THE BEE: OMAHA. TUESDAY, MARCH 13. 1917.
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Omaha has right to be famed alio ai a city
of beautiful churches.
The fall of Bagdad will naturally be followed
by a resurgence of the Arabian Nights Tales.
..
Just the same, Omaha lifts its "lid" to visitors
during Merchants' week. The glad hand goes
with it.
Did you get that figure on Omaha bank clear
ings for last week? A 57 per cent increase is
somejumpl
Yes, but we thought the purpose was to drive
the Turk out of Europe into Asia and not out of
Asia into Europe.
It is understood, of course, that the legislative
sifting committee will not torpedo a friendly pot.
litical bill without due warning.
When told of the Zimmermann note, Count
Bernstorff declared: "It ii news to me." But it
wasn't news to Herr Zimmermann.
Viewed from the standpoint of preparedness,
the bulging vaults of Omaha banks are fully
equipped for every business emergency.
A Sunkist humorist doubtless started the story
that Governor Johnson had resigned the senator
ship.. The report startled Washington more than
California.
Still, just because Omaha had a destructive
fire in the center of our business district is no
good reason why Council Bluffs should insist on
doing likewise.
Bagdad reposes in the British bag. The re
markable speed of the Turks in retreat constitute
an impressive tribute to General Maude's cele
brated rear battery.
- Some practical benefits for the service might
be had if Postmaster General Burleson and his
staff were obliged to stand civil service examina
tion and qualify for their jobs.
The allot that atartled the banquet hall at
Sarejevo thirty-three months ago now counts its
victima at 5,000,000. Royal lift comes high, but
the old world cannot escape the sacrifice.
Omaha's leap from fifteen to eleventh place in
bank clearings mightily jolts the scoreboard of
financial athletics, Rivals might as well realize at
once that Omaha is just taking preliminary
exercise. , i
The Nebraska legislature has decided to take a
small nibble at the federal good roads appropria
tion. Regardless whether, we get much or little
of it back, however, Nebraska taxpayers will have
to contribute their full quota to the federal good
roads fund.
What a snap for the newspapers of Mexico is
a presidential election in that country! They can
safely announce the winner without even waiting
for the votes to be counted, to say nothing of
listening to the returns coming in for a week
from the back counties.
The sudden death of Congressman Cyrus Sillo
way, following that of Congressman Conry, once
more evens the party balance in the house of rep
resentatives, each of the leaders standing 214
strong. Both vacancies probably will be filled be
fore congress meets in extra session, but the
political complexion of the vacant districts is
not likely to be altered.
British interests control the oil fields at Tain
pice, and the concession forms a flowing source
of revenue for the government in control. The
wireless plant discovered in the City of Mexico
doubtless yields substantial returns as a war ac
cessory. The inference is faily clear that Car
rania ia working the belligerents on both sides
with the solemn zeal of expert palmers.
Officers For an Army
-Now York World. -
An army order baa been issued Calling for the
designation in every regiment or sixty or more
men fitted to receive commissions in a temporary
military force, should such defense be organized.
Selection made in this proportion in all branches
of the service should yield 4,000 officers.
Let there be no doubt that the number can be
obtained. When Caotain von Fanen. the German
military attache, watched the landing of the
American troops in Vera Cruz, he reported to
his government in Berlin that there were in the
United States army at least 10,000 private soldiers
capable of assuming commissions and command
in the event of war. He did not overstate the
act.
Tried by the test of Texa our Guard teai
menu contain a considerable number of men of
pruvea capacity for commissions. Flattsburg and
similar camps would furnish their quota at need,
and so would the reserve.
i The war tragedy of Great Britain was the
costly sacrifice in the first campaign of the little
expeditionary army and the Canadian commands
earliest broueht to the line, eontaininff rrmt,aa,,la
of men fitted by talent and experience for com-
mnaa. it icit no one to lead or instruct new
levies, or even to train the officers who were in
lu to train them, except the retired veterans
who had neither the physical endurance jor the
knowledge of the new warfare which the need
ucmanQca.
