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THE MYSTERY OF EXISTENCE.
Who shall reveal (he mysteries of this old
world and of the life on it? We take pride in
human achievements and imagine vain things.
The wonders of science, art and nature enthrall
us. One moment we revel in the thought of
the volume of knowledge we possess; the next
are chagrined by our narrow limitations. In
all our accumulated truths, painfully acquired
. during thousands of years, we have not yet at
tained perfection in any direction. Our learn
ing has never yet reached to the beginnings of
things nor to their endings. We delve into
geology, astronomy and theology; into philoso
phy and science and human experience; and
with all of it we do not yet know why a blade
of grass exists, or a tree, or an animal, or any
thing else on earth, tinder the earth, or above
it. We look into the sky at night and are
abashed. We see the ocean pounding a rock
bound shore, or thistledown floating in summer
air, and cannot tell why or for what either ex
ists, , We do not know why we are here nor where
we are going. Brought into a world of con
tending forces and beliefs, of hardships, luxuries,
pains, pleasures, joys, sorrows, vanities, hu
miliations, achievements and failures, we. try to
get what we want and to evade what we dislike,
until the passing years lead us to a hole in the
ground and that greatest of all mysteries
death,' Never are we able to tell the why or the
what for of this world. We but nibble at the
edge of things,, with no definite, accurate, scien
tific comprehension whither our loves, hatreds
and strivings are leading us. No father has
yet been able to tell his son why he exists; no
.son has ever been able, to tell his father what
the future holds for him at the end of his years.
Life comes and goes. Is it an asset or a liabil
ity? We have mental pictures of places for
the righteous and the wicked, after judgment,
from sources we believe divine, but they are
vision of faith, not actual demonstrations of
reality. We say our dead are in a long sleep,
awaiting the Resurrection. Blessed hopel And
the next moment we imagine them already in
heaven.
A bit of music thrills us. Youth and spring
and love bring us joy. Age and weakness and
disease destroy our capacity for earthly pleas
ures, and we turn to the promises of Holy Writ
for consolation. The wind sighs through the
trees and our hearts sink. We grow weaker
and weaker until the finish. What creatures of
circumstance, of physical conditions, of en
vironment we all are to the very end!
We struggle for success, and when we win it
find it not what we sought. Tangled in the web
of mortality, dodging death daily, we are op
pressed by the knowledge, that we are dying,
little by little, every day of our lives. Con
founded by things we cannot understand, we
finally come to know there is no escape from
melancholy except by the cultivation of the
spiritual side of our natures. Then a new realm
opens to us. The everlasting joys of hope,
faith and love beckon. Perchance the inspira
tion of a reasonable religion takes hold upon
us. ' Happy are they whom this faith reaches,
for 'it lightens their hearts, dissipates their
anxieties, and satisfies their souls. They are
ushered into the promised land flowing with
the milk and honey of religious trust in God
and happy life beyond the grave. The ages
have brought no substitute for the Rock of
Ages.
William Hohenzollern a Frenchman?
Some enterprising antiquarians, zealously de
voted to getting the former kaiser of Germany
before a court of justice, have unearthed some
curious information. Delving about the roots
of the family tree, they have discovered that the
grandmother of Frederick the Great of Prussia
was a French woman. She also was grand
mother to George II of England. One of the
fictions of the tribe of-Hohenzollem is that all
of the mingled nationalities involved in the
descent of its princes are retained intact. This
line of reasoning would make William a
Frenchman, and therefore he can be extradited
from Holland as such. As well set up that he
is an Englishman, for his mother was daughter
of Victoria the Good. It is said that at times
the former emperor was wont to rail at his
English blood, and assert his withered left arm
was due to his extraction. We may readily be
lieve, however, that he is not at the moment
insisting that he is of anything but purest Ger
man blood, and the world ought to be willing to
let it go at that.
Poisoning Croker't Old Age.
