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THE BEE; OMAHA, MONDAY, MAY 3, 1915. THE "OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BT EDWARD ROSE WATER. VICTOR ROSEWATKR, EDITOR. Tne F Publishing Company, Proprietor. SEB BCILDINO. FARNAM AND fJEVKNTEENTH. gntered at Omaha portefflca aa second-elans matter. TtRMI OF SUB"CFIPTIcrM.' By carrier By mall per month. pr year, lastly and Sunday c ts "9 pally aathout Punfliy.... Vi w z.-vening en.i Miniay , v cm Fnln without Sunday 4.00 sninaay re my ptr 1 no pend not lr of change of address or complaint of Irregularity In delivery to Omaha Bm, Circulation Department REMITTANCK. Bemlt bv draft, express or postal order. Only tvn. rent damn received In payment of smell ee counts Personal checks, except on Omaha and caatarn s-xchange. not accepted. OFFICES. Omaha The Be Building. Heutn Omaha 911 N art. Council Bluffs-li North Main street, s Ilnoole X LHa Building. Chicago em Hesrn Bunding. New York Room sM Fifth imua ft- Louis MS New Bank of Commerce. Washington T Fourteenth Bt, N. W. ' COR R ESPON DKNC1D. drtre communlcationa relating to nt end sdl iortal matter to Omaha Baa, Kdltorlal Depertmeits, 53,406 flat of Nebraska. County of Douglas, a.: Dwlght WIIHama, circulation manager of Tha Boa Publishing company. being duly twnrn, aura that tha ?3VJis' clrcul"Uon toT tn Ionth f April, 191b, u ' mVtOHT mi-UAMS, Circulation Mansger Piihacrild n my present and aworn to before me. thl 3 at dav of May, 1!l!f. llOBKHT HUNTKR, Notary Public. -Sabaaibors teasing tba cjt temporarily thould havn Tbe Be mailed to thorn. Ad dreaa Trill ba changed aa often aa requested. ft Kay I Thought for the Day S.Uci4 Mr. W. R. Matthtw "A gmrrUn in a lovriom thing, Got cot! ' Rom plot, Fringtd pool Frnd grot Xfcs teriett ichool Of peact; and yet the fol OoiUnd$ that God is not 2'ot God, in jeraVn, when th tvt it eoolt JV'ay, but I hav a tign; ' Tii tery $ut Qod vxtlkt in mine." Tho$. E. Brovsnt. -1 Colon's period of stress la on. A 12,000,000 fire Is a serious net back to a warm community. Voters who fall to do Ibelr duty on Tuesday forego every valid excuse for kicking If mu nicipal affairs don't go to suit them. Clean-up time Is not limited to a man or to a political campaign, or to a dsy or a week. ' It Improves with practice all the year round. Joint Indictment of capital and labor In Chi cago Is a compulsory "get-together" system yhich neither side relishes but must endure (or a time. ..... The Hague; convention of women peata advo cates has formulated Its views. Now comes the more dUflcutt task of carrying the message to heedful esrs. Advance notice of clean-up movements In grain pits are never given. Experts In that line dUllke band wagon accompaniment. It dis tracts attention from' the job. Both sides are reported dinsattafled with the railroad arbitration award. But the general public Is satisfied with transportation peace as sured for the year, and that Is one factor In the outcome. The people occupying the territory to be an nexd Into Greater Oraaha may not be permitted to participate in the political game this time, but they can have Jurt as much fun as any of us watching it from the bleachers. No provision cf the constitution 1 violated, nor is any states' right doctrine Invaded, by cltl tens of Nebraska petitioning the governor af Georgia to exercise his power of executive clem ency In the Loo M. Frank case. The charge that both tickets are composed of. "men of honent report, full of wisdom.' is tie neatet specimen of political neutrality pro duced in the campaign. Moreover, the author runs no risk of prosecution under the "anony mous cirrulsr act." v The end of the war as a aporting proposition is quoted by London Lloyds at 17 to 1 to end by August 31. Even money is the wsger that war will terminate before January 11, nil, The flgurea are useful aa showing the rout f guess ers of an early finish. Congressman Gardner'a attack ef lnvaslonltls does not respond to the treatment of Improyed Cap Cod weather. His lstest bulletin shows In creased irrltstlon of the vocal membrane. The phantom Spanish fleets of seventeen years ago threw such a acare into Bay Btatere that some rattled nerves defy the healing fouch of time. i J ' J I Tl.a Omaha baaa ball club went Up akalnat In tfUuapoUs at tha Pharman Avenue park, and rr pounded out to tha tuna of 1 to 4. to th disappoint ment of th local fan Melvlll L. Landoa, btar