' THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE : DECEMBER 1, 1918
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WV Herr Hollwcg admits the note to Serbia was
eybo sharp. Took him a long time to find it out.
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Congress will resume its grind again this
"week, but scarcely with the vim it showed a
year ago.
Open door for sugar after today, but do not
let that lead you into foolishness. Enough still
is as good as a feast. '
Portugal looked like a joke when it went into
the war, but watch its representatives sit up
straight at the peace table.
Now we are told that Pershing is not popu
lar with British or French high commands, but
that sounds like a tale for the marines. '
Another complaint against the crown prince
is that he wore a green necktie. On certain
dates that is de rigeur a swell as au fait.
Spanish flu is raging in Iceland, which may
discourage the thought that cold f eather kills
the disease. Be careful how you sneeze.
The senate has agreed to rescind the second
class postage rates and to cut out the zone fool
ishness. What will Mr. Burleson say to this?
Between the bolshevik! and emperors out of
a job, Switzerland is sure to have a considerable
army of permanently unemployed to look after.
Nebraska is credited with producing 50,000
tons of. beet sugar for the current season, and
yet sugar is not regarded as one of our leading
crops. ,
Cb, airman Hurley is going to seize the ships
interned' in Hun harbors; all right, but he wil
have to hurry to get them away from other
claimants. .
As to the increase in freight rates, it may
help some to keep in mind that the entire tax
is finally divided about even between the pro
ducer and the consumer.
North Dakota Danes have awarded the No
bel peace prize to President Wilson. He un
doubtedly deserves it, for he certainly did all
he could to bring peace to troubled world.
A lot of simple-minded folks still are in the
dark as to why dancing cannot be permitted in
school houses. Such a, performance cannot be
a great deal worse than boxing in a church
gymnasium. . v s
Senator Chamberlain warns the public that
the army organization must, not be cast on the
scrap heap. Here is one democrat' who at least
lias been consistent in regard to military
training.
Frau Hohenzollern did riot know whether to
laugh or cry when she joined her fugitive soouse
in Holland. She at least consoled herself with
the thought that she lost neither husband nor
son in battle.
' A 1iAani.t tti Vfl1 Unm J... ,1 ,4 -
class of Moro girls as ijurses, an eloquent re
minder of what the United States has done over
there. And only twenty years ago the entire
democratic party of the United States was fol
lowing the great pacifier in his crusade to aban-
tn Pri i1iffitia writ a ttrr fat- minVir nvaK .
take them.
-Secretaries Daniels, Baker and Wilson have
toasted George Creel and complimented him on
"sustaining the morale of the people," and those
who remember jhe thrilling story, of the U-boat
.... .aimi.il mat never iuok Diace. ine cairmaiirn in
.behalf of the airplanes that never were built
and a lot of other fiction emanating from the
Creel headquarters will wonder just what the
secretaries of navy, war and labor take us for.
Nebraska's Peace Whoop
ihe first, peace hurrah out of the middle
west comes sounding across the prairies out of
Nebraska. And close in its wake rolls, a boom
ing song of prosperity and progress. The
Blackwater state has a billion dollars in its
pockets and wants the wide-world to know it.
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ui vi jM wucai auu d uuiw it uusuci prune on
"corn and hogs at $17.50 the hundredweight it
raises more than 100,000,000 pounds yearly of
beet sugar. , 1 . ,
v Does Nebraska, then, .propose to turn prodi
gal of its riches? Not on its commonwealth 1
It has already more automobiles in proportion
to population than any other state. But it
means to build good roads, not burn them. All
over Nebraska there is the call for roadmakers.
while in Omaha alone over $10,000,000 worth of
buildings, some already under way, await con
structive hands. We - note a high school of
commerce to cost $1,000,000 and a jail to cost
$250,000. Nevertheless, we do not assume a
ratio as of one to four between crime and busi
ness education.
