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6 B THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE FOUNDED tr 1DWAKO aOSKWATSR. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. TUB BE! FtlBLuMUNO COMPANY, PBOPaiETOaL . tatml at Omaha peatofflte aa eoeoa-laas matter. TRIM OP SUBSCRIPTION. Br Carrier Br Mall per Month. . per veer Dally end laniUy Me Dally without Sunday ttt Evening aa Sunder "' Evenlna without Sunday He Sunday Bet only t . " I'ally and niar Bee. three yeere In advance, ll. Send notice of change of aild-ese ar IrretuLarlty In de livery to Umahe Baa. wrauiauoa uopartmant. REMITTANCE. Remit ay draft, evpreoe or postal ordar. Only l-eant stamps Tasen m payment at email aeeounie. rriuiij eseoet aa Omaha and eeatern oaehange. not accepted. OFFICES. Omaha The Baa Building. Mouth Omaha till N atreet Ceunell Blufte M North stab) atraat. Llnaoia (St Little Building. Chleogo lit People's Oaa Building. Now York Doom 101, M Fifth avar.ua. St Louts Ml New Bank of Commerce. Weehlngten " Faartaaoth atraat. N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Address eommnaleatlona reletlng ta nawe and adltatla matter ta Omaha Baa. Editorial Department, OCTOBER CIRCULATION 83,818 Daily Sunday 50,252 Dwlfht WUIttml, circulation manager of Tha Baa Publishing company, baing duly a worn, aava that tha average circulation rar tha month al uetooer, ma, was average circulation rar tha month tt.lll dallr. and i.MI Sunday. DWIGHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manager. Babacrlbad In mt araaanaa and awem to before ma thia th day ti November, llt. C. W. CARLSON, Notary Paella. ' Pletie uk ot, alto, that pte continue! to rg In Mexico. . But, ill in tl, the weather man has treated ui tolerably well Paying up the freak beta ought to afford amusement (or tome time to come, v . What republican! need,' locally, it -a little better team work on the part of their candidate!. The coming teit ot the Adamton law iniuret a large volume of expert teitimony on the true Inwardneaa of political Aim-flam. Woman suffrage fell by the wayaide in South Dakota and Weit Virginia, but the narrow margin ol defeat hpldj encouragement . for another turn. ... Pottmatter Fanning aaya the rumor that he intends to quit .his job ii baseless. We knew it all the. time. 'A democrat may die in office, but resign ? Never I ' A few more back counties still to hear froml The next Nebraska legislature could make a ten strike by providing machinery for prompt col lection and tabulation of the returns. . No Nobet peace prise ia to be awarded for 1916, for there la no peace. That leavea it open, however, for, Henry Ford and William Jennings Bryan to pool issues and try again. The senator and his chief editorial writer do not seem to agree. The senator says that his opponent's treatment of him was ''fair and hon orable," and the senator ought to know. Having gotten the votes which the Adamton law awas intended to catch, what do the demo crats care now whether the rallroadi succeed in persuading the courta to knock the. law out? ' ' Three progressives and one lone socialist elected to the Sixty-fifth congress may be par doned for taking on the Chestiness befitting their importance in a tied house. It It hard to resist the impulse of slamming the grape juice politics of California. , The con spicuous sunflower streak in Nebraska and Kan sal politics mutely whlopers! Take water at meter rates. .;V'.,:', : . Candidates art turning in reports of expense accounts with commendable promptness. ' Whst classification they take in the ahelves of state literature is not settled, but the odds favor the department ol 'fiction. '.'..) Ftr the first time since Andy Jackson's day the democrata have elected a president to tucceed himself, A party which consume! eighty-four years in .catching up to Old Hickory's pace can not be convicted of ovcrspcedlng. According to dispatches, Hiram Johnson can be governor or senator, as he chooses, for another year. . Better than that, he can be both if he wants to, as was David B. Hill when he was New York's governor and senator at' one and the same time. ' ., , As minister of foreign affairs of China, the rare, insinuating talent of Wu-Ting-Fang arc bound to shine at their best The former Chinese ambassador to thia country ia a master of the art of extracting Information and giving none in return. In a diplomatic game Wu'a copious sleeves conceal at many card a the Celestial dealer of Poverty Flat . Nebraska's Huge Harvsst The summary of Nebraska's principal' crops compiled by the federal bureau of crop estimates vary but little from the estimates of the State Board of