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THE BEE: OMAHA, 'MONDAY, JUNE 14, 1920 The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING SUNDAY THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. NELSON B. UPDIKE. Publihr. MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS 11m AsaoeUtea Prase, or which Ttt B ti number. I -eluimr sntitld, M the um for putiliestloa of til aavs direuchss credited U II lot etherwiM credited la Uili peeer, end also th keel am published herata. All rUbu of publicities at our special itHffhw an alas ntmd. BEE TELEPHONES PrtTeej Bra torjuni. Ask lot Um Terlaw 1 IWi Depeitaeni or Peraoa Wutad. 1 JlCT IUW Far Night Calla Altar 10 P. M.t MNarlal DepsrUnent ........... Tyler 10MI. ClnulsrK Department .......... Trier 1008L Adratlslat Department - Trier 100SL OFFICES OF THE BEE Main Office: 17th and Faraaa Bluffs 15 Seott 81 I South Bid 1311 M BV uui-or- i ewn omeeei Sts Fifth At, i Wuhlnrtoa 1311 O St. Bteesr BMc I Perls rtsnoe 4J0 Boa St. Honor Weej Tort Chlaafo The Bee's Platform 1. Nsw Union Passenger Station. 2. A Pip Lino from th Wyoming Oil Fields to Omaha.. . 3. Continued improTsmsnt of th Ne braska Highways, including th pa ' ment of Main Thoroughfares loading into Omaha with a Brick Surface. 4. A short, low-rato Waterway from th Corn Belt to th Atlantic Ocean. 5. Horn Rule Charter for Omaha, with City Manager form of Government. PARISIAN OR INDEPENDENT. When inclined to the perusal of intenselji prejudiced and unfair opinion on politics we turn to the independent press, and are seldom disappointed in what we find there. It is one , of the curious facts about the human intellect that when it sets itself up as an impartial judge of public policies it almost invariably falls into an abyss of error, extravagant statement and not infrequently stupid and offensive misrepre sentation. Take a certain New York paper, for instance, widely believed to be the ablest and most con sistent independent newspaper in the country. We find it saying that so far as the soul of the republican party is concerned, in the senate it has "shrunk and shriveled almost to the point of disappearance, and that i'as far as they (the senators) are concerned, the party has but one principle hostility to the League of Nations." No comment is necessary on so absurd a statement. We quote it only to illustrate the bitterness and uncharitableness which con stantly mar the utterances of the independent press. Usually it observes the outward appear ance of judicial fairness, even though it seethes internally with malice, vindictiveness and all in justice. Glaringly biased, while professing the contrary, it is an unsafe guide for any man who would be in accord with the principles of our government, and it usually occupies the relative position toward the political parties which the guerilla and the bushwhacker hold to opposing armies in the field. It is a wholesome thing to be partisan, which means to be a devoted adherent to the principles and policies of a party. It is a natural thing as well. The true patriot is ever partisan. He must be to play a whole-souled and honorable part in the government of his state and nation. The idea that partisanship is a weakness has been assiduously cultivated by the independent press, but it is a fallacy. Politically, partnership breeds strength. Only when united does any group of men accomplish anything in public af fairs. Divided they always fail. An honest democrat, a sincere republican, are both genuine assets to their country. The man who holds himself as too fine, too righteous, to mingte with his fellow-countrymen in their proper party associations is a liability under all circumstances, and too often a Phari see. The partisan has nothing to be ashamed of in loyalty to party principles. Perfect June Days Unknown In Frisco. People going to San Francisco for the first time are warned by an eastern paper that Cali fornia is not all perpetual spring. To impress the peculiarities of June climate on prospective visitors a number of things are called to at tention, to-wit: San Francisco calls for overcoats all the year around. There are no flies (but plenty of fleas) there. Medium weights are worn in summer. Families need no ice-boxes; milk and meat keep outside the kitchen window. Few straw hats are seen mostly on strangers. Mornings are foggy and chilly until 10, and evenings from 3:15 on. There is no summer outdoor life nor any amusement