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THE OMAHA RTTNDAY BEE: DECEMBER 8, 1918
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Seems to be the striken this time who say,
The public be damned!"
"Shadowy existence" is right so far as the
Germans at the peace table is concerned.
PLAYING THE GERMAN GAME.
Some influential democratic organs are just
now, consciously or unconsciously, assiduously
devoting themselves to the service of Germany.
In Germany all classes look ahead with appre
hension to the assembly of the peace confer
ence, realizing that only through mistakes of
disagreements of the Allies and America can
the Teuton secure terms to their liking. The
statement has frankly been made that it is to
Mr. Wilson the Hun must turn if he gets off
lightly; he can expect nothing from Great
Britain, France, Italy or Belgium. Nor will
Serbia, Roumania or any of the smaller nations
that have felt the oppressor's power be inclined
Jo temper justice with too liberal an admixture
cf mercy. With this state of affairs st clear
before us all, and acknowleding the weighty of
our president's presence and counsel, it is as
tonishing to find -democratic newspapers ex
ploiting gossip thatmust mar the harmony if
it does not exactly produce a split in the council.
Magnifying mere rumors into proofs of jealousy
and distrust on part of the nations of Eurjpe
will not help our co-operation with them, and
we must work together in full harmony if the
victory for democracy is to be made complete.
Mr. .Wilson is to be a consultant and not the
umpire at Paris and at Versailles, and it is very
unwise for Americans to get into any other
way of thinking.
"After you," says Cost-o'-Living to Wages,
as they both approach the getting-off place.
Paper mill men obeyed the War board and
went back to work, showing it can be done.
Congress ran help Christmas shopping a lot
by letting us know what our taxes are to be.
' Oniahans may yet become addicted to pedes
trianism to the extent they have to be coaxed to
ride. i
; Chile and Peru have found out that they can
settle without a fight. Their example is referred
to others.
The kaiser has called for his court doctor,
but nothing is said as to summoning his Amer
ican dentist.
Omaha is not on the aerial mail route out
lined in Mr. Burleson's report, but maybe we
can stand it.
If walking is a preventive or cure for "flu,"
Omaha should quickly resume its top place in
the list of health resorts.
Kurt Eisner is to succeed Dr. Solf as for
eign minister for Germany, but his whine will
be no more seductive or effective.
Telling China to behave is all very well, but
suppose the Celestials prefer to pursue their
own little civil war in their own way?
It will be no harder to walk to church this
morning than to the golf links, but where do
' you think the bigger crowd will be?
If any member of the cabinet failed to
shower himself with bouquets in his report of
the year's doings, it was quite by oversight.
If the women really begin to fight to hold
men's jobs, what is going to become of the old
fashioned notion of "division of labor" between
the sexes? .
1
The Turks now Join the Germans in denying
responsibility for atrocities of the war. But
somebody did it, and it was neither the Arme
nians nor the Belgians.
Fall run of cattle is over, but the."grassers"
will soon be coming back from the feed lots,
well finished on good corn, and the beef supply
will be as steady as the price.
"Get out of the cheap state class," plead the
democrats, who are about to turn over the, ad
ministration of Nebraska to the republicans,
who will not waste money in vain show. .
Mr. Baker congratulates the country that
; seven billions have been saved by cancelling
war contracts. He does not speak of other bil
lions that might have been saved by not letting
contracts.
Tie crown prince has followed his father's
example, renouncing the crown he has no hope
of ever wearing. This act will gain him noth
ing in the eyts of the world he has so greatly
afflicted. x
President Townley gets a 40 per cent boost
in salary as head of the Nonpart league, and
now, with hii expense account, ought to do
much better than when he tried to earn a living
at farming ths land instead of the farmers.
, Again we hear that the Germans are about
to begin airship service with America. This
was mooted before the war, but the big Zep9
were transferred to the military service. How
ever, the history of the German navy may be
accepted as an answer to the present yarn.