The United Stati ran rale mn mj-.I
quickly enough. The War
t0t kl?p Provident y on the supply sources
The Why and Wherefore of Cloture.
Discussion of the new cloture rule and criti-cism-of
the senate for tolerating unlimited de
bate all these years is unfortunately putting into
circulation a lot of misinformation. It is, of
course, difficult to explain to people how any leg
islative body should be governed by a code of
procedure that prevents the dominant majority
from doing anything it pleases any time it pleases,
but the fact is that our federal constitution does
not contemplate a strict rule of a majority, and
the upper branch of congress was originally con
stituted for the express purpose of putting a check
upon majority rule.
While membership in the house is apportioned
according to population, membership in the senate
recognizes the equality of the states and in the
beginning the senators were looked upon as serv
ing their states almost in the role of ambassa
dors, each with equal voice and vote, and not to
be .bound to anything except with consent. The
provision of the constitution guaranteeing that
"no state shall be deprived of its equal represen
tation in the senate" is the one section which by
its terms cannot be repealed. The ultra states'
rights doctrine held that no state could be com
pelled against ita will to accept a law of the United
States to which it seriously objected. It is the
irony of fate that it devolved upon Andrew Jack
son, the patron saint of democracy, to put down
nullification, and, again, upon Woodrow Wilson,
another democratic president, to make impos
sible, hereafter, the defeat of legislation obnox
ious to any one state, or group of states, unless
they can command one-third of the votes in the
senate. In a word, unlimited debate, giving a
handful of senators an absolute veto-power on
lawmaking was the strongest remaining bulwark
of states' rights and the new cloture is sure to
exert a powerful influence for nationalism and
stronger central government.
Stirring tht Dust of Dead Ages.
The forty centuries that looked down from
the Pyramids on the army of N'apoleon seem a
brief space of time compared to the ages that
have been disturbed by General Maude's men at
Bagdad. Armies of the world from a past without
record have marched through the dust now stirred
by British feet. One of the curious effects of the
war is that its "far-flung battle line" has revived
interest in places long ago forgotten, save by the
archaeologists, who busy themselves with the
fragmentary traces of man's beginnings. Thus
the geography that includes the Tigris and the
Euphrates has had more attention in the last two
years than it got from the public in a century
before.
The moral effect of the Maude victory is im
portant enough to outshine any material advan
tage that it may bring to the Entente's cause. It
will serve in a large measure to re-establish Brit
ish prestige, which had been sadly shaken by Kut-el-Amara
and Gallipoli. The Turk is driven a
little closer into his corner, while the ambition of
Germany for direct connection with the eastern
empire is for the time at least thwarted. Control
of this region for the present is of great strategic
value, too, and should have decided effect on
future operations. But for Great Britain the main
thing is that the lesson of Khartum is. once more
impressed on the wild men of the desert.
. . .. , Lack of Neighborly Concern.
Three recent episodes in Omaha might be used
to point to a rather unwelcome conclusion. In
the first, a well-known business man shot and
killed himself in his car, which stood beside the
road for fully twenty hours, while many others
passed before any atopped to learn the cause of
the car standing there idle. On a more recent
occasion another prominent man fell and injured
himself so he could not rise. He called for help
to the occupants of one after another of passing
automobiles, but got no assistance until someone
telephoned the police, reporting that the cries of
the injured man were disturbing the neighbor
hood. For the third, a dead man sat on a box on
a downtown street for some hours before anybody
troubled about him.
These events suggest that we are entirely too
self-centered and, moving each in his own little
circle, are losing touch with humanity at large.