parks. Wherefore, Palm Beach suits and the usual impedimenta of summer travel are useless in the neighborhood of the Golden Gate. Even conventions held there are often chilled by a sense of what is going to happen in November. When Good Digestion Fails. Improper and excessive eating causes more disease than anything else on .earth. The pub lic would be astounded if it knew how many physical troubles and untimely deaths come directly from gluttony. Appetite controls al most all diets. Whatever tastes good is swal lowed, with little thought of results. We all eat too much, guided as a rule by our appetites and the supply in sight. So long as our stomachs, livers, kidneys and hearts stand up under the burdens we place upon them we give no thought to consequences. When they give a warning now and then we get a palliative from the doctor and distrust his efficiency if un able to take a full share of the next meal. Meanwhile the human machinery that keeps us going gradually weakens. The kidneys, the liver, the stomach or the heart makes then so vigorous a protest we cannot dodge. Again we call in our physician, and this time he says un pleasant things to us. He uses language that startles us and tells us truths we shall never for get about internal vital organs that never can be replaced. We learn with dismay that there is a limit to what the doctor can do for us, and that we have no right to expect him to relieve us in a few weeks or months of conditions which we have caused by twenty or thirty years of indulgence. Gone tnen is the "live forever" feeling we have always had. Our mortality is impressed upon us. And, worst of all, we learn that if a cure is possible, we ourselves must bring it about by self-denial and the curbing of our ap petites. The doctor puts it up to us. that we must choose our course for life or death. If life is to continue long the rich gravies, meats, pastries and sweets in which we have so long delighted must be discarded for the plainest of simple foods, taker with none of the hot and pungent sauces and relishes we crave. About one man in twenty has the character to turn. from his gluttonous ways, and after years finally to climb back inch by inch to health. The other nineteen take "treatments" at watering places, obtain temporary relief from medicines, or live for a time on stimulants. But they are busy three or four times day digging their graves with their teeth. Then they begin to drop off one by one in the late 40s and early SOs of the acute infections that put hearts, liv ers, kidneys and stomach out of business. Over fed, they have the outward appearance of health until suddenly before they know it their days are numbered. We used to talk of men "drink ing themselves to death," while for one who did that there were a dozen eating themselves to death. In time we shall be educated in this vital matter of food and drink. We shall learn to eat intelligently, that is to say, moderately. Then perhaps the proportion of diseases orig inating from abuse of the stomach will decrease. It is said now to be ninety per cent of the total, which is, maybe, another way of saying that nine out of ten of us are gluttonous. THE SELECTION OF HARDING. The people know their own kind. The eleva tion of Senator Warren G. Harding to the lead ership of the republican party in a campaign of transcendant importance to the republic is a notable instance of the untrammeled selection of a presidential candidate whose personality fits political requirements like a glove. It is a natural solution of a problem by a great convention fresh from the people, seeking in the midst of unprecedented political condi tions the one man whose talents, character, fore sight, sagacity and trained statesmanship best qualify him to carry into effect the unselfish patriotism and reasonable desires of the great est free people the world has known. The action came after a week of study, com parison and tests, in which personal enthusi asms, conflicting judgments and disturbing ex citements served to sift out all extraneous influ ences and bring a great body of men, striving to reach the one best conclusion, to a clear, cool, and wise decision. In no American convention was there ever a finer demonstration of sane government by the people. The nomination is also a remarkable illus tration of the almighty importance and force of character in times of uncertainty and deep con cern for the future. The candidate regarded with