known aa "Ktl Perklna." is atnpplns over la Omaha. lloa. W. A. Paxton returned bom from th a eat looklns rugged and aunbrowned. A. Allo U to l apclal travellnf ant for tha B, ic M.. with headquarter in Oraaha. Doc" Mlddlaton. tha famous Nebraska bandit aa la town, but left at 4 o'clock for th aC Th Omaha Utht Guard hav renud William' hall, formerly occupied by th publlo library, aa a drill room. ' Th. hour for street car to ran at al.ht ara Unded from 11 'clock to mtdalsht. aad th. drter will t paid sceordmg t rvw tha alio..,,, an II 7$ a day. Th. me. ar complaining ,nd threaten to atrik. According to PoaimaMer Coutant s report lift Ml M roaiag .lamp aalea wer recorded In April, being , lacreaa of per cent over th year before. The Flee. Ifniir, company have dlapoaed of th. rubber auniflng derrtaHnt to Mtaara. Oroa A Au Vla. who bava m( up buaintta at iXM Farnanj suat Tie Benefit of the Doubt. The rule of the Engliah common Isw is ths every man accused of crime Is presumed to b. Innocent until adjudged guilty after a fair trlsl by a jury of his peers, and that ha Is entitled tj the benefit of the doubt If tbe evidence Is In conclusive. In the esse of Leo M. Frank It Is no longer a question of whether , he has been legally adjudged guilty because the supreme court has held, although with , two dissenting Judges, that the proceedings technically conform with the law, and that the verdict must stand. Aside from this, however. In the court of public opln Ion, Frank Is still being accorded tbe benefit of the doubt, not only as to his innocence, but a to whether he really had a fair trial, and also as to whether the supreme court should not have entertained his appeal from tbe ruling denying hla application In the lower court. Tbe all-most Important fart which has been generally over looked, Is the declaration of the judge who pre sided at the trial refusing another hearing with this excuse: I have given this nueatlon long consideration. It has given me mora concern than sny other eaa I wa vr in, and t want to say right her that, al though I heard the evidence and arguments durlns thoee thirty days, I do not know this morning whether Frank Is Innocent or guilty. But I wg not th one to ba convinced, th Jury waa convinced, and I fe It to b my duty to overrule th motion. If tbe Judge who heard the case was In doubt as to Frank's guilt, although the Jury was other wise convinced, surely tbe doubt entertained by thousands of Justice-loving citizens throughout the nation warrants them petitioning the gov ernor of Georgia for commutation of sentence, which can In no way Impair the majesty of the court or the supremacy of the law. , The Politics of Eon-Partiianihip. Nonpsrtisanshlp Is always the slogan by which minority party candidates for office seek preferment or power which they otherwise could not possibly hope to secure. But nonpartisan ship la office and non partisanship in seeking office are two distinct things. Making local ap plication, and talking about It without dlssem bling, our "nonpartisan" commission plan of city government has in fact given ua for tha last three years a democratic machine entrenched la the city hall. It has dona this by virtue of tha fact that a majority of tha seven commissioners are nonpartisan democrats, and where tha bat anca of political power lies, lies also tbe main spring of polltlcsl activity. We do not say tha city hall would be free from partisanship If republicans were In majority, but what license have the democrats to dominate and nse for psrtlsan advantage tha government of a city like Omaha,. among whose voters they are In striking minority? Inasmuch as one political party or the othr Is sure to control, The Bee does not hesitate to express the wish that the outcome of tha im pending city election will transfer tha balance of political power from nonpartisan democrats to nonpartlson republican. Therefore thla sug gestion. For whomsoever else you vote, rat for Hummel, Jardlne, Kngel and Zlmman. Downijifc the Dandelion. .. Tha dandelion has soma uses, nubile onlnlon to me contrary notwithstanding. Its tender leaves often adorn the table as edible greens: its tsp root, running down to the center of tba earth at times, sometimes serves as a substitute for chloory, which In itself is a substitute for coffee, and under the name of taraxacum the ac tive principle of the plant appears In the piar macopla as