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. v NOT NOVEL, BUT PROPHETIC.
- On Thursday of this week 1 great industrial
' enterprise will inaugurate its active life by a
public reception to Omaha citizens. There is
' nothing particularly novel in this, for such
things have been done before. It does hold
some element of interest, though," becausa of
the nature of the undertaking. . A few years Ego
!t macaroni factory was started in Omaha, with
no especial flourish of trumpets, just an estab
lishment to manufacture into food the flour of
the durum wheat that grows so abundantly in
Nebraska. How that unobtrusive start ha ex-
panded into an institution that is known all over
the land need not be recounted, nor would it be
referred to, save that out of it has grown an
; other food factory, a great plant for turning the
j raw product of the pastures and feed lots of
' the state into edible merchandise. Nebraska's
; 'wealth rests finally on the food it produces, for
j which the demand will never be less than it is
' now, as the world is always growing and the
1 mouths to be fed are becoming more and more
; numerous. That Omaha is destined to be an even
, greater center of milling and meat packing must
i be plain even to the dullest. 'The opening of
, fht Skinner packing plant is otTa more osten
tatious scale than was the starting of the
; macaroni factory, but merely as it exemplifies
the progress made. It is prophetic, too, of the
' coming day, when other mills and packing
' houses will be in operation, turning the grains
- and live stock of the territory adjacent and
' - tributary to Omaha into products for the table.
I In this is contained the secret of the city's
present and the hope for its future greatness,
and both are well founded. The new packing
plant is cfh- emblem of progress.
Plenitude of Parties Paucity of Principles.
From New York comes the anticipated word
that William Randolph Hearst is about to be
come the presidential candidate of a party to be
rganized by himself. To his support he in-
, 'tites the attendance of all "progressives" of
' whatsoever previous political faith. Mr. Hearst
' is satisfied with nothing that exists. He is a
V. . a
t pioiessionai remoaeier or tne time in wmcn
i he lives, embodying in himself all the attributes
I of the German national assembly just kicked
1 out .of Berlin for nothing but against every
' thing. He is not unique in this, for throughout
the land are scattered many of his type, all look-
i ifltr 1 for somethincr to' onnose hv siit-innrrinor
i J -i - - a
. !.... - .1 .1 . 1 . 1 1 . 1
uungs omcr man mose 10 wmcn ine people
turn. These agents of disorder and unrest are
i itt the'very zenith of their flight just now, the
political apogee of the wonder worker who holds
; It is inaccurate to refer to Mr. Hearst's cabal
,1 as the "third" party; it will be somewhere nearer
f the thirtieth. In fact there are so many parties
i that ordinary mortals have ceased to keep track
Of them. But in the multiplication of organiza-"
; tions no increase in vital principles is noted.
Tht essentials of civilized progress are not prop
J agated through evanescent groups, each loudly
I claiming to possess the secret formula by which
the miracle is to be wrought. , The fundamentals
are not disturbed by such surface perturbation.
Human liberty rests on a secure foundation,
; and human advancement flows from a source
"- that is unfailing, though often obscured by the
4 debris of unsound thought and unwise experi-
mentation. Parties rise and fall, policies change
.. as men turn from one thing to another, but the
- basic ideas of governments among men are ire-
Mutable and unchanging. Merely to label a
movement "progressive" does not invest it with
( the qualities of progress, and the most reac
4 tionary schemes have masqueraded under the"
.1 most' attractive guise of outward promise of ad
,T vance. '
5 Voters will do well this year to study closely,
weigh carefully, and examine minutely every
promise made, to determine if it be worth while
, . if it can be redeemed, and if it is sincerely put
forward by its proponents.
burden. Wise and benefigient1 administration
will bring these backward nations up to a better
standard of living, and the "Berlin to Bagdad"
route may yet become a highway of enlighten
ment, instead of a route for imperialism.
i
"From Berlin to Bagdad" Once More.
' That "corridor" of which we heard so much
while the fighting was ,in progress seems io
have a political as well as commercial aspect,
'I and the Berlin to Bagdad route is one of in
; trigue as much as railroads. In Paris and
Washington alike astute observers see a con-
nection between the upheaval in Germany and
,f'Ae unrest in Turkey.