Big things stir our interest and arouse our sym
pathy in mass, but lesser things nearer at home
are neglected. One reason for this is, of course,
that the generous impulse of well-meaning
Samaritans very frequently ends in such disaster
that even the more sympathetic and willing are
cautious when it comes to going to the rescue of
an apparently needy person. A line must be
drawn somewhere, but it ought to be on the near,
rather than the far, side of neighborly concern.
t Carrania aa President.
Venustiana Carranza, "first chief" of the con
stitutionalist party, now holds commission from
the people of Mexico as president of that country.
He has thus progressed through various stages
from that of revolutionary leader, and including
the condition of dictator, to the place of head of
his country under constitutional sanction. His
career now becomes more than ever of importance
to the world, for as de jure as well as de facto
head of an established government his responsi
bility is correspondingly increased. Acta that
might be overlooked or excused in the leader of
a revolution cannot be abided in the president of
a republic clothed with power flowing from a
written constitution.' Especially will Americans
be concerned in whatever of steps are taken to
re-establish order and bring about resumption of
industrial and commercial activity. This course
must follow, and with the avowed anti-foreigner
views of the new president, supported by the pro
visions of the law he has made, it is quite likely
that the really acute phase of our relations with
Mexico haa not passed. Will Mr. Wilson be more
insistent on American rights now than he was
when dealing with irresponsible "revolutionaries?"
Every party platform that ever pronounced on
workmen's compensation in Nebraska gave en
dorsement to the principle and promised improve
ment in the law. Yet the legislature ia listening
to the appeals of the contingent fee brigade to
back-track all the progress that haa been made
toward amicable adjustment of the burdens of in
dustrial accidents just to give somebody "a
split-in." Why is it that Nebraska lawmakers,
more than the lawmakers of other states, are sup
posed to be so easy?
Owners of a stretch of sandy beach on Long
Island for a year past sought to unload for $705,
000. A hunch that the United Statea needed it for
border defense sent the price kiting to $2,250,000.
A condemnation operation on sand dune nerve
brought the price down to $1,000,000 and closed
tht deal. Tht incident underscores tht claim
that New York patriotism ia the real article.
Rev. Charles W. Savidge.
"My First Sermon"
"I was badly frightened. I received
some kind words of commendation,
but I knew my first effort was
a failure "
In 1875 I was given what is called a local
preacher's license in St. Paul, Minn. I was then
a student in the State University of Minnesota.
That was in my junior year in college. I was told
that if I would accept that official paper I would
not be asked to preach, but a few months later,
in the year 1876, the pastor of the First church,of
Minneapolis, East Side, was away and my profes
sor in Greek, being a member of that church and
my friend, asked me to fill the vacant pulpit. The
request frightened me. That I should be asked to
speak in the First Methodist church of Minne
apolis before a congregation with whom I as a
student had worshiped for many years was very
trying. I consented, however, to do so. I took
as my text Romans 1:16, "I am not ashamed of
the Gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God
unto salvation to every one that believeth.."
I had a great reputation as a declaimer. My
orations were considered among the bt6t in the
university, but in this first sermon I decided to
write my sermon and read it, and I did so. When
the morning arrived that I was to preach, a good
many of the university students were present
to hear my first effort. I was badly frightened
and read every word of my sermon, being con
fined very closely to the manuscript. I can see
now that I was a good deal like old, blind Sam
son, grinding corn in the prison house. Instead
of standing before the people without notes and
speaking out of my heart, I was bound to my
written words. I received some kind words of
commendation, but I knew that I had not done
my best and my first effort was a failure. How
ever, I was not discouraged, but in June of the
next year I took a church, of which I was made
pastor at once, and have been active in the field
ever since. I am now completing my fortieth
year, of active service as pastor.
Pastor The People's Church.
(Noitt "My First Sarmoa," by Rav. P. M. Liadborf.)
Winding Up Shell Orders
- Naw York Journal ot Commarca-
The announcement from Philadelphia that new
war order contracts would not be placed in this
country by Great Britain caused little surprise in
financial circles. The Baldwin Locomotive works,
the Eddystone Ammunition company and the Mid
vale Steel works art all said to have been notified
that all contracts for the manufacture of shrapnel
and other shells must be completed by March 31
and that on that date all foreign contracts entered
into by the British-government for these war mu
nitions would lapse.
