THE BEE; OMAHA, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1916.
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NOVEMBER CIRCULATION.
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Publishing company, belnf duly aworq, aaya that - the
average circulation for the month of November, ilia. was
(Mil daily, and M3T Sunday. ..
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Subecribar, laarinc la city tamporarily
hould bits Tit Bm mail ad ta tham. Aat
alraaa will bai akanfad as oflu a raquirsd.
y. "He kept ui out of war," but not'out of war
j taxes. , - ' , -
i - Sweden Joins the neutnl procession pleading
for peace. Next!
.' As a landing place for a land panic, Omaha
proves just irresistible. : .1 '
Now that the Britishers are loaded with plum
pudding, some fierce fighting my beexpected.
That proposed court of domestic relations
sounds good, But how many new salaried jobs
will it create? -
First Chief Carranza may fairly claim credit
for developing Mexican hianana into a high state
of inefficiency. .' - ' .
if. ' The coming fight in congress between the
"pork bar'l" and the deficit easily tops the score
icard of indoor; sports for January. ' -
j :y . V
,t ,t Obviously a war game with so many players
on each side is much harder to manage than one
I in which there art only two opponents.
P According to Dr. Wiley, death is merely Y
t chemical decomposition. ' Now let us vote the
chemical demon out of business and top Methu
J retail's score. , ' , , . ' ,
I A , Compulsory service for single men is urged
itt Canada.' Escaping the coming draft is pos
sible through marriage, but escaping trouble
seems hopelcssi " ' '
- It it evident fronwhe report of the city's legal
department that Omaha Is heir to a slice of street
railway, but its location promises a bumper crop
of judicial worry. , "
; Washington music fails to soothe the savage
i breast of the Russian bear.' Growls in that quar
ter promise to continue until the entente Gabriel
toots the Golden Horn. ' V Y ; ' :
1 . , : : . iss r ' ! '
I ;- Every year emphasises the urgency of attach
ing a fire warden to the retinue of Santa Ctaus.
Even express- companies handling hot stuff can
'not safely ignore the hose.
The Railway Business association chose in in
opportune, time to boost for rate advances. A
hint of possible poverty gets scant sympathy be
side overflowing treasuries, 1 t '
Predictions that the war will end by August,
1917, command the support of stock" exchange
betters in Berlin. , .Wonder how Colonel George
Harvey managed to enter the war belt , .
. Take note that not a single liquor license pro
test hss been filed thus far this year. Not even
the extreme "dryi" seem to have any objections
to allowing the full four months to wind up the
business.' f ;" ' .. . ; v
Considering the record-breaking business of
the local postoffice, with certainty of. continued
growth, a few additional carriers and clerks to
help keep up better with the work would not be
out of order. . ,
Congress wobbles painfully on the question of
lifting wages of department clerks, but a bjost
from $1,500' to 2,000 a year for private aecrc
taries of members moves along noiselessly. The
interests of No. 1 forbid hesitation. -J. .
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' Incidentally, Omaha gets, the land bank not
only without the help of our democratic United
States senator, but in Spite of his point1 blank
refusal to champion the claims of his horn town
when so requested by the Commercial club com-
mitlee. " . ; ....
A Land Bank for Omaha.
Announcement from Washington that Omaha
will have one of the twelve new federal land
banks, being for the district comprising Ne
braska, Iowa, South Dakota and Wyoming,, is
gratifying in the extreme. Upon the showing
made during the hearings there is no gainsaying
that this district was demonstrated to be a natural
district, and Omaha the logical headquarters for
a rural credits bank serving this central agricul
tural section with all (he requisite essentials of
success. If the contemplated scheme, of rural
credits cannot be made to work out under the
exceptionally favorable conditions here, and to,
develop the bank into a huge and rich institution,
it cannot be done in any other place.