a cholagogue. But nobody ever heard of the dandelion being listed among tha ornaments flowering shrubs or plants designed for lawn decoration. The persistence of the yellow pesfcls equalled In nature by only one thing, the English spar row, which is even mora useless. Tbe fecundity of the Nebraska soil makes the task of eradi cating tbe dandelion on of stupendous propor tions. The eternal application of all known remedies by everybody is the only available solu tion. The problem is complicated by the care less man, who Is willing to let his lawn go to waste, and who allows tba weed to bloom and ripen and scatter Its seed over his neighbor's plot, thereby nullifying all tbe effort the careful man has put forth. - The Civic League's Garden club plan for a campaign against tha yellow nuisance la a good one; swat the dandelion as well as tha fly, but the swatting must be perpetual la order to win. And. we always have with us the comforting knowledge that from the middle of December until tha middle of April we have very little trouble with either of these pests. New Deal at Uie Penitentinjry. Nebraska is Just entering on another experi ment in connection with the handling of labor at the state penitentiary. Hereafter, the convleta will work for the atate. Inatead of for con tractors. The new law simply ahlfts control, aad scarcely affects th condition of the prisoner. The governor recommended to ths legislature that some provision be made for the employment of prisoners on roads or other outside construc tion work, but this was ignored by th law makers, and the prisoners will ba utilised in In dustrial operations carried on within th prison walls. The principal change is that tbe state will have to sell or Itself use tba output of Us prison workshops. The Bosrd of Control should carefully Investigate the problem, and recom mend some comprehensive plan for handling convict labor to tbe next legislature. Railroad building in Alaska promises to be even mora precarious than holding white men as section hands in tbe west A promising "strike" will stampede a construction gaag as quickly as a fire alarm rallies a crowd. Unlike the western roads, the government cannot re cruit its forces from Chinese and Japanese. The yellow rsce Is a scarce article in Alaska. In weighing the words of foreign critics of American neutrality allowance must be made for the Irritation of disappointed hopes. Results thus far have not come up to the axpectationa of either aide, and the pea wieldera, unable to Jab the enemy, ease the pressure by swatting the Innocent spectators. It is a harmless diversion for unbalanced minds. Japan is charged with a desire for "a place in the aun." Nipponese ambition Is not so pounf. leis. For the present the role of stepmother for the Sou of Heaven will appease the brow men. The Political Caldron XT OBODT Is aaklng for hla money back. The po ll lltlrat show has satisfied tha raoet faatldlous Uate. Tha Innards of th dictionary hava been 10m out in an endeavor to eitol virtu and xpoa ic. n naa been a campaign of enlurhtenment and heat, to y nothing of th ptee do rartatanc, the new loctrla light and power rata ordinance. Every nhaaa of history, from George Washington erolnr th Dela ware to Edward Plmon crossing the Douglas street Bridge, haa been touched upon In this great educa tional soiree, this political Institute. Tha ramifications of a city campaign ar as vrled ss tha winds that Wow. Th passion of men have been aroused. Men who hava been considered desir able cltlsen In their own neighborhoods havs been designated as fourfltuher. On candidate was called a "devil In his own home town." Puch words aa ' hypocrlt." -llsr." "eowsrd." "bunk." "seiton of a graveyard." "boes-contmlled" snd "darn" hava bees used with vehemence and frequence. it win soon all b ever. Political history again will hav barn written and men will return to their pursuits of peace. Th strident vole of tiV political rpeumnder will ba silenced and th good old world will resnrna Its aplomb asd tha publlo mind will hav. to turn to such prosaic things as swattJnc th fly. pulling dandelions, eutttng th lawn, reading th bas nan scores sad riding In Jitneys. If tha casual observer might take th csmpalgn managers at their words, thr will be fourteen in stead of seven candidates elected tomorrow. Usten: "The big six will be elected," says Chairman Button. Th square ven will be