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2-C Till-; OMAHA Sl'XDAV 1SKK: MARCH 1!', l'.Mii. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE FOUNDED nY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR) KOSKWATKR. EDITOR, The Ilea PuhUshlnjr Company, Proprietor. urn pru.i'iNn, faux am ani fkvfntkknth, Entered at Omt postoffle a ecnnd-class mstter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. By rarrter By mall pr month- per year. Pally and Funday v.o $.flo Dally without Sunday 4 l Evening and Sunday o f.nn Evening without fcunday 2'hj 4 00 fiunday ht only 2oc l.oo llly anil eiunday Hee, three year In advance.. $10. HO Fend notice nf change of eddrew or Irregularity in neijyerp to nirnl'K Hee. Circulation 1'cpart merit, REMITTANCE. Remit hy draft, ezprcss or postal order Only t-o cent stamp received In payment of small account. Personal checks, except on Omaha and eastern e change, not accepted. OKKK 'KB. Omaha The Pr Betiding. South Omaha 231S N street. Council Ituf rn 14 North Main street. Lincoln KM IJMle Building. Chicago 81 People ;np Building. New York Room ll'W. 2i Klffh avenue. St. lyoulu SOJ New Dunk of CummfP-. Wwhington T-"' Fourteenth street, N. W. XiRHKSPON HUNCH. Address communications relating to new and edi torial matter to lmaha Br-e, Editorial Department. FEBRUARY CIRCULATION, 54,328 DailySunday 50,639 Dwlght Wllllama, circulation manager of Tha Be Publishing company, being duly nworn, aaya that tha average circulation for tha month of February, 191. wa M.a:8 dally and SO. (II Sunday. DWIOHT WILLIAM. Circulation Manager. Subscribed In my presenc and aworn to befor ma. this Sd day of March, lsia ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Publlo. ' Subscribers Wiring the) city temporarily i bo aid have Th Bo mailed to them. Ad dree will be changed ai often aa requested. Advance signs of spring need a peach bloa I Bom frost aa a guarantee of good faith. "Gringoea" are not likely to be popular any where In Mexico for aome time to come. The viae home owner la he who puta the rake and the hoe In a atate of preparedness. Congratulations to you on your birthday, ' Mr. Bryan, with beet wishes for many more of them. Investment In well-chosen Omaha real estate Is almost aa profitable as war babies and much ' safer. The. more desperate the criminal and the more dastardly the crime, the more certain the pardon. The French minister of finance thinks he I sees the end of the European war. Well, he can't hurry it up too, fast for us. Considering how Mara la aviating prices In all directions, a charge of 110 for a lesson on the quality of fura la comparatively cheap. The customary Sabbath calm prevails on the Rio Grande, the Meuae, the Vistula, the Alsne, the Isonzo, the Euphrates and the Potomac. What single building Improvement will do most to advance Omaha In the procession of en terprising 'cities? Unanimous chorus: "A new Union depot!" It la gathered from expert opinion that the future of babies will be much Improved when babies exercise sounder discretion In the selec tion of their parents. The next legislature ahould tack one more clause onto our ballot law, making it Impossible for anyone to run on more than one party ticket at a time, or to run for more than one office on the same ticket. ' The candidate for the legislature who wanta to make a hit will emphasise aa the main plank in hla platform a promise to work for the repeal of a few of the fool laws with which our statute books are encumbered. Possibilities for good In the projected so ciety of widows no doubt are fully up to the prospectus. But the practical benefits remain to be shown. A successful rally In defense of the New York widow whom a Jury assessed $ IS, 500 for alienating another woman's hus band would help mightily In boosting the membership. The exclusive information printed by The Bee some weeks ago that one William Grant Webster of Chicago waa to run aa candidate for republican nomination for president In Nebraska, has been vindicated by an eleventh-hour filing. For a little while we were almost afraid that our "scoop" waa to be a "boomerang," but now wo breathe easier. The state of "nerves"' shown by reeldents on both sides of the southern boundary la the natural result of deadly strife waged for years past. It is a dangerous condition. Mexicans hardly know who la friend or foe, and Airier leans rightly resent being the victims of mur derous outlawry. In the present circumstance and the certainty of early relief, moderation and self-restraint on this aide of the line will greatly advance the common good. Spruce Up! The home and its surroundings Is an out ward expression of the character of the occu pants. No matter how humble it may be, its uoatness and cleanliness bespeak the taste and industry of the people within. Indolence and ahlftlessness are aa clearly marked in the sur roundings of a dwelling as flowers and trees and tidy lawns