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THE BEE: OMAHA, 'TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1917.
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NOVEMBER CIRCULATION
58,715 Daily Sunday, 51,884
Arerae eirrnletlm for the rowith, anbaertbed and iwora to by Dwlfbt
Willlasia, CtroolaUoa Manaaer.
5nbacribra leaving the city should have The Be mailed
ta then. Addresa changed aa often as roquet ted.
Lick . saving stamps and help lick the kaiser.
Halifax tops the list of calamities chargeable
. to the human factor. More's the pity. .
So long as the rush continues recruiting offi
cers! need not worry about winter drafts.
Political boomlets launched in December in
sure a moderate supply of material for primary
planting. 1
Remember the helpless war sufferers abroad,
but don't forget the unfortunate deserving poor
at home. ; "
The claim of Immunity of destroyers from
submarine attack due to light draft gets a death
blow in the wreck of the Jacob Jones.
The era of stabilized prices is at hand. It re
mains to be keen, how those who sought that
goal in peace timet vindicate the principle in war.
Count Luxburg reached home safely, thanks
to the courtesy of the Allies. The latter es
teemed short rations at home sufficient punish
ment for a clifmsy plotter.
' It is the irony of fate that the Mockett law,
by which the kaiserites forced the teaching of
German in the grammar grades of our public
schools, bears the trade mark, "Made-in-Llncoln."
I Fuel , dictators hereabouts might ease the
strain on the job by swinging the club on the
region suspected of sending out blizzards. Fuel
conservation loses its "pep" la the face of a zero
drive. ' :i , -JS ( '
A British general in pajamas caught in the
Teutonic comeback at Cambrai fought his way
through scattered groups of the enemy to safety.
My word, what a scrap there would have been
had the Britisher all his togs on.
Only two and a half months remain for mak
ing up the deficit of 300 degrees of heat in the'
normal weather year' An honorary membership
in the , fuel conservation movement for the
weather clerk ,might prove a paying investment.
The presence of British and .-French troops
on the Italian front evidenced in practical fash
ion allied unity and co-operation all along the
lines from the Adriatic to the North Sea. The
fact clinches another nail in the . Hohenzollern
' coffin, ' . , '
Brazil's experience with Teutonic schemers
is the foundation of drastic measures of national
safety. The knowledge of German national char
acter revealed by the war constitutes a beacon
light safeguarding the future of democracy the
world oven ; . f
It is newspaper advertising that mobilizes the
army of Christmas shoppers to purchase what
they want where they want at best prices and
with least loss oi time and energy. Watch the
announcements in The Bee of the merchants who
are acting as Santa Claus' assistants. ;
A correspondent calls 1 attention! to the fact
that the maintenance of a separate postoffice at
Florence is needlessly costing its patrons an ex
tra cent on every letter mailed to Omaha to say
nothing of keeping that section of tlw city out
of the carrier delivery district. -Time (or the
postoffice to embrace the fact that Florence has
been annexed. a ; ' j
Judging by Self
-New York Journal ( Cammerta -
It has been a popular retort between persons,
when onecharges another with an evil intent or a
bad motive; "You judge other folks by yourself."
There is a certain sound philosophy in that. It
is natural for a vicious person to suspect others
of a similar vicious tendency. The dishonest
suspect the honesty of others. A brutal person
does not; understand the kindly and has rather a
contempt for them. ,On the other hand the truth
ful are apt to be too trusting and unsuspicious
and the wellmeaning , are sometimes easily im
posed upon.
The general character of a people is deter
mined by the qualities of the persons who make it
up. Nations have each a character of its own and
this is a sort of consolidation of personalities. We
are reminded of this by various charges which
are made just now against the United States and
its president by newspapers and public speakers
in Germany whose utterances are cabled over.
To us, many of the assertions in regard to facts
seem ridiculous and the opinions expressed
simply absurd. Just ' now ' a prominent news
paper in Cologne is 1 quoted as attributing to
President Wilson the ambition to be a great ruler.
