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Brazil is promising to get into the war game
on a basis that looks like business.
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" Secretary Baker will never have cause to re
sign because the president did not support him.
Idle mines waiting for empty cars afford the
most eloquent comment on the fuel administra
tion.' '' . -;' . ' , '
, Secretary Baker insists that our army . in
France is completely equipped; the shortage is
.lept t home. . '." :
Mr. Wilson evidently does not want congress
, to have any share' in the war, beyond 'carrying
out instructions from the White House.
The kaiser has found the Russian wonderfully
soft and yielding, but quite tenacious when it
' comes to sticking to his peace Remands."
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The Bolsheviki have a definite idea of a per
manent government It is one in which nobpdy
has anything to say but the Bolsheviki. '
The "Public Pulse! column seems to have
been 'a privilege of doubtful value, judging from
' the way the chickens see coming home to roost
' Anothel British advance north of Jerusalem
sets that much, nearer the day when the crescent
will go down forever from over the Holy Land.
Last week was "inactive" on the western
front consequently the British are enabled to
report casualties of less than 18,000. Rather
grim comment on the war. ...
A correspondent expresses some doubt as to
whether the Almighty ia spending much time
watching the "booze route" across Iowa. ' He will
have plenty of company in this mental attitude.
The. democratic senator from Nebraska, and
the former secretary of state) in Mr. Wilson's
cabinet are said to be making overtures for a
settlement of differences. That is another sure
sign that the conference of the' republicans had
no especial significance.- ' ,
The Breslau and. the Goeben have sailed on
their last raid, and with them, goes down any
eminence thrTurk may have had on the water.
Their contribution to the "kultur? campaign of
destruction was extensive, but4 effectivepnly
against helpless seaports and unarmed traders.
Little glory and no romance attaches to the Ger
man sea raiders in the present war.
"Three Thousand Miles Away."
' Secretary of War Baker, in one, of his state
ments to the senate committee referred to the
war as being "three thousand miles away," No
statement he made in all his effort to explain
was more unhappy than this. Instead of being
3,000 miles away, the war is at pur doors; no
enemy unc cr arms has stepped a foot on ou
soil, but hi i presence is over every household in
the country. From a million or more homes
the young man has stepped into the ranks of the
warriors, leaving a vacant chdir at the family
boardT and at impressive sense of the presence
of the war. Not a home but has felt the restric
tion placed by the government on its manage
ment, through food and fuel regulation, all grow
ing out, of the war. Not a business but has been
touched by the regulations made necessary by
the immediate presence of the war. Instead of
being 3,tKX) miles away, the war is at our very
doors, and has been for these many months.
Those who can comfort themselves by the
- thought that because, the Atlantic ocean rolls be
tween us and the spot at which the armies
grapple in titanic death struggle are indeed living
in a fool's paradise. The war is right here, and
we must wholly realize , the truth of Lloyd
George's words,. "We must go on or go under."
Mr. Wilson and the War. , , ,
The constitution makes the president of the
United States commander of the land and naval
forces of the United States. It clothes him with
absolute authority, save that his appointments of
officers of high rank are subject to approval by
the senate. ,Since the United States becam .a
belligerent the president has been given pow
ers of the most extraordinary nature, and under
them is exercising a control over all the life of
the nation to a degree never before heard of.
No question is made of Mr. Wilson's patriotism,
nor of his zeal in behalf of his country and of the
cause it has espoused under his leadership.
Much of reasonable criticism has been withheld
because of the earnest desire to help the president
in working out all of his plans. But the situation
has reached a point where comment or the
course of the executive is justified. ,
In the beginning Mr. Wilson assumed per
sonal charge of all things having to do with the
war. He did not even reappoint his cabinet, but
has permitted his secretaries to hold over from
his first term. Expressed ' dissatisfaction with
the ability and qualifications of certain members
of the cabinet was met by the president with the
statement that as his is a partisan government,
he felt justified in retaining a partisan cabinet
Now that a measure looking to the appointment
of a superior war council is pending before con
gress, the president announces he will oppose
it with all his strength and influence.
But one inference is possible from this. Mr.
