NOVEMBER 9, 1919.
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You should know that
Omaha has a Real Estate Exchange,
with 150 members, who always
boost for city development.
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. .
Frank recognition and commendati
of honest and efficient public servki
5. Inculcation of Americanism aa the true
basis of good citizenship.
Sign for the airdrome: "Drop in on ui
again."
Do your early Christmas shopping before
the rush. '
Everybody dehounces profiteering by the
other fellow.
Don't let yourself be crossed off the Red
Cross membership list.
1 Anniversary of the real Armistice day will
be along next Tuesday.
That -luminous traffic cop presents a new
idea. Make 'em all luminous so the crooks
seed not molest 'em.
: If we could only stop all the waste of coal,
the shrinkage of supply due to the strike
would be more than offset. Save coall
Illjnois and Nebraska are -apparently the
only two states that feel able to afford the
luxury of a constitutional convention this year.
- Incidentally the teachers' meeting just con
cluded in Omaha is pronounced the best at-
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why change?
With the interest to be met on all the newly'
voted bonds, the local tax rate will not come
down unless valuations of taxable property
first go up. Stick a pin.
The police are now ordered to search pris
oners for concealed weapons, poison, or loot as
soon as taken into custody. As usual, locking
the door after the horse is stolen.
: With the republican press of his state un
animously behind his candidacy, Governor
Xowden acquires at once a place of first mag
nitude among the presidential possibilities.
That recalls to us the promise that prohibi
tion was to make prisons, insane asylums and
poor houses entirely unnecessary, and here we
have just voted bonds to build a new city jail.
Note that the country-wide raid on the an
archists and red terrorists did not include a
demonstration in Omaha and surely we would
not be overlooked if there were a dangerous
nest here.
What some folks would like to know is how
"all the city officials seem so far to have en
joyed immunity from the high-jackers. Have
they stored theirs in their neighbors' cellars" or
' do they stand in?
- Mayor Smith says he harbors no malice.
Nobody accused him of any such thing. But
he must also accord those who criticise his offi
cial acts or disagree with him good motives and
devotion to public interest.
Heligoland a Bird Sanctuary
Considerable dissatisfaction is expressed in
T71-J r.A tiaa hrn rrhnrA from this COUn-
try at the failure of the Versailles conference
to decide, in regard to the island of Heligoland,
more than it shall cease to be a German
fortress. For this great rock, besides being an
Imperishable monument to the blindness which
' prevented British statesmen from realizing the
. the important role it was to play in carrying
"out Germany's plans for universal domination
by force of arms, has for ages been a tem
porary resting place for millions of birds while
" making their spring and autumn migrations.
That they may alight there safely for a night
on their long journeys from north to south and
back again is essential, not only to the lives of
individual birds, but to the preservation of
; whole species. .... x;
These considerations did not prevent the
''' Germans from making the island bristle with
cannon, or from trapping by the hundreds of
thousands the migrants that persisted in com
ing there in spite of the unfavorable change in
conditions thus produced. Now it is proposed
by the friends of birds in Great Britain, and
they have the cordial support of Dr. Hornaday
ana other American ornithologists, that not
only should Heligoland cease to be a fortress
for any nation, but that it be made a bird
sanctuary a place where birds shall be free
at all seasons from molestation of any kind by
v anybody.
The island is quite worthless for any other
" purpose except this one, as it is no longer to
serve a military use, but if placed entirely at
the service of the migratory birds all of the
many countries between which they, move
would derive no small amount of practical ad
vantage. As a bird refuge, too, Heligoland
would become one of the best places m the
world in which to study the many problems in
relation to these migrations that are still un-
-riNfw .York Ximev
WHY NOT CO-ORDINATE OUR
CHARITIES?
What was done by the American people dur
ing the four years of world conflict in the way
of war activities and the lessons we should
learn from this experience form the subject
matter of a suggestive editorial in the last
Ladies' Home Journal, which every com
munity may well take to itself. We are re
minded how the war work taught us to give
for the relief of other people to an extent that
proved surprising, and that what we have done
for others must open up realization of what we
ought to do for our own.
