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4 B ' THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JANUARY 14, 1917, THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THB BSC PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR Entered at Omaha postoffiee aa s.cond-elass natter TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Be Curler Br Met! J per month neryeer Deny aw Sanaa. .-. ..' ...Me Daily without Sunday., 4e Evening end Bonder ...... 0c. .... Evening without Sunday lee BM.il.. VL toe uauy ana Bender nee, Ulree years la ""t"t ..... Send notice of chance of address or irreaularlty in de llverr to Omaha Bee.' Circulation Department. 4.01) 1.00 4.00 t.Ot . REMITTANCE Remit br draft, eivress or postal order. Only I-""' itarapa take ta parnent of anall accounts. Personal cheeks, except eat Omaha and eastern enhance, pot accepted. OFFICES Omaha The Bee tulMlnf. Sooth Omaha 8J1 N. street Counell Bluffa 14 North Mala itreet. Lincoln 2 Little Baildlni. Chicago al People'! Gel BnUdbur. New York Boom 101, 181 Fifth arenoe. ' St. touts Mi New Bank of Commerce. Waaouuttsa ?2t Fourteenth street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE Address eommnnlcatloni relating to newa and editorial matter to Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. DECEMBER CIRCULATION 53,368 Daily Sunday 50,005 Dwitht wmiame, circulation auuiaiar of The Boa Publishing eompsny. being duly aworo. earl that the average circulation for the month of December, lDli, waa al,t dally and 60,005 Sunder. . . , .. DWIGHT WILLIAMS. Ctrcnlattoa Manager. Bobserloed m mr presence and aworn ta befor ma thla 4th dap of January, 1017. ' . S W. CARLSON, Jlotary Panne. Subecribara laavfaf the city temporarily should ham Tho Baa mailed to them. Ad draw will ba changed aa often aa rwquastod. An always popular indoor sport: Boosting for Omaha. j Colonel House "had nothing to say." That's a House jn which not even a plumber could lo cate leak. -'. - - ' .. ' Even without a hostile fleet to cause trouble Uncle Sam's, navy seems to be having plenty of troubles of ita own. . J Each' side in the big war game calls the other's demands a "bluff.' "Are they judging the other fellow by themselves? . A ...t , . . If only out of courtesy; salary-boosting law makers might give aVpasslng thought to the per plexities of the taxpayer who digs up the coin. ..Following the fashion of. neighbors, Spain has a cabinet change on hand. The chief importance of , the shakeup is the look-in it gives the "outs." e When it comes to modestly exploiting Its owner on every ' possible pretext the Hearst papers have nothing on our own local democratic contemporary,'"' V ."""'" v-v t ' .... These "mystery" murders are becoming alto gether too common. In most cases they tax the ingenuity of the police reporter to keep the "mys tery" from dropping out. - Omaha should also keep in a condition of pre paredness to go after that federal reserve bank the Very first time that presents an auspicious opening for jarring it loose from Kansas City. , t' , (; ,. v.. e e e 'v.-i' " But why should the annexation of Benson and Florence be seized u an excuse for Increasing the number of city commissioners from seven to eight? . For what "deserving democrat" Is the delegation trying to make I job? .( . :ti'J ' "Tom Lawson may be depended on to give another exhibition of his verbal versatility when summoned by congress' to answer to contempt charges. In :the language of Cap'n Cottle. "If anybody kin get swjiy'with it, Tom kin." , ." The:1 ultimate, system of good rpada will give us paved roadway at least osj all the main arteries of traffic. That's, what European countries have 'come to after centuries of experimenting and it is, what bur experience wilt lead us to in time., .? t.Vi 'M eeeeeeee . , All but two of Nebraska's eight presidential elector were eager to be made official messenger in order to take a trip to Washington at public expense, in the' good old days before the anti pass laws, they would all have gone and it would not have cost them anything either. ; , , . The constitution of "Nebraska saya neither legislative branch shall adjourn for more than three days without concurrence of the other. But there i no penalty for infraction and, so far as thp public is concerned, no one 'will object to curtailing the session in any way practicable. Republicans who succeeded democrats iii the state house of Illinois glimpsed the cleanest sweep since the Teutons combed the bills and valleys of Serbia.; The offices were bare of supplies and the treasury suffering from an attack of deficit However the state house remained, which was some consolation for the new officials. : . "InxUvidualiam" and College Student. ' ' Chancellor, Avery's comment on the demon stration proposed at the University of Nebraska against military training, that it is the result of lack of discipline and excess of Individualism, is an expert summing up of the situation. Thought ful persons have noted with some apprehension a tendency on the part of young folks, not only at college, to an exaggeration of personality and its deterrent effeit on their capacity for, service. Boys and girls alike too early chafe under the dis ciplinary restraint that i exarnrial tn ,.