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UMAH A. SAIUKDA. MitfKUAK' 'Hi, iyjl.
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1. Nw Union Patianger Station.
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"2. Continue)! improvement of tho Na
braaka Highways, including the) nava
rnont f Main Thorough fnroa loading
into Omaha with Brick Surface.
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J. A abort, lowrato Watarway from tho
' Corn Bait to tho Atlantic Ocaan.
4, Homo Rulo Charter for Omaha, with
" City Manager form of GoTarnmaaL,
.. Mr. Lansing and the President.
If it finally be established, and credence may
well be given the tile, that Mr. Lansing was so
unceremoniously kicked out of the Wilsouian
cabinet because he had the temerity" to insist
upon' what he conceived to be his duty as an
American, lie will deserve even, greater credit
t haii he has so far been given, and that is con
siderable. -
Public interest in a singular chapter of Amer
ican, lu'story is renewed by the story that Mr.
Lansing sent a real ultimatum to Mexico in con
nection with the arrest of W. d. Jenkins, United
.States consul at Puebla. It was in December,
1919, at a time when, as it has since transpiitd,
the president of the United States was physically
incapable of attending to the duties of his office.
Ho was a victim oi cerebral embolism, which in
plain English means he had suffered t paralytic
stroke, due to ajblood clot on the brain. His
recovery was uncertain, his condition such as
gave .warrant to the assertion by Homer Cum
miags at"San Francisco that death hovered over
i hair sickbed at the White House. The -government
of the United States was without a head,
and had been for many weeks.
In order to prevent the whole system from
falling into chaos, Robert Lansing', then secre
tary of state, and in' line to be president of the
United States should the president and the vie,
president for any reason default in service,
assembled the cabinet for consultations.. Who
can think that he had any idea other than to
sctve his country and to preserve for his chief
government uninterrupted? Somebody had to
ake this responsibility, u Of course, messages
.ere going out from the White House, osten-
ibly from the sick room,, to which none were
admitted save the president's w:ife, his, private
secretary and his physicians.'
- ,nd when Lansing laredr address the Car
raitta government in plain terms on a question
involving the honor and dignity of the United
States to resent an affront that took the form
first of tlic kidnaping , and robbery and .then of
the incarceration of one of its .officials he was
.smitten by a thunderbolt from thatsick room!
. tThc world was , shocked, and the most
charitable' construction put on the incident was
thai it but exhibited the petulance of a sick man,
who'lhus exhibited resentment at the assumpi
tion of authority exhibited by the secretary of
state; in-assembling the cabinet officers for con
ference. Now it appears, according to a story
told Vith all circumstances, that Lansing had
jvcStTincd to assert the dignity of the nation..
How could he conceive that even a sick man
would be inclined to ignore an insult so open
and.so flagrant "Watchful waiting" had once,
sent trce to occupy the port of Vera Cruz, to
demand a salute to the flag, which' was never,
given; had made a vain parade of the National,
Guard along the border; had recalled Pershing .
from, the pursuit of Pancho Villa, and had read
'with no sign of deep indignation a roll of more
than "300 Americans who, were murdered in
Mexico after March 4; 1913. -This might have:
warned Lansing, but he could not, apparently,
brook the deliberate action of- the Carranza
government in arresting .an accredited reore-'
scntative of the State department and his subse
quent treatment as a prisoner.
Lansing is said to have threatened war; a
lot of Americans would have backed him up, had
the facts been known then. The incident de
serves to be kept in mind, for it is one of tho
least creditable of all the record of the adminis
tration that is soon, to be closed. The declara
tion of the Baltimore platform, that Americans
in their legitimate business would be protected
wherever thev mieht be. trot no harder iolt than
this. , -: '
in danger oi bringing about more harm J nan
good. ' " ""
"Ilonc.t nature's rule" may not always h.uc
results that meet the approbation of those vho
have made up their minds as to what is needed,
but it has brought about a pretty, fair quality
of manhood and womanhood, and probably pvill
be safe to follow "yet for some time.
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Save the Nonpartisan Law.
