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Brtad cards go into effect in Denmark April
1. It'i no joke.
But the first requisite of aggressive warfare
is an army and a navy.
Signi map the eastward trend of the cyclone
belt, A long farewell to its local greatness.
Now watch the Adamson wage raise slip
down and grip the pocket nerve of the U. C.
It would not be recognized as the spring equi
nox if unaccompanied by a few storms and floods.
"Corn leads the bull market," says head
line. Headship and speed are the King's long
suit
In other words, according to the legislative
edict, a nonpartisan office is to get in on, but
not to stand on.
The shortage of live stock on the market
makes the comparative figures look as awry as
the prices in the butcher shop.
It is worth while noting at the threshhold of
strife that men are doing most of the talking and
women most of the volunteering.
Universal dieting is the rule in Europe. The
effect of the restricted menus is measured by the
number of useless holes in the belts.
Watching the lid, however, should not con
sume all the energies of our police force. The
suppression of other crimes and criminals is also
important
All kinds of investments are being offered to
tempt folks with money, but well chosen Omaha
real estate still holds the record for safety and
substantial profit.
The test of the economy plank in the platform
on which the democrat were given control of
Nebraska's state government will be found in the
increased tax rate next year.
Naturally enough, French political circles are
elated over the prospect of Uncle Sam as an ally.
Paris longs for a working1 sample of the stickl
tiveness of Washington cabinet timber.
Among other awakenings that should come
with the blossoms that bloom in the spring Is
the awakening of the city planning commission
and the movement to make Omaha more beautiful.
The bill for remodeling the city hall, we are
confidentally informed, will greatly overrun the
estimates. The real startling information would
be that the cost of the work was to be less than
the original figures.
It is pointed out that it takes much less time
to mobilize money than to mobilize men. But
money has no fighting initiative of its own and in
the final analysis it is still the man behind the
gun who does the work.
The team-work of the railroads in asking the
Interstate Commerce commission for freight rate
increases is wonderful to behold. This is one
place where the roads are unanimous even with
out a gentlemen's agreement.
Effect of the War on Religioit
Leaders of the churches in America are al
ready busy trying to determine the possible ef
fects of the war on religion. Already they fore
cast a great revival of interest in the churches
and look ahead to growth that will surpass any
development in recent years. To support their
expectations in this regard they have analyzed
certain of the developments incident to the dis
turbance of society and find in these manifesta
tions signs that indicate the various divisions of
the church throughout the world are coming
closer together.
Differences that have seemed insuperable now
show signs of being resolved into something like
an accommodation, and closer approach between
the several sects is being brought about as a re
sult of the pressure growing out of the conflict.
Most marked of these manifestations is that of
the changes in Russia, where the Greek church
and the Russian sect are nearer unity than at any
time since the division. The Roman Catholic
church, too, is on a better footing with the other
great bodies and a much better working under
standing between the three is likely. This is es
pecially indicated by the removal of the czar
as titular head of the Russian church.
In England the relations between the Angli
can and Nonconformist bodies have become al
most cordial. Free churchmen have not only
been recognized, but have been called into coun
cil by the archbishop of Canterbury. The signal
ability of Pope Benedict as a statesman is rec
ognized by Protestant leaders generally and a
far better feeling exists between these two great
branches of the church. The seeming certainty
that the control of the Holy Land will be wrested
from the Turk and perhaps be once more vested
in the Jew is another of the possibilities of the
war. All these signs are counted as hopeful
evidences of the prosperity of religion for the
future.
On the other hand, full weight must be given
to the fact that the war has forced the various
sects for the present to drop much of their dogma
and credal divergence and approach the funda
mentals of religion in a spirit of greater unani
mity. The church has been sorely tried by the
great war and will face two serious dangers w'-i :n
peace is restored, one from within and one fro i
without. With the stress of war ended, internal
strife is likely to be renewed,. while the threat
of increasing scepticism is always present. It
may be that the older forr i of religion will pasj
with some of the older political garments of the
nations and in the readjustment belief and wor
ship approximating universality may be attained.
Making It Easier for the Housemaids.