elected." declares Chair man Flynn. And even the political orphan says he expect to ba elected. The republican committee main tains seven republicans will go In. Somebody I mis taken, that's all. Difference of opinion makes horse races snd political campaigns Interesting. It would also seem to th uninitiated that some bitter estrangement have been made during this cam paign. It wonld sppear that Mayor Dahlman hates the very ground upon which Chairman Sutton walks. Tet after tha campaign Is over th mayor and th Judg will probably meet en th treet and. perhepa. tha mayor wU! ask the Judge for a matfli. or th Judg will ask ths mayor for a pipe of tobacco, or fur a Job In tha city legal department It's only a stag battle, after ail. Tha men do not mean to carry through Ufa all they say about one another. It'a politics. Tha campaign has developed a crop of orators. Just aa predicted. John Rln. for th admlnlatratlon forces, gave evtdnce that h did not go to achool in Fremont for nothing. He was en of th beat speakers In school at Fremont and during the last few weeks ha learned how t pluck tha colors from th rainbow and fsshlon them Into alluring word pictures. H talked until he had to quit, but only becaus.'Tla throat gav out on Saturday. Tomorrow ch aide will make th final effort to enliat a following for their respective cause. Get ting out the vote is Just now tba chief concern. The antls contend that tha larger the vot l tha better will ba their chances, but Chairman Flynn of the square seven declares th antls hava no chance at all. Th mayor says ha Is going to throw th antls Into th deck on Tuesday. Th antls say they will hold a clean-up day festival. Th campaign has Increased the popularity of street corner oratory. Men. who a few years ago would hava frowned upon tha Idea of cart-tall speak ing. Jumped Into the fray and added to th "tumult and tha shouting." Th one dignified Judge and tha cowboy mayor mat in th open-air forum and ex changed a few handaful of shrapnel, but both are able to bo about and the political nurses report their conditions satisfactory. Seen in bis training quarters. Chairman Flynn made this statement: "Wa ar In tha pink of condi tion. Our white bop, the mayor, will lead his forces to victory. We will enter th ring st tha tap of the ball and there wUl b4 no fighting In the (cUnches. Wa hava dfctcowrad a new punch that will ba Introduced on Tuesday, aad you may say that there caa ba only en result of the contest. Chairman Sutton did some Sunday mad work, en joyed a rubdowa in tha morning and did some shadow boxing la the afternoon. II ate a hearty dinner, read the news pa pars, played a game of checkers and r tired early. Many curious peopls visited his training quarters, but only a few were admitted to the presenoe. To a political war correspondent he said: "We are going Into tha arena with the fight already won. That talk of the administration people having a new punch Is all bunk. Th coroner has been notified to carry out tha remains of tne opposition. Never felt batter In my Ufa Can read without my. glasses and th doctor says tny heart action Is normal." J7X OX , Twice Told Tales Hlnm Gaaselagr. tha theatrical man. la usually Had Walter Roberta ready with a quick answer to any question that I put to him. but one upon a time he was clearly non plussed. A woman had approached tha ticket window and said: "I would very much itk to know If th show which Is now going oa Is moral and proper. Walter cast a scrutinising glance at his ques tioner, but that was all. "Why don't you answer my question, young ins a?" demanded tha woman at tha window. 'Because, .madam, frankly speaking." said Wal ter, hesitating. "I'm not a good enough Judg of buman nature to know which way to answer without losing a patron." Loulsvlll Time. A Kingly laparlateadeat. A Chicago naa with business interests In Mis souri tells of aa Incident at a railway Junction therein. H was very hungry, with only two minutes before the departure of bis train. "Sandwich and off quick !M h said ta the coun ter man. "Haven't time for anything else." "Baay. friead." said th other. "Tak all the time you want. Cast poor aye ever this bill of fsre and I'll phone th superintendent to hold th train a hlle." "Hold the train whll I eetr Wur. Thla la a branch road, and there's no other train eomln' or goin' over It this mornln. Th sti pertntendent will want you to have a good meal