indifference ten days before as a negligible quantity, and therefore rejected by opportunists, became, in the-last searching analysis of records, personalities, experience and fitness, the psycho logical and inevitable nominee the one man among a hundred million to be the living key stone of our government of the people, by the people, for the people. The people know their own kind! One Lesson Well Learned, One political fact tands out in the work of the Chicago convention, and that is that it does not pay to make raids on "favorite sons" in their home states. Every candidate who adopted that policy felt the disintegrating and ruinous force of the animosities engendered by it. State" pride is strong and disposed to protect its own from outside attacks. Where for local reasons, those who enter to contest the claims of the home man may win seeming success, there goes with it a heavy burden of resentment that is certain to be felt later. Our guess is that attempts to slaughter favorite sons by their own firesides will not be popular for a long time to come. These hot days have been making the corn grow and ripening the wheat. Letus be thank ful for the fact The National Mao Nations thrive or flivver, They never quite know how; But interrogating history From Genesis to Now . We find their fate has always Turned upon the mob The ordinary fellow And how he did his Job. It isn't hifalutin Economic schemes We need nor men to peddle us Iridescent dreams, But just a lot of fellows Like Bill and Jim and Bob They're ordinary geezers, But they Stick upon the Job! Will Hays'a Way. The national committee was in a turmoil for the first time. The roller had run across some of the members' toes and they were sore about it. "I think it is a disgrace," shouted Howell of Nebraska, who loves to talk. "The Nebraska member is not parliament ary." said another. "I am getting tired and disgusted with the way this committee is acting and I shall de mand roll calls on all votes hereafter," inter jected John King, who held the proxy also of Boss Penrose. Will Hays heard the rumblings from the anteroom and rushed to the chair "Here, here, gentlemen; let us dwell to gether in all sweetness. Permit me to invite your attention to I. John 4-20. 'If a man say I love God and hateth his brother, he is a liar.'" "Who'd he call 'a liar?'" whispered the news papermen down the line Atlanta Constitution. From a Letter to The Sun. When Thackeray was in this country a young lady of Boston, it is said, asked of him, "What do you think of Mr. Tupper in Eng land?" The bland reply was "We do not think of Mr. Tupper in England." To judge from what one hears at street cor ners and at the club, nobody appears to care a brass farthing about. the president's veto of the Knox peace resolution. It would seem that people took it for granted that it was coming and would be Wilsonesque, and as it turned out to be tame and rather silly, nobody cares even to talk about it. I was going to say that it reminded me of a story that was told of Wendell Phillips and an early law case, but on second thought I perceive that the story doesn't apply. However, let me tell it: His client was an Irishman. As Phillips and Pat came down the court house steps the latter said in an animated tone: - "Sure, Mr. Phillips, we lost our case, but didn't you giye that fellow a fine basting! I'm glad to pay you," and the son of Erin was as happy as was the day long. The senate of the United States have not had such approbrious language conveyed to them from the White House since Andrew Johnson's time. But Mr. Wilson's criticism, as unfounded as it is undignified, has not the excuse of ignorance or lack of breeding. It is simply in shocking bad taste. POLYCARP. . Waihjpgtojju A Line 0 Type or Two Haw ta ths Lisa, M th iuIm fall krt than nay. THE V. P. "A scandalous flippancy seems ta control our dealing with the office of vlco president."" Th Trlb. There dwells among the trodden ways. Within th limelight'- glow. A man whom very many praise, And many others know. Tho' high his titles, wide his fame, And boundless, too, his pelf, I do not know this person's name; He does not know himself. I mean '(more 6lmply still to state) His name is now unknown; And yet a grim, relentless fate Has marked him for its own. He little recks that Nemesis Will snatch him by surprise; And sure, where Ignorance Is bliss 'Twere folly to be wise. AS one wipes one's glistening brow and hunts the shady side