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Fayal is surely on the map.
Fremont's returned soldiers know what they
think of slackers.
i "Columbuses of the air" is an awkward way
of saying it, but ittells the story.
Sonora has voted wet, but that also is a
long ways to go for an eye-opener. .
Mrr Wilson's message is coming by cable,
so congress may start on time tomorrow.
- Josephus Daniels says he knew -he "boys"
would do it; so did the rest of their countrymen.
Meantime, those balloon pilots who steered
from Omaha to St. Louis also accomplished
something of a feat. r , '
If Omaha is not for the League of Nations,
it will not be because the idea has not been ex
tensively expounded nere.y - '
The League of Nation soon, will be con
fronted with the need of laying down rules for
international air commerce. . !
Champ Clark won unanimous endorsement
as floor leader in the democratic caucus, but
they are going to appoint a steering committee
to see that he doesn't go wrong.
Nebraska's state hail insurance law is get
ting a thorough test this year, if it did not last.
Maybe the next reports from the officials will
show its true value to the farmer.- : - ..
Lutheran Germany appealing to. Catholic
Rome is interesting, but we do not recall that
. the archbishop of Cologne protested when the
cathedral at Rheims was being bombarded.
Promoter Lewis' "University CityJ schemes
at St. Louis are being liquidated at 2 cents on
the dollar,' but , this is more than the Kansas
City bubble promises to repay its "investors."
The Winnipeg plan of setting the wheels of
reconstruction work into motion "by stopping all
productive effort is certainly a novel way .of
going about it. Such methods are not likely to
become general. '
New York theater managers protest that the
tax on luxuries puts a burden on the bedroom
'scenes in their plays, and that the public will not
' stand for cotton - lingerie. This might be
remedied in any one of several ways.
Omaha will be glad to.entertain any U-boat
chaser that will venture this far away from salt
' water. Its presence also might encourage the
War department engineers to admit that the
Missouri is navigable this side of Kansas City.
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"The New York World complains that Sec
retary 'Baker is permitting the shipment of 50,
000,000 pounds of bacon to Europe in order that
the prce may be maintained at home. Isn't
that the program of the administration, to sta
bilize prices by holding them, up, and, the people
as well? -
" .Whoever Marvin Gates Sperry may be, he is
setting out wrong in his effort to gain advan
tage for the private soldier by denouncing the
officers. :. They all wore the same uniform,
marched under the same flag, fought the same
foe, and now will live in the same happy coun
try. The man who tries to thrive by setting up,
discord . between wearers of khaki over differ
ences in rank is loser from the start.
Growing Railway Deficits
. Mr, Hines appears to have adopted a. Micaw
ber policy of hoping that something will turn
up to stop the .growing deficits piled up by the
railways under government control, "Return
of normal business" is his chief hope. He ad-
mits that the deficit between net earnings and
the agreed compensation, which must be met
from the treasury, -amounted to $226,000,000 in
1918, a vast increase of the estimates his
predecessor made at the enjd of the year. But
ne figures a deficit of $192,000,000 for January,
February and March of this year, without in
cluding the retroactive wage increases of $6,000,-
. 000 a month; But, as the bureau of railway eco
. nomics points out, these are not average fnonths,
and Mr. Hines has" probably overestimated the
deficit for the quarter. However, the months
, had more open weather than usual. - -v .
' It is when a study of the final figures for
1918 is made, in comparison with the "test per
iod average" (1915-1917), or with 1917 itself, that
the futility of Micawberism appears. The treas
ury deficit is but a small part of the extra cost
of operating the railways undr. government
v control. We have not the total figures, but the
bureau of railway economics has prepared an
- elaborate statement of the, 195 class A roads,
. each with annual operating revenues in excess of
$1,000,000. The operating -revenues of these
roads increased $862,856,025 in 1918 over 1917.
- This was chiefly from increased rates. The
total increase borne by American shippers must
have greatly exceeded $1,000,000,000, to say
nothing of the treasury deficit The operating
. ratio rose from 67.6 per cent ia the "test period"
to 81.6, per-cent in 1918, notwithstanding jpr-
porate expenses were included in thetest period
" and excluded in 1918. This explains why, in
spite of the huge increase in operating revenues,
the net operating income decreased 23.7 per
cent :. : - -.; - " .
