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It is known that for some rnonthaAhe rate
''production in the Pennsylvania anthracite
i hat run ahead of the demands of the mar-
A' very mild winter has greatly reduced
- -option In order to forestall the accumu
3 of a considerable surplus, opes tors early
I .a year began working their mines on short
The weather has been favorable for the
,st possible output and for the rapid move
nt of coal by the railroads. The supply of
rt for all purposes has been abundant. All
conditions that last year caused so much
Me are absent The government no longer
it accessary to stimulate production or
t private consumption.
--ybody has coal to burn who can pay for
(everybody is paying the highest price
;wn. 5 The se?soa i near when prices
-a regularly reduced for spring and
prices and instead prices are to be
' onth by month. If only the operators
.jad-a shortage of coal or of labor or
. congestion or excessive war require
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.AT THE GENEVA REFORMATORY.
Disclosures mad before the legislative inves
tigating committee of doings at the Geneva
School for Girls are such as must shock people
of ordinary sensibilities. The state of affairs dis
covered at this institution, and which resulted in
the dismissal of Miss McMahon from the super
intendency, scarcely has been improved if what
is told of Superintendent McAuley be true.
Girls who are sent to this reformatory are
either abnormal or subnormal. They are not
responsive to treatment accorded entirely nor
mal individuals. This being true, it is also true
that to maintain discipline, secure order, and
bring about the results sought for, the govern
ment of the institution must be rigid in its
general aspects, and carried on in such fashion
as will impress the highly sensitive as well as
the duller of the inmates. Punishment may be
administered, and in such manner as will not
leave its victim under misapprehension.
Admitting all this, which is elemental, we
submit that it hardly comports with the dignity
of the great state of Nebraska that the head
of the girls' reformatory should bring forth re
fractory inmates and spank them in presence of
invited guests, as a feature of the week-end
party. It may engage a certain type of mind
to watch the administration of a spanking to a
girl clothed only in a "nightie," but the? specta
cle is hardly one to be looked for in an enlight
ened community. .
We must have reform schools, and homes
for unfortunate girls, .but In the name of all that
is reasonable, let us have them so conducted
that their management will not be a source of
continual reproach to the public.
Germany and the Peace Conference.
Germans are just beginning to wake up to.
the gravity of their situation with relation to
other nations of the world. The formal inquiry
as to whether peace delegates from Berlin will
be permitted to discuss or suggest amendments
to the treaty in conference shows they are
alarmed. French and British papers have pub
lished statements that the Germans will have
no voice in the proceedings. This is not as yet
confirmed, but it may be accepted as quite
probable that no great consideration will be
shown them.
Germany the conqueror, in Belgium and
Flanders, in Serbia and Rumania, in Russia and
elsewhere, presented a picture that will not fade,
and Germany the conquered, now a suppliant
at Paris, can expect only justice with no espe
ciaj regard for its own desires. The pretense
that the armies of the empire were not beaten
are as hollow as the assertion that an "unde
feated" navy was surrendered.
Whatever form of peace is adopted as a re
sult of the gathering at Versailles, it will be
framed and adopted under the shadow of that
tragic group, whose perpetuation has been such
a source of gratification to the pride of Germany,
now humbled, and the delegates will hardly for
get they are sitting where Bismarck relentlessly
sought to crush France by terms so harsh the
nation would never recover. Justice only is the
motive now to be served, but the mercy that tem
pers it will not be lessened by the remembrance
of Bismarck.
High Prices and "Profiteering.'
Omaha is not alone in its complaint against
high prices, nor does the list on which "profiteer
ing" is alleged end with building material. Chi
cago and Philadelphia, New York and Wash
ington, are carrying on crusades aimed at the
inordinate cost of foodstuffs, and from all parts
of the country come protests because of the
remarkable situation that suddenly has de
veloped. Instead of the end of the urgency demand
for government war needs producing the ex
pected lower level of costs, the opposite effect
has been noted. During January and February,
for example, hogs were being rushed to mar
ket to take advantage of the high prices before
government control ended on March 1. Corn
dealers were in a quandary, because they could
foresee only a drop in the market Government
control ended, the embargo on foreign ship
ments was lifted, and hogs and corn have sold
higher all through March than in the months
preceding. Other foodstuffs have correspond
ingly advanced.
