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MARCH
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THE OMAHA SUNDAY DEB
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dreaa trill be changed M often as requested.
After Verdun, what?
The schoolmaster's ruler brings retulta, but,
oh, what a scream l
Never mind, our senator will be kept explain
ing from now until Norember.
Speaking of senatorial atunU, throwing chaff
a' the Poles while running Is In a class by Itself.
Mayor "Jim" Is always agatnst anything that
has been "framed up" unleas he has been helping
to do the framing.
The peerless Is coming home. Cheer up!
Brother Charley's waterwagon will lay the dust
' between Lincoln and Fair law.
Of the great world famed French actors,
Bernhardt surrlTes them all, and may yet favor
us with another farewell tour of America.
It will take mora front page stories than that
to tell who he Is and why he should be nomi
nated by the democrats as their candidate for
governor.
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Another million has been added to the pile
of Mrs. Hetty Qreen. Thrifty bachelors are la
no danger of drawing the leap year lightning
from that quarter.
Members of "the most august assemblage la
the world" openly assert the senate does not
know Its own mind. Which proves that politics
la politics among the near-great.
Besides Its primacy as a market town, Omaha
la winning new laurels as a hotel town. Present
facilities and those projected insure the visitor
all the comforts of home and some over.
The profits of prison labor reported by the
warden of Minnesota's penitentiary look mighty
big, but It does not follow that private enter
prise, paying for labor, could equal the profits
from unpaid labor.
All but three of the sheriffs of Georgia's 153
counties solemnly agreed to co-operate In enforc
ing the law regarding automobile licenses. The
luw against lynching, however, remains beyond
the pale of co-operation.
A scare second only to the Oored Issue shook
emclal Washington when a congressman pro
posed sn eight-hour workday, Instead of seven
hours, In the departments. Fortunately for the
country the proposal died young, and Washing'
ton is saved again.
Why Not a New Passenger Station t
It is definitely settled that the Union Pacific
nlll noon begin to replace Its present Missouri
river bridge with a new and more commodious
structure adequate to the demsjids of the traffic,
Omaha has been patient with the present
wretched bridge situation, which, for a long
time, has been an aggravation to the traveling
public and a detriment to the city.
But the bridge and station must be consid
ered together as constituting a single terminal.
Omaha Is due as murh for a new passenger sta
tion as It Is for a new bridge, because present
accommodations are wholly outgrown, to say
nothing of the dilapidated and usually dirty and
unsanitary condition of the place. Omaha Is
entitled to station facilities for travelers In and
out of the city thst will measure up better with
those which the same roads offer other cities of
like or lesser Importance as railway centers.
It may be taken for granted that the demand
for a new passenger station for Omaha, like the
demand for a new bridge, will be "stalled oft"
by the customary "poverty plea," which, how
ever, cannot be accepted. The Union Paclfio
people must not forget that Omaha paid for that
bridge originally with a bond subsidy and do
nated all the land and trackage rights in the ter
minal. They must not think the public ignorant.
either, of the fact that the other roads exercising
joint use or these terminals pay to the Union
Pacific princely rentals every year In addition to
their share of the maintenance charges, and that
they have something coming for their money
more than they have been getting.
The Bee ventures the opinion that right now
Is the proper time for a concerted movement by
Omaha's business organizations and public au
thorities to pull for the much needed new Union
depot.
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SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
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Cleveland rUIn TValrr: Religion Is a
rtislnres and should be advertised, eayi
a Wisconsin pastor. Is thst why so many
people are writing letters to the editor
ab'.nt bell?
Houston Tost: A New Tork minister
say scoundrels In politics will eventually
uta i. I e.iii virhfenn men
rV !C ' . " ' .., nnnllert to destroy the republic If the people are not
I tha term In tha mora restricted sense nppiled t" ' ... . ., ' L .,
Mournlnf for Loit Art.
Lorado Taft, talking to the Omaha Fine Arts
society, voices a view that Is common to most
people when contemplating the terrible spectacle
of Europe. He mourns for the statue and other
srt works that are disappearing in the battle's
rsge. The destruction of life is terrible; but
death Is an Inevitable episode In man's career.
snd the race Is continually being renewed. The
waste of wealth Is also a serious factor, but
wealth can always be replaced by other wealth.