This has not been due solely to increased
wages. There have been more employes in pro
portion to business done, and there has been
a lack of efficiency in operation which cannot
be entirely charged to war conditions. Congress
' will probably be asked to appropriate $1,000,
000,000, instead -of $750,000,000 requested before
March 4. and it should not hesitate to make the
appropriation. With the deficit continually
mounting, there is no time for haggling. Con
gress should pay the bill and hurry with the
legislation which will permit restoration of the
railways to their owners. St Louis . Globe
Democrat -
OVERSEAS BY AIRPLANE.
American naval flyers have accomplished the
transatlantic flight . Technically, they landed in
Europe when they reached the Azores. As a
matter of fact,' they have yet a gap of 800 miles
to cross before reaching the mainland. "The
greatest difficulty of their undertaking is safely
passed, however, and only severe calamity can
prevent the rest of trje journey. . ,
Until time has elapsed for , the comparison
of notes and experiences, with analysis of the
details, the value of the achievement will remain
on the purely sentimental basis of its' having
been accomplished. , Longer flights, both as to
time and distance, have been made by the navy
airmen. The conditions were not the same,
however, for this leap was over a gap of 1,200
miles of ocean, with only slight knowledge of
what sort of weather might be expected. Even
with the presence of patroling destroyers, the
venture held much of chance and hazard of the
elements as must have provided spice, even for
the cool-headed officers who directed the affair.
' .Presently the British, flyers will begin their
interesting attempt to fly directly from New
foundland to Ireland. -They are using lighter
land machines, over a longer distance, and a
course on which they must have settled and
favorable weather! Their success, taken with
the experience of the Americans, will afford a
very substantial basis for the calculations as to
future communication between the two
hemispheres by air voyages.
One thing that has been demonstrated is
the capacity of the. engines used by our naval
flyers. Seventeen hours of steady grind at high
speed in the air is a test for any engine, and
the NC-4 has redeemed itself for its first break
down and fairly vindicated the Liberty motor
as a dependable piece of machinery. In time
we will be well informed from expert and other
sources as to the material value of the exploit.
Just now Americans will take proper pride in
the new laurels . of their navy." V
" Grasping at a Straw. .
Democratic senators decline for the present
to admit that they are in a minority as relates
to the senate which convenes on Monday. Tbey
have reached this decision after a 6ng discus
sion of the reported differences between the
republicans, still figuring thafjhe majority sen
ators will disagree to such an extent as will
give the democrats mastery. How vain this hope
is might be noted from the action of the repub
lican caucus, held earlier in the week, at which
the utmost harmony prevailed, and where dif
ferences of opinion were adjourned in the in
terest of the whole country. Perpetuation of
division in republican councils affords the only
hope for democratic success. Therefore the
desperate clutching at the straw. It is improb
able, however, fhat the leaders who are now
charged with the grave responsibility of getting
the country out of the slough into which the
incompetency of the opposition has plunged
business, both public and private, will jeopardize
their success, by quarreling among themselves
and thereby forfeiting the commission given
them by the people. It is true that the margin
by which the republicans control the senate on
a strict party vote is very slender, but this very
fact puts each on his mettle to see that notiiing
is lost through individual defection. The out
look for democratic domination is not especially
bright
Trolley or Tractor for Traffic.
A wizard of mechanics whose success in
making motor cars in large quantities is now
said to be threatening the trolley car with ex
tinction as a method of handling intraurban
passenger traffic. He proposes a sort of glori
fied "flivver,'' whose superior qualifications as
means of transportation will give it such ad
vantage over the present style that the tram
ways and trolley wires will disappear from city
streets. A certain degree of mystery surrounds
the announcement, however, for it is not in
tended that any portion of the benefits to flow
from the new plan are to go to any soulless corporation,-
grasping monopoly or other combi
nation of greedy individuals who grind the faces
of the poor by hauling them fifteen or twenty
miles at a high rate of speed, now and then with
V chance to sit down, at 5 or 6 cents the pas
senger. This is, of course, one of the lesser de
lights of the promised blessings. In other ways
the prospective advantages are listed, all in
favor of the, tractor and against the trolley.