Wilson proposes to hold onto his control of the
war activities' of the country. He will continue,
if he wishes, Newton D. Baker in the War office
and Josephus Daniels in the Navy, and the bu
reaus under, them, regardless of, the unfortunate
and exasperating delays directly traceable to
them. The head-on collision between the execu
tive and the legislative branches of the govern
ment is at hand. This is lamentable, but out of
it may come good. '
V Railroad Wage Problem.
Appointment by Secretary McAdoo of a board
to inquire into and make adjustment of railroad
wagls is an indication that the dictator appre
ciates one of the most important and pressing
phases of. the general problem of transportation.
It is not alone the men in the train service who
are looking ahead for better pay, nor are they
the only ones who deserve consideration The
Bee recently called attention to the situation of
the underpaid clerical workers in railroad serv
ice, and to these may be added shop hands and
other divisions of the general industry, These
men must have consideration. Problems of liv
ing have hit them as hard, as any, while their
ability to meet increasing expenses has not bceti
improved by additions to their pay. If they are
to be retained in service of the railroads when
other employers are offering higher pay, it will
be through granting them wages they can live
on. Railroads are short of help in their shops
today principally because other employers have
offered greater inducement to skilled or trained
men. This competition must be met, and the
government having assumed responsibility for
management of the railroads .will have to deal
with the men, not on the basis of their loyalty,
but on what Is just and right. '
A "Different" German Professor
Daring Berliner Criticizes the War and Gets Five. Months
New York Evening Post
Scattered notices have appeared in the
American cress of a book oublished a few
weeks ago by Professor Nicolai o4 the Uni
versity ot Berlin. It was printed m Zurich,
under the title "The Biology of War." For
the opinions expressed in it, the daring au
thor was confined five months in a fortress
in order, we suppose, to show how securely
academic freedom (Lehrfreiheit) is estab
lished in Germany, Dr. Nicolai's volume has
faflen into the hands of William Archer, and
he gives a long summary of it, with copious
extracts, in the Westminster Gazette. '
The particular iniquity of "Die Biologic
des Krieges" is. that it is a bold, scientific
turning of the tables on those German sav
ants who have demonstrated the necessity of
war. This necessity, according to them, be
sides being historic and racial, springs from
the deep and fundamental instincts of man.
Speaking socially, they say that war is based
on human biology. There is the need of
armed struggle to prove what nations are fit
to survive. Bernhardi used the precise
phrase, the "biological "justice" of the deci
sions of war. And Treitschke, spoke of war
as a "drastic medicine for ailihg humanity."
But now comes a doctor of medicine and pro
fessor of psychology in the University of
Berlin, to tear up all such notions by the root.
Against the "scientific" defense of war he
directs the big guns of real science. Take,
for example, his exposure of the stock argu
ment that war does for men and nations what
"selection" does in Nature that is, secures
and establishes the best types. Says Pro
fessor Nicolai: .
"The selection effected by war has in these
days become negative selection, and modern
conditions are most artfully devised to de
prive it of all biological usefulness. The re
sult of universal military service in particu
lar is that it is precisely the fittest who suc
cumb." '
' As for the ineradicable "fighting instinct,"
Dr. Nicolai declares that, in the modern
world, it is the survival, such as may be seen
in some species, of an instinct at one time
useful but which, unmodified, is a positive
handicap and danger. The species that can
not adapt its instincts to a changed environ
ment dies out. This German professor puts
the case as follows: "One race of animals
after another has perished because it could
not change. Is man now to perish because
he will not change?" It is the development
of the human brain that enables, or ought to
enable, man to abandon an organ no longer
needed. And progress depends upon the best
brains triumphing over the poorer. Here is.
Professor Nicolai's .doctrine, with its impli
cation of the stupidity which has been sway
ing the world for the past 'three years:
"Man ia free to develop on all skies; but
this is the one imperative condition the de
velopment of the brain must be promoted if
the movement of humanity is to be a for
ward movement In other words, every vie-'
tory of the man of sense over the blockhead
means progress, and is a sign of positive se
lection; every victory of the blockhead over
the man of sense means retrogression, and is
a sign of negative selectiqn." , ,1
If the German professor had confined
himself to abstract reasoning of this strt, it
might not have gone so hard with him His
scientific colleagues would doubtless have
frowned upon him, but the military authori
ties would scarcely have come down on him.
