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The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1916-02-25

such preiudices?" | protested warmly. even if
| admit being born into the class of Idlers, yet my
lie since has thrown much into the society OF
those who work. | have even learned to work myself
beside them, and have turned toward them for IN
strueton. | have mechanics with me here-common
soldiers from the ranks-who my friends
Not socially, Monsieur That is the point |
make
"A distinction in your case I refuse to admit,
Mademoiselle. I bow to your will-yes If it
is to be good-by submit, but never because deem
you not of my class, or beneath me in any way. You
do insist2s
1T will be best I sorry, but l am it will
be best
Our eyes met yet she stepped aside and passed
me. 1t was accomplished with such quiet decision
that failed for the instant to grasp the truth. But
one fact Impressed itself upon me-those eyes which
had been lifted to mine misty with tears. She
was IN trouble, in Distress and yet she leaving
me. In that second OF time all suspicion all doubt
left my mind, and became conscious of a respect
for this girl, new desire TO her. Whoever
she Was, however strange meeting, | could not
let her pass out of my life like this In obedience
to the first swift impulse crossed the broad walk,
and touched her arm.
you shall not disappear like that" | exclaimed
Il am enough OF fataist to accept destiny. You
will tell ne ALL
"AlI?"
YES there were tears in your eyes as YOU turned
away. You had held them back long it
possible. It was only because you could restrain
yourself no longer that you left hastily
.Oh please
No | am going to say what | think You
are in trouble real, desperate trouble. That
why you ventured to call upon this old-time
acquaintance, Hoaser. Blindy seeking help, you
had found his the hotel register. but at
first lacked courage 10 approach him. When you
finally did call up BY telephone he had left the room,
and you got Isn't this the TRUTH
"I-I-why do you insist upon my answering?
You have right to question In this way.
Not if it idle curiosity; but | wish to assure
YOU my motive is far higher than that. Forget
and believe me gentleman To my mind the
first duty Of gentleness Is TO relieve woman IN
distress. claim the privilege. Surely you will
trust me? You will not refuse?"
She stood with head bowed her face hidden in
the shadows.
"You-you are too kind" she stammered. 81
I do not know what to say
(Which is confession itself. My guess then
is not far wrong2 It because of trouble-your
troube-that you sought interview with
Houser2'
"Yes.
.sAnd when you discovered mistake had been mace
you were desperate? You did not know what to
do?n
eYest
stand the strain longer2 You realize that you
must confess everything, else go away?'
She lifted her eyes to mine.
That is true-yes.''
'4rhen that is what you are going to do and
| held out my hands.
tsWhat2'
Crust me as friend and make full confession"
She made movement to give her hands, but
stood motioness with eyes my face.
"But-but how can I?' she questioned doubt
fully. Il do not know you.
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The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1916-02-25

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Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-28
Facing the Deficit.

Our democratic president and his advisers at
Washington have at last admitted the desperate
condition Of the United States treasury. The
boasts Of prosperity and assertions that revenue
adequate for all purposes was Forthcoming made
during the late campaign have turned to serious
apprehension regarding the deficit now estimated
to reach the enormous total Of $370000,000 at the
close Of the fiscal year in June, 1917 It will be
we'll to recall right here that when the repub-
licans turned the treasury over toNthe democrats
four years ago ii was with surplus of $S5,000000
Each succeeding fiscal year under the Wilson
regime has seen the balance against the treasury
mount higher and higher. For 1916 bond issue
Of $l3s000,0O0 was resorted to that the gap might
be bridged. For the current year 1917 another
bond issue is proposed, as we'll as increased levy
on alcohol and tobacco, And this at time when
the business Of the country has mounted to a
point higher than ever was reached in history.
The situation becomes tragic in light of the Bal
tirnore platform, which accused the republican
party OF recklessness in its control of the treas
ury and pledged both retrenchment and reform
However. ii preserves the democratic record y
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-28
Meteorological rerminology.

The United States, Weather bureau announces
its intention Of eliminating "seet" from its cate
CORY of storms. Hereafter in the official code Of
the bureau these unpleasant accompaniment Of
the winter season will be Invisible and, accord
ing to their severity, will be designated glaze"
in which the rain freezes as it STRIKES the earth"
and ice Storm" when It freezes in the air To
the timid pedestrian the effect will be the same
while the smooth-shod horse will slip as easily
on the one as on the other. This is not the first
time the bureau has undertaken to set up an Off
cial standard of names for meteorological phe-
nomena. II has undertaken to obtain uniformity
in description OF storms and, for the most part
has been metieulously accurate, but the public
has It's own way and pays but little attention to
the efforts Of the chief forecaster so TO improve
his service. Therefore the people will continue
to talk Of sleet storms just as they do of 'bliz-
yards" and will confound 'northers" and cold
waves with utmost disregard for the purists in
the service who would also like to have every
body realize the profound scientific as we'll as
appteciable difference between tornado" and
'"cyclone" Its just another manifestation of the
inertia OF the masses.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-28
Nebraska Press Comment