Agriculture and the report compiled by the United. States National bank of Omaha Ot the three the federal estimate gives the state higher rank in corn production, 194,0O0,0CXf bush els, only 18,000,000 bushels below the record crop of 1915, and slightly reducel home reports ort wheat and Oatl. The margin of lot: com pared with last year's totals it insignificant be side the higher value of thia year's crop. The bank report for 1915 placed the aggregate value of all soil products at $J2J,033,544 and for 1916 at $341,740,000, a net increaae of $18,000,000. In itself the gain conatitutei juicy dividend on farm investments. The increased turnover on a reduced crop comes from an advance of 76 cent in the price of wheat over last year, 26 cents in corn, U cents in bate, 81 cent! per bushel in potatoes and proportionate gains in letaer crops. , . Comparative figures for 1916 are not at hand to determine Nebraika't rank with other states in production of cereals. Last year the atate ranked third In wheat production, fourth in com and sixth in oats. Th record and rank of the state as a producer of ti.j easentiala of prosperity barely glimpses the bounds ol farm wealth when alt the oll I cultivated or utilised Intelligent nd tboroughy. The Marvel of It AU. What an amazing spectacle the United States mutt have presented to the onlooking world dur ing the past week I Here in this vast land, with s hundred million inhabitants, an election was held that was to determine not only the identity of the chief magistrate and those who should as sist him in ruling the nation for the next four years, but also the policies which should govern their adminiitration, and this election was so close that the result swung in doubt for four days. Yet nowhere waa there any manifestation of lawlessness or disorder, nor any serious sug gestion of snything but submission to the ver dict of the ballot box aa soon as it should be definitely and officially known. In what other country in the world could a counterpart of such a condition prevail under similar circumstances? In the so-called Latin lands, as everyone knows,-ven where the forms' of popular government prevail, rlo ordinary con test for political supremacy ever takes place with out violence more often it transforms Itself into actual revolution. In the countries of Eu rope where popular elections have been super imposed upon monarchical traditions an election as close as ours with the same orderliness and amiable acceptance of results, if rare.. In no Eu ropean country does a aingle ballot-box judg ment decide the character of the government, na tional, state and local, as does ours. It all cornea back, therefore, to the substan tial firmness of the foundation upon which our popular government rests and the training of our citizenship to carry out in good faith the constitution and lawa which they have made for themselves and merely to await the next turn when they find they have made miatakes. The very greateit marvel la that all our people, the newcomers from Europe, aa well as those born and raised here, adapt themselves so fully to these essential requirements of self-government. Education In Nebraska. r The presence in Omaha during the last week of the public school teachers of Nebraska waa overahadowed to some extent in public attention by the unusual conditions following the presi dential electlotl. So far a thia is concerned, the convention would have suffered from the same cause, no matter where it met. But this should not in any wsjr detract from the main fact, that the convention was held, and that Its several sessions, and especially it department meetings were attended by men and women deeply con cerned irt the work of spreading enlightenment Topics presented and discussions held involved mattera of technical importance and general ap plication, and evinced the high purpose of the educatora of the state. Nebraska holds a justi fiable pride in its school system, the results of which are reflected In its rank among the fore most In literacy and the exceptional quality of Its citizenship. This standard will be maintained ao long as the people of the state recognize 'the vital connection between the school teacher and the training of the boys and girla who are to be the citizens of the future. From this point it may be seen that no- more imoortant latherinsr comes to Omaha than the convention of the teachers, who will resume their work all the bet ter qualified because of their conference and ex change of ideas. ,. - v ' , " Canada' Aatonlhlng' Command. " The action of the Canadian government in putting the ban on' a group of. American news