ntE BEE: OMAIIA, MONDAY, JANUARY 31, 1916.
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tiabscrtber leaving the rlty temporarily
should have Tho Dew mailed to them. : Ad
dree will be 'changed aa oftea aa requested.
All ready, now, for the leap into the leap
jrar month 6f the year. ' ,..'-.
California doe not advertise Its rainy rea
son aa a climatic attraction, but It advertise itself.
No politic whatever In the prea'dent'a awing
around the circle of course, not even tba
slightest trace.
The bargain counter stage for killing has
arrived In New York. A murder crew of three"
pulled off a recent Job for ft a head.
"The grave and reverent exterior" which the
president maintains presents the crucial teat of
facial control with nine colonels lined up for
Omaha's postoffice job.
No prospect, though, of President Wilaon
(hanging his mind again soon about the one
tum plank la the Baltimore platform, "made
to run on, but not to atand on."
Almost with his last word a St, Louis man
forbade the use of a motor hearse at his funeral.
Had he been given enough time to visit the
Omaha Auto show his opposition to post mortem
joyriding might be modified.' " ' " "
Not less than half a dozen states hold presi
dential primaries ' before' Nebraska' does. So
those who are now hiding In the atorm cellars
should be able to tell which way the wind Is
blowing before they have to climb out
In seeking fruitful sources of national reve
nue congress should not overlook the campaign
speech. Taxed at the rate of a dollar a foot
would vaatly. Increase Uncle Sam'a Income and
conserve the calorie resources of the nation.
Someone riser to propose putting the mini
mum wage In practical , operation with our
municipally-owned water plant. If that man ta
a present waterworks employe, he had better
take care' to keep Ms Identity hidden from Ha
maximum-wage manager.
Rural Credit Co-Operation.
The first rnral credit association organized
on the co-operative plan that haa come to notice
has been launched at Emporia, Kan. It haf
been chartered by the state bank commissioner,
and Ita operation will embrace the entire state.
Officers and directors are drawn from the ranks
of practical farmers and kindred pursuits, bank
ers, publishers and other men of large affairs,
showing a well-thought-ont purpose of placing
the organisation before the public tinder favora
ble auspices.
The plan of the association Is to make loans
to members on the long time amortization sys
tem at 5 per cent Interest. It Is baaed on the
ayatem recommended by the commission which
made an extended atudy of rural credits In
Europe. It differs only in detail from the sys
tem of co-operation successfully demonstrated
by the savings and loan associations of the
United States, a system which now embraces
nearly 7,000 associations, 3,000,000 members
and an aggregate working capital of 1 1,4 00,
000,000. What these associations have accom
plished among the thrifty people of titles is
equally possible In the country. The principle
lit the same. Success la equally certain If the
farmer associations command from Its managing
members the time, perseverance and Intelligent
direction which generally characterize the move
ment In the cities. Moreover, the ayatem vital
izes the dormant spirit of co-operative self-help,
promotes neighborly good will . and rears a
secure foundation for Independence.
In one respect the Kansas association prom
ises an Interesting atudy. Experience shows
that two-tbirda of the membership of a co-operative
association supply the capital to be loaned
to the remaining one-third. Loans made at the
announced rate of I per cent per annum mean
leas the 5 per cent profit for the investing
members. Time will determine whether enough
Investing capital can be had below market ratea
to meet the needs of borrowers eager to take
advantage of low internet ratea,
Kitchin and the Wrecking- Crew.
Representative Claud Kltchln of North Caro
lina has been chosen aa leader of the democrats
wrecking crew in the bouse,' and wilt 'be the
director of the organized revolt against
the president' pet plans. Kitchtn and his com
rades have the assistance of Champ Clark, in
whose bosom still brightly burns the resentment
enkindled at Baltimore four yeara ago. This
schlam is entirely Independent of, but is proba
bly aupplenmental to, the opposition of Mr. Bryan
and his follower in the house. It Is no longer
a matter of policies, but ' of personal politic.
President Wilson has sought to dominate hi
party In and out of congress, but others aspire
to that distinction and are unwilling to concede
first place In the party' councils to the presi
dent. This all means a continuance of factional
bickering at the expense of publlo service. In
terests of the government are a secondary con
sideration with tho democrats Just now, but the
people will find a way to reward this exhibition
of peanut politic.
