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THE-OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: SEPTEMBER 2i, 1919.
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You should know that v
Malaria is unknown in Omaha,
and the city leads all of metro
politan class in low typhoid fever
- rate.
Watch the sun go over the line today.
Now, if those bandits had been bootleggers
v Fill your larder Saturday night or go hungry
Sunday. ' N .
The one-way alley will help a little on the
traffic problem.
Petrograd Soviets are ready to talk peace.
Nobody is hindering them.' ,
The weather bureau promises King Ak fair
skies to start That's good.
The day may come when Omaha can fix the
pay of its city employes without going to the
legislature.
' Cardinal Mercier says moral force won the
war, but there was a good bit of physical power
" exerted also. -: -
The bonding company evidently does not
take the Omaha police force at ,the superintend
ent's estimate.
Roumania is not taking any chances, if word
from Budapest is correct. Peace in the Balkans
is as far away as ever.
August also comes to the front with a new
record for the cost of living. But they tell the
crest is passed, so cheer up. '
Many an interesting "meeting" has been
held in a rear room at Lincoln. The "skip
stop" hearing was not the first
This is a good day on which to think over
how the rack-renters are helping Omaha grow
by extorting the last possible cent from tenants.
f Lord Northcliffe is opposed to the reserva
tions offered by the senate committee, which
tnight be taken as a reason for adopting them,
If all the mooted projects go through,
s Omaha will be a pretty completely bonded city
by this time next year. And the gas bonds still
to come.
The Iowa preacher who would rather fly
here than herafter did not keep the bishop wait
ing long for an answer. 1 The incident ought to
help his business.
Democrats in Washington and elsewhere re
joice that "Hi" Johnson's speaking tour was cut
short They would feel even better if he had
not started at all.
Looks like the street railway company put
one over on the city commissioners, who might
have staved off the order if they had not been
asleep at the switch.
I a-
The president has turned his face back to
wards "confinement" at the White House, where
he has chafed so many weary days since last
November. Stoobad!
Bishop Stunts predicts war between Japan
and China within five years, and says we will
have to take part in it This does not support
the views of the president
. Italy looks to the Duke of Aosta to, talk
d'Annuniio out of Fiume. Why not guarantee
him the dramatic and picture rights, and set
him to work writing about it?
"The fact that you can not prevent burglary
is no reason why you should enter into part
nership with the burglar," is the way "Hi"
Johnson put it at Omaha, and most of the peo
ple will agree with him.
Saving Daylight in Georgia
' They are having a bad time with the new
time under the daylight saving law down in
- Georgia, according to Congressman Lankford
Of that state. This is the way he explains it:
"We were in the central time zone and
were transferred to the eastern time zone and
advanced one hour, and then under the so
called daylight saving scheme we were ad
vanced another hour.
"So now noon comes at 10 o'clock in the
morning and 9 o'clock in the evening comes
before dark. Many of the good people of my
district like to retire by 9 o'cloek, but they do
Hot like to go to bed before dark. '
. . js an wrong. We now have seven times.
We have sun time, the old central time, east
ern time, advanced time, incorrect time, no time
and bad time. .
i"If a man says he will call at your office
at 2 o'clock,-you do 'not know whether he
. means at 12 o'clock, I o'clock, 2 o'clock, 3
o'clock or 4 oxlock. All depends on the time
you have m mind and the time the other fellow
has in mind. Every day mistakes are made
because of this tangled-up time proposition.
"A 'man the other day in my district and
county at Ambrose, Ga said that he got out
of bed in the morning at 8 o'clock, caught a
train at 7:45 o'clock, rode 14 miles to Douglas,
Sa., reaching Douglas at 7:30 o'clock, ate
areakfast at 7:15 o'clock, made some purchases
and caught a train back home at 7 o'clock, and
got back home at 7:30 o'clock. According to
our different times he was gone from home an
hour and a half and got back home 30 min
utes before he started."
THE SALVATION ARMY
Present day reading might convey the im
pression that the .Salvation Army is a develop
ment of the world waV, Boosters lay great
stress on the doughnut and pie service per
formed in the front lines, snd otherwise extol
the war activities of the Army. As a matter of
fact, however great and timely its help to the
soldiers, the Salvation Army has done, its most
wonderful work in peace times. ' V.