papers, whose editors hive offended John Bull, is one ef the little aidelights of the wsr that in some way relieve it tragedy. It is scarcely credible that the authoritiea of the Dominion be lieve that by this action they have altered the course of the war, or will influence the expres sions of the editor who are thus excluded from hearing In Canada. On the' contrary, it is al most equivalent to an admission that the publi cations now excommunicated had aOme effect on the people of Canada, who have been looked upon as ultra-loyal and beyond the possibility of dis affection, no matter who undertook to spread se dition among them. Of course, the officials over there find it hard to brook the criticisms of their conduct, and may have tome justification for the allegations of misrepresentation they make, but they ought to understand that in a country so thoroughly democratic a Canada, the surest way. to gain a hearing for an Individual or t publication t to deny th right of utterance. Forbidding the citizen to reed a certain newapaper It more likely to Increase the prestige of that newspaper among those who might be reached by itt ttatements or arguments. From this dittancr It strike a dit Interetted observer that 4h Ottawa authorities hive, In tht languig of tht iportlng field, "pulled a boner." . . , : When tht lea Oivee Vp Itt Ship. More or lei of melancholy Interest always attaches to i sunken ship, springing from both practical and tentimental causes. This interest will add test to tht recital of a Brttllian Inven tor's achievement. Hi plan for raising sunken vessels, explained a few weekt ago to the En gineers' club at Rio de Jiniero, it simplicity it self. Any depth of water In which divers can work Is within tht tcopt of tht plan, which is to attach ba of various shapes to tht wreck, both within and without, and then inflate them with air from above. Tht expanding bags expel the water from the vessel, and by its own buoyancy it rises. Experiment with the invention are reported to have been very successful , Tht Brit ish channel will afford a splendid field for its operation after the war, and such victims of tht U-boats as have not been ahattered beyond re pair may be restored to the fleets of the 'world. Publicity's spotlight now shifts from the great ness of yesterday to the live onea of today and tomorrow. The cltiten who, a few short weekt ago, changed hit party flag and won plaudits as "an eminent, intelligent and public spirited leader," -returns to earth and loses himself in the common herd. Publicity plays many favor ites, but sticks to few. '- . . , The lateat "mysterious stranger" will put in an appearance when Miss Jeannette Rankin ot Montana flutters Into the Sixty-fifth Congress and takes the oath. . Tht staging of the event with befitting scenic "effects marks an epoch in woman's advance in public activities and shatter anbther bulwark ot man'a power. The proposal for submarine mail service be tween the United States and Germany commenda itself to public favor. Even if the service were limited under existing conditions, the venturt would bt a protest against offensive Interference with American mail 1 Br Vlataf Hoaawatter " YES, THIS YEAR'S preaidential election has produced more thrills than any election with in the memory of any but the old-timera who go back to i860 and 1876. The presidential election of 1884 is said totiave been also a thriller. When making comparisons, however, it must not be overlooked tnst the facilities for communication and for the collection and compilation of the re turns have been marvelously improved and that a three day's delay in ascertaining the result in the year 1916 would correspond to a delay of weeks in the period that antedated the extension of the telegraph and telephone to nearly every backwooda precinct. The real wonder is, when we give it a thought not that it should take so long to gather and tabulate the figures that tell who is elected, but that thia task should be ac complished with such speed and approximate ac curacy as it haa been done. The election has cast down from, their pedes tals all the high prophets and prognosticators. The number of sure forecasta of the distribution of the electoral votes jut out could not be 'kept track of, but if a single one of them hit anywhere near the mark it has not been disclosed. Some mathematical geniua ought to figure out how many different possible combinations of the elec toral college allotments are scientifically poismie just by way of encouragement for a new crop of political necromancers. The accepted method of arriving at totals ny using urst-receivea returns aa the basis