Heris said to aspire "fo figure as the great man
of insight, energy and power," and to wish to be
"president of the supreme, court of, the world and
judge of the highest court of justice and humanity.".-
. It is common to get from such sources many
repetitions of the judgment that the United States
came to be eager to get into the war with the
purpose of conquest and domination and expects
to gain great wealth and power as the result
These things seem surprising to us, simply be
cause they show such an utter lack of understand
ing or appreciation of the real character of Am
erica and its people. It really comes from the na
tional character so assiduously cultivated in Ger
many, especially in the rising generation and that
which matured just before it It is a clear, case
of a natiol judging other folks by itself.
What of Russia?
The latest news out of Russia is far from re
assuring for t''ose who hoped the ill-fated people
ci that country would reap immediate benefits
from throwing off the centuries-old yoke of
monarchy. So far as Russia being of further
help in putting down the German war dragon,
for which it held out fair promise at the start,
people best informed of conditions there have
given up expectations. There was reason to hope,
however, that the emancipated Russians would
develop enough self-control to organize a gov
ernment capable of holding the domestic situa
tion in hand and Heep off the rocks of civil war.
That hope, too, seems pow doomed to disappoint
ment, for the present outlook shows nothing but
chaos in Russia and no one can tell whether out
of it will emerge a new government substituting
for that of the czar or a disintregation into six; to
a dozen smaller states divided on linguistic or
territorial lines and accepting such rulers as may
seize the power and maintain themselves.
The truth is few of us over here have' any
adequate conception of the vast expanse of the
old Russian empire and the heterogeneous ele
ments that make up its population or of the abys
mal ignorance of its peisantry, who' constitute
the yast majority. We do not appreciate the fact
that for these peasants everything centers around
the possession of the land which they tilt and
which is the political stock in trade of the fac
tional leaders at Petrograd competing for peas
ant favor, each trying to promise more than the
other. A survey of the situation made only last
month by a keen observer, writing from Odessa,
suggests the difficulties ahead in the "cruel disap
pointment that awaits the bulk of the peasants
who have been led to imagine that after the war
every man is to receive from 20 to 30 desiatines
of land," with thisfurther illuminating comment:
"In regard to the, war the ideas of the peas
ants are far from clear, owing to their lack of
education and the limited range of their politi
cal vision. All are anxious for peace, which
will bring back the members of the family ab
sent at the front and hasten the advent of the
agrarian millennium, 1 Whether peace is to be
made separately or in concert with Russia's al
lies, after a victorious conclusion of the war, is
a question which concerns them little. It is
simply a waste of words to tell them that the
future of democracy at home and abroad de
pends upon the issue of the war, that the suc
cess df Germanywould entail the triumph of
militarism and despotism in Europe and that
newly liberated Russia could not abandon the
sister democracies in the great struggle with
out detriment to its safety, its honor and its
place in history. They know and care nothing
about thete things nor is there anything sur
prising in this when we remember that till yes
terday the rustics were never expected to con
cern themselves with political questions, exter
nal or internal,' they were treated as children
and politically they are children still. Their
summum bonum is the possession of abundance
of land which will enable them to lead a com
fortable and somewhat indolent life in the fu
ture." J' .
To make the. people fight for the boon of de
mocracy,' which they little understand and, for
which they care less, is plainly out of the ques
tion. If the liberty wanted is merely the liberty
to appropriate the land they would as soon secure
it through some petty local ruler as from a rep-
'resenative government of their town in a far
away imperial capital. Let us not expect too
much of Russia. .
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' German in the Lincoln Public, Schools.