The Bee is glad to second the World-Herald's
editorial plea against the repeal of Ne
braska's nonpartisan election law. by which
judges, of state and county courts, t state aijd
county school superintendents and university
regents are elected without regard to party
affiliation or the straight party vote. tA bill to
wipe out this system House Roll SlO-ri's now
before the lower legislative house. It strould be
killed":
The Bee has no sympathy with the sugges
tion that the nonpartisan "election system be ex
tended to include other state officers. It' believes
in government, by a system which gives some
degree of party responsibility, for only by that
can uniformity of action be gained in the dif
ferent branches of government. It believes, how
ever, that this rule does not apply to judicial
and school officers.
The duty of the judge is to decide between
right and wrong. It is not his duty to determine
public policy or the means of carrying it out.
The judge should be free to act without regard
to special interest, political or otherwise. , -
The same thing is true of school officers. Their
problems are political only on rare occasions and
in minor degree. Their work is professional and
technical, subject to test by standards utterly
apart from those of political faith or expediency.,
The nonpartisan election of judges has been
effective in Nebraska for more than a decade.
For the most part it has proved satisfactory. It
has not aroused public criticism in any noticeable
degree. In this period The political pendulum
has swept from one side to the other in Nebraska.
There have been years when almost, every state
official has been a democrat; there have beenl
others, as now, when the democratic party has
been almost nonexistent, insofar. as representa
tion in the state executive offices has been con
cerned. Had the judges ' and ; school officials
been subject to partisan election in, this period,
men who had givcrr faithful and competent serv
ice to the public would have been swept out by
a political landslide, the causes of which' had t o
foundation -whatsoever in the administration of
their particular offices. This would hav oper
ated sometimes to the advantage of democrats,
sometimes to that of republicans. IBut in both
cases it would have operated to the disadvantage
of the public, whose interest in the sanctity and
fairness of courts and schools transccnas ?ts
interest in almost any other group of public
..offices. .
A Line 0' Type or Two
Hew to' tho Line, let tho quiee fill where they may
T
X4"THE Tobins of our educational systems,"
v.ori'imuuicates W. 1". Y. "overlook the fact that
it is not general usage that determines what is
tt shall be correct, but the general usage of she
people who know.".. Don't 'worry, Old dtyir.
After all, a child is educated at home. It is
"there that he learns that it is not considered ele
gant to say. "it don't," or to wipe bis nose on
his sleeve.
Another CrUtln Avoided,
t I'roni the Japan Advertiser.)
Mr. Splros Conatanttnidl, Greek Chutae
d'Affaires, announced yesterday morning' thai
he would not give a vocal recital at the Ameri
can School in Japan.
LACK of space (as Noah remarked when he
elose'd his bookings) prevents us printing the
entire pome, addressed to the Paeilic Coast
Journal on Nursing, but one stanza will give you
the flaver:
O. Nurses' Journal, edited in
The Golden State of the West.
Other journals we acknowledge
Good, but thou we call best.
Many interesting articles beneath thy cover
bright,
W'c peruse to our edification and delight.
"HANGS self to wife's door after she gets
divorce," informs a headline. Now this was, in
the 'worst possible taste as was also the conduct
of the Champaign butcher and the professor's
wife. This pair, the professor alleges, did their
love-making in an icebox which the butcher had
fitted tip as a drawing-room. We believe? that
even the frenzied lovers of J'The Red Lily
wonld have drawn the line at an icebox. v
A PAPER CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL ABOUT
WHAT IT PRINTS,
CFrom the Columbia, Ky., News;)
If the robbery goes to court the facta .'may ,
be brought out, and until such proceedings
are had this paper does not care to make a
statement, as-all kinds of rumors are afloat.
GEN. WOOD'S advice is good, but, like most
advice, wasted. Many are interested in spriatl
ing propaganda, but hardly anybody is interested
in checking it. -, t ,
THK THOUSAND AND
OXE APTERXOO.VS.
XIV. Story of the Housebreaker.
George Barrington Wild, gentleman of the
road,- was Indebted for his name to his father's
enthusiasm for the picturesque scoundrels of th,o
eighteenth century, whose recorded exploits
occupied five -feet of self-room in his library.