Loss of art treasures, the monuments of genius
of past ages. Is Irretrievable. These legacies
from Inspired souls, whose inner vision was
clearer than that of those among whom they
moved, have been of help to all their followers
because of the message they bring of struggles
for better things. They should be In some meas
ure sacred, but Mars has little regard for the
loftier sentiments of man. While poet and
painter and sculptor all find something for their
uses In the trenches, the modern shell is ap
parently unable to distinguish between a cathe
dral and a bomb proof. The age Is intensely
practical, especially la the matter of war, about
which much of sentiment never did center.
Protective Labor Legislation.
Agitation, education and legislation in the
last tea years have produced notable practical
results in the labor field of this country. Proba
I ly no other like period has been as fruitful la
lrotcctlre legislation and la forcing upon grasp
ing employers due regard for the lives of wort
era. A start has been made In eleven states In
compensating workers for injuries sustained in
tsrlous orcupstlons. Experience and practical
operation are bound to broaden the usefulness
of the principle of compensation and eliminate
the defects and Inequalities of untried laws.
Important as these are to the labor world, they
are surpassed in Immediate results by legislation
for the protection of women and child wsge
earners.
A recent report from the bureau of labor
atatiatlcs of the United States Department of
Labor, covering the period from 1901 to 1915,
shows that forty-one ststes have prohibited fac
tory employment of children under 14 years of
sie. snd thirty-five states require a medical
certificate of physical fitness before Issuing a
permit to work. Night work under 16 years of
sge Is forbidden In thirty-six states and for
women in six states. Thirty-four states limit
the work dsy for women and minors to ten hours
ard four atates Impose the eight-hour day In fac
tories. Opposition to legislation of this kind Is
steadily narrowing and Is now centered mainly
'In three industrial groups the southern cotton
industry, the glass Industry and the Pennsyl
vania silk Industry. In these groups two-thirds
of the female employes are reported under 20
years of age.
Child labor still remains the most offensive
feature of the Industrial field. It has been
pretty nearly stamped out In the Industrial cen
ters of the north, but Its grip In the south, hith
erto unshsken, may be pried loose by federal
law.
There la yet a vast field for beneficial legisla
tion along the lines indicated by the report, and
the results achieved In a decsde should stimulate
the. forces striving for Industrial betterment.
How Can a Foreigner Tell f
This is a time when some very port en tons
questions are before the public, In which the peo
ple of the world are concerned to the extent of
knowing just what American publlo sentiment
really is. The only authoritative expression of
policy can come from the government at Wash
ington. This makes the course pursued there
all the more Important, and at thla moment all
the more amaslng. The action of the senate on
Friday in dealing with the armed ship question
must be puullng, not only to Germany, but to all
foreigners. Even a Yankee, aocustomed to the
vagaries of our statesmen, will be at a loss to
tell Just what the honorable gentlemen mean.
For example, our senator says he would have
Toted for the Gore resolution, but he did vote
to prevent Its being considered or acted upon.
Other similar expressions come from doughty
democrats who lined up to cut off debate and
leave the matter unsettled.
The policy of the president Is not yet the
national policy, although It may become so. For
this reason It is Important that some means be
found for determining it the people are willing
to support the executive In a course that may
lead to serious consequences, if "not to actual
war. Congress has no right to hamper the pres
ident In any negotiations he may be carrying
forward, nor can the congress properly take the
Initiative In foreign policy. This much Is ele
mental, as Is also the proposition that the presi
dent alone cannot plunge the country into a war
with anyone.
With the present confusion of tongues at
Washington, how can a foreigner, or anyone
else, tell what the publlo sentiment of America
really Is?
rraduatea of th fnlversity of Michigan, who j
hark back to the days when tha dretlnles or mat in- (
stltutlon wera suldcd by "PreKr" Anirll. snd who !
will suffer pansi of real Borrow If his present lllnrF j
proves to bo tha imi. Tha fnlversity of Michigan ft
tha pace for the great stata unlversUlee of the mldril
wet and did so larg-ly through the er.rrgv nnd wis
dom of President Angell. who wns Indeed "a wonder
ful man" not with the peculiar accent end twist put
upon th adjective by John Drew, spcnklng of "a
wonderful woman" but a rtally, truly wonderful mun
by reason of his peculiar natural ouallflcstiors as an
educator, bis ability to enthuse students nnd his gen
eral lorablenees which endeared blm to generatloo
after generation of Michigan men.