"He that hath wife and children hath given
hostages to fortune," wrote Bacon. And it fre
quently occurs that men of wealth who have
adult children and marry the second time, lay
the foundation for great bitterness of spirit in
their declining years.
The case of Richard Croker, for many years
grand sachem of Tammany Hall, and as such
the most powerful political influence in New
York City, is an instance in point. Ten or
twelve years ago Mr. Croker married an Indian
woman from the Oklahoma Reservation, abattf
doned politics, and went to Ireland to live. He
was happy with his wife, but his relations with
his children were strained by the second mar
riage. Now they have made charges against
thtir sUp-mother'g character before her mar
riage, and ask that their.father be adjudged in
competent to manage his large estate. In re
taliation, presumably, Mr. and Mrs. Croker
charge the eldest son with gross misconduct in
the father's American business affairs.
It is rather late to attack Mrs. Croker's
record previous to her marriage, but the world
knows no situation that will arouse meaner or
more sordid emotions than a family row over
a step-mother and an old father's money. The
ingratitude of children under such circum
stances is amazing. Only the judges and law
yers who have experience in their settlement
know the heart-burnings that destroy the peace
of families struggling for advantage in the dis
tribution of a rich man's estate.
Yet Spring is Here.
Air filled with swirling snow, a bitterness in
the wind making the genial glow of the open
fire or the seductive warmth of a radiator most
grateful, scarcely inspires a thought of spring.
Yet the spring is here. A robin knows it, for
he was observed gleaning a grass plot for his
breakfast while tht tiny snowftakes fell fast
tatt him. Many pther signs are present Elm
and maple buds are swelling, the box elders are
blooming, a vivid green tinges the lawns, and
the irrepressible taraxacum shows signs of tak
ing command again, just as it has in other
springs. Soon the frugal housewife will be
searching the banks for dandelion and mustard,
sour dock and other greens, to piece oat the
homely menu and provide the succulent dish so
essential to the season. It is a little too soon
for the low-quartered shoe, but its advance
guard already is with us, supplementing those
hardy individuals who stayed out all winter.
Rubbish heaps are being removed, and
symptoms of a general clean-up are noted.
Some forehanded ones, deluded by the soft days
of recent experience, have "cleaned house" and
taken off the storm windows and doors, but the
wise are holding off for more definite assurance
of vernal moderation. Spring is here, not steal
ing upon us as a thief in the night, but with all
the boisterous gaiety and disturbance of a
roystering harumscarum, full of hoydenish
tricks and unpleasant surprises.
Growth of Scottsbluff.
Lacking the official figures, the total popu
lation of Scottsbluff will not be given, but we
know that eacl) individual of that bustling little
center of the sugar beet industry is a live wire.
The census bureau gives Scottsbluff credit with
increasing almost three-fold in population in
the decade, its exact ratio being 295.9 per cent.
This exceeds any other town in the country,
although all but six show some rate of growth.
Nebraskans will have some pride in the state
ment, for this fact indicates a development
worthy pf notice. Scottsbluff is not the only
town out in that region to show growth, for
Gering and Mitchell, both close by, have also
thriven wonderfully, These are the commercial
and industrial centers of the fertile Mitchell
valley, whose fecundity under the North Platte
ditch has been the marvel of all who are fa
miliar with it. Industry and enterprise, hand
maidens of prosperity, have produced perfect
results out there, and the fortunate dwellers in
that region deserve the distinction that is theirs.
An Apocryphal Tale.
By way of Tokio comes word through what
is said to be an official publication of the im
perial Japanese government, that King George
(God save the king if he cannot produce an
alibi) told two of Japan's delegates to the
peace conference at a private audience in Buck
ingham palace that President Wilson was a
trifle too keen to control the earth and the full
ness thereof, or words to that general effect.
Of course this story is impossible, even
though cabled from Tokio. President Wilson's
shrinking modesty and all but total self-effacement
at Paris were quite too conspicuous to
leave room for even such a thought as the
Royal George is said to have uttered to his
distinguished visitors. The good old chap may
have been spoofing the Japs as the golden gob
lets of champagne were greasing elbows, don't
y' know, but as serious conversation the whole
story is bally rot what?
