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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1920.
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A WHEN BOOTS WERE TRUMPS.
i": In the big shoe factories of New England
''ftti? Machines and one hundred people take
St. the manufacture of each pair of shoes,
Jpch. go through two hundred, processes before
they are ready for the retailer. One Massachu-
14,000
u factory has a daily production of
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shoes, each pair being in process of
jrforitrfacture fourteen days.
'It 'is a far cry back to the days when a
inl-niail made a pair of boots from start to
finish in two or three days actual working time,
but men now in the "youth of their old age" can
remember when every little .village had a half
dozen or more bootmakers, who found steady
and remunerative employment all the year
around on the bench making or mending foot
ear. Incidentally, the old-time shoe shops
were forurhs in which about every mooted ques
tion in religion, science and politics was discussed-rivaling
the blacksmith shops f6ropen
debates.
These town and village followers of St. Cris
pin began to feel the need of 'tutelar support
back in the 80"s when factory production was
improved in quality and fit and greatly in
creased' in quantity. Deserted by his patron
saint, the bootmaker began to fade away. When
he died, nobody took his place. And boots
disappeared with him. The factory men could
makeVtwo pairs of shoes, nearly, out of the
leather,' required forone pair of boots, and
four.dit profitable to push shoes, for summer
wea'5 at least. Young men entirely discarded
bootsVexcept ii the country, and in a few years
they, passed out for the general public, although
old.fyicn continued , to wear them winter and
summer. vVe have', heard old men say their
legs "wxre .chilly 'iff' July weather w-ithojjt boot
tops around thenj v
TVe boot period as a great- one to live in.
Fromhe red-topped, copper-toed boots of boy-
hoodto the de luxe boots, of elegant young
.&nnooa, tiif were a joy. About 1883 a custom-made
pair . -of box-toed French calf boots,
with' 'beautifuj , glossy Morocco , leather legs,;
cost around $14 and were the aristocrats of
footwear, good for two or three years' Service,
winter and summer. They conferred upon their
owner' the same social distinction now enjoyed
hy fliftse who oWn and use evening clothes and
a siTkliaf '
By fhe early 90's machinery and shoe cor
porations had driven out individual shoemak
ing, just as industrial competition has done
awaytvith the old village tanneries and woolen
mills, and the automobile industry has de
stroyed the small town carriage factories. So
runaTHie. world away from" many things.
Remembering Zion.
Just as the Jewish captives sat by the rvcr
of Babylon and wept as they recalled the de
parted glory of Zion, so has the longing per
sisted to this day, and periodically has the de
termination arisen to restore Judah to its'
eminence among the nations of the earth. Now
that Great Britain has fulfilled the promise of
the entry of General Allenby into Jerusalem,
and taken over the mandate for Palestine, the
prospects of re-establishing a Jewish" kingdom
is brighter than- it has been for 2,000 years.
Some of the practicat difficulties in the way
involve the displacement of a preponderating
Turkish-and Arabian population, for the domi
cilingaf Jews who will gather from the four
corners of the world. For in the dispersal of
the race has been fulfilled literally the promise
and the prophecy that the descendants of Abra
, ham should inherit the earth, liven after this
reinstatement of the Jew at Jerusalem has taken
v place, a more difficult problem arises.
"cween the followers of Dr. Ilerzl and those
who do not hold with his views has raged, a dis
pute hat is yet unsettled. Whether the Jew
is a race or a religion is not yet decided upon.
It is certain that in Anierica, England, France,,
Germany, all over the world, are millions who
will not cheerfully give up their acquired citi
zenship to take up allegiance to the restored
king'doTn. . Comparatively few American 'Jews
wiirT&ive$t themselves of the advantages they
have here to devote themselves to building up
the iiiew life among the ruins of the old.
.The" sentiment that has held this people to
gettier,Tbound in ties of common religion, and,
for many centuries, common .and dire oppres
sio'ni is" one of the most impressive facts of his
tory. Whether a return to Jerusalem will weaken
the"feotld by bringing another division among
thej' followers of Moses can not be 'easily de
termined, but an outsider may be pardoned for
venturing the guess that Zion will cease to have
soflje of the attraction it now holds when it
becomes recognized less as a fountain of pure
religion and more as a political entity of un
certain value.