Seen through the haze of romance which en
velops tha-t far off time. George Barrington, Jack
fiheppard, and other heroes of the heath lost
that frightful mien which tho-. poet mentions, to
be hated needs but to be seen. One of these
scoundrels (whose name I have forgotten) made
a peculiar appeal; he lived as quietly and soberly,
as a suburbanite, and went to his work of house
breaking . after nightfall as unemotionally as, a
plumber.. Now the elder Wild was an honest.
God-fearing citizen, and he was greatly uis-.
tressed and scandalized when his son disclosed a
talent for picking pockets. He promptly dls-ownedV-rrtm,
never considering that the name he
had wished upon him might have been an in-
nuence aeiermining Uis career. For when a
Bunn. turns to baking Squms to medicine, a
Sriort
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Oregon 'Will Have No Eugenics.
. Governor Olcott of Oregon has listed as dis
approval a bill passed by the legislature, having
lor its purpose the making obligatory of physical
examination prior" to contraction of marriage.
The." measure required that women as well as
nien submit to the examination. It is probable
TV. a. wimM AfAfiBiArl n m Vt1ltt a -J flt Vlifc Of
else, that ed the governor to set it aside. The
thought of requiring; 1 an innocent maiden to
imuoA on' i'K ttfafirVtmn i rennffnint ta all ron-
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ceptions of decency. Society may have a right
to protect itself against certain expected condi
tions, but such protection should be limited
within what is the generally accepted notion of
propriety, and this stops short of-suspecting a
, oung -woman from a good home about to com
nirtinatrimony of harboring something that may
develop into a menace.
'' vMany minds also revolt at the thought of
breeding men and women on the basis of prize.
animals. The institution of marriage rests m
the" first pJce on the 'orderly perpetuation of
W race. It. provides the rational way of ful
filling the yiivint command, of following jiie
greatest xnd highest impulse of nature, that of
procreation. , The state of matrimony is , an
honorable one, anil, as ,the tittal says, should
not be lightly entfred into, but 'the way thither
should not be bloclrfd by any fool laws of the
Eight Year Change in Mr. Wilson. '
President Wilson is not a man to ask for
sympathy, but the, contrast between his ap
pearance on entering -the White House eight
year's ago and now is positively shocking. Two
rphotographs, the late one having been taken at
a recent cabinet meeting, have been widely
printed ,in the newspapers, and are sura to evoke
a feeling of pity. Eight years do not usually
make ,such a change in a man who starts them
out keen of eye and virile of body, as was Wood-,
, row Wilson in his first campaign.
. . Well may it be asked if the cares of the chief ,
executive of the United States have not grown
beyond the power of nan to bear them. Of our
cx-prcsidents only William Howard Taft still
lives. His health may be attributed to the fact
that the burdens of state sat easily on, him and
that he did not attempt the. wide activity of
some of our. other executives. Under Roosevelt
and Wilson vast extensions in. the duties of the
executive were made.. In his service to the na
tion as he understood it, Mr. Wilson has re
duced himself to' the condition of an inv-ajid.
That in some cases the people did not either de
mand or approve his enlargement of powers does
not prevent their natural feeling of sorrow at his j
crippled condition. Mr. Harding upon assuming 1
office will be confronted with the, same tempta
tion to exceed human limitations. The nation,
however,' does not ask or expect any such sacri
fice of its executive, profitless alike to public wel
fare and personal well being. v
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A Fifty-Cent Mayor.
The mayor of an Illinois town who has ven-
tured to ask that his pay be increased from 50
tfents a year to $8 a week no doubt will be re
garded by some honest burghers as -attempting
to make a raid on the treasury. The old Ameri
can idea was that public office made up in honor
what it lacked in remuneration. Thus it wa3 in
1809, after 44 years of public service, Thomas
Jefferson went out of the White House so, se
riously impoverished that he was not sure of be:ng
allowed to leave Washington without arrest by
his creditors. A loan from a bank in Virginia
relieved him temporarily, , but lie remained in
poor circumstances for the rest of his life.
As a rule, public officers are better paid now
than ever befofe. In villages such as this 'oite,
where the mayor is asking for $408 a year, the
requirements of the office do not prevent other
work, but still it is contrary to what is just to
expect xthc duties to be performed with only a
nominal pecuniary return. It sometimes appear ,
that where the rewards of office are so small in
money, the effect, is to bar any but uen of
wealth from entering on official careers. A clear
example of this is to be found in the diplomatic
service, where our ambassadors are expected to
uphold the dignity of their position by expend
ing many times the amount of their govcrnpien
tal salary.