It goes without saying that Omaha expects
to benefit by the acquisition . of the land bank
adding to its importance as a focal point of fi
nancial and commercial activity. We congratu
late ourselves because we confidently believe we
deserve the recognition and we commend the
rural credits board for its keen perception of our
superior claimi. Of course,' if we were partisanly
democratic we might praise the administration
from who all. blessings flow, and, if we were in
clined to be partisanly republican, we might won
der how all but two 'of the twelve bank locations
happen to be awarded to states' that went demo
cratic in the last election. t
But why delve into politics when all we have
to do is to extend an invitation to all land-owning
farmers of Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and
Wyoming to come to Omaha and do business
with the bank as soon as its doorsaxe ready to
swing open? . .
Hon Watchful Waiting for Carrarua.
, Senor Venustiano, Carranza, with lofty indif
ference, having allowed (tie time sef for his ac
tion as to acceptance or rejection of the proposed
protocol to elapse without in any way signifying
his pleasure, Mr. Wilson patiently extends the
time, without limit, in which his great and good
triend,many condescend to make up. his mind one
way or the other. This consideration is charac
teristic of our president, who hesitates when it
comes to pressing anybody but congress. Why
be precipitate? We have waited and watched
along the Rio Grande for the last four years,
sending one after another stern admonition to the
devotees of manana across the border, and always
with the same result. Villa is still at large, still
defeats the Carranzistas whenever ,they come id
contact, and continuea to murder such Americana
as fall into his dutches. Pershing has been in
Mexico almost a year on mission that was to
be accomplished in a few weeks, and still is un
finished, and our armyreinforced by the National
Guard, is employed steadily in the occupation of
safeguarding our southern border against Mexi
can marauders. Americans have learned not to
expect foo much from the democratic adminis
tration at Washington, but some curious folks
would like to know when an ultimatum becomes
ultimate? Quien sabe?-.
, Diminishing Public Land
1 Naw Yarh Tiaaea. i
Facing the Deficit
,', Our democratic president and his advisers at
Washington have at last admitted the desperate
condition, of the United States treasury. The
boasts of prosperity and assertions that revenue
adequate fte all purposes was forthcoming made
during the late campaign have turned to serious
apprehension regarding the deficit, now estimated
to reach the enormous total of $370,000,000 at the
close of the fiscal year in June, 1917. It 'Will be
well to recall right here that when the repub
licans turned'thc treasury over to .the democrats
four years ago it was with a surplus of $85,000,000.
Each succeeding fiscal year under the Wilson
regime has seen the balance against the treasury
mount higher and higher. For 1916 a bond issue
of $135,000,000 was resorted, to that the gap might
be bridged. For the current year 1917 another
bond issue is proposed, as well as increased levy
on alcohol and tobacco. And thia at a time when
the business of the country has mounted to a
point higher than ever was reached in history.
The situation becomes tragic in light of the Bal
timore platform, which accused the republican
party of recklessness in its control of the treas
ury ,and pledged both retrenchment and reform.
However, it preserves tne oemocranc record.
Meteorological Terminology,
the United States .Weather bureau announces
its intention of eliminating "sleet" from its cate
gory of storms. Hereafter in the official code of
the bureau these unpleasant accompaniments of
the winter season will be divisible and, accord
ing to their Severity, will be designated "glaze,"
in which the rain freeze aa it "strikes the earth,"
and "ice storm," when it freezes in the air. To
the timid pedestrian the effect will be the aame,
while' the smooth-shod horse will slip as easily
oh the one as on the other. This is not the first
time the bureau has undertaken to set up an offi
cial, standard of names for meteorological phe
nomena. It has undertaken to obtain uniformity
in description of storms and, for the most part,
has beeq, meticulously accurate,, but the public
has' Its own way and pays but little attention, to
the efforts of the chief forecaster so to improve
his service. Therefore, the .people will continue,
to talk of sleet storms just as they do of "bliz
zards," and will confound "northers" and "cold
waves" with utmost-disregard for the purists in
the service, who would also like to have every
body realize the profound scientific as well as
aDnreciable difference between a "tornado" and a
f "cyclone." It's just another manifestation of the
inertia of the masses. .