Fooling With the Time-Table.
"Daylight saving" did not die when the law
was repealed by congress. A lot of folks still
are enamored of the plan, and would like to see
it revived. In cities where these are in ma
jority, the clock will be set forward an hour,
and 6 will become 7 on the dial. In some cities
the matter will be sadly confused, for all will
not follow the one rule, and it may be both 6 and
7 o'clock at the same time. Nature, however,
will go along undisturbed. The sun will wheel
through the sky on his well known course! and
with only such variation in time as results from
the zodiacal progress -of our little ball. Fac
tory workmen may be routed out by the toot
of the whistle1, and start their routine at any
arbitrarily determined hour, but the cows and
chickens will work as they have; grass will
grow and grains will ripen according to the
hours of sunlight and darkness, and without
any regard for .the process of the pointers on
a dial. Here is one place where man is unable
greatly to improve on "Nature's honest rule."
Pop Goes One Weasel.
A press telegram from Washington tells of
action of the joint committee of congress to
put a stop to war extravagance by the executive
branch of the government. It says:
The committee found that the admin
istration was issuing 266 regular publications,
millions of copies of which were being sent
out Some of them were being widely dis
tributed in the interest of the movement to
procure acceptance of the league of nations
covenant without reservations.
Then follows the welcome news that 108 of
these partisan publications- have been lopped
off, with a saving of $1,200,000 annually. The'
democratic party has been making the public
pay for its propaganda.
First Aid for Throats Aflame.
Four and twenty blackbirds baked in a pie
are no longer a fitting sequel to "sing a song of
sixpence, a pocket full of rye." A man with
such a pocket load in a crystal container
properly corked has something more desirable
to set before the king than blackbird pie.
But notwithstanding the unescapable fact of
prohibition all genuine bowels of compassion
must be moved by longings for the unattain
able of those who cannot get it And yet they
say candy, or cool buttermilk, is a great relief
for such suffering.
Herb Hoover says he will not make an
"active drive" for the nomination. He may be
very sure i will hardly be wished on him.
Ladies may wear their old clothes and save
the Easter suits for a better day if they wish.
Mr. Taft says he is not in politics, but he
certainly is active as a citizen.
A Line 0 Type or Two
Mr ts tht Lis. M tht fiilse fell whort thy May.
Brick is what is wanted for country road
paving, so push the job.
Rain checks for Easter are not popular.
U aIXS of the skillet fork.
(The Darkey Song.)
Ex me an' Bill come In from saltln' steers,
Thout thinkfn' much what I was doin' I
hummed
A darkey sonar 't I pott off Bill long back.
He sex a black boy l'arned it to 'lm onct
Thet come along: an' hired out f r a week.
With a banjo und'r 'is arm, 'n a bundle tied
In a red bandanna on a stick. Bill sex
He allers liked the word 'cos' he tew felt
Yist that a way. An' this is how they run:
Ah'm only a paht o' dig yere ol' wprl'
Nipgah, fo'git yo'se'f;
Ah ain' no 'count no mo 'a s saulr"!
Nigsah, fo'git yo'se'f;
De godd gits soaked de same ex da bad;
Ain' no yuse man gittin' mad, V
Ain' no yuse mah feelin' sad;
Eeck'n de Lawd 'e plum gawn de'f
Niggah, niggah, fo'git yo'se'f!'
Ah ain no sheep. Ah ain no goat
Niggah, fo'git yo'se'f: i
We's all alaik in de same ol' boat
Niggah, fo'git yo'se'f;
Bey ketch de Pahson steal'n a ham;
Treat 'im laik me don' give a dam;
Hoosgow fo' him whahebber he am;
Reck'n de Lawd plum gawn de'f
Niggah, niggah, fo'git yo'se'f!
