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Bdjurlal DaaartaMeL DECEMBER CIRCULATION 53,368 Daily Sunday 50,005 ebaalaUsa far lha mah aueaortDaa and nnfa k to DattU anajauaa Maaasar. Seieunin laTtf the dtp akanM ears Tka I la maaa. Address cheat as eftaa aa neaMetea. The gap, between the "drys" and the "bone drys" it more or leaa water. Likewiie in the cae of cold-weather fires, an ounce of prerention ii worth pound of cure. It if Germany' i contention that "peculiar con dition!" prevail in Belgium. No doubt of it. Nepotitm by any other name ii just as odious. While acotching it, let the legislature do a thor ough job. The now famous Grayson jump Of 114 numbers emphasize once more the value of the presiden tial catapult. ,i As a result of that supreme court decision the blue iky is overcast with ominous dark clouds for the get-rich-quick gentry. Sheriff Clark will not impair his popularity by clamping the lid on the questionable subur ban resorta "in his little yard." Mayor "Jim" is a foxy boy, all rightl The next thing we know he'll have a Women's club endorsement for hit re-election. ' ; Lambs at $14.35 per hundred-weight in the local market approximate! the last lap of luxury, but lags far behind the lamb record of Wall street 1 Still, it it a trifle embarrassing to have Euro pean critic tell ut that we might try out first Our ability to provide a latting peace for Mexico. Though Omaha hat wide streets, they are not wide enongh in the congested business district to serve alto at a universal auto garage. Traffic first! . Omaha haa just had a convincing demonstra tion that it pays to advertise that it pays to ad vertise music just as it pays to advertise mer chandise. ' ' How much water plunged through the Walt street leak ia of small consequence. The main object of the inquiry it to find the parties who pulled the plugs.' ' A woman member of the Chicago School board accuses school principals with preferring ihapelineti to talent in selecting women teachers. Evidently the accused principals are mere men. . , , i . i i. Conundrum; But would President Wilton jus tify a resort to force to compel the European nations io accept the principle of "consent of the governed," especially where the governed are registering no dissent? - -' ' There la a timeliness in every thing. If our lawmakers could take up the question of good Toads after the April showers and the May mud, instead of in midwinter, they would probably aee it from a different angle. Bolton failed to wrest from Philadelphia the glory of making the record-breaking thanks offer ing to "Billy" Sunday, though H came cloae to matching it Wait till New York gets into the gam and the limit will be taken off. - ; . Huge aoow banks to the north of us, to the east and to the west. Hereabouts a smooth, lot' topped blanket safeguarding the wheat that it to be. The weather man plays many favorites, but rarely overlook! a bet on the corn belt. That Wisconsin court which holds a pedes trian's road right superior to those of an auto mobile evidently fails to grasp the spirit of the age. Should this deliverance become a precedent for courta at large judicial joy-riders are bound to slump. " ' The engagement of one world-famed vocal artist at the Auditorium brought out an audience of about 200, while the next engagement packed the building to the doors. Plainly tomething de pends upon the amount of steam behind the box office propetlor. The Farmer' 8 Year " In a year of relatively ahort crocs, the value of American farm products in 1916 reached the enormous figure of $13,500,000,000, the highest of record. For the smaller yield from their acres the farmers were compensated by prices more than 50 per cent higher than the average for the three preceding years. Their labor produced less, but they had the satisfaction of receiving more money for what they told than in any similar neriod since 1913. . But while the prosperity of the farmer makes him appear the chosen favorite of fortune, in the final footing the benefits he receives may be far less than government reports indicate. He in turn cannot escape the penalty of high prices which has fallen upon the whole country, or help Sharing in the universal grievance because of the exoessive cost of living. Whatever he buvs means heavier outlay than formerly, whether labor, ma chinery, supplies or comforts to which he has become accustomed. The sudden inflation of prices, which contributed to his pocket welfare, bears on him equally with all those who are de pendent upon him for food and cuts into hit income disproportionately when it it