I The area of public land on which settlers can
T 1. aire a living without the aid of large expendi-
tures by the government for irrigation or drain-
age is rapidly decreasing and may be exhausted
I within five years. Demand grows as the supply
is narrowed. In the last fiscal year 19,000,000
; acres were taken (an increase of 2,200,000) and
I and the average for the four preceding years had
been about 15,750,000. Much of what remains is
in the arid region. It has been estimated that
I water can be obtained for the irrigation of at
I least 40.000.000 acres of this dry or desert land.
The time is near at hand when additional federal
measures to promote the reclamation of it will
lema.no. and deserve consideration in congress.
Secretary Lane suggests aoorooriationa to he
used in searching for underground supplies of
water which can be brought up and applied to
the land where surface streams are not avail-
S During the year the national reclamation serv-
ice added 250,000 acres, or 5,009 farms, to the ir
rigated area, completed the highest dam in the
world, built 700 miles of canals and excavated
10.000,000 cubic yards of earth and rock. Its wore
will be continaed, of course, but there is not
; enough of it Money expended by the govern -t
mcnt in this way is profitably invested, 'for while
rV the cost of construction comes back from farm-
" era who use the water, the crop yield on the re
claimed land is very large. Reclamation be
coms more important and desirable every year.
Coat of State Charities.
: The State Board of Control asks tor an
$800,000 increase in appropriations for the sup
port of the institutions under its management dur
ing the approaching biennium. .This sum, of
course, includes some provisions for buildings and
repairs, but is sufficiently large to warrant scru
tiny in its every item. 'The number of inmates
of the several state institutions, charitable and
correctional, has iricreaied but slightly in the last
two years, the' total additiona being but 303. The
appropriations asked for total more than $2,800,
000, which is approximately $600 apiece for the
4,700 wards of the atate. Some of the proposed
increase in cost will be for permanent investment,
but the increasing cost of living accounts for more
of the raise. The whole budget will have tax run
the gauntlet of the committee on appropriation,
where the final result will be determined, but the
report from the board does not suggest that the
democrats will be able to accomplish any very
great reduction m total appropriations at the pres
ent session of the legislature. ,, ,
C ' Diplomatic maneuvers foreshadow another ex
hibition of the art of concealing thought.
Chemistry and Cotton
Wall Straat Journal
What has become of the enormous cottton
crop of 1914 is still a mystery to many in the
trade. It might add still more to the mystery
to note that in the last five vears the United
States has produced approximately 73,000,000
bales, of which only 3,000,000 were in the domes
tic supply at the beginning of the new crop year.
Cloth and thread have not consumed so much
and therefore the mystery deepens..
The answer to the puzzle is to be found in
fact that ctton is constantly adapting itself to
new and varied uses. The fiction writer might
picture Industry summoning one of her most
efficient handmaidens Chemistry and commit
ting cotton to her hands, with the injunction "to
make it more useful to mankind. ,
Soon Chemistry returns to her mistress with
soluble cotton and explains its possibilities.
Scarcity and high prices of leather call for a
substitute. Fabrikoid, a cotton product, is the
result. Sixty per cent of the automobiles are
now upholstered with this . mifterial. The car
builders, shoe manufacturers, bookbinders and
the makers of hats, caps, trunks, traveling cases
and furniture upholsterers draw largely on this
ruateriaU, .
Again Chemistry whispers to Industry. She
coats leather with the material, making it glossy,
and calling it "patent leather." With it also she
makes a bronzing liquid and lacquers for wood
and metal, bathtubs and such. After making a
gas mantle .dtp, she also makes of it a sort of
cement which , surgeons use to close cuts and
wounds. . , ., . .
