9 R. lT AW A QTTWn A V PCR? nPTORITP 7 IQI-r THIS UMAHA SUNDAY OCTOBER 7, 1917. The Omaha Bee DAILY MORNING) - EVENING - SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER VICTOR BOSEWATER. EDITOR TBB BKK HTBLISHING COM PANT PROPRIETOR Batarad at Omaha postof fie aa aeoond-elaae aiattar. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Dnr m anew Dut wtihoot BoiMUr, Branint Ana Sundar . . Jfcmiina WUDM BWHft M Suadtr Bt only Br Csrrlar. tm mm. rSo lite So B Mate. Par fur. a DO 4.00 - t AO 4.00 100 toil Sottas af eases of aaMrass or ungalarltf la eaUtsrr le Onuaa aea. ctnulstioa wnnoaiL MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS n ianiM rw si wtiWi TtaBati awmtar. n sserMtelr atiUd to tat aw Car repuitifcatlea of all aewi erartlted to It of oat ackcrwlM creates: la this patw and slio tba lorsl news pab- au nant s ravaauanwa w mu pnai gniwiw REMITTANCE itmn Osrl. am of postal orter Osl yrmrt sumps uses a -afMnt af snsll soeoenta rtrsoasl CMOS, txotix on unsaa ana uurn asahsas, not twepwo. WM The Bm ItallAn. Kk Omsk 4M . St ivwaetl Blafft 14 N. Mils It liiwsla UOJa Bwlldlns, OFFICES (TllfW-Psnp'ss Ou BaltdJm Km, Tork-IM Fifth in Ac Units Ke B'k of Ceaitserea WMhloatoa 7XS 14U St, N. W CORRESPONDENCE Mrsss waaraawtttoni rsls'ls le awt aa editorial bmUM to (imika Bo. Kdltwitl DspanaiDt SEPTEMBER CIRCULATION 59.022 Dailv Sundav. 52.153 nrw etrealetiea far IM nonta sobsortsed and (aim to br Ualtfil w mums, tirouwiw . Subacrlbara Uartaf tha city should hava Tha Bat mailed AsMresa changes! aa a tun aa request. It it the end of a perfectly strenuous week. Next order of business boosting the -Liberty Loan. Germany's boasted efficiency shines anew in the spending talents ot its spies and agents. Peru breaks with Germany. The score now stands 20 to 4 and growing on the right side. Away with superstition ! At any rate, "twenty three" il no hoodoo number for Ak-Sar-Ben. Nebraska's bumper crop simplifies the task of sending the second Liberty Loan "over the top." King Ak-Sar-Ben, by universal verdict, holds the paramount position among auearth s royalty. If the tunny coal yard does not do a rushing business it will not be for lack of free advertising. Personal injury suits show a distinct upward tendency. War costs fatten the price in all di Remember that one of the worst wastes of all is the loss by preventable Ares and that most fires are preventable. ' Pernicious activity of auto thieves mapped the only sore spot in the week's festivities A poul tice of Insurance soothes the hurt of the victims. "Commission will fix cost price of pork," says . a head line. Not the "pork," however, which otfr ' senators and congressmen divide up at Wash ington. . Note that all this Bolo Pasha intrigue dates back to February, 1916, while we were still ad dressing the kaiser as "our good and trusted friend." At last accounts British artillery leads all other agencies in getting the. enemy out of the trenches. In one way the method conduces to healthy It insures more air. ? ' -t 1 Cheer up! Nebraska democracy is reasonably safe so long as the Howard family consents to manage state affairs. What's the matter with Edgar and Jerry? , 1 So long as Ak-Sar-Ben annually refreshes his spirit at the fountain of youth and beauty, the elders are bound to spruce up and' merrily join in the festive whirl. ' Herr Boto Pasha and, his slush fund of $1, 700,000 easily negotiated sympathetic society in Newr York. Paris was not so easy, which ac counts for Bolo's involuntary stay at the French capital. ' ' 1 1 ' C5 ..V Called as a witness by Senator La Follette, Colonel Bryan gives evidence on the other side. The Wisconsin senator will have to be more care ful in quoting people without advance assurance of corroboration.' ' , , War fashions on the west front are undergoing radical changes. The Teutonic style of digging in offends the artistic tastes of Britishers and French and both insist on surface scrapping. Re sistance to the new style provokes a disagreeable blowup. ; ' Coal shortage scares are working overtime in the east The fuel administration says there is no shortage. But what does the fuel manager know about it? The relation of a scare to a fat tened coal treasury, is beyond the mental grasp of others than the dealer. v Co-operation in Railroad Service. . . . A note of satisfaction justified by results runs through the September bulletin of the Railroad War board. - It is not in so many words. The record of reforms accomplished in four months of railroad co-operation to win the war speaks tor itself. It shows practical results in co-ordinated service exceeding the hopes of tianagers and dis tinctly gratifying to the country. , i ' When the war board undertook the task of systematizing traffic on all