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You should know that
It costs $2,500,000 per annum to
run the Omaha public school sys
tem as at present constituted.
What The Bee Stands for:
1. Respect (or the liw and maintenance of
order.
2. Speedy and certain punishment of crime
through the regular operation of the
courts.
3. Pitiless publicity and condemnation of In
efficiency, lawlessness and corruption in of
fice. 4. .Frank recognition and commendation, of
honest and efficient public service.
5. Inculcation of Americanism as the true
basil of good citizenship.
Brace up; winter is half gone I
The Lane cut-off was not built for that pur
pose, however.
"Big Bill" Haywood is due for another dose
of delayed justice. !
We may be able to get sugar on a doctor's
prescription tome day.
If the weather forecast holds good, Monday
should be a good day for the groundhog.
Well, here's February, -with its holidays and
high winds, and one additional day this time.
Bread prices are going up in Chicago aa flour
fost is coming down.' Something out of gear
here. . ;
The gas case It up to the commission now,
and Omaha will soon know what it will have
to go to court on.
The only place where Herb Hoover's
nomination has caused much excitement is in
the New York World office.
Nebraska is aaid to have more telephones
thin the whole of Great Britain, where the sys
tem is part of thepostaffice and run under red
tape. - ', .
Intelligent farmers of America know when
they have had enough, so it is no surprise that
they ask for a return of the railroads to the
owners. .
Fifty millions will be allowed to buy food for
atarving Europeans, but not a cent to establish
business credit. Uncle Sam is generous, but not
a sucker. " " ' "
- Pursuit of the sugar profiteers has merely
developed the fact that somebody is manipulat
ing the market The housewife would 'a lot
rather see the sugar.
British military authorities finally officially
admit that the United States had an army In
France when the armistice was signed. . Ger
many knew it long ago.
The lone bandit who held up the mail train
may be certain that his future is assured. Uncle
Sam never gives over pursuit of a man who
monkeys with the mails.
Ex-service men will lose nothing by looking
up the military record of the man who seeks, to
get them to join an organiaation that has a
particular political purpose.
The constitutional convention is jettisoning
a lot of stuff, mixed In with its cargo, and it
begins to look as if what is finally brought to
port will be worthy of consideration.
The Baltimore wife who aided in securing to
this country the English girl and her baby for
which her husband was responsible showed a
kind of forbearance as interesting as it is rare.
Confidence of Youth'
" There are some moments in our lives when,
obsessed by the discouragements and failures
we have made, we think with bitterness of the
time when we looked forward with 'eager eyes
and glowing hearts to the opportunities to
demonstrate our ability to carve out a great suc
cess for ourselves. We recall almost with con
tempt the joy we felt when we first arrived at
the dignity of filling a position and the satisfac
tion of knowing that we at least stood upon
our own feet and were not dependent upon oth
ers. We did not become discouraged because
perhaps we were forced to begin at the foot of
the ladder, and even when we found the climb
ing hard work and the setbacks we received sur
passed our successes we did not murmur but
pushed upward as far as we could. We thrilled
to the young blood that flowed through our
veins and warned us into action; we could not
realize our experience and because this was so
we dared heights which later, on proved beyond
our reach, and when we achieved a failure in
stead of a success we did not grow discouraged.
There is a certain buoyancy of spirit and elastic
ity of hope in our early, years that carry us for
ward over the roughest of roads to approxi
mately our goal, and it is these qualities that
make life-in-the-niaking so happy a season for
the majority of persons. It is only when fail
ures pile up, and discouragement grows, and
one ambition after another and one hope after
another are denied fulfillment that we begin to
lose that faith that has kept us alive, not alone
faith in the ultimate acnievement of our hopes,
but also faith in ourselves without which we
cannot expect to do very much. Charleston
WHAT THE COUNTRY NEEDS.