Club- women and social worker have suc
ceeded in excluding male from women's courts
Is several cities. Public moral would bo ma
terially advanced If like meaaurea were dta
creetly applied in all court where trial attract
the prurient and the morbid.
Congress does not take kindly to the Whit
Mouse hunch to speed up on vital business and
drop "pork" bill. With a campaign coming
on and fences In more or less disorder, congress
men resent the suggestion that their safety Is
hot wholly in the public Interest.
At the age . of 77 year General Weyler
comes back aa chief of Spain general staff. In
year past the general' reputation waa below
zero In this country, but since the efficiency ol
some of his methods waa tested In the Agulnaldo
war. the country viewed bia ahortcomtngs with
restpectful complacency.
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National Capital Topics
CuM-Wordi for Common Folk. .
Having considered "Profanity of Our Best
People," the Vaasar professor ha befoa hint.
tho broader, but perhaps lea Inviting, field, of
'Cuaa-Worda for Common Folk." With th
dainty taste of a discriminating dllletante, he dli-
ecta some of thr milder form of profanity,
carefully avoiding the vigorous, red-blooded
ort of expletive familiar to those who know
what real swearing is. He has taken pain to
analyse certain form ued In that far-off day
when Harry Hotspur adjured hi wife, Good Kate,
to use "a good, round, mouth-filling oath, and
none of the lady-like rnlnclngs," of which the
professor haa cited aome examples.
' He may also extend his analytical classifi
cation, by adding th hortatory, monitory and ob
jurgatory form. Unless he ha had the pleaaure
of listening to a Mississippi river steamboat
mat urging the black deckhand to greater ef
fort, an old fashioned "mule skinner" dilating on
tho ancestry and upbringing of th several anl
fal in hi "team," a cowpuncher descanting on
th disposition of certain refractory steer, he
know very little of th true force and effect of
profanity. To make hi course complete, he
ought to foregather around a switch-shanty or
th call-board In a roundhouse and listen to a
group of seasoned railroad men tell of the last
trip over th division, and then hear a regular
frontier "bad man" catalogue his own accom
plishments and achievement.
Profanity t useless from any point of view,
but It 1 not to b acquired in its greatest fluency
or more Impressive form at any modern college.
It ia really an attribute of the common folk of
tho world, and true proficiency in it practice re
quire much travel and close observation.
The Irish land lea sue held a meeting at Cunnln
ham hall with John A. McKhane presldlnr- Addreaaoa
were delivered by W. A. Uibbon and T. J. Mahoney,
and J. K. Riley, aa toaatmaater, reported that Omaha
had contributed $1,000 of the 110.000 that had been aent
to Ireland during; the leat six months.
AuguBtua Kountie of New York Is In the city on
a visit, as 'the aueat of Herman Kounlse.
The Epiaoopal dloeeee has opened quarters In the
rait on block for uae as th office of Bishop Worth
tngton and.-Rev. Mr. Patterson, secretary of the Epla.
copal council.
The offlcera of the Department of the Platte, wl.e
have been so long fls-htln Indians and pursuing stage
robbers, ae now devising ways and means to combat
a formidable rue, th bedbug. At several of th poets
th bed bugs have been so persistent in their attacks
that th commandants are making requisition on
General Howard for large supplies of insect extermi
nator. Th requests were referred In turn to General
Scofleld and th War department at Washtngtoa. front
which a communication baa Just been received that
V'stf-l Sam caanot afford to ray th expense ef th
bed bug war.'
Assistant Traf fto Manager P. P. Shelby of th
t'nlon Pacific, with headquarters at Salt Lake Cfty. Is
tenewlng acquaintances In Omaha oa his way east.
W. R. Bennett Co., Ill Fifteenth street asks for
the return by th. finder ef "one large oil tank, loot
from our delivery wasoa betweea Montana street and
ur store."
Freedom of Religion Belief.