Then comes another product pyraliu. This
is the material from which toilet' articles and'
novelties are made. As ; ivory, tortoise shell,
pearl, bronze and horn, it is made into hun
dreds of useful articles, even to Umbrella handles,
spectacle rims and articles for desk and house
hold use. 1 ' (
That flexible window in the curtains of your
automobile is not glass but cotton. It is merely
one form of pyralin. How rapid, we say, has
been the growth of the moving picture business!
Yes,, but it depends upon cotton, for the films,
like the auto window, are made of pyralin,
which lends itself to manufactures ranging from
toys to scientific instruments.
; The demand for soluble cotton and pyralin
is so great that the manufacturers, chief among
whom is the du Pont company, cannot keep up
with it. It is in this new field that one will
find a solution of the puzzle as -to what has
become of the big crops of cotton. Add to all
this the big guns and torpedoes firing away . a
500-pound bale at a time and cease to wonder,
or wonder for a new reason. -
Nebraska Press Comment-
'Aurora Republican: Strange to relate, Land
Commissioner-Elect G. L. Shumway docs not
think much of Auditor Smith's proposal to abol
ish hia office. Present indications are that the
happy family of democracy will not be made any
more congenial by some of the recent acquisi
tions to the state house group,
Grand Island Independent: Auditor Smith
would recommend the abolition of the office of
commissioner of public lands and buildings. It
can probably be done. The office of the assessor
might well, too, be- merged with that of the
county clerk. Let the public take, an interest
in whatever will, even by a little; economize if it
can be done without the. loss of efficiency in gov
ernment, .'-
Albion News: " The supreme court has de.
cided that the supreme court commission is legal,
but that the governor and legislature must keep
hands off and allow the court to do the appoint
ing. The judicial must not b dictated to by ithe
executive or legislative branches of government.
If this is good law, and there is no doubt that
it is, then the executive department has no right
to meddle in the legislative department, which
has become quite the fashion, especially in na
tional affairs. . c-' v ', ; '
Ord Omzi: It is given out that thtjwets, who
control the coming legislature by a comfortable
majority, will pass laws against the use of intoxi-
rante cn Hraatir that fliov hnn. Ihrjt uritl ka a
, revulsion against the Whole dry-state brogram, to.
tne end tnat tne wnoie amendment may be re
pealed at the next opportunity.' Now that plan
may work out that way. And again it may not.
The people are more and more favoring the dry
program, and they may find a bone-dry state
just to their liking. Here's hoping that the wets
make it as dry aa they can.- ...
Neligh Leader: ;A, session of the legislature
Without a job being worked would be too much
to expect but there are some so manifest that
heading them off should be easy. One that has
shown up already which .should be a candidate
for early chloroforming is the proposal to un
load the Fremont Normal school on the state for
a state normal. The school is the property of
(- Prof. Gemmons, the newly-elected state superin
tendent, ana nis associates, ana tne only logical
reason that can be advanced why the state should
buy it is that the owners want to unload. The
state already has four normal schools, distributed
ever the state so aa to be accessible to everyone
rho deslrea to, attend such a school, and these
achools have ample capacity to accommodate the
atudent body and, even if they did not have such
capacity, it would be far cheaper to add to the
facilities of existing schools than to open another
with a duplicate faculty and all the incidental
machinery. '. .. .r .
The Gentle Art of Nagging
Ufa
Nagging your husband Is a special art by itself,
and while some women have a natural gift in that
direction others can only acquire it by constant
application. A husband in a house is something
like a' hippopotamus. He is often a dull, placid
creature, hard to move or dislodge, especially if
he gets accustomed to a favorite chair. ; He often
becomes toughened by exposure to constant nag
ging, and it takes a powerful weapon : with a
fairly high trajectory ,to do him any damage.