he owns this lunch room." fit Lout Republic. People and Events On of the latest wonder of California la tha boa f a mammoth, which scientists say baa been burled there for S7f,(ns years A sea serpent la the only thing needed t6 eomptete the state's stock of Inromparabl wander for gawplag visitors. Assurance ar given by tha Kansas City Star that a man who earriea a thirst to Leavenworth, will have to so tbe water route or bring It back to Missouri Ront addition t tba Indiana colony at tavawortb aoeept the Inconvenience with pat riot le fortitude. As a result of aa undertaker's rut rate war at El Centro. N. M . Indigent dead will be decently Interred for the munificent sum of one cant each. whk-h the county promise to pay. The undertaker does not ears for the money, but needs the exerclee. Old-time fiddler contests ar enlivening life la Tewaa Challenge carrying the big daft axe putting roala. aad pep Into tha a port log extra of the Loo 6tar Stata if tha fiddlers wield th bow aa vigor ously as they talk for publication, nothing short of a concrete bridge will hold the catgut Opportunity did not have to push th button a aec- ead time at the office of th let John Cudahy of Chi. sgo- It en mora likely opportunity was met half way and had to spaed up to keep the paoa Cudahy had the speculative daih. which doss successful team work with foresight One year he was a bIx-Uoms million. aire, th next year th fortune wa wiped out and ha wa tl.ane.ao In debt. Than Cudahy buckled down aad pal4 off tba debt in five year and died a rich maa. That ia the brand of Americas eatrrpriae and grit tiat gives aa air oi romanc te taa grain pits of Chkagav 'aursjaca, and wb eroatuaXy draakto an Mora f mperttaeeit qseitleai. SOUTH OMAHA. Msy l.-To the Editor of Th Be: Before th people of South Omaha vote g.ooo bond for the use of the park bosrd. a long-suffering public would like to see a statement of disburse. ment made by tbe board of the I1S.005 they handled two years ago. Before any more park are boutht tha ones we now hav ought to be fixed up in decent shsp. Th swimming pool In Syndicate park was such a nulsanc last year that very few would shed any tears to sea It destroyed. Instead of building any more of them. So many. rumors have been circulated about tha coat of the driveway In Syndi cate park, that taxpayara would be pleased to see an Itemised statement bout It. If th park board need th money, tet them make a showing of what was done with the X1S.0OO they used two years ago. SOUTH OMAHA NT. Inside af Mlaara Baalc Caae. OMAHA. Neh.. May l.-To th Editor pr The Bee: The attached paragraph from The Bee seems to lndlcats that you have not had th latest news In regard to the Rlgga bank cans. Th Lo Angelea Time of a week ago today had an ex- elusive dispatch from Washington telling of an Interview of iouls D. Brsndels with the president In which It Is told that the president was Informed that Ms son- in-isw, McAdoo. and Mr. Williams had nothing to stand on and that he (Bran- dels) did not wish to go on with the eaa unless there was more evidence than had been shown to him and that Wilson had taken charge of the Riggs'- bank mattar. I would suggest that Th Bea get that copy of th Times. For member that It Is that same bunch that haa- and continues to mistreat Omaha In the Kansas City Reserve bank matter. and which It is evident that they do not intend to set to rights. t. J. H. The ft. A. R. F.aramanaeat for Oaaab OMAHA. Msy l.-To th Editor of Tha Bee: It does not annear to ha w.n known that Omaha has a splendid op portunity to secure the encampment of tne arand Army of the Republic for J PIS. The Omaha Real Estate exchange at Its last meeting appointed a committee con sisting of W. H. Oreen. Frank H. Myers of Benson Myers. George T. Morton of Harrison tt Morton, George Lasburr na ueorge a. Wallace to Investigate the wisdom of Inviting this great body to meet with ua On Investigation thla com mittee ha come to th conclusion that the facta set forth by representative of the Grand Army of the Repbulc are all backed by th history of these con ventions In the past The committee haa recommended to the exchange that the various civic bodies of the city get to gether and present a prompt and hearty invitation for thla meeting next year. Cities which bav bad tha meeting be fore a number of them ar aaklng for it again. Denver haa had It twice and ill tak It again, and so also