for a proportion haa also sustained a severe jolt, for on the first figutcs it was' all over for these speculator. The New York papers of the day after election, with their flaring head line announcing Hughes' election by -decisive majorities as a result of a republican landslide democratic papera and ardent Wilson supporters at that are grim reminders of the danger of jumping at conclusions and- admonition that the most time-tried rule haa ita exceptions. With the election so close, it was a succession of joys and sorrows, hopes and fears, for everybody interested and from the way our telephones kept ringing continually for three days and night with anxious inquiries, thst interest waa well nigh universal. These calls for information came from all over, by phone and wire, from Omaha and surrounding towns, and from adjacent states, and. the tele graph and telephone companies must have reaped a harvest. I responded to lon-distance at my home on getting up in the morning and on retir ing in the wee hours of the night, and in my office I had to disconnect my phone to secure a little time for other work. An exceptional situation confronted the news papers in this heydav of excitement by reason of the shortage of available white paper supply and the high cost of the print paper used for extras. Ordinarily the newapaper is only too eager to push its street and newsstand sales snd it would have been easy for us to have inflated our circu lation by thousands of copies each day, but the more copies we put out, the more it would have cost us. As this temporary circulation is of no special value to .the advertiaer, we devised the plan of issuing merely a four-page "election spe cial" between regular editions tor accommoda tion of the public, and held down on extras as much as we could, and our readers were in no way the sufferers. This is what comes from hold ing a preaidential election in the midst of a Euro pean war. In another country the election might have been postponed. No man I know of possessed such buovant character in the face of tips and downs as did Max Meyer, whose funeral 1 attended a week aero, There was a period in Omaha history when no enterprise was projected and nothing was a go without including Max Meyer among the leading factors. He had come to Omaha in 1866 as a mere boy ana' made a place for himself in the forefront of our business communitv. With his brothers, associated with him, he had the finest jewelry establishment and musical inatrument house west of Chicago and he set the pace for the city'a retail expanaion when he made the jump, about 1888, from his location on Eleventh and Farnam to the corner of Sixteenth and Farnam, where he occupied most of the ground floor of the then new Paxton block. He was for some time a director of The Bee Publishing company. He was optimistic, generous and public-spirited and to these very qualities must be ascribed his financial reverses following the panic and de pression of 1893 and 1894, aa a result of over-expansion and accommodations to friends. Max Meyer's great delight lay in his personal acquain tance with the celebrities of the opera and the stage which his musical connections gave him and he kept open house for them while he lived here. When he relocated in Laltimore, he main tained these friendships and I remember him ex hibiting to me in his apartment there a -guest book inscribed with the autographs ofrnany atage notables. "The one condition," he said, "for putting your name here is that you must first, have a met! in my house." "Do you mean to say that all of these folks have been your guests for a meal?" ' -".Yes," he insisted. "Why I had Henry Irving and Ellen Terry here the other night and I ahowed them my book and Irving said, 'Where's your pen, I will put my name down?' " 'Oh, no, Sir Henry,' I told him, 'you can not write in that book because you have not yet taken a meal with me. I want your autograph, but I want jt on a separate sheet of paper,' "And here are the signatures of Irving and Terry," he exclaimed exultantly, "but not in the book, as you see." Whenever I saw him, after he removed later to New York, he manifested the same jovial spirit unchanged by prosperity or adversity and Omaha and Omaha friends were always the welcome topic of conversation. The Omaha of today owes to the energy and enterpriae of Max Meyer in the earlier daya more than we reckon. Fragments of the Battle ' Charles, E. Hughes voted ballot No. 13 and Woodrow Wilson ballot No. 50. Rival political doctora in Kansas agree that "he kept us out of war" turned the trick. This acquits William Allen White and Colonel Mur doch. . - One