Occasionally, however, he develops sensitive areas
and can become a constant source of pleasure
to any lady who likes to nag. Every woman
knows, of course, that her husband is more sus
ceptible about hlf an hour before dinner, when
he has come home from the office tired out,v By
studying him carefully she will also discover cer
tain days in the month when she can nag him
with the highest percentage of bullseyes. . The
art of nagging, however, is not all objective.
Much can be done from the subjective standpoint.
By intimating to her husband in - many ways,
which she can easily learn to practice, that she
is the most abused lady on earth, she can derive
a whole urogram of amusement. The historical
method that of dragging up some dead, forgot
ten thing and talking about it all over again, and
still over again is also a -splendid form of
nagging. : - S : y " .-''.',-'
. Some wives, however, so blind are they, never
see this at all. They just go on, hopefully trying
to make their husbands happy. The high art of
nagging is not given to every woman,
People and Events
'This is the way Philadelphia pictures an auto
tragedy: "A flaming flivver fluttered and fumed
ferociously. Forty fearless fireman faced fussing
flames for fully , fifty-five minutes then the
scrSpheap." ' '
One of the indicted metnbers .of the Bronx
and Harlem poultry trust 'fessed up the .other
day and let out a lot of information. On a cap
ital of $1,000 the combine cleaned up $289,000 in
eleven weeks. Smooth work in sanding the
craws ' and boosting . prices made the 'money
tour in, which illustrates how easily Gotham
may be trimmed when dealers in necessaries get
together. f , .
lODAVl
Thought Nugget for the Day. ,
Time conquers atl, and we must
Time obey. Pope. .
One Year Ago Today In the War.
. Lively artillery, hand grenade and
mining duels reported on western
front
British cabinet reported to have
adopter modified form .of conscrip
tion not to Indudo Ireland.-' .
. French Henate cheered General Oal
lleni's declaration that France would
fight until its demands were met.
In Omaha Thirty Yean Ago Today.
A number of friends of Fred Zotz
mann enjoyed a pleasant evening at
hia home. Twenty-third and Leaven
worth, on the occasion ot hia birth
day. Vocal and instrumental rnuaic
wa rendered by a zither quartet con
sistfhir of J. Seltzle, W. C. Kuehn, W:
8. Widenor and August Kuehn. Mr.
Bpehl gave several recitations.
A seoret meeting of the milk deal
ers was held in Oermanla hall for
the purpose1 of agreeing to Increase
the price of milk. . -
. Sixteen members of the board of
trade and freight bureau met In the
board of trade rooms to discuss the
Cullom bill. W. F. Grlffltts presided
and J. H. Taylor acted aa secretary.
Speeches were made by Robert Eaa
son and Ben Gallagher.
Mr. Randall, who has been in the
land department of the B. & M. for
many years has resigned and will
hereafter devote his time to private
enterprises. I '
Bruce, Blake Co. of Ottumwa, la.,
have entered upon negotiation!! to
purchase the stock and business In
terests of the H. T. Clarke Drug com
pany. Ed Maurer, who enjoys the repu
tation of being one of the beat of the
employers in the city, was presented
with a gold-beaded cane. by his em
ployes In token of the unnumbered
favora he has shown them. -
B. 8. Joslyn has been appointed sta
tionary agent of the Union Pacific In
the office in this city In place of W. R.
MacKenzle, who has resigned.
This Day in History.
1814 General Jackson repulsed an
advance of the British at Chalmette
plantation, on the Mississippi river,
a few miles below New Orleans.
1832 John C. Calhoun resigned the
vice presidency of the United States.
1836 Massacre of , Major Dade's
command by the Seminole Indians in
Florida. . . - ,
1859 Thomas $abbington Maaau
ley.historian, assaylst ana poet, died
In London, Born October 25, 1800.-
1861 United States government rer
leased Messrs. Mason and SlidelL
1870 Marshal Prim, Spanish sol
dier and statesman, shot In Madrid.
Died two days later.