For months past there had been intimations
that Great Britain was increasing its output of
munitions to such an extent that it was only a
matter of a comparatively short time before it
would be unnecessary to secure supplies abroad
and it was a matter of common knowledge in the
financial district that the war order contracts with
the allies were drawn to expire with the end of
this month. England, according to a recent offi
cial statement, now has 4,300 manufacturing plants
at work turning out munitions and the number of
workers in these establishments is said to be
nearly 2,000,000.
France is also said to be now in a position
where it does not need munitions from this side
of the water, but Russia, it is understood, still
expects to continue buying here and has given no
notice of an approaching termination of orders.
In addition to the economy effected by mak
ing ita own munitions, Great Britain is said to
have been moved by the increasing difficulties of
getting the supplies across the ocean because of
the increased submarine activity.
American manufacturers have been making
plans for some time past to find new lines of out
put when the demand for munitions slackened.
Only a few days ago the Baldwin Lbcomotive
works, it was learned from Philadelphia, dis
charged 1,500 ammunition workers and took steps
to extend its activities in the development of its
own business as soon as the balance of its unex
pired contracts ran out. On February 28 the
Marlin Arms corporation announced that it had
taken over the plants of the Standard Roller Bear
ing company of Philadelphia and the Rockwell
Drake corporation of Fairfield, Conn. In a letter
sent to stockholders it was stated that the acquisi
tion of the companies, both of whiclf had been
engaged in the manufacture of roller and ball
bearings, would assure the Marlin organization
an active business when the demand for muni
tions slowed down. The company recently com
pleted an order for 9,000 Colt automatic machine
guns for a foreign government and is working on
additional orders.
Railway equipment corporations which are
now winding up their war, order contracts for the
allies have sufficient orders in their own business
to keep their plants running well into 1918. Prac
tically all the plants now working on war orders
have plans laid for the future that will obviate
any slackening in their business.
People and Events
Thirty-seven game cocks valued at $10,000,
captured by the police of Pittsburgh, were duly
massacred and consigned to the soup pots of
local hospitals.
Food speculators down east gave consumers
of canned fruits another squeeze last week.
Prices were pushed up from 4 to 9 cents a can
without any provocation. They have the goods
and they need the money. Besides, they like to
follow the fashion.
Official food inspectors found 4,500 bushels
of potatoes cached in one storage cellar in Chi
cago. Much publicity was given the discovery,
but the quantity didn't bring a flicker of a smile
to E. Percy Miller. Percy owns up to 1,000,000
bushels ready for the final squeeze.
Philip Byrd, jr., and his bride from Hatboro,
Pa., aailed from Boston for Costa Kica last week,
with the greater part of the steamer pre-empted
with a cargo resembling Noah's collection on the
Ark. Ten state rooms are occupied by Mr. and
Mrs. Byrd and their servants and the next deck
filled with blooded poultry, pigs, dogs, cats and
parrots of high degree, which are designed to
elevate domestic animal breeds in the tropical
haven whither tht live Byrds are headed,
A shameless exhibition of total depravity grips
a small section of the dry belt of Kentucky. The
town of Remsen dots the center of a Sahara and
many colonels linger there, being unable to get
away. A stranger of fine address and liquid
sociability caught the fancy of the tribe, slyly
intimating that small consignments of "vinegar
might be had, of which that sampled on the spot
was a forerunner. Orders slyly rolled in with the
cash, until the stranger's pockets bulged. He
got away with it, all right. The colonels, too,
got shipments without challenge. Just plain vine
gar "bottled in bond." -.