The time has now come," we are admon
ished, "for a re-allocation of our giving. Not
that the need overseas has ceased or is not
great We all know that it is. For years to
come we must unquestionably help with money
and food, and we will. But both of these will
come through government loans of money to
the needful governments, and the supply otfood
through the national and world agencies.' The
day has come, however, when the hand of indi
vidual giving should turn nearer home. Our
cities, towns, villages, every community, large
and small, have their immediate needs needs
that we have, neglected while we gave of our
means toward the more immediate job of win
ning the war. We are not selfish if now we
turn to those home needs and see to it not only
that they are restored to their effective financial
basis but that, with our awakened sense of
larger giving, we expand them and give more
than we did before. Our vision has grown and
with that vision should come larger giving."
Stated in a different way, the problem is
thusdescribed: "Let us give America an in
ning. A few can give to all needs, American
and foreign. But not the majority. The per
son of average means can give once and in only
one direction, and that direction should now
for a season be American. It is time for us to
go back and pick up the loose threads that we
dropped before the war and bring the ends to
gether and see that our own agencies for the
benefit of our own people have the means
wherewith to function to their fullest ability."
Coming back to Omaha for the application,
the outstanding need here, as has been more
than once pointed out by The Bee, is a better
co-ordination of all our different charitable in
stitutions and welfare activities, both public and
private. The sum total of money, time and
effort which can be devoted to these things is
strictly limited and waste of funds or labor is
sheer robbery of the deserving and unfortu
nate whom the people want to help. We have
too much duplication of expensive machinery
and too many overlapping fields of relief work,
too much sending from pillar to post, too little
centralized responsibility. And this is bound
to be so and to continue so long as the job is
divided at random between different authorities
as it is today.
In the matter of' the care ot the helpless
sick or injured we have our most flagrant ex
ample. The county runs a costly department
for medical service to the poor through the
county physician and his assistants and the
county hospital The city maintains a preten
tious health department with a staff of inspec
tors, field men, laboratory testers, police sur
geons, three separate contagious disease hos
pitals. The state provides a hospital in con
nection with its teaching of medicine as part of
the state university. The school district has a
medical officer and a corps of trained nurses
for schoolroom observation and attention. In
addition we have a score of privately-conducted
hospitals maintained in part by public contribu
tions, in return for which same charity patients
are cared for, or free dispensaries maintained
for those requiring casual medical attention.
Over and above all this, we have a useful or
ganization furnishing nursing in the home for
those who can not afford such expert help, and
giving instruction in health and hygiene as
conditions -warrant To raise the money an
nually for this community work, the women of
Omaha, shame be to the men, stand on the
street corners and beg of every passerby. ,
Why should the task of organizing the
health and sanitary forces of this community,
financing them on a business basis, and making
the machinery fit together as a well-working
whole, be longer deferred? Omaha's physicians
and surgeons stand among the highest in the
country in reputation for ability. They have
shown themselves generally most public-spirited.
They well know the necessity for carry
ing out some such program. They should take
the lead through their own society or associa
tion and not stop until the end is achieved. And
then our other charities, those that have to do
with relief of women and children, or the aged,
the defectives, the down-and-outers, and of all
who need a helping hand along other lines, and
the various agencies designed to prevent desti
tution and suffering can be similarly correlated
and made "to function to their fullest ability"
so far as the funds generously made available
will permit .
Secretary Stuhr of the state agricultural de
partment, calling attention to the fact that all
coal must be sold by weight, and that selling
by "basket" is' illegal, brings to view the class
of citizens who will be the greatest sufferers in
time of fuel shortage. The poor who may buy
only in small quantities are the ones who pay
for a coal strike.
John Skelton Williams reports that the na
tional banks of the country have established a
new record for- immunity from failures. But,
with everything going up and nothing coming
down, the bankers have had it pretty much
their own way for the last two or three years.