Some portion of this phenomenon is unques
tionably due to profiteering. On certain articles
of food stuff which are more abundant now than
at the same season last year the doubling and
trebling of price is not to be ascribed to a
natural course of trade. Yet it is also true that
for the first time the country as a whole is feel
ing the effect of the war time inflation of cur
rency and credit.
This effect may be temporary, and in a few
weeks pass away. More money than ever was
known in all the history of the world is now in
existence. Currency issues have not increased
in America alone, but everywhere. In France
and Belgium, where great need of certain sta
ples exists, buyers have been ready to take all
offered at prices asked. This has forced Amer
icans to pay likewise or do without
Domestic buyers are withholding orders,
and so will be able to compel a recession on
part of sellers.- This means stagnation for the
moment, but it will produce a readjustment as
quickly as any other means.
"Air Rocks" and the Transatlantic Flight.
Some years ago promoters of transoceanic
aerial navigation gave out an elaborate account
of how the upper currents of the atmosphere
had been charted. It was then alleged the Ger
mans had the advantage of all the secret knowl
edge of this essential information, and conse
quently were in position to command the enter
prise. Now comes from London the startling
statement that "air rocks" have been discov
ered off Newfoundland of a character that may
preclude airplane flight from Ireland this way,
but will greatly facilitate passage the other.
This is distressing. If memory serves rightly,
"The Flight of the Midnight Mail," described
by Kipling, was from over there in this direc
tion, and was accomplished with little difficulty,
beyond rescuing the survivors of an air-ship
wrecked going the other way. Perhaps the
"rocks" are better understood now than they
were then. It is comforting to think that aerial
navigators are already warned of their existence.
Just as soon as we think the way is smooth and
clear, up bobs something like this, but we will
yet be permitted to read of transatlantic flights,
and maybe tbe school kids of the next genera
tion will have an opportunity of learning of the
air lanes as completely as have those of today
concerning sea lanes.
Senator Pomerene says he would like to see
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Views and Reviews
New Book by William Stull on
Farm Problems.
I have before me a new book, "The Food
Crisis and Americanism," by a well known
Omaha man. William Stull. It is not a fat or
pretentious volume nor is it encased in a fancy
cover. There is no frontispiece portrait of the
author and no pretense that the book answers
an irresistible popular demand. The book Jn
reading, proves to be just what anyone acquainted
with the writer would expect an outspoken
discussion reflecting ideas of his own based on
long experience with farm conditions in the
middle west, wide observation and critical read
ing of history and current economic literature.
That must not be taken to mean that I agree
with all Mr. Stull's assumptions or conclusions
he has always been and is a "bear" on farm
ing the farmer, in his view, is always getting
the worst of it. Compared with other elements
of the community, money invested in farming
is the least remunerative capital put out any
where, and the future so unalluring that no one
will want to work a farm hereafter unless some
thing is done at once to correct the deplorable
situation. And he has the figures and statistics
to prove it to his own satisfaction exhibits
showing how the mortgages on farm lands are
increasing year by year and never decreasing,
tables setting out that the farmer is getting less
wages for his work than the common laborer on
the streets, price quotations indicating that the
farmer is losing money on everything he sells
even at war-time levels. A few things are, of
course, overlooked, that might furnish offset or
at least explain how we happen to have so many
rich farmers who started with nothing, and
why, despite constant complaining, the farmers'
credit at the bank is gilt-edged beside that of
(he wage worker or professional man. The lot
of the farmer can not possibly be so bad as
painted or there would not be so many of them.
What Mr. Stull says in his book about the
Federal Land bank is characteristic of his fear
lessness in expounding a deep-set conviction.
He does not believe that institution is based on
right principles or calculated to serve a useful
purpose for "The Betterment of Agriculture."