While I bad but scant personal contact with him.
1 met him on several occasions when I could observe,
tha strong Influence ha aaerted on those around him.
I got tolarably well acquainted with him at the
White House Conference on Conservation, to which
we wera both delegates, and I had soma corre
spondence with him at tha time there wsb a vacancy
In the position of chancellor of the fnlversity of
Nebraska, when I was solicited by certain members
of tha Board of Regents to make Inquiry of my
friends In collegiate circle aa to possible avallahl
timber. Thla letter which President Angell wrote me
and which was not all confidential. Illustrates his
directness and almpleness:
UNTVERPITT OP MICHIGAN.
ANN ARBOR, November 21, 190.
Dear Sir: It la a very difficult task In these days
to find a man suited to fill so responsible and diffi
cult a post aa that of chancellor of tha fnlversity of
Nebraska. I am quite at a losa at present to make
any suggestion whloh will be helpful to you. To
tall the truth, there Is an Impression abroad among
tha university man that the poeitlon at Nebraska la
not a bed of roses; that there are embarrassing dif
ferences of opinion among the faculty and ihe
regenta, which may make tha place rather trying to
a man who goes there. Of course I do not know
that this Impression has any proper foundation, but
It may add to the difficulty of obtaining the ac
ceptance of tha position by anyone specially suited
for it But If names occur to me on a later thought.
1 will take tha liberty of writing' to you again.
Toure truly,' JAMES B. ANOEXU
He did write subsequently with Borne suggestions
of men in his Judgment worth considering, but our
regents by that time had concluded to try out a
member of the home faculty, rather than Issue a call
to someone from the outside.
While on a eollegtate subject. It la gratifying to
note the selection of a. Nebraska man In the peraon
of Judge Roeooe Pound to be dean of the Law school
at Harvard university. As everybody knows, he waa
dean of the University of Nebraska law school first
and then supreme court commissioner, before he went
east to be come connected with the law department of
the Northwestern university, then that of the f nlver
alty of Chicago, and finally that of Harvard univer
alty. Nebraska aeeuia to have made a specialty of
raising law school deans for eastern educational In
stitutions. We responded to the requisition of Wash.
Ington university In St Ixrals In furnishing William
R. Curtis to serve as dean of the Law school there
for more than twenty yeara, and we also aent Judge
Frank Irvine back to Cornell to become dean of the
Cornell University College of Lew, which proved to
be the stepping stone to the fine poeitlon he now has
as member of the New York Publlo Service commis
sion. X have no doubt we are right now sprouting a
crop of Incipient law school deana who will be much
in evidence In the yeara to come.
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Did you see the revised map of the United States,
printed by 'Ufa," as a graphic exhibit of what America
would look after oonqueat by the victors of the
European war, en whloh thla city la designated a a
Ornahoch," and our neighbor across the river as
"Kaiser Bluffs?" Ws are located In the heart vt
"New Prussia," washed on the east by "Von Tlrplte
Ocean," bordered on the west by "Japonlca," whlcn
takes in the territory now Inotuded In California,
Oregon and Washington. New York la "New Pots
dam." Philadelphia, "Traumberg;" Washington. "New
Berlin;" Chloaero, "Schleuterhaua." and Milwaukee
Proalt," and all the Great Lakes bear the names of
the beat known Imported brews, while Canada to the
north is occupied simply by "Barbarians." Aa
equally clever aatlre on "Life's" map has also been
rotten out by my old friend, George Sylvester Vlereck,
in his now famous publication, "The Fatherland."
upon which the label, "New Britain," la aubstltuted
for that of "New Prussia," with New York rechrts-
tened "Duke of York town" and Washington "London-
on-the-Potomac," with Chicago "Dry Rottinghara"
and Milwaukee "Plum Pudding." Unfortunately.
Vlereck overlooks the Importance of Omaha and
Council Bluffs, and gives his favor to Kansas City.
captioned "King Edward City." The Fatherland mas
also transforms the Atlantlo Into "Lake Winston
Churchill," the Paclfio ocean into the "Anglo-Mon
golian Ooean" and tha Gulf of Mexico Into "Lord
NorthcUff Oulf." All thla la highly amusing and
probably harmless exercise for the cartographera. but
who can draw the new map of Europe for us?
vliftlnnt. h. no, brother. The scoun
drels run he taken rare of, nil right, but
what In trie name of Moses are w going
to do with the fools?
