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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: NOVEMBER 4, 1917.
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The "letter that-never came" probably failed
to connect with a purple stamp.
Other signs may fail, but not those which mark
the route whither profiteers head in.
The thing to do is to hope for the best out
if Russia and take measures for the worst
Anything' more provoking than to have to pay
postage due on a letter begging you for money?
Omaha again entertains the Nebraska teachers
this week.4- Make yourself a special reception com
mittee. ;;.' , .
The war tax collection at foot ball gates adds
a realistic golden glow to the game's ballyhoo:
"Kick in t"
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A successful drive for a "dry" water front at
Hoboken chalks another victory on the Allies'
scoreboard.
' The four-minute men are again demonstrating
that it is not the number of words used, but what
a person says, that counts. .
In volume of speeches and resolutions the
workmen's council of Petrograd runs a neck-and-neck
race with the Chin Feiners of Dublin.
So far as the Hyphenated is concerned that
"Barmecide" stuff not only permeates the edi
torial columns, but is foupd all over the paper.
If the authorities want things done quickly,
noiselessly and up to Columbia's artistic taste,
commandeer, the Boy Scouts and send them to it.
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.The kaiser changes chancellors under pressure
of the Reichstag, but the Reichstag has not ad
vanced aa inch toward a parliamentary govern
ment
First aid to combat the high cost of living:
Watch The Bee's advertising columns from day
to day for special offer by enterprising mer
chants. ,
v The British column operating in Palestine Is
within walking distance of Jerusalem. "There'll
be a hot time in the old town" presently. Allah
Ve praised.
J It'a a trifle early yet to worry about candi
dates grooming' themselves to run in next sum
mer's primary race. A lot of political balloons
can be inflated and bursted before that time.
Canada pledges an average of 10,000 men a
month to fill the gaps in the Dominion army at
the front Crown Prince Rupprecht is thus as
sured an endless source of worry on the home run.
"The Germans fell back on the Atone The
Rhine looms nearer as a safety backstop.
Advance pictures of George F. von Hertling,
the new German chancellor, queers the story
that once upon a time he pulled down the beauty
prize at a Bavarian baby show.
Al! sorts of schemes are being invented to mis
use the war spirit for private profit But the
worst of all of them are those that would commer
cialize the Red Cross name or appeal The man
or woman who attempts to make easy money out
of the Red Cross deserves the pillory of pitiless
publicity.
South Dakota's batch of draft resisters con
victed of obstructing federal laws are victims of
mischievous counsel. Local and foreign propa
gandists encouraged and urged resistance to state
as well as federal laws for the avowed purpose
of creating public sentiment favorable to the Ger
man cause. The seeds of mischief thus sown led
the receptive from sentimental to active opposi
tion. Unfortunately the deluded victims pay the
penalty, while the original culprits escape. . ;
The Proposed School Bond Issue.
Discussu.it of the proposed issue, of $2,250,000
school bonds has been so far regrettably meager
and hardly general enough to reflect public senti
ment on the subject It has, however, brought
out a few pertinent considerations, regardless
whether the bonds are to be voted or not First
and foremost it is agreed that a mistake (as been
made in ordering a special election entailing upon
the taxpayers a sheer waste of more thaji $6,000.
There is no obvious reason for a special election
for this purpose at this particular time as a surplus
of nearly $90,000 now lies in the building fund
from the last bond issue, and additional money is
not required before the regular election in the
spring. Even assuming that the bonds can be
satisfactorily disposed of in the present unfavor
able condition of the money market, by no pos
sibility can the school district borrow at the usual
rate of 4J4 per cent, which is all we ought to pay,
until investment funds are more abundant An
additional half of 1 per cent in teres! charge for
30 years would cost us an extra $337,500. This
separate and apart from the cost of premature
marketing. So much for the special election.
Another well-taken point of criticism is the
indiscriminate lumping in one basket of the whole
building program, carrying such a large appro
priation. At best, this building plan can be car
ried through only piecemeal. It is plain, too, that
the various school buildings contemplated are not
of equal urgency. Money for a new high school
of commerce was voted two years ago on repre
sentation that it could not possibly be deferred,
but this building has not yet been erected, while
others outlined are to supply needs still pros
pective. Under the conditions as we see them, The Bee
has three suggestions to offer:
1. That the waste of money involved in a spe
cial election be stopped by postponement until
the regular spring election. t
2. That the board give some kind of assurance
that the bonds, no matter when voted, shall not
be sold or begin to draw interest until the money
is actually needed.