largest. One-aided prosperity la likely to be more an parent than reaL No class can long hope to pile up inordinate profits without forcing the balance in time to turn against itself. Wage-earners even tually will learn how the rule works, and the farmer, while dastled by his luck and blessed beyond most others, cannot hope to be the excep tion when high prices serve at the same time to till and empty ins pockets. , Seeing the Light In. i hnw those democratic oreans that are en deavoring to be thick and fa6t with the adminis tration, but that have heretofore been tree wun -tlram if nnt ridicule, of the League-to-En- force-Peace idea, would get around to support the project now that President Wilson nas pro n Inr it haa been a cause of wonderment but all apprehensions may be relieved. For our . . 1 1 I A amiable democratic contemporary, me wur.u h.,,m ihr fart that the name of former Presi dent Taft was identified with the movement for a league to enforce peace condemned it aft initio, hut it hat haoDily found a bridge to get across, as witness itt present declaration: "President Wilson hat gone very tar to mane practicable what teemed chimerical and to make safe and American to the core a proposed pol icy for the United States that before he spoke had seemed unsafe if not un-American." urk. -,1 f.rthrr then? With President Wilson's endorsement what was formerly de nounced as a fantastic dream hat suddenly necome nrariinl and verv imminent and what be fore was branded by democratic oracles as a surrender of our hard-won independence, it not American libertv. has been transformed into a policy that it both "safe" and "American to the core." Others may aouot, nh m nnratinn. others iiuv want more in formation, others may oppose, but now thtt the hateful Bryan it out of the cabinet ana tne sena- nr la tnananvrrinr tn he the "cock-of-the-walk" of Nebraska democracy, the Wilson label is all that it needed to make hit World-Herald acclaim as black what it used to insist was white and to say that what looked black to it before is now pure white. Selling Young Meat Animals a Mistake. Apathetic curiosity on part of the consumer will be aroused by the news that "fed" lambs have just told at a record high price on the Omaha market, the chief concern being whether the record it to ttand or to be wiped out pretty soon as a new wave of extravagance breaks on the shore where the commori people are just now marooned. Deeper than this lies the real interest in the transaction. In putting the Iambi on the market the teller it sacrificing potterity to present high prices. Tender bits from these immature animals melt in the mouth and please the palate, and In guttatory Joy the gourmand forgets that he is not devouring alone the lamb from which the portion came, but unborn generationl of Iambi. Not many yeara ago cattle raisers awoke to the fact thati in providing "baby beef to gratify a demand lor dainties they were impoverishing their herdt, and soon a halt was called that supply might be replenished. Ftockmasters are going over the tame ground just now. Mutton is a itaple if not a principal article of diet and the sacrifice of lambs to meet a patting whim of 'good livers" Is a serious blunder. A full grown ewe will not sell for quite tuch a high price per pound, but actually bringt more per head than lambs, and besides that leaves descendants. Rais ers of meat animals should not allow themselves to be tempted by high prices into jeopsrdizing the future of their industry through destruction of the young, on whose progeny the continuance of the meat supply dependt. Bethlehem Steel The announced determination of the director! of Bethlehem Steel to cut the richeit "melon" that has been divided since the express companies distributed their enormous accumulation! a few years ago did not especially astonish the stock jobbing community, for the move ha! been ex pected. This wat the leader and the most de lightful of all the "war brides," Two years ago )t wat a sluggish and neglected member of the group of "industrials," In which not enough of ac tivity was shown to attract the attention of the men who want "action" in Wall street. Something happened and Bethlehem Steel, starting far be low par, went rocketing up to well over 600, and along with this magnificent spectacle came the deluge of speculation and millions changed hands. In these two years Bethlehem Steel has increased its working force from 10,000 to more than 70.000, and itt pretent campaign comttmplates the invest' menf of $100,000,000 immediately in the extension of its plant. Chartel M. Schwab, at its