would Chicago, which city has hsd it three times. Los Angeles wants It although they hav had It before, and so with a number of other cities. The meeting la not going a-begging. Fortunately, for several reasons, leaders of tha Grand Array of tha Re publlo feel kindly toward Omaha,, and our chances ar good. There seems to be a peculiar fitness at this time fa having this body of noble and highly respected people to meet with us In Omaha. If the encampment comes here tt will be the first time that It has ever met in this great agricultural re gion. It has been held In Minneapolis sad St Paul, Chicago, Denver, but never near to this great farming country, of which the center Is Omaha. Vast num bers of soldiers after the civil war lo cated in this region, snd we ought to bring the encampment, once at least. ss near to their doors ss possible. For a semi-centennial meeting Omaha pre sents the most central location. How-. ever, other cities In this part of tbe coun try, Des Moines for one, are asking for this meeting. The coat of such a gathering Is in no sense prohibitive. It will not cost to exceed $30,OOS. and Chattanooga did not pay that amount. Neither will ths slxe of the city be a great handicap with our known hospitality and our Improved ho tel facilities. We are In better position to take care of this convention now than St. Paul was when she had S00.00Q. or Penver wa at her first ' meeting. tr Columbuav or Toledo much better than Bait Lake or Chattanooga. What other olUea of our claas have done Oimslia should do If wa expect to get tha crowds, as we say wa do. Let's go after it and let's - after it right . GEORGQ G. WALLACE. Ahatentten and Ioagevtty. OMAHA, May 1-To the Editor of Th Bee: On April IT yeu published a synop sic of an address by Arthur Hunter oa "Insurance and Longevity," delivered by him at the annual meeting of the Asso ciation of Life Insurance Presidents, a copy of which I have before ma The address la exoeedlngly Interesting, even though the deductions drawn by Mr. Hunter from hla mass of statistics may only ba partly correct, because aa ele ment of uncertainty necessarily eaters lata a large per cent of death cases when determining the real causes of death. especially when considered In connection with the statements made by the Insured as to hla general habits, when ha applied tor Insurance, as to the uae of liquors tn exoeas, their moderate use and total abstlnenoe. Th extract from his address says: "beyond peradventure or doubt abstain ers live longer than users of aloohol." N6w what Mr. Hunter said was ss fol lows: "In my Judgment It has also proven beyond peradventure of doubt that total abstinence from alcohol Is of value to humanity. It 1 certain that abstainers liv longer than persona who use alcoholic beverages. The low mor tality amongst abstainer may not be due solely to abetlnenoe from aloohol bat te abstlnenoe from tobaooe and to a careful regard to one's physical well being." it wouia seem l rial conveys a what different meaning from the ab breviation published try you. At the same time there are eminent authorities who would challenge Mr. Huntar'e conclu sions that abstainers lire leiger than persons who use alcoholie beverages moderstely. Mr. Hunter himself, a little further on. says: "It Is probable that among these who were vary moderate users of al co- hollo beveracus there were compara tively few wh eventually used liqt Immoderately: but among thoee who took snore than a glass of whisky or .Is equivalent a day there were probably a goodly number who increased their dally consumption after having applied for ta- Immoderate extent." Tet In the deduc tion from his statistics these would be classed with ths very moderate user. I. , th results of th Immoderate use would be charged up to the moderate use. That certainly prod gees an rlrment of uncertainty. Th object ot Mr. Hunter'a address be fore the life Insurance presidents ap pears en the title paga of his published speech, snd reads ss follows: "Effect of slcoholle beverages, overeating, under- eating, social diseases snd occupation upon lensth of life aa disclosed from sci entific investigation of 1000.00e Insured lives." Therefor, be classes overeating with excessive' use of liquors. There Is another serious defect In it. dictions based on such statistics, snd that Is the temptation of the average ap plicant for Insurance to misrepresent in answering