4 German influence was and is paramount in
'f the Turkish army, so that whatever affects jun
l kerdom in one country may have its echo in
"the other. - The declaration of Prince Filas set-
ting up a separate state to be composed of
5j Syria, some parts of Palestine and a few ad
T jaeent sections is of minor importance, save as
, symptom. When the settlernent of the near
Cistern question was brought up before the su-
- preme council, France was accorded a "pecu-
liar Interest" in Syria, and while no mandatory
i Issued, it has been understood that France
would have a paramount influence there.
1 Hedjaz is under British influence, and when its
j crown prince sets himself up in Syria without
i leave or license from France, he is putting con-
slderable strain on the friendship between the
i powers, or else they know what is going on
and acquiesce :n it The Anglo-Persian treaty
; has not yet disclosed its full purport, beyond
:j the accepted fact that it establishes a. British
. protectorate over Persia. Already British capi
k tal is at work extending railway lines and mak-
ing other improvements in the shah's kingdom.
If the proposed peace with Torkey takes its
. anticipated course, English influence will un
doubtedly, prevail over German, and weetern
,1 Asia will come under the tutelage of Great
. Britain. America might have shared in this, as
i Turkey, would have been assigned to us had we
- shown any willingness to accept the responsi
v bility. We can afford to watch England, how
ever, although we will not be permitted to
escape etttirelr. ous share of the. "white man's
Mr. Bryan's Memoirs.
Mr. Bryan's statement that he contemplates
making a permanent record of what he nas
tried to accomplish for the American people
and the world, during the thirty years in which
he has been active in public affairs, will be re
ceived with pleasure both by his friends and
those who have opposed his energetic career
since he first became known to the country as
"the boy orator of the Platte."
From the day of his cross of gold and
crown of thorns speech Mr. Bryan has been a
conspicuous figure in the tide of national events
one of the few. men capable of filling the
imagination of a large portion of the people
and persuading them to his way of thinking.
Although several of hismost ardently pressed
political tenets were rejected by his country
men, nobody will be disposed to regret the
satisfaction he feels :n "seeing nearly every re
form'he has advocated written into the unre
peatable laws of the land."
The memoirs of William Jennings Bryanjwill
make an interesting contribution to the his
tory of American politics, and in Nebraska
there are democrats whose achievements are
mediocre compared with his, who'are doing all
in their power to force him into the retirement
where he will have nothing to do but sit by his
fireside and write reminiscences, ,
The World's Greatest Mischief Maker.
If it were the president's avowed purpose to
qualify as the world's greatest mischief maker,
his recent utterances might easily be under
stood. He has insulted and angered the glorious
patriots of France by charging them with im
perialism because they are seeking to protect
themselves against a vengeful and vicious
enemy, while his own administration is the only
one in the world proposing large increases in
its naval and military establishments. Every
body everywhere who doubts his omniscience
and superlative wisdom, or who hesitates to
obey his arrogant demands, he accuses by In
ference, if not directly, of evil intentions. He
has been maladroit both at home and abroad,
and so offensive even to his own party that its
official representatives in both houses of con
gress would abandon him to stew in his own
jntolerance were it not for a desperate desire
to save their party from the complete wreck
to which he invites it. The New York Tribune
states the case exactly, in the following words:
Instead of returning physical vigor soften
ing the president's weaknesses of temper, his
unreasoning acerbity seems to grow. -
The net effect of the president's
diplomacy, in both its secret and public
aspects, is to bring almost to extinction the
high hopes the world entertained eighteen
months ago. His activities at Paris and since
have relighted the fires of the old jealousies
and discords. He says he does not like the
old order, but he has perpetuated it.
It is not as a crusader for peace that there '
is world objection to the president, but as a
fomenter of bad feeling, and thus of war.
A Time to Pay Debts and Save. .
Thrift counts for most in times when money
is plentiful and prices are high, such as we
are in the midst of now. It is a particularly
profitable time to. pay off indebtedness of .all
sorts, because surplus funds are more easily
earned now than under normal money condi
tions. The same economy that enables the debtor
to relieve himself affords the opportunity to
invest surplus with the certainty of large
profits. A thousand dollars now is required to
buy the necessities that could be purchased for
$600 five years ago. In another four or five
years, or as soon as prices get back to prewar
figures the thousand dollars saved now will
have 40 per cent more purchasing power than
at present
Ninety days ago a man considering the pur
chase of a speculative stock to the amount of
$4,000 on the, assurance' that it would advance
forty points in the next four years, was told
by his banker that he could do as well without
risk by putting currency to that amount in his
safety deposit box and letting it remain there
four years, because of the increased purchasing
power his money would have by that time.