head, tayt he it building for the future, and the confi dence he ihowe may be prophetic of the growth of the steel induatry, which he says it in its in fancy. However that may be, the action of the Bethlehem board in increasing the capital stock of the company by 400 per cent giving half to the present shareholders as a bonus and placing the other half on tale, it proof that they do not believe that .cessation of war is going to end the demand for their product; nor does it suggest that the loss of the shell contract has seriously affected immediate business of the concern. Bethlehem may yet rival United States Steel. Mr. Bryan and the Peace League. Dispatches from Washington sty the admin istration wai not surprised at Mr. Bryan's oppo sition to the president's proposal for a world league of universal peace. Thil il distressing, especially as it indicate! a misunderstanding of Mr. Bryan'! Motives. The Bee, ss a neutral in all matters of dispute between the brethren of the democratic faith, may without presumption call attention to the well-established record of the Commoner as an apostle of peace and a pacifier, whose seal has never flagged. It is manifestly unfair to even suspect, let alone tug' gest, that hit comment on the president's address has in it any element of controversy; on the con trary, it contains a direct invitation to Mr. Wil ton and all similarly minded individuals to come up and join Mr. Bryan in that higher and purer realm of ecstatic existence, where true peace abounds, achieved only by following wherever the gonfalon of the peerteas leader waves. Mr. Bryan has too long stood before the world as the personification of peace universal to be disturbed now by the invidious attitude of lesser men who have just discovered the road that leads to the bower where the lion and the lamb lie down together. . Forgotten Story of Dewey They say George Dewey was a Yankee. He was horn at atontpeiier, vt., ioj, nis laintr ucink a physician. One branch was English stock, tracing their lineage back to Alfred the Great. The combination of the strength of the old Green Mountain state of Vermont and the English stock of Alfred the Great made a good back ground for his naval victories. His grim courage never wavered nor did his modesty. Admira Dewev was nearly 60 years ot age before he had passed muster gone through the different grades of apprenticeship before the American public recognized his ability, -ine French world all the war-stricken countries, and some Americans, will be recognizing another hero who has fought unrecognized until nearly the age of 60, Dr. Barthe de Sandfort, inventor of ambrine, someone has called his unexpected discovery "la plus importante trouvaille." ( A curious coincidence surrounds the entering of George Dewey as a cadet at the Naval academy. from which he graduated wttn nonor in 1030. nis appointment was that of alternate to another Montpelier, Vt, boy, son of a Vermont physi cian, also named George. They had played to gether and (ought many sham battles side Dy siae in the little, old, red school house. George the I received the naval appointment but for family reasons decided to enter the ministry, and the vacancy was taken by the alternate, George Dewey, who was ready for any fight on land or sea, as he many times proved in the little Mont pelier school house. Did it hot prove so when he became captain, commodore and rear admiral, and finally admiral, and the greatest honors of the navy and country were showered upon him; adulations, one might say, which a modest hero, in his heart, shrinks from. No one remembers better than the writer the great demonstration in Boston, October 14, 1899, when Admiral Dewey was the hero of the hour. Congratula tions were telegraphed from the old playmate, George, of Montpelier days: "Bully for you, George. Have you ceased swearing as you did in the old boyhood days? I could not have fought that battle of Manila, but I am sending you a ser mon. I preached on it last Sunday in my Syra cuse church." The reply came: "George, I may have fought like a bulldog, and I may still swear at times, but I could not have preached that sermon. George Dewey." A few years later Admiral Dewey married a widow, and for some reason known only to him self, deeded the home given him by the nation to his bride. The superficial, fickle public did not forgive the faux pas, and for years Admiral Dewey suffered in silence the result of his act. The old Montpelier playmate was still loyal and wrote to Washington, extending his sympathy and be lief in him as the hero of Manila and the true sel-dog