Nebraska's eloquence a3 to its wealth, its re
soxes, its optimistic purpose, fairly rivals the
of .tory of its most famous citizen. It is an epic
version, attuned to the spirit of 1918. of the
great American Brag discovered by Old World
visitors to the New World in the middle of last
century. Upon the present ear it strikes not
ungratefully. It is a hurrah with a hoist It is
pointed healthfully with that demand for more
men. Nebraska can take care of 75,000 work
men even after, the remainder of its own 41,000
sons shall have returned from war. It seems
certain that this billion-dollar state of mid-
America will oe eariy ana warmiy rememoerea
on the occasion of the next Liberty loan, to say
aothins; of the incoaae tax New York World.
IDEALS AND PRACTICAL REALITIES.
"Fine,words butter no parsnips," at peace
councils or elsewhere. We may as well accus
tom ourselves to tfie prospect of the Entente
Allies seeking to retain as much of material ad
vantage as they may secure from the settlement
to be arrived at when the great conclave gath
ers at Versailles. And this does not necessarily
imply that either of 'them is ready to abandon
any of the high ideals embodied in the fourteen
points laid down by our president. When it
comes to giving those abstractions vitality and
transmuting them into active principles, differ
ence of opinion may be expected. Equally we
may look forward to seeing the Allies standing
together until the treaty is formulated, just as
they stood for four years against Germany.
Notice already has been served of reluctance on
part of Great Britain to sacrifice any national
interest which may properly be conserved with
out menacing the peace of the world, and it may
be accepted that France, Italy, Portugal and
Belgium are in like mind. This is not in dero
gation of the United States, limply a mild way
of letting us know we will be but one of the
contracting parties and not the whole show at
the peace table.
Which is the Voice of Wilson?
The question of retaining or turning back to
their owners the railroads, whose operation the
government has taken over for war purposes,
looms on the horizon. What will be the stand
of the president on this great issue? Where
should we seek for light if not from the organs
of public opinion that have been claiming to be
the chief supporters of the Wilson program and
the vociferous echoes of the democratic Help-Wilson-win-the-war
cry?
Here is what the local democratic newspaper
says, supposedly reflecting the personal views
of our democratic United States senator:
Failure of government ownership to im
prove conditions markedly either as o rail
roads or telephones or telegraph, have some
what quieted agitation for public ownership.
And here is what the other local Wilson
worshipping sheet puts out:
Everybody will hear a tremendous protest
and warnings against McAdoo's proposal to
retain government control of the railroads of
the ' United States. The uproar will come
from interested people who do not want to let
go of a good thing from which they have been
separated and from perfectly honest folk who
constitutionally are nervous about any change
from the established state of affairs.
Is it possible government operation of the
railroads can be at one and the same time both
a failure and a success?
Which is the voice of Wilson?
Personnel of the Peace Party.
Mr. Wilson has chosen Jor his associates on
the peace delegation men whose experience will
be of service to him as sole spokesmen for the
country. Of Mr. Lansing's qualifications The
Bee has expressed opinion on several occasions.
His ability as a student and an expounder of in
ternational law is unquestioned. Mr. White, the
republican selected to accompany the president,
spent many years in the diplomatic service of
his country in Europe, and so should be per
sonally familiar with the history as well as the
forms of procedure. He will doubtless have the
advantage that comes with personal acquaint
ance and knowledge of the European members
of the conference. Colonel House was inevita
ble, while General Bliss and Admiral Benson
will competently represent the army and navy
in advisory capacity.
' The interesting fact is that of the group the
president alone has a commission from the
American people. He only can appear as voic
ing the aspirations and ideals of the nation.
The others will serve in a ministerial capacity
only, for not one of them has the knowledge
or sympathy born of contact with the public.
Mr. Wilson will be well supported in his his
torical and legal needs, but will rely, as usual,
on himself for the interpretation of America's
international attitude and to impress on Europe
the views of the United States.
Let Us Do Justice at Home.
Protestation of devotion to the principles of
democracy, pure and undented, have been on
the lips of Americans for many days. We have
with great energy and considerable unanimity
given ourselves over to the work of overturning
autocracy in Europe, unhorsing feudal despots
and lighting the lamps for Freedom in countries
where it has never been known or long since
was forgotten. Having done that to our present
content, let us turn to affairs at home and see
what we may do for human liberty in our own
land. In sixteen states of the union three
fifths of the population is denied the franchise
granted by the federal constitution. If this
wholesale disfraichisement of citizenship af
fected only those states, the condition might be
tolerated. But it does not. Representatives
chosen from those states control the present
congress, have controlled in congress for eight
years, and have through this power exerted
their influence over all the rest of the union.