This is what he says about the method of enact
ing that important piece of legislation:
When the question of establishing a new
national banking system was before congress,
the best bankers throughout the country were
taken into councils, as well as into the con
fidence of our law-makers. Congressional
committees seemed always glad to receive sug
gestions, called in bankers of experience,
great and small, from all quarters of the
country. The council of these practical busi
ness men of experience in that particlar. line
did more to bring about better banking sys
tem one which seems to respond to every
emergency than any congressional commit
tee, without such efficient aid, could have ever
secured. When the system was established
from among these bankrrs, and following their
counsel and in keeping with the consensus
of opinion of all bankers, men were selected
to organize, supervise and control it. In the
creation of the federal land bank system, none
of these steps were followed to any per
ceptible extent. I have never heard of a
man of high standing, large and long ex
perience in the farm mortgage business, who
was called before the congressional commit
tee, or summoned to hearings held through
out the country ostensibly to gather informa
tion as to its desirability or method of opera
tion. On the contrary, the men so called
seem to be selected from among those most
likely to favor the scheme, usually job-hunting
politicians, land boomers, or impecunious
farmers or renters, who desire greater credit
for themselves.
Naturally, Mr. Stull espouses the cause of
the farmer as against that of organized labor,
insisting that the farmer is constantly the step
child of the official and public servant, while the
labor union is the favored member of the family.
He believes that our law-makers for political
reasons listen to the proponent of labor and
turn a deaf ear to the legitimate demands of the
tillers of the soil. He overlooks wholly the
fact that our laws are not all made in congress,
but are also made by state legislatures, and
that we have in agricultural states like our own
legislatures completely dominated by farmers.
If the laws then give the farmer the worst of
it, it could be not in disregard of the farmer
class, but because they themselves disagree as
tq what they want. .The truth is, however, that
our statute books are full of more laws in
tended to benefit the farmers than to benefit the
laborer. So far as the farmer is a manual la
borer, and Mr. Stull puts stress on this aspect
of his work, many of the labor laws should
operate to his relief. The chief difficulty in
diagnosing the farmer's situation comes, I be
lieve, from failure to see that the farmer is at
one and the same time himself a capitalist and
a laborer and has the conflicting interests of
both competiting for ascendancy. As a la
borer earning hire on his farm and as a mer
chandiser of its products, he has two different
reckonings to observe. That is his misfortune
and at the same time his salvation.
Food in Storage
In a recent statement before a congressional
committee1 the head of one of the big meat
handling concerns said that all the cold storage
warehouses in the central west connected with
the meat-packing industries were filled to the
doors. The March statement from the Depart
ment of Agriculture gives the information that
on March 1 the cold-stored holdings of meats
aggregated 1,424,193,903 pounds. This is an ex
cess over the record of March 1, 1918, of 130,
000,000 pounds.
The holdings of other general consumption
food commodities are indicated as being larger
than at this time last year by the Agricultural
department report. The bread food stocks are
almost unprecedentedly large. A recent official
report placed the wheat surplus at 400,000,000
bushels. Last year was a record-breaking year
in the aggregated food yield of the United
States, and all the trustworthy reports, includ
ing those coming from the Agricultural depart
ment, lead to the expectation that the aggrega
ted food yield of this year will be far and away
in excess of the output of last year or any previ
ous year in the history of the country.
Is there not reason to apprehend that the
farm industries may be greatly demoralized
next year through the compulsory marketing
of accumulated stocks? Even fish and poultry,
as is known, have been stored in quantities that
total an immense reserve, apparently to the
purpose of maintaining the high-mark war
prices. Baltimore American.
Forcible Entry and Search
Complaints are being made by citizens of
Omaha that state booze hout ds enter their resi
dences with the ostensible object of looking for
liquor and when the hounds depart there is miss
ing certain sums of money, valuable jewelry and
silverware.
The constitution of the United States says
the homes of the citizens of the United States
shall be secure from search and seizure except
by due process of law. Of course the booze
hounds fall back on the state law and claim they
have the right to enter private houses and nose
about as they desire.