of the backward-looking guessers of po litical mysteries accuses Tom Johnson of respon sibility for Ohio's, somersault. Putting it on the dead, for sure. All political shades of newspapera in the east on Wednesday morning Carried huge headlines throbbing with G. O. P. joy and then aome. The morning of the day after oh, well, forget it. New York, Pennsylvania and Illinois whooped up republican majorities well -over' 100,000 each, but the mountainous majorities showed up too late to give the proper steer to wobbling neigh bors. I Alaska breaks into the dry belt along with Nebraska, South Dakota, Michigan, Montana and Florida. California, Miasourl and Maryland stuck to their idols and refused to take the dust of the water wagon. - . ' 1 . Keokuk, Ia., aenda Frank Oertel, a blind man, to the legislature, the first blind person to win the distinction in trie state. Legislative experi ence is esteemed an eye opener, and Mr. Oertel will be a gainer. Tht tragic death of Sitae A. Barton, repub' lican candidate for congress in the Fifth Ne braska district haa a partial counterpart in tht death of Mrs. Charlea poetschman of Aurora, 111., from over-excitement caused by tht newt of btr husband's election as county recorder. Campaign exertion and excitement sorely straina th vitality of elder. Thought Nugget For the Day. Remember, that to change thy mind and to follow him that aeU thee right, la to be none the less the tree agent that thou waat before. Mar cus Aurellus. One Year Ago Today In the War. King Constantlna dissolved the Greek parliament Parts reported heavy artillery en gagements on the Artols front. Winston Churchill resigned from the British cabinet to Join the army In France. Turkey and Bulgaria again pro tested to Greece for allowing Allies to land large forces. England reiterated peace' terms, Including freedom and Indemnity for Belgium and destruction of Prussian military domination. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. Th Barber Asphalt company haa completed the work of paving Saun ders street which has been In prog ress all summer. The paving extends from Cuming to Seward and makes Saunders one of the ' handsomest streets in the city. Counollmen Goodrich, Lee and Lowry have left for 8t. Paul, Minne apolis, .Milwaukee and Chicago for the purposes of examining the latest Im provements in aerial ladders before purchasing one for the Omaha de partment. Chief Galilean accompanied them. Mr. Branch of Branch & Co., was considerably auprlned on entering his place of business to find an elrtrant new chair at his desk with the follow ing note pinned to it: "Birthday gift: Pleaoe aocept this slight token of our regard (Signed) Paul, Will, Ed. Budd, Mort and Plx." Mr. 8. Pee, atate fish commissioner of Kansas,, ia visiting his sister, Mrs. E. A. Jackson, 1618 Burt street. The order was Issued by the Union Pacific to. employes of the road to use the twenty-four hour system in telegraphing and correspondence. Some of the boys were rather stunned In trying to figure out time In their first attempts, but expect to gradually work into the new system. Th following were among those present at a mass meeting called to discuss proposed amendments to the city charter: Senators Linlnger and Tschuck; Representatives Smith, An dres and Toung, and Mayor Boyd. This. Day In History. 1770 Joseph Hopkinson, author of "Hail, Columbia," born In Philadel phia. Died there January 16, 1143. 1776 Washington and his arm crossed the Hudson. 1815 Elisabeth Cady Stanton, fam ous pioneer of the equal rights move ment in America, born at Johnstown, N. Y. Died in New York City, Octo ber S6, 1802. 1816 Rev. Phlneas D, Gurley, chaplain of th United States senate and preacher of the funeral sermon for President Lincoln, born at Hamil ton, N. Y. Died in Washington, D. C, September 80, 1168. 1144 James K. Polk of Tennessee was elected president of the United States. 1841 Austria protested against the alliance ot Prussia with he smaller German states. ' 1860 Emigrant ship "Edmund," bound for New York, wrecked off the Irish coast, with loss ot 100 lives. 1861 The Grand Trunk railroad, 860 miles long, waa opened from Que bec to Toronto. 1900 Lord Wolseley retired from th post of. commander-in-chief of the British army. 1804 The French chamber ratified the Anglo-French treaty, including the cession of the French short of New foundland. 11111 President Taft ended at Washington his trip to the Pacific coast and return. 