Editor Pontius write to The Bee' Letter
Box on a somewhat pertinent topic, and in it
eta out much of sound aense. Ha agree fully
with Editor Metcalfe on the main point, their
difference artalng over a matter of detail. This
1 on of the peculiarities of any discussion that
involve religion. Dissension rage over non
cseentlala. Th on central fact of religion ia th
common belief of all mankind in a great Original
Source, worshiped in every age, under many
namea and In many forma, never entirely de
fined, but endowed with the tame attribute in
every caae. Omnipotent, omniscient, inscrut
able. He 1 God, and ha revealed Himself
through th age In diver way to Hi people
The atory of the race I on long recital of
atruggloa for freedom of belief and persecution
for conscience sake. Each individual has his
own idea of God; hazy and vague, but generall)
persisted in. Thla nebulou knowledge haa th
atronger hold on man because of it appeal to
something back of th Imagination, and beyond
the grasp of thought. In every way it fulfllle
St. Paul' definition of faith, "the aubatance of
thing not aeen and th evidence of thing hoped
for." On this faith have risen many elaborate
superstructures of dogma and creed, but all
point th one way, and eventually merge Into
the on that lead to the gate called Straight.
Nebraska, among other blessings vouchsafed
to Its clUsens, give to each and all the right
to worship according to whatever form meets
th requirement of th individual concerned.
And Editor Pontius may be assured th public
discussion of religion will never cease.
Bara C ataydar,
, Tba Sefi Waaklartva OoeTaayewAewt.
PROHIBITION for th District of Coli.fr bla looms
large upon the horizon of th national capital.
Bills are pending In both the bouee and senate to
make Waahlngton dry" on November 1. 1!1. The
laet measure, which Is now before the district com
mute ef th house waa Introduce. by Representative
A. W. Berkley of th "wet" Padulcak district of Ken
tucky. Both Senator Sheppard's end Repreaentatlv
Barkley'a bills make It unlawful to manufsctur or
sell intoxicating liquors In th District of Columbia
after the dat mentioned. The measure also prohibits
express companies from delivering liquor In th dis
trict For twenty years I have lived In the city of
Washington. I have seen It grow from a good sliod
town into a city of metropolitan proportion. I have
also seen a great change coma over th nation's capi
tal through a stricter regulation of llcens and a
reduction In the number of places where liquor Is sold.
I have seen th "red light" district completely wiped
out and here and there a business house take the plar
of thou that wer one th scene of rivalry and
dissipation. Whether th elimination of th so-called
"red light" district hsa been a blessing or a failure
depends upon how you look at It. Th inhabitants ef
that district have been scattered hither and yon but
vie goes on Just the ssme, ss the police court records
Indicate.
Washington Is a city of nearly SHS.flW Inhabitants,
a' lltll less than a third of that number being colored,
which accounts, la a large measure, for the number of
cases In police court during the year and the number
of sentences to th work house and to th Jsll. Under
th form of government of th District of Columbia,
which la th commlselonerehlp form, congress directly
legislate for th district, the Iswa being executed by
th commissioners. In my Judgment a crime will be
committed If th people of the District of Columbia
are not permitted to express themselves by ballot
upon the question whether Washington should b
"wet" or "dry." Many of th representatives In con
gress have but a superficial knowledge of the city.
Many of them come from districts In which there are
no large cities and consequently have a hasy Idea of
what is neceasary to the orderly conduct of a city tba
sis of th capital of th United States.
There Is no city In the United States, so fsr aa It
government la concerned. Just like Washington and It
has no parallel In the world, so far as Its autonomy
Is concerned. Th free cities In Europe, that are
practically supported by th government, preserve
their franchise, but In Washington there la no fran
chise and there Is no way provided by the congress
of the United States to ascertain the wishes of Ita
citizens. It would therefore seem wholly logical that
tha congress should provide th machinery for a
referendum vot upon th question of prohibition, as
la provided in every city In tha union. Th. constitu
tion provided that there can be no confiscation ot
property without "due process of law" and whether
"du process of law" Is in th electorate or in th
courts, th rlKhta ot all th clUsens are safe-guarded.
Here in Washington it is wholly dlfforent The dis
trict committee of tha two housea correspond to th
council In cities, while tha commissioners, as before
stated, execute th laws and adopt such regulations aa
th needs of th city warrant
Washington Is a cosmopolitan city in a very much
larger sen than any city of Its size in the country.