When everything is going well, the prosper
ous are occupied with plans and devices of their
own, forgetful of what goes on just outside the
little circle iii which they move. Poverty, sin
and suffering -are ever present, though, and
against these the cohorts of the Salvation Army
wage eternal war. Street corner meetings, with
bass drum and tambourine music, are but the
advertising features of the organization. Its life(
reaches deeper than this.
i Men and women wearing the uniform of the
Army go into the lowest pits of degradation,
seeking to bring to clear light and ,pure air
again some bits of the human wreckage from
the bottom. The despondent man, the betrayed
and deserted girl, the "down and outer," poor
devils without hope or energy, all are sought
out and helped by the Army. Into the slums,'
avoided by respectability, its soldiers plunge,
lighted on their way by a hope of. helping
others. Many of them have come from just
such conditions as they are trying to overcome,
and it is with unquenchable zeal they seek ways
of reaching thosewho are lost in dark places.
"Soup, Soap and Salvation," its great war
cry from the first, still i sounded in advance of
the Salvation Army's never ceasing contest
against the evil that lurks where poverty con
trols. Its lassies won much fame on the fields
in France, but the luster of that glory pales
alongside the splendor that is theirs because
of less spectacular but harder won triumphs
below the surface of things, where life is ele
mental and the sordid struggle is not for, gain
or power, but for something to eat. '
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Another Man- of Straw.
Henry Morgenthau trots out another buga
boo to frighten timid folks Into accepting the
peace treaty, without dotting an "i" or crossing
a "t" . He gives it as his view that unless, the
League of Nations takes . on form exactly as
outlined in the covenant,' the German people
will fight again. Just what the league has to
do with this is not made clear in Mr. Morgen
thau's remarks. Students of history have
agreed since last November that Germany ex
pects to fight again. Defeated, but not broken,
the Hun retired from unequal combat to re
cuperate and gather new strength. At the
Paris conference the fact was uppermost in the
minds of all that arrangements for the future
should be on a basis of encountering Germany
in the field again. Examination of the struc
ture of the covenant must convince anybody
that it is designed with the end in view of pre
senting such a formidable aspect that Germany
will think twice before engaging again in an
effort" at world-conquest But' it was not
deemed sufficient, v and the supplemental tri
partite' agreement between the United States,
England and France was reached. Germany
has not been invited to become a member of
the league, and may never be, The possibility
of a coalition of central European powers to
gether with Russia has not been dissipated by
any recent event, nor will it disappear when the
League of Nations is erected. . While these
things are so obvious, the Morgenthau man of
straw may serve to deceive a few, but thinking
Americans will realize that national safety may
still be found in the Roosevelt maxim, "Walk
softly, but carry a, big stick." ' -
WhyThese Crocodile Tears? '
Here are two poor -old Italian people
robbed of the savings of years of hard labor,
as they were about to pay down for a home.
In the evening of life they are obliged to
begin the hard climb toward independence all
over again. Responding to the various pleas
of its readers, this newspaper consented to
receive and acknowledge the free-will offer
ings of generous citizens, anxious to help
them out in their emergency. Why should
The Bee object? World-Herald. '
O bosh! The two poor old Italian people
were not robbed of the savings of years of hard
labor; but the money they had was the excess
profits of a brisk bootlegging business they have
been' notoriously conducting. No one, certainly
not The Bee, objects to anyone contributing to
funds for the relief of worthy unfortunates, but
it is one of the duties of a newspaper to expose
imposture and, fraud and to prevent well J in
tended charity being misdirected to the unde
serving. The fact is, the hysterical old W.-H.
has been "taken in" and is trying to cover by
shedding a few bucketfuls of crocodile tears
over the hard-heartedness of The Bee that tells
the public the truth.
P. . Why not a word of sympathy for the
poor and honest toilers who are being robbed of
their savings by the rack-rent real estate agents?
" , "Sunday Grocery Stores.