This is all wrong. There is a legal way to
secure warrants for search and these warrants
must be backed by the proper affidavits showing
good cause for . the proposed search.
It is an outrage for booze hounds to enter
and .search and steal under the guise of the
Home Health Hints
Reliable advice given In this
column on prevention and
cure of disease. Put your ques
tion in plain language. Your
name will not be printed.
Ask The Bee to Help You.
Focal Infections.
It is a common experience on go
ing to a physician these last few
years to be advised to have the ton
sils or teeth removed for a disorder
which the patient never remotely as
sociated with those structures. Th'e
complaint may he rheumatism, ap
pendicitis, heart disease, or a ner
vous disease, the advice and cure
may rest on the removal of these or
similar offending organs. Along with
advice to have Fomethina like the
above removed, the physician makes
mention of focal Infection as the root
of the disorder. It is my purpose to
explain what Is meant by focal in
fection. Infection, I should explain at the
outset, is the entrance Into the body
of disease producing microbes and
the effects they produce. It is the
nature of an infection that these
germs must not oniy enter, but they
must produce a disease effect. Now
when a germ enters the body it es
tablishes itself flrst at some point
where it can grow in numbers, be
cause a few cannot long survive in
real healthy tiwue Therefore, un
less those disease microbes, which
are from time U, time finding en
trance into the body can find some
L tissue below the normal in vitality
mey cannot survive ana tnereiore
multiply. Givei a part of the body
where they can multiply they estab
lish here a point of infection, and
from this as a base descendants of
the original invaders are carried to
various parts of the body and va
rious disease conditions are pro
duced. Such Is the nature of fpcal
infections. The reason the tonsils
and teeth Are most frequently in
criminated is because they are the
principal offenders as focal or basal
points of Infection. The explanation
for this Is asy to understand.
Through food, drink and air we are
constantly taking Into our mouths
vast numbers of microbes. Many
of these are harmless, but many are
not provided our tissues give them
a chance to do us harm. The ton
sils and the teeth, by reason of the
constant passage of food, are con
stantly soiled by food while eating,
remnants of wh'ch are undergoing
digestion and putrif action when we
are not so eneaged. Lodgment of
food particles occurs about the base
or roots of teeth, and in depressions
of the tonsils which are known as
crypts. Decomposing food is an ex
cellent pabulum for the growth of
microbes. An attack of tonsilitis,
or a dead tooth, offers further advan
tages for multiplication, and so we
have established pockets in the ton
sils, or pockets about a dead tooth,
which are colonies of germs ready
for invading the body generally
when opportunity Is fcund. As a
matter of fact from such a point of
localization germs are constantly be
ing carried away by the blood
stream, only to be destroyed so long
as a weakened tissue is not found.
But sooner or ln'er this bombard
ment makes a hit, with the result
that we suffer an attack of rheuma
tism, appendlc:ti.. endocarditis (.in
flammation of the lining of the
heart), or meningitis. An ounce of
prevention Is, indeed, in respect to
the teeth and tonsils, worth a
pound of cure. So it behooves us to
give due heed to the possibilities of
harm in diseased tonsils and teeth.
The tonsils can b investigated with
a probe, the teeth with the Xray; if
pus is found on xamination, the of
fender should ba removed. No other
prevention is feasible, but to remove
this as a source of ether focal infec
tions. After writing the above, I would
be remiss in my duty to my readers,
however, did I not warn them to use
judgment in acting on indiscriminate
advice to have either tonsils
or teeth remover?. Medicine has its
fashions and fad even as has every
department of human endeavor. Re
moval ot tonsils, provided skillfully
done, besides the temporary discom
fort can leave no bad effects so far
as we know. But teeth once remov
ed cannot be eutirely successfully
supplanted with false ones, as many
persons have found out to their sor
row. So bewaro of the faddist in
medicine, and the ignoramus who
recommends the latest as an infalli
ble cure. Take time to reflect on
any advice which attributes an ill
to a focal infevticn. Say you are
from Missouri aAd want to be shown.
SIGNPOSTS OF PROGRESS.