Her rssld th ambassadors, tha ministers and the
representatives of foreign governments. It Is th
show" city of th United' States, in which the people
of the who nation taka a very pardonable pride. It
Is vialted by thousands of tourists. It ta becoming tho
winter home of the wealthy attracted her for num
berless reasons. It is the home of culture and refine
ment and la th one representative city ot th great
republic If prohibition wer fastened upon the dis
trict, Washington would cease to be th attractive
place It now ts and would become almost a wayplaca
on the map. Tha traveler and tha business man woul 1
avoid It It possible, and If business should call them
here they would not tarry long after their business
had been concluded.
Washington, under th present excise law, haa T.l
saloons, or on saloon to every 33,234 . of population.
Th "saloon" In this case Includes hotels and cluba
some thlrty-thre In number and therefore there ar
actually only so saloons. . .
I have no quarrel with tha prohibitionists pr ae,
hut thla I do know, that prohibition is responsible for
th Introduction of a larger quantity of habit-forming
drugs. In those states where prohibition exists, than
In those statea where license exists and when th
friend of prohibition are endeavoring to fasten upon
a state, or community, absolute "dryness" they
should not fall to also legislate against the use ot
drugs, that dull' the' senses, sap tha mind and create
unholy desires. .
A condition confronts Washington and not a theory
and the representatives In Congress from tha great
commonwealth of Nebraska when legislating upon, th
subject of prohibition should be at least fair enough,
to tha citizens of th District of Columbia to give them
a chance to say whether they want prohibition or not.
Surround auch legislation .with the strictest safe
guards, make auch election absolutely clean, by mak
Ing th marshal and th district attorney responsible
for the fairness of the election and let only thos vot
who have both a property and an educational quali
fication. If tha majority of thla electorate should vot
"dry"' than congress ha th voice ot th people to
guide It But If congress should vot th district "dry"
without ascertaining th wishes of tho people a
grievous wreng will be don a community that haa
no vote whatsoever In it government
The aenat banking and currency committee has
favorably reported a bill authorising national banks
to avail themselves ot state lawa for th guarantee
of bank deposit.
It baa been held that It would require congressional
action In order that national hanks would have the
right to guarantee deposits:
That the measure haa th approval of th senate
committee doea not mean that It will become a law.
Many national banker ar bitterly opposed to th
Oklahoma-Nebraska Idea of guaranteeing deposits.
They call attention to tha record ot losa through
failure of banka In th national system sine Its ln
auguration, lesa than 1 per cent, aa an evidence that
it la unnecessary; the banker also contend that with
the double liability law and th searching efforts of
th controller of th currency bank deposits are safer
now than evr before in the history of th nation.
. But if a national bank In on city advertises "de
posits guaranteed by auch and auch a fiduciary bond
Ing corporation," It ta believed that othera in the asm
city wtll have to foUow suit
On banker, when questioned on the proposition,
declared that It would "be nothing mor than an
enormous boost for the fiduciary bonding companies.
Tha measure would have no direct effect on Wash
ington as there ar no local lawa her, hut it could
be extended to permit banks in the district to guar
antee. - -
Senator Owen of Oklahoma ia the chairman of the
banking and currency committee In the senate, and
Oklahoma and then Nebraska were th original advo
cates of the guarantee law.
liocal bankers have no hesitancy In saying they
ar opposed to the measure, but that It may be neces
sary in some placea to permit national banka to com
pete with stat institutions operating under the sys
tem, but they aay they know of no such competition
in which national banks ar not holding their own.
TT OX k
KlSkt Ilea re BiMlk.
While oa a trip out of town a well known adver
tising man received tha following telegram from his
secretary, who waa leaving to get married and had
arranged for what she considered a highly desirable
substitute:
"Ethel ley down at the eleventh hour. What aaaO
I dor
To which the gentleman ta th full knowledge
that tha aupply ot efficient secretaries had i; vt bee
exhausted at this one defection, replied:
"Set th alarm for T. Eight hours' sleep Is enough
for anyone." Judge.
A trie from aa Oatslder.