, Th fierce controversy raging in Lincoln for
some time past over the teaching of German in the
lower, grades of the public schools has appar
ently so far gotten, nowhere. German was elimi
nated from the grammar grades in Omaha before
the present school year opened by our school
board taking the bull by the horns and bluntly
refusing to act on the petitions filed under the
so-called Mockett law. Down in Lincoln, it de
velops, continuance of German instruction has
not fven that excuse, because no petitions were
filed' as the law requires. , Yet the school board
there' hesitates to move under pretext that
to cut out German might lead to a transfer of
some of the pupils to parochial schools, where in
struction is given chiefly,' if not wholly, in Ger
man. ' x' ' i
The issue raised about teaching German in the
public schools can, of course, be easily overdone.
For ourselves we see no bugaboo in Americans
learning the German language, which will be a
valuable acquirement after the war, as it was
before,' for those who have use for it, but we
do not think the teaching of German should be
permitted to interfere with the thorough Ameri
canization of our foreign-born population and
their children by putting it into the grade schools,
and if the exclusive teaching of parochial school
children in a foreign language' interferes with this
Americanization jt, too, should be stopped so they
may be given the same opportunity as the public
school pupils to learn the language of their own
country. .
Instead of waiting on the parochial schools to
lead off the Lincoln authorities should go ahead
the same as did the Omaha school board and
formulate and pursue their own public school
program regardless of possible competition, of
private schools,, which will have to answer for
themselves elsewhere.
Steel Horses. .
Eighteen million horses n 6,000,000 Ameri
can farms ate enough grain In the last year to
feed 40,000,000 people, or about one-third of the
population of the United States. , - "
These significant figures from the Department
of Agriculture at Washington assume vast impor
tance in the light of the government's propagan
dutn to increase the production of food during
the war.'
. However, due to many causes, ,cbiefv among
them the "tendency of the up-to-date fanner to
motorize his farm, horses are becoming fewer and
fewer every day of the year and this seems a
blessing. Every horse that gives way to the
modern mechanical "beast of burden," the farm
tractor, is helping to defeat the enemy by con
serving his daily ration of oats, bran and corn.
x Without food and without means of produc
ing food.' we' cannot win the war. Hence the
farm tractor becomes a necessity of war. It is
the farmer's machine gun, long-range cannon and
airplane. It is his means of fighting. It does
the work of several teams and men, works twenty-four
hours a day and every season of the year,
never gets tired and does not eat food that
should go to thcarmies in France.
- The, farm tractor, being a necessity of wart
should receive the same - consideration that is
: given to guns, munitions and Liberty motors.
Steel must be had for the manufacture, of trac
, tors and unless priority is given W mikers will
be unable to produce in quantities sufficient to
help the fanner. w
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' Kaledines, Konuloff. Kerenskyl '"A Koniing
Kombination radiafct with allied hopes.
When the Fighting
. t Man Comes Home
By Frederic J . Haskin
x Washington, D. C, Dec 9. The man who is
now about to leave Ms home, family and chosen
work for the business of war, whether as a con
script or as a volunteer, may derive comfort
from the knowledge that his fellow citizens are
going to do everything of which money and
brains are capable to restore him to the place
he left and make good whatever he may sacri
fice of time, health and opportunity.
Unlike the soldiers of other American wars,
bt is not going to be chucked into a soldiers'
home or turned loose with an inadequate pension
and a wOoden leg. Public opinion is awake to
the tremendous sacrifices which war involves and
to the fact that the common man who goes to
the front is the one upon whom that sacrifice
chiefly falls. This new public sense of respon
sibility is manifested in a wide range of govern
ment plans for. the" care of the soldier, not only
while ne is fighting, but after he has fought.
During the present session of congress a bill
is going to be presented, and probably passed at
once, providing for a co-ordination of all these
activities.. This co-ordination will probably take
the form "of a board which will administer the
affairs of every returned American soldier until
he is restored, as nearly as may be, to the place
in society that he left to go to war.