Chase to life insurance, and a Gruoo to inn- Kconie fully prepared to make the
necessary arrangements for making
her Mrs. George. . After, he kissed
he he stepped back and exclaimed:
"Another dress, Midgie?'"'
, "What do you think of it?" she de
manded, holding her arms out from
her sides apd pirouetting gracefully
for his inspection. -.
"Wonderful. - ,Gcc, dresses are
high, aren't they?" "(i
"You don't think it's' too short, do
you?" ' - '
'I was talking (about prices," he
admitted. .
"I've a darling hat, too. Wait
until I gat it." -.
George viewed- it with mingled
-emotions of admiration and misgiv-
keeping, it is not surprising that a youth named
George Barrington Wild should develop a taste
for cutting purses and halting lone pedestrians
in the short hours of the morningx Young Wild
was ambitious. His motto was 'Onward and
Upward,' which to him meant ascending porches.
M aims too low who aims beneath the second
story", for there lie the jewel caskets and the
other prizes oi the profession. He had yet
to climb his first porch, but he had selected a
promising mansion in a fashionable quarter, und
awaited only favorable meteorological condi-;
tions for the performnce of the task. On tho
morning when Mr. Weatherwax had the ill luck
to encounter him he had definitely resolved to
abandon highway rwbbery, and he was strength
ened in his resolution by the thinness of the im
porter's purse. The pink shirt, however, pleased
him, as he had a pretty taste in haberdashery,
and he was attired in this garment when he set
forth upon his first worthy adventure.
It was a perfect night for ; housebreaking.
The east wind was high and cold, with a Haw
of rain in it, but the temperature was not low
enough to produce numbness in the ringers. Mi':
Wild was as careful of his hands as ,a pianiot,
and his touch was much more delicate and re
fined than that of too. many pianists. Upon the
sensitiveness of his tactile surfaces depended his
liberty, and his life as well, for although he
carried a large pistel hekept it unloaded as a
matter of policy. ' .
WHEN one's mind is tired, not so much from
exercises within as from assaults from 'without,
ah excellent restorative is a book like Mr. Bal
four's Essays Speculative and Political," just off
Comrade Doran's presses. Two hours'v com
munion with a first-rate intelligence . sets one up
again.
TE CONSIDERATE ED.
(From the Lancaster, Ky., Record.)
Should the names be given it would make
interesting reading, but owing to the prom
inence of some of the people involved, and it
. being their first offense, the names are with
held for this time.
"YOU remember,"' writes a lady reader in
California,, "the, astronomer predicted that 1921
would be a good year for triplets." And she
incloses the record of the marriage of Olive
Goodicr of Paradise and Jack Triplett of Marys
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Art for Art's Sake.
My Dad can get his stories
in any magazine;
Their checks provide our clothing -,
And Lizzie's gasoline.
But Art for Art's sake holds him; '
He deems it joy divine
"To open ur the paper
And find he's made the Line.
DODK.
THE news from Florida continues to fulfill
Hon. Gift Pinchot's prediction, that the new
administration will nnt be a miA-ninn nlTnlr
. i ou dont know anything more
imwtiUN im CLKKK KJ5G18TPRBD .about ,e, n0W thall vou alway8
. . . -... have. V
nir: a certain Drana is Known to the trade
as LelgVs trousers-press. Friend wife asked for
it in a department store. Tho clerk had a slit-ht
peculiarity of speech. "Leigh's?" heMsued.
"No," said she. , It. M. P.
THE REVELATION
By RUTH LOGAN
George made enough money to
live ou comfortably. "Hie ueal
room for which he paid his landlady
by the week, however, did not spell
comfort to George. He wanted a
home of his own. More than that
ae wanted Madjjc, that adorable
Tittle bit of extravagant feminity
who fitted in so entirely with his
scheme of happiness and didn't 'at
all fit in with his bank book.