that he knew him to be, having followed closely through many years Admiral Dewey's successes The reply to this letter came back in a few brief words poignant with meaning and showed what the modest hero wat suffering be neath the surface, unknown to the carping world outside: "Dear George, I am under a cloud, but it will lift in time, let us hope. Appreciatively, George Dewey.1' It has lifted, and the clouds have rolled away. The whole nation honors him today; the flags were hung at half mast and his body was buried at Arlington, the nation's rest ing place. Buddha says: "The greatest prayer is patience. Patience is genius." John Masefield writes in one of his sea poems: And then he bit his lips, clinching his mind. And staggered out to muster, beating back The coward, frozen self of him that whined. Come what cards might he meant to play the pack. Mnat fnreiffn Critics, for want nf a ht.r argument, deny the right of American! to butt into ineir anaira. ini poini mignt oe conceded if the warring nations showed decent respect for American rights. Failure to respond in kind does not annul the privilege of handing out advice or "thundering in the index" Court proceeding! againtt Nebraskani for the recovery of money advanced to bring them home from Europe in 1914 touchei itate pride in a ten der spot, National generosity deserved a better return. It it gratifying to know that the govern ment intend! tqueeiing the sponges to the limit 1 Print Paper Pointers -BrMklra IVujIa, Announcement it made that beginning Janu ary 29, Philadelphia newspapers now selling at 1 cent will increase their price to 2 cents. The move it not turprising to those familiar with pre vailing conditions in the publishing field, and the Philadelphia newspapers are merely falling in line with contemporaries in other sections of the country. Philadelphia is, however, the largest city so far in which this step, generally believed to be inevitable in all cities, has been decided upon. The number of newspaperi affected, as well as their high standard of excellence, makes it highly probable that similar action will soon be taken in other large communities. The increasing cost of newt print paper and other materials entering into the making of newspapers has rendered the position of the 1-cent publishers well-nigh desperate. Those publishers determined to maintain standards have no alterna tive save to increase the cost of advertising space, which is manifestly unfair to advertisers. There is no reason why the readers of newspapers snoum nor snare tne exrra expente oi production. It should be understandable to them that they cannot buy , for 1 cent something it costs more than 1 cent to produce without having that bur den fall upon someone else. So long as the cost of production enabled pub lishers to sell their output at 1 cent without im posing too great a tax upon advertisers the public was the gainer, but there is no doubt that news papers, that part of newspapers that give them their value to readers and to the community, have been too cheaply held. It has taken a paper shortage to bring home this truth, but the lesson should not be lost upon publishers and the public. All concerned should benefit by an equitable dis tribution of the cost of newspaper production. People and Events The champion sausage maker of Ohio is Mrs. Emma Herschberger of Millersburg. Her latest gustatorial triumph measures eighty-eight and a half feet and required twenty-six quarts of meat to fill it. John Redmond, the eminent Irish leader, has a passion aa well as a very marked gift for acting. With a record of forty years on the bench, the judicial career of Chief Justice Frank A. Monroe of the Louisiana supreme court, is believed to be the longest in the history of the nation. Military necessity lays heavy hands on Lon don's big hotels. The government has comman deered a number of them, the latest being the mammoth Cecil. Hotelkeepers fear government Control will continue long after the war and de prive them of fortunes anticipated from the rush of Americans with money to burn. Professional ethics of the cops suffered another jolt in Chicago. Some of the finest off duty congregated in an undertaker's , morgue ini plunged into the science of stud poker. About the time interest reached a warm altitude a bunch of cops on duty swooped down on the morgue and captured the outfit Isn't that awful? The ex-Empress Carlotta, widow of the ill fated Maximilian of Mexico, still reaidet in the Castle of Bouchant, near Brussels, where she has been confined for many years because of her in sanity. The castle ana