lines, much confusion prevailed, energies overlapped, and car service became a matter of grab. Unfilled car requisi tions amounted to 148,627 cars. Surplus demand could not be met with new rolling stock and loco motives. The problem was to employ available material to the best advantage ajid reduce the wastage of time in loading and unloading. To this eni. the co-operation of regulative bodies and shippers as sought and readily secured. Thus in four months the railroads moved without in creased facilities the greatest volume of freight traffic ia their history and decreased the excess requisitions to 31,591 cars, a gain of 78 per cent ia traffic movements. Moreover the war board eliminated waste in passenger train service and effected a saving of 9,200,000 train miles a year without discommoding the public or curtailing essential comforts of travelers, v Economic results deemed impossible a year ago thus became a reality. Unity and co-operation bort of the necessities of war achieved what few railroad managers hoped for. Not only is the saving ia car idleness enormous, but greater 1 expedition, steady employment and systematic dis tribution of '; cars through a central directing - agency has obviated confusion and congestion and simplified national service. The board deserves - oflgratulatioat on ha remarkable record The Man for the Job. ; "When my arm is broken, I want a surgeon who is familiar with anatomy," writes Dr. Lyman Ab bott in his "Knoll Papers," "but I want him to set my arm, not to give a lecture on atanomy." Dr. Abbott is discussing modern preachers, but his simile is capable of a wider application. It, is not atone in the field of theology the want is felt for those who can do their work and not waste time in merely descanting about its abstract prin ciples. What is needed, and always has been is men who understand their business and have sense enough to go about it These are the ones who have done the work of the world since the beginning. Most of them move unobtrusively. but exhibit a fortunate faculty for appearing when the need is direst and by their skill and courage set things to running in orderly fashion.' Each vocation or calling has its quota of quacks or charlatans, incompetents who furnish the noise, They are the inevitable companions of progress, a byproduct for which no real use yet has been discovered. The man for the job generally finds his right place, and from his quiet devotion to his work good comes to the world. Hold Supremacy for the Lincoln Highway. . There are signs that the people of the rura districts and interior towns are beginning to real ize the value of road improvement as much as, if not more than, people in the larger cities. The Fremont Tribune recently published a letter urg ing speedy action to get the Lincolnjiighway in Nebraska in the best possible condition. "It is of vast interest to the state," we are told, "to have its section of the highway kept up to par, for auto touring is growing at an enormous rate Not only is a dependable road valuable for this reason, but it contribute even more profitably in the matter of facilitating local travel and the movement of crops to primary markets. The Lincoln Highway is nearly all gravel-surfaced through the state of Iowa, but it breaks off sud denly when it reaches Nebraska; yet in this state it runs parallel for hundreds of mites with the Platte river, the bed of which furnishes the best kind of gravel for surfacing purposes. It may be hoped that the new plan for federal and state-aid roads will soon bring the highway up to a rea sonable standard of utility." This demand is echoed with favorable comment in a Blair paper, which suggests that it applies with equal force to the "Bee Line" cut-off from Missouri Valley to Fremont through Blair. "We can't expect much travel over it," it declares, "if the road is poor, even though there is a big sav ing of mileage. If the 'Bee Line' were graveled and made into a fine road first more travel would come this way." From'all of this, the lesson must be plain that it devolves upon those interested in the Lincoln Highway to put it in good Condition and keep the main road in better condition than is' possible for any cut-off. Automobile traffic will be attracted by a good road surface more than by slight mile age saving, ihe Lincoln Highway has a big start over all other transcontinental auto thor oughfares and there is no good reason why it snould not keep its supremacy. Possibilities of the "New Power." Congress has decided to make inquiry into the possible discovery of a new source of mechanical energy by an 'Armenian professor, resident of Boston. This is not a time to exhibit profound distrust of any proposal, no matter how chimeri cal it may