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Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
The Battle Of the corn6elds.

While proceedings along the Somme, at Yer
dun. and on the Russian front hold little more
than casual interest for the reader the real heart
concern of the American public just now has to
do with the Battle Of the Corn6elds. 1t is not a
novelty for it is repeated year after year. as regu-
lary as the procession of the seasons, but it
never loses its command of public attention.
The battle has its regular stages, too, and
through each the army OF King Corn is accom-
panied by the anxious hopes and fears Of all. In
the spring the cutworm and the crow, the army
worm and the chinch bug threaten the seeding,
and late frost and undue rainfall menace its tender
life. Further along come the Colorado beetle,
the grasshopper, the jimson weed and the bur
dock, sunAower and "pussley," and when all dan
ger of these has passed, the real struggle begins.
Old Sol attacks him with ferocity that is fend-
ish and days see him shrivel under the relentless
blaze that threatens to consume ALL But night
restores his vigor, and from the furnace Of July
and August, the army Of King Corn energies with
waving plumes, and swelling ears. Another stage,
the threat Of early frost will still hold the watch
ers anxious, but finally, under the golden sun Of
warm September, the battle Of the cornfelds must
end in victory, and myriads Of cribs and bins are
filled with the spoils. Vs."
No conflict staged by man surpasses this re-
curing combat Of Natures forces, for man at his
best is yet an imitator.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
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The MARRIAGE ANNOUNCEMENTS
IN THE RRllNe PAPER.

Bacon-It Is said dinner table reaching
around the earth sixteen times would be
required II the inhabitants of the world sat
down at meal together
Egbert--Imagine yourself reaching for the
butter.-Yonkers Statesman.
Two men got into quarrel and blows
were threatened. They weren't over
anxious for a ''mix-up," but felt that they
ought to make show Of courage. before the
onlookers. Al the critical moment, friends
rushed in and held each scrapper, firmly.
The warrior whow as the least anxious to
fight noticing the others violent efforts to
break away, cried out: More of you fell
lows hold Barker. One can hold me-
Boston Transcript.
The Hobo--Lady. I know you mean well,
but you can't make work sound any more
inviting BY using words Of three syllables.-
Puck.
II never saw such people as you are for
being afraid Of ventilation! simply must
have a little fresh ARR
"All right. Miss Crouch. Son, put that
new tune on the photograph. Baltimore
American.
Are you hack writerf" asked the girl
who hasn't much tact.
No." replied Mr.. Penwiggle. II couldn't
make a living loafiRg along like a hack
I'm a motor bus."--Washington Star.
They say you can't square the circle"
well, you can do II after a fashion,"
said the mathematician, Just as when you
go out for, walk you circle the square,
Pittsburgh Post
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
Why Such Fragrant Falsehoods1

The business that was of the most impor.
lance was to go over the list of candidates and
see that in every case where, in the primaries,
candidates running on both tickets, the one
having the most votes when the democratic
and populst votes were added together, should
go on the populist ticket. When it came to
that OF lieutenant governor, an entirely differ
ent situation was confronted. Edgar Howard
had not filed on the peoples party ticket, and
Mr.. Pearson received all the populist votes
cast-about l8,000-and the old rule Of honor
which had been kept BY both parties ever since
there was fusion with the democratic party did
not apply. The convention concluded that as
Mr. Howard had never asked for populist votes
or subscribed to the principles OF the party
they could not place him on their ticket and
Mr. Pearson will be the populist candidate for
lieutenant governor.-Account Of populist state
convention in World-Heraid.
Why should the democratic senator's per
sonal organ resort to such fragrant falsehood to
justify the ditching Of fellow candidate on the
same ticket with himi
The returns Of the recent primary election
in Nebraska happen to have been printed in Off
cial pamphlet form by the democratic secretary
Of state and the figures show that the total num-
Der Of populist ballots was not 1900 but exactly
433. The Official figures, moreover, show that
for the nomination for lieutenant governor, Ed
gar Howard, running in the democratic primary
alone. polled 3s,206 votes. as against Parsons
2O,0O6 democratic votes and l72 popuist votes
totalling together 20,l78
The declaration that the so-called rule Of
honor" does not apply because Howard had
never subscribed to the principles Of the populist
party Is also palpable falsehood. Edgar How.
ard ran for congress as the popust nominee ir
this Second Nebraska district in the year l90(
and polled more populst votes in these tire,
counties than Pearson ever had in the whole
state.
Neither Of the two reasons given, then, is the
real reason. and unquestionably we're conditions
reversed so that Howard had the popust nomi
nation, but not the democratic nomination, al
exactly opposite decision would have been mad,
to force fusion on this Office the same as OF
the rest Of the ticket In word Howard Il
ditched because he lined up with Bryan agains
the Hitchcock Mulen-F F tanning machine, which
has acquired ownership Of the remnants Of tn,
populist organization for just such purposes o
manipulation.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