The conscripted man tnay regard himself as
a bit of material which has been taken up by a
great machine to be carried through the proc
ess of war and back to the starting point. The
unique quality of this war machine is its com
pleteness. It is not going to drop its(Jiuman ma
terial haphazard when the process is over, but
will carry it through a circle. The returned sol
dier will not only have government aid and en
couragement in getting back, to a normal place
in life; he will be trained for that place under
'military discipline and kept in it under govern
ment protection.
What happened after the civil war is a good
example of what must not be allowed to hap
pen after this war. Civil war veterans who
wanted land were given script which entitled
them to certain parts of the public area. Having
immediate need for money, they sold the script
to speculators in many instances. Those who
were injured were summarily fitted with arti
ficial limbs, which fit the stump, but did not fit
any occupation. Many of them kept their wooden
legs and rubber arms for Sunday wear, doing
their work as best they could without. Many
that might have been taught to work were herded
into so-called homes and kept in uncomfortable
idleness for the rest .of their, lives. Many who
received pensions were exploited by their em
ployers, who paid them not what they wer
worth, but what they could live on with the
help of their pensions, while political influence
enabled thousands who had no substantial claim
to fatten on the pension roll at the expense of
those who reallyneeded aid.
Every problem indicated by these mistakes is
now being studied or worked out. The new pen
sion plan, providing insurance for the soldier,
was the first and most elementary step. It is an
.accomplished fact, but it is only the beginning.
The soldier who wants land is to have land and
in such a way that no one can take it from him.
The Grosser bill, which provides a plan for colo
nizing soldiers on lands owned by the govern-
1 I 1 t? i C T ' t.
mem, nas ocen enaorsea oy secretary oi i-auui
Wilson and will probably form the basis of leg
islation designed to provide farms for those sol
diers who want thorn and are able to use them.
Just now the problem of what to do with the
man who rtiirns from war physically incapaci
tated is esptcially engaging the attention of the
government, Th new federal board for voca
tional education is making a special stuHy of this
problem and the army medical corps U getting
ready to handle it in the broadest possible way.
, It should be understood .that the man who is
re-educated so that he can Wo his work in spite
of his injuries does not thereby sacrifice his pen
sion. His pension is as sure a thing as a 'paid-up
insurance policy. He is to be given this finan
cial reparation for whatever he suffers and then
trained and physically repaired so that his handi
cap, will be reduced to a minimum;
Private charity is not to be allowed to lay its
bungling hand upon this task either. It is es
sentially a job to be done by the government,
which is to say, by the people for themselves.
The m5ney that does it is made by the people
anyway and to let millionaires endow institu
tions for the work is merely to sacrifice effi
ciency and nation-wide co-ordination without
gaining anything. The millionaire is not to be
allowed to pamper his ego at the expense of the
man who has made sacrifices for his country. One
endowment of large i proportions has been made
for this work by an American rich man and he
has sent experts to Europe to study the ques
tion." But it has been determined that he will
not get any human material to play ith out of
,the American army.
The responsibility of the government does not
end when the returned soldier has been repaired
and re-educated. He must then either be given
land in such a way that it cannof be taken away
from him or given a job in which he cannot be
exploited. Large corporations, with character
istic far-sighted greed, have seen the opportuni
ties for money-making which the exploitation of
returned soldiers offers. In Canada, for exam
ple, a great motion picture concern offered to take
over a large number of these wounded men. It
was found that they had a comprehensive plan
for using the one-legged as ticket takers, the one
armed to turn the handles of the film rolls, the
mentally deranged, perhaps, to write the scena
rios. At any rate they were going to give all of
these veterans nice jobs and pay them low
wages. Nothing like that was allowed to hap
pen in. Canada nor will it be allowed to happen
in this country. A government board, similar
to the English advisory wage board, will be or
ganized to protect the returned American soldief
from such exploitation.