Back in little old New York the natives regard
themselves the brightest bunch on feet, especially
when all dolled up. Now and then they shine
by reflected light, somewhat like a jack of spades
at a card party. The other day Mrs. Carrie An
thony, wife of a Hoosier Croesus, blew into town
and dazzled the crowd. Three diamond lamps
glowed on a two-inch finger ring, two more
shown from pendant ear rings, and a diamond
necklace and armlet sparkled like incandescenta
on a Christmas tree. The Great White Way
looked dark beside the Hoosier queen of diamonds.
Health Hint for the Day.
If you have a tendency to rheu
matism, or If you sweat very much,
you should aleep between blankets.
One Year Ago Today In the War.
Verdun's assailants battered Le
Mort Homme hill in effort to smash
city's northwestern defenses.
Home reported gains by the Italian
army on Corso plateau.
Constantinople claimed British lost
5,000 men in last battle in Mesopo
tamia. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
Among those entertained at a social
"hop'' by the Metropolitan club were
Messrs. and Mesdames Max Meyer,
Adolph Meyer, Moritz Meyer, Heyn,
Mandelberg, Haas, New, Eichman,
Albert Kahn, Katz, Hellman, Hoff
man, Heller, Kauffnian. Bergman, Joe
CioldDinlth, Goetz, Rehneld, Lowen
thal, Fisher; Misses Newman, Sonna
hill, Rothschild, Bendit Ilosenfeld,
Schlesinger; Messra Julius Meyar,
Fisher, Bcheff, Overfelder, Goldsmith
and Bchlesinger.
Mr. Tuttle has changed oft from
making surreptitious sketches of un
suspecting choir singers and is de
veloping a crayon likeness of a well
known lady.
Mr. and Mrs. George Darrow have
moved into their new house, 614
South Twenty-second.
Thomas Kllpatrlck has arrived from
Cleveland and is established in his
new position as one of the firm of
Tootle & Maul.
Miss Stevens of Council Bluffs is
visiting Miss Hoagland while her
parents are in California,
At a alx-handed progressive euchre
party held at the home ot Colonel and
Mrs. H. C. Akin, on Catherine street,
Mr. Howell won the first prize and Mr.
Pratt the booby.
Mrs. A. S. Van Kuren gave a lunch
eon at her home on St Mary's avenue.
She waa assisted in entertaining by
Mesdames Colpetier, Troxell, Wake
field, Orr and Dietz.
This Day in History.
1764 Earl Grey, prime minister of
England, by whom the first reform
bill was carried, born. Died July 17,
1845.
1815 Genera! Jackson received
news of the treaty of Ghent and
learned for the 11 rat time that his
victory at New Orleans had occurred
two weeks after peace had been con
cluded. 1829 Richard Coke, governor of
Texas and United States senator, born
at Wllllamsburgh, Va. Died at vfaco,
Tex., May 14, 1897.
1848 Chicago board ot trade or
ganized. 1879 Marriage of Duke of Con
naught and Princess Louise Margaret
of Prussia.
1881 Czar Alexander II of Russia
asaaasinated by explosion of a bomb.
1887 Germany, Austria and Italy
signed a treaty of alliance against
Russia and France.
1895 Secretary Gresham directed
the American minister at Madrid to
demand prompt reparation for the fir
ing on the steamer Alliance by a Span
ish gunboat.
1900 President of the United States
offered to mediate between Great Brit
ain and the Boera,
1901 Benjamin Harrison, twenty
third president of the United States,
died at Indianapolis. Born at North
Bend, 0., August 20, 1833.
1916 The province of Manitoba
adopted prohibition.
The Day We Celebrate.
Dr. E. C. Henry is president of the
Rotary club and is also 47 years old
today. He counts Illinois as his native
state.
George G. Squires is 72 today. He
was born in Davenport, Ia., and waa
one of the first two graduates of the
high school there in the spring of
1864. He came to Omaha In 1866.
General Sir James Wolfe Murray,
one of the prominent British com
manders on the western front, born
sixty-four years ago today.