Sixteen million pounds more wool
were clipped in 1918 than in 1917,
according to reports.
Two-thirds of the flaxseed produc
tion of 1918 came from North Dako
ta and Montana.
J. B. Shaw, working In a factory
at Iala, Kan., made $52.36 in a week
recently by cutting 67,249 buttons.
An acceptable substitute for ab
sorbent cotton Is being made of
wood, ground and rolled or spun
into sheets.
Turning the handle of an Illinois?
inventor's double-acting churn re
volves the paddles in one direction
and the barrel in another.
Louisiana., has appointed a state
commission )to study the labor of
women and children, with a view to
maximum hour and minimum wage
laws.
A MIssourian has designed a farm
tractor that can be converted into a
farm wagon, the drive being through
the front wheels, while two wheels
replace a single rear wheel when it
becomes a truck.
Olive oy constitutes an important
source of Spanish Income, and in
recent years its manufacture has
reached an unsurpassed excellence,
the finest as well as other clasess of
oil being obtained. The total pro
duction of Spanish oil in normal
years Is about twice as great as
can be disposed of for domestic con
sumption. EDITORIAL SNAPSHOTS.
Detroit Free Press: About when
may we expect tho first feeler to be
issued to the effect that "owing to
the open winter ice will be neces
sarily higher n price?"
New Tork World: Ludendorff at
tributes Germany's defeat to Von
Moltke's defective strategy, War
Minister Falkenhayn's loose organi
sation and other persons' shortcom
ings. But why modest about Lu
dendorft's prt?
New York Herald: Leslie M.
Shaw, following example of Prof. A.
Lawrence Lowell,! challenges Mr.
Taft to Joint dcbite on "League of
Nations." If th't trt of thing keeps
up the schools of oratory can offer
busy future fcr tneir pupils.
Brooklyn Eapl: Miss Jeannette
M. Rankin used up all her tears
when she voted against declaring
war. She had no:ie left for her fare
well speech in the house of repre
sentatives. That she is more win
some when she dcsn't weep is the
Judgment of the best correspondents.
Baltimore American: Some enter
prising managei might round up the
ex-crowned heads into one company
and form a royal band . to make
The Day We Celebrate.
Philip J. Kami, contractor and
builder, born 1RC5.
Viscount Mllner. British colonial
secretary and former secretary of
state for war, born 65 years ago.
Cardinal Bonre, archbishop of
Westminster, b'-rn at Clapham, Eng
land, 68 years aro
Rev. Ira Landrlth, prohibition can
didate for vice president in 1916,
born at Mi'ford, Tex., 54 years ago.
Hazel Dawn, widely celebrated as
an actress and photoplay Btar, born
at Ogden, Utah. years ago.
Prof. Frank'in II. G'ddings of
Columbia university, who toured the
south last year to combat German
propaganda, born at Sherman,
Conn., 64 year ago.
In Oinnha 30 Vt'iire Ago.
The ladies of the North Presby
terian church gave a farewell for
Mrs. Sarah J. Trout, presenting her
also with a magnificent antique oak
easy chair. Th presentation was
made by Mrs. J jhn French.
, Musical circles oie welcoming Nat
M. Brigham back from Boston.
After a year's absence in the west
Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Swetnam have
returned to Omaha.
Jlattie Williar.s, the Omaha bicy
clist, won the ftjmale six-day race.
From here the ladies go to Kansas
City for another rnce next month.
C. II. Fuller tins been given an in
terest in the business of Frederick,
the Hatter, and the name changed to
C. II. Frederick Co.
PEOPLE AND EVENTS. .
Remember six years ago tonight
and the days anl nights following?
Luckily the industry of passing yeara
obliterates the scene and mellows
the recollection
To make sure that New Yorkers
will get the habit the 6tate legisla
ture talks of pMting on a state in
come tax which will make the In
come shake-down semi-annual. The
state treasury needs the money as
well aa Uncle Sam.
The late Dr. Thomas Addis Em
met of New york left an estate val
ued at $1,000,000, largely acquired
through professional work. He also
left the prophecy that "England
must, some time, become an Irish
province," whifh tags the true
optimist of the Emerald type.