The Permanent Solution
St. Louis Globe Democrat'
We have n? doubt that congress has adequate
war powers for handling the intricate railway situ
ation, which is causing such present distress and
such grave, concern for the future, without alter
ing the manner of incorporation of railways or
disturbing "ownership The clamor for govern
ment Ownership is not being raised by persons
chiefly desirous of surmounting actual difficulties,
Government'- ownership ,would merely bring a
worse set' of evils. The practical solution is com
plete federal control unhampered by state inter
ference. This control should be centrally exer
cised without regard for the Sherman act,' or for
any of the red tape regulations of the Interstate
Commerce commission, hoewver valuable they
may be in ordinary times. The most advantageous
use of equipment, tracks and yards, not by per
mission, but by direction, is a public necessity in
the present crisis. .
The present situation illustrates the wisdom of
the too much neglected declaration of the repub
lican national platform last year. We quote the
entire section on transportation: fterstate and
intrastate transportation have become so inter
woven that the attefnpt to apply two and often
several sets of laws to its regulation has, pro
duced conflicts of authority, embarrassment in op
eration and inconvenience and expense to the pub
lic The entire transportation system of the Coun
try has become essentially national. We therefore,
favor such action by legislation, or,. if necessary,
through amendment to the constitution of the
United States, as will result in placing it under ex
clusive federal control." v
The clear inference from several supreme court
decisions, some of them rendered subsequent to
the adoption of the platform, is that congress has
ample " power, underv the interstate commerce
clause of the constitution, to place the railways
under federal. control. - 1
Right in the SpotUgbt
John K. Tener, who Is slated for
re-election as president of the Na
tional League of Base Ball Clubs at its
annual mettSpg In New York today, Is
now completing a five-year term as
the executive head of that organiza
tion. Mr. Tener is a notable example
of the , professional player who has
become an influential man of affairs
after 'retiring from the game. A na
tive of Ireland, he came to America
in early boyhood and at 22 made his
debut aa a ball player. For several
seasons he played with National
league clubs. In 1890 he retired to
engage in business in Charleroi, Pa,
In 1909 he was elected to congress and
two years later he was the success
ful republican candidate for governor
of Pennsylvania, Mr. Tener is a past
grand exalted ruler of the Order of
Elks.
One Tear Ago Today in the War.
General Robert Nivelle succeeded
General Joffre in command of the
French armies in the field.
Germany answered American pro
test against deportation of Belgians,
claiming It was an economic necessity
and not contrary to international law.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago Today. .
Trie "Big Four," comprising Jake
B. Smith,' Bloomington, 111.; Charles
McMahon, Lincoln, Neb.; Frank L.
Taylor, Marshalltown, and J. W. Pick
ering, Boston, Mass., are at the Mil
lard. The ladies' waiting room at the
South Omaha depot was opened to the
public for the first time.
The basement of the First Congre
gational church is finished and the
society moved into Its new home.
C. V. Balnsford, popular and well
known treasurer for Peycke Bros.,
will remain in the. city until after the
holidays.
The far west representatives of
Omaha's wholesale houses are comln?
In to spend the holiday vacation in
kthe Gate City.
Grading contractors are taking ad
vantage of the present fine weather
to complete their contracts and a full
force is at work on the streets.
The First Presbyterian church of
South Omaha was formally dedicated,
Rev. W. W. Harsha, D. D., preaching
the sermon.
This Day in Illstory.
1750 Isaac Shelby, soldier and
governor of Kentucky, for whom the
military training camp at Hattiesburg,
Miss., is named, born near Hagers
town, Md. Died in Kentucky July 18,
1828.
1783 Day of thanksgiving in the
United States, appointed by congress
"for liberty achieved."
1797 Hiram Pauling-, one of the
first American naval officers to hold
the rank ,of rear admiral, born near
Peekskill. N. Y. -Died at Huntington,
N. Y October 20, 1878.
1822 George David Cummins,
founder and first bishop of the Re
formed Episcopal church, born at
Smyrna, Del. Died at Lutherville,
Md., June 28, 1876.
1861 A great fire at Charleston, S.
C, caused a property loss of $5,000,
000. 1914 General Botha announced
that the South African rebellion was
virtually ended.