of the street it is a sweetly cooling thought that snow is falling on Mars. WE WERE ASTOUNDED. Sir: I can't say I was surprised when I found The Trlb describing Will Hays as "ubiq uitous here, there, everywhere," but I was sur prised (and I bet you were, too) when I discov ered the American Brahmin quoted as exhorting all republicans, all Americans, to "join to gether." BROOKINS. ONE is even more astounded that Senator Lodge should declaim: "Well worth our time it is just here 'upon this bank and shoal of time' to pause an instant." Surely he knows what state of mind Macbeth was in when he used that phrase. Why did he not go on to say: "Besides this "Woodrow Hath borne his faculties, hath been So clear in his great office, that his virtues Will plead like angels, trumpet-tongued, against The deep damnation of his taklng-off"? BUT perhaps Senator Lodge agrees with M. France that Macbeth was a worthy gentleman whose reputation was butchered to make a Shakespeare play, and that he would no more have dreamed of murdering Duncan than Mr. Lodge would dream of murdering Thomas Woodrow Wilson. This, That, and the Other. Sir: It didn't take the delegates long to get hip to our city. Recalling the old one about the restaurateur being out to lunch Nate Salisbury, who writes the ads for the Field grill, eats every day at Mandel's. Remember Tom Daly's refrain? I gat no love for Mister Lowd., No love for Johnson man, No lakka Wood or Sproul or Hoov. So how I gonna stan'? Zoology note: We don't realize until & G. O. P. convention how much Ivory the elephant possesses. Q. a. R. MARY GARDEN'S advertisement for nex't season consists of only three words: "Voice. Brains. Personality." It will give us great pleasure to gaze upon Miss Mary in her V. B. P.'s. "AUTHENTIC INSTANCES." Sir: My dear, I'm ashamed to take the pint. I've slipped on a slide that I couldn't resist and spilt more milk than you have vin rouge In your cellar. Then I've gone home to maw bawling. Try something hard. I'll donate a shelf-full of 12 per cent home brew to anyone proving that someone crossed a bridge before he came to It- , . ANN. Sir: I understand the claim is made that some guy has been hoist by his own petard! To anyone bringing proof Well, you make the offer. I haven't anything left E. F. WE refer to E. F.'s communication to the Engineers' Association. But we will give a quart of currant wine to the writer of Foreman & Company's ad, who speaks of New York "mfgrs.', if he will produce an authentic dic tionary in which "manufacturer" is spelled with a "g." A WELL-FOUNDED FEAR. Sir: The calm which pervades the Hoover folk (of which I am one) Is, you will agree, fully Justified. Mr. Hoover does not depend on the presidency to "make" him. The way some of the aspirants are scrambling for the chair almost moves one to believe that they fear they will never again see their names In print R. L. B. JUNE. Careless June, her bowl of sunshine tipping. Now hath spilled It all; Through the leaves, like amber honey dripping, To the grass In golden pools 'tis slipping, Ah, Prodigal! All the lean grass from that hoard would bor row The thirsting flowers. Storing light against ajdark tomorrow, All my famished heart cries out In sorrow? "O Wasted Hours!" Naughty June, couldst thou have saved thy treasure Till my love's ashore, Spilled it then to suit thy wanton pleasure, We'd have given thee measure back for measure From our own sweet store. JESSICA. HINT to reporters, copy-readers, composite ors, and proof-readers: The council ,did not approve a scheme to "set the clocks back," but to set them forward. Cut this out. It will not appear again. IT'S A LONG WORM THAT HAS NO TURNING. From the Rlverton, Wyo., Review. No candidate, no matter who he is, where he comes from, what he Is, which way he parts his hair, how he ties his neck tie, wether he wears silk or cotton socks, silk or work shirts, whether he is dry or wet, gets anything or any support from the Riverton Review, free gratis. We have been lied to by governors, secretaries of state, auditors, treasurers, congressmen, senators, county officers, mayors, clean down to constables during our life of "rube dom," and now we say "never again." If you want anything in the Review, boys, write for rates. Promises are far below par at this office. They have gotten so they do not get us anywhere and anything; we like to eat, wear clothes, an' everything, just like candidates do. PARIS PAPERS PLEASE COPT. Sir: H. A. DuBois of Bois, 111., makes fruit and vegetable boxes of wood. W. G. A. "DRESSES, originally priced at $42.50, now offered at $45." Boul Mich ad. Tell truth and shame the devil. VARIANT OF THE VALVE-HANDLE WHEEZE. From the report of theAttorney General. T The government took the case to the. Su preme Court, where it was argued ani sub mitted to the last team; but a decision h-d not yet been rendered. Since the above was written the Supreme Court has decided this case in favor of the government. Quick! The Smelling Salts! Sir: Friend Wife gives pre-nuptial blow-out to sweet young thing about to become a bride. Carefully selects cooing turtledove molds for Ice cream from caterer. Party grand success until Hildur brings on dessert, a setting hen on nest. Bride faints. Tableau. W. T. K. TOM LAWSON HAS A RIVAL. Sir: In these halcyon days of oil stock ex ploitation I recommend the services of Gude, Winmlll & Co., Members New York Stock Ex change. F. L. G. A FAIR ANGLER. From the Kankakee News. Miss Reike Haabatte went to Gllman this morning, where she will spend a month with relatives. THE league plank in the platform will just about bear the weight of a cat. .Here, pussl B. L. T. Nothing has contributed to the recreation and amusement of man and boy so much as the ball. Marbles, base balls, tennis balls, billiard balls, golf balls. What would men do without some sort of ball to play with, indoors or outdoors? How to Keep Well By Dr. W. A. EVANS Questions concerning hygiene, sapl tat Ion and prevention of disease, nub mltted to pr. Erans by reader of Ths Bee, will ba answered personally, sub ject to proper limitation, where a tamped, addressed envelope la en closed. Dr. Kvana will not make diagnosis or prescribe for Individual diseases. Address letters Id cars of Ths Bee. Copyright, 1920, by Dr. W. A. Evans. MORE WAR LESSONS. Dr. Thayer, late of the A. E. FT, now of Johns Hopkins university, tells the readers of the American Journal of Medical Sciences of the length of time required by some 1, BOO soldiers to get back to normal after being sick or being operated on. Here are some statements ab stracted from his table. The figures show the number of days In hospital and convalescent camps: Influenza 31 days Pneumonia 58 days Acute bronchitis 3 6 days Mumps 39 days Measles 27 days Scarlet fever 77 days Catarrhal jaundice 38 days Diphtheria 57 days Tonsilitis and sinusitis 34 days After operation for hemor rhoids 45 days After operation for hernia. . 50 days After removal of tonsils 37 days But when the men went back to duty they were in first class condi tion. Two months after another group of convalescents had returned to their, commands from a conva lescent camp in France it was found that 99 per cent were at work and were in first class condition. Convalescent camps were found to be of great advatage soon after we entered the great ' war. They emp tied hospital beds for use of the acutely sick and wounded. Just as Important they put the convalescent where he could retrain his muscles, loosen up his stiff joints, get back his wind and endurance, get color in his cheeks, regain his appetite and digestion, get into a proper frame of mind and accustom himself anew to discipline. Before the camps were estab lished, convalescents were sent back to their commands before they were strong enough to work. They were carried on camp sick rolls while they lounged about in quarters. This experience of the army In France carries lessons for us in Civil life. Not every case of tonsilitis, not even the average, requires thirty four days to convalesce, nor every case of influenza, thirty-one days, nor pneumonia, fifty-eight days. The average cases over there were back at regular roll call after much shorter periods of time. But there were thousands of cases in the mili tary hospitals who could not be sent back to the lines at once without harm being done. Dr. Thayer says: "In civil life the demand for space requires that the patient be discharged from the hos pital as soon as he Is confortably on his feet. There are a very few con valescent homes affording rest and good food for as long as two weeks, and great is the need for just such Institutions. If there could be such Institutions equipped with workshops and gardens in which the conva lescent might regain capacity for sustained use of his muscles less chronic invalidism would follow acute illness." Effects of Hot Baths. A. G. writes: "1. How much truth is there in the statement that staying under a shower bath weak ens one? What would be the cause of such weakening? 