A Temperamental Judge.
.landlords and tenants assembled in the
court room of Justice Morris of New York City
-i.il. nctrtnicrfprl hv an vtranrrlinarv mitLtirct
-on'ithe part of that justice the other day. Ham-
megng his desk with his fist the court an
nounced that if there were "any grasping, goug-
ft iny'jandlords present" he was ready to hear
11 hewt-rr
In A.Mruvc fnr itm a 11 d c hail rnnMDI tn.
I say thc might take their cases' to the supreme
I) fc$u& Acting &S his rob, .thjjusticc itHi
"Go to the supreme court! Go to the supreme
court I Go to hell!" The attorneys and their
clients left the room.
While public sympathy is all for tenants
whose rentals have ben raised, the bias and in
temperance of Justice Morris on the bench were
strangely out of place in a man sworn to de
cide ilfsucsvf law without prejudice or passion.
Justice does not sprl..g from brain-storms, and
we should regard this particular example of
emotional unfitness as a suitable person against
whom to bring impeachment proceedings.
Fannie Hurst's Views on Marriage.
Common fairness dictates that Fannie Hurst
be allowed to have her say in defense of her
astounding matrimonial arrangement. The Bee
feels it to be her due, and for that reason pre
sents extracts from her statement, announcing
her marriage to Jacques S. Danielson. In the
New York Times Miss Hurst (or should we
say Mrs. Danielson) is quoted to the tune of a
front page column. Among her first state
ments is this:
Being firmly of the opinion that nine out
of ten of the alliances 1 saw about mc were
merely sordid endurance tests, overgrown
with the fungi of familiarity and contempt;
convinced that too often the m6st sacred
human relationship wears off like a piece of
high sheen damask, and in "a few months be
comes as a breakfast cloth, stale with soft-boiled-egg
stains, 1 made certain resolutions
concerning what my marriage should not be.
The lady then goes on to enumerate some
of the things which she and her partner in this
strange venture agreed upon:
We decided to live separately," maintaining
our individual studio apartments and meeting
as per inclination, not duty. I
We decided that seven breakfasts a week
opposite to one another might prove irksome.
Our averag:e is two.
We decided that the antediluvian customs
of a woman casting aside the name that had
become as much a part of her personality as
the color of her eyes, had neither rhyme or
reason. I was born Fannie Hurst and I ex
pect to die" Fannie Hurst.
We decided that in the event of offspring, .
' the child should take the paternal name, until
reaching the age of discretion, when the de
cision would lie with him.
We decided that accounting for. our time
to one another would prove irksome and for
five years have enjoyed our personal liberty'
precisely as we did before marriage. Using,
rather thau abusing, the unusual privileges we
grant one another. My husband telephones
me for a dinner engagement exactly the same
as scores of my other friends. I have the same
regard for his plans.
We decided, that since nature so. often
merely springs a -trap as her means of in
veigling two people into matrimony, that we
would try out marriage for a, year and at the
end of that period go quietly apart, should
the venture prove ittclf a liability instead of
an asset.
In plain words, Fannie Hurst and Jacques
Danielson deliberately put aside the finest thing
in life, the equal partnership entailed in mar
riage, sordidly clinging to their own selfish no
tions and utterly declining to make any of those
little readjustments of habits which add to the
joy of properly balanced wedded life, because
in it are found the mutual sacrifices and conces
sions husband and wife make one to the other
for comfort and happiness. 1
Neither Fannie Hurst nor her companion at
two breakfasts a week has yet tasted the real
bliss of matrimony. What do they know of the
pleasures of planning, of building, of dreaming
together for the home that is to be, of the
children that are to come?- Of course, they
have avoided the troubles of rent, grocers' bills,
and other reesponsibilities and vexations that
come to married folks, just as they have evaded
the deeper, and holier attributes of marriage.
The affair is interesting just because it
hibits a mental quirk and not because it
riotisly threatens an institution that is as
as the human race.
cx-se-old
The Debt Paying Time.