The audacious man, however, undertook to
make practical application of his principles,
with horrifying results. He showed how the
glorification of war led directly to its being
made ever more barbarous and ghastly. Pro
fessor Nicolai writes:
"A short time ago, one of our most highly
cultivated soldiers (who shall remain un
named, on account of his great services
'), asked me if it would not be possi
ble to throw bombs filled with cholera germs
or plague bacilli behind the enemy front.
YVheiVH replied that this seemed neither a
profitable nor a very humane proceeding, he
replied, with a contemptuous gestiire: "What
have we to do with humanity in this war?
Germany . has a vright to do whatever she
pleases." '
War also, as an imperious necessity,
tends to over-ride and break down all those
"self-Jimitations" which nations as well as
men have sought to put upon brute pas
sions. Nothing is allowed to stand in the
way of the attainment of military obietts,
The professor summarizes the treaties and
Hague agreements which Germany has vio
lated in this war, and concludes:
"Whatever one may think of the value
and significance of such conventions after
they are once concluded all discussion of
them must cease, for henceforth any breach
of them not only damages the enemy, but
inflicts irreparable injury on one's own
honor. , .
"Therefore there has been nothing so
melancholy in this war as the violation of
Belgian' neutrality, the U-boat campaign, and
the use of suffocating gases.
- "For these things are fatal, not only to
human life, but to human Honor."
We give one more passage to show how
near the professor, living under the very
eye of the kaiser, came to flagrant Majes
tatsbeleidgung: "The belief that God gives His assistf
ance in war has long been on the wane. We
know that God is on the side of the big
battalions. Nevertheless, the . idea ' that
something like justice prevails , in war ap
pears to be ineradicable, alfhough a very
little reflection shows that confidence in 'the
just cause' can only rest on a belief in the
active intervention of a higher principle rep
resenting justice.
"The cultured beliiver will scarcely hold
that this just and almightly principle can
be swayed by the force of arms. But the
uncultured and superstitious man, who thinks
he can exploit his God for his egotistic ends,
will still use Him as the palladium of his.
right, whether real or imaginary."
Dr. Nicolai, it is needless to add, did not
sign the famous manifesto of the 93 German
professors, though asked to do so doubtless J
like most ot those who did sign by an offi
cial telegram. But his book certainly con
tains matter to give the 93 furiously to think.
Vienna Newspaper Despairs of Victory
Airy Castles of the War Lords Vanish One by One
Julian Grande in New York Times.
Motor Trucks in he Mail Service.
Extension of parcels post service by the use
of motor trucks is now past the experimental
stage and is coming. into general use, The Post
office department has been convinced by ex
tensive experiment that the service to the public
can be greatly, improved by adopting the big-
commercial machines, and wherever the highways
wilt permit of the use of the self-propelled ve
hicle it is being put on regular routes. So far the
matter has not gone beyond the point of discus
sion in Omaha, but no reason is known why the
improved roads running out of the city should
not be taken advantage of. The many ways in
which the parcels post service, may be extended
need not be enumerated here, but such oppor
tunity to bring the farm producer and city con
sumer into tloser touch should not be over
looked. Our postmaster has declared himself as
thoroughly in favor of the plan, and those who
have, investigated the situation pronounce the
service to be notonly feasible but highly desira
ble for Omaha's territory. What steps are neces
sary to organize under the law should be worked
out without delay,- that the city may be given
whatever benefit is possible and get the fuller
xise pi the parcels post system. , -v V
It is quite heroic for "Gum Shoe Bill" Stone to
thrust himself forward as a target to draw Are
from his betters, but he will get hk in due sea
son. In the meantime he must not delude him
self with any notion that the people have forgot
ten how he skulked last April, and carried on his
fire-in-the-rear campaign against the president
"Heatless Monday" was marked bythe most
pleasant sunshine enjoyed "in this vicinity for
many days. If the east was similarly favored,
the enforced disuse of coal was not so great a
hardship.. v v
' While denouncing men for Writing pro-Gef-man
letters to the newspapers, do not overlook
the fact that the editor who publishes them has
some share in responsibility for their circulation.