Tha Department of Labor has given some at
tention to the domestic servant problem and of
fers as a possible solution for some of the dif
ficulties now complained of that employers of this
class of labor try to improve conditions of em
ployment. It is suggested that the housemaids
be given a little more freedom, that domestic
economy be placed on a basis more nearly ap
proaching the schedule of industrial operations
and that the dignity of the servant be thus ad
vanced. Investigators agree on the main poi it
of the problem, that the conditions under which
domestic service is performed are distasteful t
high-spirited girls and that the liberty of the shop
girl or factory workers preferred to the more
comfortable and frequently better paid situation
of the housemaid, because the latter is not her
own mistress. Other grievances are such as
might be met with certainty of adjustment, but
even in our great democratic country the difficulty
of dissociating personal service from servility is
such as has so far baffled most efforts to over
come it. Women's clubs have for a long time
considered the question, but it is now presented
again, with a suggestion that if the mistresses of
the homes will try to make life a little easier for
the housemaid the greatest trouble will soon be
removed.
Variation in Compensation Laws.
That the principle involved in workmen's com
pensation laws is not uniformly applied through
out the United States is shown by a bulletin just
issued by the Department of Labor, Generally,
the fundamental principle of the law is recog
nized -that is, the responsibility for Industrial ac
cidents or injury but in details wide and almost,
unaccountable variations are noted. For example,
while no state compensation act covers all classes
of employes, agricultural and domestic workers
being generally excluded, in New Jersey and
. Hawaii 90 per cent of all workers are protected,
in seven states only are 80 per cent covered, while
one gives the benefit of the law to tesa than 20
per cent, and in nine states less than half of the
workers are protected. Similar divergence ap
pears in the amount of relief or Indemnity pro
vided. In Oregon widow and children may re
. cover as much as $13,480, while in Vermont the
maximum would be $1,830. The Alaskan act' al
lows as much as $2,640 for the loss of a hand,
white in Colorado for auch an injury the maxl.
mum is but $780. Washington and Wyoming al
. tow nothing for medical Services, but California,
Connecticut, Massachusetts and several other
slates provide for paying for all necessary hospi
al service and medical attendance, without limit
it to time.
Different interpretations are given the words
"accident" and "injury" in the various laws and
decisions under them. Massachusetts is the only
state that has recognised liability under the law
for occupational diseases, although some of the
others are considering amendments to bring these
injuries within the acope of their laws. Ten
southern statea in the union have no competis
tion laws. The two Dakotas, Idaho. Utah, Del.
ware, New Mexico and the District of Columbia
also are without such protection for the workers,
It is suggested that practically all the laws
seed greater uniformity of provisions and in.
terpretation before they will afford the desired
protection for all wage workers. An ample field
for joint legislative effort between the states is
here open. , ,
Guarding the Bridges.
Weary Walker and his companion in pere
grination, Rusty Rufus, are likely to meet with
unaccustomed difficulties and may have their or
bits in some degree circumscribed through the
vigilance of the railroad and other authorities.
Anticipating the beating of the war drums, the
great transportaton companies have set guards
to watch the bridges spanning the water courses
of the country and civil authorities have followed
suit, till now not a bridge of real worth in the
country but has its special patrol. This puts the
humble hobo in a predicament. He faces danger
if he tries to get across on foot, he is threatened
equally if he seeks to hide on a passing train
and steal his way and below him lurks the horror
from which he shrinks in greatest dread water.
Thus the peripatetic, whose open season comes
with the flowers and the birds, finds his wander
ings no longer at his will. We may have to meet
no foreign foe nor be in imminent danger of tie
structive operations by enemies at home, but the
bridge guards may help if they keep the hoboes
between the rivers.
By Viator Rosewstar
THE UNIVERSAL SUBJECT of conversation,
wherever you go or whomever you meet, is
the question of the war whetner tne uniiea
States will get into it, and, if so, how far in, and
with what effect on the war and on conditions at
home. The most salient thing about it, though,
ia still the sectionalism of our own people and the
difference in war atmosphere in different parts
of the country. Over in Chicago last week it
was quite noticeable that the war fever has
reached higher temperature levels than it has
here in Omaha and people I talked with there
who had just come from New York insisted that
the war spirit in Chicago was nowhere near as
fervid as it was in the Atlantic coast cities. The
consensus of opinion, however, is that, no matter
what eventuates, it will not create as much busi
ness disturbance as would ordinarily be expected
because of the readjustment already effected here
to accommodate to the reflex ot war conditions
in Europe. The chief apprehension expressed by
men of affairs is that a shortage of labor may be
the main obstacle to continuing "business as
usual.
Jew and the War Relief Work.