Themayor has instructed the chief of police
to again enforce the city ordinance that pro
hibits the sale of meats or groceries on Sunday.
This goes back to the time when the Israelites
were required to gather 'on the sixth day suf
ficient of manna to carry them Over to the first,
as none fell on the seventh day. It ignores the
more recent instance, in which Christ and His
disciples plucked and ate the ears of corn on
the Sabbath, to the intense horror of the super-
good who looked on. As a 'practical proposi
tion in connection with modern housekeeping
it works decided hardship on many. The Bee
has several" times called attention to this fact
Not all householders are equipped to, carry a
very large supply of food on hand, and it is a
decided convenience to be permitted to pur
chase perishable articles from day to day as
they are consumed. To be sure, the coming of
cooler weather makes it easier to preserve food
at home, but this does not entirely remedy the
matter. Decent observance of the Sabbath day
may be had without depriving a considerable
part of the community of the privilege of buy
ing food as they may need it. . '
' Omaha patrons of the tramway could possi
bly abide the "skip stop" if the service were im
proved in some other regards. Nobody com
plains that the cars do not run fast enough, but
they are too far apart.
i Did Chief Eberstein's quotations of prices
on surreptitious "hootch include "dago red?"
If so, the object of lachrymose charity is guilty
of "snitching" on the regulars.
Ludendorff no longer "makes the front page,"
but his apology for Germany is just as maudlin.
Views and Reviews
Northcliffe' s Tribute to the
Newspapers' Work In the War
I have received, transmitted with the com
pliments of Lord Northcliffe, a copy of what is
sure to be one ol the most historic and unique
issues ever put out by a daily newspaper, being
the, "Golden Peace Number" of the London
Mail, which was issued under date of June 30,
1919, to signalize the closing of the great world
war by the signing of the peace treaty at Ver
sailles the preceding Saturday.
The Golden Peace Number emphasizes the
golden value of its contents by being printed in
beautiful golden letter-press upon high grade
paper and is embellished with photographic re
productions of their British majesties and
many ot tne leading cnaracters in tne war ana
the peace negotiations. The paper is eight
pages only and carries -no advertising matter
whatever, but is priced to sell at a shilling, a
copy. It contains an epitomized chronology of
the struggle, a synopsis of the peace treaty,
Alfred Noyes' tribute in verse to "The Vic
torious Dead," iand a timely symposium by
noted writers and authorities of today on the
problems of tomorrow. ' Most interesting of
all. and worth quoting, is Northcliffe's person
ally written article pn "The Newspapers and
the War," from which I take these extracts
because they, have as direct application to
American newspapers as to British newspapers:
"In no war before this has the power of
the newspaper press to sustain the spirit of
nations and to guide their efforts been so
mightily' exercised. The conflict which came
nearest to it in this respect was the Ameri
can Civil war.' During ourj struggles with
Napoleon the newspapers had no influence
to speak of, although the great soldier feared
and detested The Times. In the Crimean
war The Times did a signal service to the
country by showing tip the scandalous neg
lect of the war office to supply our troops
with good food and war cloHhing, and decent
hospitals, but in general the press was con
tent at sticking to party lines to follow the
lead of politicians.
"The South African war gave the news
papers one chance to express the stern, un
flinching tenjper of the nation.' That was in
the black week of December, 1899. For the
rest, the issues in that combat were small
alongside those of the war from which we
are still slowly emerging and the decisions
to be taken not comparable in magnitude
with those which continually faced us from
August, 1914. onward.