seem, aiid especially of a plan for so widening man's range of action, as would result from having a new supply of power. Investiga tion, seriously undertaken, will quickly determine if this proposal has any advantage. The Keeley motor fake has served for longer than a genera tion as an excuse for scoffing at anything start ing in the" field, but that is not a good reason for turning down any plan without inquiry. We have on the other side the case of Prof. Langley, who was killed by ridicule, but his principle for aerial flight has triumphed, and a little more faith on part of the public would have encouraged him to success. Scientists have long been baffled m their search for cold light, although the lightning bug and the glow worm make k, and have made vain efforts to unlock the secret of atomic energy. This new power may be the true key; if not, the fact is soon demonstrated at comparatively little cost. Possessed of this illimitable energy, man's con quest overnature would be well-nigh complete. Confederates of Germany. The New York state senate takes prompt steps to sift public reports involving Daniel F. Cohalan, a justice of the state supreme court, in the operations of German agents in the east Among the papers of Wolfe von Igel, German agent, published by Secretary of State Lansing, was One "very secret" message to Ambassador Bernstorff, which the latter was urged to trans mit to Berlin. The message purported to have been prepared by Cohalan and related to measures Germany should take in forwarding a revolution ary movement in Ireland in 1916. Judge Cohalan denies the authenticity of the message and chal lenges proof. Should Secretary Lansing honor the request of the state senate for a copy of the "very secret" message and other papers bearing on the judge's case the value of the evidence will be determined. At present the issue is limited to alleged un neutral activities of a public official. Whether true or not, it is well established that Irish-American extremists, among whom Judge Cohalan is prominent have been closely affiliated with Ger man agents since the beginning of the war. Not because they loved Germany over much; they hated 'England more. The feeling has grown in intensity since the Easter Monday rebellion in Dublin, though more subdued since Germany orced the United States into war. In some re spects the Irish-American radicals outdo German- Americans in their devotion to the German cause. The moving spirit of the misnamed "American Truth Society," Jeremiah O'Leary, in a .letter to Herman Ridder, publisher of the New York Staats-Zeitung, berated the latter for taking a "patriotic stand for the United States. O'Leary shows more courage and less discre tion than the average of his class. He is out spoken in his hatred, defiant even when his organ, "Bull," was excluded from the mails as a seditious publication. Most of his kind speak in more sub dued tones, but no less bitterly of the United States "fighting England's battles." The center of the implacables lies in New York City, and the state senate would serve patriotic ends by broadening the sweep of the Cohalan inquiry. It is certainly gall for our local , hyphenated newspaper to pretend to speak for the Liberty, Loan committee in soliciting donations to its own coffers. Anyone who wants to contribute to an advertising fund for the Liberty Loan will do well to send his money to the Liberty Loan com mittee direct i By Victor Roaawatar TXTATCHING the electrical parade, what Vf struck me as much as the artistic beauty of the theme and dazzling splendor of the float waa rh,i noticeable imorovement in execution am nwhanical effects as contrasted with earlier ef forts. Everything worked so smoothly and was so pleasing to the eye that the spectator hardly realized the crudities tnat nave Deen overcome since these pageants have become annual events As evervone knows the current for the elec trical illumination is drawn down from the street car feed wires and continuous contact is neces sary or the lights "go out" It used to be that the lights were out about half of the time because the float would slip its trouey. a supernumerary trudged on behind holding a guide "rope which he had to manipulate every little while to get the trolley back on the wire. By experiment and arfantinn a feed tro lev has been devised which f1dnm breaks the circuit bv losing contact and the radiant mass of incandescence moves along almost without a flicker and up to recently again, a sort of advance publicity man was wont to march in Iront ot eacn noat carrying a hideous banner inscribed with the number and title, which banner turned and twisted around so that folks on the side lines nad mucn anncuiiy m reading it. Now the name and number