Well Into the second year since the great
world war was stopped, the people have not yet
fully comprehended the extent of the damage
done, and consequently do not vision clearly
the future. . Naturally, the worst passions of
man were loosened by the war, which shook so
ciety to its depths, and envy, hatred, covetous
ness and selfishness have ruled to a greater ex
tent than in normal times. "I'm going to get
minel" has been the rule, and deplorable results
have followed.
America's part in the war did not rest on
selfishness. It was truly a high spirit of sacri
fice that called oar people into exerting their
might, but it was exerted on the side of justice
and right and for the firmer establishments
the everlasting principles of human liberty. The
sorry part of it that along with all this wonder
ful exhibition of altruism came too much of
greed and self-seeking. Out of the prosperity
that has come to us as a nation we have so far
reaped mostly extravagance and luxurious in
dulgence. ,
The time is here when America must gird
up itself for peace as it did for war. The men
and women of this land no longer can evade
their individual share of responsibility for con
ditions by star-gazing or bending their eyes on
beautiful visions of a world redeemed. Home
problems demand their attention, and the do
mestic affairs of America will again become
healthy when the sturdy characters of Ameri
cans has again assumed control This problem
is individual; it can not be divided, nor evaded.
Unless each of us takes it home and honestly
considers it, the solution will not be reached.
American institutions are safe, because
Americans are on guard now as never before.
The common sense of most still is beacon light
that will guide the country safe. But neither
cynical disbelief nor optimistic credulity will
lead us out of our present perplexities. Only by
earnest work, circumspect behavior and prudent
management will our national life be brought
back to its fair health. This calls for service
from each, the subjugation of .self, and a con
tinuance of that exalted spirit that made
America invincible in war.
Article X and America.
Efforts pi the "bi-partisan" conference to
reach agreement on the form of reservations to
ffe adopted in connection with the ratification
of the Versailles treaty have come to an im
passe, Article X of the covenant for a League
of Nations affording the obstacle. This arti
cle, according to the president, is "the heart of
the covenant." It provides:
The members of the league undertake
respect and preserve as against external ag
gression the territorial integrity and political
independence of all members of the league.
In case of any such aggression or in case of
any threat or danger of such aggression, the
council shall advise upon the means by which
this obligation shall be fulfilled.
This language has been interpreted to mean
that the council of the League of Nations is
thus empowered to declare war in the name and
on behalf of the members of the league. Presi
dent Wilson says that while it entails no legal
obligation it does morally bind the United
States to be guided by the supreme Council in
this matter. ' '
Against this a considerable number of pa
triotic Americans have set up that only the con
gress Of the United States has tht right and
power to declare war in the name of the peo
ple, and that this power can not be delegated
to another body under the constitution. The
form of the Lodge reservation, over which the
controversy now rages, and which was adopted
by a substantial majority of the senate, isi
The United States assumes no obligation
to preserve the territorial integrity or political
independence of any country or to interfere
in controversies between nationswhether
members of the league or not under the
provisions of Article X, or to employ the
' military or naval forces of the United States
under any article of th treaty for any pur
pose, unless in any particular case the con
gress, which, under the constitution; has the
sole power to declare war or to authorize the
employment of the military or naval forces of
the United States, shall by act or joint reso
lution so provide.
This plainly means the United States will
not enter a war until the congress has acted as
required by the constitution; that we do not
pledge in advance to support any war that may
be declared by the League of Nations.
The moral obligation is not weakened, but
the freedom of the nation from entangling al
liances is preserved by the reservation. With
out it we can not enter the covenant as now
proposed.
The American Legion and Others.
. After the armistice. was signed in 1918, va
rious starts were made to organize a society
that should perpetuate the great army through
peace time. These finally merged into the
American Legion. Its birth was hailed by the
loyal soldiers who haj followed Old Glory in
France as well as by those who had not been
sent abroad, but who served with no leu zeal
at home. The patriotic purpose of the organ
ization appealed to all. Being non-partisan, non
sectarian, and non-everything that would inter
fere with its great object, it drew to its mem
bership1 rolls . the great majority of the "ener
getic, active youth who made up the magnificent
fighting force.
