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THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1918.
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Saving stamps are quite as popular locally as
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holders. .
J Another "porkless" day has been declared for
congress. No public buildings will be erected
during the war.
Italians are winning back by inches what they
sit by miles. The comfort comes in the thought
that they really are winning.
Nicolai Lenine now knows something about
the. feelings of a czar, having been shot at and
missed by a dissenting constituent.
VFrance is making good In the Ukraine, the one
region of Russia where responsible government
still prevails. This is good work for the Entente
and wilt bear the right kind of fruit if followed up.
1111
Flockmasters of the United States should re
member they have long been protected by the
government, and it would be mighty poor return
for favors enjoyed to follow President Hagen
barth's advice.
' The dreadnaught Texas has been awarded the
Knox trophy for superior excellence at target
pract!ce."This was in possession of the Nebraska
for some time, but'the newer ship got it away,
However, none of the second-line battle wagons
have anything on the Nebraska yet.
Nebraska corn improvers are busy at Lincoln
talking over the work of their association. They
already have accomplished much for the state
ind can do a great deal more by intelligent co
operation. If Nebraska's yield per acre were equal
'.o, that of Vermont, the total corn crop of the
state for 1917? would have been almost half a
billion bushels. .
Daniel VVillard has resigned from the railroad
war board and will give his whole time to the
affairs of the railroad of which he is president.
His loss to the board would have been serious a
cw weeks ago, before the government took con
trol, but now the body is like the fifth wheel on a
wagon. Mr. Willard accomplished much of good
while he looked after transportation on a war
basis. i.
. , Tragical Figure of the War.
Empress Alexandrovna, deposed czarina, is
reported to have lost her mind In consequence
of her dread of possible persecution by the peo
ple she betrayed. Princess of royal blood, she
typified the divine right ruling caste, and through
her influence over the weak-minded czar of all
the Russias she hastened the end that overtook
him and his dynasty. Of the empress as wife
nd mother only the most praiseworthy accounts
ire given. She showed her devotion to husband
ind children in a way that left no question aa to
the sincerity of her, domestic attachment. Given
wholly Io the devout practice of religion, she fell
.under the spell of the monk, Gregory Rasputin,
who used her and her superstitious husband to
his own, ends, holding them through their attach
ment to their children, whom he professed to
heal .Blood relationship inclined her to favor
the German cause, and Rasputin's machinations
were also in this direction, so that Alexandrovna'a
portion of the war became the betrayal of her
husband's party and people. , Her conduct weak
ened the structure on which the government
rested, and it fell suddenly before the people's
resistance. Scant sympathy will go to the de
posed Russian rulers because of their loss of
power, but the former empress, bereft of reason
and imagining herself in danger of the fate of
Marie Antoinette, whom ,he but faintly re
sembles, is a pathetic as well as a tragical figure
of the world war. ' , " i
Political Crisis in Germany.
News that comes from Germany indicates that
turmoil and confusion threaten the kaiser's po
litical machine. It would be gratifying indeed
to know that this were so, but the fact that Ger
many's rulers have a firm control on all the
newspapers and other means of public communi
cation casts reasonable doubt on any informa
tion coming from within the empire. It can
readily be believed, however, that the retirement
of Chancellor von Hertling impends. His eleva
tion to the place did not bring the coalition be
tween the Prussian imperialists and the Bavarian
dissenters that had been hoped for. It may also
be assumed that his successor will be devoted to
"blood and iron,? for the emperor is not in more
of humor to yield to his people than he fs to give
in to his foes in the field.
Quite significant of the turn in affairs is the
language accredited to Dr. Dernbcrg, who hastily
left America to avoid the consequences of his
abuse of our hospitality in spreading German
propaganda during the early months of the war.
He is credited with saying that President Wilson
has outlined the only true basis for world peace.
This from a former cabinet minister of Germany
must carry conviction. Other prominent men
have been quoted as advocating peace without
annexation, and the abandonment of the world
program to which the junkers are committed.