is worked into an artistic h.itern box carried along at the back of each oiece and illuminated trom inside, making it perfectly legible all the time that it is within range of the eye. Still another improvement worth noting is the elimination of the calcium torch carriers who hiked along with the bands, presumably to enable the musicians to read their notes, although prob ably more hindrance than help to them. Instead the musician who has to read notes is now eauioDed with a dry cell lamp attached to h cap with a reflector that flashes the rays just where he wants them and keeps them there as he goes along. The big band coming up the street ... ..r.:n.i: t. ,1 .u ... k.. witn mese ugms scuuuiauiiB hoc uu unit themselves produce a fine optical spectacle. Bet ter than the average torch light procession. Out of tradition, or superstition, or inertia, i- i - .. :.u m --ill Xt- 4 Ti fl t e are still drawn along by horses. Suggest doing away with the horses and their horrible canopies and bizarre outriders wouia sureiy eiicu proiesi for the horse harks back to . the feudal tourna ments and medieval pageantry and is supposed to be an inJespensible setting for such tableaux. The daylight parade, however, oepicting me progress made by the fire department from the days of the hand cart throueh the era of horses and down to th modern automobile eauioment proves con clusively that auto trucks could serve equally as well for the electrical floats ana ao away wun th nhxelftA motive oower. We will see an Ak Sar-iBen parade some of these days, or nights I should say, without a horse in it except those ridden by the police and the awe-inspiring board of governors. An item in a codv of the Theater Magazine that I picked up the other day tells about Maggie Mitchell, famous in her dav as one of America's most nomilar actresses, bemtr in New York still alive and now 8S years of age, with the adled in formation that she had not appeared on the stage of a theater in the last forty years.' This surely is incorrect for I remember seeing Maggie Mitchell nlav "Fanehon. the Cricket" at the old Academy of Music when I was a boy and again later at the Boyd opera house, the one that stood at Fifteenth and t"arnam ana it was not forty years ago by any means. In Fanehon, Macrffi Mitchell made her anoearance on the -oo ..-v. lT V . it stage chasing a chicken tnat naa apparently nown In through the window and perched itself on an old fashioned grandfather's clock standing on the other side of the room. My father used to go to see this play every time it was put on and he called attention to the fact that the chicken alwavs landed in the same place.. When he, was in Washington durine the war. and afterwards, too, for that matter, telegraphers had the run of the' theaters and ne sougnt relaxation,, ironi ms duties in the War department by going to the show. He saw Maggie Mitchell in "Fanehon" and then went a second time and his curiosity was aroused by the flight of the fowl. So he persisted several nights in succession until he discovered that the bird was attached to a wire and when shot across the stage could not stop at any other spot except the roost specially pro vided for it on top ot the ciock. One field of activity In which the late Judge Manoah B. Reese performed a great labor of love fififured onlv sliuhtlv in his obituaries. I refer to what he did aa resident of the Nebraska Prison association, an organization in which he was deeply interested and to which he devoted a gqeat deal of time and study, i ne oDjeci was xo neip convicts just out of the penitentiary once more on their feet. As a lawyer and as a judge, he saw the barbarism and inhumanity of our treat ment of criminals after they had paid the pen alty of their misdeeds and he was thoroughly con vinced that a friendly hand at the right time would regain many of them to lives of usefulness and law-observance. I was associated with Judge Reese on the board of this association up to the time it became quiescent through merger with another similar society and I think he displayed in connection with this work the most admirable of his many good traits of character. Quite a few oeonle have insisted within my hearing that they do not believe Lord Kitchener lost his life with the sinking of the ill-fated ship on which he was journeying to Russia and I ob served in an issue of the London Times received last week that the same notion is prevalent over there. In England it is said that Uoyds issue insurance upon any kind of a hazard. Accord ing to the London limes a rate ot a s. per cent has now been ouoted and an order has been given for an insurance forflO.OOO placed upon "a risk" described as follows: "That Lord Kitch ener was alive on August 31, 1917; the