1816 Haytl approved the treaty with the United States providing for a virtual American protectorate. The Day We Celebrate. H. A. Holdrege, general manager ot the Omaha Electrio Light and Power company, Is 43. He was born In Bos ton and graduated as electrical engi neer from the Boston Institute of Technology. He has been In his pres ent position for .twelve years, William Collier, celebrated come dian, born In New York City, forty eight years ago today, Preston Lea, "former governor of Delaware, born at Wilmington, Del., seventy-five years ago today. Rev. William Bell, b shop of the United ( Brethren church, born in Whitley county, Ind., fifty-six years ago today. Cecil Chesterton, noted English author, editor and critic, born in Kensington, thirty-seven years ago to day. William H. Sloane, professor of his tory In Columbia university, born at Richmond, O., slxty-aix years ago to day. Robert H. Baugh, president of the Southern league of base ball clubs, born at Elkton, Tenn., fifty-two years ago today. Storyette of the Day. The measles were making their an nual round of the juvenile population of the community, and Flossie was vesy vexed because she didn't catch them. She felt that a nice little vaca tion was being denied her. One day she' cam rushing Into the school room, clapping her hands with de light. "Oh, Miss Nichols! They're coming down the avenue!'1 "Who?" asked her teacher, hurry ing to th window and looking for she knew not what. "Tne measles: Bessy TUbbs, right on our corner, has Just got them, and now It'll be my turn next!" New York Times. WHAT' WOMEN ARE DOING. Mitt Jannle Culbaraoa Powara of Gar nantawa. Pa., ia aeliava to ba tha cham pion Suadar aehool attaadant of all times. For mora than forty-ona yaara aha haa at tnutaa the tame Sunday achool without solaalar a Sunday. Mrs. John Miller H ort on of Buffalo ia seine are-ed by har friends to permit har name ta aa Mad aa jk oandldate for preal dant tanaral of tha Daughters ef tha Amarieaft Ravolntlon at tha - election in April, 1S17, at Washington. ' Word haa beaa rewired that Mma. Reslha Sehwlmmer, who eama ta this country aa talk let tha tntereata of peace, la in (real financial dtirreee. She ia aaid to have been an object of charity whan on board tha Oaear U. She ia in 8wcdon, not only in want, hut ill. - Mrs. Charlea Farnam of New York haa been decorated personally by Crown Prince Alexander of Serbia for her cervices in connection with tha Serbian relief work. Mre. Farnam waa tha flrat woman of any nationality to enter tha reconquered Serbian territory. Tha decoration aha received la tha Ordar of St, Bava SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT. New York World: A western biahop does not believe "that the world h growing worae and going to tha deil, even though the attire of women does auggest that Satan ruled." Feminine morale, indeed, are not a matter of short skirts, and no doubt they will be neither worse nor better when aklrta grow longer. But doec the same rule hold good for masculine morale T Topeka Journal: More than 100,000 churches and other religioae organisations are expected to observe tuberculosis Sun day an December t or IS, this year, making tha aaventh annual participation of rcllg ioua bodiea in an intensive campaign to edu cate the public on the subject of tubercu locic. Two Sundays have been designated by the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis in order that the chnrehea may chooce the one which wUl heat t In with their program of eervices. These dates come at the beginning and end of tuberculooia week, which is conducted under the direction of the National asaoeia. tlon. For thoae worshipping on Saturday, December t or S have been set aside. Boston Transcript: Whenever a minister of any of our Christian ehurehes sets out to discover explanatione why the people of to day seem so amasingly hard to reach by religion, whereas, a eentury ago they clam ored at tha doors of the churches, ha can discover a series of eauoeo. Many of them wlU lay tha onus on the people, on tha in. ereaaing materialism of their lives, and on their loss of reverence for authority. And these may ba rightly alleged aa contributing causes. But the great, the underlying re sponsibility still Ilea on the church itself. In ita charge la lodged the task of construc tion, an-; if it la failing of eonetruetlve appeal to the masaee ita trst duty is to look to its own methods and materials. DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES. "DM you see where aome dot-tor has I nltrhlna- Into the suraons because I narfnrm tnn muv needless ODerntlOnaT" "Now, I suppose between hla faction and , the aurgeona It will be war to tne anna.