GLK.YWOOD, ia., Jau. 2S.-To the Ed
itor of The Bee People In the surround
ing towns have adopted measures to
keep their cltlsens from visiting Omaha
and Council Bluffs because of th num
ber of caaea of scarlatina In the cities
and have as far as poselbla tried to keep
people from these cities from visiting their
towns. Omaha can and must control
scarlatina, or the entire west will be
come infected. Deaths from this disease
ar horrible, but the sequelae of Idiocy,
Insanity are worse, and the minor disa
bilities, nephritis, otorrhoea and many
others, make the ones partially recover
ing invalids all through their lives.
Parents have a right to expect that
those In authority will make every ef
fort to clean up and keep clean the
schools.
People visiting Omaha hav a right to
expect clean stores, placea of amuse
ment and every place where business or
pleasure may call them. Any physician
ttending a scarlatina patient should be
attired In the duck diver a suit nothing
islble except his hands and eyes. This
uit should be left in a cellar, coal Jihed,
any free from Infection . structure, not
connected with the house, until death or
convalescence of the slca. and boiled be
fore being taken away. Tho hands and
exposed parte of th doctor's face should
be disinfected after the suit Is removed,
before he leaves the quarantined prem
ises. Doctors know how to keep clean.
It ia to warn peoplo who must call a
physician, and do not know what such
people' should do, that this is written.
Any doctor that does not take every
precaution to keep from carrying scar
let fever from one house to th next
should be reported to the health officer
and county or city attorney, and if pos
sible his llcens to practice medicine re
voked, and a suit for damagea instl-
ii ted, if it seeme probable than any so-
called physician brought scarlatina to a
clean horn.
A physician from a city not thirty
mile from Omaha was called to that
city to see a littl girl sick with scar
latina. Thla visiting physician went to
tha rear door of th quarantined home,
changed down to hi trousers and under
garments, put on his diver suit and
knocked at th rear door. Th house
keeper, opening th door, was frightened,
never having, seen anyone in such a suit.
Upon, making himself and his buslnesa
known, he was taken into the parlor to
await tha coming of th Omaha regular
attendant Thla physician arrived in a
short tune, rang th front door bell, was
admitted and went directly to tha little
girl eick with tha most dreadful and
fearfully contagious disease known to
physicians. When told that the doctor
who had been called In consultation waa
present h earn to th parlor, met th
visiting physician, and thy went to
gether to th bedside of th little pa
tient After th completion of their visit
th village physician retired to the coal
ahed to clean up, tha Omaha doctor went
out the front way and probably to see
other patients. This story ia told to warn
tha people ot Omaha. Watch doctors.
. AN INTERESTED OUToliun.
Get Tosretfeer Metcle.
vir.t.tflTr. Neb- Jan. 29. To the Editor
n,. t noticed the article written
"by A. C. Rankin of Oxford under the
caption of "Getting Together." ana a e-
alr permission to reply to tnia nnicie,
not as a matter of argument, but rather
to diagnoaa hla caae.
Me nankin in hla letter says. ine
thousands of republlcane- that were car
rimA nut nt th naj-tv In 1912 by th sophis
tries of the progressive movement." Tea,
dear, but oh. Mabel, now couio. yuf
Then -again he goes on to eiuciaate,
"Th najrtv waa organized for tna ad
vancement of no moral issue, hut pur
unadulterated spite." What a naugniy.
n...rht nmrtv it ouarht to he spanked.
Then ha says. "Let's get together." Tes.
thank tha Lord. h made one aensiDie
statement but he uses the same per-
n.dva tapirs I used to us wnen a am
and I wanted my bird dog to follow me.
I would give him a couple or kick in
th alas and holler. "Com here."
Mr Ttankin aeema to bewail the ract
that the nroB-reaslves called their con
vention to meet in Chicago on the same
Aatm. with tha republicans. How unfor
tunate.. Thev ahould not hav don It
it mav cast aome reflections on the r-
pubicsns, but we are promised that the
Phlcaaoana will buUd a gooa wiae eme-
wiir emm one convention hall to tha
other and that the walking will b as
rood in on direotion as It Is in th other,
m w ahnuM worrv.
"lit'i vet toe-ether" listens good to
Txrinia. but I am wondering: if Mr. Kan
vin and the "old sttard" will be willing
to meet us half way between Root and
Roosevelt Mothlnks not until after an
other 'dose of that quack serum has
been Injected into their systems.