'Many of those decisions would not have
been taken rightly if the press had not in
tervened. In France, although there the
strap of the censorship muzzle was pulled
very tight, in the United, States, in this coun
try, in the Dominions, the newspapers had
more to do with the organizing of victory
than the politicians. '
"When the general commanding the Brit
ish forces in France considered that the em
pire was in danger by jnertia and muddle
headedness, it was to a newspaper that he
turned, and it was a newspaper agitation
which obtained for the army a sufficient
supply of the shells for want of which our
brave troops perished by the hundreds upon
Aubers Ridge. . The unified command, to
which more than any other single policy was
due the swiftness of the allied victory, had
been called for insistently in the press long
before the value of it was revealed to the
political understandinsr. President Wilson
b could not have united the American people
as ne am nor couia ne nave speeded up the
training and the dispatch of their fine army
to Europe, had he not been supported and
explained at every step by the most influen
tial organs of public opinion in the United
States. ' ,
"I do not mean to suggest that our heav
ily censored newspapers made no mistakes
during the war. How could it be possible to
comment day after day, and to. interpret ob
scure signs, and to search out more energetic
methods of warfare throughout four years,
without occasionally being wrong? But,
considering how they were continually kept
in ignorance of vital factors and how they
were at all times obliged by the censorship
to withhold from their readers a great deal
that they knew, I maintain that on both sides
of the Atlantic the press gave more effec
tual aid toward the winning of the war than
the politicians. j
1 "Some of those responsible for the con
duct of newspapers showed that they had in,
all allied countries formed a more accurate
conception of the way to treat the people
than either the military or political chiefs.
They knew that the surest method of bracing
the people up to bear ill 'idings and to
stiffen their backs to stimulate them to a
greater effort was, not to spoon-feed them,
but to tell them the truth. Whenever the
cause appeared to be in danger the news
papers kept the public nerves steady, and it
was, as Marshall Hindenburg prophesied it
would, be, the nations with the steadiest
nerve that won the war.
"This very brief appreciation would be in
complete if I did not mention the vast slims
raised by newspaper effort for the wounded,
the sick and those permanently sick like the
blind. In every one of our dominions as well
as the British Isles, the press put into the
1 task of lightening the soldiers' lot an energy
i and an ingenuity beyond all praise."
The half of what the American newspapers
did for the winning of the war will never be
told, nor, can anyone outside of the inner cir
cles realize the insidious efforts of German pro
paganda which had to be constantly combatted,
or of the obstacles put in the way of the most
effective mobilizing of the country's patriotic
publications. Most amazing of all is the fact
that the administration at Washington and con
gress, not only showed little appreciation - of
this co-operation but with foolish censorship,
increased postage charges special taxes, and
hopelessly demoralized distribution through
the mails, seriously impeded and Impaired the
good work which the newspapers were doing,
and even yet seem unwilling to lift the needless
burdens they piled on disgused as war measures.
Unrepentant Boche
' Whatever the docility, the conciliatory atti
tude , of our forced hosts, the boches, I have
yet to hear that one of them has expressed
repentance for the horrors they loosed upon
the world. If they are sorry, it is not in the
sense we commonly give to that. word.. The
war they seem to have taken as the natural,
the unavoidable thing, just a part of life, as
the gambler takes gambling, with no other
regret thfn that it is his bad luck to lose. Like
thfi gambler, they may be sorry they made
certain moves in the game; they may be sorry
they entered the game at all, as the gambler
would be who knew in the end that his adver
sary had more money on his hip- than he had
given 1iim credit for in the beginning. But it
is not a regret for being a gambler. Did not
Nietzsche say that to regret, to repent, is a
sign of weakness? Unless there is something
under his mask, that never-shows a hint of its
existence on the surface, the German is still a
firm disciple of Nietzschean philosophy.
In one sense he is a "good loser" in that He
begins without waste of time or vain regrets to
hedge, to make up for his folly or his bad luck
to bend all his efforts toward quick recuper
ation. But in the other sense, that in which the
term is used in clean sport, he is a decidedly
bad loser. For he has none of the generosity
toward his victors, none of the "forget it" atti
tude which characterizes the -sportsman of
higher instincts. Harper's Magazine,
Home Health Hints
Reliable advice given in this
column ons prevention and .
cure ot disease. Put your ques
tion in plain language. Tour '
name will not be printed. .f
Aak The Bee to Help You.
How Medicine Helped WW .