However, the scheme has not developed to a
point where immediate substitution of the new
for the old way impends. In time the world
may get more definite knowledge of what is in
volved 'in'this, but finally the settlement will be.
on, the basis of what will give the greatest
service at the least cost.
"Get Rich Quick" and the "Wise" Ones.
Standing out above all other factors in the
Kansas City swindle is the remarkable fact that
nearly all of the victims were people of sup
posedly good business judgment. Bankers and
lawyers, men and women who had made- suc
cess in various commercial or industrial under
takings, real estate men and others, are listed
among those who hold worthless notes in lieu
of the good money they let go off. - Only one"
solution seems reasonable. Each of these hard
hea'ded persons succumbed to the lure- of large
profits quickly returned. For example, one
woman who has managed a retail store of some
importance,, holds $45,000 of notes that she got
in exchange for $14,000 in cash; she looked for
a profit of more than 3,000 per cent. The rate
varied front 50 per cent m thirty days. up to any
figure. Good sense should have convinced any
of these persons that no legitimate enterprise,
even in these days of sudden booms could pay
the gains promised, but none cared to take time
to investigate. ' Eachn turn handed over the
cash' and accepted paper that could not be dis
counted at any bank. And now they are hold
ing the sack. A lesson might be learned from
this, its first chapter being that real wealth is
not created by any sort of hocus-pocus.;
Views and Reviews
Pe rs on a I Observations on
Current and Passing Events
5 Where do story writers find the names for
their characters? Do they invent them as they
do the. plots jn which they are woven, or do
they appropriate them for use with modification
or disguise as they do their backgrounds and
scenery? These questions propounded them
selves as I read the short story contribution by
Meredith Nicholson in-the current number of
Scnbners,' magazine, remembering tnat tne
author married into a well known Omaha family
and as a periodic visitor here is personally -familiar
with the people who figure in our society
doings.' In this sketch, sticking out here and
there, the reader will be struck by these names
more or less connected up or run in together,
"Webster," whom his wife addresses by the
familiar abbreviation, "Web," the wife being
referred to as Mrs. Burgess, that being the last
name of tHe couple. Again we have the girlies
in evidence and some one by the name of
Windridge, (who can it bte?) who acquired the
title of "Governor," atirhanother personage men
tioned as Saybrook and listed as a senator. Of
course inferences and innuendoes may bewhol
ly unwarranted. Perhaps Mr. Nicholson would
have written the same story and christeued his
characters exactly the same if he had never been
in Omaha, but we have a right to indulge our
imagination as much as he has.
Returning from Chicago this week, an elder
ly man boarded the train at Clinton who seemed
to be at a loss as to how to locate himself for
his berth. v' v,
"This is the first time I, ever rode in a
sleeping car," he confessed when some advice
was volunteered. . " :
"Where have you been, all 'the time?" he
was asked.- . ' . . . ., .
"I have worked for this railroad 34 years
and it don't cost me anything to ride except for
the berth,",was the reply, "but I never went far
enough to feel that I needed to have a bed on
the train. I am going to Council Bluffs., I
was there last fall and traveled at night one
way sitting up in the coach, but I couldn't
sleep, so this time I am going to come into the
sleeping car."
Former Senator Theodore E. Burton is evi
dently thriving on his freedom from the stress
and turmoil of politics, contrasting his latest
appearance here with his visit prior to the last
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presidential campaign wnen ne was just reliev
ing himself of the burden of hi? long career in
congress by retiring from the senatorship and
was being groomed as a possible presidential
candidate. At that time he seemed tired and
travel-worn, whereas in his freshness of today
he actually looks younger, as if the hands of
his clock had been turning backward. , He is
well posted and in as close touch as ever with
the current of public affairs, is keenly analytical
of world conditions bothat home and abroad,
and his judgments are based on study and ob
servation in foreign lands, in addition to his ex
perience as a public man in the councils of our
nation. Incidentally, it may be said that he
shows himself deeply interested in republican
success in 1920. .
Home Health Hints
Reliable-, advice) given 'In this
column on prevention and
cure of disease. Put your ques
tion in plain language. Your
nam will not be printed.