From a conversation between
.Madge and the girl she roomed
with, George, gathered the astonish
ing information that the things she
wore beneath her tricolcrtes and
georgettes and satins were sent to
the dry cleaner rather , than to a
laundress, because Madge wore
frocks no longer thair those adver
tised in the daily papers, he Couldn't
help knowing that the lisle Stock
ings had no place in' her wardrobe.
Consequently George put aside
all thought "of matrimony and de
voted the early part oi the eve
ning to thinking exclusively ' of
Madge. And the longer he -thought
of her the more he wanted a home
until at last he cot up out of 'his
deep arm chair and deeper study J
and into, a top coat and started to
ward .Madge's flat.
Elma, her room-mate, had gone
to the movies but , before George
was admitted he was compelled to
stand in the lower vestibule and
talk 'through the tube.
"You must have an awful cold,"
George shouted.
"No, I haven't. T've justjvashed
my hair and I'm trying to tyit it yp
in front .of this little mirror over
the call tube. I, had a mouth full
of hairpins."
George's heart did a triple beat.
Here was an encouraging thing. He
had no Idea Madge would shampoo
lies own hair.
"Vou . darling! I'm. coming right
up. - ,
"You won't vet in if you do. Jjust
wait a minute." Evidently the hair
pins had found their place between
her Jfps.
At last he got in. Madge let him
kiss her. For months slid had felt
it to be merely a matter of time
until he should ask her to marry
him." He had already admitted that
he loved her.
As a matter, of fact George had
How to Keep iWell
By DR. W. A. EVANS
QiiMtienl concerning hyin, cunltation and prvntian of ditratt, aubtnitttd
to Dr. Evan by rtadara of The Bee. will be anewarad paraoaally, aubject to
proper limitation, where a atamped addreaaod anvelopa la encloeed. Dr Evans
will not make diafnoaia or preacrlba ior individual diaeaeea. Addreaa lettera
in cara ot The Bee.
Copytlahtmi, by Dr. W. A. Evans
ing.
"You. must have had a raise."
"No, . Same number of rocks but
I'm good manager."
It came to George bitterly that she
could manage to put- him on , . the
rocks; in no time at all. The' light
went out of, his eyes. He failed
conspicuously to lean over and kiss
her bs he was accustomed to do, at
intervals during an evening spent
without the chapcroiiage of Eltew.
He talked of nothing, in particular
and Madge helped him, a lump in
her throat and weiglrMat her. heart.
"Play something and let's try that
step we learned last, week." -
She mOved languidly toward the
victrola and put on a record. His
arms went about her and she caught
his step easily. But she Caught
something else the fringe' of the
rug and uttered a little cry.
"It's sprained," she sobbed.
"I'm so sorr" faltered George.
"Sit down, honey, and let mo take
off your pump." .
"SS. don't dare take it off." Ter
ror gleamed in her eyes. ' " '
"That's utter nonsense and' J'm
going to take it oftV'.And he did.
Then from his place on the floor he
li'fted his eyes to. hers land said
"Midgie, will you marry me?" '-
"Yes, of course. Ouch 1. George,
dear, you're killing' me. $ Don't touch
that ankle. I- think, it's broken. Why
didn't ..you ask me months ago?"i,
"Well how was I to' know-,
-wliat sort of a girl you wye." r
A burst of rage escaped her lips.
"You can't talk ' that wayto inc.
i Why not let the Yaps decide whether they
want their inland to become a cable station for
America or Jipan. True, there may not be any
native Yaps on Yap, but that lack can easily be
supplied. They are numerous elsewhere.
Admiral Tirpitz advises that the 'United'
States needs an immense navy to protect its v
commerce. Isn't that jast what he told the
kaiser Germany needed?
Strange no one has suggested a return to
the sod lipuse style of architecture to meet the
housing shortage. Yet they say those were the
good old days.
sor
If Lowden hat become secretary of the navy,
t just disapproved by the governor of Oregon, j would he have named the ships like his Pull
mans, or the Pullmans like the ships?
If need be.' the marriage of incompetents may
be prevented; restriclioi set about the coming
together of defective, yet even these may defy
ny statute that can be framed, short of perfect
isolation, while the regulatory measure is always
The thief who stole an overcoat from a cloth
ing store has an abiding faith in the grojnd
hog's (calhcr prediction. ,
MEALS at he Virginia Cafe ill Madison,
S. D are "40 cents and up." Or, as they are
sometimes called "transient meals."