Views and Reviews
How Omaha Once Before Put
.- Over an Exposition
Putting over the drive for a $1,000,000 stock
subscription for the Ak-Sar-Ben exposition is
some achievement even, in prosperous Omaha,
for which all concerned are entitled to con
gratulations. There is only, one thing-in the
history of Omaha that in any way compares
with it, and that is the organization and financ
ing of the Trans-Mississippi exposition nearly
25 years ago. It is not by way of detracting
from the present achievement, but to show
what push and pluck has done and can do again,
that I call attention to that wonder-work that
may be looked back to for inspiration for the
newest exposition project
According to the records, the Trans-Mississippi
exposition, which had been urged in dif
ferent forms by The Bee from time to time,
secured formal endorsement of the Trans-Mississippi
congress held in Omaha in 1895,
through a resolution offered by Mr. Bryan. Fol
lowing this up, the leading business men held
a series of conferences which culminated in a
citizens' meeting, January 18, 1896, at which a
preliminary organization was perfected. Arti
cles of incorporation were adopted providing
for an authorized capital stock of $1,000,000 at
$10 per share, complete organization to come
after $10,000 had been subscribed. When a
disposition was manifested at this meeting to
form only a paper corporation, with nominal
stock holdings, my father, who had been the
most earnest exposition enthusiast, insisted
upon embracing the enterprise in real earnest,
and, by himself heading the list with a sub
scription of $500 started the ball a-rolling at
sufficient speed to bring the total figure up to
$10,650 before the meeting adjourned. He had
stock certificate "No. 1," and though we later
subscribed for additional stock, all of his re
ceipts for subsequent assessments paid in are
correspondingly numbered.
With this magnificent start, of which only
10 per cent was paid in, the Trans-Mississippi
exposition went before congress with a bill
providing for official recognition and a gov
ernment exhibit, coupled wifh an appropriation
of $500,000 for the purpose, later cut down to
$200,000 before it was passed, and made con
ditional on a subscription of $250,000 to the
exposition. The outcome forced a new drive
at home and a reorganization in December,
1896, under officers and directors who carried
the exposition through to the glory of success.
The final financial statement shows that for
the Trans-Mississippi exposition the paid-in
stock subscriptions aggregated $411,745, with
outright donations by corporations and doubt
ers, who did not want to risk liability for as
sessments in case of failure, of $141,670 to
gether making the capital resources $553,415.
Of course there were other supplemental funds,
the legislative appropriation for the participa
tion of Nebraska as a state, the money voted
by Douglas county, the appropriations of other
states for their exhibits, aside from revenues
from gate receipts, sale of exhibit space, con
cessions and privileges, salvage, etc. Remem
bering that all this was accomplished when
Omaha was in the lowest depths of impover
ishment and despair following successive years
of financial depression and crop failures when
raising a half million dollars for any public
purpose seemed a sheer impossibility, the pro
moters of the Ak-Sar-Ben exposition have
every reason for encouragement
Vice President Marshall insists that
"Jimmy" Reed select more polite and dignified
epithets when he wants to abuse his fellow
senators. Such similes as "snapping turtles"
and "dogs" may go in Missouri, but sound real
rough in cultured Washington.
, Yes, but if business halts because of the
still unratified treaty, why do the administra
tion puppets block acceptance of the reserva
tions that would leave it to our allies to finish
the job or stand the consequences of further
delay?
Government operation of the railroads
smells just as sweet under the Plumb plan as
by any other name, only the test of it we have
just been having convinces every person not
blinded by self-interest that we want no more
of it
looking into the exposition records dis
closes another interesting but generally-forgotten
fact, that Hon. James M. Beck, who is
today again a visitor in our city, was "the ora
tor of the day" for the magnificent Indepen
dence day celebration July 4, 1898, which was
the second big day on the Trans-Mississippi
grounds, which had been opened with eclat on
June 1 preceding. That was the day news was
received of the destruction of Cervera's fleet
by our navy under Sampson and Schley, and
the proceedings were interrupted to read the
press bulletins which marked the end of the
war with Spain, precipitating an outburst of
patriotic enthusiasm that made the immense
crowd go wild. Mr. Beck, then a rising young
lawyer of the Philadelphia bar, had already
laid the foundation of his high reputation as an
orator. The subject of his address was "As An
Eagle Stirreth Up Her Nest," and, taking quick
advantage of the inspiring news from Cuba, he
pulled a few tail-feathers in a fashion that
made the old bird scream. Those who were
there well remember. '
The latest turn on the peace treaty makes
pertinent again the interview I had with Mr.