2. How long, generally speaking. Is It best for a hot shower to last?" REPLY. 1. None. 2. As a rule just long enough to wash oft the soap, say three min utes. The above questions and an swers have reference to cleansing baths. Showers hot and cold are used in different ways and for dif ferent lengths of time In the cure of different diseases and the relief of different symptoms. Undesirables. Mrs. B. writes: "What will take nits out of a girl's hair? She has tried every known cure, but cannot find anything that helps." REPLY. ' Wash with vinegar. Leave on for one-half hour. Wash the vinegar out with water. Comb with a fine tooth comb. Grease the hair. If there are no insects to lay a new supply of eggs, this will end the nits. I Doing Well Mrs. G. P. writes: "Should a 16 months' old baby be able to eat vegetables? I mash them as fine as I can, but In his stools he seems to pass them without digesting. Do you think I should force him to eat eggs? Ho dislikes them very "much. His bowels move three times a day. Is that too often? He Is never sick." REPLY. When a baby gives a history of never being sick not much change need be made in the food. Three bowel movements a day will not do harm. A child 16 months old should eat potatoes and' most other vege tables. Do not force him to eat eggs. In fact most small children do better without eggs. Ailment or Diplomacy. Interested Reader writes: "Your replies to Mrs. E. S. and to S. B. In regard to sassafras remind me of an experience I had years ago. While teaching country school the good lady where I boarded gave us sassa fras tea regularly for quite a while In the spring. As I was fond of it I drank freely without any thought of harm. It was said it was good in the spring because it 'thinned the blood.' But after a while I began to be troubled with nosebleed dally, sometimes several times a day. My nose would begin to bleed without any reason. After attributing it to various things and trying various remedies I thought of the possibility of sassafras tea being the cause. When I suggested it to the good lady of the house she said, 'Well, cut It out and see.' Sure enough, after a few days the nosebleed ceased. Now, have always wondered If It was a happy coincidence' or was there a elation of cause and effect?" REPLY. Probably a coincidence. There la some ground for thinking that nose bleed is apt to occur where there is too much blood a sort of safety valve. If sassafras thins the blood It should prevent nose bleed. In all TftAOC "BUSINESS IS GOOD THANK YOlf LV. Nicholas Oil Company probability It made no difference either way. I think you were justi fied In "kicking up" a nosebleed to g t away from sassafras tea. Boarded around, country school teachers have a hard time. Nobody blames them for working schemes to get the food changed. I Lumbago Cases Differ. R. B. writes: "1. I presume have lumbago. Is lumbago absolute ly curable? "2. If so, how long does It usu ally take to cure a mild case? "3. Please give remedy. "4. Is there danger of It running Into Bright's disease?" REPLY. 1. Yes. 2. I have known of a case of lum bago being cured in five seconds. 1 have known cases to persist for Ave years. 3. Among successful cures for at tacks of lumbago are: Vigorous use of hot liniments, massage, osteopa thy, chiropractic treatment, eleo tricity, Turkish baths. Lumbago is rheumatism of the muscles of the back. If attacks persistently recur the focus of infection should be lo cated and then treated. 4. No. Examination Is Advised. J. W. writes: "I would appreciate your advice on the following: I am a girl of 16, 5 feet 4 inches tall, and weigh 106 pounds. I recovered from scarlet fever two months ago. I have lost my appeite for everything but sweets, developed a bad cough, and have a tired, nervous feeling. I have much trouble with pains In my back. "1. Would you advise my seeing a physician? "2. Is my weight correct? "3. Have you any suggestions to make ta help me?" REPLY. You're 12 pounds underweight, have a bad cough, and tire easily. This combination suggests the ad visability of a careful examination of the chest. What Thrombosis Is. X. Y. Z. writes: "1. What is thrombosis? What causes It? "2. I have a singing in my ears most of the time. Is it because or lack of blood in the Drain or Inflam mation of the Eustachian tubes? "3. What causes one to be light headed with a feeling of falling over? I notice that wnen I use my eyes constantly, as In writing, that n Is more likely to come on. "4. (a) How long does it take one to recover from the effects of being under ether one hour and 15 min utes? (b) Is one apt to suffer months with different symptoms from it? (c) Does it affect the lungs and eyes?" REPLY. 