-.t..i development, and are prone to thrust themselves, immature, ana unprepared, into Situations which they are unable to control. ' v - , The primary purpose of a school is to train as well as to develop, to establish orderly habits of body as well as of mind,, for on these success in any undertaking ultimately depends. Any fpr- mula that contributes ta thin nrl fc. . .i... place, in the general plan of education. The value of a department of school training is. not to be determined by the boys and sirls who arc onir.. through, but by those whose experience qualifies mem to oirect wnat is sought to be carried out First of all lessons in life is obedience to nrooer .1 . , , . . . auinurny ana ims snouia not De lost sight of at the higher schools. Young men. and young worn en aiiKe- ougnt to. understand that rules are laid down for individual cases or groups that submission is not so much a mrn,nrf individuality as it is a reasonable show of readi ness and.-capacity for responsibility that,wil come when the personal may supplant the gen eral in all relations to life. ' ' not and of The Industrial Center Idea. The announcement by one of the big railway systems converging here of a plan to develop a series of industrial centers along its trackage, while affording gratifying evidence of Omaha's growing importance, at the same time prompts I subject wl serious attention of other cities. The question is, How far should a community undertake to restrict industrial plants within a given territory, or permit mills and factories to be located at pleasure regardless of the character of the neighborhood? Every live and progressive city must have in dustrial establishments just as it must have whole sale houses, financial institutions, office buildings, retail stores and dwellings for all its inhabitants. The symmetrical development of a city, however, doea hot mean the Intermingling of shops, stores and residences Over all its area but as everyone will admit, it approaches the ideal better by terri torializing these different 'activities each in an industrial center; a retail and financial district, a wholesale section, separate and distinct to as great an extent as possible from the strictly resi dence portions. A number of eastern cities, not ably New York, are making a beginning in work ing toward this end, despite the many difficulties and high cost due to the fixedness of long ac cepted conditions in old communities, not apt to be so strong in newer place. The impression prevails, too, that much more will be accomp lished along these lines in the near future. ; Omaha wants new industries and should omit no proper inducement to get them. But that should not stop us from also looking ahead, with a view to having our industrial centers suitably located relative to the areas that are to be used for other activities. , In the Dead of Winter. ( Now is the very time of year when the Frost King i drawing his hold tighter around the earth, and nature seems dead indeed. But even in the dead of winter is provided something to compensate Tor the discomforts of the season's rigor. In fact that very rigor has a tonic quality, and when not endured too long the snappy cold is bracing to the body. . The healthy glow that ensues from a. brisk walk in the open air these days is proof of this. And when that brisk walk can find some interest beyond the stimulus de rived from the exercise itself, the benefit thereof is doubltd,' for the mind as well as the body is served.'.' ' ' , . The winter landscape lacks much Jf the charm of lush spring, 'of bouyant summer, or of mature and opulent autumn, but it is not without its at tractions. The unobstructed view presents new vistas and objects hidden at other times are now additions to the prospect. Such as have familiar ity with bird life find interest among the feathered habitues of the region, and those who do not know them quite so well will yet get much reason for speculation In their very presence. , At night the short walk in the open is even fuller of reward. 