park have not been touched by the Germans, and soldiers are for bidden to enter the grounds. The ex-empress has never 'been informed of the war, but often asks why King Albert and Queen Elizabeth, the exiled Belgian sovereigns, do not visit her any more. Bigger, better and brimful, at befits a chron icle of events in these eventful times, the World Almanac for 1917 completely fills its mission as the busy man's ready reference book. The new volume includes all the features of past issues and in addition a record of the world war and related events. It ranges from president-making to pu gilism, from politics to preaching, from automo biles to agriculture, from records of destruction to records of construction. , A variety of special features is added, which enhances its usefulness. The bnnk's distinction lies in serving no special field, but in specially serving the whole field of readers' reference. I TODAY Hleatth Bint for the Day. Wearing other people's headgear or using another than your own comb and brush should not be Indulged In for dandruff is a contagious germ dis ease and Is the commonest cause of baldness. One Year Ago Today tn the War. Germans destroyed Nleuport cathe dral. Italians made another vigorous at tack on Austrian positions on lsonzo river. Germans attacked on front of nearly a mile at Neuville and made slight gains. President Wilson rejected Ger many'! Lusltanta proposal because it admitted no legal liability. In Omaha Thirty Tears Ago. An emigrant woman and eight chil dren have camped in the Union Pa cific depot for two nights and they are still holding the fort awaiting the ar rival of their goods from the east. The children seem to enjoy their temporary home but the mother is, as she says, "clean tuckered out" There was a merry gathering of Germans in Oermania hall and an ex cellent program was indulged in. Model exhibitions of turning were given by the following well known athletes: William Bloedel, R. Rosen zweig, Albert Heintze, U. Grief, Q. Rehshu, t Elsasser, C. Newman and G. Blattert. The event of the evening was the address by the president, Louis Helmrod. WIhs Mary De Vol of Council Bluffs Is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. R. Vaughan, at her residence. Twenty second and Leavenworth. Minnie Maddern played in "Caprice" at Boyd's opera house to a large and appreciative audience. At a meeting of business men to take action looking to the location of the proposed Baptist university in Omaha, Colonel Chase was chosen chairman and Dr. Allen secretary. Other gentlemen present were R. W.' Patterson, 8. O. Wilcox, A. W. Clark and J. S. Richardson. Dr. A. W. Lamar of Memphis, Tenn., pastor-elect of this city, Is the guest of Dr. O. 8. Wood. D. Sllberstein, who recently severed his connection with the Arm of Max Meyer ft Co., has opened up an ele gant cigar store at 140! Farnam street This Day In Hlxtory. 1769 Robert Burns, the poet born near Ayr, Scotland. Died at Dumfries, July 21, 1796. 142 Christening of the prince of Wales (King Edward VII) at Wind sor. 1858 Crown Prince Frederick of Prussia (Emperor Frederick) married the princess royal, eldest daughter ot Queen Victoria. 1871 Statue of President Lincoln unveiled in the rotunda of the capltol at Washington. 187 a General Richard S. Ewell, who was among the ablest military leaders of the confederate cause, died at Springfield. Tenn. Born at George town, D. C; February 8, 1817. 1881 Peace was concluded between Chill and Bolivia. i 1893 Rev. William M. Barker was consecrated first Episcopal missionary bishop of western Colorado. 1904 Mrs. Florence Maybrlck, an American woman convicted of poison ing her husband, was released on pa role, after having spent nearly fifteen years In English prisons. 1908 General Joseph Wheeler died In New York City, Born at Augusta, Ga., September 19, 1838. 1919 The duke ot Connaught gov ernor general of Canada, was received at the White House by President Taft. 1916 First transcontinental con versation by telephone, between New York and San Francisco. The Day We Celebrate. Gordon Both, secretary of the N. B. T'pdlke wmpany, ie Just 38 years old today, lie is a native ot Burlington, la. Herman B. Peters, formerly the genial host of the Merchants hotel, is celebrating his forty-ninth birthday and Is doubtless doing it right. He selected Holsteln, Germany as his blrthnlace. but decided to come over to this country in 1881, trying It out first at Orand Island berore locating in Omaha. Lord Fisher, first baron of Kirver stone. who was first lord of the British admiralty during the early period of the war, born