1. The local condition which arises when a clot forms in a blood vessel. Among the causes are In fection, as In milk leg of child birth; swollen leg of typhoid fever, and also disease of the vessel wall, as in varicose veins. Thrombosis as a cause of paralysis is generally due to the extension of an infection to a blood vessel of the brain from near by bone. 2. Generally due to trouble in 'the niddle ear, including the tubes. 3. There are several causes. Among them are disease of the mid flle ear and eyestrain. 4. (a) A few hours, (b) No. (c) No. "A Figure From a Novel1 Life In Open Air Helps. I. G. writes: "For eight years I have been troublde with a disease in my right foot. The doctors call it osteomyelitis of the fibula. I also have the disease in my right hand and the doctor called it osteomylttis also. My foot has been operated on three times and my hand twice. Every year about this time my hand begins to pain and swells so. I am either operated on or it stays that way for a few weeks and then the swelling disappears entirely. I am now 17 and have been to many doc tors and they all say that in due time I will be cured. Do you think I can be cured? I would be much obliged If you could tel lme where I can get any information about this disease." REPLY. You can be cured. You need to build up you rresistnee. Eat plenty of good nutritious food. Keep In the open air as much as possible. Permit the skin of your feet and bands to burn to a dark brown. Fol low yonr physician's directions. There are no books on osteomyeltls written in simple language. You will find the subject covered in books on surgery. Ask for one at the nearest library. If they have none, they can direct you to a library car rying medical books. From the London Telegraph. A life of stirring adventure and romance has closed in the death, at 71, of Kald Sir Harry Maclean at Tangier. The son of Andrew Mac lean (of the Macleans of Drlmaln). he obtained a commission In he old 69th Foot, and, when stationed at Gibraltar, crossed over to Tangier. He was Introduced to the sultan of Morocco, who wanted a counselor, soldier, man of business and diplo mat combined. The sultan invited young Maclean to enter his service; the offer was accepted and in Mo rocco he remained for practically the remainder of bis life. At first an instructor to the Mo roccan army, he speedily became very popular with the soldiers and their monarch, -and was appointed commander-in-chief with a salary of 7,000 ($35,000) a year and a palace in Fez, where he lived in Oriental magnificence. A man of great courage and infinite resource, he was not only military chief, but guide, philosopher and friend to successive sultans; at one time practically om nipotent, at another the captive of the picturesque and daring free booter Raisuli, the "Rob Roy of Mo rocco;" but all the time gay, debo nair, laughing at fortune and her vicissitudes, shrewd, a flgnre that eemed to have walked straight out of the pages of a novel. He adopted the life, costume and customs of the Moors, but all the time the kaid remained British In 'nterests (he was given the C. M. G. tn 1898 and the K. C. M. G. three years later for services rendered to the British government) and Scot tish in heart. He always kept a French chef and maintained an Italian orchestra. His orchestra did not satisfy all his musical desires, and he introduced the bagpipe of his native land into the country of his adoption, eventually forming a bag pipe corps in the Moroccan army. One of the most daring of his ex ploits occurred when he was on the march with the late sultan through the district inhabited by turbulent ribes of the Atlas. Worn out by fatigue, Muley Has san died and Kaid Maclean found himself in an embarrassing position. He knew that as soon as the death of the sultan was announced, claim ants to the throne would spring up, my one of whom might succeed in establishing himself at Fez before "he kaid could reach it. So the body of the dead rd'.er was borne on its way with all the splendor and-ceremony of state as though Muley Hassan was still mas ter of the restless