-' Baltimore American. mine Ope ODDS AND ENDS. The price of news print paper in Italy has Increased $S a ton in tha last three inontho. New York firms that make a business of renting tuft dress auits have combined to increase prices. At the present time the United States has seventy-flve beat sugar faetoriee, lo cated in fourteen etates. ' Jerome K. Jerome, tha noted English novelist, is acting as an ambulance driver in the French Red Cross. Because of the high eost of living the lawyers of Oklahoma City have advanced prices of their practice on all litlgation. A candy college haa been opened m Bos ton to teach airla and women tha Una art of making fudge and other sweets on a scien tific basis. Three hundred million Red Cross Chrlst maa seals are being printed for the annual holiday campaign to bo conducted under the auspices of the American Red Oroes and the National Association for tha Study and Pre vention of Tuberculosis. . , IN NOVEMBER. Fine days, brisk winds an' dry leavea blowln'. Tree-tops all bare in sunlight glowln' An' compalgn roosters spent with orowln. Oay girla decked out In amart apparel, Stump epeakers warnln' of country's peril An' spjttln' fire from box an' barrel. The coat of high llvin' higher f!yln The chance of this wet, wet state a-dryln' An' autumn winds an' other thlnga alghln'. Wiee pedagoguae With wisdom buatln', An' some Just to give their brains a-dustln'. All Omaha streeta with aeal oncrustln'. Tht leaves In tht trees gettln' few an' fewer, Ma Squirrel a-atorln' up nuta to do 'ar Till the leaves come back an' tha skies are bluer. Dry dust In the road caught In motions whtrly, Jat turka In coopa all a-aulkln' surly. Then the same ole wheese. "Do yer ehoppln early." BAYOLL NJS TRBLB. Omaha. "Had your vacation yet. old manf "Tint vet I'm vnlna tn take mine same time tha boaa takea hla. Then he eaaH see how easily tne orrtca can get auosu without me." New York World. "I wish to Inform you," eald har few yer, "that your wife haa filed a bill for di vorce," "Oh, of eourae." reaponned the btHJf banker, "It's nothing but bills, bills, bllla. How much Is this one?" Boston Tranactrtpc. Miss Gush Oh. captain, were you aaay boarded by a pirate? Captain Storms Yea. he charged nw fit a day for a hall bedroom on the teutta) floor. Indlanapolia Journal. it, Pitta vJBd to canwaiiA urn ejta ui WOW SEW MS fWrM. EWS UOWtNP 1 lt NO KOENB sZT ... a.a DeT-r"rs V gUNM). KKrVrfll mute CXIBWW in we POSr-OFrTT 5 REAWN6 ft, AN IV ttWtft Q "TOE CULL liDUNbS NET "Seemi to me thie spats tbs itrt 1 lonk Hire aftmttttnn "Not at all. Thfljr hv t utIl.Ur!ut Btte jyrequftnt.y a pair or spits transforms m pair of dancing slippers Into Street shossv- Louisville Courier-Journal, m" tw Fortune Teller There will be Murf havoo wrought in your home bjr a Mono woman, Patrofrt-Therel I knew that new BHwA Ish maid was ffotnv to break the dishes m my but ohlna set. Baltimore AnMrtoaa "Is coif an expensive gamef" "It must be. I heard my husbaaft In a friend the other day that he hi replace about eighteen pivots on ta nine holes."- Detroit Free Press. -a "Life Is one trend sweet eon wttSftiaa Isn't It, dearT" "Yes, wlfey." "One grand sweet eone. And thin aeejsai tng I want a few 110 nots."--7ude. Neither woman waa exaotly perfect TM old lady was meddlesome, the young lady was awkward In oaring for her small babjl aeciare." tne oia may exoiaimea ml day, "a woman never ought to have a baex unless she knows how to hold it. rf "Nor a tongue, either," the young xnothav retorted. New Tork Times, muiiiraimiiffliiiitiBiiiiiimmnimin Toilet Soaps In making our selection of toila soaps it has been our aim to carry only such as we could depend up on as being absolutely pure and true such soap as we know our customere would wish to use. At the Four Rexall Drug Stores youll find the moat exquisite toilet soaps as well as the plainer and cheaper but no less useful soap for every day use at the lowest prices. Buy ing for four stores enables us so do this. SI We are exclusive agents for several nationally known candles. SHERMAN 4 McCONNELL DRUG COMPANY Four Good Drug Stores. iiiiiimnmitimiiiiiiiiwtiHfflit MEN WANTED THE Woodmen of the World Is Seeking Men Qualified TO PROTECT HOMES THOUSANDS QUALIFY EVERY MONTH Can You Qualify? 'Ring Douglas 1117. ' NO CHARGE FOR EXPLANATION. J. T. YATES, W. A. FRASER, Secretary. President : ir FLORIDA VIA ILLINOIS CENTRAL I). R. Th SEMINOLE LIMITED Train, consisting of Exquisite Sun Parlor Observation and up-to-date Steel Pullman Cars, run dailv throughout th year. Direct service to the outn and southeast. Tickets on sale dailv on and after October 15th, good return, ing until June lat, 1917. RATES TO PRINCIPAL POINTS AS FOLLOWSi 1 Jacksonville Tampa . . . . . 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