Pnltimorc American: A Gotham minis
ter announced lately that marriage la
censing to attract Anuricans on account
of the tack of interest shown by the
women In homo life. This Is one of those
Irresponsible statements Which every
now and then some enthusiast or faddist
makes without any apparent realisation
of what ho is really saying. Because a
small percentace of women ere In the
world doing or craving men's work. It
does not follow that thu home is belns;
deserted In droves by the vast majority
of women, and It Is time that a halt Is
called on such patently absurd utter
ances, reflecting as they do on American
womanhood.
Boston Transcript: Pensions are re
quired for ministers Just as they are for
army officers or for men In the civil
service. As the Unitarian report has al
ready Indicated, the alternatives to a
betterment cf the economic status of
ministers can only be these: the growth
of a ministry necessarily celibate, the
gromth of a ministry constating only of
men having assured private Incomes, or
worse, the growth of an Inferior minis
try. Such Is the pass to which the eco
nomic advance of tho age has brought
our churches. The battle t cut a way
through It Is tho common cause of Chris
tianity today, and Bishop Lawrence, be
ginning the attack for one of the great
denominations, has with him the God
speed of alt.
People and Events.
WHITTLED TO A POINT.
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
Working for Better Babies.
Under the general lead of the children's
bureau of the Department of Labor, a concerted
movement In the direction of better babies Is
undey wsy throughout the country. The con
structive possibilities of such a campaign are as
broad as the race. One of the sad experiences
of life Is the excessive mortality among Infants
Only a few of all born Into the world reach ma
turity, whereas it Is humanly possible that the
great majority might be saved through proper
care. Therefore, the work of baby week Is to
set afoot the agitation thst will bring about the
change. Care of the baby in health and In sick
ness Is the main theme of the present week, and
advice will be given by learned men, well fitted
by experience, to discuss the topic, covering the
points on which mothers most need instruction.
Secondary phases have to do with, the proper
registration of infants, that our publlo records
may be the more complete, and with provision
of food. Its supervisions supply and other allied
subjects. "Baby week" is merely a reminder of
a duty we have with ua always, but It It serves
to sharpen the Interest of the people in the topic
snd aids young fathers and mothers to a better
understsndlng of thetr problem, It will be of
value beyond calculation.
Twice Told Tales
TaObtagr Re Chamera.
John Hendricks, a singular western character.
awoke one morning to find himself wealthy through &
rich mining strike. Soon he concluded to broaden hit
mind by travel, and decided to so to Kurope. Hoard
ing the ship, he singled out the captain and said;
"Captain, If I understand the way thla here ship is
constructed it's got several water-tight compart
ments?" "Yea. air."
"Water's all on the outside can't none set In no
how?" "No. air." ,
"Captain," aaid Hendricks, decidedly, "I want one
o' them compartments I don't care what It coats ex
tra." -flan Francisco Argonaut
Thirty Years Ago
This Day in Omaha
David Eaton of Fond Du Lao. W!
who has Just celebrated his 100th birth
day, is addicted to a pipe, which he
started amoklng at the age of 75. He
arises it i i. in. daily.
Mrs. Mary Maloney of Cleveland no
longer believes In rabbits' feet or horse
shoes as omena of good luck. She carried
one of eevch In her handbag, whloh waa
stolen or lost recently.
Mrs. Lydla Botkln of Urbane, HI., is
101 years old and she has such a re
markable memory that she can tell with
the utmost aocuracy events that happened
ninety-seven years ago. ,
Those who expect to live until X100 have
cause for worry, scientists having found
that by then the world's capacity as re
gards population will have been reached,
a total of 1000.000.000.
Maine could supply names in history as
tong-ue-twintlns; aa moat of the European
battlefields, for example: Annabessacook,
BAUhegt-Beg, Egemoggln, Kokadjo, Mat
tamlsoontlc, Mattaiwamkeag, Oquossoo,
Pattagumpua, Wytonltock.
Harry Putnam of Rochester, N. T.,
trapped a robin recently and found tied
to one of Its legs a note written by Mlse
Beatrice Hlnman of Washington. D. C,
Inviting the finder to address her if he
was under SO. single and good looktng.