After using Lydia E. Pinkham's Veg
etable Compound and Blood Purifier !
became well and strong and was saved
from the operation. We are now the
parents of q big baby girl and / praise
your remedies to others and give you
permission to publish my letter. Mrs.
JOSEPH GUILBAULT, JR., Bridge Street,
Miller's Falls, Mass.
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound is famous .or restoring women to
normal health and strength. When this
is done wives no longer despair of having
children.
A woman should be reluctant
to submit to a surgical operation
until she has given Lydia E.Pink-
hams Vegetable Compound q
fair trial. If you have a case that
needs special advice, write the
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free and always helpful.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
Prohibition Puxzler's.

Omaha, July 27.--To the Editor Of The
Bee; On the bulletin board Of = nearby
church Is poster reading about as follows;
THE liquor consumption Of Kansas is only
one-sixth the average Of wet states. Pro-
hibition prohibits"
Splendid Say that again pleased
But in 1910 there were seventy-six con.
victions Of murder In Kansas. In 1911 there
were more divorces granted on account Of
drunkenness than In twenty Ave other states,
only one state beat her in this line. 1t was
the dry state Of Maine. II there was a
moral gain we hoped to see II In divorces
caused by drunkenness. Now, II the liquor
consumption is one-sixth Of the other states,
it must not be responsible for her criminal
record. Perhaps low wages have something
to do with it. Kansas subcommittee Of
the State Industrial Welfare commission re-
ports that of 564 women laundry workers
checked up, 179 are receiving less than So
a week, eghty-one less than SIS and some
are receiving $3.50. Out Of the entire num-
Der but fifteen are paid more than $40 .
week.
Only 1T per cent Of the whole labor popy-
lace resides in Kansas, and the average saw
ings deposit is only half as high Is the
average of other state inhabitants. Well,
there might be reason.
But on the other hand. supposing this
one-sixth alcohol consumption is like all
other prohibition doctored statistics and that
the alcohol consumption is higher there
than here, for in twenty years alcoholic
deaths increased SIS per cent in dry states,
while they decreased 81 per cent in regulated
states. Why do we need prohibition If it
don't prohibit Or even gets US from bad
to worse.
TkAo al
themselves into financial reasons If you in
vestisAte them close. This prohibition game
has, during the last twenty years, changed
from temperance organization to a rivalry
between two sets Of business men, Although
1t changes state from light drink to strong
drink, because 1t Is easier shipped, II is q
benefit for some capitalist and there is rea-
son for state staying a dry one if 1t Is
under their rule. WILLIAM WRAGE. ,
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
People and Events

Eight policemen have been killed on duty in
Chicago since January l. 1915. The bright life Of
"the finest" Is fringed with shadows
Sarah Ellen Denny. who celebrated her hun
dFcdth birthday anniversary the other day at her
home in Washington, Ind, gets about without the
aid Of . cane and Is able to read without glasses.
The Negro Fellowship league Of Chicago has
forwarded to the British ambassador an appeal
for clemency for Sir Roger Easement, the Irish
rebel recently convicted Of treason in London.
The appeal is based on Sir Rogers services to hui
mainly in exposing the cruelties inflicted on the
natives 81 the Congo.
Il VI The Solomon who presidcs over the court Of
domestic relations In Chicago served notice on
two quarrcisorne women that unless they signed
up peace pact before August he would have a
jury of twelve women set on them and decide
which one must move out OF the block. Should
that bluff fail hope 10 lost.
Florida plans to put on the road lecturers,
exhibts, movie pictures, housed in train OF
three care. for the purpose Of exploiting the re-
and vast reach Of fishing grounds. Az the work
Ing tourist hesitates to come in satisfactory num-
pers, Florida will 80 out and get the tourist by the
COLLAR.
The roster of heroes Of civil life grows apace.
Sebaatian Miller, cranefilan employed in the
i Laclede Steel works 1t Alton, ILL.,, overcome BY
heat managed, in the last moment of conscious
ness 10 stop the moving crane and save the lives
III men endangered BY uncontrolled machinery
When found, The dead mana hand Eripped the
safety lever IN S s s
"A novel matrimonial eombination was Ii.
iected in Salt Lake The other day. Prince Mehra
III India and Lonisa Clara Ross, Cherokee Indian
\ county judge. Then Tie royal houses Of distant
N lsndk were united IL the usual way, and new
fiemtnt III romance introduced III Prince Mehra's
ftuS rine stunt.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