De cyclone do' know mule from a hoss
Niggah, fo'git yo'se'f;
Blow 'way de niggah, an' blow 'way de boss
Niggah, fo'git yo'se'f;
Reck'n de Lawd 'e pow'ful man;
Run 'is big charl't all ober de lan'.
Bus' ever't'ing till nut'n ain' le'f
Sho' 'x de debbil 'e plum gawn de'f
Niggah, niggah, fo'git yo'se'f;
Fo'git yo'se'f, dat's raght, ol' niggah;
Look all aroun' an' see som'pin' biggah
Niggah, fo'git yo'se'f;
Dey's hog an' hominy 'nuff fer ter eat;
De ol' co'n cob tas'e pow'ful sweet;
Yo' tslll got de sun on de wheat-flel' ief
Do' make no odds ef de Lawd is de'f
Niggah, niggah, fo'git yo'se'f;
P. S. W.
THE weekly bulletin of the Department, of
Agriculture declares that American husbands
should tell their wives everything, and it asks,
"What do women want to know?" Well, for
a starter, they would like an answer to the
question, "Where have you been?",
BIRDS OF A FEATHER,
(From the Rolla, Mo., Times.)
John Pelikan was visiting his father
Julius Pelikan Sunday afternoon.
Joe Pelikan was calling on Geo. Honse
Sunday.
Frank Pelikan of Newburg was visiting
home folks last week.
Miss Sara Pelikan was calling on Miss
Elsie Rosenburg one day last week.
AT a recent soiree we were pleasantly
amazed to find on the sideboard a decanter of
excellent Scotch. Greater love hath no man.
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Sanctuary.
Sir: The lata war taught us many lessons,
not the least of which was the Vulnerability of
churches as constructed at present when sub
jected to the bombardment of guns used by
Christian nations in modern warfare. Ordinary
prudence would seem to dictate that In the fu
ture sacred edifices be built of armor plate.
E. C. W.
LIFE, MY DEAR, IS GETTING MORE COM
PLEX EVERY DAY.
(From the Peoria Star.)
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Woolner are the
proud parents of a daughter born to Mr.
and Mrs. W. M. Hasberg in New York City
Monday.
"BUSY lawyer wants room in respectable
suite from May 1." Law Bulletin.
What are his standards, do you suppose?
IX THE BLUE RIDGE.
Among these calm encircling hills I stray
As in a realm of purple light; below,
The Swannanoa glides with peaceful flow;
Above, a sky of sapphire domes the day.
Here, the rhododendron its bloom doth lay
Across my path, and there, climbing, doth blow
The trumpet flower. Where'er I chance to go
Beauty, as though the gods had passed my way.
So much of loveliness is everywhere,
I seem, forsooth, a favored worshiper,
A mortal wandered up from barren strands;
Elate, I muse, and breathe an odorous air
As though an unseen altar, heaped with myrrh,
Awoke to flame at touch of vestal hands.
C. G. B.
"THEN," says the synopsis of a gripping
play, "the awesome shadow of a strange man
stalked across the floor of her apartment." It is
disturbing enough to have a shadow glide or
creep, but a stalking shadow would give us the
fantods.
A COMPLETE LAY-OUT.
(From the Cedar Rapids Republican.)
For Sale About 25 laying pullets and
one iron bed complete, before April 1. 1225 -6th
av. Tel. 170-W. Adv.
IT would seem that other animals besides
race horses are "destroyed" rather than killed.
"One of the dogs," relates the London Times,
"was so badly burned that it had to be de
stroyed." "LIBERTY STEAK."
Sir.: For patriotic reasons my favorite Ham
burger steak and fried onions have not recently
been obtainable by that name, though sold
under various others probably on the w. k.
theory familiarly applied to the rose. But I
now learn that the problem has beea solved in
full conformity with the espionage act and to
the complete convenience of customers. They
are now yelled for thus:
"One Hamburger, smothered." GRANT.