Fairfax Harrison, president of the
Southern railway and one of the spe
cial commissioners to direct trans
portation in caae of war, born in New
York forty-eight years ago today.
Oswald G. Villard, New York editor
and publicist, born at Wiesbaden, Ger
many, forty-five years ago today.
Rt. Rev. Joseph S. Glass, Catholic
bishop of Salt Lake City, born at
Bushnell, 111., forty-three years ago
today,
Charles S. Haskell, first state gov
ernor of Oklahoma, born In Putnam
County, Ohio, llfty-seven years ago
today.
J. Franklin Baker, third baseman
of the New York American league
base ball team, born at Trappe, Mil.,
thirty-one years ago today.
George Sutton, veteran professional
billiard player, born at Wavorly, N. Y.,
fifty-three years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
At the annual meeting of the Penn
sylvania railroad today stockholders
will be asked to approve an Increase
ot the authorized indebtedness of the
company to the extent of 175,000,000.
Two thousand delegates from all
over the south are expected in New
Orleans today for the opening conven
tion of the Laymen's Missionary Union
of the Presbyterian Church.
The third annual conference on
game breeding and preservation, under
the auspices of the American Game
Protective and Propagation society,
will open today at the , Waldorf-Astoria,
In New York City.
The commission on missions of the
Congregational National council, of
which Henry C. King of Oberlln col
lege Is .chairman, will meet at the
Broadway tabernacle in New York
City today to decide on a recommen
dation to be made to the council re
garding amemorial fund to Blgnallse
the 800th anniversary of American
Congregationalism.
Storyetle of the Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Tompkins had "ex
pectations" from their rich old Uncle
Edward. So. when he came to them
on a few days' visit, they prepared to
do all they could do to make a good
Impression, and commenced by meet
ing him at the station. 1
On the way home In a trolley car to
a Boston suburb they encouraged their
only child, also named Edward, to
sit on the old gentleman's knee, or,
as he was stout, as much of it as was
available.
Presently the small boy slipped from
his perch and sided over to his
mother.
"I don't think I want to sit on
uncle's knee any more," he said. In
his clear treble voice.
"Oh, Teddy, why?" said mother In
shocked tones.
Teddy oyed his great-uncle ag
grlevedly. "Because every time he breathes out
he pushes me oil!" he complained.
Boston Post.
Dangers at Home as Well as Abroad.
Chicago, March 5. To the Editor
of The Bee: Let us remember that
during a period In which we have
lost 200 lives at sea incident to the
war, we have had 20,000 citizens mur
dered in this country, some of them
this last year being burned at the
stake. Since this war began, we have
lost a half million more citizens from
death by preventable causes than Ger
many has lost by this war. Let this
appalling fact be learned by heart.
Let us also remember that the saf
est Job any man has had since we
became a republic was to fight a for
eign toe. In our three foreign wars,
all of which we began, we lost by
foreign bullets fewer than 15,000 men
In all of them combined.
To be a fireman, policeman, miner,
sailor, bridge builder or worker on
a skyscraper has been a far more
dangerous Job than to protect Amer
icans from foreign bullets.
, Compulsory military training to
meet a foreign foe Is the poorest
preparation we can make to meet
the real dangers that now menace us.
LUCIA AMES MEAD.
Hull House.
Taxing Industry Hinders Development.
Omaha, March 9. To the Editor of
The Bee: Some of these days the peo
ple will reject, as unworthy of their
intelligent suffrage, any man who would
Introduce or vote for any ordinance
placing additional burdens of taxa
tion upon industry. While the ten
dency all over the country in progres
sive municipalities is to relieve in
dustry of taxation, we have the spec
tacle of the city council of Omaha
placing a wheel tax upon vehicles
Just another means of taxing indi
rectly the people of the city and add
ing that much hindrance to our own
development.