How the medical corps cut loss
in war due to disease is told by
Dr. Alexander Lambert ot Naw
York in his recent addresa aa presi
dent ot the American Medical as
sociation, printed in Science. Ma
laria, one of the chief causes or dis
ability in the Civil and Spanish wars,
is now an "also rare," being lumped
in with "other diseases." Typhoid's
60 per cent of all deaths in ' the
Spanish War has become a fraction
of 1 per cent. Dysentery's J8 per
cent in the Civil war shrank to an
unrecognizable 0.08 per cent. Most
of the deaths from disease in the
recent war were from pneumonia
the chief scourge that medicine has
not yet under control; Says Dr.
Lambert:
"Medical science has to-day....
within its grasp the power to control
the diseases which, in former times,
decimated warring armies and
spread out from these armies among
the noncombatant populations.
Formerly, when war broke out, it
was almost inevitably followed by
some dread pestilence among the
civil populations of the - countries
in which the war was waged, By
proper sanitation and preventive in
oculation, dysentery and 'cholera can
be abolished; by vaccination armies
can be protected against smallpox.
Body lice disseminate typus, recur
rent fever, and trench fever, and by
proper disinfection of these vermin
these diseases cease to occur.
Through . sanitation and preventive
inoculation, typhoid fever, the
scourge of the two previous wars,
is absolutely controlled, and this in
cludes also paratyphoid, which has
been recognized as a separate entity
only since the Spanish-American
war. . In the Spanish-American war
80.5 per cent of all deaths were
caused by typhoid, and in the
present war 85 per cent, were caused
by pneumonia. The typhoid of the
Spanish-American war was due to
local causes and local epidemics.
The pneumonia of this wad was be
yond control, and was part of a
world-wide epidemic that swept over
both hemispheres, and the morbidity
and morality of some of the cities of
this country exceeded those of the
camps. Subtracting the death-rate
caused by pneumonia from the
total death-rate by disease in the
recent war we have 2.2 per thou
sand for the entire army on Tioth
sides pf the water, which is prac
tically a peace-time death-rate.. . ... .
"Influenza, measles, and pneu
monia, in the respiratory group, still
stand as baffling problems, and their
control has not been accomplished:
Measles appeared and spread until
it had no longer material on
which to spread, as one attack con
fers immunity to a second. Pneu
monia following influenza or origi
nating as )a primary disease, still
eludes control. But the knowledge
which we have gained in this war of
the methods of its spread, of the
various infectious organisms which
produce it, and their various types
and varying virulence, of its occur
rence as a secondary complication
to measles and influenza, has enor
mously increased. Tne value of the
facts thus learned are incalculable
and belief is Justified that the prob
lem is better understood than ever
before, and that we soon shall see
the solution of these problems."
"In the mobilization of the indus
trial forces of the nation by the
Council of National Defense, the
health of the nation and the protec
tion of both nation and its armies
were regarded of such importance
that it demanded direcj representa
tion of the medical profession on this
board. This is also true of the navy
for its Medical department is repre
sented on the general board.
Oddly enough, the anachronism still
exists that in the general staff of
the United States army the Medical
department is regarded as an out
sider. ...The medical and sanitary
formations are still ..regarded as
noncombatants, although. . .the ratio
of the medical officers killed and
dying of wounds has been exceeded
only by that of the infantry and
artillery, which branches neces
sarily bear tbe brunt of the battles.
"Over 32 per cent of our younger
men were disqualified from the
draft for physical defects. There
is need of wider supervision of out
growing boys and gisjs to build up
a more robust nation, and it is espe
cially urgent in t ural districts. ....
This ywar has taught that there re
main economic value in the maimed
and wounded, and it is our duty to
develop this value to its fullest ex
tent The maiming and injury of
our workers, in the every-day work
of industry, far exceed each year
the battle casualties of this war, and
there is an economic necessity and
duty to be performed in the salvage
and reconstruction of the indus
trially injured.
"Malaria still prevents' the use of
large areas of our southern states
and sapMhe energy of a latge por
tion of the population. Typhoid
fever still rests as blot on the rural
hygiene of this country. The con
trol of epidemics between States is
already in the hands of the Public
Health Service, and within states,
if . state authorities request aid.
Quarantine from outside infection Is
also under federal ontrol. There
are many other federal activities
partially supervising health and
disease through the various de
partments of the federal govern
ment But it all lacks the efficient
power of central correlation, and
there remain many' public health
activities that should be undertaken
by the central action."