American Jews are rising with fine determi
nation, to meet the demands of duty confronting
them. Statements that some millions of Jews
in the warring countries of Europe were doomed
to die of starvation during the year, in spite of
utmost efforts to relieve them, have stimulated
the leadera of the relief work in this country to
grapple with the situation in heroic fashion. The
announcement of Julius Rosenwald's willingness
to give a million dollars, or $100,000 for each
$900,000 subscribed, up to $10,000,000, haa met
with auch response aa promises to insure not
only this great donation, but may overrun the
amount.
In the local work here Mr. Morris Levy has
made a contribution of such generosity as will
assure that Omaha will be creditably repre
aented in the total It ia not merely the money
that Is being subscribed that counts ia the move-
tnent It is the deep sympathy for the sufferers
and the desire to ameliorate their lad situation
that is moving the Jews in their tremendous task
of, meeting this unprecedented emergency. Fam
ine in peace time has always brought out the spirit
of help from those who have plenty, but famine in
connection with war, especially when it haa the
character of the conflict now raging, doubly de
mand attention. In the present activity of the
American Jews is an example that should inspire
all to a desire to do something for the innocent
war victims found in every country of Europe
now, .
With their pay stopped, our lawmakers at Lin
coin may now be expected to develop a quick
burst of speed to expedite the finis
Tt looks as I were to be foreclosed out of a
balloon trip I was hoping to make at least for
some time to come. When the word was given
to open the aviation school at Fort Omaha I
. . - -i M i
put out a line to captain cnanmcr iur an invi
tation to ride as a passenger in one of the trial
trins. or at least for an observation ascension of
a captive balloon, and now come orders from
headquarters that no outsiders are to De per
mitted to ride with the army aviators. I am not
sure whether that is a lucky or an unlucky in
tervention, but there is nothing to do but to ac
cept it with resignation.
The announcement that Julius Rosenwald has
offered to give $1,000,000 to the fund for the re
lief of Jewish war victims in all the different bel
ligerent countries has prompted many people to
ask "Who is it that can make such a princely
gift?" Mr. Rosenwald has been in Omaha many
times. oerhaDS oftener before he became the head
and biggest owner of the great Chicago mail or
der house ot bears, Koebuck & Lo. in tnose
days he was a traveling man, selling men's fur
nishings, and is yet young in years, beine not
quite 55 years old. He celebrated his fiftieth
birthday by playing Santa Claus to a large num
ber of charities, to which he handed out gifts
totaling $687,000, and for a number of years
he has had a-standing proposition to donate $25,
000 as one-fourth of a $100,000 fund to be raised
any city for the establishment of a Young
Men's Christian association for colored men and
boys and the erection of a building for it. I
have no doubt but some day Omaha will take
advantage of this generosity. Mr. Rosenwald's
unparalleled success in business has resulted in
President Wilson drafting mm tor service on tne
National Council of Defense, notwithstanding the
fact that he ia a staunch republican. When in
troduced to Charles E. Hughes during the cam
paign last fall by Fred Upham, western treas
urer of the republican national committee, Mr.
Rosenwald referred jokingly to Upham as "my
dearest friend" and then explained the joke by
saying he was "dearest" because his solicitations
had cost him $25,000 in contributions for the
support of the republican cause.
A new deoarture worth mentioning is dis
closed in the annual report of the American
Sugar Kenning company, ot wnich my triend,
Earl D. Babst, has been president during the
last year, announcing the setting aside of $1,000,
000 as a reserve for advertising the trade marks
of their products, thus putting advertising in the
smae class as fixed charges, such as insurance, de
preciation, interest. I he advertising tund is com
mon in retail business, especially in establishments
conducted on a large scale that regularly ap
propriate a percentage of their gross receipts for
this purpose, and is also part of the current ex
pense accounts of many manufacturing institu
tions that cover nation-wide territory, but this
move is hailed as tending to standardize the item
of advertising in the budgets of the big industrial
corporations, for if it works out right for the
popularity of sugar brands it will surely work as
well for other meritorious articles.
Eastern oaoera contain an account of the death,
over in England, of Robert P. Porter, as the re
sult of a peculiar automobile mishap in wnicn,
while standing in front of his car, on which the
litrhta had accidentally gone out. he was run into
by another machine rushing along the roadway
and practically crushed to death between the two.