V Trade Adieus.
. Sir: After I had entertained a -saleslady all
evening and had said good-night at her abode,
she murmured, "Thnkel Will that be all?"
I - ; CH. 8.
-.' "'HENRY FORD is poverty stricken intel
lectually, morally, and spiritually." Comrade
Spargo. n i , , .
HINT for Briggs: "Wonder what Henry
Ford thinks about."'' - ; B L. T.
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The Picture Rage. ;
Mankind has alwa3 loved pictures. Rates,
without a written language, ha,ve left bchindv
them rude carvings and murals to attest the
fact. When an industry arose that appealed
to this ancient appetite with pictures that mocd,
it .did not have to wait long to sec whether it
would die or 'flourish. A dozen years ago the
motion picture business, as we noW krtow. it,
did not exist. Today the American public upr
ports 16,500 moving picture theaters, makes'
5,000,000,000 visits to them a year and spends
$750,000,000 annually for this amusement. The
Nation's Business.
Tip From Stock Breeders.
F. K, M. sends us the following: "If a mo
torist runs down a pig it is sure to be a blooded
Berkshire. ' Every chicken slaughtered is a
pedigreed bjrd worth $40 or $50. A yellow barn
yard cur is a wire-haired fox terrier. A calf is
always of Alderney or Guernsey blood in fact,
nothing seems to improve live stock like cross
ing it with an automobile." Boston Transcript.
, New Words..
y New words- appear now and thenT The old
time real estate agent is now a "realtor." and
the one-time undertaker is- a "mortican." The
other day a hobo came in to get a dime and
said he was a-JeisTtrist. And so it goes Hous
ton Post
m not a niece of metal to be
tested with acid. You may , ko.
That's the sort of a girl I am. Get
your things on and go!" :
"Oh!". gasped George, "you don't
iindeTs.tand me. What I meant to
say was howdid I inow you could
live oJ what 1 make. A- neW dress
every week and a new hat " t v.
"George," she was shrieking .now,
"don't touch my ankle. It's swell
ing I know, Doti't tell me it ought
to be bandaged. I know tha already.
I narlc that dress ouf of two old
ones and I bain lit that hat frame
fo- 98 cents, and the leathers were
Elma's. I can't put ny weight on
that. foot. , I simply wou't'try to
stand up. Take your hand off iny,
arm. I'm going Jp: lie on -this dav-ci-prrt
' lor weeks if this keeps on
hrrinig like thrs. What made you
change your mind tonight and ask
me'to marry you?"-- '.'
"This." said; George, touching the
slipperless foot tenderly., "Good
Lord! I never dreamed you darned
your stockings."
MUCH IN LITTLE.
In 48 years Alanka has produced
$500,000,000 in gold, fish, furs, cop
per and other products)-'
Ten-year observations' of thunder
'storms show that Tampa, Tin., holds
the retyrd for freouencyv with 94-1
in that period,,
A double-action spring instead of
n motor operates a new phonograph
that Splays ntandard record, yet
weighs only four pounds.
According to Le Matin of October
JO, it is estimated that the deficit of
the French, railways during the past
year will exceed 2,000,000,000 francs.
' A New Orleans man make a live
lihood by selling lizards, which are
uh(1 in various parts of the country
in 'hothouses, where they keep the
place Ti'eea-of insects. The litards
nrofft-Jdlit Jn the" s-.irroumling coun
try. nd because of their delicate na
' . SIMPLE "COLD"
TREATMENTS. .
Mont physieikhs ave agreed that
colds, coryxAs, pneumonias and brori
chitis are cut from the' same cloth.
One reason for thq continued high
pneumonia l-atus in thee years, when
all other diseuae rates are so -low, 'it!
the customary neglect of the com
mon cold.whlch the physicians call
corysas. . if people wquUI Jake care
of the coryzas ther would be fewer
pneumonias to vex Ihem. ,
Again, most physicians are 'agreed
that cold medicines' taken 'internally
do no good. Commonly a purgative
is prescribed, probably on the theory
that t is g&od on -general principles.