3. That a definite order be fixed for the differ
ent building projects so all may know that the
high school of commerce will be housed first and
other schools provided in the order enumerated
instead of being again sidetracked to make way
for later hatched projects. , ' x
The people of Omaha have always honored
all requisitions made to maintain the standards
and progress of our public schools and in fairness
should in return be given authoritative informa
tion of what it is proposed to do with the money
when they are invited to vote the unprecedented
sum of $2,250,000, being more than twice as much
as ever before asked.
Martin Luther and Democracy.
According' to reports from Wittenberg, Jhe
German Evangelical league took advantage of the
Luther anniversary to exploit a quotation from
Martin Luther, purporting to show his oppo
sition to democracy. The great reformer is
quoted as saying: The freedom of a Christian
does cot depend on the forms of government,
which were shaped by historic developments and
the accumulated experiences of nations." Just
how this can reasonably be interpreted as op
posed to democracy is not at all plain. However,
it is true that when Luthe nailed his 95
theses on the door of the church, it was as
a challenge to his fellow priests, and not with
any thought of setting on foot the tremendous
consequences that followed- And as the church
polity outgrew Martin Luther's personal protest
against corruption and venality, so have the "ac
cumulated experiences of cations" carried man
kind along to a higher and better system of gov
ernment than . that under which Luther lived,
and which the German Evangelical league seem
ingly hopes to see perpetuated. Inability to recon
cile political freedom with religious freedom isl
- their trouble. Liberty of conscience does not rest
at its exercise in religion alone, but must include
political action as well. It would be a sorry thing
. if Martin Luther's teachings were incapable of
such expansion as to provide for the genuine
freedom he must have visioned in his soul, even
if he did not specifically express it in his writings.
' Music and Patriotism.
"Music, heavenly maid," is brought to realize
that war has a disturbing effect on her ministra
tions, and where only a year ago soft harmony
prevailed we now find something like "sweet bells
jangled out of tune." ' Frau Frieda Hempel sought
to give a recital in an eastern town a few days
ago and was told she might if she would sing
"The Star Spangled Banner." She said she did
not know the air and was told to learn it or re
main silent. On Friday Dr. Karl Muck, seen
here at the head of the Boston symphony orches
tra, resigned his baton and gave over the leader
ship of that great organization because asked to
play the national air of America. It is to be re
gretted, of course, that artists so eminent as these
should be silenced, but it it quite as much a
matter of regret that they, so long domiciled in
America and recipients of so many favors here,
should find it so hard to accede to a request so
reasonable as that made of them. To be
sure, their right to remain loyal to Germany will
not be questioned, but an exhibition of such loy
alty will not add to their popularity on this side.
Singers and orchestra leaders who look for pros
perity in America would better add "The Star
Spangled Banner" to their repertory. It may not
be impeccable from a critical standpoint, but it
is the most popular air heard these days. '
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"Intellectuals" and the War.
Certain college professors have found it very
inconvenient to keep their patriotism on an even
keel since the United States declared a state of
war with Germany last spring. In California, in
Nebraska, in Wisconsin, in Pennsylvania, at Co
lumbia and now in Illinois protests have been
stirred by utterances of professors who assume
to be "philosophically" opposed to war and there
fore consider themselves possessed of special li
cense for expression of treasonable sentiments.
The lay mind encounters some difficulty in its
efforts to grasp the viewpoint of these gentlemen
of high learning. If their philosophy has led
them to such heights, or depths, of wisdom as
give them a clearer notion of the social and po
litical relations of mankind they must have some
where along their journey passed a stage that
deals with responsibility. If this has been crowded
out of their minds by accumulated erudition it is
well for them to have it restored in some measure
by the authorities. Philosophic research, carried
on in the closet of the student, may follow any
flight, but when conclusions therein reached are
given public utterance danger of misunderstand
ing by the less well informed is imminent And
because of the Influence exerted by intellectual
leaders they should be very certain of the sound
ness of their 'doctrine before they . teach the
views they cherish. "Internationalism" in the ab
stract has its attractions for the philosophical, but
its expression is quite apt to be mistaken for dis
loyalty, and in the mouths of the unwise might
lead to confusion. Our "intellectuals" have a
much better work before them than to befuddle
the public with hair-splitting over national duty.
) - Reminder of a Lost Art. '"'.'..