Democratic Simplicity
, The United States always has prided itself
on a certain democratic simplicity that it has
maintained in its representation in Europe.
American ambassadors never have worn court
costumes. Their manner of living has been
studiedly unostentatious.
Benjamin Franklin, probably America's
greatest diplomat, set the fashion when he ap
peared at the gorgeous court of France in his
sober Quaker raiment of colonial russet, with
out a wig, and wearing his famous cap of mar
ten fur.
. No American wishes to be penurious in the
nation's provision for the comfort of .those who
shall attend the peace conference. But it is
something of a shock to read that the most
magnificent hotel in Paris, the hotel always re
served for royalty, has been leased for a year
by the United States for $400,000; that the.
bureau of public information is to have "an
"enormous furnished mansion at Versailles,"
and that a former Atlantic liner was refitted
to take the members of the mission and their
wives, under the escort of a battle fleet.
Evidently an expenditure of several million
dollars is planned in .connection with Ameri
ca's representation at the conference. This is
being done at a time when people are being
urged to save every penny possible to invest in
thrift stamps to pay the expenses Of the gov-
eroment.
! The combination doesn t lit well Kansas
Qty St
Our Army on a Peace Footing.
Just what will be done with the American
army cannot yet be told. In his report to con
gress! Secretary Baker postpones his answer to
the question, pending proceedings of the peace
congress. His present belief is that the future
of the army will be somewhlt dependent on in
ternational relations as they may be established
by the expected treaty. Also, as he says, the
present organization cannot be dissolved imme
diately, and so we will have for quite a while
a very large force of men under arms.
In the tentative discussion so far the proba
ble size of the reorganized army has been put
at 500,000 men. This figure may relate in some
degree to the report made by the War College
to Secretary Garrison in 1915, when asked for
a categorical answer to the question of a proper
policy for the military defense for the United
States. At that time the W(ar College experts
set the minimum figure for the standing army
at 600,000 men. This gave full weight to the
military and naval strength of Great Britain
and Germany and their readiness to speedily
transport large forces.
While the factors of the problem may have
changed in some sense, its general terms have
not, and the public mind has been well opened
to the possibilities only the experts could then
foresee. That Mr. Baker has been in any de
gree shaken from his pacifist attitude is the best
possible evidence of this. His willingness to
recommend what he considers a force ample to
serve as a nucleus for national army, however,
may not mean all that advocates of readiness
look for. Regardless of anything that may
transpire at Versailles, short of universal dis
armament, America should not be allowed to
relapse into conditions that formerly prevailed.
Reviving the Colombian Hold-Up.
The president's recommendation to the sen
ate that the treaty with Colombia be ratified
will revive the dispute over that heritage from
the time when Bryan was secretary of state.
The document carries with it the admission that
this nation has done a grave injustice to a
weaker One. If such a charge could be sub
stantiated by reasonable proof the simple act
of reparation would scarcely suffice.
, The facts are that Colombia undertook to
hold up the United States on the Panama canal
matter, and persists,in pushing a claim that rests
on a condition it has not been able to establish
to the satisfaction of the best lawyers of the
country. Mr. Bryan took the Colombian end
of the case, presumably because it afforded him
an opportunity to reflect on previous republican
administrations. He proposed that, in addition
to an apology, we pay several millions of dol
lars to the "outraged" Colombians, the sum
even exceeding that for which they originally
sought to negotiate the sale of the canal zone
and rights.
The history of the affair is one of intrgue
and political thimblerigging in Colombia and
patient effort on part of the United States to
deal fairly with its southern neighbor, at the
same time holding firm to the determination to
construct the canal and so serve the world.
Just why we should now submit to the belated
extortion proposed in the Bryan treaty is hard
to understand. ,
Adopting a New Constitution.