Aurora Republican: Strange to relate, Land
Commissioner G, L. Subway does not
think much OF Auditor Smiths proposal to abol-
ish his Office. Present indications that the
happy family of democracy viii not be made any
more congenial by some of the recent acquisi-
tons to the state house group
Grand Island Independent: Auditor Smith
would recommend the abolition of the office Of
commissioner Of public lands and buildings. 1t
can probably be done. The Office Of the assessor
might well, too, be merged with that Of the
county clerk. Let the public take an interest
in whatever will, even by little, economic il it
can be done without the loss Of efficiency in gov
ernnent.
Albion News: The supreme court has de-
cided that the supreme court commission is legal,
but that the governor and legislature must keep
hands off and allow the court to do the appoint
ing. The judicial must not be dictated to by the
executive or legislative branches of government
II this is good law, and there is no doubt that
II is, then the executive department has no right
to NEEDLE in the Legislative department, which
has become quite the fashion, especially in ma
tonal affairs.
Ord Quiz: 1t is given out that the vets, who
control the coming legislature by comfortable
majority, will pass laws against the of ntoxi-
cants SO drastic that, they hope there will be a
,revulson against the whole dry-state program, to
pealed at the next opportunity. Now that plan
may work out that way. And again it may not.
The people are more and more favoring the dry
program, and they may find bone-dry state
just to their liking. Here's hoping that the vets
make it as dry as they can.
Neigh Leader: A session Of the legislature
without job being worked would be too much
to expect, but there are some so manifest that
heading them off should be easy. One that has
shown up already which should be candidate
for early chloroforming is the proposal to un-
load the Fremont Normal school on the state for
a state normal. The school is the property of
Prof. Clemmons, the newly-elected state superin-
tendent and his associates, and the only logical
reason that can be advanced why the state should
buy it is that the owners want to unload The
state already has four normal schools, distributed
over the state so as to be accessible to everyone
who desires to attend such a school, and these
schools have ample capacity to accommodate the
student body and even if they did not have such
capacity, It would be far cheaper to add to the
facilities of existing schools than to open another
with . duplicate faculty and all the incidental
machinery.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-28
Chemistry and Cotton
Wall Street Journal

What has become OF the enormous COTTON
crop Of 1914 is still mystery to many in the
trade. II might add still more to the mystery
to note that in the last five years the United
States has produced Approximately 100000
bales of which only 100000 were in the domes-
tic supply at the beginning Of the new crop year.
Cloth and thread have not consumed so much
and therefore the mystery deepens,
The answer to the puzzle is to be found in
fact that elton is constantly adapting itself to
new and varied uses. The fiction writer might
picture Industry summoning one OF her most
efficient handmaidens-Che mistry-and commit
ting cotton to her hands, with the injunction to
make it more useful to mankind
Soon Chemistry returns to her mistress with
soluble cotton and explains its possibilities.
Scarcity and high prices Of leather call for a
substitute Fabrikoid, cotton product, is the
result Sixty per cent of the automobiles are
now upholstered with this material The car
builders, shoe manufacturers, bookbinders and
the makers OF hats, caps, trunks, travelling cases
and furniture upholsterers draw largely on this
Again Chemistry whispers TO Industry She
costs leather with the material, making it glossy,
and calling it patent leather" With it also she
makes bronzing liquid and lacquers for wood
and metal bathtubs and SUCH. After making a
gas mantle dip, she also makes Of it sort of
cement which surgeons use to close cuts and
wounds.
Then comes another product-pyraln. This
is the material from which toilet articles and
novelties are made. As ivory, tortoise she'll,
pearl, bronze and horn, it is made into hun
dreds OF useful articles even to umbrella handles,
spectacle rims and articles for desk and house
hold use.
That flexible window in the curtains OF your
automobile is not glass but cotton. 1t is merely
one form of pyralin. How rapid, we say has
been the growth of the moving picture business!
Yes, but it depends upon cotton, for the films,
a,ttn ,s..I<x ,aaIa Nf 1t,s,
which lends itself to manufactures ranging from
toys to scientific instruments.
The demand for soluble cotton and pyralin
is SO great that the manufacturers, chief among
whom is the du Pont company, cannot keep up
with it. It is in this new field that one will
find solution Of the puzzle as to what has
become Of the big crops Of cotton. Add to all
this the big guns and torpedoes firing away a
500-pound bale at time and cease to wonder,
or wonder for new reason.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-28
DIMINISHING Public Land