1915 French battered down Ger
man trenches on heights of the Meuse.
The Day We Celebrate.
Guy Liggett, who runs the Panto
rium, Is 42 years old today.
Calvin C. Valentine, pioneer court
reporter, was born in Keosauqua, la.,
63 years ago.
Elizabeth, the exiled queen of the
Belgians, born in1 Bavaria 42 years
ago today.
Ellen Key. famous Swedish writer
and feminist, born in the Swedish
province of Smaland 68 years ago to
day. Most Rev. Henry Moeller, Catholic
archbishop of Cincinnati, born in Cin
cinnati 68 years ago today.
Le Baron R. Briggs, president of
Radclifte college, bom at Salem,
Mass., 62 years ago today.
Fred Toney, pitcher of the Cincin
nati National league base ball team,
born at Atlanta, Ga., 28 years ago to
day. Fred Anderson, pitcher of the New
York National league base ball team,
born at Calahan, N. C, 30 years ago
today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Members of the Japanese financial
and economic mission will be en
tertained at dinner tonight by the
Japan society of New York.
An apple show will be a special fea
tup of the 60th annual meet'ng of
the Missouri State Horticultural soci
ety, which begins today In Kansas
City.
William J. Bryan of Nebraska, Gov
ernor Arthur Capper of Kansas and
Senator. William E. Borah of Idaho
are announced among the prominent
speakers to address today's session of
the Anti-Saloon league convention in
Washington. .
Governor Charles S. Whitman of
New York is to address the Brooklyn
republican organization tonight and
It is rumored in political circles that
he may take advantage of the occa
sion to- say something about va third
term for himself.
Wives of the members of President
Wilson's cabinet are to give a recep
tion tonight at the Willard hotel in
Washington in honor of Rev. Anna
Howard Shaw and Mrs. 'Carrie Chap
man Catt respectively honorary presi
dent and president of the National
American Woman Suffrage agsocia-.
tion.
Storyette of the Day.
Two insurance agents a Yankee
and an Englishman were bragging
about their rival methods. The Brit
isher was holding forth on the sys
tem of prompt -payment carried out
by his people no trouble, no fuss, no
attempt to wriggle out of settlement
"If a man died tonight," he con
tinued, "his widow would receive her
money by the first post tomorrow j
morning."
"You don't say?" drawled the Yan- I
kee. "See here, now; you talk of ;
prompt payment! Waal, our oillce is !
ton the third floor of a building 49
stories high. One of our clients lived
in -that forty-ninth story, and he fell
out of the window. We handed him .
his checks as he passed." New York
American.
OLD ROVER.
Gone mad. Old Rover had to paaa away.
He waa dos on whom we could depend.
He came to ue a little pup. a atray,
And waa tor yeara our aervant and our
friend.
By day he watched the ron-a and ahoep. At
Blent
lie urove the wolrea and weaaels in their
hole:
They knew the reputation of his bite.
And left the chickena roosting on their
poKea.
And all he wanted was a bone to gnaw,
A pat upon the head orcaaion'ly.
And juat a little pile of ahucka or atraw.
We never knew about hla pedigree
He eeeraed a product of the melting pot
But tear came to our eyea when ho waa
ahot. WILLIS HUDSPETH.
J.1OVV
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In the Center of the Bull's-Kye.
Omaha, Dec. 10. To the Editor of
The Bee: The Bee's edfterial com
ment regarding Postmaster General
Burleson's recent 6e!f-laudatory an
nouncement of a "shameful surplus"
hit the bull's-eye at center. This sur
plus saving In the Postoffice depart
ment was actually accomplished at
the expense of its much-imposed-upon
employes and a long-suffering public.
Regarded from a standpoint of pub
lic efficiency and economy, It is no
surplus, but really an enormous defi
cit. A short-sighted but well-executed
policy of penny saving and dollar
wasting has resulted In unnecessary
curtailment of service,' S8 of many
-valuable employes and a general in
efficiency of those remaining, due to
discontent and loss of morale.