Nebraska is moving in order to the adoption
of a new constitution, but some folks are evinc
ing signs of impatience. This is not well. Time
should be taken to properly frame and thor
oughly digest he document intended to em
body the fundamental law of the state. That
Nebraska has need of a new constitution has
been affirmatively decided by the voters. Com
mon sense suggests that its adoption be delib
erately approached. The legislature will desig
nate the time for choosing members of the con
vention, and also has power to set a date for a
special election at which the voters will pass on
the wok of the convention. Ample time should
be given for full discussion of the document,
that changes it proposes may be understood,
and its effect on the future may be made as
clear as possible. Haste anywhere along the
line will be found dangerous. The state will do
well to profit by the unfortunate experience of
Omaha in conection with itshome rule charter.
No More "Bosco" at State Fairs.
Another forward step has been taken by the
associated managers of the state fairs, who have
resolved to provide entertainment on a higher
plane for their patrons. "Art" does not neces
sarily mean "highbrow stuff," although even
that is far more entertaining than many who
reject it without trial ever will know. The
point is that the amusement features of the
fairs are to be of a quality that will not inher
ently offend the taste and intelligence of the
public Side show freaks and exhibitions are
relics of the day when the bucolic crowd amused
itself by watching some fellow distort his visage
by "grinning through a horse collar." In but
slight degree has there been advance from this
form of diversion, although all other aspects of
the fair have changed in keeping with the in
creasing dignity and importance of agriculture
as an industry. The passing of "Bosco" will
mark another stage in our intellectual growth.
One Year Ago Today In the War.
Jerusalem surrendered to General
Allenby and the British forces.
Roumania reported to have agreed
to armistice with the Germans.
Generals Kaledines and Kornilov
began Russian counter-revolution
with aid of Cossacks.
In Omaha 30 Years Ago Today.
Dr. Hanigan was appointed as
sistant county physician at $a0 a
month.
The new dances are described as
the "Glide Mazourka." the "Dia-
y Vj,
mond Lancers," the "Berlin," the
"Laravene" and the "Parisian Ga
votte." Their 25th' wedding anniversary
was celebrated by Mr. and Mrs. P.
C. Himebaugh by a reception and
dance for 300 guests at the Mil
lard. Mrs. Himebaugh wore an
elaborately trimmed pink satin
gown.
The engagement is announced of
Mr. M. L. Roeder and Miss Pauline
Goldsmith.
Another engagement is that of Mr.
Simon Fisher and Miss Addie
Bloom of Iowa City, who has vis
ited much in Omaha.
Bishop Worthington is back from
Washington.
The Day We Celebrate.
Otis M. Smith, president of the
Missouri Valley Elevator company,
born 1880.
Admiral Henry T. Mayo, U. S. N.
born at Burlington Vermont 62
years ago.
Maj. Gen. John E. McMahon, U.
S. A., born in New York 58 years
ago.
William Cardinal O'Connell of
Boston, one of the two American
members of the Sacred college, born
at Loweil, Mass., 59 years ago.
Walter Irving McCoy, chief jus
tice of supreme court of the Dis
trict of Columbia, born at Troy, N.
Y.. 59 years ago.
James P. Austin, infielder of the
St. Louis American league base ball
team, born at Swansea, Wales, 36
years ago.
This Day in History.
1750 Lady Anne Barnard, author
of the popular ballad, "Auld Robin
Gray," born in Scotland. Died in
London in 1825.
1823 Dr. Robert Collyer, the man
who rose "from the anvil to the pul
pit," born in Yorkshire, England.
Died in New York City, November
30, 1912.
1843 Dedication of Tremont
temple in Boston.
1861 Torre del Greco was de
stroyed by an eruption, of Mount
Vesuvius.
1863 Two thousand lives lost in
the burning of the Jesuits' church in
Santiago. Chili.
1868 Bismarck, having recovered
his health, returned to the German
imnerial chancellorship.
1914 Four German cruisers sunk
by the British fleet in battle off the
Falkland islands.
1915 German troops reached
Greek frontier east of Monastir.
1916 Roumanian army, trapped in
Prahova valley, surrendered to Von
Mackensen.