Thirty thou3and Bostonians were
shooed away ft'orn the doors of Sym
phony hall during the Lowell-Lodge
debate on the league of nations. The
newspapers, lika the good Samari
tans, rushed to their rescue with the
whole show in print, all for 2 cents.
Tradition hai It that an unso
phisticated German saloon keeper
at Hoboken decorated his Joint with
orange colors on the 17th of March.
What happened was aplenty. Last
Monday a German celebrated too
much in Chicago "Why are you
celebrating today?" "inquired the
judge. Hana could not answer.
Then fell a sentence for violating
the sanctity of the day.
If the voters cf Detroit on April
7 approve a provisional agreement
by a three-fifths majority the city
will take over an operate the street
railway system. The agreed price is
$31,500,000, for all lines within the
city bounds, a total of 306 miles.
The company retains all its interur
ban lines, having a mileage of 609,
terminal facilities and the right to
operate interurban cars to and from
existing terminals.
ODD BITS OF LIFE
The mummy of an Egyptian prin
cess which had been entombed for
2,000 years before the Christian era
was recently found encased in a
laced article very similar to the pair
of corsets worn by the woman of to
day. Glasgow once experienced a
strike of grave diggers, who de
manded an increase in pay, shorter
hours, and six days' holiday in the
year. They picketed the cemeteries
and stopped the funerals until finally
the authorities yielded to their de
mands. Among the Aztecs of Mexico the
number "13" was sacred. Their week
had 13 days, and their century 62
years, or four times 13. The pub
lic archives were circular in form
and divided into 13 segments, with
the sun depicted in the center. The
Aztec tribes also numbered 13.
There are. or were before the war.
nearly 1,000 great country estate."
scattered over Great Britain, many
of which have now been closed be
cause of the huge taxation. Oi
these 60 may be classed as private
palaces, for each required a staff of
from 200 to 600 servants and at
tendants. Outside of the household
servants there were many men em
ployed as caretakers for the grounds,
gardens, park, coverts, outbuildings
and stables.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
Jess When 1 met Alice today I had on
my new dreis. Of count I expected her
to say -something about It, but she pre
tended not to have seen it.
Tess Wasn't that sweet of her? She
always Is considerate of others. Minneap
olis Tribune.
"Now that my husband has retired
from active business he notices all tho
pretty young girls." i
"How fortanate for you both that he
still has something to occupy his mind.
Lite.
Bobble had been studying his grand
father's face, which was very wrinkled.
"Weill Bob," said the old gentleman, "do
you like my face?"
"Yea, grandpa," said Bobble. "It's an
awfully nice face, but why don't you have
it Ironed?'' Houston Post.
"Say, caa you let me have five sr ten "
"No."
" minutest I think I can show you
how to make some money."
" objection, old chap. Tou can have
20 If you want." Boston Transcript.
"Your wife haa Imaginary ailments."
"Um,"
"I'll just give her some Imaginary
medicine."
"Um. What kind of a bill are you going
to render In this case, doc?" Baltimore
American.
The druggist danced and chortled till
the bottles danced on the shelves.
"What's up?'' asked the soda clerk.
"Have you been taking something?"
'No. But do you remember when our
water pipes were froaen last Chrlstmaa?'1
"Yes; but what "
"Well, the plumber who fixed them has
Just come to have a perscrlptlon filled."
St. Louis a lobe-Democrat.
FAITH SERENET
"Little man, why so hot?" Emerson.
You blate when men assail your faith,
And torylHm wakes your Ire:
Can you not summon up the wraith
Ot Bruno In his shroud of fire?
You fume and fret at skeptic sneers,
And unbelief's eternal clack:
Can you not cross the bridge of years
To Galileo on the rack?
These men of old who spread the light
And died of torture and ntglect,
Had much to hazard for the right
You merely slake your self-respect.
These men, who preached with holy aeal
The things that every achoolboy knows,
Were bent and broken on the wheel
By ruthless and fanatlo foes.