How long will the United States continue to
pose as the champion of equal rights for all
mankind, at the same time patiently abiding the
existence of the political oligarchy that thrives
because it dominates the south through the
democratic party and holds to power by the sup
pression of the vote of the majority of the vot
ers in these sixteen states?
Developing Music in Omaha.
Cultural development is properly measured
by attention given to the things that evince re
finement in social life. Accepting this as true,
it is equally true that anything that aids in es
tablishing the result so expressed is of service
to the degree of its activity. This brings into
view two local agencies for the preservation of
public interest in music in Omaha, the Tuesday
Musical club and the Music Department of the
Omaha Woman's club. Each of these has had
a long existence, and each has moc:sily played
its part in the community life. Through the
stimulation of interest of their members they
are making possible the regular and orderly
presentation of delectable programs of music
for the public. The one gives its support to the
bringing hither of talent from abroad, the other
to fostering resident professionals by presenting
them in concert or recital Through the com
bination is made possible opportunity to enjoy
not only what is good, but frequently 'what is
best, in music. And as this art fills a continu
ally expanding part in the life of the nation, it
is good that Omaha is thus provided with means
for keeping in line with the growth thus indi
One Year Ago Today in the War.
Rulers of Norway, Sweden and
Denmark agreed to maintain neu
trality. On the Camhrai front the British
regained much of the ground lost to
the Germans the previous day.
Unarmed American engineers
made a gallant fight when surprised
by German attack near Couzeau
court. .
In Omaha 30 Years Ago Today.
The Metropolitan minstrels gave
a dance at Crop Bros.' hall and over
80 couples were present.
Mr, and Mrs. J. B. Miles cele-
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brated their wooden wedding at 116
North Twenty-fourth street.
Thanksgiving evening Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas Swobe entertained a
number of friends in their parlors at
the Millard hotel.
E. O. Stark returned from a
three weeks' visit at his old home
in St. Johns, N. B.
Mrs. Robert Easson entertained a
number of friends at progressive
euchre Friday evening.
About 75 members of the Douglas
county bar. met in the assembly
room of the Y. M. C. A. building
for the purpose of organizing a bar
association of Douglas country.
Michael Cudahy of the Armour &
Cudahy Packing company, arrived
in this city.
The members of the Douglas
County Agricultural society held
their annual meeting at the Board
ef Trade rooms.
The Day We Celebrate.
Arthur R. Wells, member of the
school board, born 1873.
Queen Alexandria, mother of
King George of England, born in
Copenhagen 74 years ago.
Louis J. Malvy, the former French
cabinet minister who was recently
sent into exile, born 43 years ago.
Rt. Rev. Henry Russell Wakefield,
Anglican bishop of Birmingham,
England, born in Nottinghamshire
64 years ago.
William T. Hornday, director of
the New York zoological park,
born at Plainfield, Ind., 64 years
ago.
Mark L. Hersey, recently pro
moted to be a major general of the
United States army, born in Maine,
53 years ago.
This Day in History.
1741 Samuel KirkluuJ, the foun
der of Hamilton college, born at
Norwich, Conn. Died at Clinton,
N. Y., February 28, 1808. '
1807 Napoleon I. appointed his
brother, Jerome Bonaparte, king of
Westphalia.
1852 Louis Napoleon was official
ly informed of his election as em
peror. 1865 Habeas corpus was restored
in the northern states by presiden
tial proclamation.
1893 The Reichstag voted to re
voke the decree expelling the Jes
uits from Germany.
1900-Canadian troops returned
from Sout Africa were formally wel
comed by the lord mayor.
1910 Porfirio Diaz was inaugur
ated president of Mexico for the
eighth term.
1914 Rebel General Christian De
Wet captured by the British in
Bechuanaland.
1915 Austrians and Germans be
gan an invasion of Montenegro.
1916 President Wilson protested
to the German government against
the deportation of Belgians.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
First Sunday in Advent.