If the patient is one who feels that
he is not getting his money's worth,
if he is not taking medicine, a few
doses of quinine or . some sulicylutu
or headache -emedy may be given.
Perhaps these latter do give a little
ease,; but theyurobubly do no good
The old-fashioned remery was Dov
er's powders or opium or. ipecac
Maybe here, too, the achosand pains
were lessened,..but the price paliUfoi
a little ease wafl far too ureal. Peo
ple are 'not plnying with opium as
they once did. . '
Uut thci'e is 9, hanulesK Jocal rem
edy which does no harm, which has
always been popular with the lay
people. lt"isi menthol, or irs flrst
cousin, peppermint.- Dr. II. McOul
gan has recently offered a scientific
explanation of tne (benefit which
sprays and inhalatioifeKof menthol
and essence of peppermint give in
corvzas and colds in the air tubes.
These remedies are not astringents
and they do, not , increase the dis
charge. Then how do they act?
Some of the discomfort is due to the
thick, sficky mucus and pus-hlch
cover thfi membrances and clog the
tube N-
v Dr. McGuigan demonstrated that
much of this was foam. He made
foams of water and soap,' blood, sa
liva and other substances, which
foam readily. He then showed that
menthol and peppermint, cut these
foams in a most effective manner.
From this ho concludes that inhale
ing them or spraying them into te
air passages in coryzas and bron
chitis gives relief by cutting the
foams. To do this effectively the
drug must" he 111 the form of vapor,
a spray, or the gas given off from
menthol or peppermint cones. Since
there; is a 2 per cent' increase in
viscosity for every degree tall in
temperature, lie advises the use of
warm spray si or vapors.
you think that the thyroid is the
cause of my decrease in weight, or
can it be due to some other cause?"
RE PI A.
It is natural for goiter to get
worse and then better periodically.
People with goiter generally arc
under weight. Loss in weight is one
symptom of goiter.
Bcller He Examined.
. S. M. writes: "Sometimes, not al
icays, I have a temperature of 99 2-3
In the afternoon and my pulse is
libout 96. I become tired after a
little extra work. 'What would this
Indicate?" '
r ip or v
Tt might indicate tuberculosis
Have an examination.
On the Other Hand-
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K. A. C. writes: "I have just read
your article about peoplawith blue !
111 the whites f their eye, and was
very-much, interested, as that condi
tion happens to run in our family,
and always has befn more or less
of a puzzle to us and .the different
doctors we met. The trait goes back
as far. as we know four generations.
My. father's mother had the blue
whites, and shortly affer her mar
riage was thrown from a horse afid
her back was broken, but she lived
to be 95 years old. She had three
boys, my father being the only one
to inherit thi blue whiten. His
bones were brittle, but neither he
nor his mother was. deaf. He had
11 childreen, four dyin? in infancy.
Of the seven living, two boys
and two girts (one being myself) in
herit the blue whites. Each of US
have had a number of broken bones
and each of us is deaf. My sister
has two children. The boy has the
blue whites and has had a number
of -broken bone; . Although he ia
only IS years 'oTfi,1 He. is getting very,
deaf. - Of my four children one girl,
aged 17 years', and. a boy. who will
be 21 irj-.a few' weeks, inherit the
blue whites nnd eaeh have had a
number of broken bones. 1 So far
their hearing seems to be all risrht."
. t'sual.tof floiter Case.
J R. writes!. "Jn regard to. thy
roid gland trpuble, H , wanti to ask
you it it has a tendency, to become
worse1- in spring and fall..' I have
had the trouble -for four- years and
at times my . throat seems practi
cally well, an 9 I am not so nervous,
but the trouble seems to recur. Does
a person lose weight steadily with
this trouble? This fall and winter
I have noticed 'a steady decrease in
weight,, the ?lirett time since having
trouble with', my throat. The swell
ing is not nearly so noticable . as
at former times, but Rdo not under
stand why I hould lose weight. I
am a girlof 20. a feet 2 .inches in
height, ami weigh 103 pounds. Do
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A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT.
l roni the New loik Time.
Governor LoV.-den has ' declined
.Mr, Harding's offer of the Navy
department.' He doubtless has goocH
private reasons, such as the need
of looking after his personal, affairs.