signalise the thrift and energetic hopefulness of American homemakers. The test applies with equal force to the city as a whole. A clty'a outward appearance advertises the character of the Inhabitants aa effectively as the home surroundings Index the spirit of the Indwellers. Omaha has no reason to fear the test even at this stage of lis growth. Building progress and public improvements cause ua tidiness in spots, and growing paina check the speed toward the city beautiful. These are minor hindrances. Ample room for Improve ment, for beautifying, for a general clean-up remains. The individual home, the business house, the workshop and warehouse challenge taste, thrift and Industry to a general sprucing i' p. Spring sounds the call to action w hich will make Omaha more delightful to work and live la. Hitting a Responsive Chord. Tli a lire's agitation for a new Union depot In Omaha Ih hitting a responsive chord with all classes of the community. The following letter la ro p-traiKht to the point that nlthoiigh marked "Personal," we te pure that tn writer, who Is a well known and widely traveled man in a business hrre, will have uo objection t'i our maklnc this iih of It. (o long as we keep his Identity In confidence: I am Kind to f f you fighting f"r a I'nlon nation. I believe the only reason we haven't onn is that we haven't g'ino after It an a city, for In my travel I find, aa you have often stated In The lire, better stations In the smaller communities and poorer rail road facilitlc thnn e have. We don't nek for such a folly as tho t'ninn sta tion In Kansa city, which In much mora Ilka n cathedral In the waiting room than a union station and la In aome respect larger than the Mrand Central In New Yoik. It la the. moat Inconvenient station for transferring from one train to another, aa you have, to climb stairs and alk a long distance to get from one train to another, when the two trnlnn miiy he el'le by nlde on the tra'ka. It In tlie most Incon venient nation for that purpona I have ever seen and hardship for women and rhlldren. Tha moat convenient union atatlona of modern con struction are the new onea In Minneapolis and Wichita, Kan. Both of thee have the waiting rooms, ticket of fice, to., on the atreet floor. In on case you go down to tha railroad track and In tho other you go up. The Northern Paclflo station could b duplicated her in maha moat Ideally and when we went to the trat-t w would not have to cro any track t.y Juat Inav- ng the waiting room by entrance to each track from the waiting room on a level with tha bridge or viaduct. It la a aham for the railroad running Into Omaha to plead poverty when the t'nlon Pacific la paying 10 per cent net and when auch railroad aa tha North western, Milwaukee, Ilurllngton and Illinois Vntr.l are all running Into one atation, to aay nothing of the poorer one. Compare thla with the Wichita t'nlon terminal, with only one railroad running Into It that la not In the hand of a re elver (?) and they are iMc to pay 4Vi per cent on ll,3u0,000 bond. Of course, the station ltelf pTobably did not cost half a million, and I Imagine the balance of the coat waa for ralaing the tracka to the city ao that the traffic goes under the tracka aa In Chicago. If th railroads can pay for thair terminal In Wichita on a baala of almost 4Mi per cent, they ought to borrow tha money for the Omaha terminal on a baala of 4. I.st us remind the writer of this letter and he people of Omaha in general, that it Is not ao much the question of borrowing tho money needed, because the present bridge and ter minal rentals would foot the whole bill In ten years time, but more of getting the railroads to act, and getting action will require continu ous, persistent pressure and a determination not to be ahuken off with trumped-up excuses. When the War is Over. Whether present prophecies of peace are based on hope or have a foundation In fact. thought of the world leaders is dlreoted to the conditions of life that will follow when peace baa been restored and the normal activities of nations have been resumed. The clearest of thinkers see a new era for man in th not far distance. Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler's opinion that this war is epochal In its effect Is generally coincided with by the best of students and philosophers. As a contest between fundamen tal principles, on the application of which de pends tho development of the race, it has an ' ji- portance far beyond the interests immediately Involved, and Its Influence will continue down through the ages until the processes of evolution reach a period when another catycllsmic adjust ment will follow In the natural order of growth. Already, as a direct result of the conflict so far as it baa proceeded, a broader outlook for mankind Is denoted, a greater scope for man's activity and a fuller appreciation of his abilities. The coming of peace will not mean the abolition of national