Every sign from within the Central powers
indicates weariness and despair on part of the
people, and determination on part of the military
leaders to press on, Hopes raised by the Italian
victory have fallen again, while the attempt to
hoodwink the Bolsheviki brought only keen dis
appointment. The military situation is yet strong
enough to give the military party dominance,
but it must produce early results if it is not to
be overwhelmed, both from within and without.
Energy in pushing operations against the Ger
mans at this time, will be well expended, for each
minor gain brings peace that much nearer.
Consolidate City and County Hospitals.
Dismissal of a superintendent of the county
hospital and the installation of his successor will
bring that institution again to public notice. It
has had an unsavory history and its future prom
ises not much better. The Bee ventures to re
new its suggestion, made from time to time for
many years, that steps be taken to consolidate
the city and county hospital services and that the
community be provided with an institution that
will more nearly fill the bill than does the di
vided .service. Omaha is big enough to have
something far better than exists. Our county
jail problem has been solved and the city is
about to erecf a new police headquarters build
ing that will meet modern requirements in this
regard. Legislation may be. required to bring
about a consolidation of the city and county in
terests in the hospital and poor farm matters and
now is a good time for some of the local clubs
to get busy and head the movement. Public in
terests as well as decency require that better pro
vision be made for caring for the sick and des
titute. We should not permit existing conditions
to continue' longer than is necessary to remedy
them.. . ,;'"-''
Public Control of Fuel Supply.
Several years ago considerable of a hubbub
was raised in the United States over the title to
lands supposed to be underlaid with oal or oil.
Especially did' the Alaskan coal fields and the
California oil lands figure in this agitation. Pres
ident Taft withdrew large tracts of land from
entry, to be held for the public use, and to be
developed as needs arose. In California the oil
land was to be held sacred for the navy, while
some eminent authorities, such at Robley D.
Evans, advocated taking over- the Pennsylvania
anthracite beds for naval uses. Under President
Wilson attempts have been made to develop the
Alaskan coal fields as a public enterprise. Con
siderable work has been done on a railroad line
that is to bring the output of the mines down to
tidewater, and at last report this was progressing
finely. ;
Now, however, a great effort is being made to
induce the government to abandon its policy in
dealing with the undeveloped fuel supply of the
country and to permit the lands to pass into
private hands in order that production may be
encouraged. The senate has been considering a
bill for several weeks, looking to the establish
ment of a leasing system that may bring about
the result hoped for. This measure has met con
siderable opposition from the western senators,
who assert that its main provisions are favorable
to the big syndicates and. will militate against
the little fellow. Several specific amendments
have been presented to remedy this, but the meas
ure is far from being complete. '
' Both oil and coal are urgently needed for the
war. It is not alone our domestic requirements,
but the needs of our allies that must be consid
ered. While the war lasts this demand will not
be lessened. With federal control established
over both oil and coal supply, at least so far as
distribution is concerned, the expediency of re
laxing control over the undeveloped fields may
be questioned. A state of war may change con
ditions materially, but it should not be made ex
cuse for giving private enterprise a permanent
advantage that was denied it in time of peace.
Opening of new mines and oil wells ought to be
encouraged in every way save that of public loss.
Good Foods Queered by Bad Names
Dainty Morsels of Flesh arid Fish Restored to Public Favor
Robert T. Morris, M. D., in New York
Times.
For years Arthur H. Bailey and I la
bored to liberate the potential of the com
mon sea dogfish in human kinetics. The
dogfish is good eatnig, but give a fish a bad
name by adding "dog" to it, and people ap
pear not to eat that fish without picturing
dog mentally during the process.
Mr. Bailey and I tried to interest legis
lators and business men. Legislators were
suspicious in the feeling that somebody
might be personally benefitted by the propa
ganda. Business men, when asked to put
money into the project, asked if a market for
the fish had been established anywhere. Un
less such a market had been established by
somebody else, they could not, as wise busi
ness men, put money into any scheme look
ing toward public welfare. The dogfish
question had an expansive vista at a concise
point of human food, and extending into the
fact that dogfish when unconfined destroyed
millions of dollars' worth of established mar
ket food fish annually, including lobsters and
crabs In their dietary. Furthermore, some
of the already slender chances for "getting
into heaven on the part of fishermen were
lost because of their necessary profanity
when the morning trawls were found hung
all full of dogfish instead of cod.