Annual memorial day of the
Benevolent and Protective Order of
Elks.
Throughout Canada today will be
observed a day of thanksgiving for
the coming peace.
Federal , Food Administrator
Hoover has designated the week be
ginning today for the observance as
conservation weeic tor worm rener.
Organized labor is to celebrate the
victory over the Central Empires
with -a great mass meeting to be
held tonight in New York City.
Storyette of the Day.
Oliver Iselin, on leave in Tuxedo,
was praising the American girls
engaged in war work overseas.
"And they're good girls." he said,
"better girls I believe, than our
country ever turned out before.
"They're certainly better than the
old ladies, male and female, who
spy on them on the pretense of look
ing after their morals.
"One of these old ladies, an el
derly New York broker, was talking
to a canteen girl in Paris:
"'Yes' the girl said, 'I adore my
work. The only thing I complain
of is the irregularity of the mails.'
"The old broker heaved a sigh
and tried to take the girl's hand,
but she drew it away.
'"Ah, yes' she said 'The males
were irregular, too, in my young
days. As we used to put it Never
trust a female too far nor a male
too near.' "Detroit Free Press.
ODDS AND ENDS
England now has a special type of
railway ear built to carry airplanes.
The largest butterflies are found In
British New Guinea, eome of them
measuring as much as 11 inches
across the wings.
England is using paper envelopes
which can be turned inside out and
made to do service a second time.
, Colonial troops first served with
ithe British army in 1884-5, when
New South Wales sent a contingent
of 800 to the Soudan.
With the harvesting of a larger
than usual potato crop in Denmark,
the alcohol manufacturers are ob
taining permission to resume busi
ness on a somewhat larger scale, and
expect to make 800,000 gallons,
compared with 60,000 gallons last
year.
At an anti-influenza auction sale
In St Louis admission was by card
only. A. doctor was stationed at the
door to watch for symptoms of
colds, and the buyers were placed at
desks three feet apart and warned
that any one who coughed or sneezed
would at once be ejected, ,
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Views and Reviews
Comment on Men Mentioned
In the Current News
Meredith Nicholson's series of articles en
titled "The Valley. of Democracy," whose allu
sions to Omaha's commission plan of city gov
ernment and the extent of the German propa
ganda here raised the ire of the Commercial
Club publicity agents when they appeared seri
ally in Scribner's Magazine, have been gathered
into a single volume, now presented to the pub
lic. As a matter of fact, Mr. Nicholson's refer
ences to Omaha were obviously intended to he
complimentary and meant in the most kindly
spirit his questioning of the effectiveness of
mqnicipal reform through the commission plan
route being drawn from the city's experience
before the last election. In the revision for the
book the added explanation makes this clear;
"At the election last spring," we are told, "only
one of the city commisioners waj re-elected
and Omaha is hor'ir' that the present year will
show a distinct improvement in the manage
ment of its public business. Local pride is very
strong in these western cities and from the
marked anxiety to show a forward-looking
spirit and a praiseworthy sensitiveness to crit
icism, we may look confidently for a steady
gain in the field of municipal government." Very
considerate of us is Mr. Nicholson, I say. The
quotation from the Ohlinper report on the as
cendancy of German "Kultur" in our city, and
particularly its intrusion into our public schools,
is still used by way of illustration, yet with the
comment, lhese conditions have, of course,
passed, and it is for those of us who would
guard jealously our rights and honestly fulfill
our obligations, as American citizens to see to
it that they do not recur." Mighty good advice
for us to heed, there, too.
Let me say a few words about Charles R.
Van Hise, under whose administration, just
brought to a close by his death, the University
of Wisconsin took the first place among the
great state universities of the middle west, as 1
said last week about Andrew D. White, who,
as its first president, put Cornell university
almost from the start in rank with the big edu
cational institutions. One cannot help seeing a
noticeable similarity between Wisconsin and
Cornell in the physical location on high ground
in each instance overlooking a beautiful lake,
in the general layout and construction of build
ings, in the co-educational scheme, in the com
prehensive policy and aims. Ferhaps a link is to
be found in the fact that President Van Hise's
immediate predecessor was Charles Kendall
Adams, who had gone directly from the presi
dent's chair of Cornell to the same position at
Wisconsin. White and Adams were both his
torians, Van Hise was a geologist, but plainly
with a rare executive ability not often possessed
by men specially trained in the natural sciences.