Mr. Putnam replied at once.
Records of a Justice of the peace in
Butler county, Ohio, from more than a
century ago. ahow that tho magtstrate'a
fee was then U cents in all oaaea and
that civil actions often were brought over
gums of lees than It The possessor of
these records also has a wall clock known
to have been in uae for 130 years, with
the weight ropes.
AROUND THE CITIES.
Bait Lake city is backing potash de
velopment In the vicinity to the limit of
Its pile. A new company Juat launched
proposes to extract potash from the
wsters of Great Beit lake.,
St Louis women are pushing a lively
campaign for wrapped bread and sys
tematic Inspection of bakertea. A plan
of addresses before W0 different organ
isations was launched last week.
Chicago has bo far outgrown its post-
office, built twenty-two yeara ago, that
a new one Is a pressing necessity. An
Informal offer of $10,000,000 has been made
for the present alte, end the figure looks
good to the officials at Washington.
Economy with a big B la Blowly trans
forming the county building In, Kansas
City, Mo., Into a political slaughter
house. The second batch of twenty
cbalrwarmera got the axe last week.
One of Chicago's taxi companies has
cut the hour rate for one to six passen
gers from 14 to S3, the distance rate from
M to 60 cents for the first mile snd to
cents for each subsequent mile, an all-
round reduction of 25 per cent
Salt Inkers are stampeding for claims
In a prospective oil field In the desert
southwest of the city. Experimental
wells are being driven there and the
prospect of striking oil or something just
as good lends speed to the rush.
A survey of the publlo schools of St.
Paul reveals widespread violation of the
building laws of the state and city. Thla
applies to old building In particular, but
some of the new buildings are reported
deficient In fire protection, heating and
ventilation.
The school board of Emporia, Kan., la
perfecting plana for the cultivation of
vacant city lots by the children of the
schools. Flowers end root crops are to
be planted and cared for and owners of
idle ground are solicited to grant Its uso
during the growing season.
Iowa a antl-tlpptng law la rronounerd
class legislation by the court and sent
to the scrap heap for repairs, ihe Itch
ing palms scoff at lawmakers.
The high cost of government adds
much to the hlsh cost of living. Pri
maries In Kast Ht. Louis, at which twelve
bnllots were rnst, entailed a total ex
pense of i5"0.
Two men tausht In Brooklyn violating
fire ordinances by smoking In a factory
were sent to Jail without the option of
a fine. A period of enforced seclusion
helps some In learning the value of
obedience to rules.
Kbeneser Hmlth, W, a bachelor of Ra
cine, fearing; a leap year drive, barri
caded his stack and watched with loaded
rifle for the assailants. After weeks of
weary waiting the sheriff and five depu
ties leaped on Ebenexer and took him
to a doctor for an examination of his
bumps.
John H. Wisnow and his wife, MUttie,
attended an operatic performance In St.
Paul, eight years ago. John went out
between the acts. He never came back.
I Met week Mattte was granted a divorce.
No Intimation was given In the pro
ceedings that John possessed an unusual
thirst.
Detroiters sat up and gaped amased,
the other day, when the death of Thomas
E. Greene, detective and hotel bouncer,
revealed hla two living wives. Greene
led. the double life for almost twenty
yeara. all the time persuading his real
wtfe that hla hotel duties prevented htm
from making more than one call a week
and a daily telephone salute.
The fluffy co-eds of the University of
Minnesota, answering the question, "How
much salary must a man receive before
you would consent to marry? practi
cally agreed on a minimum of tl.SOO a
year. Aside from the Income the main
qualification, to their minds. Is that hus
bands should be good dancers, espe
cially "dreamy dancers." The dreamers
are booked for an awakening.
'Shameless and indecent" are the words
with which social reformers charaotetixe
the recent presentation by Philadelphia's
awell social set of the masque "Aridne"
and the dance that followed. In the
stage performance It appears that fif
teen . young men gave an exhibition of
nature dancea clad only In bear skins
around their necks and loin cloths, and
participated in the dance In that bar
baric costume. One critlo says the police
should have been called In. Aa admirer
saya It was beautiful and artistic And
there you ara
SIGNPOSTS OF PROGRESS.
A women's head Is usually tronRt
than her arm.