.When seeking to find a suitable place on
land for the dogfish, I named it "squallfish,"
as suggested by its Latin name Squalus, and
Mr Bailey tried to lead it ashore with the
name of "Ungada whitefish." Neither one of
these names proved to have hooks attached
to it, and furthermore, information came
from Washington to the effect that we might
be prosecuted for misbranding if we sent
out pushcarts at our own expense in the
public interest, with the dogfish for sale un
der any other name. All at once somebody
suggested the name "grayfish;" that cogno
men carried it to the goal, and grayfish are
now rolling- into the people's market baskets
by the quintal.
During the coming 10 years, I shall make
an effort to serve public interest by talking
and writing of certain other classes of
abundant food supply neglected by a public
which does not seem to worry about playing
for porterhouse at high stakes.
Two of the voles are most delicious for
food purposes, and in the case of one of
them we have again an expansive vista be
ginning at the point of eating an animal that
makes away with a vast quantity of- our
other established foods. The food of the
voles is the food of hares and rabbits, but
their flesh is of a better average quality.
The first vole to receive attention will be
the muskrat. As in case of the dogfish, the
muskrat (Fiber zibethicus) is not eaten gen
erally because somebody gave it the name
"rat. Having given it the name "rat," peo
ple then decided not to eat it because of the
association of ideas belonging to the name
which they had bestowed upon a helpless
recipient. This fine, fat vole may be found
in the Philadelphia and Washington markets
'for special customers, and I have made it
a piece de resistance for weeks at a time dur
ing summer explorations when I did not care
to shoot large animals like deer or bears,
the flesh of which would not keep well at
that time ot year in camp.
Jf the Food commission at Washington
advertises through the trappers' journals this
fall, offering 5 cents a pound for 100,000 tons
of muskrat meat, and if the commission will
put out an impressive quantity in a few large
cities under some well-selected name, thou
sands of tons of this excellent food which
would otherwise be thrown away by the trap
pers will furnish enjoyable calories for the
public.
Another vole, and one which opens an ex
pansive vista looking toward conservatibn of
. , . . u:u .u:
ine grain ana rooi crops wuu.ii mis mma,
now eats, is the common field mouse. Be
cause it is called "mouse," the good house
wife will use her broom upon any one sug
gesting employment of this vole for table
purposes. A field mouse which has been fat
tened upon buckwheat and potatoes, and then
fed on a final round of corn, is a most delec
table tidbit in a fricassee. It will almost rival
the reed bird.
I 'believe that 100,000 tons of muskrat
meat could easily be obtained by advertising
for it at 5 cents a pound. The capture of
100,000 tons of field mice would be another
matter. The chubby little rascals are very
elusive, not easily trapped, and a committee
of ways and means would have to be ap
pointed for getting this particular food sup
ply over the rim of the skillet.
Nuts have been generally looked upon,
like candy, as somethnig to be aten between
meals at a time when they would cause in
digestion. This is another one of the funny
"psychos" belonging to man.
Nuts as a group furnish freely those fats
and proteins which are so highly prized by
the student of economics. The general pub
lic has carried in mind the fixed idea of lux
ury in the habit thought of nuts, but in some
parts of the world this food practically takes
the place of potatoes. When considered in
the light of an important food supply as dis
tinguished from luxurious diet, cocoanuts
probably stand first, pine nuts second, and
chestnuts third in order. After these three
would come, perhaps, almonds, walnuts, and
hazels in that respective order, and then per
haps 200 other kinds of nuts. During the last
five years the peanut has been moved up to
a point where it will soon become a rival of
the pine nuts and Asiatic chestnuts for sub
stantial food purposes.