Ask The Bee to Help" You.
If Omaha has been levying special taxes for
improvements in an illegal manner,' it is high
time something was done to straighten out the
method. Keep in mind, though, that the present
plan has been working very well, and there may
be some doubt as to how the proposed substitute
will pan out. . v
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Chasing the Turk out of Europe will almost
wipe out a crime of 500 years standing. In
dignation at his presence is moderated some
what by the fact that the "most Christian na
tions" are responsible for his beiny there in the
first place and for his staying so long -
From my friend, Isaac F. Marcosson, I have
a copy of his book, "S. O. S.: America'sMiracle
in France," inscribed by the writer, in which he
has brought together with additional data, the
articles from his pen run in the Saturday Eve
ning Post. In this volume is described what is
called "the army behind the lines," officially, the
service of supply, with due credit to those in
charge for work equally important, but less
spectacular, than that performed on the battle
field. Perusal of the Marcosson book discloses
the fact that some of the conspicuous positions
in the S. O. S. were taken by men who havea
local connection with Omaha. The plans for
receiving and supporting the troops abroad
were inaugurated by Col. Daniel E. McCarthy,
well remembered as head of the quartermaster's
department' here in Omaha before it was
transferred to Chicago, who, unfortunately, was
compelled by ill health soon after to make way
for another officer and return to this country.
Brig. Gen. Charles G. Dawes, at one time a
practicing lawyer in Lincoln, though-later-and
ior many years a big banker in Chicago, is de
scribed as general purchasing agent, who began
in a small room in the Hotel Sainte Anne,
spreading until he occupied the largest hotel in
Paris with his staff, and had representatives in
nearly a dOzefK different countries. v Col. T. B.
Hacker, of quartermaster experience here, had
charge of salvage. There are others, too, whose
names will eventually be written large in the
official records of the world's greatest war.
The Sherman Law in Fxull Vigor
In barring the price-fixing plan of the indus
trial board as unauthorized by law, Attorney
General Palmer goes a long way toward re
storing the country to a peace basis. He makes
it clear that the Sherman law is not extinct and
that it has lost none of its vigor. It is in as
full effect and operation today as it ever was. ,
Through the express grant of power by con
gress the president as a war .measure was en
abled to fix the prices of cerfain articles and
products as occasion required. But this method
of price regulation in time of national emer
gency, whether applied to steel, copper or
wheat, by no means carried with it any general
surrender of the privilege to manufacturers or
dealers of entering into price-fixing agreements
amongl themselves. Such-combinations are as
plainly in violation of the statutes at this time
as before the war. The prohibition and pen
alties of the law will stand. .
The attorney general could not change or
suspend the .Sherman anti-trust law if he
.would. Back of the proposed plan of the in
dustrial board was the open purpose to better
trade conditions pending the transition of in
dustry from war to a peace footinsr. But the
obstacles to"' the- arrangement . contemplated,'
under official . encouragement, are insurmount
able, and the competitive policy that the act of
congress was designed to safeguard is the only
way out of the dilemma. New York World.
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The Day We Celebrate.
Edward F. Schurig, electrical engineer,, born
1863. ' V f
Ex-Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria, one
of the prominent German commanders in the
late war, born in Munich 50 years ago.
Josephus Daniels, secretary of the navy of
the United States, born in Washington, D. C
57 years ago. ' .
. J. Hamilton Lewis, late United States sena
tor from 'Illinois, born at Danville, Va., 53
years ago.
. Rt Rev. Boyd Vincent, Episcopal, bishop of
southern Ohio, born at -Erie, Pa., 74 years ago.
Mary Boyle O'Reilly, well known author and
social worker, born in Boston 46 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha.
Col. and Mrs. J. N. Cornish, assisted by their
daughters, Mrs. J. H. Hertsche, of-Hamburg,
and Mrs. J. M. Metcalf, of this city, held a re
ception at the Cornish' residence.
An excellent amateur performance, "Ye Dis
trict School of Ye Olden Time," was given at
St Mary's Avenue Congregational church. Num
bers by F. J. Harnsworth and M. W. Richard
son were particularly pleasing. . i
- The M. E. Smith base ball nine defeated the
Kilpatrick-Koch Dry Goods company team by
a score of 25-9.