The Shantung Reservation
and After
A Vociferous Time Coming,
"If Bryan is elected as a delegate from Ne
braska, the wets will not run the San Fran
cisco convention," is a political announcement
which carries the implication that with Mr.
Bryan inside the breastworks the drys will run
the meeting. In either event the democratic party
seems to be scheduled for a thoroughly unhappy
time, on the Pacific slope. Events are shaping
themselves for sharp divisions and bitter con
tests, with the dangerously forbidding shadow
of Mr. Wilson already shutting out the sunshine
of promise beyond the Rockies.
Great Britain's grab at Constantinople seems
to be anticipated by the French and Italians.
Is it a ruse to get the United States to take on
the Turkish mandatory? .
The only thing about the canned salmon
scandal that entitles it to further recognition is
that it is so malodorous the administration
could not hush it up.
Chicago is to have a passenger station with
a landing place for airplanes on the roof.
Omaha would be glad to get one that will ac
commodate passengers.
Being right every tims, it annoys Mr. Wil
son dreadfully to have to deal with a lot of
fussy senators who are right only when they
agree with him.
' Cour.i von Kohenzollern is said to have mo
mentarily desisted from his wood-sawing when
be heard from Berlin. He probably said:"
"Was ist los?" .
The outcome of certain "drives" lately al
most convinces an observer that the public has
been "driven" to the limit '
,' Only five days are left fof filingso if you
plan on running for office this year, you had
better get busy. s
The Department of State is without a head,
but not without a boss.- v f
Spring plowing will soon vie with politics
for first place in Nebraska.
From, the Christian Science Monitor.
The full effectiveness of the so-tailed Shin
tung reservation to the peace treaty, recently
adopted by the United States senate, depends
upon the ultimate ratification of the treaty by
tne united states. - .Nevertheless, even a failure
to ratify would be very far from robbing the
senate's action of all its value. Every month
that passes finds' China looking more con
fidently to America for help in the great work
ot development lying: before her. In spite of
everything that Japan can do to force herself
upon the Chinese as banker, commercial adviser,
and educational expert, the Chinese people will
have none of such schemes. Even at immedi
ate loss to themselves ,they seek such aid from
America, ana, as tar as they possibly can, boy
cott Japan.
This, of course, is the explanation why the
Japanese propagandists made such tremendous
exertions to secure the rejection of the Shan
tung reservation. On the surface, it ought to
have made little difference to Tokio whether
the reservation was adopted or not The treaty
is in full force, and Japan is already officially
connrmea in her rights, llut lokio views
with thinly disguised alarm the steady alienation
of China from the Japanese ambit. The rejec
tion of the reservation, the failure on the part
oi tne united states to stand by China, would,
it was evidently hoped in Tokio, have had the
effect of creating an anti-American feeling
tnrougnout the country, and so of putting an
end to the plans for financial aid and industrial
reorganization which, for some time past, have
been so increasingly discussed between China
and the United States. "It is not too much to
say," declared a well known authority on far
eastern matters, Mr. Charles Hodges, to a rep
resentative ot this paper, recently, "that the
demonstration of America's disinterestedness,
given through the action of the United States
senate, not only saved our prestige in China, but
gave the Chinese people the only encourage
ment mat any great power has afforded in the
trying year since the peace conference."
Then again, the whole-hearted nature of the
senate's decision, reserving full liberty of action
to the United States in any future controversy,
which may arise on the matter, has undoubtedly
strengthened China in her determination not
to yield one jot in the position she has taken
up. "China," a well known authoritv has de
clared, "has never recognized that the status of
Japan in Shantung was legal: and therefore, the
restitution is meaningless and no negotiation is
necessary." In other words, China is quite de
termined not to "be inveigled into any discus
sion of the matter by specious appeals to good
wiu ana asservations ot lotty purpose. China
has a very vivid recollection of how, in the
early days of 1915, there came from Tokio a
: : i ; - r . . . .
similar invuauon to comer, m inai time, !
conference was urged for the purpose of main
taining the general peace in eastern Asia and
further strengtnening the friendly relations be
tween the two countries. It ended in the 21
demands, and an acquiescence, on the
part of China, exacted under threat of war.
China,, therefore, has no intention whatever of
entering a second time into the parlor of the
Japanese spider.