It Is openly hinted that sinister in
fluences are at work to cripple the
railway mall servic e. Whether this
be really true or not, judging from
appearances, the railway mall service
is demoralized. A thorough Investi
gation Is needed. i A. M. F.
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.
( A. Plea for the Underpaid. (
Omaha, Dec. 10. To the Editor of
The Bee: Will you give me a little
space to ask the business men of
Omaha to make this a real Christmas
to their employe;. ? These are very
hard times, even for families on good
salaries what was a good salary two
years ago is barely enough to live on
now.
I know one little couple who had
great trouble last fall. They 1 ist their
new little baby, the mother under
went an operation later and thfy were
in very bad condition and yet he was
earning $100 a month, and when the
Union Pacific gave theii' bonus last
Christmas that money was like rom
tag to them from heaven; it got them
on their feet and now they have
money in the bank.
Another -woman I know of has a
sickness that Is taking money all the
time, yet the very people she is most
intimate with do not know it, but I
know a gift there would not come
amiss.
Maybe this letter Is too long, but
I am imong so much suffering and
I see so much of misery that those I
cannot help I wish others could help.
AN OLD LADY.
That Shameful Postal Surplus.
Omaha, Dec. 9. To the Editor of
The Bee: Hearty congratulations for
your meritorious editorial in Friday
evening's issue, headed "A Sha.meful
Surplus."
Can it be possible In this twentieth
century of Culture, civilization and
Christianity that there is a conspiracy
of silence wherein the editors as a
whole don't expose the inhumanity of
the pbstmaster general, Burleson? .
Mr. Burleson is Incompetent as well
as cruel. By way of illustration I will
cite a local case. Notwithstanding
that Florence is part of Omaha, the
mail Is not delivered In that part of
ine city, too expensive, i suppose.
Ytvt have to rent a postoffice box to
add to the $9,000,000 surplus, likewise
it requires a 3-cent stamp to forward
a letter from there to the Bee build
ing, while a 2-cent stamp will do for
a letter from the South Side t.r Ben
son. There is no necessity for me to men
tion the inhuman treatment of the
postoffice employes and hov they are
overworked. Everybody is talking (J
the slavery of the Postoffice depart
ment except the newspapers.
I have it from reliable sources that
a certain employe in the Omaha post
oflice is to be redjeed for not speed
ing up the gait or movement of the
employes in his charge.
JERRY HOWARD.
'MIRTHFUL REMARKS,
".My d . girl, don't lay so much itrnsa
on beauty. Modest worth la better far
than millions."
"Yes, but It doesn't get anywhere near
beauty In catching a millionaire." Balti
more American.
Bacon Let mo snake your hand, dear
boy. Thla la ona of the happiest daya of
your life.
Egbert You're too previous, old man, I'm
not to be married until tomorrow, you
know.
Bacon That's what I say. This la one
of the happiest daya of your life. Spokane
Review.
"You failed to mention the enormous
salary I recelte," said the moving picture
actress.
"Manager's orders," replied the press
agent. "He told me to try to keep your
mind off your salary so that maybe you'd '
forget to ask for another raise this week."
Washington Star. ,
"Has Crimson Gulch quit drinking?"
"Yes," replied Broncho Bob.
"And playing faro bank?'1
"Quit, entirely."
"What do you do for amusement?"
"Go to moving pictures and laugh at the
reckless way they -think ua wild west fel
lows behave." Chicago Herald.
On board al steamer "somewhere on the
Atlantic" a aeaslrk soldier boy was having
a session on the rail when an officer came
along.
"Hello I What's this you're doing?" said
the officer mockingly.
"I'm rendering unto the sea, sir, the
things that are the aea'e, air," gasped the
soldier as soon as he could apeak. Boston
Transcript
Mr. Harrison L. Smith of Saco, Me.,
hat a Killarney rose bush which, in spite
of frosts, continues to bloom.