There has not been a time for a generation
A'hcn the government could reduce its in
lebtedness so easily as now. The same is true
&f any individual. l is an ideal time to pay
Sebts, because money is cheap. A dollar can
be earned now -Ovi th half the exertion required
six years ago.
But the government is not in the business
of earning money. All it gets it taks from
the citizens in some form of taxation. But it
can e'normously increase its cash assets for
debt paying purposes by decreasing its ex
penses, and that is what' it should do. Consider
able progress has been made already in this
direction, but not half enough not half enough.
The citizen has an advantage over the gov
ernment in that he can earn a surplus if he
will, and at the same time add largely to it by
economical living. A billion dollars, yes, two
billion dollars, are spent by Americans every
year for petty and unnecessary indulgences.
Why not cut them all out until all debts are
paid? It is probable that in two or three years
maybe much sooner it will require twice as
much work to earn a dollar. That will make it
twice as hard to pay a debt. See?
Some Undress History.
In 1794 a Berlin actress was accused of an
offense against morality and decency when she
appeared on the stage in bare arms. In 1800
the daring wife of a rich banker of Switzerland
walked in the garden of the Tuileries with noth
ing between her body and the open atmosphere
but a gauze veil. In 1817 English ladies dis
carded all clothing except silk tights and a
transparent chemise, and wore rings on her
bare feet.
These incidents in the history of scanty
fashionable attire for women are related by the
New York Evening Sun to show, that what we
are now undergoing in the way of doubtful
dress are nothing new under the sun. Tie urge
to uncover and reveal becomes irresistible about
once every hundred years, it seems. Let us be
thankful that at least two of every three gener
ations escape the craze for immodesty.
Alta and Baja California days are being re
vived in the exchange of amenities between "Hi"
Johnson and" "Herb" Hoover. That wall across
the state at Tehachipi may yet have to be built.
Missouri and Colorado delegates will go to
Chicago uninstructed. It remains anybody's
opportunity for the nomiftatlon.
Admiral Benson is unable 1ol recaH exactly
what he said to Admiral Sims. He probably
said it, all right.
Shoes have reached the peak again; v
the public dreads is a fresli start.
hat
Come into the
Time is short.
Flower fund right away.
A Line 0' Type or Two
Hew to the Line, let the tulpi tall teller they mi.
CONCERNING Fanny Hurst's matrimonial
arrangements, Mrs. .Countiss says that if , the
marriage is successful, "or in any event," it is
no concern of the public. Yes and no. But it
is certainly of no interest to the public if it is
successful. The public is interested only in
discord. - ' .
INDIRECTLY, however, the public is inter
ested. The happy couple referred to occupy
two establishments, a selfish arrangement con
sidering the shortage of houses and apartments.
And needlessly expensive. Obviously, "seven
breakfasts a week opposite one another might
prove irksome." But this fastidious arrange
ment might be avoided by a large floral center
piece, or, better, by taking in two morning
newspapers.
Please Do So. It Interests Ta Strangely.
Sir: Did you ever hear of the man who
made his wife return her new glasses because
he was afraid they would ruin her eyes? He
tried them on and everything: looked blurred to
him. He is the same man who asked where he
could buy hot applications. If he pulls otf any
more like that I'll let you know. St. J.
"HE recently buried the body of Nina Lee
Deloney, one of his wives, whom he had
previously slain." The succinct Associated
Press.
Considerate of him, not to say humane,
SPEAKING OB' BLTJKBEARDS
(From the Belvldere Republican.)
Wanted Lady boarder and roomer in
private family. Inquest at Xo. 408 N. Main,
or call 855-Blue.
THE. ruling against the sale of ingredients
for making the cheering if not inebriating home
brew should extinguish what little respect for
the law remains in the public breast. If "the
law creates the sin," we shall become a nation
of sinners, and much happier than sinners usu
ally are.
Here's Your Chance.
(From the Denver Post.)