After the great celebrations of Austro
German victories on the Isonzo front, it is
interesting to read a leading article in Die
Zeit, one of the principal Viennese papers,
entitled "Castles in the Air." Apparently
even the Austrian censorship cannot always
prevent the truth being spoken outright '
Any one, says the Zeit, who, like so many
persons in Germany todayt but, fortunately,
not so many in Austria, still believes in the
possibility of a peace imposed by force and
the sword must have profited absolutely not
at all by the lessons of this war. A peace
dictated by Austria and Germany to the rest
of the world is the last link in a chain of
notions which have one after the other
proved false. At the outset ol the war, says
the Zeit, it was not unreasonable to have
hoped for an Austro-German peace imposed
by force.i "Above all, we had then far fewer
avowed enemies than now." But. as is ad-
r mitted with engaging frankness, early in the
war Austria and Germany hoped to win neu
trals to their way of thinking. Germany, in
particular, laid herself out with no less zeal
than confidence to win neutrals to her cause,
firmly convinced that "if only our cause
were sufficiently well explained to them neu
trals would undoubtedly turn to us, and
especially to Germany. r
. "Most hopes of all were built .upon
America, which was considered as the lead
ing power among neutrals, and with its help
it was hoped to win over the other neutrals.
Bales upon bales of propagandist writings
were dispatched to neutral countries, for the
time of scarcity of paper had not arrived
. . It was all of no avail. Wp have
not won over a single neutral country." On
the contrary, concluded Die Zeit even coun
tries1 which have hitherto remained neutral
"are no longer able to conceal their aversion
to our cause and their positive hatred of the
German empire." 1
' This conversion of neutrals and expecta
tion of their assistance was one of the
"castles in the air" of the Germans, one
of the false premises on which Austria and
Germany based their "dictated peace."
Another "castle in the air" was the no
tion that the central empires were self-sufficient
and not need trade or communica
tion with the rest of the world. "We were
assured," says Die Zeit, by all those whom it
irreverently stigmatizes as fools, "that Tur
key - would supply us with any quantity of
raw materials; that Egypt had endless sup
plies of cotton; that in Anatolia there were
unlimited stocks of wheat and minerals, and,
finally, that everything any one could pos
sibly want was to be had in abundance in
Mesopotamia." The only drawback to the
Egyptian cotton was that Turkey had first
to reconquer Egypt from England. A dis
advantage of the Anatolian wheat and ore
was the absence of means of transport, while
a somewhat serious drawback to the Mesopo
tamia supplies of '"everything" was- that
Mesopotamia first required irrigation, and,
secondly, that the British were there, sitting
tight, and apparently disinclined to move.'
Finally, there was a third "castle in the
air," a castle based upon the last two the
enforced peace.
After the war Die Zeit clearly perceives
that "we Austrians" will have "to resume
commercial relations with our enemies,
avowed and unayowed, but it is no more pos
sible to compel these than to compel love."
This is a fair indication of the real feel
ings of many of the more intelligent and
thoughtful Austrians at- present. They
realize that these victories will merely pro
long the war and cause the continuance of
a state of things which would seem to be
well-night unbearable for 'Austria. She
realizes now that she is lighting not for her
own salvation, but for the German 'junker;
not so much for the Hapsburgs as for the
Hohenzollerns.
Austria is bankrupt, and does not dare
to publish the small amount of her gold re
serve in comparison with her enormous note
circulation. Her. indebtedness, ' plus that of
Hungary, amounts now to $4,800,000,000.
The inflation of the banknote circulation has
reached such a pitch that the Austrian finance
minister, Freiherr von Wimmer, openly con
fessed in parliament the other day that it
was a grave danger to the country and in
sisted that some measures must be taken
to lessen it, but no one seems very clear as
to how this is actually to be achieved.