onus of proof to be on the assured and to be furnished within three months from peace being' signed." That is curious enough to cut out and paste. in a scrapbook. People and Events Owing to a constitutional aversion to work. one Ray Davidson, 23, of Chicago, was unequal to the task of supporting two wives at the same time, got his wifely wires crossed and landed in court, a tury saia tnree years wouia no mm good, -whereat the wives wept and no Ray to comtort ' lem. Despite the noisy jancling of labor and capi tal at Butte, beneath the surface 6f things domes tic courtesy abides. "Sit up, dear, I want to shoot you," said, Mrs. Rhke to her hubby, in tendet wifely tones. Mr. Blake, with equal courtesy, obeyed orders. That was the greatest mistake of his shortened life. Mrs. Blake, too, made good her word, but was unable to attend the funeral. Judges have troubles of their own, not of their seeking. Such are perplexities of the job. Fed eral Judge Carpenter of Chicago is called upon to decide whether the "jazzy syncopation" of the "Livery Stable Blues" spring from the thorax of a cornet or a clarinet. An actual demonstration of the canned music in the court room is expected to furnish necessary light. An Italian and a Spaniard, rival claimants of the dizzy air, will conduct the record concert ' Dr. Charles J. Hxamer of Philadelphia, for seventeen vears president of the German-Ameri can alliance, announces his retirement from that office next month. Ill health is said to be the cause. The doctor has been one of the warmest supporters of the German cause in this country and drew upon himself sharp criticism for up holding all things German and belittling things Ameaican. Since the United States was forced into the war Dr. Hexamer'abandoned his German activities and stood forth as a loyal citizen. 1 TODA One Year Ago Today In the War. German submarine U-53 reached Newport, R. L-, rromWilhelmshaven Anr'o-German forces on the Somme front T.arted another big: drive. The British forces occupied the vil lage of Le Sara. In Omaha Thirty Years Ago. President Chauncy M. Depew and Messrs Cornelius and Fred Vanderb.lt with W. S. Webb and a number of the directors of the New York Central are scheduled to arrive in Omaha next Monday on their way from Minneap nlift tn St. Tallin. Jack Prince, the bicyclist, is back from Plum Creek, where he had two races against horses. In the half 1 mile spin, two out of three, Prince Uwon. The five-mile straight away he lost. Fourth ward democrats, through committee appointed for that purpose, have purchased a banner costing S to be used for the reception of Presi dent Cleveland. The motto on the banner reads: "Fearless in the dis charge of hi duties." Mr. and Mrs. Simmons of Kenosha, Wis., are enjoying a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Joseph R. Clarkson. "Keep it Dark," is a howling suc cess put on at the Boyd. The leading light in this piece Is Mr. Bryant and the next luminary is Miss Lizzie Rich mond., "The All Around the World Circle" held its monthly meeting with i monthly program rendered by an in strumental trio of two banjos and a guitar played by Messrs Gellenbeclc, Mangold and Edwards. Mr. Jesse Nason and wife of Mount Carroll, III., are visiting their two sons and daughter, Dr. A. w. Nason, w. N. Nason and Mrs. N. S. Miner. The council has passed an ordinance granting the Omaha & Council Bluffs Bridge company right of way for its approach on this side ot the river on Douglas street This Day In History. 1774 First Provincial congress met at Concord, Mass: 1777 British under Burgoyne made an unsuccessful attack on the Amerl cans under Gates at Bemis Heights, near Saratoga, N. Y. 1780 Continental militia defeated the British in battle at King's Moun tain. 1817 General Bushrod R. Johnson, celebrated Confederate soldier; born in Belmont county, Ohio. Died at Brighton, 111., Sept. 11, ,1880.- 1842 Bronson Howard, author of "Shenadoah" and other successful plays, born at Detroit Mich. Died at Avon-by-the-Sea, N. J., Aug. 4, 1908. 1849 Edgar Allen Poe, the famous poet died In Baltimore. Born in Bos ton, Jan. 19, 1809. 1894 Andrew J. Curtin, the civil war governor of Pennsylvania, died at Bellefonte, Fa. Born there, April 22, 1815. 1914 Japanese captured Yap island in the Carolina group. 