empire. At last Fez was reached, and as soon as the rightful heir was com municated with, the death of Muley Hassan was announced, and Muley Abd-el-Aziz was proclaimed suc cessor to his father. Sir Harry could claim the quaint distinction of having been the first man to drive a hansom cab In Mo rocco. A good many years ago the then sultan Imported one of these vehicles into his country, and when It arrived at the coast none of his subjects knew how to drive it. In despair he appealed to Sir Harry, who good naturedly mounted - the box In the presence of a large crowd and drove ;.he hansom to Fez a dis tance of 120 miles. More than once on the journey, owing to the bad state of the roads, the wheels had to be taken oft and the cab itself car ried over the rough places slung be tween two camels. But in spite of little inconveniences like this, he ar rived at his destination, greatly to the surprise and admiration of the Moors. It was perhaps only natural that his popularity with his master should arouse a good deal of jeal ousy, and more than once a bullet whistled past his head during a re view of the sultan's forces. At other times he ran great risks from rebel tribesmen, but he seemed to bear a 'harmed life and came through un cathed. The most unpleasant experience which he ever underwent was his :apture by Ilalsull, in the summer of 1907, and Imprisonment till the fol lowing February, when the treat ment he received so broke down his health that on his release he could not stand, and had to return to Eng land for a time to recuperate. He had agreed to visit Raisull's camp to personally deliver letters from the Sultan, but on reaching . the brigand's headquarters he was coolly informed that he would be detained until the sultan had granted all the demands Raisuli in tended to put forward. He was left to the mercy of the bodyguard, who threatened and abused him by day and at night beat tom-toms to keep him awake, and when he expostu lated added his own tin-bath to the Instruments of torture. He was stripped and stood In the sun all day without food, and, whenever a relief force approached his sufferings were redoubled. At length, after seven months' haggling, the sultan paid the heavy ransom, ' 20,000 pounds ($100,000) and the kald was re- He was twice married, his second st wife being Ella, daughter of the late T ieneral Mr iiarry r TeniiertniKt. wno onquered and detroned Theebaw, the Infamous King of Burma. London Telegraph. ODD AND INTERESTING. During the last century the famous Yellow river of China has changed Its course more than a score of times, and now flows into the sea through a mouth 300 miles distant from that of 100 years ago. In Turkey there are two pre liminary conditions stringently re quired in the case of marriage. Both parties must be able to walk prop erly and both must be able to under stand the necessary religious service. Present efforts to signal Mars re call that among the prizes offered by the Parish Academy of Science to In ventors is one of $20,000, founded many years ago by Pierre Gusmann, which is to go to the person who finds a way to communicate with the Inhabitants of another planet. In the Dope's treasure house are two crowns which are valued at sev eral million dollars. One of them was the gift of Napoleon to Pius VII., and contains the largest em erald in the world. The other, the gift of Queen Isabella of Spain to Pius IX., Is worth probably 2,000, O00. She Obeyed the Law; Beat Death by Hair Kalamazoo, Mich., June 13. Fearing she might be arrested for spitting on the street, Mrs. Agnes Gibson walked, all the way home, suffering great pain, with moth balls, which she had mustakenlv The woman became violently ill from the poison she had swallowed, but physicians announced she will recover. Lad Forges Checks. A 12-year-old Baker, Ore., lad is said to have confessed to the forg ery of 11 checks. His work was said to be perfect. With friends' he collected $81 on the checks, then got himself and the others sick on sodawater and stick candy. He might have gone undetected, had not his stomach been bigger than his brain. TS THE BEST OF HTJMOB. Poet Tea, I come to the aeaahors every year to gate at the Ions blue roll. Pickpocket And I come ta ae at Ions green rolla. Houston Post. "This book Is damp. Tet evidently It I not just from the press." "Nope. The glrta cry so oer that book e simply can't keep It dry." Judge. 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