1879 The Tay . bridge at Dundee,
Scotland, the longest girder bridge in
the world, was partly destroyed by a
gale while, a train was passing over
it. Nearly 100 Uvea lost.
1885 Francois Paul Jules Orevy re
elected president ot the French re
public. " . . , s t .
1894 James O. Fair, bonanza mil
lionaire and former United States sen
ator, died In San Francisco. Born in
Belfast, Ireland, December t, 1881.
" 1904 Erlungshan forts captured by
Japanese under General Nogl. -:
1908 Great earthquake In Calabria
and Sicily. Messina destroyed; 120,
000 Uvea lost ,
The Day We .OetotaMa, '' ' ' . ' ! 7
Barton Millard, vice president Mer
rlam & Millard company, la just 81.
He is a native son of Omaha and was
educated at Racine college and Columbia-university.
.
Woodrow Wilson, president of the
United States, born at Staunton, Va.,
sixty years ago today. i "
Frank Bn Willis, governor of Ohio.
ana unsuccessiui candidate lor re
election last ' month, born at Lewis
Center, O., forty-8ve years ago today.
General Pierre Aguste Roques, re
cently French war minister, born In
Marseilles sixty years -ago today. s
John William Fortesque, who has
been appointed by the British govern
ment to write the official history of
the war, born, fifty-seven years ago
today.. . .
Frank William . Taussig, Harvard
university professor and celebrated
political economist born in St Louis
fifty-seven years -ago today.
William E. Chandler, former United
States senator and one-time secretary
of the navy, born at Concord, N. H,
thirty-one yeara ago today. '
John P. Henry, catcher of the Wash
ington American league base ball
team, born at Amherst Mass., twenty-eight
years ago today. .,
Timely Jottings and Reminders. - '
' Detroit's first big exposition of
"made in Detroit" .products is to open
today and will continue until Janu
ary 4. - V V
A mass convention of New England
business men Is to be held today at
Springfield, Mass., to consider trans
portation ana other problems affect
ing the commercial and industrial in
terests of that section.
The Interstate Commerce commis
sion has issued an order requiring the
railroads to show cause at a hearing
today why they should not return at
once to their owfters, without diver
sion or misuse, all foreign coal and
refrigerator cars Immediately after un
loading at their destination.
The three great bodies of Amer
ican Methodists, the North, the South
and the Protestant com together in
committees in the First Church of
Baltimore today to take up the de
tailed work of forming one Methodist
body in the whole United States.
HERB AND THERE.
Troneera warmed by electricity is the lat
est war invention. - . . (
A now bnildinc la' oreetad In New York
Citr on an averase of ever ftftr minntaa.
' Every vrivate la the United State army
la required ta hava hia anger-prints taken
on eniiatment . . : . ; . , . ..
' In one of the French tranches the sol
diers have constructed a amall andervround
chapel, largo enough to admit twenty men
at optima, . t
To be legal marriage In Xncland aroet
be performed between g a. m. and I p. m.,
except In the caae of marriagea by special
license, . ... i , .-. -
The imperial German war bureau for met
als has requtiitioned for military purpose!
the pewter 1Mb of every beer-pot in the
empire.
Holland, always on the kwkoat for de
fensive measure for it little kingdom, p re
poses to drain the famous Zuider Zaa and
to erect military stations on Ha sit.
; In Japan the professional story-teller it
held in scarcely less esteem than an aetor
and hi art afford an of the most popular
forma of entertainment hrth Land of the
Rising Sun. 1 - ' ,
The whin of a flying bullet i canaed by
the 'vacuum at lta rear. - Th air throws
fiercely back from the ajoae of th pro
jectile travel round and mine to th
rear, as water to the stern of a faat moving
boat. . i . -
Farmers Have Something to Say.