or racial aspirations, but is likely to bring about a keener realization of national re sponsibilities. Rivalry between nations will be enhanced, progress stimulated and achievement Increased by the new conditions. The race to rebuild will far exceed the competition in de struction, and the best thought and utmost ener gies of all will be enlisted in the work. All this la appreciated In the United States, where leaders of finance, commerce and industry have been awakened to a sense of hitherto neg lected opportunity and a desire to really become participants In world affairs. Handicaps, due to relations that have been changed by the war, are disappearing before the energetic effort of our business men, and whatever the destiny of the world as shaped by the European upheaval, the United States will be in the very front of man kind's march to greater things. Origin of Words. In tracing a tew German words to their origin, and showing how acta and Ideas became associated and fixed In the language, Prof. Grummann has touched on one of the most fas cinating branches of study. The pursuit of a word back through the ages to its beginning takes the student to the fountain of man. Ileal beginnings are lost In antiquity, so that we cart vnly know of the first spoken words by surmise based on hypothetical support, but somewhere written language appears, and while it ahades off Into the mists that hide the past. It gives a record of man's struggle upward. The gradual improvement In service and adaptability of words clearly mark the progress of man. Ills increas ing needs, flowing from his expanding Intellect, required new and better means for expression, and bis social growth Is clearly established by the development of his language. Ethnologic divisions are indicated linguistically as well aa physically, although the tongue In the end de pends on environment which determines the life of the race in all its attributes and manifesta tions. Thus words and their uses become an almost In errant index of the status of the users. Words, however, are only arbitrary symbols at beat, but in their correlated congregation become a wonderful Instrument, whether to ex press or conceal thought, and man's enlighten ment is fairly measured by the use he makes of language. The nightly illumination of the court house rpproaches is a gretvt improvement which cannot help but Impress strangers in the city. The good effect, however, would be lmmonsely enhanced if that hideous Welcome arch were transplanted to some other spot where it would rot disfigure the surroundings so grievously. Note the usual record of precipitation de ficiency since March 1, promulgated In the dally weather report, as compared with the exceas for the same period of last year. Whatever the future has in store, 1916 is, so far, dryer than -;-.s 1915. JLaaT"6 9W TTCTOm aOHWlTIlv MKKTINU en lied f.r ( l.nsgo PEOPLE AND EVENTS AT A MKKTINU en lied for lilrsgo tomorrow, t'halrman Hilles, wiih tils sul.conimitt.c of ar rangements, will perfect the details nf the H Chlcsao convention which In June will In all proli ability name the net p resident of the Cnlt-d HtHte. No one ho hax not served on this committee has Iho remotest conception of the colossal and lntiiiate Job Involved in nlMKing such a Kiest pnitv political Rati ering I'nder the direction and approval of this sub committee, all the plan arid h elfieatlons arc pre pared and nothing essential left to chance. The Con vention city which I the host. In this rase the 1ty of Chicago, agree tn advance to supply the fund for all necessary Incidental rxprnse and the bulk of the money Is paid out under not more than half n doen headings. The btg contructa are for the en graved Invitation and tickets, for the badge of delegate and officer, for the hall rent and recon struction of tho seating, the decoration jind the music, tha salaries of the comparatively few paid employes, the compiling and publication of the official record of tho proceedings the bills for nil these Item, in th aggregate, flgur up Into many thousand of dollar. Th chanca are, however, that Chicago will get off much cheaper with It thl year' convention than It did last time or the time before that, liecauae one heavy draft then waa du to the multitude of con teated tts Thero will be a few conteta thl year, but nowhere near the previous high records mad by th approximately 210 contesta In l1, and the tn In 1913. Four year ago it took a three week' elon of the full membership of th national committee to listen to the evidence and arugment In these ce and pas upon them. livery word wa taken down atenographtcally by a corp of stenog raphers, relieving one another, and tranacrlhed from day to day o that verbatim mimeograph cople of each session' proceeding were available by the tim the committee reconvened. I can't say Just how much thla record cost, but It was somewhere near JliO.oiin, which camo out of the