Somewhere in the American army a soldier boy
will wear a pair of stockings that ought to be
preserved for what they represent A Nebraska
woman raised the sheep, sheared its fleece, carded
the wool, spun and dyed the yarn and knitted the
socks, which she presented to the Red Cross.
Yes, she belongs to a bygone generation. Fifty
years ago, when she was young, her' feat would
have attracted little notice and called forth ho
comment Such operations were then carried
on as a matter of routine on every farmstead.
Not only was wool 99 handled, but flax was
raised, bleached, scutched, heckled, pulled, spun
and woven into cloth for home uses. Modern
factories have destroyed this household industry,
but the possession of a tablecloth or bedspread
woven by grandmother, or her mother, reminds
many a home circle of the simpler life of the
nation. The utmost rigor of hardships recently
visited upon us is ease and comfort when con
trasted with the daily experiences of that time.
The lost art of home spinning and weaving is not
likely to be revived' generally, but it is helpful
to be reminded now and then of the way things
were done not such a long time ago in America.
By Vktar Roaawatar
AS CHANCELLOR of the University of Ne
braska E. Benjamin Andrews, who has just
passed away, made a noteworthy contribu
tion to the development of that institution, al
though his fame and name by no means rest upon
what he did after he came to the far west. Dr.
Andrews had achieved a high reputation as an
historian and political economist years before.
Further than that, he had reached an enviable po
sition in the collegiate world as president of
Brown university, where his executive ability had
been well demonstrated.
My first acquaintance with him dated back to
some of the earlier meetings of the American
Economic association, at whose sessions he ap
peared to be a vigorous and forcible debater with
a decidedly independent mind. Zealous espou
sal of the free silver cause made things uncom
fortable for him at Brown and his forced retire
ment placed him before the country in the role
of a martyr to his convictions. I do not think
he so intended, but his words and acts nonetheless
furnished political capital to the Bryan following,
of which they made full use, and in recognition
of which he was later rewarded, or "taken care
of," if you prefer, by appointment to be super
intendent of schools at Chicago, a job for which
he was not specially fitted and from which he
was transferred to the headship of our state uni
versity. There is no reason now, I take it, to dissemble
the fact that the selection of Dr. Andrews as
chancellor was directly due to the Bryan influence
at Lincoln. I happen to know that a majority of,
'the board of regents was inclined at the time to
favor Dr. Jeremiah W. Jenks, who had indicated
his willingness to give up his professorship in
Cornell university if the place were offered to
him, and the call would unquestionably have gone
to Dr. Jenks except for this political wire pulling.
Let it be said, however, for Dr. Andrews that,
once invested with the office as chancellor, he
set his face firmly against the intrusion of poli
tics into the affairs of the university and stead
fastly refused to let political consideration di
vert him from strict adherence to the princi
ples of a true and faithful educator, although he
was several times put to severe test.
Dr. Andrews had a peculiar faculty of keep
ing in touch with popular currents and to do so
did not hesitate to cultivate the newspapers. I
have not a few letters from him asking advice
or calling attention to some subject of immedi
ate or prospective importance. Here is one char
acteristic note in point, all written out in his
own hand, which also shows the vital interest he
took in the merger of the university with the
Omaha Medical college, now its medical depart
ment: .
"Lincoln, April 11, 1902. My Dear Mr. Rose
water: May I not hope that The Bee will speak
well of the affiliation which the regents of the
university have entered into with the Omaha
Medical college? A few of the Lincoln doc
tors chafe at it, as so many Lincqln people
seem to think they must do over everything
which favors Omaha. I regret'this. The meas
ure has been studied carefully for over a year
and was at last voted unanimously by all six
of the regents. The contract was drawn by
Judge Pound of the supreme court and studied
and approved by Judge Calkins and Mr. Rich
separately and independently. I think If can
not err when I affirm that the affiliation will
occasion a great step forward in medical and
surgical knowledge and practice throughout the
entire Missouri valley. Cordially,
, , "E. BENJ. ANDREWS."
Let it be put down, thereiore, that at the in
ception Chancellor Andrews had the best -vision
of what this step would lead to and grasped bet
ter than anyone else its far-reaching possibilities.
Although widely disagreeing on the great po
litical issue of today, Dr. Andrews and the late
Edward Rosewater were great admirers of one.
another, In some respects I think they were
alike in their plain spoken frankness, in their un
compromising tenacity of beliefs, in their readi
ness to "fight it out" along the line of what they
conceived to be the truth regardless of conse
quences. How Dr. Andrews felt may be gath
ered from this letter which he wrote me about
a month after the death of my father and which
in itself is a tribute reflecting the nobility of the
writer as well as of the man he proposed to
honor:
"Lincoln, September 26, 1906. My Dear Mr.