The food question has become so serious
that a great deal of parliament's time has
been occupied with it, and on one occasion
recently no less than 13 urgent interpella
tions were brought forward at once. The
censor, however, did not allow these to be
published. Nevertheless, we know enough
without their text It is admitted that it
costs as much now to run an ordinary house
hold in Austria for a day as it used to cost
to. run it for a week; that diseases of all
kinds, but especially tuberculosis and skin
diseases consequent on malnutrition and bad
sanitation, have increased to the most alarm
ing extent.' and that not, only food but also
fuel, clothing and light are so scarce that
in some cases even hospitals cannot be
heated, while the prices of all articles of
ordinary clothing are as fabulous as those of
provisions, and they are obtainable only by
card. .' '
Berne, Switzerland.
"Just Politics." 1
Omaha, Neb., Jan. 17. To the Edi
tor of The Bee: I read the contribu
tion to The Bee's Letter Box under
the heading, "Believes in McAdoo and
Wilson," by A. M. Leach. . I agree
with him' Insofar that It is his privilege
to feel that way about it and I re
serve the same privilege for myself
and say nothing about, it now, but
the question of Mr. Leach's republi
canism Is puzzling when he says that
he has been a lifelong republican but
in 1916 voted for Wilson and is proud
of it (if he was not he wouldn't write
the public about it). That's his priv
ilege, but how did he manage to pull
the pin and make the flying switch
which he proudly says he did? I
never could see but two reasons why
a republican in 1916 could favor Mr.
Wilson against Mr. Huhges for pres
ident One was that Mr. Wilson as
president took it on, himself to force
a piece of legislature through con.
gress In my opinion one of the rank
est bits of class legislation that was
ever enacted in congress. Why class
legislation Because it was in the
Interest of one-fifth of the railroad
men of the country and against the
interest of the remaining four-fifths,
because they have to assume their
share of the burden of that increase
in paying the Increased freight rates
on commodities which they have to
buy and get no increase in salary,
That was one reason Mr. Leach could
have for making the switch as I see
It (a self interest), and the other rea.
son which might have prompted him
to make the switch which he Is so
proud of was that President Wilson
"kept us out of .war." Which was it,
Mr. Leach? ' P. G. LEWIS.
Morearty on Dahlman. .
Omaha, Jan. 19. To the Editor of
The Bee: In your issue of January
17 under the caption "Anent the
Spring Election," there Appears an
article from the pen of my old friend
George B. Chllds in which he seeks
to lampoon me for my article In your
issue of January 9, in which I advo
cated the re-election of Mayor Dahl
man and A. C. Kugel to their respec
tive positions as commissioners of
the cify of Qmaha.
I will here enumerate a few of the
reasons why James C. Dahlmah
should be re-elected commissioner:
Because he is honest broad-minded
and free from bigotry or fanaticism;
loyal to his family, his friends, his re
ligion, his God and his country: his
heart and hands go out In response
to the call and demands of the poor
and oppressed; he has protected the
taxpayer against the grafter, the
tricksif and the oily tongued con-:
dence man; because his administra
tion has never been tainted by scandal.-
In advocating Mr. Kugel's election,
I do so on the undeniable statement
that as ,head of the department po
lice and sanitation, he has brought
that department up to a standard that
in point of efficiency and discipline
has never been excelled in the his
tory of our city. '
. ED. F. MOREARTY.
"THE SPIRIT OF THE 4
SEVENTH." . ; .
From tha farm and field and tha villafa
atoro, t.
From offico and shop and mill.
From the busy marta and the traffic's roar,
From the pralrtea vaat and atlll.
Gladly they coma to the nation'! call,
Spurred by a purpoaa true.
Counting it little Jo five their all
' For tha Red, White and Blue. ,
Blond-hiilrod glanta from Sweden's ahora .
With tha north-land In their amtle,
Swarthy Greeks with t luit (or gore
In a cauie they fount) worth while. .
Fellowa from east and north and wea.
Each with hla griefe and Joys, v
Ready to atand to tha final teat,
8eventh Nebraska, boys.
All unschooled In tha trade of Mara,
They drilled In the autumn chill.
Under tie light of tha winking stars,,
All whb a common win.
What tho the tread of their marching feet
Echoed no rhythm or rhyme,
Under the coat where their atout hearts beat
Ever they throbbed In time.
But where la tha Seventh Nebraska bow,
Sturdy and staunch anff true?
Whera are the boys from tha ahop and plaw,
So ready to die or do?
