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8B THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: OCTOBER 12, 1919. The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY - FOUNDED BY KDWAHD ROSE WATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THK BE1 PUBLISH IN 0 COMPANY. PROPRIETOR MEMBER OP THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Tk Aasoelstea Press, at whlek Ttit Ha In member, ll ex elulTtl eslttlsd i to m for publication of (11 rim dispatches eratHe II of not otherwise credited In this paper, and tits the local asws raibllihKt brln. AU tights of publication of our speeltl dtllitrhM ira Ih reserved. BEE TELEPHONES! Prints Brsw Exrtisnie. Art for ,hTvlfr 1000 Desartauet or Particular Person Win led. JraCr A WW For Night and Sunday Service Calls IMItortal Depsrtmnt War Ijjjj- ClrouUtloa IXHmnmwit Wer 1JJ8L. ad.trtlrlng Department Tylor 1008U " OFFICES OF THE BEE Horn Office, Bee Uulldinf. 7tn and Fsrnsm. AtoP""'' ,f"iTlO North !4ta I r-srs MIS f jimnwirlh ' Ba Ue Mllltsry A'S. "" Bids 2S18 N Street Soundl Bluffi 15 Scott St. I W.tou. 118 Nona 40th Out-of-Town Offices: New Tori City JM nth ' I Wellington 1111 O Street Chlcuo Seecer ld. 1 Lincoln 1330 H 8trwt SEPTEMBER CIRCULATION. Daily 66,084 Sunday 61,893 Awrsre circulation for the month subscribed sod fworn to to t. R Raise. Circulation Msnsser. Subacribara leaving tha city ahould hava tha Baa mailed to them. Addreee changed aa often aa required. 1 You ahould know that The altitude of Omaha is 1,120 feet; the annual mean tempera ture, recorded for over 50 years, is 50 degrees, and the annual mean humidity is 69. What The Bee Stands For: 1. Respect for the law and maintenance of order. 2. Speedy and certain punishment of crime ; through the regular operation of the courts. 3. Pitiless publicity and condemnation of inefficiency, lawlessness and corup tion in office. 4. Frank recognition and commendation of honest and efficient public service. 5. Inculcation of Americanism as the true basis of good citizenship. Home rule is one of Omaha's needs. The "gentleman burglar" still takes things easily and quietly. Nebraska delegates to the American Legion convention at least know what they want. Mr. Wilson : tenuously objects to staying in bed, Don't blame him at all in this weather. The special grand jury is on a big job, and it will be no cause for wonder if it takes a long time. Would we be out of order if we suggested that the city prosecutor is popular with the judges? The War department and the longshoremen are about to lock horns. This will be worth watching. The Agricultural department admits that the corn crop is out of danger of frost, so old Jack can come any time now. THE MOTE AND THE BEAM. Omaha hat been the eubject of an immense amount of editorial discussion throughout the land during the last two weeks. One unvarying note ran through the whole lot of lectures en gendered by the riot. Omaha has been re minded of the sanctity of human life, the maj esty of the law, the inhuman element of the mob, and generally drenched with the contents of moral fire extinguishers, and left standing to dry as best it might, while the commentators turn to other tasks, content with having pol ished off the offending community in the high est style of the art. No finer example of the mote and the beam could be asked than the spectacle of Chicago, Boston, Washington, St. Louis and other such cities rebuking Omaha because of the mob outbreak. Omaha's chief culpability lies in the fact, lamentable enough because of ample warning given, that it was not ready with a proper force to meet the dis order. Other cities, have not so wilfully neg lected provisions for protection. Careful perusal of the multiplied platitudes leaves the thoughtful hungry for some really solid meat. In all the wilderness of words shed around and over Omaha in this time of need, aside from the general and easily admin istered advice to behave in the future and not allow such a thing to happen again, no help ful hint is noted no suggestion that may lead to a solution of the great problem. It is well to keep in mind that Omaha is not the first American city to be so disgraced, nor is it at all likely that it will be the last. From pulpit and rostrum, from legislative halls and council chambers, from all avenues of or ganized expression, come forth admonition against the mob, yet every now and then the world is shocked by a terrible demonstration of the uncontrolled force of a populace mad dened beyond endurance by some outrage. Can this be stopped by reiteration of any one of the moral or legal formulas now pre sented? It might, if a better way of getting at the root of the trouble were found. A healthier and livelier concern of the average man in pub lic affajrs, even to the neglect of