Rosewater: As you must be aware, it is the
feeling of the best citizens of Nebraska that
there ought to be, at some not too future date,
a public and formal memorial service in honor
of your esteemed father, with studied and able
addresses by the men best qualified to give
them, touching the various phases of his re
markable character and career." These addresses
should be thorough enough for printing and
permanent preservation. I have looked for a
movement of this kind, but, upon inquiry, can
not learn that any is planned, perhaps because
everyone is waiting, as we have been, for some
one else. ,
"The most natural place for such an event
would, of course, be Omaha, and if Omaha is
to proceed in the enterprise Lincoln and the
university will be perfectly content But there
would be some propriety in a service 'of the
kind at the university-and in Lincoln, and if
Omaha is not likely to go forward and yoti and
your family have no objections the university
will prepare for and hold the memorial.
"This letter is to ascertain your thought upon
the propriety of such a course on our part, and
I beg you to reply, at your convenience, with
the utmost freedom.
"If you prefer Omaha, tell me so frankly,
when I can, no doubt, in a quiet .manner, ar
range through mutual friends to start the
movement there.
"I have learned to regard Edward Rosewater
as the most potent factor in the shaping of Ne
braska history and progress that has thus far
appeared. (Very sincerely yours,
"EJ BENJ. ANDREWS, Chancellor."
People and Events
A Michigan woman of 85 put $5,000 into Lib
erty bonds. There is nothing like putting by a
sure thing for old ago.
' Word comes out of the woods of Wisconsin
that Battling Bob threatens to launch a daily
personal organ. Carry the news to Postmaster
General Burleson.
The humorous'department of the Anti-Saloon
league of Wisconsin brightens the prevailing
gloom by petitioning the governor for a beerless
day in the Badger state. The proposal is featured
as a counter-irritant for La Folic ttism.
-' The New York health department has it fig
ured down fine that $9.67 is the smallest amount
that will buy adequate food for a family of five
for a week. This is $2 a week more than the de
partment figured a year ago. Moreover, it ap
plies to plain living and expert buying and doesn't
include a cent for fancy fixings.
Back in old Vermont a reaU estate dealer
wrapped a farm bargain in artistic layers of
camouflage. It was pictured as the "best land
in the state," and that the pasture "would keep
40 cows." The purchaser got stung and put up
such a roar against false representation that a
jury soaked the agent for $1,500 and costs. Work
ing the long bow on land deals is now at a dis
count in the Granite state.
A correspondent of the London Times under
takes to show there is much less risk of being
killed and wounded by a German bomb in Lon
don than of being run over in the street In the
last five bombing raids 46 were killed and 231
wounded. In the first nine months of 1917 traffic
casualties in London streets numbered 487 killed
and 14.104 wounded. The correspondent figures
the chances against being killed by raiders at
163.&K) to one and against being wounded. 32,467
to one. '
One Year Ago Today In the War.
Italians rolled Austrian front back
another mile.
German submarine IT-20 ran
aground on Danish coast and waa de
stroyed by its crew.
t Germans continued to retreat north
of Verdun before rapid advance of the
French.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago Today.
The central committee of the Third
district. Women's Christian Temper
ance union of Nebraska, held a busi
ness meeting at the Faxton. Mrs. G.
Willis Clark presided and the follow
ing officers reported: Mrs. E. E. Hale,
Mrs. C. V. Langtry and Mrs. D. C.
Bryant
A torchlight procession prior to the
meettng of the Young Men's Republi
can club this evening promises to be
of an imposing nature. The club will
form at the Millard and with flaming
torcpfi and rrl"R', hv a n1""' of
'
bands parade on South Thirteenth
street to Farnam, Farnam to Sixteenth,
north on Sixteenth to Capitol avenue,
east on Capitol avenue to the hall.
Messrs. Thurston and Laird will be
the speakers.
President Holcomb of the Oregon
Steamship and Navigation company
passed through Omaha yesterday in
a special car on his way to New York.
A misplaced switch-in the Burling
ton yards caused the derailment of
several stock cars last evening. One
car was upset
The unoccupied lot in the rear of
Falconer's In Fifteenth street has been
sold by Lew Hill to Mr. Bosler of Car
lisle, Pa,, for $33,000.