Taft when he last went through Omaha and
which I reported in this column in July as
throwing a light upon the letter he had written
outlining reservations or interpretations to
ratification which he thought might be accept
able. I reproduce again what he said in answer
to my question as to his opinion of the out
come. "It looks to me," he said, "as if we would
have a deadlock, which will be avoided or
broken only by a compromise. Friends of the
league are assured they will command a ma
jority of the senate sufficient to vote down any
motion to amend, but I feel they will fall short
of the two-thirds majority necessary to ratify.
Under such conditions, the two sides can get
together by finding common ground in reserva
tions of the nature proposed by Mr. Root not
the precise phraseology, but a reformulation of
the points that would be satisfactory to two
thirds of the senators."
I intimated that he might yet be cast in the
role of the great compromiser, but he laughed
t off with a jocular remark that he doubted
whether he was popular with either side. From
the general tone of the whole conversation, it
is fair to conclude that the last western trip
is what 'determined Mr. Taft to propose a com
promise arrangement as the only way out
Remember the exploits of General Bynz in
the war? The general is in danger of winning
fame for hitting it off as a speaker as well as a
fighter. The town of Colchester recently con
ferred upon him the honor of the freedom of
the city and in acknowledgement, as reported,
he said:
"I appear before you as representing one
of the army that you sent out to the front
f..h?ve ,no special qualification that I can
think of to address you. I make no claim to
having invented a tank. (Laughter.) I make
no claim to having written reminiscence in
which the abuse of one's colleagues forms a
prominent part. There is but the simple fact
that I served my country. We all, I think,
served our country and did our best.
(Cheers.)
Who says the Britisher has no sense of
humor?
Charting the Air
Scientists are gathered in Paris to converse
on the commonest of all topics, the weather.
We know only that the weather has been
sick; in Paris they talk of diagnosis. The big
thing in their mind is to map the air, and for
commercial rather than scientific reasons.
Weather played a far,greater part in the
war than is generally known; it will play an
even more important part in the future. Air
craft crossing continent of ocean need air
soundings as badly as marine craft need sea
charts.
No greater weather laboratory exists than
the American continent, and in Washington is
the greatest of all weather charts a whole
continent of air mapped in infinite detail, with
reports coming in daily and oftener from scat
tered substations. We know what weather to
expect from the land and then a storm hits us
from the sea. Close beside our safely charted
continent lies the vast uncharted ocean air.
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Home Health, Hints
Reliable advice giveta la thla
column on prevention and
cure ot disease. Put your ques
tion In plain language. Tour
name will not be printed.
Ask The Bee to Help Yon.
Preventive Medicine
(Prom Tha Indaa Tlmea.)
The Importance of preventive
medicine in England baa been urged
In the Times In season and out for
many years. The minister of health
has now called for a memorandum
on the subject and Sir George New
man, chief - medical officer to the
ministry, has furnished it under the
title of "An Outline of the Practice
of Preventive Medicine." It Is
probable that the future legislation
of the ministry of health must fol
low the lines indicated by Sir George
Newman.
Sir George reviews the whole sub
ject In that broad spirit which
characterizes his work. He begins
with the unequivocal statement that
"the first duty of medicine is not to
cure disease, but to .prevent it," and
he goes on to define the objects of
preventive medicine as:
(1) To develop and fortify the
physique of the individual and thus
to increase the capacity and powers
of resistance of the Individual and
the community.
(2) To prevent or remove the
causes and conditions of disease or
of its propagation.
(S) To postpone the "event of
death and thus prolong the span of
man's life.
A great deal has already been ac
complished, but though the death
rate of England and Wales has
fallen from 20.6 per 1,000 living in
1868 to 13.S in 1917. and the infant
mortality rates from 155 to 96 per
1,000 births, we still lose in Eng
land every year upwards of 235,000
lives by the death of persons un
der the age of 50, and we still lose
upwards of 64,000 infants and many
still births. Moreover, the Influenza
epidemic cost us 6,000,000 deaths In
India and 100,000 in England and
Wales.