Comment on the
y Covenant
Oxford, Neb,, Sept 15. -To the
Editor of The Bee: Prior to the re-!
turn of our president from his wan
derings in Europe, in a letter to The
Bee I characterized the league of
nations as the, most deceptive hum
bug since satan cajoled Eve in the
Garden of Bden. At that time many
of my friends thought I was rad
ically wrong and that the league was
the one thing needful to bring hap
piness to our country and peace to
the world. Today I know of but a
single man-who would vote for the
league unamended and but a very
few who favor it in any form,
Wilson says he will not discuss
the league, but he proposes to tell
the interpretation thereof. One who
has followed him closely from his
delivery to congress to his present
lobbying campaign cannot but be
impressed with his seeming lack of
faith in the league. Otherwise he
would want it discussed from the
housetops. He would contend for
his 14 points being put in practice
rght here at home by allowing the
people to vote whether they were
willing to sacrifice the Declaration
of Independence for a citizenship in
a foreign league, whether they want
ed to surrender their constitution
foi the advice and dictates of an in
ternational legislature which was not
subject in any way Jo their votes.
Our president says we should accept
thi Interpretations of the makers aa
the only genuine, but if it is ratified
it will have to be interpretated as
dissentlons' arise long after its mak-
lrfl are dead, and, like out own con-
Buiuuont win nave to aiana on ui
wording of the contract.
He eays, "If I could not have
brought back such a covenant I
never would have come back." Is
that argument or interpretation, or
is It to be taken as a bluff? Our
president Is sworn to faithfully ex
ecute our laws and uphold the con
stitution, not to parcel the govern
ments of Europe or organize inter
national league; yet he deserted his
pest of duty at Washington in one
of the meet critical periods of our
history to make a league of nations.
Today we find him lobbying for
this league throughout the county,
while our nation rocks in the tur
moils of anarohy and rebellion.
Strikes, and more strikes, race riots
and lynchlngs are every day occur
rences. Are our laws being faith
fully executed? Oh for a Cleveland
or a Roosevelt! Our president says
he is willing to die for the league,
but we. have thousands of mere boys
who did die for a nobler cause, 1. e.,
the integrity and independence of
our United States. We had other
thousands who offered their lives
for the same cause who are being
held, in Russia, fighting for they
know not what, while our president
tours the country in the luxury of
a special train, not even leaving Tu
multy at the- White House. "We
have taken the flower of our youth
from every countryside, from every
household, and we told those moth
ers and those fathers and those sis
ters and those wive and those sweet
hearts that we were taking those
men to fight a war that would end
such business," are the words of the
president in demanding support of
the league.
. But can we 'who had sons in this
war favor a league whose constitu
tion in plain words clothe it with
power to advise when our boys shall
be conscripted to fight in Turkey,
Russia or in any foreign country
where the league (thinks a fight
should be pulled off? Today con
gresses aflame because it is reported
that 60,000 to 200,000 of our boys
are to be sent to Turkey and a con
gressman exclaims, "It shall not be;
thb president has no authority to
send our soldiers to police foreign
countries, but if the league is rati
fiedd there will be no help."
Our boys did not fight for a league
of nations, nor yet for any 14 points;
but, briefly stated, to lick Germany
and bring a speedy peace. .Glori
ously well they went to their task,
and, notwithstanding the inefficiency
of their equipment, they soon would
have had for an time a sorry and
ltmbllke Germany; but a talking
machine was substituted for ma
chine guns and the armistice was
the result; then an opportunity of a
lifetime was. lost in not sending com
petent delegates to atonce draw up
an honest fair peace treaty between.
the conquerors and the conqiored
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ODD AND INTERESTING.
One ton of water may be colored
by a single grain of Indigo.
The harpy eagle of Brazil feeds
exclusively on monkeys.
Eighty-five per cent of lame people
are affected on tne ien siae.
No snake, frog, toad or lizard has
ever been seen in Newfoundland.
One thousand six hundred wagon
loads of mud and dirt are removed
daily from the streets of London.