The raising of nuts in this country for
food purposes has been neglected until recent
years, but the owner of one chestnut or
chard of 300 acres in Pennsylvania told me
that he made $30,000 profit over expenses on
one year's crop, and no tree in the orchard
over 14 years of age. The British govern
ment has protected one pine forest of bunya
bunya pines 30 miles in length by 12 miles
in width. In this country we have neglected
the pine nuts very largely, although a friend
of mine at Battle Creek says that he buys
them by the ton for his customers.
It' will probably not be difficult for the
food commission to obtain 100,000 pounds of
pine nuts by advertising through the nut
growers' journals, and if these nuts are
placed upon the market in large quantities in
a few cities at one time, a lasting impression
will be made.
Features of Family Life in Jerusalem
Sons Always Welcome and Daughters Occasionally
The National Geographic society has is
sued a war geography bulletin on the family
life of the peasants in the outskirts of
Jersusalem and elsewhere in the Holy Land,
now under the protection of the British flag,
since the capture of the Holy City' by Gen
eral E, H. E. Allenby. The bulletin, based
on a communication to the society from
John D.' Whiting, says:
''Children in the peasant family of the
Holy Land are always welcome, girl babies
sometimes excepted. The father prides him
self on his boys, and even the mother prefers
Ihem, and, when questioned as to the nunt
er of her offspring, she will invariably say
that she has five children and two girls, or
as many as the case may be.
J!Not to have a boy is a great hardship
to the family and is especially felt by the
mother, for failure to have a son may become
the cause of her divorce or her husband's ex
cuse for marrying again. This feeling is hard
to understand, since thev look uoon a girl
'as a profitable possession, for a would-be
husband must pay a comparatively nanasome
price for her. The boy, on the other hand, is
a greater expense and his wife and wedding
are costly affairs. The only explanation is
that their great aim in life is to perpetuate
the name of the father. t
"To be polite the fellah, in speaking of a
pig, a dog, a donkey, or anything out of
good taste, invariably says, 'b'eed 'annak,'
'Be it far from you.' So, also, when a girl
or woman is spoken of they often say, 'Be
it far from you!'
"Although women are thus looked upon
as something inferior; still, when they have
become well advanced in years and are per
haps the' grandmothers of large families, or
have signalized themselves by some special
attainment, they are frequently the object
of the respect and reverence of the younger
women and of the men as well.
"The woman may never call her husband
by his first name, but 'O father of (Ahmedf
or whatever the eldest son's name may be,
which, indeed, is the name by which he is
generally known. v
"In naming the first son it is customary
to give him the name of his grandfather on
his father's side; therefore, even before a
youth is married he wjll often be addressed
as the father of Ali, or Mohammed, or Sulei
man, as the case may be. The first daughter
is usually named for the grandmother, again
on the father's side. "
"The wife likewise takes the name of her
first-born son. The husband, speaking of
her, especially to men, will never say 'my
wife,' or mention her first name, but will say
either 'the mother of Ahmed' or 'my family,'
'the relative in my house,' 'the forbidden,"
or 'the daughter of my uncle.' The reason
for this is that a man marries his first cousin
in preference to anyone else, and in fact she
cannot marry another if he wants her.
"When the fellah or peasant child is born,
its tender skin, without being washed, is
rubbed with olive oil ' and salt For seven
consecutive days it is re-oiled, and when a
week old gets its first bath and is again oiled,
and each week until it is 40 days old the bath
is repeated. In some localities they consider
it unsafe to bathe it before it is 40 days old.
"Into the little eyes they put drops of
liquid tar, and when two days old begin the
periodic application of kohl. .This is a dye
used to blacken, the eyelids of not only
babies, but of women and sometimes of men.
"How old a custom this salting is can be
seen from Ezekiel's reproachful words to
Jersusalem: 'And as for thy nativity, in the
day thou wast born thou wast not
salted at all, nor swaddled at all.'"
People and Events
Jealousy fills the bosoms of the street
car conductors of Kansas City. No girls on
the job for them. If the company hires girls
the whole male push plan a walkout.