During a visit to Madison on invitation to de
liver a course of lectures there. I had the pleas
ure of being entertained by President Van Hise
shortly after his induction into office and he was
still immersed in his geological studies and re
searches. He had been experiencing some
trouble with his eyes and said he kept abreast
of the current literature of the subject by having
Mrs. Van Hise read to him, and grasped the
meaning perfectly from her even, unmodulated
reading of words and wording she herself did
not try to understand. President Van Hise was
also at the Conservation congress, at which I
was one of the delegates representing Nebraska,
at which he was looked to as one of the recog
nized authorities on the distribution of mineral
and other natural resources in this country. Wis
consin took pride in the fact that he was the
first native-born son of the Badger state to be
president of its state university and at the same
time the first alumnus of the university to be
come its head. He marked out new paths and
set a fast pace for his successor whoever he
may be.
Wonder if folks have caught the full signifi
cance of the return of six republicans to repre
sent Nebraska in the lower house of congress,
making a solid delegation in that body? This
has happened only once before in the history of
the state, when the Roosevelt wave swept over a
divided opposition in this state in 1904 and gave
us six republican congressmen. In 1894 the re
publicans elected five out of six, which was
pretty close to it. Never have the democrats
had a solid house delegation at Washington out
of Nebraska, the nearest they came being in
lsyo, when the score stood four to two. It
should be remembered, of course, that the state
has been Recorded six members only since the
1890 census. We had started out with a single
representative and had secured an increase in
the number to three as a result of the 1880 cen
sus. Up to 1887. all Nebraska congressmen had
been elected as republicans. The(first democrat
to DreaK in was jonn A. Mcsnane, cnosen from
this district for that term. When he was suc
ceeded by W. J. Connell, we again had a solid
republican house delegation, which was broken
the next time when W. J. Bryan won out and
was restored only, as I have, said, by the 1904
election and again now by the election of this
year.
The dispatches have already announced the
citation for the Crois de Guerre of Colonel Wil
liam Hayward, whom we will always claim as a
son of Nebraska, although he has been com
manding a regiment which he recruited and
trained in New York. The text of the citation
which has been sent to friends here is worth
reproducing. As translated, it reads:
Under command of Colonel Hayward, who,
though injured, insisted on leading his regi
ment in the battle, of Lieutenant Colonel
Pickering, admirably cool and brave; of
Major Cobb (killed), of Major Spencer
(grievously wounded), of Major Little, a true
leader of men, the 369th R. I. U. S., engaging
in an offensive for the first time in the drive
of September, 1918, stormed powerful even
ing positions energetically defended, took
after heavy fighting the town of S , captured
prisoners and brought back six cannons and
a great number of machine guns.
With that glorious record. Colonel Hayward
and his gallant officers and men should be enti
tled to decorate their coats completely over
with crosses, ribbons and other insignia of
honor. Let Colonel Hayward come back to
Nebraska and give us a chance to show our pride
and grateful appreciation.
People and Events
On or about July 1, 1919, the eastern wet belt
will join the chorus and lend anthem, fervor and
volume to the song, "Oh, How Dry I Am!"
War topics drift to the junk heap as rapidly
as warmakers. Paragraphers switch off cheerily
to the old. reliable subject "Why is a bald
headed man?"
Only two states in the union, Minnesota and
Pennsylvania, fell behind their quota in the
United War Work drive. The distinction is not
an enviable one.
Executive clemency .has been extended to a
pair of Kansas City con men sent up for 10
years, conditioned on their return to the peni
tentiary on January 1. Holiday season paroles
suggests a sharp revival in their neglected busi
ness. Col. John J. Garrity, the new chief of Chi
cago police, was former commander of the Sec
ond division, Illinois National Guard. He has
been identified with the state militia nearly 30
years and has seen active service in Cuba and
the Philippines. Chief Garrity is a native son
and is rounding into his 46th year.