convention fund put up by Chicago. I presume copies of thl prollflo document are In the archive somewhere, and may aome day be worked over by antiquarian students, but It will be a long time befor the stenographer reap another Ilk windfall. Tha committee meeting: may decide upon the itst of temporary officer to be recommended to the con vention, although of course, It Is always up to the convention to accept or reject. When the temporary chairman for the last meeting was chosen and the selection of Kllhu Root announced, the committee ii sincerely convinced that he would be eminently satisfactory to all concerned, but tht expectation soon proved to be a delusion. The recommendation was contested and .produced on of the bitterest fights of tho whole convention. Tt 1 rny guess that whoever la selected this time will be accepted without dlaae.it and will take the chair by an acclamation ratification. Again Th Bee's Wg family ha been saddened by a visit of th Grim Reaper, who has taken away tha genial comrade who was our day composing room foreman, Clyd A. Baumpardner. "Clyde," a he waa always familiarly addressed around th office, waa at the meridian of yeara and tn outward appearance In the prime of life, but ap pearances, alaa, are too often deceptive. II was the oldest of all our employe In point of continuous serv ice, unless I mak an exception for Harry Haskoll, who dates back to only three year after the founding of the paper, but who ha been on a retirement pen sion now for several year. More noteworthy still, "Clyde" spent thlrty-ona year with us and never worked for any on else. It waa Haskell who took him In a a mer lad of 11 year when he asked for a Job on hi arrival In Omaha from Perry, la., where h cam from. Th Job, of course, waa th only boy' Job about a nwpapr establishment, that of galley boy and apprentice. In that capacity "Clyde" used to be ent to th editorial rooms for copy, especially for time-copy des ignated a "Mlaoellany," being matter that In those days was scissored and thu distinguished from home made "local" or '"editorial," which cam In fit and start and front "telegraph" which wa expensive and scarce. Not accustomed to the word, he called for "miscellaneous." pronouncing the "C" hard and for year waa himself dubbed "Miscellaneous" by th office wags. II learned hi trade and In due time became a Journeyman printer and, later, an expert machine compositor, although most of th time he was on "the floor" and In the foreman' position. From th outset, as a boy, he was industrious and ambitious, a hard worker at a time when the tempta tion waa to regard the prlntor' trade as a loafing Job, Compelled to earn hi own living and help aupport hi mother, he went to night school to. make th education he knew be would otherwise lose. II was active In hi union and hi lodge and never shirked, tho assignment of special duties. II waa thrifty, he saved hi money, he married, h became a home owner and a home-lover; h saw to it that hla own children had tha schooling opportunities he himself had lacked tn short, he wn the typical, good, above th average), useful eltlsen, th self-mad man, al waya striving to do all that was expected of him and a little more and further than that, to develop and Improve, hlmaelf and better th condition of tho de pendent upon him. A thlrty-on year period of pronal service Is long enough to make a man an almost Indispensable fix ture In th inatltutlon, although, of course, w alt know none of us ar so Indlspensabla that the wheel will not go round without u; yet w also know that, to the othr old-timer, th place won't seem quit natural without "Clyde" for a long, long while. Thirty Years Ago This Day in Omaha Compiled from Be rite. Th Cltlsen Oa and Illuminating company ha been Incorporated by John A. McShane, William A. Paxton, James M. Woolworth. N. ghelton, John A. Crelghton. Law W. Hill, lten Oallsgher and tr 8. V. Mercer and ha applied to tha council for Ita fran chise. Tha new cujvipany announces Its purpose to furnish gas at II 60 per cubic ft. and to operate miles of pip by Sept. 1, 1H88. Harry Ollmor has taken an Interest in th Can field house and will hereafter devote hla attention to the traveling public. Ha was for years yardmaater for the I'nlon Pacific and also conductor on the road. Mia Louisa Sylvester, a female bicyclist and rolU-r akater, arrived In Omaha today. Oorg A. Joalyn, manager of Western Newspaper onion, ha returned from Caa County, Iowa, wher h purchased a handsome span of black roadator valued at 11.000 and able to mak a mil in a little over three minutes. Oeorg C. Cable, a prominent fin tock raiser of Monmouth, 111., accompanied by hi son, A. I (Table, ta the suoet of ht son-in-law, John T. Dillon. ' Tb sal of eat for the two night of Mary An derson's engagement at the tioyd went off with a rush unprecedented In the history of the opera house. By four o'clock every est In both the lower part and th