The Haxtun, Colo., Harvest is in need of
a, printer a real, honest-to-God country
printer, who can do job work, ads, and feed
a Gordon and a cylinder, and who does his .
thinking between his neck and the top. of
his head; do not want a phenom, and have ;
had my fill of section hands masquerading .
as. printers; will pay more than a man is',
worth, but he must be able to deliver the
goods. Write Delavan W. Gee, Haxtun,
Colo.
WHY THE EDITOR COPPED A FAST
FREIGHT.
(From the Elgin News.)
Mrs. Alfred Caven and her souse-guest,
Mrs. Farson of New York City, saw Alice
Brady in ''Forever After," Saturday after
noon, i
The Gentleman Is Overruled. 1
Sir: After reading some of your scathing
diatribes against the use of the word Olympiad
for Olympic games, instead of confining it 'to
designate the period between those contests, I
should like to ask you and some of your classic
contributors read the subjoined passages which
are quoted from standard translations by Eng
lish scholars:
Herodotus: "And afterwards in the next
Olympiad, being victorious with the same mares,
Cimon permitted XMsistratus to be proclaimed
victor."
Xenophon: "The next year, being the 93d
Olympiad, at which the two-horse chariot of
Evagoras the Elean gained the prize, this being
a new addition to the games, and in the foot
race Eubotas the Cyrenean, etc." . .
Thucydides: "It was the Olympiad, at which
Dorieus the Rhodian gained his second victory."
1 B. G. W. ;
(The Greeks had a word to designate the
Olympian games, and another word to designate
t he period between the games, or the Olympiad.
However, we will submit tliC'point, without ar
gument, to Dr. Paul Sherey.)
"IS the Center of theEarth Made of Solid
Gold?" Garrett P. Serviss. . :. "
You know it isn't old top. ' But it may- be
solid ivory, ell?
SOXG.
(With genuflexion to Iaura Blackburn.)
I flame in gardens small.
I flame 'gainst castle wall,
Beauty to flaunt before you.
i t
I gaze with casual eye.
Smother the broken sigh, ,
And all the while adore you..
Can'st see this striking flow'r?"
Can'st hold his fleeting hour? .
Or does my love just bore you?
POPPV.
MAY 9 being Mothers' Day, the florists are
urging one to say it with flowers. Milkweed, is
Double Barrel's frivolous suggestion.
THE results arc sometimes deplorable. There
is Kd Freschl, who wrote the other day that
golf does not reduce his circumference. Very
likely not with his swing. He pr&bably en
tertains that curioiis notion of the "follow
through" which the writers emphasize the no
tion of "letting the arms go forward freely," as
if that would get you anything. -Ed will never
take up any belt-holes by extending his arms
m prayer.
Asides.
You may relieve his mind. He
S. G. C:
didn't.
O. M. K.: A good scenario. But in a tale, as
in a symphony, it is the dcvelppment which
shows the master.
THERE was a .lecture at a Barrington
church last Sunday, and the bill read, "A thirty-five-cent
offering will be asked.". Any war tax
on offerings?
CRUEL AND UNUSUAL,
(From the Salt Lake Tribune.)
Pocatello, Idaho. Guy Dutton struck
Patrolman Howard on the viaduct yester
day, and nearly put the officer out.
IT'S BEEN MADE FROM WORSE THAN THAT
Agana, Mar. 23. Has the Line ever been
made from Gaum? SIM NIC.
WE wonder whether the R. J. Belford, who
died in California the other day, was the founder
of BelforrJ's Magazine. All we remember of it
wa9 that it had a light blue cover, and that it
published our first short story,.' for which it
parted with twelve dollars. Why twelve? we
always wondered. Why not ten? Ten was
enough? '' B. L. T,
OteVELVET
HAMMERS
Tirj Jlrlhur "Brooks T5aKcr
O. W. ELDRIDGE.
The artist of the orient is quite a crafty guy.
His stuff, of course, was never meant to please
the western eye. His dreams are full of
dragons and his bean is full of birds too foreign
for destruction and too comical for words; but
elegant Americans of fashionable trend are very
fond of posing as his patron and his friend.