Judge John W. Goff, one of the noted jus
tices of( the supreme court of .New York county
reaches the age of 70 January 1, and retires
from the bench under the age-limit law. Judge
Goff won his legal spurs in 1891 as counsel for
the Lexow investigating committee and has pre
sided at the trials of many notorious Criminals.
. Around the Cities
St. Louis is not satisfied with the
Impromptu celebration on Victory
aay ana win pull off another on
XJecenmer 7.
Cedar Rapids. Ia., reports 60,000
pounds of penc-h pits on hand and
the bottom knocked out of the mar-
get ror gas musks.
New Tork turns wearily from war
activities ana tightens its belt for a
smash at the autocrats of the hat-
cheek gouKe. Provocation warrants
a knockout.
Chicago dogs found guilty of dis
orderly conduct or vagrancy will go
to glory hereafter in a $10,000 death
house. The Anti-Cruelty society
finances the project.
More than 10,000 pupils are en
rolled in the St. Louis night schools.
Training in public speaking and in
wireless telegraphy have been added
to the list of studies.
Philadelphia proposes to stick to
the skip-stop system of street ear
operation for the present. Authori
ties esteem the system as a con
servator of fuel and a booster of
speed.
Garfield, Utah, celebrated Victory
day differently. Instead of staging
a besom of noise townspeople put up
an old-fashioned barbecue and
cheered lustily between bites of
roasted beef, mutton and other en
thusing fillers.
New York City stands to lose
$2,600,000 in license money should
war prohibition go into effect July 1,
next. That sum covers only the
midsummer quarter year, the an
nual loss to the city treasury being
around $8,000,000.
Chicago polticians are bestirring
themselves for the spring mayoralty
campaign. Roger Sullivan exploded
a shell in No Man's Land by urging
the selection of the "biggest man In
town," regardless of party lines, for
mayor. No names are mentioned,
but much guessing is on.
Bibulous life is getting perilously
dry in and around Detroit. Not a
flicker of a sup can be had across
the river in Windsor, where in
former times snifters were made on
the spot. Toledo is about to close
up its booze founts right in Detroit's
face. Luckily the flowing river will
provide wetness and Detroiters are
free to Jump in.
An orderly but determined crowd
of 10,000 persons lined the route of
a scheduled socialist parade in Min
neapolis, one day last week, as a
protest against the red flag. A
mere handful of profesional agita
tors walked some of the way be
tween silent lines of defenders of the
Stars and Stripes, but not a red flag
fluttered.
RIGHT TO THE POINT
Washington Star: Iron crosses
sell for a cent in Berlin, but they
can't become as cheap as Rill feels.
Baltimore American: When one
contemplates the new war taxes and
the high cost of living, it is difficult
to be content to leave the ex-kaiser
to the stings of his own conscience.
Washington Post: Won't it be too
bad if all the monarchies In Europe
turn republics and force Bill Hohen
zollern to move on? By the way,
this is ideal suicide weather for GeiS
mans.
Detroit Free Press: The Germans
have admitted that the station at
Ostend was mined with several time
bombs. They left those souvenirs
for the same people from whom they
are now asking mercy.
Brooklyn Eagle: Many a sweet 1
girl's pity will be stirred when she
learns that her hero's candy ration
is to be only half a pound a month.
And she will doubtless reflect that
things would be a lot better managed
with a woman as secretary of war.
Philadelphia Ledger: Things are
already getting back to the pre-war
basis. Time is money and this coun
try does not waste it in Idle waiting.
The rapidity with which we got into
the war astonished the world, and
we are not going slow about recon
struction. New York World: It is said that
the grand duchess of Luxemburg
in view of the reported desire of her
subjects that she should abdicate,
will ask them to vote on tlv ques
tion. Curious how popular the in
itiative and referendum have sud
denly become in the old lands of
autocracy!
Signposts oj Progress
" Chiefly for roofing automobiles an
Imitation glass that resembles cellu
loid has been invented in Europe.
The United States annual produc
tion of sulph r tn a dozen years has
increased from a few more than 800
tons to more than 230,000 tons.
A circular rake which is said to be
both efficient and labor-saving has
been patented by a woman. The
idea came to her as a result o: an
accident which rounded an ordinary
rake and made it work better and
with less effort.