some of his personal concerns, is one means through which a remedy may be applied. So long as men are willing to let civic duty wait on private occu pation, winking at shortcomings of government that do not touch them directly, just that long will there be danger of the mob. Omaha is not alone in this, and no assumption of the Phari see's position on part of any will aid in eradi cating an evil so general. Individual responsi bility must be accepted if good government is to prevail at all times, with respect for law and under its reasonable and equal enforcement. This was some da.te in 1492, although it is not recorded that anybody knew then just how important it would become in time. Lloyd George says the British coal mines will not be nationalized by his government. This is fair notice to the radicals. a The wind god seems to be very jealous of the army flying men, for he is dishing out some wretched weather to them in the tipper air. "Two-point-seventy-five" is about to join the "real thing" in the limbo provided by prohibi tion. "Dry" will soon mean dry in this land. Good citizenship does not require silence in face of official misbehavior or laxity, nor the endorsement of every policy adopted in time of peace. . y Eight "city beautiful" plans are about to be submitted to the voters for approval. When the cost is counted the beauty may not be so apparent. . "Mutinous crews" are the means of getting considerable supplies of needed material to ct'Annunzio in Fiume. That farce is getting serious. ' Universal military training for American boys is not likely to be the means of establish ing a military autocracy, but will give to the youth of the land a sense of self-reliance and disciplined order that may be an invaluable asset for the future. Where Governor McKclvie it Right. In voicing reluctance to burden the special session of the legislature with the job of patch ing Omaha's charter, which we could and should do ourselves by adopting a home-rule charter of our own, Governor McKelvie is ex actly right. That is to say, Omaha's predica ment in being confronted with emergency needs not contemplated or provided for in the author ity vested in the city administration, and with our inability to afford the remedy without in voking legislative aid, is due wholly to our own negligence. Omaha should long ago have had a home-rule charter with the privilege of solv ing our municipal problems here instead of at Lincoln, and it would be merely fitting punish ment for the governor to refuse to let the legis lature come to our rescue. On the other hand, Governor McKelvie is likewise eminently right in reconsidering his first impulse and deciding to permit the legisla ture to help out just this once by again amend ing the self-same sections of the charter that were amended at the regular session last win ter, rather than make our people suffer, inas much as the extra session is to be held any how, to meet the requirements growing out of the recent mob disturbance, and this offers the speediest way under the circumstances to reach the necessary goal It would be no more than fair, however, if the lawmakers should serve due notice upon us that we must qualify at once as a self-governing home-rule municipality, and stop taking our troubles to the legislature. Again the republican majority in the senate warns the other side that the equal voting amendment has enough support to carry it. What -possible objection, can there be to the United States having as many votes as any other nation in the League of Nations? ' California is advised by the American-Japan Peace society at Tokio to remain calm and not get excited over the Japanese infiltration under the "gentleman's agreement" as modified by Mr. Bryan, when secretary of state. We would like to read the account of such a meeting held in San Francisco. Senator Walsh and the Treaty. Administration organs pulled open the diapason stop, and cut loose with all their might when the republican convention of Massachu setts went on record as favoring ratification of the treaty. This was such a spanking for Sena tor Lodge by the home folks. Then the mighty volume dwindled to a little squeaking tremolo as the organists went on to recite that the Bay State republicans demanded strong and definite reservations, which is directly in line with the Lodge position. How do you think they re ceived the word from Senator Walsh, democrat from Massachusetts, who served notice on his party brethren on Thursday that he, too, will support strong reservations? His denunciation of the Shantung award and appeal for a peace that will protect the oppressed nations of the earth started, the demonstration that moved the vice president to order fhe galleries cleared, and gave Senator Hitchcock a chance to demand the ayes and noes on a