"OLDS, 8 First-class condition; for sale by
private woman, husband called out of town."
Washington Times.
N The height of privacy.
IV THE WEE SMA' HOURS.
Empire of Thought! Broad fertile hemisphere
Of life, I am your willing subject now,
Here where is midnight silence low I bow
Before your Empery; here where tier on tier
Above me rise tall volumes, grim, austere,
Relics of many a high and parchment brow,
Books, too, of verse, praising the jug and bough.
But I am old, old as the by-gone year.
The air grows close. I fling the windows wide.
And, with the night air, in the fancies swarm;
For it's an April -night, all clear and warm",
Clear as the eyes in which I looked today.
Warm as the lips which must not say ms nay!
PETRARCHINO.
"WALTER HOARE, 57, a labourer at an
ice warehouse, was killed by a block, weighing
about fcjewt, striking him on the head." Lon
don Times.
Dost remember the aged wheeze about the
man who was killed by hard drink?
YES, YES, GO ON!
(From the Canton Register.)
The Altogether Club was organized at
the home of Gladys Pringle, 64? North First
avenue, Saturday afternoon.
"FOR RENT Furnished roof." Iowa City
Press.
BOY, GET DOC REED ON THE PHONE!
(From the Tyler, Tex., Tribune.)
Born, Saturday, to Mr. and Mrs. J. H.
Walker, route seven a son.
"WHEN April with his showers sooty. . .
B. L. T.
How to Keep Well
By Dr. W. A. EVANS
The Surgeon.
I saved a life today.- Six years ago
No surgeon in the world
Knew how to treat a case like this
Successfully. Then ceme the war;
And, spurred to high endeavor.
An old French surgeon turned -the trick,
And made himself immortal.
And yet some wonder why I choose
A doctor's life I Poor souls,
They little know the satisfaction
Yes, the thrill
Of grappling with grim Death himself,
A.nd winning out. . . . Good "Doctor John"
Looked in as I was getting through."
And viewed my handiwork, and said:
"Well done, old man," and slapped me on the
back.
Praise from Sir Hubert and it did me good.
I hope that no one calls me out
Tonight I want a novel and my pipe
And then some sleep.
J. T. S. in New York Tribuue.
PRENATAL DIET THEORIES.
In the vomiting of Women during
pregnancy it has long been the prac
tice for the woman to stay in bed
until late in the morning and to eat
crackers or bread before getting out
of bed and at short Intervals during
the day. Now comes Drs. Titus,
Hoffman and Glvens, in the Journal
of the American Medical Associa
tion, offering a scientific explanation
and a treatment based on the theory.
The vomiting, they say, is due to
sugar and starch starvation. When
the woman commences to vomit, or
is afraid to eat because of nausea.
the starch and sugar starvation Is
made worse. If she takes much ex
ercise, the condition becomes worse,
siace muscle work burns up sugar.
The developing child requires a good
deal of sugar, as does the body of
tne woman.
Under these circumstances the
surplus of sugar stored in the mus
cles and in the liver is used up. If
the woman eats a good deal of lean
meat, as she is likely to do under the
theory that her growing baby needs
protein, she is likely to throw her
chemistry out of balance unless she
eats a good deal of starch and sugar.
Practically the matter works out
this way: The pregnant woman
should have a diet rich in bread,
cereals, sugar and vegetables, and
containing rather a small amount of
protein. If in spite of this the
woman develops nausea, she should
eat more bread, cereals and veg
etables, and less meat and eggs. She
should avoid long fasts.
For instance, it is a mistake to go
without food from the evening meal
at about 6 in the evening until a
morning breakfast at about 8. Some
crackers or a cereal at bedtime, or
as a midnight lunch or in the early
hours of the morning. A few crack
ers midway of the morning and
afternoon may also be advisable.
Some cases may require in addi
tion two to four tablespoonfuls of a
10 per cent solution of glucose and
2 per cent bicarbonate of soda in
water taking thia every few hours.