; The first line of defense Is the
body, "a healthy, well-nourished and
resistant human body." The sec
ond, a knowledge of the nature of
disease, which is not capricious, but
Is subject to fixed laws, our Ignor
ance of which In many directions
effectually ties our hands. At . the
present moment we have Indeed an
immense body of knowledge and ex
perience old and new, and a vast
effort and desire to apply it "but
there is lack of correlation of the
knowledge, and there Is lack of un
derstanding of the precise problems
to be solved and of the ways and
means by which they may be faced."
In the first place the new knowledge
is insufficiently shared by the whole
medical profession; in the second,
the administration of the public
health service, both central and
local, Is insufficiently co-ordinated
and unified, and lastly:
"There is all over the country In
adequate treatment of the sick and
incapacitated, In quanity and qual
ity. The beginnings of disease are
still almost entirely Ignored. The
treatment provided for the major
ity of the sick is insufficient and in
adequate; it does not represent the
best of medical knowledge. Whole
groups of disease are neglected as
far as prevention is concerned, for
prevention has been too exclusively
concerned with certain infectious
diseases, and much disease is al
lowed to 'go by default untended
and untreated. The provision of
facilities for residential hospital
treatment of patients requiring it
(with the exception of the insane
and the infectious) falls far short
of what Is necessary."
The evidence of inadequacy Is not
to be gainsaid. For example, In
1918 there were probably 1,000,000
cases of measles in the country, in
the same year tuberculosis claimed
92,000 fresh victims, and 6,500 new
ly born infants developed ophthal
mia. Of the childreen at school in
England a large number are back
ward, upwards of 10 per cent are
unclean, and 10 per cent are un
dernourished. Not less than half
the school children stand in need of
dental treatment, and half a million
at least are urgently In need of it
Upwards of half a million are so
defective fn eyesight aa to be un
able to take reasonable advantage
of their lessons.' Another quarter
of a million suffer from ear and
throat diseases.
At the examination for national
service, as already announced in
the Times, it was found that the
number of recruits placed in the
lowest categories of ill health or
unfitness amounted approximately
to not less than 1,000,000 men.
The following Is the indictment
as set forth:
1. There is a steadily falling birth
rate, which In 1917 reached a fig
ure (17.8) gravely affecting the
source of the nation.
2. There is a death rate (18.5)
which shows a steady decline at all
ages (1841-45 compared with 1911
15), and there is an Increased ex
pectation of life from birth up
wards; nevertheless, nearly half the
deaths occur, under 50 years of age.
3. Although the . infant mortality
rate (96 per 1,000 births) is one of
the lowest recorded, there is still
unnecessary loss of life in infancy
and before birth (abortion, miscar
riage, and still birth).
4. There is a relatively light bur
den of epidemic and infectious dis
ease, which, with certain exceptions,
is steadily Increasing In Incidence
and mortality, an Indication of the
victory of preventive mtdicine over
some infectious diseases.
6. Tuberculosis, measles, acute
rheumatism, and influenza are, how
ever, still prevalent, and, with , ven
ereal disease, lead to much disable
ment and mortality.
6. There has been In recent years
remarkable and continuous im
provement in sanitary environment,
though the problem of insufficient
and unsuitable house ' accommoda
tion remains.
In turning to the lines of reform,
we find an enunciation of principles
which have frequently been urged
in the Times. Thus early specialism
is condemned. The need for closer
integration between preventive and
curative medicine is emphasized. In
all cases the cause of disease, not in
the abstract alone, but in the par
ticular patient, must be sought Dis
ease must also be considered in its
ancestry e. g., tuberculosis follow
ing measles.
In order that these ends may be
achieved. It Is essential that there
.should be an improvement in med
ical education. The basal sciences
of medicine must be studied more
deeply and clinical training must be
more thorough. Especially must the
mind of the student be directed to
the beginnings of disease, its ear
liest signs and symptoms, ' notably
those symptoms which are sub
jective, "for no laboratory experi
ment or mechanical device can
serve as a substitute for this knowl
edge to which they are ancillary
and auxiliary." Moreover, the prac
tice of preventive medicine in ' all
forms of clinical work must be in
sisted upon, since prevention Is not
only concerned with the mass, but
also with the Individual.