motion to adjourn. These things are all significant of the losing fight that is being waged in the senate by the swallow-it-whole group. As the day for the final vote comes nearer, it is more and more certain that definite and not mild reservations will be adopted, and the likelihood of their being accepted by the president is also growing. Views and Reviews Fiftieth Anniversary of South America s Most Noted Newspaper I have sent a message of greeting and ap preciation for the 50th anniversary number to be issued this week by "La Prensa," which we would otherwise refer to as the Buenos Aires Press, and which is easily the foremost daily newspaper of South America, and in some respects of the world. I have seen copies of La Prensa from time to time and have heard of it and its wonderful establishment from folks who have visited Argentina and , been struck with the unique position that paper holds. At the meeting of the Associated Press last year the announcement was made that the leased wire service of this great news gathering or ganization had been extended to South America and a number of South American publications, chief among them La Prensa, were elected to membership, carrying full benefits and obliga tions. Something about La Prensa, as gathered from its 1914 anniversary booklet, 1 am sure, will be of general interest. The paper was founded October 18. 1869, by Dr. Jose C. Paz. to be an independent newspaper, "the free voice of the people in public affairs." In presenting its first number, Dr. Paz outlined his purpose in these words: "Independence, the respect to the private citizen, the ' judicious attack on public officials and not against the individual, form our doctrine. "Truth, honest, this is the starting point. "Liberty, progress, civilization, these are the only ends which we pursue." The founder of La Prensa died some years atro and its direction is now in the hands of Ezequiel P. Paz. The Women Voters L It is estimated that at the next presidential tction 14,000,000 women voters will be quali fied to cast their ballots, ana tne managt.. v. both the great political parties are now busily engaged in devising means for taking over a majority of this vast increment. Women are to be given liberal representation upon the -. democratic and repuoncan national ,' special committees are to be established tor tne f - organization of women voters and every possi ble device will be resorted to in order to make ' the new Jvotera understand that they are ! ' heartily welcome, and at the same time make I , them forget that they were a long time getting the ballot . . , 1 Party managers, however, will do well to ; "" study carefully the results of elections in states t which have had universal suffrage for some jj" ' years, since they will be able to learn much to guide them in dealing with the national sit I -nation. Experience has proved that the women . voters approach public questions with the j V same views, predilections and prejudices as men 1 voters. Those who take the trouble to register and exercise the right of suffrage generally are quite competent" to make up their minds upon issues accordjnjr to the arguments brought V; forth and are apt succeptible to empty compli ments and not air. .Washington Post La Prensa holds forth in a magnificent home in Buenos Aires that resembles a beautiful pub lic building. And, in fact, is more than any thing else a great public institution, combining under its auspices many activities that else where are conducted as official enterprises or as the work of public associations. In arranging the nlans, the founder con ceived the idea of establishing a certain number of philanthropic features dedicated to the wel fare of humanity and to culture, which besides aiding the national progress and stinolyinsr the public needs which were not reached bv official measures nor aided by private institutions, and which formed a return to the public in the guise of gratuitous services of the greater portion of the receipts gamed by the growing prosperity of the enterprise," This was done by inaugurating a group of free bureaus as a complement to the newspaper or ganization: A medical-surgical bureau, that carries on clinics under noted specialists, per forms free vaccinations, gives special dentist, oculist, aurist service, maintains a medical ibrarv: a chemical industrial and agricultural bureau, with experts developing new methods: a legal bureau; popular music classes: a public reference library: a tree information bureau; a postoffice; three halls for public meetings; a meteorological observatory: apartments for the reception and accommodation of distinguished visitors, literary celebrities, scientific men, emi nent travelers, who are entertained as guests of La Prensa. The paper also awards substan