Timely Jottings and Reminder.
Feast of the Immaculate Concep
tion.
First anniversary of the sur
render of Jerusalem to the British.
President Poincare. Premier Cle
menceau and other of the notables
of France are to pay a visit to Stras
bourg today.
A campaign for $5,000,000 to re
lieve the Jewish war sufferers at
home and abroad will be conducted
in New York City during the week
bepinnine todav.
Speakers of international promi
nence are to be heard at a great
meeting to be held in the New York
Hippodrome tonight as a tribute to
Great Britain ana tne parr sne iook
in the war.
Storyette of the Day.
One mistake often leads to an
other and sometimes to a third as
in a story that the secretary of war
told in the course Of an address not
long ago, when he was speaking of
the United Mates army regulations,
One hot day a private sat in a
train with tunic unbuttoned. Pre
sently a sergeant strode up to him
and said:
"Button up that tunicl Did you
never hear of by-law 217, subsection
D? I am Sergeant Winterbottom.
A gentleman in the seat behind
tapped the sergeant sternly on the
shoulder.
"How dare vou issue orders," he
said, "with a pipe in your mouth?
Gr home and read paragraph 14,
section M, part IX. I am Major
Carroll."
At that a gentleman with a droop
ing white mustache interposed from
the other side of the aisle:
"If Mainr Carroll." he said, coldly,
"will consult by-law 31 of section K
he will learn that to reprimand a
sergeant in the presence of a private
is an offense not likely to be over
looked. I am General Atchison, re
tire d." The Bayonet.
IN THE WAKE OF WAR.
The reign of "William II. aa Ger
man emperor lasted 30 years, 4
months and 25 days.
Belgian government has already
taken steps to compute damage done
to property in that country by Ger
mans during tleir occupation.
France's famous trl-color flag was
invented by Mary, Queen of Scots,
for the Swiss Guard in France
whjte for France, blue for Scotland,
and red for Switzerland.
Two sailors at the Great Lakes
Naval station, one directly following
the other, each engaged Chaplain
Moore to officiate at a wedding. Each
when asked the name of. the bride,
said: "Edith Steele." Fortunately
there were two Edith Steeles. One
now is Mrs. Lester and the other
Mrs. Higgins.
One of the most remarkable ar
mistices in modern record was con
cluded between Spain and several
of the South American republics at
Washington in ,-1871. It provided
that there should be no renewal of
hostilities between the contracting
parties, except after a three years'
notice, which was to be given
through the United States govern
ment. v
Views and Reviews
Pie and Pie-'ty as Pictured in
Frank MacLennan' s
Little Book
My friend, Frank P. MacLennan, who pub
lishes the Topeka Journal, occasionally con
tributes a personal column to his own paper
more or less along the same lines as this one of
mine, and has put into book form his write-up
of his trip to New York and Philadelphia last
spring, a copy of which he has sent me neatly
inscribed with his regards and best wishes. I
don't know whether the habit on his part ante
dates the excursion we both made together to
Mexico some years ago, when he wrote some
mighty interesting observations of the trip, but
his present volume, which he calls A Kansan
in New York," is cleverly gossipy,. or gossipy
clever, either way you want to put it. Since
the cover tarries the notice, "Not copyrighted,"
I take the liberty of quoting this description ot
meeting and entertaining two women from his
home town, especially as one of them used to
be an Omaha girl, and the other will soon shine
in Washington as the wife of the new senator
from the Sunflower state:
Walking over to the desk of the hotel, I
suddenly heard my name 'called, and upon
turning about found it was my next door
neighbor in Topeka, Mrs. Arthur Capper,
wife of our honored governor. After ex
changing greetings she said, "Mrs. Mulvane
is over at that desk writing a letter. We
both came from Washington this morning"
After meeting Mrs. Mulvane I asked the
two if they would go to luncheon with me.
"Oh, no," said Mrs. Capper, "you want to
talk with the men."