Although he has been spending his later years
abroad, Robert P. Porter twenty years ago was
one of the widely known men in this country.
He will be remembered specially as director of
the census, the particular census, by the way, in
which Omaha's population figures were willfully
inflated by the enumerators to pass the 140,000
mark in 1890, only to suffer that woeful collapse
ten years later. This memorable feat of census
juggling is not blamable upon Mr. Porter, but
. ii : i .- .1 : .. - it,.. 1. -
11 will serve to lucuuiy tuc icicicnt-c. ntici
retired from the census work Mr. Porter devoted
himself largely to the protective tariff propaganda
and made a number of very thorough investiga
tions into comparative industrial conditions here
and in other countries and wrote a series ot iliu
minatinir letters on the subject for the newspa
pers, including The Bee, so that he belongs to
the list of famous Bee correspondents. He was
a remarkable man, lull ot plucK and energy, ana,
ari-nrdinir to reoorts. was engaged in the ac-
.l. i i :u.
tivities growing out oi me war in cugiauu ukul
up to the very end.
People and Events
TODAY I
Health Hint for the Day.
Never give the baby "soothing
syrup" or "teething powders. Medi
cines, except the simplest domestic
remedies, should not be given unless
advised by your doctor.
One Year Ago Today In the War.
Fierce artirlery duel continued along
Verdun front.
Three British aeroplanes lost in at-
tank on German airship shed In
Schleswig.
On the Russian front the czar's
forces threatened communications of
the Germans along line of the Vilna-
Dvlnsk railway.
Devotees of noetic art in Chicago formally
approve the new style of marriage proposals
written with passionate red ink.
Andv Sullivan of South Argvle. N. Y.. takes
a front seat among the potato barons of the
country. A half acre patch ot spuds brougnt mm
$1,274.52, or six time the value ot the ground.
Rose Pastor Stokes, the noted sociologist of
New York has cut loose from pacifist tocieties
and boldly announces her readiness to serve the
country in "The fight for human unity and human
freedom.
The noted Kohlsaat company string of bak
eries and restaurants in Chicago are about to go
on the bankruptcy auction block. Court proceed
ings reveal $6,000,000 worth of "good will wind"
in a stock capital of $1,000,000. Creditors are rea
sonably certain ot getting a percentage oi me
capitalized wind.
The late Oscar G. Murray of Baltimore, long
at the head of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, left
the bulk of hi fortune of $1,000,000 to found and
maintain a home for the widows and orphan of
employes of the road. The bequest bespeaks the
large-hearted generosity of the master hand to
ward less fortunate associates.
Fnr nrnfeaainnal reasons satisfactory to herself.
Dr. Marian Hague Rea, a member of the staff of
the Boston Psychopathic hospital, retains the full
dirrnitv nf her name, though the bride of Dr. Bald
win Lucke of Philadelphia, pathologist in the Uni
versity of Pennsylvania. Moreover, notn noia
down their respective desk in distant cities.
The lure of fortunes plucked from native oil
lends unusual vim to the 'back to the land" move
ment in spot. Some idea of the push may be
gleaned from the energetic upport volunteered
by tne national sunrage association, anc mem
bora mean tn noint the war to olenty and inde
pendence. encouraging the ambitious by copious
advice and agricultural tracts. Congressmen sup
ply free seeds. With these resources ready for
the call, all the new farmer need to do I to
secure the land and begin plowing.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago Today.
The Omaha Rifle club met at Col
lins & Gordon's gun store and com-
Dieted their organization. The char
ter members are as follows: Judge
Lake, J. R. Clarkson, O. H. Gordon,
Charles Parrotte, Colonel Guy V.
Henry, Paul Lietz, C. 8. Montgomery,
B. K. is. Kenneay, yviniam tvt-nneuy,
Walter Kinnear. M. 8. Lindsay, Luther
Wilbur, J. M. Thurston, H. A. Wor
ley, R. W. Patrick, A. C. Wakeley and
K. s. Berlin.
lion. John A. McShane nas returnea
fr'.m r-M-" trh'-ro he Tr-n n run-
lluct with Oeorge . . .,i.iu lur o
construction of an Immense packing
house in South Omaha, to cost 2.".o.-
000.
James MeMIchael and ueorge
Ketchum have returned from a hunt
ing expedition to Phelps, Mo., loaded
with ducks.