But clear the anger from your brow;
Men are no longer racked and whipped
The ruthless hand Is palsied now,
And persecution's claws are clipped.
Around the Cities
Chicago art fcuTr a rare slump
this spring. Naiy bock beer sign
is to be seen iu itv usual haunts.
Philadelphia Is not bothered with
sleeping sickness. Notice of an
April boost in cos? prices keeps the
city wide-awako and kicking.
Gilroy, Calif , proposes to build a
swimming pool j. a world war
memorial. iUn who have been In
the trenches will appreciate it
Tampa is about to launch the first
sugar factory in Florida The com
pany Is capitalized at $800,000 and
will plant 6,000 acres of sugar cane.
Houston, Tex. boasts of good
prospects for a 20-story skyscraper,
which will afford a view of Galves
ton and the gulf beyond. Houston
ians take pleasuie in looking over
the tidal wave town occasionally.
Brooklyn reaches for the hold-up
blue ribbon. Three men held up a
rent collector in the vestibule of a
large apartmem building and not
getting enough money for the risk
abstracted a tooth from the
mouth of the v:ctim.
Sioux City householders have re
ceived an advance hunch of the
coming boost in ice prices. The
summer touch will amount to 70
cents per 100 pounds delivered, a
boost of 26 ceiitn a hundred. A sofl
winter brings a hard knock.
West Chester. Pa., boasts of 19
residents each more than 90 yearaj
old. The CouA'.y Historical society'
recently gave their a reception amli
one of the teat-grandmothers
brought her gpinnlng wheel and;
deftly turned a bunch of flax tow
Into thread.
Missionaries never pass up a.)
chance to exhiolt their conversation-,
al powers. The other day at Kansns'
City a native heli up an inter
city street car fcr 15 minutes by
the watch while he argued with the
conductor that hv had paid the ex-i
tra cent fare. A gassed passenger
ch'pped in ;he cepper and plugged
the debate.
Brooklyn's bureau of weights and
measures throws up its ' collective
hands and say it cannot take care
of the business. With only 18 In
spectors on the pay-roll less than
one-third of tt.e peales in the bor
ough were examined last year. The
chief of the bureau appeals to house
keepers for hu'.p in exposing and
punishing short-welghters.
VIOLINS
:omplete $15, $25,
$50 and Up.
STRINGS
5c, 10c, 25c & Up
A. HOSPE CO.
Omaha, eb.
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ne bufihtfi
When the folks we really love have !eh
us and we face the problem of conduction
the last xad service) before we relinquish
them entirely the undertaker who has
charge of this occasion must possess tact,
discretion, honesty and ability. Upon such
an occasion let ua serve you.
N. P. SWANSON
Funeral Parlor (Established 1888)
17th end Cuming St a. DougIt 1060
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Art Apollo
JUST think of Touching a Button then reclining in your
Easy Chair and either smoke or admire illustrations
while your favorite opus or theme is being performed
by an artist upon the Art Apollo or Reproducing Piano
with all of the human expressions possible.
ART APOLLO, FROM $750 UP.
The Apollophone
"It Plays and Singe."
A Really Wonderful Invention.
The APOLLOPHONE does not differ in ap
pearance from any other high grade Player Piano.
The combination of the talking machine with the
Player Piano makes the APOLLOPHONE the in
strument without a musical limit, it does every
thing that the piano the player piano and the
talking machine can either individually or in
combination. And all contained in the same piano
case without change in either dimensions or ap
nearance. Price $585
1513 Douglaa Street.
The Art and Music Store of Omaha.
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Your Success in Life
Depends on Your
Ability to Save
?" Analyze it any way you like, this is true.
A reputation for spending never won
position for any man. A reputation for sav
ing wins you self-respect and the honor of
your community.
The succesful men of every community
are savers. They know not only how to
save they know why they save. They have
learned that it is better to practice a little
self-denial because you want to than to wait
until you have to.
Saving and banking go hand in hand.
We cordially invite you to learn more of the
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are a part of our every day business and
where a welcome always awaits you.
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