LIT and Leavra.
OMAHA. Jan. To the Editor of The
Bee: Recently I hav been worried for
fear that The Bee, or aomo of its readers.
had said something that had offended
Walter Johnson, and that we were for
ever barred from looking; Into, through hi
letters, the wonderful brain that has
evolved such amasing creations but am
overjoyed to find In today's Issue an
other letter, describing, in a very lucid
manner, an amaslngly simple and cheap
shell that will cause the enemy to take to
hla heels, or their future and eternal
domicile, the choice evidently resting wtth
them. . I Imagine that Mr. Johnson has
been busy during tha last few daya work
ing out th detail for this wonderful
shell, which, no doubt accounts for his
silence.
- From th clear description given
think w poor mortals can hav a alight
Idea what th augurs, pistons, ports, etc.
ar for, but It ts not given ua to fathom
the mysterious reason for the dynamo,
unleaa It is to generate current for light
and heat so that the lonely ahell might
not become cold or frightened on dark
and stormy nights on it - thirty-two-minute
flight through spao. or th cur
rent might be needed for power for use
on th airship used for holding the shell
up during Its tblrty-two-oilnut trip.
At first thought It might appear that
th neceasary electrical energy would
com from th battery, but th mysterl
ous mind that haa conceived thla won'
derful ahell wtll, most likely, give It a
complete power and generating plant to
gether with a battery for emergency pur
poaea only, all at a coat of IIS,
"Advertise Nebraska!" Haa The Bee
performed its full duty In tha matter?
Jiaa It sent t th various) departments of
the national government marked eoplee
ot various Issue containing minute Uro-
ttons for extracting gasoline from crude
oil. pouring oil on th troubled clay hanks
along th Panama canal, conservation ot
water power, this wonderful shell, and
last but not leaat. tha dear (7) and con
els (?) directions) for cleaning the "blodd
stream." tho m-olofurms? our M ves (a re
cent letter), sll products of good old Ne
braska. W. IL BRIlHiCA
3221 Manderson St.
The f hlrwpraetle Idea.
OMAHA, Jan. .-To th Editor of The
Bee: Many articles hsvs been published
nd much haa been said of late regarding
the prevention and cur of the prevailing
epidemic of sickness, snd In this connec
tion I wlh to make, known the chiro
practic Idea of prevention of disease.
First let us consider whst constitutes
health
All nerves, irrespective of the system
to which they belong, have their origin
directly or indirectly In the brain. The
brain la the great nerve center of the
body. It haa a prolongation, the spinal
cord, which passes downwsrd through
canal In the spinal column. This
spinal cord also has prolongations called
the spinal nerves which make their exit
from between the vertebrae of the spinal
column.
The vitality and activity of every organ.
tissue and cell of the body Is maintained
nd controlled by a force or energy
which ia transformed or individualized
by th brain, and then transmitted to
their respective parts In the form of men
tal Impulses through the channels pro
vided by the nerves. ,
When the transmission of mental im
pulses Is normal, both In volume and
rapidity of delivery, all bodily functions
are perfectly performed with the result
hlch Is known aa health: but when the
transmission of mental Impulses is In
terfered with the functions they control
become deranged and the result is dis
ease.
The only place In the body, however,
where th nerves are liable to be Inter
fered wtth is at the place of their exit
through the openings between the ver
tebra of the spine. Her we find the
nervea between two movable bony seg
ments, a displacement of which means
pressure on the nerves at that point anfl
disturbance of their functlona
Thus, th chief contention of chlro-
practto ia that disease la really caused
by a pressure ot bone on nerve tissue.
and that when thla pressure Is relieved
function is re-established.
A perfectly normal body would main
tain itself In a healthy stste. It has
power to ' expel poisons and to make
antidotes to those Introduced Into the
system. Disease germs cannot grow or
thrive In a healthy body. It is ' only
those with a weakened system, through
lack ef functional power, that disease
attacks. li. C. HAYES.
religion of seme other, man Is attacked
and often In the most bitter terms.