"No, indeed," says I, "I can talk with the
men any time."
Without further reluctance we went into
the cafe. All three agreed upon broiled mush
rooms. They looked good on the menu and
when served met expectations. We were
starting out to take something that we do not
have often in Topeka.
"I would like some iced coffee with cream
in it," said Mrs. Capper.
"The same," said the gentleman in the
party.
"Buttermilk for me," said Mrs. Mulvane.
"And I would also like some Boston cream
pie."
The other two said they did not care for
dessert.
When the pie course was served for the
one who had ordered it, it was about a quar
ter of a section, a liberal cut. Addressing the
waiter, Mrs. Mulvane said:
''Will you please bring me another plate
and I will cut this pie in two for the other
lady?"
"I will bring you the plate," said the wait
er, "but I will have to charge you for another
portion.." I
"All right," said the man to the waiter.
"Charge, Chester, charge if you must."
I observed that they knew how to charge,
all right, but I was in Philadelphia, and I was
endeavoring to do as the Philadelphians did,
even if they were trying to do me.
Mrs. Mulvane had a better second thought;
,she took one of the superfluous plates that
were on the table, and that gave her three
for the dessert. You want to know what
Mrs. Mulvane did with the three plates and
the one big piece of Boston cream? The
waiter being like All Gaul, divided into three
parts, part to wait, part to serve, part for
cupidity, Mrs. Mulvane was not to be out
flanked, and with some apparent considera
tion for the host who had ordered one' piece
of pie, but was compelled to pay for two
pieces, although getting but one well, here
is what she did: She cut that piece into
three equilateral triangles and each of us thus
had dessert. Q. E. D. This is the way they
do in Philadelphia. When you order one
piece of pie, then decide to have it cut in two,
thereupon they charge double, and to get
partially even you make three slices of it. The
bill was $3.70.
"We have been having a fine time, Mrs.
Capper and I," said Mrs. Mulvane, "but we
have been going at a pretty lively pace. We
left Washington at midnight this morning,
taking a drawing room, but Mrs. Capper
talked to me all night, so I failed to get any
sleep. Day was breaking when we arrived.
I think we will both go to Atlantic City to
morrow to rest up."
Don't imagine the MacLennan book is given
over wholly to pie-ty. It also presents serious
and informational material. It has one chapter
on "The Wyandots." which reminds us that the
first and only provisional governor of Nebraska
territory when Kansas was a part of it was head
chief of the Wyandot nation, well educated at
an Ohio college, a quarter-blood Indian. He
was William Walker. "Walker's governor
ship," we areiold, "was not officially recognized
by the government, but resulted in forcing the
democratic party in power to repeal the Mis
souri Compromise and to organize Kansas and
Nebraska into separate territories and really
precipitated the civil war."
Everyone who walks down Farnam street
each morning, as I do, must be struck with the
imposing apearance of the now completed block
of buildings covering what used to be referred
to not so long ago as Bill Paxton's cow pasture.
This is the square facing Farnam and running
from Twenty-fifth avenue to Twenty-sixth street,
on the Douglas street corner of whjch was- lo
cated the Paxton residence. The familiar sight
presented itself in those days of a beautiful pure
bred Jersey cow quietly nibbling the grass or
chewing her cud.
"Our milk costs me just $31.20 a quart," old
Bill would explain. "I have it figured out to a
cent."
Neither Bill Paxton nor 'the cow would
recognize the pasture now. The space between
the two corners which were built up a few
years ago has been fitted in with another struc
ture that is an ornament and credit to auto row.
The improvement is most noticeable and I be
lieve only a forerunner of what is coming in a
comparatively short time for all the remaining
vacant lots on Omaha's main thoroughfare.
People and Events
The island of Guam has gone dry and Hawaii
is going that way next August. Oh, well, there
is water aplenty between.
Down in Kansas Citv a thrifty patrolman
added highway robbery to his business as a
sideline. He owned up in court and pulled
down sixteen years. All of which shows that
thrift may be overworked.