About half a pint to one pint a day is
taken.
If the vomiting is obstinate It will
be necessary for a physician to take
the matter in hand and give treat
ment along the same general lines,
but given in a more scientific and
better controlled way. He will put
his patient to bed, see that she gets
plenty of water by mouth or other
wise, give her no meat or eggs, per
haps starve her for a day, and feed
her sugar solution by injection or
into her veins, and, finally, gradually
bring her back to a bread-cereal-vegetable
diet
Bicycle' Possible Remedy.
B. R. A. writes: "Possibly there
is some cure or exercise that will
help to straighten ' slightly crooked
limbs of a girl of 16."
REPLY.
Probably not- It is said that rid
ing a bicycle is of some service, if it
is a little too high. If you will ride
every day you may be helped. If Jt
does your legs no good you have not
lost, since bicycle riding is excellent
for health and well being.
Others May Tell You.
IC. F. writes: "I am a girl of 17
and my parents have not told me
one thing about life. Am I old
enough to know? I am trying to
figure things out, but I can't. Or
will you tell where I can get a book
and the price of it? I shall be very
graterui.
REPLY.
Ask your mother to tell you what
you should know. If she is disin
clined, ask your school teacher, or if
you are not in school, ask your Sun
day school teacher. If you work,
perhaps the forewoman can be de
pended on.
To Avert That Yawn.
J. S. writes: "What causes (tap-
ing or yawning? Worse after sup
per than other times. Does it come
from the nerves, or is it largely a
habit that might be controlled by
will power, or does it come from,
the stomach?"
REPLY.
Insufficient supply of oxygen. It
can be cured by any one of the following:
1. Eating a light supper.
2. Taking some active exercise.
3. Opening the windows, cooling
the air, freshening it, and lowering
the temperature.
IN THE BEST OF HUMOR.
''An optimist it a man who cherishes
vain- hopes, and a pessimist a man who
nurses vain regrets.
Ana what is a man wno does ootn :
'Oh. he's Just a plain, ordinary human."
Boston Transcript.
"Do you know any thins about boxing;?"
asked the instructor.
"No," I replied.
"Then I'll show you."
And ha did. Illinois Siren.
Pershing Logical
Candidate
Seattle, Wash., March 29. To the
Editor of The Bee: When President
Wilson and Secretary of War Baker
drafted General John J. Pershing as
commander of the American Expe
ditionary Forces in France, not only
did they choose one of the world's
greatest generals of any army since
the days of the Father of Our Coun
try, ' George Washington, but they
chose the next president of these
United States of America for the
next four years and probably eight
years, with the consent of our Heav
enly Father, the Commander-in-Chief
of all the Universe.
One has only to meet General
Pershing face to face and have the
honor of grasping him by the hand,
something tells him that he. is In the
presence of a superior man, a man
that comes to us only once in a cen
tury. But still a man that any one
can meet, be she or he ever so poor
in clothes or wealth, they all receive
the same sweet smile and kindly
look that one expects to receive
from one's own father after a long
absence from home. A man that all
good and clean-cut Americans, re
gardless of former party affiliations,
can trust, work and vote for this
coming November and rest assured
that the cause of democracy will
continue and that Justice and good
American government will prevail.
A man that has had a responsi
bility as commander-in-chief of the
A. E. F. that required not only a
great military leader, but an or
organlzer of an executive that falls
to lot of but few men once in a life
time. A man who does not know
what the word failure means, what
Is right and just, his record in
France proves beyond any question
of doubt that what I write is truth.
A man when leaving the land of
his birth, weighted down with sor
row after having taken from him all
that was near and dear to him, all
except one, a son, and then to bring
back to us all such a glorious vic
tory to American arms.
A man who believes in strict at
tention to duty at all times, and still
one that has the best interest and
welfare at heart of every man under
his command, his duties were heavy,
and I am sure that his Borrows were
such, in seeing the flower of man
hood destroyed from all angles, be
cause he was as a father to them
all.