balcony wer sold. Th principal purchaser war scalper who bought ticket tn large blocks, which they now hold for an advance of 50 cent to 11.60 per eat on th oritslnul price. Mr and Mr. N. B. Falconer returned from the east, after a pleasant four week' visit in th principal rtt ies. On account of the illness of Mr. Faloonei", their voiut nil lati J trip to Cut was abandoned. A Ksnn City woman who persisted In reading the HiMe after being lowled over by an automobile Is to be enamlned by the Insanity commission. Signs of ricty on business day Is highly suspicious In Missouri. Hudson Maxim Is reported to have In vested In a fine home In Colorado, al iiiost midway between the two oceans. Maxim practice tlie preparedness he presches. If the Invaders get him they'll have to do some inland marching. A St. Paul genius, with heart and hands attuned to wifely indlsmi""". has In verted p contrivance for register tin the hour and minute when h'isbands un nvoid-il.lv delayed at the club or lodge, creep home and silently work tho nlglit key. Just what hobbled men did to him Is not revealed, In the opinion of the deacons of a Chi cago church, marriage fees belong to the church, not to the minister. Hereafter the pastor must leport such fees as church revenue, but In promised an off set on presenting m .-.r.ihiy reports of ex penses lncurre.l In performing his official duties, liiislnesx Is business. The Milwaukee man who recently sur prised his children with rhrci, for lii.'-"'" each Is sever: 1 roneato lap behind the St. Ioul millionaire who eeleberated his seventy-first I Irtlal.iy by giving each of his seven children iMt.nm each. Both arc shining examples of tlie fatherly wisdom which shifts some of tho burdens of life to younger shoulders. If the verdlrt of a New York Jury sur vives through appeal court, Mr. Minerva B. Taylor, the wealthy widow of a stock broker, stands to pay Mr. Carey $12,500 as damages for kidnaping her husband. Viewed aa an Investment the widow Is a csah loer. Carey won a gentleman's Job and Mrs. Carey will get more money than Carey brought home from his Jan Itorahlp In fifteen years past. A young wife explained to the court of domestic relations In Cincinnati that her husband waa monotonous beyond endur ance. She quit him because he lacked variety and domestic ginger. He waa kind to her, had no bad habits, stayed at home nights, wiped the dishes and kissed ner when she was mad. Th grand, sweet ong of matrimony develop many dis cords, but th Ohio sample crowds the limit. John Driscoll, an inmate ot th Na tional Soldiers' home at Hampton, V,, and the oldest aurvlvor of th famous fight between the Monitor and the Merrl mao in the clvtl war, will be an honor giet of government on board a battleship going through the Panama canal at an early data. Th distinction 1 In accord ance with a promise of President Lincoln to the crew of the Monitor that any favor they chose to ask of th Nay depart ment would be granted. Driscoll chose the Panama trip. SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT. fiajtlmor American: A California pastor, a graduate of a well known semi nary, has found It necessary to become a day laborer to support his family. Evi dently he overlooked the course in acro batics. Chicago Herald: A Chicago pastor has dec;ded to glv up marriage fees. There to lot of people In Chicago who nrc going him one better and giving up mar riage Itself, as the divorce records ahovv. Brooklyn Kagle: Tha belief, often stated, that the trairedv of tlie wr In Kurope has served to quicken and deepen 1 rclikloua feeling in this country, finis a, unking confirmation In Brooklyn in the j announcements of tenten services by j almost every christian denomination, j The reason for this may be found In th I fact that wc are today face to race with i the eternal veritbs more consciously than this nation has been for half n century, ! or than the world at lare has been for I centuries. Half of Hirope is a icrave- yard, because men had come to trust In human wisdom. If a slaughter house is . the best that human wisdom can make i of the world, then men want someth ng i better, and they turn for It to the source j to which -men always turn In their ex I t remit y tho teachings of Ood. More ; cliurcl.es are opening their doors to give ! that teaching, because more men are I early to listen. Springfield Republican: Six ministers in White Plains, N. y exchanged pulpit: by lot on a recent Sunday so that not one of them knew what pulpit he waa ;n trig to fill until Sunday morning. The ministers reported a good time and un usually large congregations, due to the popular Interest In finding out what min ister would fall to a particular church. This method of Introducing ftlmtilating tiovelly Into the Sunday service call to mind tho expedient of the earnest young missionary In one of the w ild m nlng towns of the early west. In order to get a congregation he announced that