A phonograph entertainment was given at
Park Methodist Episcopal church. Rev. Brown
contributed an essay on Edison.
Conveyance of Infection by Insects.
There are " a few Infectious dis
eases, of which malaria and yellow
fever are examples, in which the in
fectious agents are exclusively con
veyed by insects. 1 All such diseases
are due to animal parasites, which
for complete development require
two or jnore hosts, one of which is
man. Each host nourishes the para
site during one phase of its growth
only, so that In order to reach ma
turity the latter must pass consec
utively from one host, to another,
Furthermore, since parasites are re
stricted to especial hosts, the pres
ence of an appropriate host for each
one is imperative If they are to be
perpetuated. Therefore it follows
that the communlcability of a dis
ease is only possible,-in the event of
the presfiee of that particular va
riety of insect. So circumscribed is
the world of parasltismi As exam
ples of exclusive carriers we have
the mosquito, one variety of which
conveys yellow fever, another varie
ty malaria. r '
The Body in Relation to Infections.
In previous papers we have con
sidered the exacting conditions
which an infectious agent must ful
fill to provoke disease. The fulfill
ment of these conditions, -however,
only meets the requirements in so
far as the micro-organisms is con
cerned, and therefore presents but
one side of the problem; on the
otner side, the Dosition that the
body occupies in relation to infec
tions' is equally important, and it is
to this phase of the problem that
we turn.1
In a previous paper this statement
was made: "It is a matter of com-
kmon observation that of a number of
Individuals exposed to the same in
fectious disease not all are attacked;
and in those susceptible, the disease
presents extraordinary variations as
regards its mildness or severity. If
the microbe were the sole factor
concerned, all exposed persons would
be attacked, and all taking the dis
ease would suffer to the same de
gree; a thing which everyone knows
never happens. Moreover, a per
son may resist the action of a patho
genic agent at one time, and fall
victim to it at another. The ques
tion that naturally presents itself
is, what brings about such radical
differences in the vulnerability- of in
dividuals to infectious agents?" That
it is not always consequent upon
modifications in the agents, we know
from observation upon patients and
experiments upon animals. To ac
count 'for it we are led to the con
clusion that there i some subtle- dif
ference in the vital processes of dif
ferent individuals, and in the same
person at different times.
Every healthy person is bj nature
endowed with the means of combat
ing disease, but his natural defenses',
while they may be strensined,
may also be weakened by those
forces and influences which surround
him. Nor before the tribunal dis-l
ease are all men born equal, since
progenitors may transmit to their
offspring constitutions defective in
defensive force. Furthermore, dur
ing the constructive (infancy and
childhood) and degenerative (old
age) periods of life the protective
forces are, one the one hand, weak
ened through immaturity, on the
other, by the fact that they are de
clining with age. Therefore, to en
vironment, heredity, and age, must
we look for an explanation of any im
perfections in our natural resistance
to disease.
(Continued Next Sunday.)
Illiteracy Among Working -Children.
i ne national cmiaren s Bureau an
nounces mat in in,e nve amies wurrc
federal certificates of age are re
quired for children going to work,
among 19,546 children between 14
and 16 years of age, 5,294, or more
than one-fourth, could not sign their
names, legibly. In the five ptates,"
among 18,379 white" children be
tween the ages of 14 and 16, only
742 of them had reached the eighth
grade at school; of 1,166 colored
children to whom certificates were
issued, anly 40 had reached the
eighth grade. , This means that 96
per cent of the white children and
97 per cent of the colored children
granted certificates had not reached
the eighth grade in school. In some
states a work permit cannot be se
cured until the age of 16 unless the
child has completed the eighth
grade. , Only 248, or 1.3 per cent, of
the children certified by the- chil
dren's bureau could have met such
a requirement.
MUCH IN LITTLE.
Argentine manufacturers are ar
ranging to establish the, first pafler
plant in that country.
New York state forbids women In
the corerooms of foundaries to lift
more than 25 pounds.
A battleship cruiser built almost
entirely by women was - recently
launched in the River Clyde.