, To humor their propensity and hive their
swarming coin provides a game in which the
gifted merchant loves to join. To gather
graven elephants in ivory or brass and peddle
them to millionaires of quality and class; to
deal in pheasants woven on a field of red or
blue, provides a very profitable, pleasant thing
to do.
For though we speak of art as an expression
of the soul, believe me, gentle country friend,
that's not its only goal. The autumn sunset
colored by a gifted, long-haired guy may be the
outburst of a 'yearn for noodle soup and pie.
The ship with rockets flaming in a frenzy of
distress may be the artist's best appeal for
hosiery and dress.
So let us cheer for Eldridge and successful
efforts made for practical promotion1 of our
oriental trade. Though cast is east and west
is west, and both are far apart in aims and .plans
and purposes, in industry and art they find a
common meeting place where both are niiicii
the same the chase of yen or dollar in the
sprigatly business game.
How to Keep Well
By Dr. W. A. EVANS
KNOWLEDGE AVERTS FEAR.
"What," J. B. B. asks, "is the
probable caus of a feeling . some
thing like hot flashes, burning sensa
tion, succeeded by cold feelins and
perspiration? This occurs frequently
during the day as well as the night.
The person afflicted is a woman past
60 years of age."
In the same mail there was an
other letter from a woman who
,wrote:
"A friend of mine suddenly began
to have spells of a sort of overheated
sensation, breaking out in perspira
tion. These were succeeded by chilly
spells. She would be so frightened
and in cold weather would throw
?pen the windows or run out of
doors. She seemed to lose her head
over it and made herself very con
spicuous at bridge parties, et.
"I took her aside one day and told
her she was having change of life
and that her hot flashes were nat
ural manifestations of that period,
got her some lutein to take, and now
she is getting along fine. Don't you
think it would be a good idea to tell
women how these flashes manifest
themselves, that there is ao danger,
etc.?"
As a rule women know the symp
toms of change of life. Many of
them learn them years before .they
may be expected and worry some
what in anticipation. When passing
through this period many women de
velop the self pitying habit. On the
other hand, there are women,1 like
the two referred to in the above, let
ters who know nothing of the symp
toms. When, like lightning out of a clear
sky, there come hot flashes and cold
sensations they are likely to be ap
prehensive lest it means the oncom
ing of some serious organic disease.
Some of them give Way to emotional
outbursts making themselves con
spicuous and bringing down on their
heads the ill-will, contempt or pity
of others.
The more important symptoms are
hot flashes, cold sensations, breaking
out in perspiration, sense of suffoca
tion, disturbances of circulation, emo
tionalism, irregular menstruation.
The ovaries secretes certain sub
stances which are poured into the
blood stream and which help the
woman to maintain her poise during
the ages 15 to 55. When at puberty
this secretion begins to ponr into her
blood the young girl must make emo
tional adjustments. When at 50 the
supplr of this secretion begins to les
sen the woman must again make
emotional and physical adjustments.
If the supply, is diminished rapidly
the woman has hot flashes and other
symptoms. If it diminishes more
slowly she escapes most of these
manifestations of the menopause.
The symptoms are- always out of
proportion of their importance. They
do not indicate oncoming death, or
even danger to health. At most,
they mean discomfort. To the well
informed, well-poised, sensible, level
headed woman they are not a source
of fear or anxiety or disturbance of
mind. She knows that by the moder
ate use of lujtein and proper atten
tion to her bowels and other bodily
functions she will come through with
safety and only moderate discomfort.'
She knows that there is no other'
part of a woman's life in which she
Is so efficient, energetic, poised and
judgmatical as this one.
May Need Operation.
B. C. writes: "I dislocated the car
tilage of my right knee a year ago.
For some time it pained me and then
it seemed to go back in place. Now
it troubles me again. Do I need somo
kind of treatment? If so, what kind
would help, or will it gradually wear
away? Is that a form of arthritis
and can arthritis be cured?"
REPLY".
Dislocated cartileges and loose
bodies in the knee joints are not in
frequently sources of trouble. If the
inconvenience is great enough to jus
tify it, have the knee operated on.
No other treatment accomplishes
anything.