tial prizes to stimulate education, for example one of 1,000 pesos annually to the person who nroves he has taught the greatest number of illiterate people to read in the nation?) lan gauge within the boundaries of the republic, and sponsors popular conferences, lectures and in stitutes, something in the nature of what is done here in ehautauqua work. All this, of course, along with the production of a comprehensive newspaper, replete with all the intelligence of the day. To La Prensa, heartiest congratulations on fifty years of useful life and best wishes for many, many more. The incident I related about carrying a mes sage from Andrew Carnegie to my father in the form of an inscription in my autograph album appears with a fac-simile of the page in the current at. N'teholas Magazine, the best periodical for children, for which I wrote the story, and I have already had mention of it from several little friends, who are enthusias tic about St. Nicholas just as I was when I was a boy. This article is a sort of sequel to a similar article I contributed about my Mark Twain autograph and I may have more of them. Home Health Hints Reliable advice given In thla 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. Story of Bessemer Steel Alcohol as a Source of Power. Expert chemists are again directing atten tion to the possibilities of alcohol as a power producing fuel in, connection with the internal combustion engine. The fact was proved con clusively some years ago, and "Tama Jim" Wil son sponsored the passage of a law by congress to permit the manufacture and use of denatured alcohol on farms. Internal revenue officers had it so hedged about with restrictions and regula tions that farmers did not care to bother with the process. Now that gasoline has soared to a new height and prohibition has come to disturb the use of alcohol as a beverage, it may be used to drive engines. For the moment the discus sion turns on probable sources of alcohol, and on the distillation of wood-waste. Experience in Germany before the war showed that suf ficient quantities for ordinary purposes could be had from farm waste, so that with a proper apparatus it was possible to make all that would be needed from materials now thrown away. The present cumbersome law could easily be amended in such fashion as will give the farmer who 'cares to do so a chance to make his own power-fuel at home. The Roosevelt Memorial The movement for the construction of a great monument to Theodore Roosevelt, en compassing a thought which has never been out of the mind of America since his death, is now reaching the point of organization for the col lection of the subscriptions which we have no doubt will be gladly made. The sum of $5,000, 000 is tentatively fixed as the amount to be called for, and a systematic campaign along the lines that proved so successful during the war will be made to raise the fund. Certain quotas will be assigned to the states and to the cities for collection and as those campaigns during the war were competitions in patriotism so this one, we are sure, will be a competition of love. For Theodore Roosevelt, more than any man of his time, inspired the affection of the people of America. He was essentially one of the peo ple, one whom every man could look upon as a brother. Although he came of an aristocratic family there was no affectation in this. There was nothing of the demagogue in Roosevelt. He did not stoop to the people; he embraced them on their own level, which was the level of his sincere desires. To him there was no higher honor than to be an American, and he sought always, and in manifold ways, to ad vance the interests of America 'and of Ameri cans. Every day thousands of people visit his grave at Oyster Bay, which has become in a way a shrine. The people who go there are not all from among those who were his political followers. On the contrary, we are inclined to think that a very large proportion are demo crats, or republicans who opposed him, not to speak of the great number of women and chil dren to most of whom he was simply a great American. Here perhaps will be erected the great monument. The location is yet to be de cided upon, and for national reasons it may be that Washington will be preferred, but there is much to be said in favor of Oyster Bay. The form of the monument, too. is a matter still to be settled, and that is a question that will not be easy to decide. But whatever it is, and wherever it may be, it will be a fitting one, and it will be a spontaneous tribute from the heart of his beloved America. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Need for Social Reorganization. A recent examination of the sub ject of fatigue locates this sensation in the cells of the nervous system and not in the muscles. An explana tion is thus at onee forthcoming of the phenomenon often observed casually that, while great exhaus tion is being experienced In the per formance of one task, a new task, no less laborious, can be taken up with enthusiasm. The tired feeling dis appears. The muscles are braced anew. What has happened is that a new set of nerve cells have been called into operation. The man has es caped from monotony: in variety he finds a spice for effort. There can be little doubt that this truth affords an explanation of the remarkable wave of depression which is evident in certain direc tions and also of the remarkable outbreak of pleasure-seeking. The war, with all its danger, was not monotonous. Then the very air was charged with possibilities, these stimulating the human brain. Then men lived from hour to hour, using a hundred paths of the brain in as many minutes. The kaleidoscope of life was gay with many colors. Now It is home again to a routine that used to be bearable, but is bear able no longer. Exhaustion follows, because the "path" of nervous sen sation is overtrodden. Life seems dull, aimless, unprofitable. Tempers grow Irritable, gloom descends. The next stage is a craving for change, for excitement. Longing eyes are turned to the army again it is a remarkable fact that whereas not one soldier in 10 saluted an officer in London just after the armistice, now scarcely one in 10 falls to salute. ' The remedy lies, perhaps, in fac ing the facts. The kind of domestic life which was lived before the war may be too drab for this new age. It may lack emotional and intellec tual stimulation. There is need, at any rate, for cheaper, better, and more accessible amusement. The movement to establish theaters near the homes of the people deserves to be encouraged. There is need, too, for an extension of restaurant facili ties in the neighborhood of those homes. The charm and value of the French system in this respect is that a new stimulus is supplied at the end of the working day London Times. Council Bluffs, Oct. 9. To the Editor of The Bee: I saw In a re cent number of The Bee something about the iron and steel Industry, in which credit is given to Henry Bessemer for Invention of the process by which iron is converted into steel by forcing a blast of cold air through the molten metal. You will find, I think, that it was not Mr. Bessemer, but W. J. Kelley of St. Louis was patentee of this process. W. J. Kelley of St Louis made the world-renowned "char coal sugar kettle," sold up and down the river In the 60's. He had his FROM HERE AND THERE. The Roman Catholic diocese of Charleston, 8. C, will celebrate its centennial next year. The most valuable pearls are round. Next come the pear-shaped, and lastly the egg-shaped. Scientists have demonstrated that nearly 50 per cent of our bodily ills result from mental worries. Belgium has long had the distinc tion of being the only maritime country in Europe without a navy. At Swedish weddings, among the , middle and lower classes, the bride groom carries a whip. This is an emblem of his authority in the do mestic circle. Seven presidents of the United States have married widows Wash ington, Jefferson, Madison, Jackson, Fillmore, Benjamin Harrison, and Woodrow Wilson. The River Orinoco, in South America, has more tributaries than .my other river. The total number is put at 2,500, including more than 400 large streams. At the close of a wedding cere mony amongst the orthodox Jews a Wine glass is ground to atoms be neath the bridegroom's heel. This is a sign of mourning for the de doparted glories of Zion. From the skin of the sturgeon is obtained a tough leather that is used for the making of laces to join leather belting for machinery. It is said that the lacing frequently out wears the belting itself. The Japanese are now using star fish as a manure, and it is said to give excellent results on rice. An analysis shows the fish to contain nearly 5 per cent of nitrogen and a small quantity of phosphoric acid. Automatic machines were first used in Egypt, and in the old tem ples of the East devices were em ployed for automatically dispensing the purifying water. A small coin had to be dropped into a slot to set the mechanism in motion and secure a small quantity of water. The Central Railway of Peru en forces a commendable disciplinary measure in its system of fines. When an employe is found guilty of a careless or improper act he is fined a certain sum, and immediately the money is turned over to the sick and death benefit fund of the railway employes' association. The family crest of the Greys Is a scaling-ladder, and Viscount Grey, the new British ambassador at Washington, seems early to have de termined to live up to it. For the famous Bishop Creighton, who was one of his first tutors, has left it on record that, as