Sometimes they disappear for a day or two
when the high command finds that they have
gone too far, but when they bob up again
their tone is not any more subdued.
Whisky in coffins is the latest caper of the
demon in Kansas. Bonedryers regard the
connection appropriate, since dry belt fluid
boosts business for the box.
A legal quart a month appears too much
as a tapering-off measure of Virginia's cele
brated thirst, Suspicion's finger quivers on
the brink of charging inflated liquid measures,
so that instead of the tapering process eradi
cating the habit the thirst expands with its
opportunities. Those who dislike the taste
propose to reduce the first and subsequent
families to a common water level.
Milwaukee plumes itself on being as close
to the rank of a crimeless city as a Chicago
neiehbor may strive for. No bank robberies
in 30 years, only two safe blowing jobs in 10
years and only 25 automobiles stolen in hve
years. "How do you account for it," asked
an astonished Chicago alderman of Mil
waukee's solon. "No politics on the police
force," the solon proudly answered. "Po
licemen are employed Solely to enforce the
laws, protect the city and the citizens. If
any member fails the chief sends him home,
and there is no come-back through the city
council. Wouldnt that beat your
One Year Ago Today In the War.
Italy announced capture of two
AiiHtrlan Bubmarlnea.
British captured th Serre forts, on
the Homme front.
Pope appealed to kaiser to repat
riate the Belgians.
Los of dozen British ships by Ger
man raider in South Atlantic reported.
riir? Dap We Celebrate. -
Samuel F. Miller, general freight
ind passenger agent of the Chicago
ft Northwestern railroad, born 1867.
Joseph H. Young, president of the
Norfolk Southern railroad, born In
Salt Lake City, E4 years ago today.
David Lloyd George, premier of
f.reat Britain, born in Manchester,
England, 55 years ago today.
Dr. Palmer C. Rlcketts, president of
Keniiaeiaer polytechnic institute, born
at Elkton, Md., 62 years ago today.
Tills Day la History.
1781 Americans won notable vic
tory over the British In battle at the
"owpens. In the South Carolina moun
tain.
1871 A conference f the powers
met ia London to consider the Russian
.'laims respecting the Black sea.
1893 P.utherford B. Hayes, nin
enth president of the United States,
lied at Fremont, O. Born at Dela
ware, O.. October 4, 1822.
18 General Martinez Campos re
sighed the captain-generalship of
Cab, '.: ; . ,... ...........
Just SO Years Ago Today
A cable car collided with a street
car at the corner of Tenth and Har
ney streets, knocking the street car
from the track and almost completely
demolishing it No passengers were
in the car at the time of the accident.
A committee appointed by the city
council, together with Chief Seavey,
tig
Building Inspector Whitlock, Mayor
Broatch and other city officials, made
a thorough inspection of the city Jail.
The A. v. ciarke Place concentra
tion company filed articles of incor
poration with the county clerk. The
capital stock is limited to 8100,000.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred & Hadra and
son of Nebraska City, are visiting
Mrs. Hadra1 parents, Mr. and Mrs.
E. Sellsohn, 010 S. Twenty-second.
The Omaha Coal Storage A Ware
house company filed articles of in
corporation with Joneph Her, Ernst
Rial). Edward W. Pitkin, Augustus
F. Brosche and Louis Schroeder in
corporators. The authorised capital
lock ia $100,000. -
Out of the Ordinary
An Indiana druggist is cleaning all
coins taken in during the day, to stop
the spreading ot germs.
According to the statement of rev
enue officials there are 300,000 drug
addicts in New York City.
John D. Rockefeller has given 870,
000,000 for various war relief work
during the past 10 months.
Imlay, Nevada, has no saloons. Jail,
lawyers, doctors, red-light district,
church, movie nor pawnshop. .
A Shelbyvllle, Ind., woman recently!
maae a pie oi Derries nome-cauneu i
years ago, which beats cold storage.
Millions of dollars are being in
vested in condensed milk factories in
northern New York. The profits are
enormous. j
In a recent thunder storm at Little
Rock 49 mallard ducks in flight were
killed by lightning and dropped into
a farmyard.