"The whole thing about the Shantung set
tlement is that it was founded on secret
diplomacy, written into the peace treaty of
Paris by diplomatic blackmail, and now is being
fastened upon Chini by dark and devious meth
ods of statecraft." So did Mr. Hodges sum
up the situation, the other day. It is about as
just a summary as could be made.
Christ's Personal Appearance
From the dust of more than 1900 years a
siuaious moaern Koman nas rescued a pen-portrait
of Jesus Christ. It was drawn in one of
the letters that Publius Lentulus, who was a
Roman proconsul in Palestine and knew the
savior in wazareth, wrote to a friend in Italy:
"There has appeared here a man of strange
virtues, Publius Lentulus wrote. "His dis
ciples call him The Son of God. He cures the
sick and raises the dead to life. He is a very
handsome man and worthy of all our atten
tion, tlis hair is blond and covers his shoulders
in separate curls and is parted in the middle,
after the fashion of the peoplei of Nazareth.
His forehead is smooth and serene, without
marks or wrinkles; his countenane'e is pink; his
nose is welt formed; his beard, of the same
color as his hair, is parted in the middle.
"In his gaze is an expression of wisdom and
of openness; his eyes are blue, but shine ter
ribly when he reproves people; but in conversa
tion they are amiable. His observations are ex
pressed with liveliness although he always re
mains calm. Nobody has ever seen him laugh;
but he often weeps. Of a good height and
straighr figure, he has very beautiful hands and
arms. His manner of speaking is serious. He
speaks but little, and is modest In short, he is
as handsome as a man may be. . They call him
Jesus, the Son of Mary."
Expert antiquarians and students of history
pronounce the letters of Publius Lentulus to be
entirely genuine. For centuries they were for
gotten .save by students of Latin and (ancient
Rome. The advent of Christians brought the
letter cjuoted to the mind of an old professor
hefe. He translated it into modern Italian and
sent it to some of his learned friends as a. his
torical curiosity. It seems to verify the belief
that the Savior had a fair complexion and light
hair, as many old artists depicted him. New
York World. r
Disabled Officers
Officers not belonging to the regular army
who were disabled during the late war are over
looked in the provisions for retirement. A dis
abled regular officer is retired upon three-quarters
of his full pay,t but reserve, national army
and national guard officers do not receive such
an allowance upon their retirement for dis
ability. The duties performed during the war were
identical with all these officers. The reserve,
national army and national guard officers got
their full share of fighting, and there is nothing
but praise for their devotion to the country. It
is only when these officers were disabled in the
line of duty that the discrimination against
them became apparent. Of course, this dis
crimination is not intentional on the part of
congress or the people, but it exists and will
exist until remedied by congress. The brave
temporary officers of the late war are virtually
penalized for having been disabled.
A bill remedying this obvious injustice is
pending in the house. It should be enacted
without any opposition. Washington Post.
How to Keep Well
. By Dr. W. A. EVANS
Pp. Fvani will anawar personal la
qulrtaa from reader ef The Bee. pro
vided atamped envelope la vnrluaed with
the queatlon. He will not dlaaroae indi
vidual ailment or prearribe (or them, but
will trlve careful attention to all inquiries,
aabject to then Umltatlnna. Addrosa Dr.
W. A. Svaua, The Bee, Omaha, Neb.
(Copyright, U20, by Pr. W. A. Evana.)
FORMS OF APOPLEXY.
When a clot of blopd forms in a
blood vessl of the Wain the condi
tion Is known as cerebral throm
bosis. The symptoms which ensue
depend on the location of the clot
and the brain centers normally sup
plied with blood by the flogged ves-
Tho condition is rare. It occurs
in very badly nourished, half-starved
children, also as a sequence of mas
toid abscess, and other diseases in
bones near the brain. Occasionally
it results in grown people from dis
ease of the wall of a brain blood
vessel or from a morbid tendency of
the blood to clot.
Cerebral thrombosis generally pro
gresses suddenly. It begins with
vague pains, numbness, tingling in
the head and legs, vertigo, dizziness,
gradually increasing mental heavi
ness, and loss of muscular Dower.
There may be one-sided paralysis.
Impairment of jspeech is a symptom
in a xew cases.
When a clot of blood or other
roreign body is swept by the blood
stream into a vessel of the brain and
lodges there the condition is known
as cerebral embolism. The most
frequent cause of embolus is vege
tation or clot on a heart valve.