'At no season of the year do' the stars in their courses seem to run so close to earth as in January.1 All the glory of the heav en is diplayed in wondrous grandeur, ar if to make up. for the bareness of the earth, and a stupendous panorama i ever waiting for him who will but walk abroad and look up at night. Creation marvels are suggested to the' contem plative, and winter loses Its terror in thoughts of how wonderful are the ways of Him who made and direct it all. And through the solemnity of the scene is discerned the promise of approaching spring, when the joy of life shall bound again in new birth, for the dead of winter in Nebraska is but the promise of another seed time and harvest. Will Canadian Spear Ireland' Dragon? . .' The most promising of recent moves toward t, settlement of the age-long Irish question cert'- ten in the Montreal report that Lord O'Shaugh nessy, the only . Canadian member of the British House of Lords, i to be entrusted with the task. John Collan O'Laughlin, staff correspondent of the Chicago Herald, substantiates ,the report, which is generally credited in the Canadian city. The mow accords with Lloyd George's way of doing broad and big things.. He has now the power to accomplish that in which he failed last summer. But not through fault of his. He had effected a settlement satisfactory to the national ists and the Ulstentes, only to have it ditched by the implacable tories of the coalition cabinet. What Could be more politic now than seeking a man wholly free from Irish factions, unidentified with London political intrigues and possessing the ability and impartiality of North American freemen. . " Lord .O'Shaughnessy is eminently fitted for the undertaking. : Irish by parentage, American by birth, Canadian by adoption; he would bring to the task three essentials of success sympathy, impartiality and knowledge of the principles of colonial self-government satisfactorily worked out in : Canada. Problems of equal perplexity, involving both race , and . religion, have been solved in the Dominion. Ireland's troubles are older and deeper rooted, but no less responsive to generous and sympathetic treatment. . Lord O'Shaughnessy' rare qualifications brought to bear on a century-old grievance could hardly fail of good' results, backed as it would be by the power and prestige of Britain's masterful Welsh man. 'V ' . . j Law and the People. .. Governor Harding of Iowa, in his inaugural address, touched a note that may well be sounded in Nebraska. It is the relation of the laws to the people, of the enforcement of the laws, and of the respect for them that is vitally essential tothe preservation jof good order without con tinual interposition of the executive power. Says Governor Harding; "If I have any skill to read the public mind, it seems to me that men and women in every walk of life feel heavily the burden of our too - many laws, and that there is practical unanim ity against the tendency which has filled the statute books with hastily-drawn and half digested measures of every sort. There is a feeling that governmental activities touch the individual almost daily in . innumerable petty ways without having produced any substantial betterment in living conditions or in standards ' of conduct What the people of this state want is fewer laws, plainly written, easily under stood and well enforced. This paragraph but echoes recent expressions of The Bee in covering the aame point - It is again commended to the attention of Nebraska's lawmakers. - - As the militant cereal of the world wheat is in a class by itself. It shrinks at every hint of peace, but every toot from the horn of Mars sends the price up the escalator. - i-, ; Bp Tletef water "TJUFFALO BILL" carried the name and JJ fame of Nebraska, if not to the ends of the earth, at leaat to all the great capitals of Europe, to say nothing of every nook and corner of this country. Without question, he had more plaudits, faced largea and more audiences- and met more world potentates and distinguished men and women than any other man who ever went forth from this state, not excepting "Bill" Bryan this because "Buffalo Bill" was a continuous performer and kept at it almost without inter ruption for thirty years. Colonel Cody's popu larity and success sprang from the application of a new idea for public entertainment that of portraying life on the frontier, with the original actors going through the picturesque perform ances, for the benefit of people who had only read of life on the plains in story books and who could never have a chance to see it in reality. But the Cody idea never lost sight of the educa tional factor, of instruction as well as amuse ment and I have not the slightest doubt that his Wild West show exerted a powerful influence for drawing attention to the resources of the west and stimulating western immigration and invest ments. It is a matter of history that the "Buffalo Bill" show started out from Omaha. I remember at tending the first performance, which was held out on the old fair grounds on Sherman avenue. I have witnessed the "Buffalo Bill" show many