Ireland grows more food for Great
Britain than for home consumption,
even proportionately to the popula
tion, and is an essential base for the
British food supply. Although hav
ing only 10 per cent of the popula
tion, 40 per cent of the cattle and
SO per cent of the pigs of the United
Kingdom are pi oduced here.
Norwegian agriculture has under
gone quite a change during the war.
Large areas of new land have been
tilled with a view to giving the coun
try as much grain as popsslble. Thus
Norway, which formerly was obliged
to import large quantities of food
stuffs, in the future will be able to
take a more independent position
with regard tx these imports.
For the first time the whole of the
Australian wool clip has been valued
on a scientific basis. Some 664,000,
000 pounds have been handled, and
the result, based on the all-round
flat rate of 154d per pound, is said
to be 14.68d. Last season the ap
praisements worked out of 14.15d,
which shows an increase for this
6eason of 9.6 per cent. The new
clip has already commenced to move
into Sydney.
The sugar bearing area of Natal,
which also includes Zululand, is the
most profitably cultivated area in the
union of South Africa, so far as
value per acre is concerned. The
whole area under cultivation cannot
exceed 600,000 acres, and. with a
crop of only half a ton an acre for
every two years it will amount to at
least $12,000,000 per year, or about
$24 per acre, while the general yield
of agricultural produce per acre
throughout s the union is much
smaller.
Quaint Bits oj Life
The first Moro girls ever gradu.
ated as nurses received their diplo
mas as members of the class of 1918
from the Philippine general hospital.
Miss Elsio Boyer of Fontana. Pa.,
is proud because she has raised a
radish that weighs more than three
pounds and is 14 inches in cir
cumference. For the first time In recorded his
tory the county Jail In Bangor now
contains more liquor sellers than
liquor drinkers, sentenced as such
six sellers, four soaks.
Charles Roach of Cleveland. 64
years old, father of 23 children, is
under arrest, charged for the eighth
time with nonsupport. He aays that
his children ought to support him.
Capt. N. H. Means of Ellsworth,
Me., who will be 94 years old this
month, took an automobile ride to
Bangor to call on his brother-in-law,
J. S. Young, who is 91 years old,
and the boys had a great time to
gether. ,
When, Private J. Smith at Camp
Meade received a letter from his
home town in Plantsville, Gonn.,
signed "Your dear mother," and ad
dressed to him as "My dear son," he
made inquiries and found that his
father, a widower for two years, had
married again, and that his "dear
mother" was 22 years old. John
is 23.
There are said to be 3,424 spoken
languages or dialects in the world,
distributed as follows: America,
1,624; Asia, 937; Europe, 687;
Africa, 276. The English language
i spoken by more than 150,000,000
people: German, 125,000,000; Rus
sian, 90,000,000; French, 60,000.000;
Snanlsh. 55.000.000: Italian. 40.000 -
000; Portuguese, 30,000,000.
HERE AND THERE.
The state of Connecticut is out of
debt and has a surplus of cash suffi
cient to take care of outstanding
bonds. When Gov. Marcus Hol-
comb took charge of Hartford in
1914 the state's Indebtedness was
nearly $12,000,000.
With a -dislocated shoulder, Mrs.
Iola Curry Hamilton, of La Grange,
N. Y., ran two miles for help after
her automobile had turned turtle,
with her infant child on the front
seat, wedged between the steering
wheel and the windshield, so that
she could not extricate it.
The French tricolored flag does
not consist of red, white and blue in
equal proportion. In every 100 parts,
blue is 30. white 33 and red 37. This
is because, due to an optical 'illusion,
the white, in the middle, would look
narrower than the blue which is
next to the staff and the red still
narrower, if the colors were of the
same width.
SIDELIGHTS ON THE WAR.
An organization of negroes In
Florida has set out to sell 10,000
thrift stamps to colored people.
The armor of the motor cars used
in the present war ranges from
three-sixteenths to a quarter of an
Inch in thickness and is impervious
to rifle and machine gun fire.
A French army aviator says he
has seen flies go up with his balloon
as high as 2,970 feet. Grasshoppers
cling to the basket of the balloon un
til the air becomes too rarified for
them, when they let go and fall. He
i.iys the swallows have a glorious
time catching these Insects.