New York City hospitals face a
deficit ot $1,000,000 due to increased
cost of living and lessened contribu
tions due to the war.
Notwithstanding the kangaroo's
popular reputation for speed, he is
easily overtaken in the brush by a
good horse, within halt a mile.
Fifty professors of Yale have given
up their professions for military work
and 1.400 Yale graduates have en
listed in various forms of government
service.
The mayor, one alderman and four
policemen ot Michigan City, Indiana,
which is making cars for Pershing's
forces It France, have all recently
been proved to be enenur aliens, -
Nebraska Pointers
One of the notable moves treading
the wake of war is a general closing
of stores at or 6:80 p. m. Economy
and daylight saving make for shorter
and busier hours.
Do you know beans and like 'cm
too? Kimball county farmers plan
a bean auction next month, at
which all varieties may be had by the
ton. Step lively and bid high.
Adams county boasts of !,50 au
tomobiles, a little more than one to
every nine persons in the county.
That's going some, when the roads
are gcod. What county can beat it?
Country papers with few excep
tions regularly print the oath of al
legiance taken by naturalised foreign
ers, as a reminder of the obligation
of citizenship. The necessity of such
a reminder suggests symptoms of perjury.
The Grand Island Independent
deftly insinuates that the horse
meat stories originating there is a
horse on those who believe them. Pos
sibly a tew Grand Islanders, out of
curiosity, sampled some equine steaks,
but 4,000 pounds In 10 days really is
8,990 pounds too much for epecursan
tastes.
The Hastings Daily Tribune ot
January I', signalised the famous
bliszard anniversary with a 4x6 edi
tion to tell the folks how a knockout
feels. A broken main shut oft the
water supply, putting the electric
light plant out jot business for a
while. The Tribune had to content
itself with a diminutive issue sizzling
hot on a cold rrxrning.
Peppery Points
Wall Street Journal: When it
comes to shortage of coal, look at
Italy with $170 a ton!
Washington Post : Happy Pasa-
denans throw up flares claiming heat
prostration. Wouldn't that shake your
furnace?
Minneapolis Journal: When, the
gardening season opens up, a voice
will be beard crying in the wilder
ness of the empty lot, "Hoe, every one
that knitteth!"
Philadelphia Ledger: "Khaki." we
are informed, Is derived from an In
dian word meaning "dust." That be
lng granted, have you received your
allowance of coal khaki for the week?
New York World: With many of
the people of Berlin marching and
screaming for peace, the autocracy
is going to nave a nara time expiam
I ing why an enemy always represented
as defeated refuses to make peace ex
cept upon its own terms.
Minneapolis Tribune: The Apaches
want to sena b.oou soldiers to t rance.
Possibly some of the warriors want
to learn from the Germans thu new
styles in atrocities, for which the old
Apaches had a reputation that has
since been eclipsed by the kaiserites
and the Turks.
Baltimore American: William H.
Taft gives sound advice in proposing
to hang firebug traitors caught in the
act. The apparent immunity with
which destructive fires have been
' started has doubtless encouraged these
traitors, and the self-defense ot the
I nation requires their extermination
I when once causrht and convicted.
Names Wilson for Senator.
gomewhere in Nebraska, Jan. 13.
To the Editor of The Bee: Much
has been said about the United States
senatorial contest and the proper tim
ber therefor. It is generally con
ceded that Nebraska has not had a
man who measured up to the require
ments of the office for many years
and by all who think more than talk
it is conceded that the two senators
now in the senate are both far from
the size Nebraska should have. I
have heard it said by men who are
really qualified for that position that
they refuse to get into the harum
scarum race for the place under pres
ent methods of selection, much as we
all had hoped such methods would
better the men we selected for that
office as well as others.
The writer would like to suggest
a name which is well known through
out Nebraska and which nobody as
yet has mentioned for the office and
a man who probably has not the
slightest idea that he would even run.
This Is the kind of a man the people
ought to select and not one of the
"telephone post advertised kind."