In the pursuit of Its objective, a 100-per cent
Americanism, it has run foul of certain ele
ments, whose sinister activities were felt be
fore and during the war, and whose misguided
followers persist in, doing things that do not
bode well for America. These have set about
forming counter-moves, organizing groups that
have a political purpose in opposition to the
Legion. Real or fancied grievances of the sol
dier against the service are seized ' upon and
magnified, slanderous reports secretly Circulated
are employed to undermine the influence of the
Legion, and every form of seduction is being
resorted to induce young soldiers to enter One
of the societies that oppose the great organiza
tion whfch has declared" for pure patriotism and
opposition to any form of attack on the coun
try's institutions.
Young men who really followed the colors
will do well to carefully weigh the specious
pleadings of the glib-tongued "class conscious1
orators who now persuade them. Many of these
fellows performed their military service in the
Disciplinary Barracks at Fort Leavenworth,
from whence they were released when Secretary
Baker so graciously granted amnesty to ( the
slackers, restored them to duty and gave them
honorable discharge.' Take a look at the mili
tary record of-the man who tries to tell you
what a bad thing the American Legion is. There
may be a reason for his grouch that he is not
anxious to hat tojni to the surface.
Views and Reviews
How W. D. McHugh Gained by
Losing Seat on Federal Bejich
These are the days of farewell dinners to
Judge McHugh on the eve of his departure
from Omaha to become head law officer of one
of the biggest corporations in the country and
he is indeed entitled to congratulations. His
is really a wonder story to serve as an inspira
tion to the boy determined to rise in the world
by his own abilities. I remember a newspaper
headline over the announcement of the appoint
ment by President Cleveland of McHugh to be
United States district judge, reading "from
cobbler's bench o federal bench," emphasizing
the fact that in his youth he had been appren
ticed to a shoemaker. The career as judget as
we all know, did not last, the name being with
drawn because confirmation was blocked by
Senator Thurston, who in so seeking to in
jure him unwittingly rendered a most valuable
service in keeping him in the active practice of
law and on the highway to advancement far be
yond his then prospects.
In this connection it is pertinent to' recall
that Judge McHugh was seriously considered
by President Taft for a position of the supreme
court of the United States, the highest of all
judicial tribunals. To this particular vacancy
several circuit judges aspired to promotion, but
because of the importance of certain pending
cases appealed from rulings made in these lower
courts and the desirability of final decision by
a full bench, with all of the justices participat
ing, it was given out that the appointment
would go elsewhere. I happened to be in Wash
ington at the time and had occasion to talk
over the high qualifications of Judge McHugh
with the president, who seemed inclined to
favor him, but deferred action and in the meantime-allowed
his scruples against promoting a
sitting judge to be overcome and the place was
then accorded to Judge Vandevanter. Had
Judge McHugh gone on the supreme court
ench at that time, these testimonial dinners
would have come ten years ago. -
$18,-
over
I said something last week about cenaus
taking and -the' disastrous consequences of the
flagrant padding that made Omaha's census
population 'of 1890 doubt what it really was.
I have the boom volume on Omaha issued by
the Board of Trade just following that enum
eration, on the title page of which is blazoned
"1854, Population 01891 Population 140,452,"
and this is the boast indulged on an Inside page:
Omaha in 1890.
x. The largest city in the Missouri Valley.
Increase of 24,055-in population over 1889.
A greater proportionate increase in ten
years than any other large city.
ine fleam-nest ot the leading cities.
Keai estate transfers in 1890 over
uuu.uuu.
Building and public improvements
ftn nfr nf
Packing output, $29,000,000.
Total manufactured products, $54,000,000.
Wholesale trade, $47,000,000.
Bank deposits over $21,000,000.