Bit one public kreason which he has
chosen to give looks queer. The
governor says .that he does, not
want, to he secretary of the navy,
because he has had no "training in
naval affairs." This is to strike at
one of our oldest and most cherished
traditions. What landsman ' ever
before had a doubt that he was able
to preside over the navy? From
diaiia landsman-secretary who
stonished when he discovered
the confounded ship had been
made hollow down to v the North
Carolina editor who is the latest to
occupy tiie position, we have ' likd
a loug line of secretaries of the
navy who were little accustomed
to the smell of , salt water.'
WHEN THECABINET '
DISBANDS.
From 1 li r Waelilnjton Mar.
In private lilc again, Mr. Wilson,
it is understood, will continue his
interest ill politics, and if his
strength justifies, resume his activi
ties. Will the members of his offi
cial family, who arc retiring with
him, copy his example?
Mr. Colby likes politics, and plays
the game with such ?est he has been
republican, bull mooscr and demo
crat all within ctght years.
Mr. Houston was not rated ?s a
politician when called to the cabinet
table, but not improbably during his
service there has acquired a taste
tor the game.
yiX. Palmer has been in politics for
years, and it isdif ficult to imagine j
him going on the shelf at thid time I
of life. j
Mr. Burleson answers to the de- ,
scription of a "born politician." He
probably could not exist if -denied;
an opportunity to help make "the
wheels go round." And Texas will
afford him a char.ee.
Mr. Baker will return to Ohio,
where politics ii always in the air.
Mr. Mini well Is N'tiinliiHlcil. "
Omaha, Feb. i'S.To the Kdilr
of The Hee: .Heading the news of
your paper on the. 22d, giving thts
mimes of Provident-elect Harding's
cabinet. I feel f'.s a republican thai I
can have a choice, too, whether it in
carried out or not.
In our city, 1 have seen only un
man inentloneed as postmaster. I
11111 surprised that we have so few
capable in tho eves of the politician
to fill this very important place. V
have a splendid mail there in Mr.
Daniel, and the little investigation 1
made the employes all feem to think
a great deal of him. You know
what that means when men are
treated rmht, and no discrimination
on the account of creed or race you
get )U0 per '-nit service.
I have in 1 Mind a gentlemitii that,
would Lie iiloiiH' the same lines and
one whom the -nalnrlty of the post
office employes know. That is none
other than Franklin Shotwell. I am
not connected with the postofflee,
but I would like to bee the men
treated beltev, Uitm they were under
Mr. Burleson. I have had mjiiic bus
iness with Mr. Shotwell and have
sent friends to him on business ami
he ndvisses (he. 11 ami does no to their
best interest, without, their paying
one cent.
Mr. Shotwell is square, truthful
slid honest, and If tile Chamber of
Commerce wants to make the post
Office what it should be. they can
do no bettor than turn their atten
tion to this lnnn, ttmt ij liked by
every citizen 1 have spoken to.
. . OEORGli ELLIS.
Mr. Daniels returns to North Cai
olina, where for years lie has been
a political farce, ami where. he still
controls an influential1 democratic
newspaper.
Mr. Alexander will find Mis.-ouri
somewhat 'changed. "The overturn
last year in favor of the repu&lican
may make it difficult for him to rc
tafce his old place in congress.
Mr. Meredith will find Iowa re-ling
under a plurality of 400,000 for
Harding, with the dirt farmers of flic
state nearly all gathered into the re
publican fold.
Lastly, William B. Wilson will
again take up residence in Pennsyl
vania, .where detfoeras have never
baiT a chance, and where the republi
cans la?t year pave Mr. Harding a
plurality approaching 750,000.
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Then we installed the first curb Dump
filling station in the middle west.
This was much better but proved in
convenient for you. 1 So many cus
tomers called that traffic was blocked.
We then installed a couple of hand
pumps on our own property and in
vited you to use our speedier service.
s we grew we installed better
methods and the hand pump of the
''grant and grind" period gave way
before the up-to-date electric pumps.
4 They are accurate and give full gal
lonage. They do not tire nor fail to
givea full pump stroke.
It takes but thirty seconds to put ten
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