Territorially he is well located and
he has a good standing among all
the graduates of the state university
and especially among the legal pro
fession. He has been an instructor in
the University of Nebraska for many
years in addition to being in the ac
tive practice of th law for 80 years
and a success thereat in Lincoln, Neb.
The person I believe would measure
up to the requirements and who
would not have to come back to Ne
braska, one to make speeches apolo
gizing for his actions, the other hav
ing his picture published In the Fa
therland, is Prof. H. H. Wilson of
Lincoln, Neb.
Yours for a man who dares to be
for America first, last and all the time.
CITIZEN.
Accuracy of Statement. '
Omaha, Jan. 14. To the Editor of
The Bee: A large advertisement evi
dently intended to promote the devel
opment and sale of a so-crUed min
eral oil substitute for gasoline has ap
peared recently in one of our daily
papers. Some of the statements made
in this case are true, but some of the
more important ones are generally at
variance with the facts and well-established
experience and being published
in such a manner they might mislead
people with more financial enthusiasm
than experience and judgment
It is because these statements seem
to be vouched for by one styling him
self as an engineer that the pub
lic should be warned, for the engi
neering profession stands for hon
esty, precise technical knowledge and
good judgment. No engineer nor the
profession could afford to be in any
wise connected with or responsible
for such statements and that is my
only reason for writing this letter.
For instance, it. might be specifi
cally stated that nothing short of a
water power plant could make elec
tric current for 1 cent per kilowat
hour now and that no power plant of
any kind Is selling electric current as
cheaply as 1 cent per kilowat hour
within the whole state of Nebraska
and finally that there is no water
power plant in the whole state large
enough to generate anywhere near
3,800 kilowats of current.
The other statements are generally
too Indefinite to admit of specific con
tradiction. A. C. AREND.
Anent the Spring Election.
Omaha, Jan. 14. To the Editor of
The Bee: The writer who has been
fairly acquainted personally with
Edward Moriarity for 15 years, and
who has regard for that upstanding
citizen most akin to affection, would
like to know with what plausible rea
son he is supporting James C. Dahl-
man and A. C. Kugel for re-election
to the city commission. i
It Is with reason customary to sup
port men indefinitely for legislative
offices, national, state and municipal,
who have shown rare creative and ex
ecutive ability; results of such abili
ties standing out plainly as monu
ments to their endeavors. But as a
taxpayer and as one of many Omaha
employers of our city commission I
ask, if from 12 long years as mayor
of Omaha, with their great financial
and political emoluments, can it be
shown that James C. Dahlman has
proved to the people to be such a
man, and if so, wherein? The ques
tion is a fair one, since only by such
vital questions being discussed can
the public judge of the fitness of men
to do its important business.
Mr. Moriarity, like many others,
says Mr. Dahlman is honest We be
lieve absolutely that he is. But really
now, is this any reason why he should
permanently be elevcted to high of-
nce r Has Mr. uaniman a monopoly
on honesty? Must we re-enact the
Sodom- matter to find other honest
men in Omaha? We know we do
not have to.
Mr. Moriarity sets forth as a fur
ther reason for supporting Mr. Dahl
man that he is popular. Goodness!
He is. Jim will go down in the en
cyclopaedias the luckiest man of earth
and maybe of heaven, and the man
who coined that pert phrase "getting
by with It" must have had Jim in
mind as an inspiration. But Land of
Rest! The bent backs of the taxpay
ers of Omaha- should be an incentive
to us to conduct no beauty shows or
popular male or female contests in
our city election. All such sentiment
went out with the laloons and j
kindred diseases. What we need and
need badly, is a commission composed
of business men who will do their
work quietly and conscientiously, aa
thev are employed to do.
The writer would agree to become
one of a company of citizens to pay
$5 or $10 to employ the preachers and
priests of the city to pray for us until
election day, to the end that we have
gump enough to choose just such a
set of men.
GEORGE B. CHILDS.
414 North Forty-third street,
MIRTHFUL REMARKS.