An adequate medical service Is
necessary if the work Is to achieve
success, and so also is a systematic
and co-ordinated attack on the
problem. A large number of sep
arate departments must work to
gether and many aspects of the
problem must be viewed at once.
For example, there is tho problem
Where Omaha Got Its
Name
Omaha, Nov. . To the Editor
of The Bee: 1 We think the writer
in the Christian Science Monitor,
who discussed the origin ot the
name Omaha had not the advantage
of the clear and Interesting figure
ot a tribe by that name mentioned
by W. Irving m "Astoria."
The discussion took place several
months, maybe a full year, since.
The Platte is called the "Nebras
ka." After passing which Mr. Irv
ing continues: 'The party halted
for part of two days on the bank of
the river (Missouri), a little above
Papillion creek, to supply them
selves with oars and poles from the
tough wood of the oak, which is not
met with higher up the Missouri."
The 2nd of May is mentioned later
and refers to May 2, 1811, when
some of the expedition returned to
St Louis, but "on the 10th of May
the party arrived at the Omaha
(pronounced Omawhaw) village,
about 830 miles above the mouth of
the Missouri, and:
'The Omaha were once one of
the numerous and powerful tribes
of the prairies, vieing in warlike
might with the Sioux, the Pawnees
and other of the principal tribes.
Their wars with the Sioux, how
ever, had thinned their ranks, and
the smallpox in 1802 had swept off
two-thirds of their numbers."
Blackbird waa one of the princi
pal chiefs of the Omahas, and from
all accounts fully deserved as black
a name, as the vocabularies can sup
ply. He was furnished with arsenic
by designing whites, and before ad
ministering it prophesied death to
the ones who received the dose,
which prophesies of course usually
came true. He thus became the
"Borgia" of the Indiana It Is to
his credit that he made a more
moderate use of his secret than the
Borglaa.
Any one will be repaid to read
chapter 16 of "Astoria," which de
scribes Blackbird's obsequies and
funeral. "It was to be on a hill
or promontory upward of 400 feet
in height, overlooking a great extent
of the Missouri, from whence he
had been accustomed to watch for
the barks of the white men. The
Missouri washes the base of the
promontory and, after winding and
doubling in many links and mazes
In the plain below, returne to with
ing 900 yards of Its starting place,
so that for 30 miles navigating with
sail and oar the voyager finds him
self continually near to this sin
gular promontory as If spell-bound.
If the Omaha were so powerful
before the dawn of history, it's
hardly worth while to dispute the
source from whence Omaha de
rives its name. The Blackstones
may be misnomers for Blackbird,
but Omaha is entitled to its name.
The state of Oregon can get back
no farther than the "Oregon," men
tioned also in "Thanalopsis," but it
is possibly derived from O'Regan, an
Irislpnan, who figured in the terri
tory during Spanish domination.
The Indian for Blackbird is
Washing-guh-sahbe.
D. HOLLIDAY.
MUCH IN LITTLE
An inventor has patented a boot
jack consisting of a single strap
formed Into two loops, one of which
is placed around a beot heel and the
other pushed by its user's foot.
Four sheet-iron drums that are
covered with iron ribs and revolve
sidewise to prevent skidding do the
propelling for a Michlcran Inventor's
motor tractor for use on ice and
snow.
British agricultural returns show
a total acreage under crops and
grass in 1919 in England and Wales
of 26,760,000 acres.of which 12,310,
000 are arable and 14,040,000 perma
nent grass land.
The United States Bureau of
Mines has adopted a number of sub
stances that produce offensive odors
to be pumped through the ventilat
ing shafts of mines to warn miners
of danger.
A Russian engineer is planning to
harness two waterfalls of the River
Vyg for the electric production of
atmospheric nitrogen, the electro
smelting of bog" iron ore, the manu
facture of wood pulp and railroad
electrification.
The New York inventor's rear
signal for automobiles raises arrows
pointing to the right or left to indi
cate the direction a car is going to
take or both arrows to show
it is about to stop when buttons on
the steering wheel are pressed.