he would shake dice, the best three out of five, to see whether he or the worst run man in town should preach the sermon. To the delight of the whole population who were on hand the gunman won. The delight changed to astonishment, however, when the desperado stool up and preached straight and stron? rellg on. It turned out that he had studied for the ministry but had fall.n In evil ways. ABOUND THE CITIES. Washington claim a directory popula tion of 365,403. New Tork City has S.000 place where tenplna can be bowled over. Sago. Me.. 1 now enlovlna Its first theater, although th town waa settled In 1623. Incorporated In 1711 and chartered in 1867. Stoux City 1 flirting with a rood rnsda bond auggestlon. on th assertion nf m. promoter that a little matter of $750,000 win not increase tha tax levy. Dante, a mlntnr tewn In Tennee boaat of an industrious tork which brought two sets of twin to on famllv within a year. Dante I bound to grow. St. Joseph's oacktng house men hnv. been placed on a wag level with niiL cago, Omaha and SIcux city worker. The advance hushad murmurs of trouble. New York City courts eneraetleitllv upport the pollc In punishing automo bile speeder. During 1915 the pollc ar rested T.870 driver, of whom 7,764 wer convicted. Bristol, Tenn., point with prid to the champion dad of th countrv-Jnunh Henry, father of thirty-one children. Ha a prosperous rarmer and can afford th luxury. Chicago health department statistics show that diphtheria and measles, two preventable disease, last year cot th. city $6,500,000 In live lot, each Hf being valued at $5,000. Buffalo ha given "tr dui" th. knockout. When th Idea wa young as much a $13,000 wa taken in. Th last "tag day" netted $102, barely enough to pay for the tag. Th assessment roll of Kansaa City. Mo., Juat completed, shows realty valued t $142,890,710 and personalty at $63141. M. a total of $20.032.71 Based on a levy of 13V6 mills on th dollar th valuations will yield about $2,000,000. Salt Lake City ha been offered 4Vi per cent Interest on a deposit of $30,000 of city waterworks Improvement fund by the Bank of Tremonton. A fidelity bond for the deposit accompanied the offer, which th city Is disposed to accept, with a time limit of seven month. OUT OF THE ORDINARY. Natives of Algeria bury with the dead the medicines used by them In their last Illness. l.oalng his arms and being made blind by nil accident, an Illinois man has learned to read raised type with his tongue. In the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York city, an Leyptiun nobleman s tcinb, built 4.500 years ago and iran.i feried In Its entirety, has been placed on public view. Mr. und Mrs. Frederick K Mcory of Chicago have alx children, Mildred. Olive. Theodore, Harry, Klliabcth and Robert, whose initials, properly arranged, spell "mother." This happened by chance, as Harry Is the oldest and Elisabeth- the youngest. In Burr Oak. N. Y., a big guessing contest waa held recently a to how many grains of corn a hungry and un hampered goose would eat. Kttmates rail a high aa 3.000, but the bird, free to go as far aa she liked, stopped short at the count of 434 grain. John Zak, a checker expert of Wam pum. Pa., for the last six months has been playing a contest by mall with a crack player of Pasadena. Cal. Each player making a move, and then mail ing th board back to hi opponent. As It takea nln day for Ui mall to travel, the progress of the game la slow. The most remarkable fir ever recorded In Minnesota wa that which burued out th entire interior of a Thief Itlver Fall bom the other day and then did out. leaving th exterior unacorched. a phenomenon which theorists who over look on trifling property of flame, ex plain by declaring that frost had her metically sealed th walla and cut off all fresh supplies of oxygen. BRIEF BITS OF SCIENCE. An Italian electrician elalm to have Invented a method for sending picture by wire In their natural color. Danish teat have shown that concrete I not affected by long immersion In the ocean, even for aa long a half a cen tury. Soaking in sour milk, followed by a rinsing In water, to which a little am monia has been, added, wl'l polish sil verware. By treating freshly made cheese with alternating curreata of elect rkitg for 34 hours a Dutch electrician has found he can give It all the properties of age. Electrical apparatu by which all the movement of a ship can be controlled from the bridge without signaling to the engine room has been Invented by a Japanese. An Arlaona scientist will try to fix th time of th cliff dwellers' era by comparing th age rings in tha tree trunk still standing tn their homes with the ring in the oldest tree now living. Dr. N. A. Cobb, an authority on zool ogy, declare that there must b hun dred of thouaands of species ot nema todes, or threadworms, more than nine tenths of which are still unknown to science. SIGNPOSTS OF PROGRESS. Americans now monopolize the Spltien