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SEPTEMBER CIRCULATION
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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
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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
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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.
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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? Now, you flatterer, don't say s
nlrhtlngale.
He Oh, no; like a acreech owl. Chicago
Post.
"That fellow Rastua Hambone seems to
hunt for work with great pertinacity."
"I was surprised myself at his persever
ance until I foiind he wanted It for his
wife." Baltimore American.
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Sanatorium
This institution is the only one
in the central west with separate
buildings situated in their own
ample grounds, yet entirely dis
tinct, and rendering it possible to
classify cases. The one building
being fitted for and devoted to
the treatment of non-contagious
and non-mental diseases, no others
being admitted; the other Rest
Cottage being , designed for and
devoted to the exclusive treat
ment of select mental cases re
quiring for a time watchful care
and special nursing.
The fairness of our business
conduct has often been commented
upon by the people of this city.
We offer a polite, modern service
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J. T. YATES,
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