Some junker sections of Hunland show
signs of grief over the hasty exit of Bill. Tears
will not avail. But a bigger Bill is coming-
sort of a "hollerin' " bill when the allies get the
column of damages footed up. And it will keep
fresh the memory of Bill for a while.
Fielder Sanders, street railway commissioner
of Cleveland, says out loud that Cleveland's
lines a"re making big money out of 5-cent fares,
fattening the surplus at the rate ot $1UU,UUU
month. Mr. Sanders song throws a ragtime
note into the dirge played by the utilities.
When Texas overlooks -numDer one it s a
rare day down that way. The latest proof of
Lone Star lamps polished for business is sup
plied bv the judicial knockout for prohibition.
The action gives the southern route to the
wineries of California several pints if not quarts
the better of the Overland run.
The war ban has been lifted off passports to
Cuba and followers of the Sun may hike that
way as quickly as Jack Frost forsakes the North
Pole. European tourists must hold a check on
their anxiety for a while. Seekers tor pass
ports to Europe may cool off in the corridors
unless a showing of urgent business abroad is
made. Thousands of applicants are being turn
ed down every week?
Around the Cities
Sioux City solons. bv a three to
two vote, embodied the skip-stop
system in a city ordinance.
Five German names of streets in
St. Louis have been stricken oft the
corner posts and American names
substituted.
New York's taxpayers have com
pleted their annual swear-off and
succeeded in making auite a shrink
age in the assessor's personalty total.
An ordinance prohibiting the dis
play of the red flag in Chicago was
passed ry the city council almost
unanimously. Two socialists voted
for the red, minus the white and
blue.
By a simple twist of the wrist
the county commissioners of Cook
county, which is Chicago, boosted
their salaries from $3,600 to S5.000
a year. The president s veto of tne
deal was quickly turned down.
Rivalry and competition ceases
among public utilities in the matter
of boosting the price. Sioux City's
automatic telephone company boost
ed rates December 1. Just as smooth
ly as the Bell jut it over elsewhere.
A St. Louis cop who worked the
habit of noting on his cuff the li
cense numbere of motor cars seen
on his beat at unusual hours was
rewarded at last by three arrests of
crooks. The habit Is easily acquired
and is hot patented.
Des Moines sends out & hurry call
to all cities in Iowa urging action to
head off plans of the public utilities
designed to paralyze home rule and
home regulation. It is said the
utilities will launch a drive on the
coming legislature for a state com
mission which will pass upon fran
chise problems and rates.
Three federal Judges sitting on
the case in Kansas City refused to
grant the injunctions asked by the
Metropolitan street railway, which
would tie the hands of city and state
while the company inaugurated 8-
cent fares. The present fare is 6
cents.
The sanitary district of Chicago
wants the city of Chicago to dig up
$2,250,000 and started suit to en
force payment of the bill, covering
Installation of a street lighting sys
tem and supplying current. The
city admits it owes the money, but
the treasury is shy that amount and
some over.
Newark, N. J., ordains that girls
must wear clean faces, and a staff
of policemen are enforcing the law.
The cops are busy most of the time
rounding up powdered and rouged
girls and forcing them to wash their
faces. Not a dab of color other than
nature's passes Inspection. It's
tough, but Newark insists on a wash
up or lock-up.
CENTER SHOTS
Signposts of Progress
To facilitate writing in the dark
an inventor has patented an elec
tric flashlight to be attached to a
lead pencil.
An acceptable substitute for ab
sorbent cotton is being made of
wood, ground and rolled or spun
tntb sheets.
A powerful wireless station in New
Jersey now in government control is
exchanging messages directly with a
similar station in Argentina.
Eyeglasses for which a British
patent has been granted can 'be
folded when idle to resemble a
locket and worn on a chain as an
ornament.
A governor for gasoline tractors
has been designed that can be ad
justed with a wide range of speeds
from the driver's scat even when a
tractor is running.