FROM HERE AND THERE.
A giraffe's tongue Is about two
feet in length.
Chicory, used to mix with coffee,
is the oldest known adulteration of
food. .
The shortest people In the world
are the Laplanders; the tallest are
the Patagonians.
More than 4,000 cars of apples
were shipped this fall from two
counties In Arkansas.
thin aluminum leaf in the finish, has
been developed.
Holland has more than 10,000
wind-mills, each of which drains on
an average 310 acres of land.
Dice was Invented and extensively
used for gambling purposes at least
1,500 years before the Christian era.
era.,
The earliest export of cotton
from America were made In 1785.
in which year one bag was sent,
from Charleston to Liverpool, while
12 were sent from Philadelphia and
one from New York.
Thirty Yean Ago In Omaha,
Emil Brandele returned from
New York and reported a very suc
cessful business trip.
Frank Parmalee and George H.
' Loomls of the B. & M. omces were
I down in Kansas, quail shooting.
; They sent a telegram to the head
, quarters asking that two refrigera
t tor cars be sent them at once as
jthey wanted to bring aom game
1 home.
Mr. and Mra. Nelson Patrick gave
a house-warming at the New Happy
fHollow, with covers laid for 31
guest a
Dr. J. C. Jones and family re
turned from a trip through the
principal cities ot Europe, especial
ly Vienna and London, where the
'doctor had been taking a thorough
i course in his specialty.
Miss Dollie A. Bailey, daughter Of
I Mrs. E. E.- Bailey, gave a cobweb
; party at her home, with dancing and
music and a deiigmrui supper.
r
The Day Wo Celebrate.
Herbert Hartley Dewart, leader of
the liberal party in Ontario, born at
St Johns, Quebec, 58 years ago.
Sir John Willlson, one of the out
standing figures in Canadian Jour
nalism, born 63 years ago.
James A Reed, United States sen
ator from Missouri, born near Mans
field, O., 58 years ago.
Dr. Charles F. Thwing, president
of Western Reserve university, born
at New Sharon, Me., 66 years ago.
Rt Rev. Lewis W. Burton, Epis
copal bishop of Lexington, Ky., born
at Cleveland, O., 67 years ago.
Mae Marsh, a celebrated star in
motion pictures, born at Madrid, N.
M., 24 years ago.
f THE CULPRIT.
Mjr grandfather related thla to ma.
And I forgot It for a accra of yeara,
Until today, I paaa It on to you:
A lovely woman had her portrait drawn,
And liking; It aa well abe. might ahe
caused
A golden frame to be constructed for It,
Of curloua work and wonderful deaign.
And very costly. And a certain man
Of her acquanltance, who aha looked upon
upon
Indifferently, atol the lovely thing,
(Ay, frame and all) and carried It away
Yet, though aha knew tha thief, aha said
no word.
Bat amlled a little ta haraalf.
Anc than
Sha bad a greater artlat paint again
A lovelier picture of her lovely faea.
And placed It In another golden frame.
There cama another man, and thla waa
one
On whom ahe looked with mora than pass
ing favor;
But he waa Impecunious, and he
Stole the rich frame but let the portrait
He.
Whereat she raged and called upon the
law.
And had tha culprit taken, . tried and
hanged i
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
of heredity and of eugenics; these
are alcohol, syphilis, and tubercu
losis. There is the care of mother
hood; there is the welfare work for
infants; there is the medical care
of the school child. Sanitation Is
related to all these, and so is the
vast problem of industrial hygiene.
Infectious diseases have to be
fought and noninfectious diseases
must be prevented. Finally, re
search work must be carried on,
and the people must be educated in
hygiene.
The keystone of the new edifice
must of necessity be the general
practitioner. Sir George Newman
declares that he is the foundation of
ahy medical service, its "pivot its
anchor, its instrument."
50 Eggs a Day
Instead of 12
" 'Mora Eggs' Tonle la a Godsend ; be
fore using it I was getting only 12 eggs
a day and I am now getting SO," writes
Mrs. Myrtle lea of Boston. Ky.