Bank clearings over $255,000,000. -
Actual valuation over $300,000,000.
Assessed valuation, $20,000,000.
Internal revenue collections over $1166,
000. Two bridges across the Missouri River
and another projected.
The largest smeltintg and refining works
In the world.
The largest linseed oil mill In the country.
The largest white lead Works in the United
States.
The third largest packing center in the
country.
The third largest lumber distributing point
In the United States.
Ninety-nine churches, and other church
property valued at $4,500,000.
, One electric light plant, with 100 miles. of
wire, supplying 7,000 incandescent and 400 arc
lights.
Eighty mifes of gas pipe. - ,
Sixty-one miles of paved streets. "v
Eighty-five miles ot sewers.
One hundred and twelve miles of curbing.
One hundred and twenty-six miles of grad
ing. One hundred fifty-five miles of water
mams.
One hundred eighty-four miles of side
walks. Two hundred and six jobbing firms; cap
ital, $14,166,000. '
One hundred and eighty-six manufactur
ing firms; capital, $7,915,000. ,
Twenty National. State and Savings
banks'; capital, $7,300,000.
267400tOffiC transactions 11 months). $2,-
Fifty-one public schools; value, $606,000.
School census, $24,520. ,
Street railways: Electric, 52 miles;
cable, 7 miles; horse, 26J4 miles; electric
bridge motor line, 16 miles 102 miles.
Felicitations to my-old friend, Al Sorenson,
on passing his seventieth milestone. Al is a
shining example of the man who attains the
proverbial three, score and ten without doing
anything or omitting to do anything for the
express purpose of lengthening his life. Al was
reporter, city editor and locafstaff for the Bee
in its infancy and a mighty good one, too.
Here s wishing you many more happy birth
days. , - .
The Bee Reflected by Its History
It is awkward to think of The Bee without a
Rosewater. For 48 years The Bee has been
under the name of Rosewater. This separation
of the Rosewaters from The Bee means a lot to
the old timers of this city and state.
", From a labor standpoint the Rosewaters,
both Edward and Victor, have a long string of
friendly relations with organized labor. Except
for a short scrap in the early eighties over the
measurement of type, then set by hand, the rec
ord of The Bee is as clear as a whistle. -
From sentimental standpoint Victor Rose
water should never have given up The Bee, but
from a business standpoint he did the thing he
thought he ought to do just like we all would
do, perhaps.
No business man in Omaha was a greater
slave of his business than Victor Rosewater.
He obeyed the eight-hour rule religiously that
is, he permitted himself to consume eight hours
at home and to and from the office. The rest of
the day he was on the job. Even when this
much labor Is nerformed in one' awn than
t after a while it becomes a monotonous arind.
No one can change the history of Omaha
and Nebraska. No one can sepawte the Rose
waters, father and son, from their share in the
big things that have been accomplished in the
city and state that go to make that history.
In whatever business Victor Rosewater
takes up the Western Laborer wishes him
good luck and prosperity. What Mr. Updike
will do as publisher of The Bee remains to be
seen. He is a successful business man; im
mensely successful, it is said. He need not
have had newspaper experience, but he must
have a good eye to select practical men to do
the things he wants done with the paper. No
doubt he has ideals in his mind. The only
advice we would venture to offer him is that he
cut loose and do the things he thinks ought to
be done, regardless of whether his competitors
favor or oppose them. Then in about a year he
will be able to get along without anybody's
advice. Don't look for precedent, Mr. Updike;
make it Anyhow, we wish Mr. Updike a nice
smooth sail on the uncharted sea of journalism.