Bicycle Helps Health.
T. H. T. writes: "Is the bicycle gen
erally considered promotive of good
health?"
x REPLY.
Yes, and rightly po.
Chiefly Good to Sell.
R. F. H. writes: "I should like to
know how much sulphur and cream
of tartar must I mix with a pint of
molasses and if there is anything else
to mix with it for a 'spring medicino
for the blood.' "
v. REPLY.
No spring medicine for the blood
taken from a bottle or box is worth
tho cost of tho label. Young rad
ishes, onions, green peas and salad
are the best of all spring tonics."
For Broken Arches.
K. M. writes: "1. What treatment
do you recommend for fallen or
broken arches?
2. Do you approve of metal sup
ports?" HE PLY.
1. Develop the muscles of your
feet and lower legs. Wear broad
shoes. Walk with your toes turned
in. Adjust the height of your heels.
2. Metal supports give temporary
relief. They sometimes case the
pains. But if continued for any
length of time they make matters
worse. Their action can he com
pared to that of morphine or head
ache medicine. These give tem
porary relief, but if continued long
make the basic condition worse.
Variety of Subjects.
H. J. G. writes: "1. Are raw
onions healthful or unhealthful? If
healthful why, and vice versa?
"2. Is Swiss cheese good or the
Stomach ? . ...
"3. What causes holes"4 in the
teeth-and dof you think it advisable
to have a t6oth with a hole -in it
filled? If so, whv?"
REPLY.
1. They are just as healthful as
other good vegetable foods and for
the same reason.
2. Swiss cheese eaten slowly and
well chewed is a good food and
easily digested. It is good for the
stomach in that sense.
3. Decay in teeth is due to acid
manufactured by bacilli vyhich live
on starch and sugar. To prevent
decay keep the mouth and teeth
clean. Eat sparingly of sugar,
sweets, and soft, mushy foods. Cavi
ties in teeth should be rleaned and
filled without delay. Otherwise the
cavities enlarge and destroy the
tooth, cause toothache and abscesses
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D. 4121. 1905 Farnam St.
iees
About Profiteers.
Stamford, Neb., April 2?. To the
Editor of The Bee: I note in Thd
Bee an article on the price of spuds
and that there must be something
decayed In Denmark. I note, too,
in an earlier' issue of Tho Bee, 1,300
indictments for profiteering, a few
convlcnons and a very few jnil sen
tences. 1 conclude from this that
the government may act. If fines
and Jails won't stop these fellows,
why not change the punishment to
ale of property and confiscation?
About once would be sufficient. And
the government or the state could
use tho process I believe they can
be stopped. I believe the same
remedy could be used on the pro
fessional tax dodger. Confiscate the
property that he doesn t give in.
Something will have to be done and
why not commence. This would be
a law severe enough so that it would
not have to be used to any great
extent. Yours for swatting the
profiteer. SWATTER.
Veteran Writes on War.
St. Paul, Neb., May 1. To the
Editor of the Bee: I would like to
have a little talk with Bert Bahr of
Grand Island. He says $13 a month
went a long way with the heroes of
the Civil war. Money was so depre
ciated at that time it was not worth
35 cents on the dollar, and It took
just about a month's pay to go up to
the sutler s store and purchase an
ordinary meal. A glass of schnapps,
one cigar,, a plug of tobacco and
some little sundry rations and your
$13 was a gone goose. I can give
you prices of a few essentials to us
boys of '61 to '65; Kinnikanic to
bacco (principally concocted from
red willow bark, the same as the
aboriginal Americans used in their
council pipes,) was $3 a pound; a
very ordinary "snipe," 25 to 50
cents; $20 was an average price for
a canteen of applejack or "red eye,"
called by some "booze," while a pair
of boots cost from $16 to $25.
We didn't have Salvation lassies
to smooth our feverish brows, to
chuck us under the chin with their
delicate little fingers, and present a
cup of hot coffee or chocolate with
a dainty lunch just on the eve of
plunging into the wire entangle
ments. Thtn there was the Knights
of Columbus, with their kindly, lov
able personality, to administer to
their aching forms, furnishing them
free gratis all kinds of delicacies,
and the Young Men's and Young
Women's Christian associations and
the government commissary to pull
on. They sure must have nad the
times of their lives, riding around
the country in Pullman cars.