The sixth annual commencement of
the Omaha Medical college was held
at Boyd's opera house. The class con
sisted of the following: Joseph Bllck
ensderfer, Charles E. Dltterbrandt,
James W. Frazler, Louis FreHe, Daniel
Chaplin, H. Seymour and Paul E. Nor
wood.
Assistant Passenger Agent McCarthy
of tha Union Pacific and Miss Mc
Carthy, who is employed in the of
fice of the general superintendent,
were thrown out of a carriage by a
frisky broncho and badly bruised.
A wild team attached to an axle
and a pair of wheels dashed up Doug
las street, but were stopped at Six
teenth by the heroic rtoits or jacK
Martin. .
This Day In History.
17S7 Special session of congress
called to consider the threatening re
lations with France.
1811 British defeated the Frencn
at battle of Rarrosa.
1848 Sir John Richardson and Dr.
Bae left Liverpool to begin overland
search for the Franklin expedition.
1865-General Lee made a deter
mined effort to break the federal lines
and gain a line of retreat toward Dan
ville by assaulting Grant's right.
1869 Edward nates, attorney gen
eral in Lincoln's cabinet, died in St.
Louis. Born at Belmont, Va., Septem
ber 4, 1793.
1892 Germany Issued an order ex
cluding Jewish Immigrants from Russia.
1894 Coxey's "army or the com
monweal" started from Massillon, O.,
for Washington with about 100 men.
1899 Thomas C. Fletcher, governor
of Missouri, 1865-69, died In Washing
ton, D. C. Born in Jefferson county,
Missouri, January 21, 1827.
1901 Eighteen people were Kineo
In a tornado at Birmingham, Ala.
1909 Austria s annexation or Bos
nia and Herzegovina was recognized
by Russia and later by otner powers.
1911 A fire In a shirt waist factory
in New York City killed 148 persons,
mostly women.
The Day Wo Celebrate.
Gutzon Borglum. the sculptor, was
born March 25, 1867. The Borglum
family has made Omaha its home, but
Gutzon was born in Idaho. He holds
a place among the first rank of Amer
ican sculptors.
Dr. Simon Flexner, director or tne
Rockefeller Institute for Medical Re
search, born at Louisville, Ky., fifty-
four years ago today.
George Sutherland, late United
States senator from Utah, born In
Buckinghamshire, England, fifty-live
years ago today.
xvetle ijillioert, ceieoratea irencn
comedy artist who has been touring
America the last season, born in Parts,
forty-eight years ago today.
Right Hon. Sir David Harrei, an
eminent authority on Irish political
affairs, born seventy-six years ago to
day. Emanuel L. Phlllpp. governor of
Wisconsin, born in Sauk county, Wis
consin, fifty-six years ago today.
Charlie white, well Known unicago
lightweight pugilist born in England,
twenty-six years ago today.
American Ships Sunk by Teutons.
Twenty-five American ships have
been attacked by German and Aus
trian submarines and other Tuetonlc
commerce raiders since the outbreak
of the European war.
Of these eleven were destroyed by
submarines and one, the William P.
Frye, by the German converted cruiser
raider Prlns Eitel Friedrlch. In addi
tion one American ship, the Cushing,
was attacked by a German airship
on April 28, 1915. The official list fol
lows: Vessel. Pate.l Vessel. Date.
IslMChemunr ....Nov. 2fi
Wrn. P. Fryo JnnaS'St. Helena .. Dec. 10
rushing April SNjR'beca Palmer Deo14
Nebrsska ....May llUalcna Dec. 15
Oultltaht May !0 1917.
Leelsnaw . . . . July as! Sacramento ..Jan, t
Oswego Aug. HjWestweso ....Jan. 21
Cnmmuntpaw .Dec. S'lHousatonlc ...Feb.
Petrollta ....Dec, alLyman M. Law. Jan 31
1918. Algonquin . . .Mar. 12
Seaconnet ...June 18c. of Memphis. Mar. 17
Kanssn -Oct. Illinois Mar. 17
Lanao Oct. Js vljrllanela ....Msr. 17
Columbian ...Nov. 7Hea!dton ....Mar.21
Rtnrvette of the Day.
Mary, small but up-to-date, had been
to tea for the first time with the new
neighbors. From all accounts the
little girl there had not been at all
generous in permitting Mary to share
her playthings.
"Well." said Mary's mother when
she had heard about it, "if anybody
had treated me like that -when I was
a . little girl I should have come
straight home."