the questions propounded to him ss to his personal habits Thus an applicant who may use liquors excess ively may speak of himself ss a moder ate drinker. SS other-wine h mle-ht ha declined aa a poor risk. The result Is mat statistics referring t moderate drinkers are often gathered from men who ua liquor ta excess, but who con ceal that fart. It is. reversely, like men anawertns- for a crime who try to minimise their nun. ishment by claiming that they were aruns, although th probabilities ar that they were entirely sober. Mr. Hunter's conclusions do not coin cide with ths tlndlnr of other Investi gators along those line. Whll all agree mat tne excessive use la Injurious and shorten life, there are many eminent authorities who Insist that moderate us ers are better Insurance riaka than total abstainers. The Collective Investigating committee or the British Medical Asso ciation shows by elaborate tabular rat ings snd comparisons that the average ago of strictly temperate .drinkers Is eJ.lJ year) while that of total abstainers is only Sl.S years. The report explains however, that the difference may be partly due to tbe fact that most total abstainers are man of low vitality In th first place. Dr. Arnold Lorand. tha famoua Ana. trlan physician, of Carlsbad. Bohemia. does not recommend total abstinence. He teus us that care, worry, grief and sor row cause more premature old an than all other agencies. He speaks of meeting a robust boatman on the Island of Capri (taking wine probably twice a day reg ularly) a man In the 80s who aeton. iahed him. so vigorously did be hsndle tne oars. Asked how he managed to keep so young, th boatman repl1d "Sampr allegro" (I am always mtrrr). That Is th secret of the fountain of youth divulged by the scientists. . Total abstainers are seldom of tha merry "kind. FREDERICK A. SEDLACEKT. M D. . MIRTHFUL REMARKS. "I shrink from the ordeal." she) sal, but there was triumph In her vote. The ldv was dieting and exercising to reduce her fleh, snd the scales had Just shown that she bad sloughed off thirty pounds. Judge. Randall Delaney is very gloomy-ears he doesn't care how soon he dies. Rnaers Then he ought to consult a specialist Life. "How many peonle were st tha meeting lj"t night T" asked the wife. "Fourteen," replied the msn In the oaaa, "What kind of meeting was It. dear?" "Oh. a mesa-meeting." Philadelphia Ledger. "Are you going to the exposition?" "Nope: can't afford it" "But your wife bought an entire new; outfit to wear at the exposition." That's why we esn't afford It." Heme, ton Post "Did vou see where some expert- had achieved a seedlees Bjpple?" "Tea. but life will not be altogether worth living until somebody haa evolved: the boneless shad." Baltimore American. MOVING PICTURES. On ram am street where BlzteentH Mas, one oay I Idly watched the masses on their ways And as one waking, slowly comprehends, I knew these for my life-long, well-tried friends. Wh5. from the world of fiction Strayed awsv. Escaping from the printed page, that they Might taunt me with resemblanoes) unique Of face and form. I did not dare to lak, And scarce believed so many years) had flown. For Dickens, Scott and Hawthorn must have known These self-same folk. They were all here," snd more: . . Mark Tapleya, yes. and Pickwicks by the score; Good Don Quixote, without lanoe of shield. Roiirh Robert Burns and gentle Eugene Field With all th.lr characters. Then Tiny Tim And Jenny Wren came by with sunny Jim; Then Scrooge and David Harum with a Priest; Then Mr. Opp and Beauty and tha Benntf Perlmutter and Abe Potash, come to Hfo; And then poor Mr. Caudle with his wife; And Jean Val Jean with Cossette by his side; Then Bdwln dear, and Anaellna. his bride; And Sary Oamp and Betsy Prlgg In tears; And Marys, Marthas, Clara Vera le Veres; Shy Minnehaha, too. and Susan CSagg, And surely that was Anv, Joe and Meg: Gay Walltngford and Blackle Daw. his pard; Ani Elolse without her Abelard. Here were they all, our friends, the saints and crooks. To make the characters of future bnrrlrs. From every walk cf life they came, to meet On equalizing plane, the publlo street Whoro each, engrossed In bis own sel fish lot. To Jostling stranger gave no second thought Though 'twould bring smiles snd tears If thev had seen These self-same pictures on a movie screen. Omaha. jTAVID. H IS It IT I E 8 j-,g T Mat. Art. 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