No house in London is more than
200 yards from a mail box or a
branch of (the general postofflce.
A Bedoiiin marriage does not take
much time. The bridegroom kills a
sheep and spills the Mood on the
sand of his father-in-law's threshold
and the wedding la over.
Instead of squandering most valua
ble time concocting a league ot nations.
Has the administration faith that
tho league will prevent war? For
anawer read the special treaty with
France. Does it believe it will reduce
armaments? Read the greatest war
bills ever asked in times of peace.
Does it believe it will safeguard the
Uvea of our boys from the horrors
of war? Read for answer the ad
ministration's compulsory training
bill that would fasten upon us the
damnable- militarism that was the
downfall of Germany. Do they be
lieve that it will protect and safe
guard weak nations? How can such
contention be squared with the hor
rible robbery in China? And these
are only a few of the league's Incon
sistencies. A. C. RANKIN
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The Pay Wo Celebrate. 7.
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Henry u tsumson, o""j -"War
In the Taft cabinet, born in
New York City, oz years a-jw.
tt rt Txr.ii. nna of thft moat SUC-
cessful of present-day novelists, born
in Kent ngiana. os yeera .
Clark Howell, widely ltnow"
Atlanta newspaper editor, born m
Barnwell county, South Carolina, fs
years ago.
Samuel Rea, executive head of
the Pennsylvania railroad since
1811, born at Hollldaysburg, P..
years ago. -
Thirty Years Ago in Omaha. ,
There are now nearly 10,000 pu
pils enrolled In the public schools of
the city, an increase of 1,200 over
the enrollment of last year-
The Douglas county bar tendered
an elegant farewell dinner to Judge
Lewis A. Groff, recently appointed
commissioner of the general land
office, at the Omafea club. J. M.
Woolworth was master of cere
monies. Howard H. Baldrige, a young
attorney and member of the firm of
Bartlett. Baldrige and Ledwich, left
for Peoria, 111., where he will be
be married Thursday to Miss
Blanche Coffey, the accomplished
daughter of an eminent physician in -that
city. i i
Miss Dewey gave a lemon party
complimentary to Miss Sage and
Miss Maude Woolworth.
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to the piarvoforte; "Ra
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Cable Nelson and Hospe
Some of the above named pianos have been
sold by us since 1874. ,
Player Pianos
Apollo Reproducing Piano, Gulbransen Player
Piano, Hospe and Cable Nelson Players. Our
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Told at Last.
"A woman can't keep a secret,"
declared a mere man.
"Oh, I don't know," retorted the
lady. "I've kept, my age a secret
since I was 24."
"Yes, but one of these days you
will give it away. In time you will
simply have to tell It." '
"Well, I think that when a wo
man has kept a secret for 18 years
she comes pretty near knowing how
to keep it." Boston Transcript
LAMENT OF THE SWORD
Good brothera at Toledo, Damascua, and
Seville.
And you, my tine Ferrara, with blade
that glittera still.
Come, gather round and hear ma 'tla
viviuu mie i ten,
With ur no mora ah ail glory and tbe
Flaunt not your Jeweled acabbarda, your
hilta of burnished- gold;
Youre doomed to be the relics of a tlma
that'a past and old! '
Bla aona, the . mighty Armorer ealla each
one home again;
Bust, then, my boon companions. In Italy
or Spain. '
No mora the dash, the parry, the thruat,
and then the pierce 1
Heart-reaching I Now, no matter your
thirst for blood bow fierce,
The rWle and the bayonet, who've robbed
ua of our fame.
Their lips are atained with crimson of
wine that we should claim.
Brave gallant of Toledo. Damascus', and
Seville.
The hero-days have vanished, the days
when we could will
The destinies of Empires! Evcallbur
must weep
Steel tears upon the bosom of Arthur's
endless slaepl
Mo fate our rtoOm can alter, and so tike
ghosta v.-.'ll glldo v
Within the gloomy portals where an
tique spirits hide
Our name alorra remembered, Perchance
our deeds will ring
In songs of bard and minstrel, whan ot
olden times they sing. . -.
Frederick A. Earle In th New York
Times . ; J
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