Why la the sound of the bugle stilled
lAnd the marching troops no more?
Why ta tha trench that was theirs unfilled
While tha cannons crash and roarT
Oh, "Lucky Seventh," your poor hulk lies
' On the wreck -strewn ahora of S reams.
And only the gloating buzaard flies
And those for whom you have longed to
fight, .
In their rush to wealth and fame
Will soon forget that your cause waa right.
They will even forget your name.
But tha spirit that Uved In yoA sturdy
breast ,
' Still marches bravely on.
And will march with never a thought of rest,
As It did In the years agone. -And
the boys who came when they heard
you call
Will march In another line,
To acale o'er the top of a German wall
Or awlm through tha aurglng Rhine.
They'll man tha guns on a cruiser'e deck,
To scuttle a submarine,
You'll see their mark when you find a wreck
Ot a kaiser's air machine.
Wherever the brave and the fearless go,
To share In a victor's joys,
You'll find a sprinkling of them, I know,
Tha Seventh Nebraska boys.
CHARLES B. MULLEN.
Bandmaster Seventh Nebraska Infantry,
Council Bluffs, Ia.
One Year Ago Today In tle War.
President Wilson made his "peace
without victory' address before the
senate. .. . " - ; ,
Frans Bopp, German counsel-general,
and four associates sentenced in
Kan Francisco for violating American
neutrality., -v . V ' V " ' '
The Dajr We Celebrate. . : Vv
Harry H. Culver, real estate man,
aorn 1880. ' v '
Frederick Carlos Ferry, president
vt Hamilton college, born SO years
ago today. -
Orrin H. Carter. ot the Illmola su
preme court born 64 reara ago to
flay. . -. . , -V:,.,
This Day In History.
1807 -Congress was officially ' In
formed of Aaron Burr's treasonable
. conaplracy.' . - ; '
1818 Caspar Istar, a famous
physician, died in Philadelphia. Born
there. September 13, 1761. , 1
18JJ Alonzo B. Cornell, prede
cessor of Grover Cleveland - in the
rovernorship of New York, born at
Ithaca, . Y. Died there, October 18,
1904. V
1879 Army' of 15,000 Zulus ur
prised the British camp at Isandurla,
on the Blood river, and killed near
ly 1,006 men , r '
1903 Treaty between the United
F.a'e and Columbia for the con
! ruction of the Panama canal by
. dotted States'Signsd at Waehlng-
J ust SO Years Ago Today
A Sunday school was inaugurated
in Hunt's hall In South Omaha. ,
. A. E. Lempke and wife were
thrown from a cutter,"Tnt there were
no serious results.
The Knlghta of Labor held a meet
ing to close up some unfinished bus
iness. '
Cunahans welcomed the pleasant
sunshine with gusto after so many
days ot sero weather.
A. C Annett ot the Omaha Rub
ber company has returned from a
special trip of ten days.
Frank Taylor ot the Omaha Rub
ber company has returned from a
special trip of ten days.,
Chris Nlssen was appointed Justice
of the peace for the Seventh ward-
J. W. Jones wrote to The Bee com
plaining of unheated street cars.
Aimed at Omaha
Hastings Tribune: That Omaha
laborer who can speak nine languages
can get along all right without tak
ing ip esperanto.
- Beatrice Express: If the Omaha
police offlcals really want to enforce
the prohibition law, and put the
bootleggers out of business they
might send for those Wymore of
ficers and secure a few vajuable sug
gestions from them.
Harvard Courier: An Omaha po
lice Judge has the right idea. He
recently fined a couple of men tor
talking about a girl's character.
Every foul-mouthed brute who de
lights in making remarks about girls
and women ought to be treated to a
dose ot the same medicine. A bet
ter plan would be to put them In the
front trenches against the Germans.
Beatrice Express: v An Omaha
man, who has been in the under
taking business for four ears, has
come to the conclusion that he has
made enough friends during that
time to warrant his becoming a can
didate for commissioner. Juet what
there Is in the undertaking business
to warrant his taking this view of
the case, he does no. state and his
appeal for votes In the primary cam
paign will be awaited with consider
able interest .