a boy of 13, he was consumed with an overmastering de sire to learn, and a capacity for hard work that was simply astound ing in one so young. Both Dans Work. If a girl wants him she will en tice him into the porch swing; if a widow wants him she will maneuver him into the dining room. There's nothing like experience. Houston Post. Of One Mind. Yes, there is no doubt that In their fundamental Interests capital and labor are one, with a nation wide economic battle being waged to find out which one Boston Transcript. Mrs. P. L. Ferine was elected president of the Ladies' Missionary at the Presbyterian synod at Hast ings. The Sixteenth and Vinton motor cars commenced making regular trips on the Sherman avenue tracks to the fair grounds. Mr. Paul Horbach has returned home. ODD AND INTERESTING. The Day We Celebrate. George W. Cable, noted author of Southern stories, born in New Or leans, 75 years ago. Maj. Gen. William L. Sibert. Who commanded the First division of American troops sent to France, born at Gadsden, Ala.. 69 years ago. Gen. Julian S. Carr, one of the noted leaders of the United Con federate Veterans, born at Chapel Hill, N. C, 74 years ago. Willis J. Bailey, former governor of Kansas, born in Carroll County Illinois, 65 years ago. Edward F. Dunne, ex-governor of Illinois and late envoy of Irish American organizations to the peace converters set up near St. Louis. In conference, born at Waterville, the course of business he borrowed j Conn.. 66 years ago. $25,000 from his father-in-law and j Joe Jenkins, catcher of the Chi used it to pay for burning charcoal I 'ago American league base ball to make Iron. The hard times came . team, born at Shelbyville, lenn., 28 along about 1856, and. to make a j years ago. short story of it Kelley was losing , T,llrt Yn,rt V-o in Omnlin all he had, and when he thought of I,,lr,y lf",JI-0 m "ma""- his debts he nearly lost his mind. I Lucius Wakeley, assistant general He was out of charcoal wood, and ' passenger and ticket agent of the had no money to go on. One day cnicago. uurnngion at yuincy ran h -a atanriin? npr ih Mniwinr. road. Chicago, is in the city' and bareheaded and whittling a stick! I visited The Bee in company with his He forgot himself and walked some brother, Arthur, of this city, distance away. He heard a roar ing noise, and, looking around, he saw one of the converters blowing the carbon out of the molten metal it contained, shooting the flame and sparks into the air many feet high. He ran back and bumped the con verter to save "bridging." Then he took his tonga and ex amined what he thought was the iron, and to his surprise found that it was steel, and lie said: "is it possible that I can make steel with out puddling or charcoal?" He tried, and made steel by air blown through the iron. He went to his father-in-law and told him he had found a new way to make steel, and the reply was: "Kelley, you're crazy. Don't tell anyone about that. Go back and make steel the old way, or you pay me what you owe me'." Kelley went broke, and then went to Johnstown, where he stood around for weeks, trying to get to see Ward and others to tell them he had a new way of making steel. They called him the "crazy Irish man," and the puddlers jeered him, but he stayed until one day the iron men told him: "For God's sake, go over In the corner and set up a converter and make all the pneumatic steel you want to." They had gotten rid of the "crazy Irishman," but it was not long until Kelley had taken off a heat, and then the iron men of Johnstown found that Kelley was not erazv, and they hastened to the patent office to file on the new way of making steel. Now, for Mr. Bessemer. Some time after this a stranger came to the plant offering to sell a new pro cess he had for making steel. The iron men told him that Mr. Kelley was the man who had patented the pneumatic process of making steel, and at that time had a patent for the same. Bessemer would not stand for this, but the courts gave to Kelley credit for the pneumatic process. Kelley told Bessemer to go back to England and make all the pneumatic steel he wanted to, and he would make It in the United States. Bessemer said he would do so on one condition, that it be called "Bessemer steel." Hence the name or Bessemer steel. Two men in Kelly's camp had gone over to England and told Bessemer of Kel ley's find and he had come to the United States in order to file first at the patent office, and it took all of the steel men to save the patent for the inventor. The very con verter Kelley used is at this time in the Smithsonian Institute at Wash ington, D. C. Mr. Kelley was the man who made the "Red Head" axe at St. Louis. His sons, I think, are still making the axe and some other goods he began putting out. FRIEND OF THE BEE. IN THE BEST OF HUMOR. "Would