A five-ton crane at the Tacony
(Pa.) Ordinance plant is operated by
a young woman, Miss Cathrine
Hahn.
The volcano Aso-san, in Southern
Japan, has the biggest crater known.
It is 14 miles across one way and
between 10 and 11 the other.
Ward 2, Chicago, has Just had a
clean-up, and the total number of tin
cans collected and piled at eight
points in the ward was 100,587. ."
An Argentine shipyard repaired a
wooden vessel in which the lower
ends of the ribs had rotted away by
casting concrete ribs in their places.
Topeka club women have started
a movement! to have householders) in
the same locality cut the grass on
the same day, so. as to keep the
lawns uniform. . .;. .
Ten thousand heads of families in
Brownsville section of Brooklyn, N.
y., .pledged themselves to demand
from their landlords a 10 per cent
reduction in rents May 1. . , .
Of .Timely Interest
At a fair recently held in London
on' behalf of wounded soldiers and
sailors there was shown a pigeon
which had been repeatedly "men
tioned" for its excellent work in the
wais The bird had been wounded
In the eyes, and afterwards became
quite blind, from the wound, but it
had bravely fulfilled its duty In car
rying the message entrusted to it
Among the women of Afghanistan
the strongest superstition attaches to
the potency of the frog as a love
charmv ' The mode of procedure is
as follows: Two frogs are tied back
to back. A black heart is painted
upon the bullfrog, while the head of
the cow frog is similarly ornament
ed. The pair are then baked alive
and the remains reduced to powder,
which, sprinkled upon some ' dear
friend, is supposed to cause her to
lose the favor of her husband and to
give place to the rival. ' - . ;
The Schleswig-Holstein question,
the settlement of which has been
left by the peace conference to a
vote of the people, is thus disposed
of In a more amicable manner than
was the case some half century ago,
when the dispute over the two
northern duchies resulted In two
wars involving three of, the European
powers. In 1864 the' attempt of
Prussia to take the duchies led to
the famous Seven Days' war, which
resulted in a defeat for Denmark
and a victory for Prussia and Aus
tria. So far as Denmark was con
cerned, the Schleswig-Holstein ques
tion was settled then. - So far as
Prussia and Austria were concerned,
it was not settled until two years
later, when in. the famous seven
weeks' campaign ending with Sa
dowa, Prussia defeated Austria and
secured the spoils of SchlesWIg-Hol-steln
for itself." s
Are Women Electors
The meeting of the 66th congress
in extra session recalls the fact that
the flrft extra session of the United
States congress was called by 'Pres
ident John Adams on May 15, 1797.
The congress was the Fifth. The
relations of the United. States with
France were in a critical condition
at the time, the French government
having suspended diplomatic inter
course on the ground that the Jay
treaty in relation to French West
Indian possession was a violation of
a solemn compact. Plnckney, the
American -minister to France, had
been expelled from that country and
the French government had under
taken measures looking to depreda
tions on American commerce. Pres
ident Adams made numerous recom
mendations to congress concerning
the organization of the militia and
providing for a naval armament and
his wishes were promptly met. The
session closed on July 10.
RIP VAN WINKLE.
Old RIP. who fell asleep.you know,
in pleasant days of fun and plenty,
Woke up i to find himself in alow
And melancholy nlnteteen twenty.
Be aouicht the succulent highway
Where say New Yorkers used to
flutter, ...-
Gone were jaia band and cabaret, " ,
And even bread had loat lta butter.
Gone were the lines of rosy lights
That used to herald Mra. Castle;
Gone that ideal of Broadway knights.
A chorus clad In cord and tassel.
No more could men and 'Vialdens dance.
No more through merry hours go skat
ing; No more was there tha slimmest chance
Of jolly fellowship and feting.
s
All pretty frocks were quit taboo.
No hat might sport a fluffy feather;
No maid might wear a, high-heeled shoe
In any aort of place or weather.
Th weary moon with scornful pride, '
Olanced hoplessly at Freedom's eagle, -
"He boasts of liberty," she cried.
"When even flirting's now Illegal."
"Alas I" yawned Rip. "why should I wake,
When mortals from all Joy muat sever.