Among the diseases which under-
lie cerebral embolism most ire
quently are heart disease, rheuma
tism, and pyemia. Among the symrj-
toms of embolism are sudden onset
of paralysis, generally one-sided, and
occurring usually in a comparatively
young person who gives a history
or neart disease or rheumatism.
The third and more important
form of apoplexy is that which Is
due to rupture of a blood vessel, at
tended by hemorrhage into the brain.
in hemorrhajTic apoplexy there is a
breaK in a previously diseased blood
vessel. The blood pours into a cer
tain area in the brain, destroying the
ceils and libers in the area.
Apoplexy due to hemorrhage gen
erally comes on suddenly in a person
beyond middle life. In some cases
the individual knows that he has had
a high blood pressure and he may
have complained of some dizziness
and vertigo. The common name for
this condition, a "stroke, implies
that paralysis develops suddenly.
Generally the patient lies un
conscious with flushed face and pul
sating neck arteries for Several days.
Fever is a common symptom present
a short while after the onset of the
disease. The paralysis is generally
one-sided and speech practically al
ways is affected.
When a given case of either of
these diseases is typical, diagnosis
between them is not difficult But
there is a great group of cases with
out typical symptoms In which diag
nosing, is not much more than a
gamble. Of them apoplexy due to
hemorrhage, is far the most com'
mon and thrombus the least so.
If the subject is a middle-aged
man with a history of high blood
pressure, hemorrhage apoplexy is
the best bet; if a younger person
with a history of heart disease, em
bolus is the more probable. If there
is a history of involvement of a
mastoid or sinus or the nose, throm
bosis is the mora likely explanation
of the paralysis.
Simple Hair Tonic.
C. W. M. writes: "To stop hair
falling out after grip or f ), make a
strong solution of salt vater. Put
some in a saucer and pat the head
with linger tips dipped in salt water
until the scalp is thoroughly satur
ated. Then tie a towel over the
head and go to bed. Keep this up
for eight or 10 nights, when the hair
will stop falling out and the growth
of hair will be renewed. Then wash
the hair, first without soap; free it
of all salt crust, and livo contented.
I was over 70 years old when I used
it . Another as old used it both of
us losing hair in an attack of grip.
Others younger have used it with
success."
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Decline of Ptomaines.
C. N. C. writes : "I should like to
know something" about 'ptomaine
poison.' Can it become chronic and
last for a year or more?" w.
REPLY.
Ptomaine poisoning is a term
which is falling into disuse. Ptomaine
is denned by Stedman as a substance
found during the decomposition of
dead animal or vegetable matter. If
a person ate some "overripe meat,"
for instance, and had diarrhoea and
fever result he would be said to be
suffering from ptomaine poisoning.
Tha scientists say he is suffering
from some form of bacterial inva
sion and not from the chemicals
called ptomaines. Ptomaine (if there
are such that get into the human
body) are rapidly destroyed by the
liver, i ptomaine poison does . not
become chronic and last a year or
more.
Polite Way of Saying It
The allies are reported to have
decided to allow Turkey to remain
in Europe. This is the way diplo
macy has of announcing no sucker
could be found to take a mandate
for Constantinople. Kansas City
Star.
ronAvi
Cheaper, cuts o( meat? ; Lead us to them.
The Day We Celebrate.
Elsie Janis, a celebrated musical comedy
actress, born at Columbus, O., 30 years ago.
John M. Parker, recently chosen to the gov
ernorship of Louisiana, born at Bethel Church,
Miss., 54 years ago.
Clyde Milan, outfielder of the Washington
American league base ball team, born at Lin
den, Tenn., 34 vears ago.
y Patrick J. Donovan, scout of the Chicago
National league base ball team, born at Law
rence, Mass., 55 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago In .Omaha.
Hon. W. R. Morrison and Judge W. J.
Veasey of the Interstate Commerce commis
sion were here to investigate the subject of
railroad rates on food product shipments.
- Four extra motor trains were put on the
South Omaha line to. accommodate the heavy
travel between that city and Omaha.
(The engagement was announced of Miss
Minnie Richardson, dauehter of Mr. and Mrs.
Lyman Richardson; to Mr. William A Morris.
Ex-Governor John P. St. John lectured on
prohibition at Exposition hall under the am
pices of the Gospel lemperance union.