ou Ilka ma to lnaart a half ton plctura of jrouraalff" aakad tta In tervlawar. . , . Tartalnly not." raplled Mra. Nawrlnh. I don't wiah It t look aa If tha ou""1"" of axpjma waa considered In tha all(nt!ai let it ba a whola tone er nothing-. Boiton Tranaerlpt 1 Ilka Frank. He'i ana of tha moat punctllloualy truthful men I know." "Absoiu'cly. If he were to tell ma how many miles Ma car makes on a gallon Id almost behave him." Brownlng'a Mac sine. "Has your husband told you you mua. economlied?" "Yes," replied Mra. nimirllt. "but I'm not lettlnn him bother me. He's one of thiue people who Insist on taking ud every- fad that cornea alone." Stray Stories. First Chorue Qlrl So you've broken off the enciiiremeiit Did you give blm bark h' '"T . , Second Chorue Qlrl Oraelou"! No. Dia monds have tone up alnne It wi bought. ho I offered to give htm wlral be d paid for It. London Opinion. "Why dr you apend all day at the piano T Tour wedding la only a month off." "Ah. music ts tha food of love." "A little practice on a gas range, how ever, won't come amiss after marriage." Louisville Courier-Journal. The hand of a normal-sized hu man being contains 25,000. pores. Bagdad Is famous for Ite breed of white asses. Their ears and tails are sometimes colored a bright red. The present dwellings in Greater New York could more than accomo date the whole population of Switzerland. In Siberia the sun rises exactly at 6 a. m. and sets at 6 p, m. throughout the year, and is directly overhead at noon. 4 If the appetite of a man were as great as that of a sparrow in pro portion to his size, he would eat a whole sheep at one sitting. The palace of Versailles, the scene of the signing of the world peace treaty, is probably the most costly palace ever built. In order to keep the outlay a secret Louis XVI de stroyed all the documents relating to the building. The rafflesia of Sumatra is said to be the largest and most magnificent (lower in the world. It is composed of five roundish petals, each a foot across, and of a red color, covered with numerous irregular yellowish white swellings. The petals sur round a cup nearly a foot wide. "Is Mrs. Oadder a brilliant conversation alist V "Not brilliant, but tlreliss She's onn of those 'ftrst-and-thlrd-person' talkers." "How is that?" " '1 said' and 'aha said.' " Birmingham Age-Herald. "How was the banquet?" "Fine. Father gave the toast to the ladies." He did, ehT That's Just like Mm, letting on to a lot of other women thai he's so kind and considerate when ha wouldn't make toast for me In the morn ings If my head waa splitting open." Detroit Free Press. 11 Is wrong to envy any man hla proa- perlty." "Of course, It Is," replied Cactue Joe. "But when Tarantula Tim holds three ace fulla In auccession, we're entitled to Indulge In a certain amount of Inqulal ttveness about the deck and the deal." Washington Star. "OLD BATTLEFIELDS." Long yeara of peace hava stilled tba battle thunder. Wild grasses quiver where tha fight waa won; Massea of blossom, lightly blown asnnder. Drop down white petala on the allent gun; For life la kind, and aweet things grow unbidden. Turning the scenes of strife to bloomy bowers; One only knows what secrets may ba hid den Beneath hla cloud of flowers. Poor heart, above thy field of sorrow sighing For smitten faith, and hope untimely slain; Leave thou the soil wherein thy dead are lying . To the soft sunlight and the cleansing rain; Love works In alienee, hiding ' all the tracea Of bitter conflict on the trampled sod. And time shall show thee all life's battle places, Veiled by the hand of God. J. L. Coshan In Detroit Free Presa. Ready to Trade. "Tou've got a bad cold. What are you taking for it?" "Well, make me an offer." Hous ton Post. "SYRUP OF FIGS" CHILD'SLAXATIVE Look at tongue! Remove pois ons from stomach, liver and bowels. Accept "California" Syrup of Figs only look for the name California on the package, then you are sure your child is having the best and most harmless laxative or physic for the little gtomach, liver and bowels. Children love its delicious fruity taste. Full directions for child's dose on each bottle. Give it with out fear. Mother! You must say "Cahfor-ma. Muscles or Braim? A cartoon in a New York paper represents a slender, intellectual looking young man as applying for employment at a iactory office and asking about the rate of pay. The boss replies: "Twenty dollars a week for brains, $42 for muscle." t In the same paper appear, side by side in the "Help Wanted" columns, two notices, one offering $18 a week for a "bookkeeper with long experience" and the other offering $23 for a bootblack. ? These facts might be duplicated almost any where. The old standards seem strangely re versed today. Is it going to continue so? 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