And every wish some law ahall break"
Bo off ha went to aleep forever.
Charlotte Backer in Tha New Tork Bunt
For tourists the greatest attrac
tion in the city of Flume has al
ways been the famous sanctuary,
known as the Santa Casa of Loretto.
It is said that from May 10, 1291,
to December-iO, 1294, the very house
in which the Savior spent his youth
was located on the present site of
the world-renowned church. The
angels, which proposed to remove
the small structure from Palestine
to Italy, lost their way, and from
sheer fatigue(and exhaustion were
compelled to -deposit it near the
Guarnero gulf. Some persons were
living in Flume at that time who
had been in Palestine ,and claimed
to recognize the house. No other
explanation could be given for .the
sudden and mysterious looming up
of such a building, which appeared
to be uninhabited. Less supersti
tious individuals spoke of it as a re
sort of bandits and pirates, but the
religious would not hear of such a
thing. It was left to their spiritual
father,' Archbishop Alexander, to
determine the genuineness of the
hallowed relic. Said he wisely: "If
this be, indeed, the house in which
Jesus lived it can no longer be
standing in Palestine. Let us there
fore go to the Holy Land and see if
it still be found on the old site."
Messengers were commissioned to
go and investigate and they returned
with the welcome news that the
house was no longer there. The an
gels , permitted it to remain three
years longer, when it suddenly dis
appeared, and now pilgrims come to
the shrine of Loretto, crying: "Re
turn unto us; return unto us."
n ODD AND INTERESTING.
Hungarian whisky is distilled va
riously from turnips, mixed meal
.and potatoes and molasses.
The oldest bank notes In the world
were issued in China 2,897 years be
fore the- Christian era.
Three women, including Lady
Stafford Howard, have been elected
to the county couneil In Carmarten
shire. The season's Dutch bulb crop is
reported to be 25 per cent below
1918 and 50 per cent below 1914.
The quality, however, Is considered
better than in 1918. . ,
With the advent of the Egyptian
Pharaohs much thought and care
was given .to the perfecting and de
velopment of the chariot, and for
more than 2,000 years it was the
leading vehicle of the world.
'O, W'oman In our hours of eaaa
Uncertain, coy, and hard to please,"
When thou a Suffragette, would be,
What are Constitutions, and Law, to
r .Thee. ' - ; .
Under the law as passed by the
legislature In 1917, which was "An
Act to amend Section 140 of the
Revised Statutes of J 91 a," the
women of the state are claiming" to
be electors, and entitled to vote;
Section 1940 above mentioned is a
literal copy of Section 1 of Article
VII of the Constitution or Nebraska,
entitled "Rights of Suffrage" and
the act of 1917. while it may have
amended section 1940, ! did not
amend the constitution of the State
of Nebraska, which says that "Every
male person-of the age of' 22 and
upwards belonging to either of the
following classes shall be an
elector," which seems to- exclude
women fronj the franchise, and the
act of 1917 is unconstitutional and
void: for the constitution Is the su
preme law of the State, and the con
stitution provides how the same may
be amended, . and that Is not by an
act of the legislature.
Assuming for the sake of the
argument that the law of 1917 was
valid, the. proviso contained therein
by which it provided, "No female
person shall be permitted to vote
for United States senator, United
States representative or for any
office specified or designated in the
Constitution of Nebraska, or upon
any question or proposition sub
mitted to the voters, the manner or
submission which Is specified or
designated in the Constitution of Ne
braska," is the Joker in the act,
for it Seems, to me that the Constitu
tion of the State Of Nebraska, while
it specifies, certain officials, all others
are designated in the act by which
the legislature is given .authority to
provide for state, county, municipal
or school officers, including the sub
mission to the. electors of certain
questions or propositions. So I do
not see what is left for the women
to vote for.
I have seen a statement in a news
paper that claimed the women might
vote for president of the- United
States, Now if the women are not
electors, what force and effect is to
be given to Article XII of the Consti
tution of the United States, which
says, "The electors shall meet in
their respective states and vote by
ballot for president and vice presi
dent" etc. Now, as women have
not by the laws of Nebraska been
made electors, have they any7 pres
hope, or right, to entitle them to the
right of suffrage? What says the
the Constitution of the United
States, article Xiy, Section 1: "All
persons born or naturalized in the
United States, and subject to the
Jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of
the United States and of .the state
wherein they reside. No state shall
make or enforce ' any law which
shall abridge the privileges or im
munities of citizens of the United
States," etc. Again Article XV.