The area OF public land on which settlers can
Il ale living without the aid Of large expendi-
lures by the government for irrigation or drain
age is rapidly decreasing and may be exhausted
within FIVE years. Demand grows as the supply
is narrowed. In the last fiscal year 100000
acres were taken Ian increase Of 2200,000) and
and the average for the four preceding years had
been about is,750,000 Much Of what remains is
in the arid region. Il has been estimated that
water can be obtained for the irrigation Of at
least 40 900 acres Of this dry OF desert land
The time IS near at hand when additional federal
measures to promote the reclamation Of it will
demand and deserve consideration in congress.
Secretary Lane suggests appropriations to be
used in searching for underground supplies Of
water which can be brought up and applied to
the land where surface streams are not avail
u able
During the year the national reclamation serv-
ice added $4,000 acres. or 5000 farms, to the ir-
'rigated area, completed the highest dam in the
world. built 700 miles OF canals and excavatcd
100000 cubic yards Of earth and rock Its work
will be confused, Of course, but there is not
enough Of ii. Money expended by the govern
mcnt in this way is pro6tably invested, Tor while
K the cost of construction comes back from farm
ers who use the water, the crop yield on the re-
elzimed land is very large. Reclamation be-
conafs more important and desirable every year.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-28
More wstchful Waiting for carranza.

Senior Venustiano Carranza, with lofty indif-
ference, having allowed the time set for his &C
ton as to acceptance or rejection Of the proposed
protocol to elapsc without in any way signifying
his pleasure, Mr.. Wilson patiently extends the
time, without limit, in which his great and good
friend many condescend to make up his mind one
way or the other This consideration is charac-
teristic Of our president, who hcsitates when it
comes to pressing anybody but congress. Why
be preciptate3 We have waited and watched
along the Rio Grande for the last four years
sending one after another stern admonition to the
devotees Of manana across the border, and always
with the same result Villa is still at large, still
defeats the Carranzistas whenever they come i'd
contact and continues to murder such Americans
as fall into his clutches. Pershng has been in
Mexico almost year on mission that was to
be accomplished in few weeks, and still is un-
finished, and our army reinforced by the National
Guard, Is employed steadily in the occupation Of
safeguarding our southern border against Mexi
can marauders. Americans have learned not to
expect TOO much from the democratic admins
tration at Washington, but some curious folks
would like to know when an ultiniatum becomes
ultimate? QUEEN sabe?
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-28
A Land Bank for Omaha.

Announcement from Washington that Omaha
will have one OF the twelve new federal land
banks, being for the district comprising Ne
braska Iowa, South Dakota and Wyoming, is
gratifying in the extreme Upon the showing
made during the hearings there is no gainsaying
that this district was demonstrated to be natural
district, and Omaha the logical HEADQUARTERS for
a rural credits bank serving this central agricul
tural section with all the requisite essentials OF
success. II the contemplated scheme Of rural
credits cannot be made to work out under the
exceptionally favorable conditions here, and to
develop the bank into huge and rich institution
it cannot be done in any other place.
1t goes without saying that Omaha expects
to benefit by the acquisition OF the land bank
adding to its importance as focal point of f.
nancial and commercial activity. We congratu-
late ourselves because we confidently believe we
deserve the recognition and VIC commend the
rural credits board for its keen perception Of our
superior claims. OF course, If we were partisanly
democratic, we might praise the administration
from who all blessings flow, and, If we were in
clned to be partisanly republican, we might won
der how all but two of the twelve bank locations
happen to be awarded to states that went demo-
cratic in the last election.
But why delve into politics when all we have
to do is to extend invitation to all land-owning
farmers of Nebraska, Iowa, South Dakota and
Wyoming to come to Omaha and do business
with the bank as soon as its doors<are ready to
swing open9
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-28
The Gentle Art Of Nogging
Life

Naggng your husband is special art by itself,
and while some women have natural gift in that
direction others can only acquire it by constant
application. A husband in house is something
like a, hippopotamus. He is often dull, placid
creature, hard to move or dislodgc, especially if
he gets accustomed to favorite chair He often
becomes toughened by exposure to constant nag
ging, and it takes powerful weapon with
fairly high trajectory to do him any damage
Occasionally, however, he develops sensitive areas
and can become a constant source Of pleasure
to any lady who likes to nag. Every woman
knows, of course, that her husband is more sus-
ceptiblc about half an hour before dinner, when
he has come home from the Office tired out, By
studying him carefully she will also discover GER
tain days in the month when she can nag him
with the highest percentage of bullseyes. The
art of nagging, however, is not all objective.
Much can be done from the subjective standpoint.
BY intimating to her husband in many ways,
which she can easily learn to practice, that she
is the most abused lady on earth, she can derive
a whole program of amusement. The historical
method--that OF dragging up some dead, forgot
ten thing and talking about it all over again, and
still over again--is also a splendid form Of
nagging.
Some wives however, so blind are they, never
see this at ALL They just go on, hopefully trying
to make their husbands happy. The high art Of
nagging is not given to every woman.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-28
IN A TROLLEY CAR.