Peppery Points
Minneapolis Tribune: The bear-that-walks-Ilke-a-man
apparently is
balking at the goose step. .
- Louisville Courier Journal: "God
is with us," says the kaiser. Very
probably, accompanied by the Repord
ing Angel. . ,
Washington Post: When a chap
gets ahead in a poker frame these
days he immediately begins to suffer
from the coal shortage.
New Tork Post: With antl-prohl-bition
Ohio and the prohibition south
both rejecting woman suffrage It be
comes harder than ever to sum up the
truth in one happy phrase.
Mlnenapolis Journal: Where is the
old-fashioned man who used to have
a cold? Today he is down with
laryngitis, pharynigitis, rhinitis, ton
silitls, influenza and coryzs,
Minneapolis Tribune: We gather
from Secretary Baker's alibi that it
takes a long time for the quartermas
ter's department to count the buttons
required for 1,000.000 or more uni
forms.,. - .
Twice Told Tales
ago a
A Puzzling Point.
: One evenlnir some time
small narty named Jimmy was look
ing over a newspaper when he sud
denly turned to his mother with a
puzzled expression:
"MammaT said he, "what does D.
D.' stand for?"
"It stands for Doctor of Divinity,
Jimmy," answered the , fond parent
"I thought , you learned that at
school."
"Yes," returned Jimmy, still con
siderably puzxled, "but it don't "seem
to sound right in this newspaper."
"You have probably made some
mistake," said mamma. "Read . the
paragraph to me."
"Itsays," responded Jimmy, read
ing aloud, "the defendant declared
that he would make him step some,
lie would be Doctor of Divinity if he
didn't' " Philadelphia Telegraph.
t Accomsnodating.
A cloth manufacturing firm re
ceived a letter from a customer com
plalulng that some material had been
Minneapolis journal: ui i per , went a missive to this Kt: .
cent of the first drafted men. were, . ..rtn tanking- nvr vnnr ordr we flnfl
luuuu imjioivcLiijr umui, wiici r,a i .that
Down to Bedrock.
Tennessee complains because the
moonshiners in the mountain have
been using lye in making bootleg
whisky. It does the business. Wash- ( everywhere, who are financiers only
ington Post (in a simple, homely way.
time of the civtl war the figure was
33 per cent Perhaps we are not go
ing to the dogs after all.
Brooklyn Eagle: The future ot the
dollar as a world coin and standard
Interests financiers. Purchasing power
goes on shrinking, however, and that
Is what concerns humble people
you did not order any moths. It
was our error, and you will please
return them at once, at our exepnse,"
- .Poor Pa. . .. -
"Pa, were you rich when mamma
married you?" , -
"No, my dear,"
"Well, papa, what was it then, do
you think, that mamma married you
fori" Detroit Free, Press. -...
TODAY'S AID TO BEAUTY
Hair Is by far the most conspicuous
thin? about us and is probably the
most easily damaged by bad or caret
less treatment If we are very care
ful in hair washing, we will have vir
tually no hair troubles. An especially,
fine shampoo for this weather, one
that brings out all the natural beauty
of the hair; that dissolves and en
tirely removes all dandruff, excess oil
and dirt; can easily be used at trifling
expense by simply dissolving a tea
spoonful of Canthrox (which you
can get at any druggist's) in a cup
of hot water. This makes a full cup
of shampoo liquid enough so it is
easy to apply itvto all the hair in
stead of just the top of the head. This
chemically dissolves all imourities and
creates a soothing, cooling lather.
Rinsing leaves the scalp spotlessly
clean, soft and pliant, while the hair
takes on the glossy richness of na
tural color, also a fluffiness which
makes it seem much heavier than it
is. After Canthrox shampoo, ar
ranging the hair is a pleasure. Adv.
Stiff Joints
Limber up Quick
Amazing Besulti From "IHypto,"
You'll say, "I never saw anything;
like it." Apply a little "Ulypto"
Ointment on that stiff or achlns
Joint or sore muscle, on that rheu
matic pain, apply it where your
back hurts or where you bave that
terrible headache, head cold -or neu
ralgia. The result will be frloriously
soothing and the pain, congestion
an soreness will disappear quickly.