Another letter in The Bee, from
Oakland, Neb., finds a fault because
the men of the Civil war now get
pensions of $30 a month. These
Civil war soldiers are all climbing
up near the octogenarian mark, and
never dreamed of applying for pen
sions until they became old and un
able to work, 30 to 40 years after
the war closed. This man asserts a
soldier then got a bounty of $1,000.
Tho first years of tho Civil war there
was no bounty paid at all. The last
year a bounty was paid, out tne
United States government never paid
more than $300, and few got that.
The township, county and state
OX
raised this money mostly to buy
substitutes.
He also states the Civil war sol
ulers were given homesteads. Civil
war soldiers had no advantage over
any one in taking homesteads. A
mujik from Russia or the most hum
ble, lowly denizen of the world could
declare his intention of becoming a
citizen and had the same advantage
a Civil war soldier and a great deal
more, for a man had to bo 21 years
ld before ho could file on the land,
and the great majority of the sol
diers of the Civil war had not at
tained tho age ot 21 at the close of
the fighting. - Consequently, tho im
migrant had the first pick and got
the cream of the free land.
L. HERON,
A Veteran of Three Wars.
IN THE BEST OF HUMOR
Khe I don't think It la rlht to
woman ran t keep a crt. '
He What make you y thatt .
Sh No woman ver tried. Th Wlaaw.
Toachi'r Olva th moanlnc ef paruk.
and writ a ei-ntem- containing It.
pu,,ll Th Hawaiian Mil their trinr
Instrument at so much per ka. Cartoot
Mafaalna. i
Mr. BrMery (reproachfully, Ton u
to ay that you wer tntoxlcatd by ray
beauty. . . .
H unhand Well, I'm rforrn4 dron
ard. Ixmdon Tit Pits. 1
Harrington How do you Ilka problM-
Hon? ...
Oarrlngton It I an lntarfrnoa with
tho personal liberty of my wlf, who mar-
Hod m to reform me. Lit.
Hewitt I hv myelf. ,
jowptt I don't blame you for not ipmJ'
In- any money an a lac ilk that Hou.
ton l'oat. '
Tie Po you approv of loh trottlnf
Shu Oh, no. I much prefer (h a,
tep. Princeton Tiger.
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WITH VARIOUS APOLOGIES.
When you and I were yountc, MagKle,
i otatoes were cheap enough, to- eat;
Real c:rcam did each day caress your
tongue, Maggie.
And a common man often ate. meat.
Oh, gone are those days of wines and
beers, Maggie,
And they'll never return so they ay:
Thoso days with no wild profiteers, Mag.
gle;
For the food we ate then, now we
pay.
When you and T were young, Maggie,
Of sugar we had a supply;
And Ma didn't always get stung, Maggie,
Whenever some groceries she'd buy.
Ten dollars then rented a house. Maggie,
For our luneh now, a dollar they steal,
And it would make a patron saint grouse.
Maggie,
To see what they serve for a meal.
Oh, let us b glad we were young, Mag
gie,
When horse thieves and murd'rers were
hung, jiaggie,
A . .n. half h.r.1 ,n hoar
HIIU 111" nooiL i. .mi. ..a.u .......
Yes, let us be glad wo have lived. Maggie,
wnen nair-cuis wwu juat twu
ayii.-i-w
And we" could get shaved for a dime.
M aggie;
Oh, when will this robbery cease?
K. R. COFFIN'.
Ambulance Service
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License for Drinkers.
At one period in Holland it was
the law for people to pay so much
per head for licenses to drink tea.
At another time all persons wearing
a, watch or using a clock were taxed.
Just Across the Street
from the old location you will find the
Central Typewriter Exchange
installed in their new home at 1912 Farnam street.
Through the added facilities of their en
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; able to turn out rebuilt typewriters of all '
makes that are as serviceable as new, and
remember
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