"Mora Eggs" Tonic has already been
need by 400,000 chicken raisers and 'iter
ally thousands of letters have been re
ceived telling of Its marvelous results.
Any poultry raiser can easily double his
profits by doubling the egg production of
his hens. "More Egtcs" is a scientific
tonic that revitalizes the flock end makes
the hens lay all the time. "More Eggs"
will double the production of eggs. Poultry
raisers everywhere are making big profits
by giving their hens "More Eggs." The
resulta of a few cents' worth will amaze
you. .
Send tl.00 to E. J. Reefer, tha roultry
expert. 1260 Reefer Bldg.. Kansaa City,
Mo., and he will send you a season's rap
ply of "More Eggs." A million dollar
bank guarantees if you are not absolutely
satisfied your dollar will be returned on
request. So there is no risk. Send a
dollar today. Profit by the experience of
a man who baa made fortune out ef
poultry.
SAID TO BE FUNNY.
"I have my opinion of the man who
would let hla wife fire a furnace," re
marked the energetic citizen.
"I have my opinion of the wife who
would do that," replied the indolent man.
"Eht"
"She's a Jewel." Birmingham Age
Herald. The Dub (finishing his argument)
Why, It's aa plain aa the nose on your
face, Fanny.
The Deb (coldly) And yon consider that
plain?
The Dab (floundering) Why. e-r, par
don me. I-I-I meant as plain aa the
powder on your nose! Buffalo Express.
There waa quite a sporty young Dr.
Went in his canoe and he it.
He lit in the sea, .
He's bo sore. Oh, gee!
He's gone to hi uncle's tni hr.
Stanford Chaparral,
i i
An Englishman, for his first time vis
iting Ireland, was out driving one day
with Pat when he remarked to htm:
"I say, Pat. what a lot of hills you have
In Ireland."
"Shure we have, sir," aald Pat "We
had so much land In Ireland that wa had
to put it In heaps." Tit Bits.
Mother Johnnie, your face Is very clean,
but how did you get such dirty hands T
Johnnie Washln' ma face!" San Jraa
clsco Chronicle.
Smlthklns Ton know. Miss Dorothea,
aa I waa coming along here tonight I waa
trying to screw up my courage to apeak
to your father about a little matter
Miss Dorothea (In fluttering expecta
tion) Ye-yes?
Smlthklns About a email account from
oar firm that I'm sure he soust have eveeM
looked. Sydney Bulletin.
etoy I haven't eeen much af Oadshy
at tha club of lata. Wonder what hap
pened to him?
Haley Bottled la tha bond marrlmeay
Buffalo Express. .
- t- ai AmmW .ii ma Mir that a
sincerely regretted hla mlaapent youth.
one I m aeugniea 10 vr m
repeated at laat." Columbia (S.C.) tute.
"Why did yea give that tramp the
"For not telling ma a hard-luck story."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
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Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet
to Help the Stomach Move
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Hot biscuits, buckwheats, rich
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Theme Hot Cake
Give Mara Enjoyment
for Breakf.it Thaa
Anrthhea Else Since
I Diacavareel Stuart'e
Dyaaapaia Tablets."
are declared to be wholesome, di
gestible and nourishing under nor
mal stomach conditions.
Many people, however, once got
the notion they couldn't eat such
things and have grown ifi prejudice
as a consequence. They have de
nied themselves almost everything
except milk and water.
But you will find here and there
one of this kind eating onions, cu
cumbers, melons and other such ter
rors of the dyspeptic because he has
found that by merely giving the
stomach a little assistance there are
no after effects from such indul
gence. There is avoidance of gassi
ness, no sour risings, no water
brash; you don't taste 'em hours
after.
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets are
for both those who suffer after eat
ing and for those who starve, for
fear of suffering. They relieve the
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serve to assist the stomach to pre
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Eating should be one of our chief
enjovments. It is really the most
attractive of social gatherings, and
it is worth our while to realize that
we may indulge freely by exercising
the precautionary measure of aid
ing the digestive process. Thus
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wheats, rich cake, onions, mince pie
sausasre and so on orovided you take
a Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablet afterwards.
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