Section 1 : "The right of citizens of
the United States to vote shall not
be denied or abridged by the United
States or by any state on account of
race, color, or previous condition of
servitude." So all women born or
naturalized In the United States are
citizens of the United States, and
having been denied the right to
vote may claim to have been under
a condition of servitude, and . may
demand that their rights be not
abridged, for if a citisen of the
United States shall not be denied the
right to vote, this refers to all wo
men who were born or naturalized
in the United States; and the only
question of age and residence, to
qualify as an elector. E. C. J.
Blair, Neb.
IN THE BEST OF HUMOR. '
" Ac What'a dry bnmort
Sheff. When Kenturky ratified the pro
hibition amendment. Tale Record.
Gertie She told me you told her tha
seoret I told you not to tell her.
Sortie My hatl ; I told her not to tat
you I told her. .
(rertte I told her t wouldn't tell yot
she told me, so don't tell her I told you.-
London Sketch.
Falph Will your father permit you U
take your piano away when you marry T
Phyllis He saya h will insist on It..
Pearson's Weekly. -
Slum Child She died through eatln' f
tuppenny Ire on the top of 'ot pudun
The Other Slum Child Lor'! wot a JollJ
death! Royal. . ' .... -
. Hewitt Here la something new. '
Jewltt What is it? .
t Hewitt The health board is going t
hold tests, in Order to Issue permits fo
kissing games. Life.
Tramp Please, kind gentleman, couli ,
you help a poor blind man?
Gentleman But how am I to know yot
are blind? . '
Tramp ferause I called you a g (.'title
man. Stray Stories.
"Tour rlrh unrle nearly fell the vicllit
to a bear."
"Where?"
"In the Maine woods."
"Oh! I whs afrsld 1 was In the stork .
market." lioston Tmnwrlpt.
"T see' the movies arr willing to rflve
trcllt to whom credit la due."
"yhat now?"
"In a current ' production of Hamlet 1
otfee the scenario 1s by WIHIum Shake
speare." Kansas City Journal.
f . ,
"You surely are not afraid of the ool
shevikl?" "Vfs, I am." replied the uneasy ellixen.
"the NNine as I am afraid of a small boy
who is constantly playing with bo I of
matches." Washington Star. ......
Flat lush Fish that can shock othei fist
with eltctrlc flashes from their eyes have
been found along the New Jersey coast, ac
cording to a .scientist.
Bensonhurst I'll bet that fellow'a rur
up aKHinst a school of mermaids. Ytmkert
Sta teaman. n
"Where have you been ao long?" "
"Watching the balloon ascension. tSlg
crowd there. The aeronaut said it loOKCtJ
like a sea of faces."
"And I s'pose that red ,Jioao of youra
stood out like a lighthouse." Louisville
Courier-Journal.
DR. G. W. TODD
I wish to announce my
New Location Fourth
Floor of the Barker
Block
I will move in June into my new
quaters and will be. prepared to give
Better Service. I hava more room and
larger equipment.
Present Location 403
Brandeis Building.
it
trictlv
rvamuci or I'lasortw 11
limited is &e
ftanos produced each. year.
Double "-yes treble -the number
could be sold, evert tkougk its
price is highest of all pianos-
H '
i lowever every
r
piano is an art produutmiilt to
excel, not to outsell; and clemand
by those who recognize its sxqp
Vriarifcv to all other Tjianos will
never induce its makert
to hasten the process or ' (
manuracture'-a process
requiring 30 months .
or each instrument,
fjjiest priced "--u'ghtst praised.
TMr. are others! BEST PIANOS. Kranich & Bach, Vote at
'Son, Brambach, Kimball, Buth A Lane, Cabla-NeUon and Hotpe
Piano. Grand and Upright at Price from$285 and Better.
Cash Price and Trmt If You Prefer.
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