There has been incorporated in
France a company, which is really a
technical commission, for the' pur
pose of conducting commercial
operations useful in bringing about
reconstruction of the iron mines and
steel works in the invaded region.
Vice President Marshall sent his
ballot as an absentee voter for elec
tion day to Indianapolis by mail, and
also sent two telegrams to the In
dianapolis postmaster, advising him
that the ballot had been mailed in
his care, under a special delivery
stamp.
A MAIL FROM FRANCE.
ba carrier hurries with the Joyful
word. 1
rinnannH Trihnne! William. I.
R., may now be interpreted William
I Ran.
Tiotrnlt PVaa Press! Secret ser
vice men find moonshine stills. Then
again we have known it to nave tne
exact bpposite effect
New York World: Charged with
seditious talk, a Bolshevik dentist
of Brooklyn says that in Germany
or Russia he would gladly bear
arms. This frank admission shows
an accurate understanding that the
Bolshevik Soviets and Imperial Ger
many were war allies.
Philadelphia Ledger: It Is not
surprising that the soldiers should
enter a respectful protest against
the design of the Upllfters to see that
they get safely home alter demobili
zation. They are only too anxious
to go, and they are quite able to look
after themselves, thank you.
Brooklyn Eagle: Joining her Im
perial or ex-imperial spouse at Am
erongen, Holland, the kaiserin took
along twenty trucks of baggage in
trunks and boxes. Every married
man will understand why Wilhelm
didn't meet her at the station. He
Is an empire smasher, not a baggage
smasher.
New York Herald: "With the
ending of the war we find ourselves
with the familiar constitutional
privileges and restrictions," says
Charles Evans Hughes, "and it be
hooves officers of the government to
realize that to make a pretense of
military exigency for ulterior pur
poses when military necessity has
ceased is simply an abuse of power
which will not be permitted to es
cape censure." A sagacious word of
warning!
OUT OF THE ORDINARY. M
The agent at Saginaw, Mich., of
the new United States Employment
bureau has just placed an 81-year-old
man at work.
As part of the armistice celebra
tion at Houlton, Me., a 2,000-pound
ox was roasted for the populace in
a large fireplace built in the square.
A room may be quickly freed from
the smell of tobacco smoke by plac
ing in it a pail of water containing a
handful of hay, which will absorb
all the odor of the tobacco.
That women workers on the farm
are a success is shown by the fact of
a Japanese woman in Yakima,
Wash., who is believed to have set
a record by picking up 225 sacks of
potatoes In one day.
A yellow poplar tree of giant size
which was felled recently In Ken
tucky, in the hills of the Cumberland
mountains, made nearly 7,000 feet of
first-class lumber, with several hun
dred feet of second-class stuff be
sides. A California man was arrested
tried and found guilty of killing a
man named Henry. The California
man was sentenced to 15 years for
manslaughter. He went to prison
and served his 15 years and was dis
charged two years ago. Last month
Henry, the supposed dead man, was
located in Louisana alive and well.
The rooster now twisting as a
weathercock on the clock tower of
the First National Bank building In
Portland, Me., is 130 years old, his
first roosting place having been the
top of the old courthouse In Port
land in 1778. He weighs more than
60 pounds and Is said to have been
made of oak. Now he shines with a
new coat of gilt paint.
HERE AND THERE
London's telephone and telegraph
wires extend to 73,500 miles over
head and 921,000 miles underground.
A woman observed working on a
man's Job at Los Angeles wore men's
working clothes. Including overalls,
but on her fingers she had seven dia
mond rings.
When sailors speak of fathoms
they do not always mean the same
thing. On board a man-of-war a
fathom means six feet, on board a
merchantman five and one-half feet,
and ' on board a fishing vessel five
feet.
Collecting dandelions, an Italian
woman living in Philadelphia has
been able to save $2,000 during the
last 40 years. She has supported
herself since her husband died, 40
years ago, selling dandelions to her
countrymen in the Quaker City.