1915 Austro-Gerruan invasion or Serbia began, crossing being made over the Drlna, Save and the Danube. - The Day We Celebrate. Leon J. Millard, president of the In dependent Lumber company of Omaha is 88 today. King Nicholas, the exiled sovereign of Montenegro, born in the village of Neigush, sevnty six years ago today. Rear Admiral Francis T. Bowles, U. S. N., retired, now assistant manager of the Emergency Fleet corporation, born in Springfield Mass., fifty-aine ago today. v Frederick Hale, united States sen ator from Maine, born at Detroit Mich., forty-three ago today. Joseph E. KansdeiL united States senator from Louisiana, born at Alex andria, La., fifty-nine years ago today. George P. McLean, united States senator from Connecticut born at Simsbury, Conn., sixty years ago today; Jacob E. Meeker, representative in congress of the Tenth Missouri district born in fountain Founty, Ind.. thirty nine years ago today. v Patrick H. Kelley, representative in congress of the Sixth Michigan district born in Cass county, Mich., fifty year ago today. Welker Cochran, noted professional billiard player born in Chicago twenty one years ago today. ' - j- Storyette of the bay. "Don't you care for any postcards today?" asked the postal clerk as he handed the man the stamp he had requested. "No, not today," said the man, "Or some stamped envelopes?' -We have some new one." "No, thank you." "Would you like a money order?" "No." "Or perhaps you would like to open a postal savings account?" . But the man had fled. "Who was that fellow, and why did you ask him all those ques tions?" asked a fellow clerk. "That." said the other clerk, . "ia my barber. For "years when ha has shaved me he has bothered me with recommendations of massages, sham poos, haircuts and hair tonics. , I am yen with him now. New. xora Times. ..,' HERE AND THERE. 7t i 'Italy now taxes piano fnd billiard table. Japan par it private coldier 1 cent day.' There are upwards of 20.000 loldler-prieat ; in the French army. Then are about 17,000 persons )n Ireland who can ipeak nothing" but Irish. " Birmingham. England, is tha headquarter of the glass-eye trade of tha world. Italy ia building th largest and mast powerful aeroplanes, some capable of carry. ing from thirty to forty persons. Hungary i confiscating all table sloths and napkins in the country to provide cloth for 150,000 new army uniforms. ; f - President Wilson confesses to having read Hawthorne' "Scarlet Letter" at least twice year since he was 18. Apparatus for winding clock ' with ajr pressure obtained wnen aoors are openeu and closed has been invented by a French man. Red seems to be the most popular 'national color, if on may judge by flags. Of the twenty-flva leading national flags, nineteen have red in them. By mere) waste, caused by coins rubbing ne against another, the civilised world losea one ton and a quarter of gold and eighty-fit tons of silver annually. The highest railway in the world is tha Central railway of Peru, which reaches an al titude ot 15,86 feet, and has its highest rail way station at 15.665 feet above sea lava). The most valuable lottery prite that has ever fallen to a poor; person waa . one of 1.000.000 won by a (tract-sweeper of Corunna in a drawing of the Spanish Stat. Lottery a few years ago. ' " ' The longest novel In the world lelong to Japan. Its author Is Kiong Te Bakin. It waa commenced in 1852, and. published volume by volume as it came out over a period ot fifty years. There are 10S volumes. 106,000 pages, 8,180,000 lines, and about 18,- 000,000 words. A complete copy weigh ISO pounds. AZIOUND THE CITIES. ith More lined Salt Lake CKy cultivated 2.5 0 garden plota this year, equal to 764 acres. Tha value of tha product in dollar i not given. September was a reeord month for arrests in Salt Lake City. Most of the eases were due to alleged offenses against federal lawa, especially draft dodging. Chicago newspapers continue waging war on cabarets. "Going over me top vocal artillery makes little progress, push Is needed to clean out trenches with coin. In New York City during September auto mohllM scored a death toll of forty-six per son. Throughout the Empira Uta the auto score of killing totaled SJS parson in eigni month past. Tim Siaui Citr Ca and Electric company announces its inability to extend service to new customer beyond present lines. Copper wire end piping cannot be had for extension during the present season. The town of New Ulm. Minn., conspicuous on the kaiser' mp of the United State, continues in the spotlight unwillingly. Ouster proceedings against the officers of the city are under way at the state eapitoL Minneapoli feeder boosted the price of milk per glass from 6 to 10 cents. The ignifleant feature of the boos waa th unity of, action ail over town, although the beneficiaries, while winKing we oiuer in, deny concert of action. Judge Uts of St Joe complains that the city bastile fails to hold in all its involun tary boarders and deprives th court of its constitutional privilege of fixing th penalty. As 'consequence the Judge Instructed the grand jury to make diligent inquiry why prisoners get away befor seeing him. After a protracted tquabbl over municipal garbage the city