times since then, have marked its elaboration and perfection and introduction of new features, but its typical acts were all there at the start. There were cowboys and Indians in gala attire, carrying on the contests of marksmanship and rope throw ing) war dance and horse and foot races; the pony express was depicted and the headliner con sisted of the old stage coach (the real thing) at tacked by dusky savages and rescued at the psychological moment by the advent of the brave cowboys, dispersing the assailants. I remember particularly Colonel Cody himself extending in vitations to friends among the audience to make up the party for the stage coach ride and recall that one of the number was John A. Creighton, who, after some persuading, consented, to take the ominous risk to accommodate his old pal. "Buffalo Bill" has been here with his show time and again since then but never met with greater acclaim, except possibly during his 1898 engage ment when he was accorded the honor of a spe cial "Cody day" at our exposition and headed his procession of cowboys, Indians and riders of all nations, fraternizing afterwards with the popula tion of the Indian congress then encamped on the exposition grounds. :. From .this wonderful Indian congress, the credit for whose inception and execution as part of our exposition belongs to my father, came the inspiration for the striking picture, "The Conquest of the West" painted bv Irving R. Bacon, which elicited approval and admiration during the time it was on exhibition jn the court of the Bee build ing, presenting, as it did, an allegory of the ad vance of civilization across the prairies. The artist, who was making a special study of western subjects, through myfather's intercession got in touch with Colonel Cody, who gave him several sittings on the .canvas. The central figure on horseback leading the column of prairie schoon ers that is driving back the Indians and the buf falo is none other than "Buffalo Bill" himself. A reproduction of this painting is the frontispiec of the official history of the Trans-Mississippi exposition and the picture itself was afterwards purchased by Colonel Cody for a wall piece in his new hotel at Cody, where, I take it it now hangs, for that is where we shipped it ' The last time I had any extended conversation with Colonel Cody was something over a year ago. in Washington, when I , happened, to meet him and General Miles in quick succession in the hotel lobby. Informing General Miles that Cody was also there, I was instrumental, at his request, in bringing them together, whereupon they spent an enjoyable half hour together chat ting about mutual acquaintance and old times. o Colonel Cody's biography telis us that he was ' member of the Nebraska legislature in ,1872. Out of curiosity I tried to find the record of .his legislative service, but have been unable to do so. A special session of the 1871 legislature was called in 1872 which sat a few days, but no jour nal is accessible and the Blue Book list of Ne braska lawmakers does not iuelude his name. The journal of the next session, that of 1873, contains a report of an election contest indicating that Cody was a candidate for the house but that he was beaten by forty-two votes and never qual ified or attempted to serve, although some one else filed notice of contest for him. What his claim to have been a member of the legislature 'rests on outside of this contest is not evident Unless there ia something else, he has no right to recognition as a lawmaker to heighten the glory he ha won in other fields. Presumably, however, the appointment by the sitting legisla ture of special committees to attend the funeral proceeds on the theory that Colonel Cody was once a member of that august 'body. , People and Events The banking department of New York state notifies 'national banks that they must not desig nate a department of their business as "savings banks." The designation belongs to state insti tutions, and nationals are warned to keep on their own preserve. . . ' Now and then an item bobs up which lends support to the claim that Americans take their medicine cheerily and pay liberally for it. Her bert E. Bucklcn, a pioneer in the patent medicine business, is dead at Elkhart, IntL, leaving a for tune of $6,000,000. Homer Rodeheaver, the cheery curtain-raiser for Billy Sunday, was pulled up at Wellesley, Mass., for fracturing the auto speed limit. "Kody" unfolded a solemn tale of innocence to the court and the judge brightened his corner by telling him to go and sin no more. - - For year before and sfn.ee the war William H. Robinson, a patriotic Philadelpbian translated to France, conducted a liquid oasis in Paris and maintained a special table at which guests were not allowed to pay for replenishing their tanks. The