W. A. Paxton. jrn returned from a trip
Chicago, , " ' -: .. ' '
Solid Sore
From Head to Foot
With Eczema
One a solid tore bow completely wen.
That's what Mr. John H. Beck of Norrli City,
Illinois, tan about bis boy. Ha writaa:
"The boy that we hart beta doctoring
with D.D.D. la completely well. He wu
a olid acre all over bit bead and body,
od now you cannot tell ha ever baa
anything' wrong with him."
Why not try D.D.D. today and be eonriaeedf
Relief, at once, from itehinc and burning. Your
money back if the flrtt bottle doet sot bring
relief. SScSOc aadll.Oo. Try D.D. D. Soap, too.
mxinxin).
m. lotion for Skin Disease
Five Sherman & McConneli Drug Storea
Tho Soldier and the Bonus.
Neligh. Neb., March 12. To the
Editor of The Bee: I notice in The
Bee of today that tho bonus bill for
soldiers Is considered dead by the
powers that be. . '
I wonder Just how W; P. OvlIard
ing and the rest of the objectors
think that the American people take
such stun; with salt, most likely.
They speak of the great army of
volunteers it would take to sell these
bonds. And the "rekindling of the
same sort of patriotism," etc. What
I would say is, why rekindle this pa
triotismr Oh, no, lets don't re
kindle patriotism in the Ameri
can people. The place to do
that is in those who oppose the
bonus plan, the American people do
not.
But what X really meant to say, is
why is it necessary for thenr to sell
these bonds? Why not give them
direct to the soldiers they were in
tended for? I will warrant you that
they will sen themouick enough.
don't think the American bond has
lost its value yet
Another thing that will not be
fully understood is why the Ameri'
can government is to be endangered
by this issue, when it is richer than
ever in history. Every nation on
earth is the debtor. They talk of the
liberty bonds. I wonder Just how
many of those bonds you would find
where they were sold. Why. most
of them were sold back to the money
powers Deiore tne war was over.
Very few will be found in the Amer
ican home. And why, if the bonds
are so hard to sell, were there such
a demand? Every inducement was
offered by banks . and business
houses to get them, and they did get
them. The hanks and big moneyed
powers would have handled all of
the liberty bonds had they been al
lowed. The only reason they were
ever sold to the people was to bring
the war home to them, and as before
said kindle patriotism. And, it's my
belief that these bonds would be in
demand, not hard to sell. ,
You know before the war the
American soldier was not consid
ered Just the best of the American
citizen. I remember back in 1912
I happened to be on the border. A
little town was attacked at 4 o'clock
in the morning by the Mexicans.
That is, part of the town on Hie
Mexican side, and one side was try
ing to capture it from the other. 1
have Just forgotten the factions en
gaged at that time, but when the
firing began the soldiers on the
American side were lined up on the
siae or a niu; a lew bullets came
our way, but that is not the story.
We lay there all day long until late
in the afternoon. While we were
laying there between the Greasers
and the American homes there was
nothing that was too good for us.
The women made coffee for us a"d
threw their arms around our necks
fnot objected to) and begged us not
to let tnem cross the border. Yes,
they knew the American soldier was
there that day. But when, things
had quieted down and everything
was peaceful again and the sentry
again Degan'to pace back and forth
from one telephone post to another.
one eye on the Mexican side, looking
for the Mex, and the other on the
American side, locking for some
more of that coffee, and arms, too,
but, sorry to say, nothing came. No,
the kind people of that town had
again forgotten the American sol
dier only when they spoke of him
as tnose damned soldiers," or
crossed the street to keep from pass'
ing them. Is this the same express
slon of gratitude that we have to
day? Why, the American people
snouia rise up in a body and de
mand the returned soldier be given
some token or appreciation. ,
Such a thing would be an eternal
monument to tne American govern
ment. For with this "bonus" most
of them would build homes. : . In
these homes they would build up a
spirit or Americanism; their chil
dren and their children's children
would benefit by it, and the story
would bo told for years to come, and
the spirit for America, the greatest
country on earth, would be raised by
this little bonus.
There was no haggling or inter
rwiVsy y good thank yoU
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est figuring and such over the Lib
erty bonds. These bonds are Just
as important to the spirit of Amer
ica as those; those saved America,
and . these will save the men who
helped the bonds in their work.