dad of St. Joe screwed on the lid by awarding a five-year contract Householders foot the bills, ranging from 60 cents a month per hous tha first year, 50 cents the second year, 40 cents the third and fourth years, and free service the fifth year. GRANDMOTHER'S CRANBERRY . PIE. Minna Irving In Leslie'. I hava aamVled all manner of elshes In the Old World a well aa the New, From goulash to Indian pudding. From pllapp to plain Irish atew. But the Jewel of pastry perfection. Enchanting the palate and eye, Supreme in gastronomic glory, Waa grandroother'e cranberry pie. How well I remember the kitchen, So sunny and guiltless of dust. And the table where grandmother deftly Rolled out the delectable crust. And cut it in strip which aha crls-croed Latticework fashion to lie Over the filling of rubles: O, what a cranberry pie! Sweet with the sweetness of honey And also delightfully tart One whiff of Its warm plcy fragrance Would win any eplcure'a heart The sunshine and scents of the autumn, The red of the bright evening sky. Were prisoned and popped In the oven In grandmother s cranoerry pie. Cranberry Jelly delicious Newly turned out of the mold. Shaped like a pear or a melon, Crystalline, crimson, and cold. Cranberry tart's a confection I never could bear to pass by. But the gem of all cranberry dainties Was grandmother' cranberry pie. Grandmother never went walking In dresses way up to her knees. Nor fox-trotted, lectured, or flirted, Nor dawdled at afternoon tea. Her 8unday best gown waa alpaca In December aa well aa July, But nobody ever could beat her At making a cranberry pie. A Spoonful of Salts Relieves . Aching Kidneys We eat too much meat, which clogs Kidneys, says noted authority. If back hurts or Bladder both - ers, stop all meat for . a while. When you wake up with backache and dull misery fn the kidney region it generally means yoa have been eat ing too much meat, says a well known authority. Meat forms uric acid which overworks the kidneys in their effort to filter it from the blood and they become sort of paraded and oarflTY. When your kidneys get slug gish and clog you must relieve them, ike vou relieve your bowels; remov ing all the body's urinous waste, else you have backache, sick neaaacne, dizzv soells: vour stomach sours, tongue is coated, and when the weath er is bad "ou have rheumatic twinges. The urine is cloudy, full of sediment, channels often get sore, water scalds and you are obliged to seek relief two or three times during the night Either consult a good, reliable physician at once or get from your harmacist tbout tour ounces ot jad alts: take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast 1 for a few days and your kidneys will then act fine. This famous salts is made from the acid o- grapes and lemon juice, combined 'i lithia, and has been Used for encrations to clean and stimulate sluggish kidneys, also to neutralize acvls in the urine so it no longer irritates, thus ending bladder weakness. Jad Saks is a life saver for regular meat eatt.s. It is inexpensive, can not injur, and makes a delightful. effervescent lithia-water drink. Adv. SUNNY GEMS. "If you don't top bothering me." aia th Judge to the persistent book agent 'Til be tempted to send you to Jail." "I wish you would. Judge. Think of tha opportunities I'd have with people alway in when you call and plenty of time on their hands." Louisville Courier-Journal. "Pop, teaeher got mad at me today when I told her how I classified spiders." V "What did you sayT" "I said they belonged to th web-footer class." Baltimore American. Waiter Table d'hote. slrT Uncle Josh What's that? Walter Course dinner, sir. Uncle Josh Not for me. I git all tin coarae vlttiea I need to home. When come ter town I want somethlu' fancy, bi gosh! Boston TransTlpt "What Is your son going to be In life?" "Too early to tell. Just now he 1 going through the usual preliminary stage ol clerking In a drug store, writing life In. surance and selling real estate. Cincinnati Enquirer. "The office loan shark is taking a meat ad van Use of the boys." "H ?s that?" Jlt used to advance money from pay day to y day without security, but now h maker 'em deposit their Liberty bonds.- Louisville Courier-Journal. "Are we to be denied freedom of peecht"l Inquired the soapbox agitator. "Sure you are." replied Officer Clantyi "I was denied It myself the other night when I lot go an' told the captain how h was runnin' the force all wrong. Your talk's, your 'own up to a certain point, but llaten era have some rights." Washington Star. -So many people tell Do you think ao, Mr. She (coquettlshly)- me I sing like a bird. Jobblns 7 He Certainly I do. She What kind of a bird do you think I slntr like? 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