seventy-six year ago. Earl of Lonsdale, one of the wealth lest members of the English nobility and famous as a sportsman, born sixty years ago today. Lord Cheylesmore. a former major general In the British army and now head of the National nine association, born sixty-nine years ago today. Charles Curtis, United States sena tor from Kansas, born In Shawnee county, Kansas, fifty-seven years ago today. Antonio Scotti, who Is widely famed as an operatic baritone, born in Nanles. fifty-one years ago today. Edward F. Geers, the dean of American harness reinsmen, born at Lebanon, Tenn., sixty-six years ago to day. Timely Jottings and Reminders. Scottish societies throughout the world will observe the one hundred and fifty-eighth anniversary of the birth of Bobble Burns, the national noet of Scotland. A Congress of Constructive Patriot- Ism, of Americans, for Americans, Is to assemble for a three-day session in Washington today in response to a call Issued by the National Security league. A nation-wide campaign for the ex termination of the mosquito is to be launched at a conference to meet at Atlantic City today under the auspices of the New Jersey Mosquito Externa lnatlon association. The Interstate Commerce commis sion is to conduct a public hearing to day at Portland. Ore., on a petition for the suspension or the proposed Increase In freight rates on west bound shipments. The problems of preparations ot American industrial and governmental policy for the keener competition which is expected to prevail In world markets after the War are to be con sidered at the fourth national foreign trade convention, which meets today in Pittsburgh. Storyette of the Day. Mistress Bridget, some of the bed clothes are missing. Was any of It left. out or floors over night? Bessie (aged 1) Bridged Isn't te blame, mamma I know where it la Papa's got it. Mother What do you mean, child? Bessie I heard some of the folks next door sarin' this morning they saw papa with three sheets in the wind. Boston Transcript. OPT 1 Scope of Farm Loan Bank. Logan, la., Jan. 24. To the Editor of The Bee: I have been asked to answer the question. "How is the new farm loan act going to be of assist ance to the renter who wants to buy, but has little or no capital?" I do not feel -well enough posted on the new federal loan act to give a i-ult-able answer that I would want printed In the minutes of our meeting. I have been perusing our county papers, but so far have been unable to col lect the desired information. It seems to me that if this new federal bank, for which you people worked so hard to get located in your city, Ib a great thing for Omaha, that it ought to be more far-reaching for the good of the people than to Just merely extend its benefits to the boundary of your city limits. Last fall we were very much elated over Nebraska voting dry, ex pecting that the closing of the saloons in Omaha would be a great blessing to a lot of citizens in our community. I am Just optimistic enough to think that if the new bank is a benefit to you it will help us, too. It's a poor rule that won't work both ways. F. L. H. Note: The bank Is governed by n law passed by congress; It offers Us benefits to owners of farm lands, but not to renters. LAUGHING GAS. Man I wait yonr opinion In a mattrr. Would jou advlaB ma to borrow 110 o help me out of a tight plara? Irl Friend Br all mean. Man Very good! Lend ma ten. Lesal Friend Tkat'a all rlhl. Mr tea (or legal advlca la 110. and we'll Just rail It aquare. Boston Tranacrlpt. Wife I dreamed laat night that I waa In heaven. Hunband Did you aee me there? Wife I did (hen I knew I waa dream ing. Town Topica. i" Mrs. Youngwife My husband la a very In fluentta! man In politics! Friend You don't aay bo! Mra. Youngwife Yea. Oeorge has voted in two presidential elections and both times It haa gona the way Oeorge voted Puck. judge Ton era accused of assaulting your husband. Defendant I admit hitting Una, your honor, but the weapon J used proves that I did It more In Borrow than In anger. Judge What did you hit him with? Defendant A aad iron, your honor. Boaton Transcript. "I always said Pushkey waa a had rmnV cian. They didn't accomplish anything worthy o art at his organ recital." "Oh, yea, they did. They took up a col lection." Baltimore American. A Railroad Man's Prayer. Omaha, Jan. 24. To the Editor of The Bee: Oh, Lord, now I have flagged, then lift my feet from oft the road of life and plant them safe ly on deck of the train of salvation. Let me use the safety lamp known as prudence; make all the couplings in the train with the strong link of thy love, and let my lamp be the Bible, and, Heavenly Father, keep all the switches closed along the line that leads off on the sidings, especially those with the blind end: and, Lord, if it be thy pleasure, have every semaphore block along the line to show the white light of hope, that I may make the run of life without stopping. Lord, give us the ten com mandments as a schedule, and when I have finished the run of life and have on schedule time pulled into the great station of death, may thou, the Great Superintendent of the Uni verse, say with a smile: Well done, thou good and faithful servant, come In and sign the pay roll and receive your check for eternal happiness. J. WILLIAM SHIELDS. 