T'eware of the girl whose heart Is as
roll as v dog's nose.
When a young man fa"s In lore it
nearly always knocka him silly.
If a man pralsea his wife's cooking ha
may never have to pay alimony.
Many a self-made man oupht to be
ashamed to admit It who never Is.
In states where beauty Is taxable no
woman ever tries to dodge the assssoi.
Children who have been brought up
as pets are always more or -
agreeable.
Most of the craiy people we know
have managed to sidetrack the asylu n
so far.
Sometimes a man becomes famous
through the efforts of others to prove
that he Isn't
For each agreeable thing you hear of
others you will hear forty-seven die-
iigreeaoie ones.
What a wonderful old world this would
be If the men who think they know it
all could only prove It.
When a leap year girl attempts to klsa
a young man, to hla credit be It Bald,
he never threatens to can ror neip.
When a bride discovers that whaA she
married like cornea neei ana caoongo
better than angel food, another honey
moon bubble has exploded. -Chicago
News.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"Whet an Imrresrlon the amateur se-
tree. made on the hero wnen sn- .. .
her golden nea upon in- ........-
her face hidden In his embrace.
Tea. but It s the kind of powder which
will easily brush off.' -Baltimore American.
vrmt Clubwomsn-I noticed you talk
ing to that old bore. Did she got on vo
her allmenta? . .,ht
Second ciuowomin - nilX
most call It an organ recltol.-Puck.
Clarice-Jack his e leesMtlnarsry
for our motor honeymoon. Wo 11 reacn a
good hotel every nlifht
cfahW we lH'evVrbVmore than a
mile from a rati way. -Judge.
"I wish mistletoe
the time." said he.
"Why?"
It means ma
rare In season all
"nnnn blossoms are
season.' r hinted the
Courier-Journal.
never out of
girl." Loulsvlllo
Uncle Sam's investments In forests are
bringing direct returns, which are In
creasing every year. I
A mammoth oil-driven harvester, that Is
being tried on Australian wheat fields.
atrlpa about sixty acres a day.
The largest electrical range In the
world, Installed in the state hospital.
Warren Springs, Mont, cooks meals for
3,600 persons dally.
Aluminum production m the United
States totaled 80,000,000 pounds last year,
agalnat 15,000,000 pounds In 1S0S and only
eighty-three pounds in 1&&
It has) been estimated by the United
States j-eoloffical survey that North Da
kota contains 07,000,000,000 short tons of
lignite In beds more than three feat thick.
The Department of Agriculture recently
announced that It had been demonstrated
that fiber flax equal to the best European
can be successfully grown in the United
States.
The available water power of the United
States, Including Alaska, amounts to more
than 24,000,000 horse power, of which ap
proximately 7,000,000, or 35 per cent has
been developed.v
A large eastern railroad Is bistro otlng
Its signal erectors and testing its en
gineers' knowledge of signals by means
of motion pictures shown In a oar whloh
travels over its lines.
The stiver output for the last year,
7,600,000 ouneea, while never exceeded ia
quantity except once In thla country, falls
below the record of several other years
In value because of low prices last year.
One of the richest strikes of gold in all
the history of that famous region is re
ported from Cripple Creek, Colo., ore
valued at S8.40 a pound having been found
following several futile attempts, oa the
1,500-foot level of a supposedly waning
property In Victor.
The American farmer smashed records
In 1918. His wheat crop waa more than
1.000,000,000 bushels and his corn crop was
more than 1,000,000.000 bushels. The value
of the two reached the staggering sum of
C6SS.ltt.0u0. The value of hla smaller
crops ran well over $2,00,000,000.
Cylindrical barrels for packing Spanish
grapes were tested during the last a
son and were favorably reported on both
In England and the United States. They
were invented by a resident of the Span
ish port of Atmerla, from which hue
exports of grapes are made every year,
ST Br3 CARP MEET
"Brevity, you know, la the soul of
"All right," replied th musical comedy
manager, "we n nave mm o"'"
still shorter, waanmsuro
Who are those two sad-looking women
"""Vhey're a couple of neighboring women
who always get together to mourn.
'Torn bv some common sorrow T
Tea; orie'a husband never oomes home,
and the other one's husband hangs around
i! .1:1 Y. "?. iinilnh la. Ledger.