WesteiA Laborer, N
The Betterment of Agriculture
Omaha, Jan. 81. To the Editor ot
Tha Bet: The Increasing number of
editorial comments and newa article
concerning Nebraska's potash Indus
try, and fspecally la its relation to
farming:, is most gratifying; to those
interested in the upbuilding of our
city and state. Too much promi
nence ennnot be given to the great
est of nil our industries agriculture
and tha heart and soul pf thin in
dustry is soil fertility. So long aa
that fertility is maintained and in
telligent efficiency among our farm
ers bo stimulated, just so long will
Omaha continue its magnificent ad
vance toward its rightful place
among the leading cities of the na
tion, for in the soil tributary to Oma
ha is value vastly greater than the
wealth of Indus or of Ind." and by
wise and proper cultivation this
source of wealth man continue for
our children and our children's chil
dren for generations ye( toemc
In an acre of wheat, fielding iS
bushels of grain and 3,000 pounds of
straw, there is taken from the soil
but 29 pounds of potash 6H In the
grain and 22 pounds in the straw.
An acre of corn yielding 100 bushels
takes from the soil only 71 pounds
of potash, instead of 150 pounds
that la, 19 tn the grain and 62
pounds in stalks and leaves. Without
minimizing the value of the potash
In agriculture, would say that in
cost or value It Is only a small part
of the three precious and indispens
able elements in all fertile soil and
the only elements of value in the so
called artificial or commercial fer
tilizersphosphorous, nitrogen and
potash. To illustrate, an acre of
corn yielding 100 bushels takes from
the soil each year $27.15 worth of
these three elementsof potash
only $4.28, of phosphorous and nitro
gen $22.89. By a field producing 100
bushels of wheat there Is taken from
the sou $36.75 In these three ele
ments of potash only $6.96 and of
the other two $29.76. The above are
pre-war prices of these fertilizers on
the market They would be approxi
mately double that now.
The figures show the enormous
waste and the soil depletion by
burning the straw and corn stalks
Instead of plowing them under. It
snows that by burning the straw
and corn stalks the soil impoverish
ment In potash Is from 100 per cent
to 850 per cent greater than by the
grain taken off and sold. In the
other two elements the ratio of this
soil impoverishment is not so great;
however, it is clearly within the
truth to say that had all straw,
stubble and corn stalks burned, dur
ing the last 25 years been plowed
under, the soil enrichment would
have been 300 per cent greater than
that secured by all- manures drawn
from barn yards and scattered 'upon
the fields during those years.
In estimating the cost of produc
ing farm commodities, our govern
ment has constantly Ignored these
items, although the above facts have
been established for more than a
half century,, recognized by all civ
ilized nations except our own, and
disputed by no reputable soil or ag
ricultural chemists, so far as I can
learn. As a result, during 60 years
prior to the great war, there was no
appreciable increase in the acreage
yield of cereals In this country,
while in all European . countries
there has been a tremendous in
crease, so that during the 10 years
prior to 1914 the average yield of
wheat per acre In France was 36 per
cent" greater than ours; in Germany
107 per cent greater, and In England
124 per cent greater han ours. In
fact, the United States has the low
est yield of cereals jier acre ot any
civilized country in tha world, ex
cept Bussia. As our soils are com
paratively new, while those of other
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years, these facts are appalling. They
should challenge the attention and
ennst the interest or every goog
American citizen.
In this connection I would call the
attention of the people of Omaha
and Nebraska to a fact of tremen-
uuufl iiiipui luuue, a tuck uui uibtu
understood and less appreciated. It
is this, that on either side of the
Missouri river, covering Its great
valley from Kansas City, north, lies
the largest body of the most fertile
soil In the world. It Is what scientists
call the "Loess Deposit." Only one
other area can be compared with it,
that being the yellow soil of China,
which was practically identical, and
beginning' centuries before the
American continent was discovered,
has ever since fed its hundreds of
millions Of people. - With such a vast
treasure at our door, should not
every good citizen be Jealous of Its
safety and be anxious to guard it
against all enemies, the greatest of
these being degenerate politicians-
tools of the profiteers, in both
commerce and labor, and ignorant,
indolent or indifferent farmers.,
, Both marketing and labor condi
tions must be radically changed for
the better if the farm abandonment,
which for 20 years has been going
on at a constantly Increasing ratio,
even In the best states f the corn
belt, be checked. We not only need
better' farmers, but. more farmers.