Mary shrugged her small shoulders.
"Things have changed since your
day, mother," she said. "I slapped
her face and atayed." New York
Times,
Tlllle was very fond of pleasant
davs. and at the close ot a heavy rain
storm petitioned in her prayer for One
weather. When, tne next morning,
the sun shone bright and clear, she
became Jubilant and told her prayer
to her grandmother.
"Well, dear," said the grandmother
to the little girl, "why can't you pray
tonight that it may be warmer to
morrow, so that grandma's rheuma
tism will be better t"
"All right, I will," wan the Quick
response; and that night, u she knelt,
she said:
"Oh, Lord, pleas make It hot tor
grandma." New York Time.
AROUND THE CITIES.
Scranton. Pa., -undermined for coal, eTpa-
rtoni-es freauent sinking spells. Last Sun
day a section of cemetery dropped into
the hole beneath.
The stata amnloyment bureau at St Joa
has 200 jobs awaiting women as workers,
at wages ranfinc from $5 a week as house
keepers to S10 a weak in worksnops.
Chicago voters at th April election will
be asked to authorise a bond issue of 1750,.
000 for additions to the contagious diseases
hospital. Tha money will increase available
beds from 400 to at least 1,500.
Minneapolis reports through the city stat
istician a population increase of 17,5 dur
ing 1918. To accommodate the increase
and some over 206 apartment houses, 141
duplex lists and 2.40S single buildings were
built.
Sioux City's dry submarines view with
more or less suspicion tourists bringing suit
cases into town without indicating the char
acter of the contents. Threats of torpedoing
without warning are heard. Safety lies in
opening up and showing nothing mora dan
geroua than dry goods.
St. Joe is making a preliminary start for
municipal waterworks. A state law enables
the city to take over the existing plant on
the appraisement plan. The franchise of
the company expires two years hence, and
present moves have In view a survey of the
plant preliminary to fixing the value.
Reports from the' Twin Cities indicate
increased pricea for ice during the summer.
Everybody with things to sell is on the
boost why not the ice man? But he has
better reason. An unusually long win
ter was very hard on Ice. A lot of it was
severely frosen and will have to be ampu
tated with saw or axe, entailing extra ex
pense for surgery. Do you get it T
Tha Minneapolis city council recently
scented a price combine among makers of
creosote paving blocks and Immediately pe
titioned tha state legislature for a law
authorixing the city to make its own blocks.
The council estimates that S100.000 would
build and equip a creosoting plant and leave
some change for the timber. Indications
point to a combine come down before the
legislature acts.
Utility and art are malting a frcsa start
in Chicago. Having made Michigan avenue
and the lake front take the beauty treat
ment, art boosters are working to install
ornamental municipal elocks on city bridges.
Tha idea is distinctly decorative and makes
for safety. Everybody in town, they say,
looks a clock in the face. By installing them
on bridges the rushing crowd gets the habit
of looking up and is less liable to walk into
the river when the draw is open.
HERE AND THERE.
A roebuck hat been known to cover sev
enty-four feet s second when pursued by
dogs.
Tha state of Montana hereafter will pay
the railroad fare of students attending the
state university.
Since the beginning of the war ammuni
tion and firearms valued at $600,000,000
have been sent from the United States to
England.
The clerical forces of the Roman Catholic
church in the United States now Include
fourteen archbishops, ninety-six bishops and
19,983 prieats.
There Is talk of consolidating the cities
of Allentown and Bethlehem, which1 would
make a city of 200,000 population, tha third
largest in Pennsylvania.
Eleven brothers were Included in the crew
of a German Zeppelin which recently fell a
victim to the English aircraft guns. All
perished in the disaster.
The nickname "boche," applied to Germans
by soldiers of the allies, originated from a
French phrase, "Tete de Boise, meaning
"wooden head," or stupid.
The United States furnishes about two
thirds of the annual world crop of cotton.
The officers and men of the United States
army are among the best paid in the world.
Two Italian Inventors have devised a sys
tem of floating safe for installation in ocean
liners for registered mails and valuables,
in, vi.ew of submarine and other contingencies.
A St. Louis concern has bought two en
tire railroad systems in Idaho with a view
to dismantling the roads and selling the
materia for junk, which at present prices
ia expected to yield a large profit.