berg coal fields. It is estimated the unfilled tonnage of th United States Steel Corporation In January showed an increase of 200,0u0 to 300,000 tons. Every on of the gold producing states in the United State Increased its output last year over th year before, except Washington. Shipping at the port of Honolulu has lnoreased considerably as a result of the opening of the Panama canal. Arrtvals for 1915 were 691 vessels, a against 468 for 1914. Tartly owing to the unprecedented de mand caused by the war, more copper was produced in tha United State last year than In any previous your in th history or tn industry. Fruit grower of Pennsylvania claim that th greatest need to tn fruit grow ing business at present is a law compell ing every shipper to mark his name and address on every package he ships, with the grade and minimum size of the fruit contained in the package. WHITTLED TO A POINT. Let's not worry; .'ll get the rsrtli sooner or later. A conceited young woman says th men are a covetous lot. And many a man who was born to sue. cecd dies of heart failure. Dignity may stoop to conquer, but I' never grovels in the dust. A pretty girl finds nothing but pleasant reflections tn her mirror. There are times when the corkscrew In mightier than the typewriter. The average man Is apt to bellev whst the world doesn't say about him. Procrastination Is the thief of time and the plunder cannot be recovered. The age of reason depends altogether on the man; some men never attain it. The weather vane is the only wind In strument that doesn't annoy the neigh bors. Don't get too self-important; the world will go on Just the same after you get out. About the only difference between re partee and Impudence la In the size of th man who say It. Chicago News. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. 'Don't bring that raper you ar about to read too near to me. It look a little soiled, and they say paper readily carriesi rerms." "Well, ycu won't find anything catching to you In this paper, it baa only germa of thought." Baltimore American. "Say." said the landlord to th tenant who wa two months hy with hi rent, "when am I going to see th color of your money?" "Can't say," replied the party of the econd part. "The color Just now is an Invisible green." Indianapolis (star. "Have you read of thl theory about Colors and the sensations'" "No. What is It? ' "Joy la crimson. Oloom Is blue. Quar rels are black. Think there's anything in It?" "Dunno. I never saw any hlack quar rels, but I have seen lavender spats." Louslvllle Courier-Journal. PEAR MR. KA8I89LE, IP I'M HAMittr A linker parry AT MY HOME, SHOUlDNff MY FIANCE THE LASTPEPAKT? YES, FOR 0UR SAKE HE" $H0UU TKf ID LIVE AS L0rr AS H CAN! (6 Krisa What did you get out of your aunt estate? Krosa After settling things up the law yer blow mo to a good dinner and loaned me $6. Chicago Herald. Hub (explaining Income tax) You see. my dear. If our Income la over a stated amount we have to pay the government. Wifey And if It la under that amount doea the government have to pay us'.' Boston Transcript. Willis What Is It called when two peo ple are thinking of th same thing at the same time; mental telepathy? GIIUs Sometimes; other times Just plain embarrassment. J udg. REFORMER POTTS. Edgar A. Guest. In Detroit Free Press. 8a Id Ebeneser Jabes Potts: "The world is full of atn, I'd like to move It from its groove. But where shall I begin? I'd feel I had not lived in vain. If when I pass away. I could but know the world below Is better than today. "I see so much of vice and wrong i Along the patha I tread. So much of shame, so much to blame. Ho much to hato and dread; And, Oh, so feeble seem my vole. So weak tho crloa. I raise It seems to me, I'll never see My neighbor change their way. "I'd like to do my share to mak A better world for ail. To win all men to right again. But, Oh. my chance seems small. They never heed me when I plead. Except in acorn to Jeer. And when I shout their follies eut They do not stop to hear." Now Ebenezer Pott Lived In a dowdy shack. Ills yard was bare of posies fair; Tho alley at the back Waa strewn with litter, day by day. And all who passed the place Were wont to ay uch disarray Waa mildly termed disgrace. Old Ebenezer Jabex Potta Has many brother here. What other do in acorn thy view. And think themselves sincere. They sigh to change their neighbors' ways And tell of wrongs they've een, Discovering not. they'd help a lot If they were only clean. ADVERTISING GARNER & EVANS Gt? Nt'l BUg. Douglas 5a3 LETTER DUPUCATTNG AND GENERAL MUl T1GRAPHING ACROSS THE BORDER SOME OF OUR MEN WON'T COME BACK. Are You Prepared for the Final Crossing? WHV NOT LET THE Woodmen Qf the World The Strongest Fraternal Insurance Society RELIEVE YOUR MIND ABOUT THE LOVED ONES. NO CHARGE FOR EXPLANATION. RING DOUGLAS 1117. J. T. VATKS. KevreJarj . W. A. PHASER, I "resident. 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