' Papilllon, Neb., Dec 27. To the
Editor of The Bee: One hundred and
thirty thousand Nebraska farmers are
pleased to know the petition for the
raise in price of grain at the South
Omaha stock yards has been with
drawn. This was done by the itock
yards people. Farmers generally were
against this raise. They contended
that it was unfair, as they Have al
ways paid the il per bushel regard
lew of price of corn the last several
yeara , The Nebraska Farmers' con
gress, in session at Omaha December
12, 13 and 14, passed . a resolution
against 'this raise.
I am pleased to note that when tht
stock yards people learned the sent!
ment of the farmers, they were fair
enough to ask the Railway commis
sion to withdraw their petition with
out prejudice. This proves that or
ganized farmers are having something
to say when matters of agricultural
importance are at issue'.
' J. B. GRINNELL,
Secretary .Nebraska Farmers' Con-
grew.
A Farmer's Plea for Good Roads.
West Point, Neb.. Dec. 27. To the
Editor ot The Bee: The (Nebraska
Farmers' congress, voted against hard
surfaced or paved' roads in our Brate.
Now this would seem to indicate that
all the farmers are against hard roads
since the congress Is supposed to rep
resent the entire farming population.
It Is true that many farmers, as vet
pare prejudicially' Inclined in regard to
permanent roads. But I also feel that
there is an Increasing number m our
rural population who are in favor nf
better roads. . , ,
The best way to arouse the farmer's
interest in and for better roads, 1
think, is by education of the right
kiafl. It it Is conclusively proved that
good roads pay out well in the end, a
good deal is achieved. The engineer
ing department of the Nebraska uni
versity! has data to show that perma
nent roads are, or would he, a pay
ing proposition In alarger portion ui
the state than many people think.
As soon as our main highways are
permanently Improved farmers will
use even more rubber-tired vehicles
than they do now. The use of such
vehicles for business, pleasure or
heavy hauling Is not near as hard on
such roads as iron-tired wagons and
sharp-shod horses. The pavement
will last a long time if there are no
sharp-edged horseshoes or wagon tires
oh it to'chop particles off all the time.
xne-farmer may ouya carioaa or;
feed; If the roads are good he may
in forty. eight hours, but if there hap
pens to come a rainy spell of weather
by the time the carload of feed ar
rives, It wiU mean than at least again
as many trips will have to be made.
To haul many tons of any commodity
when the roads are muddy is bard
on the roads, men, teams and wagons;
motor trucks In mud are about as
helpless as a hog on Ice. On the other
hand, if the man ot the farm decides
to let the car stand till the roads dry
off, -it will cost progressive demurrage
chargea , This la an expense due di
rectly to bad roads. The present car
shortage might even be ameliorated
to a certain extent If we had . more
hard roads, because farmers or con
sumers could unload the commodities
on time. O. H. BROCKMAN.
R. F. P. I. , - i .... . , . .'.
IN THE WORLD OF INDUSTRY
December I th month of the' .wheat
harvnt in Nw South Wain. -
Nearly 800,000 men are employed in th
coal mine of th United States.
' There are more than 48.000 saw mill
In th United State, anoVOleir by-product
in the form of aawduit Rhavings, slab and
Sthr refui t estimated at 80,000,000 cord
year, . i
SMILING REMARKS.
Clara He aaya ha thinks I'm the nicest
girl In town, arall I ak him to call?
Sarah Nn. dear; lot hint keep on thinking
ao. Town Topic.
"About borrowed plumea, dad.' ;
"Yes?" .
"What kind of a bird do they tnUe?"v
'"A popinjay," eon." wrh the old man'.:
quiet reply. Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Are you going to multo any apeechea in
congress ?" '
'If I hava to." replied Senator Berghuinr
Tin seiliir lo make 'em ae early as pon
alblo. no that It opinions change out my.
, mi I... tl... '- In he fr.
volteu before another- election." Washlng-
;on Star.
These telephone Girl seem to havo lota
of nerve."