No Intelligent person nowadays be
lieves for one instant that a tax upon
a business man's wagons or goods is
going to be paid by that man. There
is an infallible economic law that
enables him to shift it to other shoul
ders. This he always does. If he
did not he would not remain in busi
ens. Then, too, such taxes are always in
favor of monopoly. Strange as it may
seem, those who have the greater
number of wagons will object the least
to such taxes. This for the reason
that smaller expressmen, for instance,
with only one or two wagons, are to
some extent eliminated. The larger
concerns, therefore, tend all the more
to augment themselves, and the shift
ing of the tax to the consumers be
comes easier. Not only, however, is
the tax shifted, but by the elimination
of competition the price of the serv
ice is increased.
In short, the more you tax any form
of Industry the fewer will be the num
ber engaged in that industry. The
smaller the number engaged In the
business the more certain is the op
portunity for unfair prices of service.
Some day our people will see these
simple truths. Then the "statesman
ship" of those who support such taxes
will appear contemptible.
L. J. QUINBY.
Information Wanted.
Omaha, March 12. To the Editor
of The Bee: If the Welfare board is
to take over the work of the police
department and the Boy Scouts take
on the duties ot the street cleaning
and sanitation department, will the
police and sanitation departments turn
over their respective funds or will
the funds be duplicated?
What Is the object for the relin
quishment, anyhow incompetency or
the hook worm?
J. C. A TAXPAYER.
State University Finances.
Lincoln, March 12. To the Editor
of The Bee: I listened to the debate
Wednesday in the house of represent
atives and it is surprising to note how
many representatives confessed their
ignorance on the financing of the university.-
If these men would do right
by their constituents they would re
frain from voting on matters they
know nothing about. I believe in a
big university for Nebraska, but on
the other hand I believe that all de
partments should be held to a strict
accounting in the expenditure of funds,
and if it were so the people would not
oppose the granting of money for the
university.
To understand the financing of the
university one should study the report
issued by the board of regents. First,
the classification sheet, and then the
detailed Information given In tho re
port: for instance, the "aocredited
schools" given on the classification
sheet is $9,027.31. The detailed infor
mation in the statement amounts to
the following: Mr, A, salary, page 70,
$4,800; Mr. B, salary, page 75,
HOW GOOD THAT
, HUSTEROLE FEELS!
It Gets to That Sore Spot
Like Magic
A-a-hl That's delicious relief for
those tore muscles, those stiff joints,
that lame back.
Musterole is a clean, white ointment
made with the oil of mustard and
other home simples.
It does the work ' of the old
fashioned mustard plaster, minus the
plaster and minus the blister I
You simply rub Musterole on the
spot where the pain is rub it on
briskly and usually the pain is gone.
No muss, no bother. Just comfort
ing, soothing relief first a gentle
glow, then a delightful sense of cool
ness. And best of all, no blisters tike
the old-fashioned mustard plaster used
to make.
Use Musterole for sore throat, bron
chitis, tonsilitis, croup, stiff neck,
asthma, neuralgia, headache, conges
tion, pleurisy, rheumatism, lumbago,
pains and aches of the back or joints,
sprains, sore muscles, bruises, chil
blains, frosted feet and colds of the
chest (it often prevents pneumonia).
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Ji.40S.83: Miss C, salary, page 8.1,
11,430: Miss D, salary, page "4,
11,731.12. (This Item Is not clear,
as there Is a combination in it, but
it comes from the same office.) Next
comes the maintenance: Mr. A, trav
eling expenses, page 114, ilS9.20; Mr.
B, traveling expenses, page 125,
J1.0PS.38. This totals til, 627. 03.
while the classification sheet shows
IK, 027. 31. Why this difference, or
why hide the total expense of this de
partment? In the general expense there is an
itetn for telephone amounting to
$8,077.95, and I will venture to say
a large per cent of this amount comes
from the above named office. The
farm campus has been quite detailed
In its statement. Why not be Just bs
specific on the city campus?
