upon the level and acting
upon the square.
But providing that tbe United States
lists not. shall this, nation trust to the
good will of oher nations of be ready to
defend Itself. We hear the arguments
that this country should have no dogs oi
war for fear that we may turn them loose
upon slme Innocent bystander. The time
has come they say when thi nation
should set an example by trusting to the
good will of other nations. Haa human
nature so changed within the .last few
weeks that we can now leave everything
to peace treaties. The peace hall at The
Hague la covered with cobwebs and
scarcely a shred of the two Hague treaties
Is left. A nation built upon peace treaties
can not long endure. What are you going
to do when your more powerful neighbor
disregards these treaties anrV trails your
flag Into ths dust? Are we going to have
Sunday school parade In lieu of sold.
lers? Can we defend ouaaelvea by Chau
tauqua lectures and drinking grape Juice?
But they say that after this war there
will be an international army and navy
to enforce treaties and thus assure peace.
So can I sit in sn easy chair in a warm
office upon a cold winter's day and
dream that I am under southern Cali
fornia's sunny akles, hut doea that lea.
aen the cold when I go outside? But they
say that we can arbitrate. Can you
arbitrate race hatred? Can you arbitrate
the hatred of the German for tha French
man? Can you arbitrate slavery? It
was tried for fifty years and ended In
war. Can you . arbitrate the Monroe
Doctrine? No one is so foolish as to sug
gest It "We hsve a doctrine for th ex
clusion of the Asiatics and w are ready
to fight for it. Do w want to be In the
position of tn toothless old dog in th
manger, saying. Tou can't come It here,"
but beinir unable to bite and keep him out
If h does comes? The arbitration ot a
policeman with a club Is more effective
to two fighting men than for him to gay,
"Please cut It out."
Th asaiatant secretary of the navy re
cently said that th navy was short
IS.) men. According to Congreaaman
uardner, tn navy lias twelve super-
dreadnaughta. Ian pretty fair battleships.
eight venerable relics and four floating
mesaea of scrap Iron. There are three
scout cruisers In the United States navy
and with the greatest coast line of any
nation it has the poorest equipment of
submarines.
But we have coast artillery, they aay.
Our coast artillery are manned with guns
with a range of a mile and one-half leas
than the guns on the new Engliah and
German warship ' A foreign fleet could
remain one and one-half mllea outside
the range of the guns in New York har
bor and destroy It without the lose of a
single man. After landing there Is noth
ing to bar the path of the Invader, not
even a strand of barbed wire.
The army la eOOuS atrong. a body of the
same staf as the combined police force
or New York. Chicago. Philadelphia and
Boston. Plxty per cent of the militia
were unable to qualify aa third claaa rifle
men and X per cent did not even try at
the recent teat We hear a much about
th effectiveness of th forty-two centi
meter tslxteen and one-half-lm-h) Ger
man siege gun. The largest siege gun
In tha United Statea army la a alx-lnh
gun.
Some boast of our military aeroplanes.
The navy has Just seven aeroplane that
ran get out of each other'a way, and the
srmy has elovea that can get off the
ground. The srrny has no dirigibles or
Ceppelins snd not one of the aeroplane
Is even srmored.
But the pacificists say that after thla
war the warring nations wUl b wora out
and ready for pe.te. So Franc thought
when they Invaded Mexloo after th dvU
war. But they aay these nallona are all
ur friends. 8 they are now, but how
long will It laat? There has been ware
since the beginning ef mankind and there
alwaya will be. Verily he waa a wlae
ntan ho aaid. "la time of peace prepare
for war." GEORGE COW1N.
ba feels th least sign of aa oncoming
attack, he should tak two A-K Tablet.
Buck patients should always be Instructed
to carry a few Antl-kamnla Tableta, so aa to
have them ready lor instant nse. These
tablets ar prompt la action, and Can ba
depended oa to prodao relief In m very
lew minutes. Ask for A-K Tablet.
Antl-kamnla Tablet can ba obtained at all
druggists.
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August S. 114.
TO THE PUBLIC:
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