II. Thompson Rich, In the Forum.
| saw Democracy today. obs.
A laborer. begrimmed with clay,
Stepped aboard trolley car,
Humble, meek. yet no Less car
Than earth's most exalted are.
He looked about him for a scat;
But every seat was taken, while
Men and women filled the aisle.
Pausing, he reached and caught strap,
Pushed down his dirty working cap
A little tighter, closed his eyes,
And sighed as only a. tired man signs.
In front OF him lady sat-.
He noted her expensive hat,\
Her tailored gown, her stylish shoes--
And wondered just how few months dues
The union would forego II he
Were to buy the same for his wife, Marie.
Suddenly she raised her head,
Saw the look In his eyes Of lead,
Saw the WEAKNESS, saw the dread,
The lines of care on his kindly face
And rose and offered him her place;
"Ah, mol" He blushed, ashamed, mo, be.
Missus too much nice for mel"
He turned away, but she clutched his arm
And eyes met eyes that were moist an
warm:
Really. meant II! Please. for mel"
Smiling upon him wondrously,
She forced him down where she had sat.
Half dazed. he lifted off his hat;
God thank you. ladyr' With his whole
Big heart he said It. with his soul.
And she went home with heart 20 light.
think she must have sung all night.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-28
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Farmers Have Something to Say,

PapiIlion, Neb., Dec. 27.-To the
Editor of The Bee: One hundred and
thirty thousand Nebraska farmers are
pleased to know the petition for the
raise in price of grain at the South
Omaha stock yards has been with
drawn. This was done by the took
yards people. Farmers generally were
against this raise. They contended
that 1t was unfair, as they have al
ways paid the 81 per bushel, regard,
less of price Of corn the last several
years. The Nebraska Farmers con-
gress, in session at Omaha December
IL, Is and IA, passed II resolution
against this raise. .... ~.
am pleased to note that when tn,
stock yards people learned the senti-
ment of the farmers, they were fair
enough to ask the Railway commits
sion to withdraw their petition with
out prejudice. This proves that or
ganized farmers are having something
to say when matters of agricultural
Importance are at issue. @
J. B. GRINNELL,
Secretary Nebraska Farmers Con-
gress,
A Farmers Plea for Good Roads.
n West Point, Neb.. Dec. 27.-To the
Editor of The Bee: The Nebraska
Farmers congress voted against hard
surfaced or paved roads in our STATE.
Now this would seem to indicate that
all the farmers are against hard roads
since the congress is supposed to rep
resent the entire farming population.
1t Is true that many farmers, as yet,
are prejudicially inclined in regard to
permanent roads. But l also feel that
there is an increasing number in our
rural population who are in favor of
better roads. n
The best way to arouse the farmer
interest in and for better roads,
think, is by education of the right
kind. If 1t Is conclusively proved that
good roads pay out well In the end, a
good deal is achieved. The engineer
ing department of the Nebraska uni
versity, has data to show that perma-
nent roads are, or would be, pay
ing proposition in a larger portion Of
the state than many people think.
AS soon as our main highways are
permanently improved farmers will
use even more rubber-tired vehicles
than they do now. The use of such
vehicles for business, pleasure or
heavy hauling Is not near as hard on
such roads as iron-tired wagons and
sharp-shod horses. The pavement
will last long time II there are no
sharp-edged horseshoes. or wagon tires
on it to chop particles dff all the time.
The farmer may buy a carload Of
feed; If the roads are good he may
have no trouble in unloading his car
in fortyveight hours, but if there hap
pens to come rainy spell of weather
by the time the carload Of feed ar
rives, 1t will mean than at least again
as many trips will have to be made.
To haul many tons Of any commodity
when the roads are muddy IS hard
on the roads, men, teams and wagons;
motor trucks in mud are about as
helpless as a hog on Ice. On the other
hand, il the man of the farm decides
to let the car stand till the roads dry
off. it will cost progressive demurrage
charges. This is an expense due d.
rectly to bad roads. The present car
shortage might even be ameliorated
to a certain extent II we had more
hard roads, because farmers or con-
sumers could unload the commodities
on time. o. H. BROCKMAN.
r. F. D. Q.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-12-28
People and Events

This is the way Philadelphia pictures an auto
tragedy: "A flaming flivver huttered and fumed
ferociously Forty fearless fremsn faced fussing
flames for fully ffty-ive minutes-then the
scrapheap.'
One Of the indicted members of the Bronx
and Harlem poultry trust fessed UP the other
day and let out lot of information On cap
ital Of $1,000 the combine cleaned up $2So,000 in
eleven weeks. Smooth work in sanding the
craws and boosting prices made the money
pour in, which illustrates how easily Gotham
may be trimmed when dealers in necessaries get
together.