A man who does his duty to his
country at all times and does it
well, and does not shout it from
every house top, but who travels
about the country and talks good
common American sense, using as
his subject Americanism, from the
child at its mother's knee to grown
womanhood and manhood.
A man who has had the privilege
of coming in contact with many of
the world's statesmen, military,
naval, and the rank and file of the
people, and I am sure with honor
to them and to him, and whose star
will continue to shine brighter and
brighter so long as he lives, and
whose memory will remain with the
American people for centuries. v
Very sincerely yours.
A, E. HEFFNER,
"I see the girls of an Eastern college
declare that kissing is both safe and
sane."
"Perhaps there Is something in this
higher education of women after all."
Life.
ODD AND INTERESTING.
An ordinary loaf of white bread
is nearly, half water.
Red was regarded by the VEgyp
tians as symbolic of fidelity.
"Biscuits" is derived from a Latin
word which means "cooked twice."
The rnnsumntion of cigarettes in
the United States amounts to 1,400
a second.
The Chinese were ngnting wnn
guns at a time wnen jiiuropeans
used bows and arrows.
If the appetite of man were
equivalent to that of a spider, he
could eat a prize ox in twenty-four
hours, and yet call for a "snack"
before going to bed.
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Witch Hazel
for Sore Eyes
There is nothing better for sore,
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witch hazel, camphor, hydrastis, etc.,
as mixed in Lavoptik eye wash. The
camphor and witch hazel soothe and
relieve the inflammation the hy
drastis and other ingredients have
tonic and antiseptic properties. We
guarantee a small bottle Lavoptik
to help ANY CASE weak, strained
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Drug Stores and all leading druggists.
J. B. Redfield
Square Deal
Printing
The price per hour for the various operations
in the manufacture of.K-B printing is based oh the
cost of production taken from our cost records.
We know the cost of every; hour we have pro
duced in the various departments for the past five
and one-half years.
We decline to gamble as to the time it will
take to produce a given piece of printing, for the
reason that we have an accurate method of arriving
at the exact time when the work is completed,
which guarantees the buyer that he will not be
overcharged.
This is our square deal .method of serving the
buyers of printing, and has proven satisfactory to
both large and small buyers. It eliminates the old
fashioned barter and trade practice, and gives
every customer a strictly square deal.
The K-B System is based on good, sound, prac
tical business principles, which have been in active
operation for the past five and one-half years.
K-B Printing Co.
Redfield & Milliken, Owners
Opcft Shop Prlntinf
Harvey Milliksa
The Day We Celebrate.
I'aul L. Martin, former dean of
Crelghton Law school, born 1881-
Fred A, Castle, hotel man, born
1869. ,
Ixiuls R. Met, capitalist, born
18TS.
lit. Hon. Sir Janus H. M. Camp
bell, Lord Chancellor of Ireland
born 69 years ago.
Earl of Derby, who served as Brit
lbh ambassador in I'aria during the
latter period of the war, born In
London 5 years ago.
Pierre Monteux, conductor of the
Boston Symphony orchestra, born in
1'aris 45 years ago.
J. Frank Hanly, former governor
of Indiana, born at St. Joseph, lit,
57 years ago.
Tris Speaker, manager of the
Cleveland American league baseball
nlub, born at Hubbard City, Texas,
33 years ago.
Thirty Years Ago In Omaha.
General Manager Clark ordered
the construction of another track on
the Belt Line road from the Web
ster street depot to South Omaha.
Dean Gardner of Trinity Cathed
ral invited a number of young men
to his home and a literary club was
formed, with Frank L. Haller as its
first persident.
Bishop Oeorge Worthington con
firmed a class of four young ladles,
students at Urownell Hall, at St.
Mathius church.
Tom Mulvihill was arranging to
convert Turner Hall in South Omaha
into a theater.
Happens Every Four Years.
Bolting Bryan before he Is nomi
nated is no novelty In democratic
circles. Wall Street Journal.