Tee: I soo where lightning struck a
telephone polcthreo times, and I'll bet all
the telephone girl said who heard it wast
"Whet ntmber.dld you any T Baltimore
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Tuurtuf mv -. -
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VOUVAT A CASE rVAIMSr .;
THE RWIROM) CWRANyl -
YOUR
X mas Check
. will make
First Payment
on a Piano or Player N
t , at our' "
Piano Bargain
Counter
Come and see N
A. Hospe Co.
1513-1515 DoWla St, .
"ThsiV an old provrb " .
"Yes?" ' - '
"To th effect that fooli nuh In when
angels fear to tread."
"Well, angels are moatli' barefooted, you
know. Oot to be careful whore they troad."
Louisville Courier-Journal i
Pint Woman Whep I go trailing I
never can read a tlmetabl InteUlcently,.
What do you do? '
Second Woman I 1way- eanmlt my
buHband and he seta me trairht
First Won- n He mut be a aiktart man.
Second Woman Tea, -he's an expert ac
countantErie Railroad Uagastnd.
" -- : "v ,' (
The teacher's last question was fBeant to
be a aclentlSc poser. y
"Whit ta that which perradM all pahca,"
ho aaltl, "which no wall or door or . other
substance can shut outT" ,
No one had an answer ready but Freddy
Shame. , "
"The smell of onions, mist." he said,
promptly. New Tork Tlmea.
1 . kli A TROLLEY CAR.
, H ThnmnxAn Rich, in the Forum.
1 saw Democracy today;
A laborer, besrimmrd with ejay, - '
Htepped aboard a trolley oar, r--
Humble, meek, yet no-less csar
Than earth's most exalted are. ,)
He looked about him for a seat;
He longed to rest hia weary feet,
But every seat was taken, while
Uott snrl wnmstn fill-, th alaltv
Pausing, ha reached and caught a strap, ,
Pushed down hia dirty working cap
A little tighter, closed his eyes, ,
And sighed aa only a' tired man sighs.
In front of him a lady sat;.
He noted her expensive hat,y '
Her tailored gown, her stylish ahoea
And wondered just how few months' dues
t ne union wouia iorego u ne
Were to buy the same for his wife, Marie.
Suddenly she raised her head.
Saw the look In his ayea of lead,
Saw the weariness, aaw the dread, 1
The lines of care on his kindly faee
And rose and offered him her place;
"An. nor He niusnea. aVMnarnM. rva. mi
Mlssua too much iftee for me!"
He turned away, but ahe clutched hia arm.
And eyes met ayea that war moist and
warm:
-neany, i meant i Fieaae, tor mei '
Smiling upon him wondrously,
She forced him down where she had sat. "
Half dazed, ho lifted off his hat;
"God thank you, lady!" With bis whole
Big heart he said it, with his soul. .
And aha want home with a heart ao light,
I think fhe must hava sung all night.
ITCHING BURNING
BLOTCHESONHANDS
Spread All Over Face, Chest, Feet ,
and Limbs. Could Not Rest.
; Was Disfigured. InaWeek
HEALED BYCUTICURA
SOAP AND OINTMENT
. "A breaking out of rrest blotches be
gan on mv bands, and soon spread all
over my face and chest, and also my
teetsnaumas; even my
eyelids were covered. I
could not rest for the
Itching and burning, and
at night I would awake .
and suffer. My clothing
was very aggravating
and my arm and other
narts of mv hodv were
just ss red a could be. I was disfigured.
' 'I read what Cuticura Soap and Oint
ment had done for others so I got them.
They gave me relief and in a week I
was healed." (Signed) Miss HazelKline,
.Brodbead, Wis., Feb. 7, 1916.
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Less Than 2 Cents a Day
i Is the Cost of a
Residence Extension Telephone
50 cents a month Without a bell,
75 cents a month With extra bell. v
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Why Not Have One
Up-Stairs in Your Bedroom? '
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