"Ulypto" Ointment is a sclentlftc
surprise, a new combination con
taining among other things the al
most magic properties of the euca
' lyptus tree. Just think, no blister
ing or irritation, no objectionable
mustard odor, Just a wonderful
bland, soothing pain-chaser. Use tt
for that sore throat too, pain in tha
chest, chilblains, earache, or any in
flammation. "Ulypto" Ointment la
sold by all druggists in 25o and 60c
Jars, or sent direct by the MacMll
lan Chem. Co., Falls City. Nebr.
Quick Ease for Sore Throat
A few "Ulypto" Cough Drops work
magic on the Inflamed membrane of
the throat They will clear your
voice at once, stop the "tickle," ease
the cough and end hoarseness. It's
a new combination, with the won-,
derful eucalyptus. Try them right
now, 5o a package at all drug stores,
candy, grocery and cigar stores.
"Ulypto ' Ointment is for sale and
recommended In Omaha by 8herman ft
MaConnell'a Five Stores, Merritt Drug:
Stores, Beaton Drug Co, Dundee Phar
macy, Green's Pharmacy.
PIMM BE!
r
PeopleNoticelt Drive Them Off
with Dr. Edwards'
Olive Tablets
A pimply face nfH not embarrass yoo.
much longer if you get package of Dr.
Edwards' Olive Tablets. The skin should
begin to clear after sou bave taken the
tablets a few nights.
Cleanse the blood,the bowels and the livei
with Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets, the suc
cessful substitute, forcalomel; there s never
any sickness or cain after takinz them.
t Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets do that
which calomel does, and just as effectively,
but their action ts gentle and Bate instead
of severe and irritating.
No one who takes Olive Tablets it
ever cursed with "a dark brown taste."
a bad breath, a dull, listless, "no good"
feeling, constipation, torpid liver, bad
disposition or pimply face.
ir. towards- uiive Tablets are
a purely vegetable compound mixed
with olive oil; you will know them
by their tlive color.
Dr. Edwards Epsnt years among pa
tients afflicted with liver and bowel
complaints, and Olive Tablets are the
Immensely effective result v
r Take one qr two nightly for a week,
oee now mucn better you feel and look
10c and 25c per box. All druggists.
A reliable,
safe skin treatment
You need never hesitate to use
Resinol Ointment and Resinol Soap
in the treatment of severe or simple
skin-troubles. There is nothing in
them to injure the tenderest surtace.
Resinol
Hair Tinting
All the Rage
The Absolute and Utter Hartnlasaneta
of "Brownatona" Has Made Hair
I Tinting Safe and Easy.
Yon need not tolerate gray, streaked or
faded hair another day. It takes bat s few
momenta to apply "Brownatona" with your
comb or
brash, and it
will rive your
hair the
beautiful
shade you
most desire.
Will not rub
or wash off
and guaran
teed to con
tain none of
the dangerous
ingredients ao
often foutnd In
"dyes" and so.
called "restor
ers." Any shade
from light
golden brown
to black.
Sample and
- . booklet a a n t
on receipt of 10e. "Brownatona" la sold by
leading drag stores, in two sites SSe and
$1.16. Order direct from The Kentoa Phar
macal Co.. 629 Coppin BIdg., Covington, Ky
If your druggist will not supply you. Yon
will aava yourself much annoyance by retus.
Ing to accept a substitute. Ho samples at
dealers.
- Insist on "Brownatona" at your hair
dreaser'a. Mention shade desired.
Sold and guaranteed In Omaha by Sher
man A McConnell Drag Co. and other leading
dealers.
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is a doctor's prescription which, for,
years, has been used by other physi
cians for eczema and other itching,
burning, unsightly skin affections.
They prescribe Resinol, knowing
that its remarkable soothing, healing
action is due to ingredients so gen
tle and harmless as to be .suited
even to a baby's delicate skin.
Alldruggbta seU Resinol Soap and Resinol
Ointment For sample write Dept. S R, Resi
nol, Baltimore, Md.
COUGHING
annoy others and Hurts you Relieve throat
Irritation and tickling and get rid of coughs,
colds and Qoataeoea by taking at once)
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