It really seems that there should
be some distinction made somewhere,
some little more done for those who
gave all they had in the world, than
for those who stayed at home and
made more to pile on top of what
they had. There should be some
distinction made at least between
them and those who were real out-and-out
slackers, who the govern
ment is releasing from military pris
ons every day, something to show
that they have not forgotten. For
we never will.
r ' . AN EX-REGULAR.
People and Prohibition,
riattsmouth. Neb., March 15. To
the Editor of The Bee: We have
seen it asserted that "strong doubt"
surrounds the public sentiment on
prohibition, that the people have
never had a chance to vote, and that
the country has been "legislated"
dry. '
Totally irrespective of the 18th
amendment, which made the entire
country dry, 33 states by their own
actions had already entered the dry
columns and had adopted state pro
hibition. In twenty-six of these
states the matter has been submitted
to a state-wide referendum in which
the people upheld state wide prohi
bition. It will be seen, therefore,
that in only seven dry states could
there bo any doubt about the public
sentiment, and in these states the
legislatures, which, under our gov
ernment represents the people, have
voted overwhelmingly for state pro
hibition, in most cases having been
elected on that issue.
It is true that there have been
referendums in which prohibition
has been defeated, but out .of 88
state-wide referendums held on state
prohibition since 1912, 80 have rati
fied it, and only six have gone against
it. . In nearly every case in which
the people have had a-chance to vote
upon the question it has been given
them by the "drys." But once that
a state has voted dry, the "wets"
have immediately assumed a popular
pose, and have, in some instances,
demanded a second and even a third
trial, only to be met, as was the case
in Michigan and Ohio, with stagger
ing and increasing dry majorities.
And so we find that there is rto
question before the people today on
which they have expressed them
selves so unmistakably.
A. W. AT WOOD,
Problems for Europe.
Doubtless two of the main prob
lems confronting the European allies
are, first, how to get along without
Wilson, and, second, how to get
along with him. Boston Transcript.
Under the Armistice.
The war with Germany ended Jan
uary 10 if anyone should happen
to ask you. That is to say, it offi
cially ended as to Great Britain and
Germany. Uncle Sam is still under
the armistice. Savannah News.
It Pays to Be an Actor.
E. H. Sothern and Julia Marlowe
played to $26,185 during their week
in Kansas City and $22,105 in Minne
apolis. In two nights and a matinee
in St Paul they totalled $9,212, and
in three days in Milwaukee, $11,118.
Would Get a Following-.
If the railroaders really make a
fight against the high cost of living,
they will find a whaling big army
following them that will stick to
them later on if necessary. Raleigh
News and Observer. '
' JUST FOR FUN.
Friend Why do you prefer Bemad?
Movie Aetraaa I've got pretty teeth
you know. ,
"How waa It you tattled the tdke?"
"We had to." raptlad the labor aiHeloe,
"We had to get ready to atart another
pn." -Life.
Credit -T notice the honorary medical
aoclety took In 10 membeta.
Pabll That eof Tne manager muat have
hn after them to pay laat year's blll.-
Washington Bun Dodger.
"Hid you have a good time at the
Flalharby'e week-end affair?''
"Oraclout. yeel My hoaband wouldn't
apak to me for two weake afterward."
Dartmouth Jack o'Lantern.
BALLADS OF CABINET OFFICERS.
Where are the man that Wood row made
To h'-tp him govern this land of the
free?
Why have they vanlhed Into the abada
Of th humble life where they uaed
to beT
Hre la a myatery what I the Ray?
Why did they roma at Woodrow'a call.
Tarry a while, then turn and floeT
Back to the wooda go one and all! .
who' flrat enayed
plHt our buelneaa over the aeaT
Why la ho back at the lecture trader
Where la Bryan,'
To pint our busmen
Did William and Woodrow fall to agree t
Nay, for the ninllor or that, tell ma
Where I Lanxlng, on whom the ahawl
Of William dearenilrd? Gone, pardlel
Back to the woods go one and all!
One by one In a aad parade;
Olaaa and McAdoo, William .,
Oreeory. Lane were these afraid
They would dot an "1" or would eroae
a "t"?
Oarrison. Redfleld what decree
Banished all thesx from the council hall
Were they a trifle too stiff ot knee?
Back to the wooda go one and all!
Envoy.
Friend, you ask and I hear your plea:
Yea, even the mightiest have to fall.
W. W.T Even he
Back to the woods go one and all!
Gorton Veeder Carruth, In New York
Hun and Herald.
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