FROM HERE AND THERE.
The Saturday half holiday Is tin
novelty; It was the rule in England
in the ISth and 14th centuries.
Fifty year ago Boston was the
only place in the United States
where the process of diamond-cutting
was carried on.
Cleveland. O., Is said to have a
larger Ciech population than any
city of Ciecho-Slovakia, wih the ex
ception of Prague. '
The sessions of the United Stats
senate for several years after th
establishment of the federal govern
ment were all secret.
The atmosphere Is said to be so
dry tn certain sections of Argen
tina that a large bowl of water un
covered in. the morning Is dry
night.
The state of Michigan contain.
6.144 inland lakes, covering an earea
of 1,114 square miles, besides a
waterfront on the great lakes of
1.8S0 miles.
For the last 75 years Massachus
etts has led the world In te pro
duction and application of improved
machinery in the manufacture of
shoes.
The manufacture of shoe pegs
was once a leading industry in New
Hampshire. Half a century ago the
granite state made as many bushels
of shoe pegs as she raised of oats.
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HARP
SCHOOL
Harps
Furnished
Pupils
SOS Lyric Bldr
Phons Douf. 8704
rv every reaister, as tKroixaK-
out the whole gamut or
tone, transcendent pemtv
soul- satisfying gift of the
ibis.
s1
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rri4iv rWnlf ATlA
'Uin'Ulxr AnuAnned. aftifttr
marvel at its matchless tonal
beauty, and wonder at its cause.
tecvet lies
in the revolutiona?
and epoch-rnaKinq
"tension resonator
or this pianoforte
Sn71-rt n xmrr
mirade of one
wrroccqhr &Y&js
simple device"
AJjospeOls).
fir,
1513 Douglas Street
The Art and Music Store
April Sale of Furniture
For real values In furniture, patronize this big furniture event
An extra large stock of high grade furniture to be disposed of at
radically reduced prices. As a special Inducement to out-of-tow
patrons, we will pay the freight for 100 miles.
RUGS
Liberal redac
tions in all
room size Tel
ret rugs. A
large selection
to choose
from.
An Exceptional Bargain In a
Adam Period Bedroom Suite
Consisting- of a full sis dresser, cblffonstt. dressing-
table snd wood bed; tb entire suit to be sold
duricit this sale for
$231.00
All other suites snd odd plecee of bedroom farnl-
tnre greatly reduced.
We esjr sell for
less because our
spouses ere less.
Bo sur t prlos
here befor you
buy your outfits
r eyes single
piece.
A Sale of
Dining
Boom
Chairs
Can backs
snd geouino
leather seats,
marked down
J $4.50 Ech.
An Elrht-Piece Mahofaay Fbolsh
Adam Period Dining Suite
$153
A table, buffet and six beautiful chairs with renuine leather seats.
ouiiei nas iae unusual feature or a yeivet llnd sliver
wars drawer. The complete Suite,
only .
To make your
living -room beau
tiful, we offer a
rare bargain in a
Three-piece, CANE
and MAHOGANY
LIVING ROOM
SUITE, consisting of
settee, a fireside chair
and an eaey rocker,
upholstered in a beau
tiful shade of blue
silk d a m a s k the
three pieces only
$185
Summer Is almost here, and with It comes
that desire for a set of that cool, lieht.
durable, popular
FIBER FURNITURE
W list for sale a complete set, all matched
three-piec suits fiber set, upholstered with
hlg-h-grsde cretonne, dayonport aad two
h,n- $79.75
A BEAUTIFUL TABLE to match, Mly.Stl.SS
AN EXQUISITE! BiX-FOOT ELECTRIC
FLOOR LAMP, with colored shade, at
iy ssa.ee
A TEA CART, with rubber-tired wheals and
removable glass covered tray $M.M
All Fiber Furniture reduced II from
marked pries.
CORNER 149 AND DODGE STREETS
Opposite U.R Headquarters. OMAHA. A