ravages of war and increased taxes put the free-for-all table out of business and henceforth international and local pikers must dig up in "Gay I'aree" or go dry. . j "All the comforts of home" and some over are to be had in the "cozy corner" of Chicago's domestic relations court - Plants, flowers, canary birds, canned music and soft draperies decorate the room, into which the judge lends heart-broken couples. Amid these cheery -surrounding the judge bid them spoon once mdre, kis and make up and hike homeward happily. The treatment works in many cases. ' ' The holder of an accident insurance policy in Chicago attempted a touch of the insurance treas ury by playing the blind man act Instead of coughing up on demand the company's ferrets pulled off before the blind man's eyes a tandem parade in fashionable short dresses.. The spec tacle drew from the "blind" man a low rakieh whistle and his peepers peeped a never before. The scenery broke his reach for $,500. v ' Lieutenant Colonel Chester Harding, who has been nominated by President Wilson to succeed Major General Goethals as governor of the Pan ama canal zone, has seen several years of service in the canal zone and his taken a prominent part in some of the most important engineering con struction there. He is a native of Mississippi and spent his youth in Alabama, graduating from the state university at Tuscaloosa before entering West Point i J' L . m. ja ar f Health Bint for the Day.. Ingrown toe nail can be avoided by allowing the great toe nail to grow long eo that the pressure or the ehoe will not come In contact with the toe, but will cause the nail to bow upward and prevent It from gnrwing In. One Tear Ago Today In the War. Austrian troops captured Cetttaje, the Montenegrin capital. Russians mado great drive against Austrian in Bessarabia region. Fleet M allied torpedo boat bom barded Turkish forts at Dardanelles Heavy rain storm prevented all but Isolated artillery, hand grenade and mute operations on western front In Omaha Thirty Team Ago. The third annual charity ball was held at the Exposition building. Over a thousand tickets were sold for the event and the musle was furnished by the Musical Union band. The grand march waa led by Mayor Boyd and Mrs. Wheaton, with General Wheaton and Mrs. Boyd as second couple. Mr. and Mrs. Dave Coffman cele brated their wooden wedding at Met- ropolitan hall. The supper was served In BaldufTs best style, the napkin folded In a piece of wooden shaving and the menu printed on dainty veined wood. Charles Belndorff, Junior member of the firm of Fowler & Beindon. ar chitects, leaves today on a business trip In the east. I Conductor W. H. Jackson, running the dummy train between Omaha and South Omaha, says he takes fare from about 1,100 passengers daily. Henry Mies of Omaha has gone on a visit to his old home In Germany and Intends making a tour of Europe. Hank saya he is envying his trip to the Fatherland immensely. ; i ' The Union Pacific railroad ts get ting ready for an early start upon it bridge over Thirteenth street and a large quantity of material has been unloaded at the place. . The Butterfly club waa delightfully entertained at the residence of Mis Oundie Coburn. Among those present were Misses Curtis, Doane, Fonda, Wakeley, McClelland, Crandall, Tre maine, Sharps, House, Morse, Dixon, Mansfield; Messrs. Moores, Redick, McCormlck,' Marsh, Ruatln, Rogers, Beall, Cook, Griffiths, O'Reilly, Keller, Smith, Kountze, Tyroan, Simpson, Ouiou, Fonda and Anderson. This Day In History. . 1639 Convention met at Hartford to frame a constitution for the Con necticut colony. 1730 William Whipple, one of the Connecticut signers of the Declaration of Independence, born at Kittery, Me. Died at Portsmouth, N. Hv November 28, 1786.' . V 1814 Norway wag ceded to Sweden by treaty of Kiel. . 1846 Kansas Indians ceded to the United State ,2,000,000 acre in Kan sas. 1868 Attempted assassination of Napoleon III by Orsini. i i' - 1893 Duke of Clarence, eldest aon of King Edward .VI f, and heir pre sumptive to i the throne, died. - Born January 8, 1864. 1893 The pope appointed Monsig nor Satolli permanent apostolic dele gate to the United States. 1898 Rev. Charles L. Dodgson (Lewis Carroll) author of "Alice in Wonderland," died In England. Born there January 27, 1832. . . 1907 An earthquake destroyed a large part of Kingston, Jamaica. 1912 The supreme court , of the United States upheld the constitution ally of the employers' liability law. Tfce Day We Celebrate. 