In my opinion the representatives
ought to take the time, even though
the session Is about to come to a close,
to see that each department of the
university gives a clear, undivided
statement of funds used by it and do
away with the "slush fund" which
has caused so much bitterness every
two years. OWEN P. STEWART.
LINES TO A LAUGH.
"What does your friend do?"
"He'i a professor ot philosophy." ,
"Urn. Most of us have ft little phlton
ophy, I s'pose. I t very few ever accumu
late enough to be a professor at It."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Did your husband die a natural death?"
w asked Mrs. Malaprop.
"Oh, no." aha replied. "He had a doctor."
Cincinnati Inquirer.
Norah The lady next door want t'borry
a bit of coal, mum.
Mrs. Blank Tell her we ara already bor
rowing our coal from the people on the
Other side of ua. Boston Transcript.
"Well, ma got rid of a lit of pills she'd
been saving for tlin last ten days."
"I hope she didn't take that old medi
cine." "Nope.' Gave "em to Tommy for his air
gun." Chicago Post.
ro propose hm nc arcmt
oft apcwwvT?
VML ML look MttOftAto
MH SHE $NS "NO'i
"In hope of getting a grin out of tn
Judge and a lighter sent once, I gave tn
name ot William Shakespeare."
"How did It work?"
"All to the bad. The Judge was one of
these her Baconian fans and had It In tor
Shakespeare. He gimme thirty days extra."
New York Times,
"I heard your daughter was crasy for a
career. How did you cure her of it?"
"I promised her if she gave up hei
stage aspirations I'd give her a big church
wedding.'' Baltimore American.
Mrs. Hubb Oh, John, you say that if
you lost me you would take to drinking, ne
glect your personal appearance and go to
the bad In every way.
Hubb (firmly) Yes, my. dear, you can
bet I'd fix it so'd I'd never be an inducement
to a woman again. BoHton Transcript.
"Have you any late trains out here?
asked the prospective purchaser.
"Sure," replied the suburban real estate
agent. "All our trains are generally late."
Philadelphia Record.
Tnarher How many ribs have you?
Johnny I don't know, ma'am. I'm so
awfully ticklish, I never could coun( 'em.
Puck.
WHO BIDES HIS TIME.
Jamea W'bitcomb Riley.
Who bides his time, and day by day
Faces defeat full patiently, - .
And lifts a mirthful roundelay.
However poor his fortunes be
He will not fall in any qualm
Of poverty the palty dime,
It will grow golden In his palm
Who bides his time.
Who bides his le he tastes the sweet
Of honey In the saltest 'ear,
And though he faces with slowest feet,
Joy runs to meet him drawing near.
The birds are heralds of his cause,
- And, like a never-ending rhyme.
The roadsides bloom In his applause .
Who bides hie time.
Who bides his time, and favors not
In the hot ra-e that none achieves.
Shall wear cool-wreathed laurel wrought
With crimson berries In the leaves;
And he shall reign a goodly king,
And sway his hand o'er every clime
With peace writ on his signet-ring,
Who bides his time.
HAVE COLOR IN YOUR CHEEK.-
Be Better Looking Take
Olive Tablets
If your skin is yellow complexion
pallidtongue coated appetite poor
you have a bad taste in your mouth a
lazy, no-good feeling you should take
Olive Tablets.
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets a sub
stitute for calomel were prepared by
Dr. Edwards after 17 years of study
with his patients.
. Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets are a
purely vegetable compound mixed with
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olive color.
To have a clear, pink skin, bright eyes,
no pimples, a feeling of buoyancy like
childhood days you must get at the cause.
Dr. Edwards' Olive Tablets act on the
liver and bowels like calomel yet have
no dangerous after effects.
They start the bile and overcome con
stipation. That's why millions of boxes
are sold annually at 10c and 25c per
box. All druggists. Take one or two
nightly and note the pleasing results.
n
2tf
It's Easy
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Smear Hem
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Follow this treatment on rising
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