The manual labor available for farm
work is wholly inadequate. An
abundance of this properly directed
would at the same time materially
increase the farmers' profits, reduce
the cost of food and increase the
growth of Omaha, not only by in
creasing Its trade, but by stimulat
ing all other industries. ,. '
One thing more I would add,.. that
the best soil chemists tell us that
for at least a century, with proper
tilth neither potash hor phosphorous
need be applied to this soil, and that
through alfalfa, other clovers and
legumes we may, with small ex
pense, draw an abundance of nitro
gen from the air and by plowing un
der straw and corn stalks and by
putting our barnyard and stock yard
manure back on the land, to supply
humus, our present yield of cereals
may not only be maintained, but In
creased, for decades to come.
In Illinois' and states further east
experience has shown that It re
quires at least $5 per acre per year
for commercial fertiliser to bring
their depleted soil back to 75 per
cent of their virgin fertility. The
thought ot this tremendous expense
discourages the great mass of our
farmers from making the attempt.
If the Nebraska farmers could be
impressed with the fact that, because
of the nature of our soil, the same
good result reached by farmers fur
ther east by tremendous expense
can be reached here wtlhout cash
outlay, but by only the application of
a little more intelligent labor they
will revolutionize the agriculture of
the state.
Confronted wth such facts as these,
should not our chambers of com
merce, our banks and other com
mercial organizations, as well as
every Individual interested in the up
building of our city and state, enter
upon the new year with a fixed and
determined purpose to do all things
possible for the betterment of agri
culture. Channels of the world's commerce
may, in the future as in the past,
change, leaving prosperous cities out
ef -their course, to decay. Invention
and discovery are constantly render
ing commodities once considered
necessary of little or no value. For
ests and mines become exhausted
and cities depending upon their
products disappear, but so long as
the human race survives bread and
meat will be In ever-increasing de
mand. Because of the Immense fertile
area tributary to Omaha, coupled
with climatic conditions most favor
able to agriculture, Omaha is build
ing upon an enduring foundation,
and If its growth and development
be checked, or if it fails to take its
place among the great inland cities
of the world, it will be because we,
its citizens, fail to measure up to our
opportunities. Never before were
such glowing promises held out to
Omaha as at the birth of this new
year, and if the "greatest of these
promises be fulfilled, it must be
through the Betterment of Agricul
ture. WILLIAM STULL.
A Tribute
In the passing away of Mrs. Char
lotte Foster Campbell, the world has
lo';t a true, loyal, consistent disciple
of "The Greatest Thing in the
World" love. In the 13th chapter
of the First Corinthians we find St.
Paul's wonderful symphony on love.
But It awaited a writer of our
time to interpret the apostle's
ecstacy of thought and to bring his
meaning nearer to the heart of man.
The spirit of this noble gentlewo
man was Imbued with the light
Henry Drummond has thrown upon
this chapter a light that shone far
and near.
Whoever enjoyed her Intimate
companionship took away a new and
deeper meaning of the significance
of life, a spiritual influence that was
transmitted to all who came in
contact with her.
Children, so alert to divine the in
ward nature, were thus influenced.
and they would trip to, her door with
gananas, wreaths and baskets of
flowers, and unobserved, leave them
as if they had been handed down
from heaven with fragrance divine.
Charlotte Campbell, thy 91 years
were 33,215 and more days of 'bless
ing to this world. Thy body lies in
peace, but this love you lived, "The
Greatest Thing In the World," Is ever
active and operative, lighting us to
the goal of the soul the promised
land. Thy good I adore. Thy God
like nature I reverence. Thy love
I strive to pattern after. You were
a benediction to the world. If a long
life, In which aspirations found ex
pression in constant acts of kind
ness to others, brings Its reward,
then surely you realize the poet's
prophecy:
Than shall tb foot ttane la immortal
bloom,
In the fair sardtni 6f that aeeona birth:
And each bright bloiiftra, mlnsla lta par
fuma With that et flewara, which navar
bloomtd en aarth.