Thnv nf the marina rDortr In ths
absence of the society editor to write up th
wedding of the heiress to foreign noble
man and now how do you suppose ho headed
it? -
" 'Tied Up to Her Peer.' " Baltimore
American.
"Here's an account of ft German U-boat
that sank a steamship and did not attempt
to murder or drown the crew."
"That shows that the German moral US
undoubtedly being broken." Life.
Polly At last I have met my Ideal! Klnd
hearfd. modes patient, self-denylni. But,
alas, married. ',,,
Daisy Don't worry. No woman will liv
ions with such a frpak. You'll get a chance
at him. St. Louis Times.
Nui-sa it's time for you to take nourish
ment again.
Patient I'm tired of taking nourishment;
give me something to eat. Judge.
"Smith Is certainly an egotist, isn't he?"
said Brown. ,.
"Should say he Is," agreed Jones. Why
if that bird was struck by lightning he
would think he did It." Cincinnati En
quirer. SIDE BY SIDE."
Will Maupin In York Demoorat.
Jack Smith belonged to the Y. SI. C. A.
Pat Mehan to the K. of C.
Both marched away 'neath th flag one day
To fight for the Land of the Free.
Jack bowed his head as ha said a prayer;
Pat knelt with his parish priest;
Then they stood up square to go "over
there"
To grapple the Hunnlsh beast
Now, their altar rails were not the same,
Though thoy messed In the same old
But Just the same, 'twaa the same Great
Name
They worshiped, both Pat and Jack,
While Jack stood straight aa he humbly
prayed,
Pat knelt at a candled shrine.
But the same God heard each whispered
word
That harkens to your'n and mine.
They didn't agree, did Jack and Pat,
On methods of worship true;
But what of that? They went to the mat
For the old Red. White and Blue.
They knelt apart, but 'twas side by side
They fought for their homes and right.
And the blood-red tide of the kaiser's prid'4
They battled by day and night.
So "over the top" to the Glory Side f
Where never Is war nor tears;
Where the true and tried In God'e love
abide.
With nothing of doubts nor fears.
And the God they met as they entered
Where the souls of all men are free
Vas the God of Jack's Y. M. C. A.
And the God of Paf K. of C.
EAT WHAT YOU WANT
WHEN YOU WANT IT
Ttojflt who consistently deny
their appetite some particular
dish appealing especially to their
palate, Decani Indulgence has el
ways meant subsequent suffering,
will think this a strong statement.
It Is a faot, however, that most
people can, without fear of dis
tressing consequences, Indulge th
appetite within reason If the bow
els are aotlve and regular.
Heavy dinners and late supper
can be enjoyed with impunity If,
before retiring, one will take a
spoonful of Sr. Caldwell's Syrup
Pepsin, s mild combination of aim
81e laxative herbs with pepsin
list druggists sell for fifty cents
a bottle. Oentle In action and'
positive In effect, It regulates the
bowels in an easy, natural way,
without griping or other discom
fort, and is the Ideal family lax
ative. Get a bottle of Dr. Cald
well's Syrup Pepsin from your
druggist and keep It In the house.
Vse it occasionally and yon will
find you can eat almost snythinf
you like without fear of conse
quences. A trial bottle oan be
obtained free of charge by writing
to Dr. W. B. Caldwell, 456 Wash
ington St., Kontlcello, nilnols.
for Kilolojfj
55c Per Gallon
A Heavy, Viscous, Filtered Motor
Oil.
TtttLV.
OflCompM?
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KesinolT
healed my eczema completely
"It certainly is a joy to be rid of all that ugly,
itching humor so quickly ! I was ashamed
to be seen while my hands and arms were
covered with it, and some nights I simply
couldn'l sleep, it itched and burned so. Thank
goodness you thought of Resinol ! "
Resinol Ointment is so seariy
flcsh-colorcd tint it can be used on
the face, neck or hands without at
tracting undue attention. Resinol
Soap is excellent for the complex
ion and for a baby's delicate skin.
Retinol Ointment and Resinol
Soap are sold by all druggists.
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