'John M. McFarland Is (0 year old today. He ha been practicing law Since 1879. Dr. B. B. Davl today Is 58 year old. He was born in Fayette, Wis., and was chief surgeon for the , Bur lington out at McCook before he came to Omaha to practice. He waa also once one of the regent of the Uni versity of Nebraska. Oeorge F. Pearce, who hold the important post of minister of defense in the ministry of the Austrlian com monwealth, born In South Australia, forty-seven year ago today. Coe I. Crawford, -former United States senator from Kansas, born at Volney, la., fifty-nine years ago today. Marquis of Lansdowne, former gov ernor general of Canada and viceroy of India and several times a British cabinet minister, born seventy-two year ago today. Richard F. Outcault noted cartoon ist and comic artist born at Lancas ter, O., fifty-four year ago today. Jean de Reszke. the younger of the two brothers who became world famous as opera singers, born in Poland, sixty-seven years ago today. Benjamin B. Odell, governor of New York for two terms and a former member of congress, born at New burgh, N. T., sixty-three years ago to day.. Dr. Henry N. Snyder, president of Wofford college, born at Macon, Oa., titty-two year ago today. Chronology of Inventions. Block printing waa Invented by the Chinese about 693 A. D. Advertisements first appeared In newspapers In 1652. The torpedo was invented by David Buehnell, an American, In 1777. Bombshells were first made In Hol land, in 1495. Brandy waa first made In France in 1310. The game of billiards was Invented In Frauce In 1471, The first pair of spectacle was made by an Italian In 1299. y The first modern typewriter was made in the United State in 187S. The first American paper money was Issued in 1740. The velocipede was invented by Drai In 1817. The first pipe organ was made by Archlmedea in 220 B C. First blade skatea were used In Hol land In the middle of, the seventeenth century. . Roller skate were Invented by James L. Plimpton of New Tork in 1869. Shorthand writing was invented by Sir Isaac Pitman in 1837. Watches ara said to have been In vented at Nuremberg in 1447. Stem-winding watches were the In vention of Noel, in .1851. First tram road In United State was built at Quincy, Maaa, In 1826. Fishplates for joining rails (now universal) first used at Newcastle, Del., in 1843. , Ftrnt sleeping cars patented by George M. Pullman In 18(3. Air brake were first applied to passenger trains in 1868. , First Vestibuled train was used on the Pennsylvania railroad In 1886. First railroad cars with raised roofs and ventilators used in United States in 183. SECULAR. SHOTS AT PULPITS. Waahiiurtoa Poet: "If a dollar waa Buns the other aide of hell, the Yankee boy would die after It," eagre the Bee. Newell Dwiitat Hillia. Haa Dwight been OB the wron aide of the market again! 8t Paol Pioneer Preii: Ai it atanda, the Cttriatlao , church aeareelr toaebea ft per cent of AeMriea'a population. To be effec tive either as a religion or a aoelal institu tion it moat reach the maeeea, and to reach, the maeeea the church muat abandon He traditional reaetioniim on economic ques tions and make itself a- helpful and intelli gent force in solving the social problems of thia age. . New Tork World: Billy Sunday now finds that American eollegee ire "rotten" and the colleges of New England "the rotteneet of all." Surely the modest and' temperate erangeliat muat except from thia aweep ing condemnation those colleges at which he haa preached and from which he haa driven oat tho devil of unrighteousneas. Or have they all remained proof against his persuasive appeals to hit the trail? Baltimore American: Beyond question, had the ehnreh been united prior to the out break of the war, the captains of etrife would have been curbed and the costliest blow to the influence of Christianity since the daye of ita Founder would have been avoided. Let one hold as he will to his own view of the motives behind the pro posed movement by the chief bishop of the Roman church, the fact is that it may prove to be ooetally, phUoeophieaUy and ethically well baaed. If Pope Benedict can have a wider vision of the element of validity in the orders of the ministry than Leo XIII, he will go far toward paving the way for the general reunion. There are many in the Episcopal connection who freely accord valid ity to the orders of various other Protestant bodies, and in any aeheme of union the validity accorded the great trunk linea of Protestantism would carry validity for the legitimate branches of these trunk linea. The question is a big one and full of pregnant interest' because of the fundamental facta of the immediate future that actuate the bishop of Rome to enter upon his initiative for union. HERE AND THERE. AROUND THE CITIES. Chicago ia credited In census estimates with a population of 2,497,772 "souls," in cluding those under indictment Boston talks of putting op an international fair In honor of the three hundredth anni versary of the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers at Plymouth. , Duluth. housekeepers 'are up against the real thing now. The