This Day in History.
1782 John Branch, governor of
North Carolina and secretary of the
navy under President Jackson, born
in Halifax county, North Carolina.
Died at Enfield, N. C, January 4, 1863.
1784 Consecration of Samuel Sea
bury, first Protestant Episcopal bishop
in the United States.
1791 Expedition of General St
Clair surprised and defeated by the
Indians near the Miami villages in
Ohio.
1838 Martial law proclaimed In
Montreal In consequence of a rebel
lion of the French population against,
the British government
1842 Marriage of Abraham Lin
coln and Mary Todd at Springfield, 111.
1847 St Louis waa first lighted
with gas.
1862 Patent granted to Richard J.
Gatling for the disappearing gun.
1892 Monument to the Haymarket
anarchists dedicated In Waldheim
cemetery In Chicago.
1914 Russians advanced toward
German Poland and captured Sando
mers, In Gallcla.
1915 French violently bombarded
German positions all the way from
Belgium to the Somme river.
The Day We Celebrate.
Jay Laverty is celebrating his Slst
birthday. He taught school seven
years, was in the live stock commis
sion business and served as member of
the South Omaha Board of Education.
James C. Lindsay, formerly on the
school board, is 68 years old today.
James Earl Fraser, the sculptor
who designed the buffalo nickel, born
at Winona, Minn., 41 years ago today.
Rt Rev. Alexander C. Garrett,
Episcopal bishop of Dallas, born in
County Sligo, Ireland, 85 years ago
today.
Dr. Robert Ernest Vinson, president
of the University of Texas, born in
Fairfield county, South Carolina, 41
yeara ago today.
Edward & Abeles, well-known as
an actor of the speaking stage and
In motion pictures, born in St Louis
48 years ago today.
Thomas a Butler, representative In
congress of the Seventh Pennsylvania
district born in Chester county, Penn
sylvania, 62 years ago today.
Roderick (Bobby) Wallace, veteran
major league base ball player, born in
Pittsburgh 43 years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders,
World's Temperance Sunday.
International Go-to-Sunday-School
day. 7
Rt. Rev. Alexander C. Garrett, Epis
copal bishop of Dallas, celebrates his
85th birthday anniversary today.
The Nebraska State Teachers' as
sociation holds Its annual convention
in Omaha this week with an elabo
rate program of general and commit
tee sessions. .
Storyette of the Day.
A young Burnley weaver, according
to an English paper, was taking -her
little baby to church to be christened.
Its father had been in the trenches
for three months and it was Impos
sible for him to get home for the
ceremony.
The baby smiled up beautifully into
the minister's face.
"Well, madam," said the minister,
1 must congratulate you on your lit
tle one's behavior. I have christened
2,000 babies, but I never christened
one that behaved so well as yours."
The young mother smiled demurely
and said:
"His grandad and me hev bn prac
ticing wi' him fer a week wi' a bucket
of water!" Current Opinion.
A CADET'S DREAM.
1 am a brave Hlih School Cadet
And with tba boya I drill,
Thar show us how to handle arms .
And teach ua how to kill.
&ur muskets are tha latest style, . 4 ,
Our bayonets aet to stay:
And our boya are tha bravest tads
That ever wore the sray.
Our captain is a aljr young fox; . '
He stands six feet or more.
And he la just as brave a lad
Aa e'er commission bore.
' -
I had' a dream the other night,
Not very Ions ago; ' N
t dreamed our boys their muskets ' took
To tight against tha foe.
I dreamt we crossed the ocean
To France, tha First of May,
While the tenor with the bate drum
Bade ua march, march away.
Our captain led us up a hill
Wo followed the bugle'a call "
And he aald to us, "Be brave, my lads,
And tight until you fall."
We saw the Otrmans coming.
Their powder v could smell
The bravery that our boys then showed
No mortal tongue can tell. ,
-We drove them back across the hill,
Down In a deep ravine;
We put tha fo to audi flight
They've never since been seen.
We next came to an Austrian bunch
They thought they'd give oa tight.
Wo made of them a noonday lunch
And drove them out of alght.
And then my dream waa anded
And I awoke from Bleep. -I
waa aurely glad I waa atlll alive,
And out of bed did leap,
-t
ate a hearty breakfast.
And then to High School went.
I told the boys about my dream
And the terrible Bight rd apent.
They each took me by the' hand
And thus to ma did about,
"In a twinkle of an aye, my boy,
We'd knock the Kaiser eut."