Massachusetts hall, one of the old Har
vard university buildings which served as
a barracks for the continental troops fol
lowing the battle of Lexington, Is now used
as a drill hall for the university student
soldiers.
Fifty million dollars, a sum greater than
the entire expenditure on many of the wars
of the past, is the estimated cost of a single
hour's right between the British and the
German fleets engaged at anything like their
full strength.
Nearly all of the countries of Europe main
tain what Is known as a "Black Cabinet,"
a mysterious room set apart in the general
postoffice in which the correspondence of
persona suspected by the government Is
opened and read without their knowledge,
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
The great specialist appraised his prospeo
Uve patient with a glance.
you must lake a trip to a warmer
climate for your health,' he advlued. "Tea
dollars, consultation fee, please."
"You can take a trip to a still wirraei
climate for your money," crime the ansa's,
aa the man walked out New Torlt Times.
A preacher whose name has not come ta
us la reported to have described the bud
place In this graphic fashion: "Friends," ha
said, "you've aeen molten iron running out
of a furnace, haven't you?, it comes oui
white hot, sizzling and hissing. Well, thoy
use that stuff for lea cream in Hadea Bos
ton Transcript.
"You've been drinking again."
"No, m'dear."
"Then how do you account for your con
dition?"
Been eating pickled pigs' feet and
soused herrings." Baltimore American.
Daphne Marriage la nothing but a lottery.
Phyllis Yes, you never can be aure what
sort of present you will get. Judge.
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INKLINGS AND TINKLINGS.
City of Bagdad has a pier built by
Nebuchadnesxar. Now that onlona and
potatoes have come down In price, Nebu
chadnezxar'a action In eating grass seems
erazler than It did a couple of weeks ago.
Things you never see: A business man
eating a business man's lunch.
Better take In your clothe line, or you
may be pinched on suspicion of having a
secret wireless outfit.
Read a lot In the war news about barbed
wire entanglements and dlfflcutly of ad
vancing through the mud. Strange the
leadera hava not thought of acatterlng
banana skins In front of the trenches.
Tho skinflint: No, sir; I respond only ta
to the appeals of the deserving poor.
The Solicitor: And who are the deserv
ing poor?
The skinflint: Those who never ask for
assistance. Puck.
"I say, mamma," said little Johnny, "Aa
fairy tales always begin with 'Once upon
a time?' "
"No, dear, not always," replied his mother.
"They sometimes begin with, 'My love, I
have been detained at the office again to
night. "New York Times.
"But, my dear -lady, you should not allow
your grief to overcome you. Remember your
husband Is far happier In the other world."
M maybe he Is, b but I think you are
exceedingly rude to say so. Boston Tran
script. Bacon This la my birthday, and my wife
planned a surprise for me,
Egbert That'a nice.
"Yes; she went through by pockets last
night and left 60 centa In one of them."
Yonkers Statesman.
Mrs. Rivers I am very much pleaaed with
my new cook.
Mrs. Bridges How long have you had
her?
Mrs. Rivers Her day will be up tonight.
Judge.
SPRING ON THE PRAIRIE.
The geese a-honklng overhead,
Upon their northward flight.
Announce that Boreas has fled
With covering of white
And left, as far as can be aeen,
A mantle of upshootlng green.
At eve tha scent of prairie fire
Effluvlates the air.
And Bongs of frogs that never tire.
Arising everywhere.
In consonant discord. Incite
The Insect voices of the night.
But grander Is the morning balm.
The prairie chicken sings
Its praises In the sunrise calm.
While from the meadow rlnga
Filled with the glory of the day,
The lark's transporting roundelay.
Ere long the johnny jump-ups blink
In wonder from morass.
And roses crimson, white and pink
In acres through the grass.
Emit a perfume sweeter than
The fragrance Elyslan.
Along the dlatant cattle trails.
Near banklens. treeless stream.
Which wriggles, anake-llke, through tha
valra,
Ia heard the plover's scream.
This bird, It seems, Is not so glad:
It darts and cries as though 'twere mad.
The striped squirrel, expecting snare.
Upon his hind legs sits
And, sniffing danger In the air.
Back to his home he skits;
He pauses there to look around,
Then leaps headlong Into the ground.
These are but few of the delights
Of spring-time unalloyed
Upon the prairie sounds and sights
We often have enjoyed.
Why after foreign pleasures roam.
With such delights as these at homeT
Lincoln, Neb. WILLIS HUDSPETH.
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