2408 North Twenty-fifth Street Is It Humane or Merciful? Omaha, Jan. 24. To the Editor of The Bee; in a recent paper I saw and was deeply impressed by these big, striking headlines, "Stock Yards and Commission Men Under Legislative Probe." By way of association have been thinking seriously about another matter, even more important, that well deserves attention. Ftrat of all, snow came down last Sunday and un der present conditions, upon the backs of morally innocent and helpless ani mals In open pens In our stock yards: then, worse still, cold, iiy sleet and a good deal of it fell upon their unpro tected backs; and then more snow came down upon the already snow covered and ice-covered backs, all of which was followed by cold, stiff winds and falling temperature. What dreadful cruelty to animals, and on a gigantic scale. Is involved. True, some of the pens are covered, as they should be, but sad to say. many of them are as wide open as all out of doors. In view of the fact that the greatest Book In the world has said, "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy," "A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast, but the tender mercies of the wicked are cruel," It Is easy to see that there should not be an open Den in the stock yards. It Is a notable fact that not long since one of our presidents of these United States condemned in very strong terms the cruel lack of proper protection for the lower animals. Why should there oe any occasion ior sucn rebuke from such a high source? How can anybody dare to misuse. abuse and even torture even the most seemingly Insignificant or uod s creatures? What will the Humane society say about this matter, Involving tne oom fort and welfare of thousands upon thousands of God's creatures? A FRIEND TO ALL (The Lower Ani mals Included). . twg csjmek m tve cum OF p. KtSTWRWr rweecrm PROPOSE "TO ME VWICH SVWv.U-1 rVtCEFY ? -JEHHIE SCHArtV. TVC CASWER-WE'lL BIBftUeVUN OWM THE RSTrURAm It was after the domestic tiff. "I hav nothing to live for," complln?4 the wile bitterly. , 'YAH wim to ronret my nra insnrnt3. rfplled the husband, who was, oi court, a brute. Judge. tun Anri hAr father would not pave th way for her wedding? ,. mi flur-aiL He refused to furnish tha rocks. Tonkera Statesman. "Robert," said his teacner, bmttiit, 11.1. T .k.ll narlalnlv tisLVfi tA are lncomaiwm. a " uk your father to come and sets me. the youngster; "pop charge $1 a visit. Boston Transcript. "What are you doing now, Pete?" "I'm collecting." "Collecting what?" "My thouKhts." 'vih vfu alwavs were lucky gettlns; light work." Puck. He Everybody calls Proudlelgh the rich fool. She Has he many mends 7 lie No more than he can pay for judge. "Be as light as you can on me. Judge." "Twelve menthB." Couldn't you fix it so I could be out in time to see the world series next year?" Birmingham Age-Herald. THE GAME. Earl 8llwra in New York Time Towering stands, gray in the sombre Ught, A brown field, foot -trodden, and lime streaks of white; A deep, booming uheer, with the echo re sounding, The thud of the boot against leather ana the cleated feet pounding. The feel of the ball in the arras ah, the RIoriOUB ieei oi in The dash toward the goal-line the cheer an. ine ueepenin v The short, dodging dash hands out stretched for the touch of you; Tho tackle the fall, the ball iUll in the clutch of youl The signals! "Two-seren-three-ten !" Ah, the tnrui or ii: The stands' I sudden silence the strange. quiet miii oi m The Impact of man against man, muscles straining The moment of doubt then the forward ptunge KaiiuuH . "Down!" muffled and faint two yards more! Oh, the Joy of Itl Strength against strength the sweet-bitter alloy of It! Man against man manhood playing with heart and soul! ' Cheers, songs the pigskin the yearning to- reach the goat! Nearer and nearer touchdown! The call for It! Drive! 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