Otnair . W. B. WTKOFF.
BRITONS DOING BIT AT HOME.
London newspapers of mid-October sketch
varioaa features of life under the stress of
war la England. One of tha new and dis
tinct war industries consists of salvage of
battlefields. Three hundred women are em
ployed by the war office at Dews bury sort
ing all kinds of cast-off clothing and uni
forms gathered at tha front. What cannot
be repaired and made usable go to the rag
men, who hava already paid 11,000,900 for
sorted war rags.
About two dozen articles of food make
ap the British soldiers' menu at the front.
Every week nearly 2,000,000 pounds of jam
go across the channel, nearly the same num
ber of pounds of cheese and 500,000 pounds
of tea. Twelve varieties of jam are sup
plied, strawberry jam being the favorite.
Papier mache eontainera have taken the
place of glass and mctali
It la interesting to note that maximum
prices for home-grown beet has been re
vised upward to placate cattle growers and
encourage production. The price had been
fixed at (0 shillings ($14.40) per hundred
beginning January 1, 1918. Protests from
producers piled in upon the price fixers in
such number that a compromise figure of
87 shillings ($15.48) per hundred restored
peace in the beef family. The maximum
price, which stands until July, 1918. approxi
mates October prices in the Omaha market.
Horse chestnuts are now esteemed a fac
tor in munition making and a lively drive
la on to harvest a bumper crop. The crop
is estimated at 200,000 tons, of which 25,000
tons hava been gathered. Appeals have been
made to school trustees to grant vacations
to students for a nation-wide nutting.
Wagea in munition plants rival the work
era' dreams of fortune. While much below
tha golden reach of like jobs In this coun
try, they balk large measured by Britain's
peace time standards. Still the fattened pay
envelopes do not make the tax gatherer any
more welcome. One batch of 70 munition
workera were haled into court, for dodging
the income tax. Inquiry showed "their earn
ings averaged 480 to 100 a quarter" (three
months). One family had a weekly in
come of 420.
Scarcity of tea touches the inner con
sciousness of Britons. Tea drinking is the
national tipple and the possibility of a drouth
vlsiona a real "war horror." Scarcity grows
out of tha rule of providing for the army
first. As all Imports are under government
control, distribution is not equalized, and
small shoppers distant from distributing de
pots or too slow in getting there frequently
fail to connect with ' a share. The subse
quent roar from the left Is out of all pro
portion to their loss. Tha prevailing griev
ance has its roots in profiteering, for while
government stocks often are reported scarce
there la little trouble in obtaining tea at
about f 1 a pound, or 25 per, cent above gov
ernment fixed prices. They all do it, when
they ean.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"Well, said Jones. Impatiently, "did yon
tell the cook that I wanted my breakfast
Immediately?"
I did," replied his wife.
"And what did aha say!"
"She remarked that we all have our dia
appolntmenta." Boston Transcript.
"The telephone aervice In FlunkvlUe la
veer slow."
"Well. w aim to give our people more
than mere aervice,'' said the head of
Plunkvllle'a telephone system. "We like to
keep 'em happy by giving 'em something
to grumble at." Kai-s City Journal.
Bobby (entertaining Bister's beau) Effie
told ma yesterday you waa born to be a
politician.
Mr. Simpton A politician T Why doea'
she think that?
Bobby That's what ma asked her, and
she said because you can do ao much talkhV
without committing yourself. Louisville
Courier-Journal.
HERE AND THERE.,
The Cafe Florian, opened in Venice in 1615
and still in existence, is the eldeat public
coffee house in Europe. .
By a royal decree Sweden has prohibited
the use of potatoes or other edible roots for
the manufacture of coffee substitutes.
. A brewery in Mobile, Ala., is making vine
gar from watermelon juice and the rinds,
seeds and res'due are used for cattle fodder.
A story comes from Riverdale, N. H., to
the effect that a pigeon belonging to Robert
Ingersoll sat on a hen's egg and hatched a
chicken.
Green uniforms have replaced white ones
among British hospital surgeons and British
hospitals are also being fitted in green in
stead of white, because this color ia easier
on the eyes of patients.
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Most Direct Service to the South
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Round trip reduced WINTER Tourist Tickets on sale daily.
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RATES TO PRINCIPAL POINTS AS FOLLOWS:
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Ormond $60.96
St Petsrsberg S66.16
Dayton. S61.26
Tampa S86.16
Oranje City .$63.66
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