What is the difference between th
publication of a paper like the 'Menace,'
which attacks the Catholic religion, and
the publication by Omaha newspapers of
letters-sttacklng other forms of. relig
ion 7
"K'nt one of these editors would dare
to admit to his columns a letter attack
ing and making fun of the Cathollo re
ligion. By no means. Thst would b
too much like the 'Mlensc.' Tet every
ma r theu edit era mill alve spec freely
for attacks upon other forms et religion.
Nothing Is to be gained by auch erru-
cism. , r
'But It Is a poor rul thst ,wM not work
both ways. So long as tha editor of
Omaha dallies must admit that they
would not print In their columns letter
attacking the Catholic relleiOQ they Will
Ian be forced ta tha conclusion that they
are on false groifnd when they admit
letters attacking any .religion.
sdol
LINES TO A LAUGH.
What In the world does old Kloaeman
want with more money? He hasn't any
near relatives, and he doesn't begin to
spend his Income now."
That s just 11. Me warns m wimmu,
on 9. larger scale." Boston Transcript.
"You know T hear better with my right
ear than with my left." said the Judae. '
"Perhaps that s wny so many peopm
like to keep on the rlsht aide of you."
snld the court attendant Tonkers States
man, i
"Telephone, air."
"What la Itr
"Your w1fe wants you home t once.'
"What's the trouble?"
"Hh na a. Hunt a-awn. can't stoop, and
the drip pan under the refrigerator la
running over." Louisville Courier-Journal.
,
i. iha aentiment for world oeace
In thla community?"
'T waa nivttv atrnnar until last Week.
replied the old resident.
"wnat nappenea men ."
nnMcrvaaHman annsi1inef that th,f
was a food chance of prettlne; a munition
Plant locaicn in ima uiairitt. niimiiiB
bam Age-Herald.
'Just a word. young man," said the
owner of the store. .
"Yes. sir?"
"If a customer know what he wants,
sell it to him. I know that a star eales
man can always sell him something else,
but I have a theory that It will pay Just
ss wll to 11 him what he wants."
Kansas City Journal.
EUKimiG A BLUFF : .
Met Weald Bar Debate of Rellarlon.
OMAHA, Neb.. Jan. .-To the Editor
of The Bee: Tou print a terrific ar
raignment of me by my old friend, James
Ponttua of Indlanola.- This U all due
to an editorial In the Omaha Nebraakan
entitled "Relurtous Liberty In Fact"
That your readers may know what Mr.
Pontius is writing about and In Justice
to all of ua, you should print the of
fending editorial. I attach It to this
letter as an answer to all that Mr. Pon
tius haa said in criticism of me, and I
am quite willing that your readers shall
Judge m by the editorial ltW.
RICHARD I METCALFE,
Note: The article exceeds bur space
limit hut tha salient paragraphs are
here given:
"I have no doubt that the editors of
the three great daily newspapera in
Omaha would be a unit in condemning
auch publications aa - the 'Menace,' yet
the letter columns of every on of these
paper often follow th bad habit of th
publication referred to.- In nearly every
issue of Omaha' a dally newspapers' there
are letters from readers 'In which' the
I like to see a valiant squad
Unaided hold A fort; i .
I like to see a lawyer win
His client's case In court
I sur admlr the business man . .
Who struggles to the top, . .
As well the "champeen" pugiHat
Who makes his rival drop.
Wher brawn is pitted versus brawn.
And brain against more brain.
I want to see the best man win
And ever hold his gain.
But here'a a fellow says that when
The game Is gettln' tough. - "
To wink the other eye and run
A "Bandy" or a "bluff." . . . '
No matter if your clubs are hearts
Or pairs you've not enough,
Just stick your "beans" right . in the
"pot" '
Gol-darn-lt. run a bluff ."
That's quite all right In a poker fight
When someone else has "stalled.
Don't try the same In life's old game;
You'll sure as fate get "called.". '
The racehorse 'who, with classy 'limbs.
Mo nimbly wins the heats, 1
Could not get first beneath th wire.-
Through t"Sandys," "bluffs" oij choata
For me. I'd' rather' be -the- horse.
With horse's brain and lofts, s . , '
Than tell mV fellows I could fill
Round holes with jquare-enapea pegs.
Coufioil Bluffs..
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