The king of Spain possesses an odd
collection of relics connected with
attempts on his life. A reminder of
the very first attempt on his life is
the teat of a feeding bottle, with
which an attempt was made to
poison him when he was only 8
months old.
Judson Grimm of Smithfleld, Pa.,
beat the army censors by writing
from "Somewhere in France" to his
mother that he could not say where
he was, but asking her If she re
membered the first four letters of
the name of a man who kept a con
fectionery store in Smithfleld. The
man's name was Metzler
"A Mall from France!" and down the vil
lage street
Th
Full well he knowe how all will haite to
meet
The precious mall, with love and long
ing attired.
No need to garner from the chaff the
wheat.
The anldler's letter's always placed at
hand!
The "Mall from France!" la always first
to meet
The eye, and with a quickened heart
beat scanned.
"Hast heard 7 Hast heard from those
across the seas?"
Next day the mothers, each to each,
with eager glance.
The word la borne on every passing breeze!
"A mall, a mall has come from far-off
Fiance!"
And quickly through the town the word
Is spread;
News travels fast to cottage, hall or
manse.
Your boy and mine? Nay! Oura! If
truth be said.
What news from our boye, over there
In France?
We share alike the word of good or 111.
If Joyous tidings, glow our hearts with
pride;
And If God help u! sorrow smites us,
still
We stand together, close, whate'er bo
tlde. O Concord, who has ever to tha breeis
The banner of the free with honor flung,
Ah, never hast thou nobler given than
these
Toung lives of faith and courage still
unsungl
God grant thy patriot soul mar never dle
Thy boys still "carry on" thy storied
fame:
And worthly and bravely bear on high
The unstained glory of thins ancient
name!
Florence Spring In Boston Transcript.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Nelghbor--'They tell me jour soa M
on the college foot ball team."
Proud Mother "It Is quite true!"
Neighbor "Po you know what position
he plays?" V
Proud Mother "I'm not surs, but f
think has one of the drawbacks." Tows
Topics.
Customer Tou say this hair restorer Is
very good. do you?
lirugglst Yes, Blr; I know a man who
took the cork out of a bottle of this
sfntf with his teeth and he had a mus
tache net day. Irugglst Review.
"Po you think early rising Is good for
your health?" asked the languid city visi
tor, s
"I don't know about my health," re
plied Father Cobbles, "but next to sun.
rain and fertiliser. It's the best thing
there ts for clops." Birmingham Age-llerald.
The Whale Phi I ever tell you of the
time I liuated In the plates of a whaling
ship and sank her In 40 fathomat
The Porpoise Oh, tell It to the sub
marines. Ruffalo Kxpress.
RED CROSS ROLL CALL
Once more the Hod Cross calls us.
So let us all prepare.
To do our duty nohly
liy the nurses over there.
For on th battle fields of Francs
Their mission la divine.
And the glory of their nobis deeds
Will never cease to shins.
Shall ws lay back In safety hers
Far from ths fields ot strife,
And fall to do our duty
By the girl who rlaks her HfeT
We are asked to raise ten million.
Thank Ood wa have ths chance,
T6 show that wa are backing up
Our Bed Cross nurse In Francs.
Their work among the dying
Is Inspired by one Supreme,
For they carry out the teachings
Of the Humble Naaarene,
Who aald to his disciples
In the land of Gallllee,
"Aa thou doeth unto others
Thou hast done It unto me."
She's ths grandest type of woma
Thla world hoe ever known.
We should pay her greater homage
Jhana queen upon her throne,
will soothe a wounded soldier
When his life Is ebbing low.
And will treat with equal kindness
A dying friend or foe.
And 1f the fates should so ordain
And the aoldler boy goes "west"
She will write his dear old mother.
And send his last request.
And when this s'rlfe la over
And the truth has all been told,
You will find her name In history
Has been traced In liquid gold.
Omaha. J. S. HUNTER.
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