C. M. Brooks, a hunter of Prairie du
Chien, Wis., ahot a queer duck in the wild
rice of Mississippi. The bird is pure white
from head to tip oi tail and has red eyes.
The religions in Russia are almost as
diversified as the races. In European Rus
sia the Greek church rules. In Asiatic
Russia there are Mahommedans, Buddhists,
Jews and Christians.
Lobor disputes are often settled in China
by a chamber of commerce, and after the
award has been made ail the parties con
cerned take part in a feast which is paid
for by the side which has won the de
cision. William E. French of Mayfield, Kan.,
who owns a 400-acre wheat field, did not
ask exemption when the call came to go
to war, but only asked for time to finish
planting hia fall wheat. After he had fin
ished he reported and was sent to camp.
As indicative of the1 present earning
power of steamers, it Is reported that a ves
sel recently arrived in Liverpool with a
cargo of 45,000 cases of onions from Valen
cia, which earned' more than $187,000 for
the nine-days' voyage.
In order to try to Torce down the high
food pricea asked by farmers at Mount
Carmel, Pa., women have organised a union
and set a schedule of prices on potatoes
and other farm products, which they will
force the farmers to adopt or refuse to buy
them hereafter.
Ease Itching Skins
witb Cuticura
It's wonderful how quickly a hot bath
with Cuticura Soap followed by a gen
tle anointing with Cuticura Ointment
relieves itching, burning eczemas,
rashes,' pimples, irritations, etc. The.
mission of Cuticura is not only to soothe
and heal but to prevent skin troubles
by keeping the pores free from impuri-.
ties and irritations. I For sample of
each free by return mail, address post
card, "Cuticura, Dept. IS G, Boston."
Sold everywhere. Soap 23c. Oint
ment 25 and 50c.
KEEP
LOOKING
YOUNG
It's Easy-If You Know Dr.
Edwards' Olive Tablets
The secret of keeping young is to feel
young to do this you must watch your
liver and bowels there's no need of
having a sallow complexion dark rings
under your eyes pimples a bilious
look in your face dull eyes with no
sparkle. Your doctor will tell you ninety
per cent of all sickness comes from in
active bowels and liver.
Dr. Edwards, a well-known physician
in Ohicv perfected a vegetable .com
pound mixed with olive oil to act on
the liver and bowels, which he gave to
bis patients for years.
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets, the substi
tute for calomel, are gentle in their action
yet always effective. They bring about
that exuberance of spirit, that natural
ouoyancy which should be enjoyed by
sveryone, by toning up the liver and clear
ing the system of impurities.
You will know Dr. Edwards Olive Tab
lets by their olive color. 10c and 25c per
x. All druggists.
increases strength of
delicate, nervous,
run-down people 100
per cent in ten days
in many instances.
S100 forfeit if it
fails as per full ex
planation in large
article soon to An.
pear in this paper. Used and highly en
dorsed by former United States Senators
and Members of Congress, well-known
physicians and former Public Health of
ficials. Ask your doctor or druggist
about it.
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THE GULF COAST
"Combines Florida and California"
, Between New OrleansAmerica's Paris,
and PensacOla founded by Spanish Dons, extends
a beautiful shore line. Tempered by warm waters and vitalized
by balsam breezes a soft salubrious climate prevails the winter
through. Here every day existence it enlivened with the charm
of French and Spanish customs and icenet. Amusements in
clude every conceivable -form of out-door sport and a variety
of delightful, inexpensive trips. J
Overnight service from Chicago on splen
didly equipped trains. Leave Dearborn Station at
12:45 noon arrive at the Gulf Coait the next afternoon. Low
fares in force to Pass Christian, Biloxi, Ocean Springs, Gulf port,
Mississippi City, Bay St. Louis, Pascagoula, Pensacola, New
Orleans, Mobile.
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
far Mtejhp rfb
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