41 WW
Tom When you proposed to her I sup
pose she seta, - nis is ma eii.
This suspense has been terrible. Bos
ton Transcript.
Me. Vwwman had lust recovered from
an operation end was talking to a friend.
"The surgeon," he remarked, ' aald he i
have me on my feet again in three
weeks. , ....
Well, he did It, uldn t neT aaaea ino
friend. .... -
"Hi did. indeed." responded Mr. New
man. "I had to sell my motor car to pay
his bill. New xorK iimea.
THE LITRE OF THE TOWN.
John O'Keefe in New York World.
A vear am the deacon said,
Tm going to retire.
The snow has fallen on my iad,
I lack the olden fire."
He sought a spot far, far away.
Where ancient forests frown.
But lol 1 saw him yesterday.
The deacon's back to town!
A year ago the deacon said,
"I'm weary of the grind.
The youthful seat, somehow, has fled.
No lor In work I find,
rm going where the lambkins play
'Mid grasses green or brown."
But psnawl he couldn't stay awayt
The deacon's back to town I
"You boys." ha told his office chums,
'Mid their regrets profound,
"Won't ever know the Joy that comes
From Just a-loafln' round.
Til never do a lick of work.
Toll will be but a noun."
But oh! the old dentves atlll lurk.
The deacon's back to town!
Hla step perbsps a bit more slow.
His moves a shade less spry;
But still there shines tho same old glow
From out the twinkling eye.
And when you see a crowd Intent
On making trouble drown.
Tou may put up your bottom cent
a back
The deacon'r
to townl
Promoters are moving at record speed to a
state of preparedness for some of the loose
money with which the country abounds. Cor
porations capitalized at IS85, 985,800 were
launched In the eastern states during February,
an increase of 680 per cent over February of last
year. The figures are imposing and signally
"absorbing In Interest"
William Waldorf Aster succeeded In trading
bis American cltltenshlp for a British baronetcy
From furs to furbelows is a brief span when
money provides the propelling force
Compiled from Bee files.
Miss Jeffreys Lewis, the emotional actress, put up
an excellent performance of Torget-Me-Not" at the
Bod.
Mrs. Homan, the wife of George W. Homan, one
of the oldest residents of Omaha, Is reported very low
with typhoid soeumonla.
J. S. Tebbetts. assistant general freight agent of
the Union Paclfio at Kansas City, Is In Omaha.
Mra, Psycke, wife of Ernest Peycke of the well
known commission firm, died after an Illness of
few days at the family residence. 1914 Douglas street.
D. C. Kingman, tot Pleasant street will pay $5 ro
ward for the return of hla Collie dog, snd no ques
tions asked.
C. E. Mayne, southwest corner of Fifteenth and
Parnam. advertises: "I will build for myself this
season a 'S.00S residence on Orchard, bealdee a dosen
fine houses for th Orchard Hill Building association.
This Insures a good atart for Orchard HUM Co."
Notwithstanding the bUndlng storm a large number
of guests met at the resldeno of Guy Wayland, 190
Thirtieth avenue, to enjoy on evening of progressive
euchre.
Unity church held aa enjoyable social at tha rent
dene of II. Crenter, corner Webster and Twenty-first
streets
MUSINGS OF A CYNIC.
Man Is a worm, and woman Is the early
bird.
Many a woman's Idea of retaliation Is
paying a call.
I.lfo Is full of uncertainties, including
most of the sure things.
We are all too apt to aavo our blushes
for the miatakea of others.
None are ao deaf aa those who refuse
to hear when money talks.
The wheel of fortune won't turn, for
you unless you put your shoulder to It
Many a man denies his wife a lot of
pleasure by refusing to argue with her.
Borne men measure their fun by the
amount of misery they have the next
morning.
Don't Jump to the conclusion that a
man knows a lot Juat because he never
says anything.
8ome people boost thai they pay as
they go. but It seems mighty hard to get
them started.
A pessimist Is a person who Is already
worrying about how hot It te going to be
next summer.
Many a., woman who bleaches flatters
herself that she is keeping her age dark
by keeping her hair light New York
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J. T. Yates,
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W. A. Fraser,
President.
Persistence is the cardinal vir
tue in advertising; no matter
how good advertising may be
in other respects, it must be
run frequently and constant
ly to be really succcessfui.