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experience counts for much. We
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DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"What rlRht has Louisa to wear four
star service pin?"
"She has two x-husbands anfl a couple
of fiances in tho army.'1 Browning's
Magazine.
Traveler You cannot tell Row terrible
an experience It Is to be lost in the desert.
Johnson Oh, yes, I can. I used to live
In a dry town. Judge.
Brlggs What made you so silent at our
gathering the other evening?
Griggs Why, confound It all! I had a
particularly funny story, had forgotten
the exact point and was trying to remem
ber It.
Briggs Why didn't you ask us? Life.
"My husband says I am as young and
beautiful to htm now as when we were
first married."
"Then, why doesn't he go In time to
see a good oculist?" Baltimore American.
Burroughs I know a man who looks
so much like you that one could hardly
tell you apart?
Lenders (anxiously) You haven't paid
him that fiver I lent you three months
ago, have you? Boston Transcript.
"Here are the courts continually ruling
that a wife has the right to go through
her husband's pockets.'' i
"Well, how do you suppose any court
could enforce any other ruling? Chi
cago Post.
Jack But my ' wife handed me a big
surprise.
Harry What was It?
Jack I told her I was going to stay up
with a slrk friend and she said she hoped
I would hold as good hands as he did In
the game. Boston Globe.
"The road to success is apt to be a long,
hard one, my boy."
"Are there no short cuts, father?''
"Yes, my son. Our penitentiaries are
full of men who took the short cuts."
Birmingham Age-Herald.
WAR'S END.
Four years and more of time has passed
Since first was heard the bugle blast
That summoned men from paths of peace
And caused the world's progress to cease
That transformed day's most glorious'
llKht
Into darkness dread of the sable night.
The war clouds gathered, thick and fast,
And darker grew as moment passed.
While In their course destruction spread
And millions Joined the soldier dead;
lull Joyous peace seemed but a dream
And powers of darkness ruled supreme.
Onrtishlng heroes from Hunland came
With Bword unsheathed and torch aflame,
With Instruments more barbarous far
Than e'er before employed in war
Down tramping nil within their path,
Nor sparing childhood from their wrath.
Brave Belgium, she to none a fne,
Was subjected to unwonted woe;
Her fields despoiled of golden grain,
Her homes laid waste, her people slain,
Her churches, altars, cathedral uplres
Razed to the earth by cannon's fires.
Nor halted they In their mad advance
Till they met their peers In Northern
Trance,
W,here Sons of Freedom, In might arose
And hurled defiance at their foes:
And on the world's great battle field
These gallant men refused to yield.
The Poilus, Tommies and Canadian! lads
Proved soldiers brave, and true ofmrads;
While the khaki boys from the V. S. A.
Helped turn the battle tide our way;
So God we praise and church bells ring
And sons!' of peace and victory sing.
LCHIN ANDREW THOMPSON.
Fremont. Neb. , '
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When you wake up with backache
and dull misery in the kidney region
it generally meana you have been
atlng too much meat, says a well
known authority. Meat ferms uric
acid which overworks the kidneys in
their effort to filter )t from the blood
and they become sort of paralysed
and loggy. When your kidneys get
sluggish and clog you must relieve
them, like you relieve your bowels;
removing all the body's urinous
waste, else you have backache, sick
headache, dizzy spells; your stom
ach sours, tongue is coated, and
when the weather Is bad you have
rheumatic twinges. The urine Is
cloudy,, full of sediment, channels of
ten get sore, water scalds and you
are obliged to seek relief two or
three times during the night.
Either consult a good, reliah
physician at once or get from your
pharmacist about four ounces of Jad
Salts; take a tablespoonful in a glass
of water before breakfast for a few s
days and your kidneys will then act
fine. This famous salts Is made
from the acid of grapes and lemon
Juice, combined with lithla, and has
been used for generations to clean
and stimulate sluggish kidneys, also
to neutralize acids in the urine so iC
no longer irritates, thus ending blad
der weakness.
Jad Salts is a life saver for
regular meat eaters. It Is Inexpen
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