domestic servants' union demands a nine-hour day, time and a half for overtime and one day off af week. St Joe's social workers have drafted a bill for a law designed to reach husbands who goad their wives into divorce courts and give them a dose of their own medicine judicially .flavored. . One of Salt Lake's cops did a good turn for an Iowa tourist in that city a few years ago. New Tear's day the eop received a gold star from the grateful pilgrim, who had mar ried and "turned over a new leaf." Chicago reports as a result of a careful tabulation of the work of the court of do mestic relations to the close of 1916. that barely 1 per cent of matrimonial mixups are due to the mother-in-law. Jokeamiths will take notice and give the favorite a Vng vacation. . j. , The bureau of social hygiene, of which John D. Rockefeller, jr., is the head, reports a gratifying reduction in vice in New York City. The reduction is due to the "break ing up of the vice ring," and that was ac-" eon-pushed by the persistent activities of the city authorities. ; Bismarck, N. D., preserves an aspect of calm solemnity oa the Sabbath, but doea not relish piety rubbed in. Last Sunday a package of blue laws putthe lid on. every thing from newsstands to drug stores. "Rank outrage," exclaimed a local judge. "It should not be tolerated by freeoora eiti eenry." Whereupon he dropped a few excla mation points in the ear of the chief of police, who promised to loosen up on. com ing Sabbaths, .v.- .j San Francisco and Los' Angeles are bom barding each other at long range with rival elaima .to state supremacy in numbers and things. Census office estimates give Los Angeles an edge in numbers; classing It as the chief cityr of the hot air belt. San Fran cisco cornea back with the assertion that numbers . do not make . for. real . greatness. The fundamentals of greatness are com merce, industry and .finance. In these essen tials the Golden Gaters loom, above .all rivals. Let it go at that , ' A total of S11.S21.46! cigars waa mami fac tared in Tampa last year. ' Schools in the United States were attended br 2S.600.000 persons during 191. In Switaerlaud only the men attend fu neeal processions, aneHthey usually follow the hearse on f aoV.T , .-' : Live fish have been found In the bottom of a Transvaal gold mine, in a vertical abaft t,80t feet deep. ; Dietetic experts have . pronounced phrm pudding highly nutritious and worth three times its weight in roast beef. According to the tax estimate, the Grand Centra station ia the. most valuable single property in New Tork City. Its - value ia estimated at I21.500.0o0. A man who ia tnatantaaeoasly killed by a bullet never heara the 'report of the rifle that kills htm, for the reason that the bullet travels more swiftly than the Bound of the firing. It haa been discovered that parrots have an extraordinary faculty for anticipating the approach of aircraft - Before an aeroplane has come within .range ' of the human eye. the feathered alarm becomes violently agi tated and ahrieke incessantly. Host people have notioed how different things look on a return journey from what they did oa Betting out. ' Taking this fact into consideration, tho trained . army scout makes himself familiar with both points of view and keeps looking back aa he advances. bo that on the return journey ba will ia no sense feel lost An expert workman in one of the great needle factories, in a test of skill, performed one of the moat delicate feats imaginable. Taking a common sewing needle of medium sice, he drilled a hole through Ita entire length, the opening at the point being just large enough to permit of the passage of a heir of the finest texture. ' MIRTHFUL REMARKS. "What a dlBtingrulahed lookinv mut ywtr father ts! His white hair rivet, him raeh ut trlstoTatle look. 'Tea." Mid the dlsttiLgulshad tookinc men's dissipated son, "he can thank me for that." New York Times. ; "Henry, how much did 70a give that girl in the cloakroom? "Only a dime, my Sear.' "I don't believe it I've never seen one of those odious creatures smile the way she did for less than quarter. Brooklyn Basle. 1 fluTHEDcBHor know iwy m "I see you gave your sister a mnff .tot Christmas.'- Tes." - - "Not many grfs would rive a alMef present like that. . "I had to do it to stop her from borrowing mine." Loaisvllle Cornier-Journal. "My. dear sir, what yon are suffering from is merely a benignant growth." "You don't say so, doctor? And to think I've been grouchy all this time about a pleasant Huie thing like that." Baltimore American, ' . THE GATES OF PARADISE. ; 7: r. a. Daly. Tha gates, of Paradise are double, Andr they e blue ; : Blue its the skies when no clouds trouble Their perfect hue; Blue as the calm face of the ocean y When wltjds are still. 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