V. t. W.
MUCH IN LITTLE.
With a French inventor's machine
for dealing cards, misdeals are said
to be Impossible.
There are 1 1 tests which a watch
must undergo to win the hlghert
rating of the United States burea i
of standards.
Thackeray used to lift his hat
Whenever he passed the house In
which he wrote "Vanity S'alr."
Eminent scientists believe that not
a single microbe exists In mountain
air above the height of 8,000 feet.
The world's record of sugar plan
tations contains 13.000 acres, has So
miles of railway and employs 1,600
people.
The sound of a bell. , which can be
heard 46,000 feet through the water,
can be heard through tha air only
,456 feet. i
Frank Rlchardion of Edgartown,
Marthas Vineyard, hunting on the
shore of Senekontacket pond, and
seeing what he thought were three
seals playing lri the water, killed one
and found that K was an otter
weighing 37 pounds and worth more
than $100.
In spite o the relatively high
prices of 'Oil. the Philippines have
been exporting copra, aa it is found
more profitable to ship the copra
than to extract the oil, owing to the
fact that there is no market In the
islands for the eopra cake, which is
partly burned for fuel to replace
coal,' and partly burned up and
thrown away; copra cake being rare
ly used for cattle food In the Philippines,
From Here and There
Wild canaries were not yellow or
iginally, but green or gray in color.
Every ancient city of note was lo
cated on or near the seaor a river.
In England, In the 16th century.
It was a common practice for men
to smoke in church.
Japan is protected from the sea by
a system of dykes more extensive
than those of Holland.
The earliest known almanac Is
dated 1200 B. C, and was on pa
pyrus in the- time of Rameses the
Great, of Egypt.
Ebony Is always soaked from six
to IS months as soon as cut. . It
comes largely from Ceylon and
East Indies.
At Tadahalm, Sweden, is the larg
est match factory in the World, with
a capacity of turning out more than
1,000,000 boxes a day.
Thibet, of which so little Is known
by the outside world, IS neverthe
less larger than France, Spain and
Germany combined, and has a popu
lation of 6,000,000. .
.' A surface current flows continu
ously from the Black sea Into the
Mediterranean, and an under-current
from the Mediterranean into
the Black sea. The latter current
Is salt, and, being heavier than the
fresh water above, it remains stag
nant at the bottom. Being satur
ated with sulphuretted hydrogen,
this water will not maintain -life,
and so the Black sea contains no
living inhabitant below the depth
of one hundred fathoms.
The Day Wo Celebrate.
Edward A. Cudahy, president the
Cudahy company, born 1860.
Charles Mets, Met Brothers, born
1861.
Vr. Henry B. Lemere, oculist, born
1873.
William Proudfoot ot Ooderlch
and Toronto, one of the new mem
bers ot the Dominion senate, born In
Huron county, Ontario, 61 years ago.
Hon. Philippe Roy, Canadian gen
eral commUtsioner in Paris, born at
St. Francois. Quebec, 62 years ago.
Warren S. Stone, grand chief of
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers, born at Alnsworth, la., 60
years ago.
Victor Herbert, celebrated band
master and operatic composer, born
In Dublin, Ireland, 61 years ago.
Henry Miller, noted actor, man
ager and producer, born In London
60 years ago.,
Thirty Years Ago In Omaha
Amended articles of Incorporation
were filed by the Nebraska Central
Railroad company Increasing the
capital stock from $1,000,000 to $4,-
500.000.
There were SO trade unions In
Omaha.
The engagement was announced
of Mr. Louis Llttlefleld. and Miss
Ethel B. Lake.
Mr. Harvey W. Bchaschke, the as
slstant general secretary of the Y.
M. c. A., resigned to accept a call to
the general secretaryship ot the
Macon (Ga.) association.
. ODD AND INTERESTING. ,
Coal is cheaper In China than any
where else in the world.
Pickled grapes are considered a
great delicacy by the Syrians.!
Newfoundlanders are said to have
the finest physique of any English
speaking people.
Four hundred thousand diamonds
are cut every year In one Amster
dam factory alone.
The cocoanuts of the Malay penin
sula sometimes produce pearls that
are highly prized by the natives.
Some of the new millionaires In
Japan have taken up golf, which
they play on links maintained In the
most approved style.
All the houses in the poorer quar
ters of the capital ot Honduras are
made of mahogany, which Is the
cheapest wood there. .
In England the only civilian who
has a right to pass through march
ing troopti is the court physician on
his way to a royal residence.
Among the Burmese the posses
sion of a white elephant stands as a
sign and symbpl of universal sov
ereignty. Every Burmese king longs
for the capture of such a treasure
during his reign as a token that his
legitimate royalty is recognized by
the unseen powers..
The mound-shaped nests of the
Jungle fowls of Australia. In which
the eggs are hatched by the heat ot
the decomposing vegetation, are
sometimes 15 feet high and 160 feet
in circumference. They are believed
to be the largest nests made by any
creature.
SAID TO BE FUNNY,
"What la a subtle aarraat. pat"
' "Ovaa la. fha has workad far
body Ih tha community." Boiton Glob.
"Smith It vary proud at at looks, lao't
at?" aald Brown.
"TM," acrt4 Jonaa. "Ha fcaa mora sols'
in hla taath than ha hat In tha bank.'.
Knoxvllla Journal and Trtbuna,
"Havan't yon avar drunk ralnwtart'
aahrd tha milkman ma kins eonvaraatlon.
-Well, If that's tha kind you put In our
milk 1 hav," rapltad tha woman at tha
back door. Vonkvra Stattiiuau.
Hubby -Ta, dtar, bronta l s Tory
tousU and lading matarlal. Why do sou
auk T
Younf Hrll Notlilnr. only Farmr
Jonaa wrltaa that h la condlnit ua ona of
hla finest broiua turkeya. Judge,
Mr. Jonaa (oommltarattnsly) Wall,
lira. Smith, an' how'a your fnoat
Mrs. Smith (luf ubrloualy) It roma an'
fott. Ronv'tlmaa I 'ava It, au' aoinatlmaa
'avan't. Sydney Bullatln.
"Tau told htm to diet," aald tha young
dontor'a wife.
"Vce. I told him to aat onl tha ary
plainest food and very little of that."
"Do yo4 think that will halo- him?"
It will help him pay in? bill." Boaton
Tranecr.pt. (
Johnny Pa. what la Influence?
Pa Influema la what you think you
have until you try to use it Lite.
Ha Old Grofeby told ma today that
ha alnceraly regretted bla mlaapent
youth.
She I'm delighted to hear that he's
repented st last Coiuirtbla (8. C.) State.
"Huaband, that Chlneoe vltltor etn
deeply Interetted In our Chlneee room."
"Tea, ha aayt ha nevor aaw anything
Ilka that In China." Loulevtlla Courier
Journal. "Now If you could iuat hit It right by
eompotlng the worde for a popular aong, '
urged hla friend, - "you might get Inde
pendently rich."
"I know It," ha groaned, "but, alai, I
am educated." Portland Oregontan.
Inks Tha under cruet to that chicken
pla you brought ma waa abominably
tough.
Walter There waan't any under cruet
to that pla, air; It waa earved on a paper
Plata and you'va eaten It. Houaton Poet.
"Marrlaga la failure," aald tha Cysle,
with a eneer.
"No wonder," replied tha Phlloaophar.
"Look how many inexperienced people go
In for It;" London Anewara.
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