Omaha, July 27.--To the Editor Of The
Bee: The Wild West show seems to have
stirred up considerable comment. The
columns in the daily newspapers. after the
various performances, were not calculated to
attract the presence of people who like mod
crate and humane amusement. man
chooses to run a gasoline car 1l8 miles an
hour; shoot himself through a wooden fence
and mash himself and kill his companion, it's
pretty much his own affair, but that group
Of dumb animals should be forced to go
through a four-hour string Of stunts and
come out with broken legs and bleeding
bodies. seems cruel and unnecessary. Men
can choose what they want to do. but horses
and steers can't.
The frontier show was doubtless a money
maker. but not particularly creditable to the
taste Of the community. 1t would be SO
very comforting and satisfactory II the Ak
Sar-Ben governors would stage Nebraska
historical pageant next season, and just give
the people a chance to demonstrate that
they will patronize a different kind of
thing. If 5000 spectators will gather at
Percy Mackayes Bird masaue, I'll venture to
say that a vast audience would greet an
elaborate pageant.
We don't always have to stay wild and
woolly, do we? MARY LEARNED.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

Omaha, July 27.-To the Editor Of The
Bee: was very glad indeed to read Miss
Milard's letter in The Bee and feel that
the community owes the women who have
been stressins kindness to animals" debt.
Miss Willard should be commended for her
courageous stand. s-u
Isn't 1t time that we abandon such coarse
forms Of entertainment We are judged,
and rightly. by how we spend our leisure.
II this community Is giving street fairs Of
the character Of the past and frontier day
attractions, we must all pay the penalty Of
such lowering Of standards. Fancy visualize
ing for our young people the brutality which
breaks young horses leg. A pet that
should be loved and cared for.
Our city Is harmed by the advertising 1t
gets through such entertainment. =,
Let us name over some Of our cultural
constructive forces; something to be proud
Of in Omaha. There's the Mendelssohn choir,
the Tuesday musicale; there Is the Fine Arts
society and the Friend Of Arts; there's the
Woman's club and the Playground associa-
ton; there's the Audubon society and the
Drama league, and last, but not least, the
Humane society.
Why not consult with the heads of some
of these societies when Omaha Is to be
properly boosted
Why not. Grow with Growing omaha7
.". KATHERINE BAXTER.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

WVulu nave W uAVc
an operation. ! had
a soreness in both
sides and q pulling
sen sation in my
right side. / could
not do much work
the pain was SO bad.
I was also troubled
withirregularityand
9th err weaknesses.
My blood was poor.
We had been mar
ried four years and
bnJ ~ nhs1Iran
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
BLAME THE UMP.
Ed A. Goewey in Leslie's

Ed A. Goewey in Leslie's. Y
"s TO THE OWNER
when your players are not hitting,
And your pitchers cold are quitting.
And you sit there, teeth a-gritting-
Up q stump; ,et
Don't begin to think Of fning. ,Ht
Nor give way to sad repining. y
Just blame all your cause for whining
On the imp. .H
TO THE FAN
II you miss the games beginning,
And the outside team Is winning.
Or foul toward you comes spinning.
Do not jump
Why not try to be forgetful.
OF these matters most regretful,
Though the cause of these things fretful,
Is the imp.
TO THE UMP
Oh, you man of mien so crusty,
Who on many rules are rusty,
With your eyes both crossed and dusty,
You're a chump.
Be less self-infatuated.
Then you will not be berated.
And by one and all so hated
Though an imp.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

Heat oppressed people are packing trains, en-
route 70 the mountains and other places where
comfort is said to abound, and surccase from tor
ridity and humidity. But the back porch and the
palm leaf fan with all the comforts Of home are
still the popular choice.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
Stop the Killing Of Doves.

SCOTS Bluffs. Neb.. July 27.-To the Edi-
tor of The Bee: want to second Mr..
Agnew's motion to repeal the open season
on doves. The dove is the emblem Of peace
and innocence. The so-called sportsmen must
shoot. why don't they Join the army. go to
the border, shoot across the Rio Grande and
hunt outlaws; that ought to quench their
thirst for slaughter.
Those who are in favor Of saving this
beautiful and innocent little bird from ex-
tinction, should see to it that the state SEN
ators and representatives they vote for next
November are pledged to vote for a perma-
nent closed season on doves.
J.'F. WEYBRIGHT.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

Being on Senator Hitchcocks payroll. II Is not
TO be supposed Brother Tibbles tried very hard
to secure substitution Of Edgar Howard for
James Pearson for lieutenant governor on the
popuiist ticket although one no more than the
other pretends to be populst.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

That's good one, too: The democratic nomi-
nee says he will be real governor il elected
Overlooking the "if,' does anyone suppose Art
Mullen will let 60 Of the strings on the executive
chair while democrat Of his political making sits
Il IN its
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

With wheat yields in Nebraska breaking all
records our farmers are not especially worried
over the boost in prices on the boards Of trade.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

why democrats are happyr Perhaps the
Jacksonians can tell-unless they have forfeited
their standing as democrats
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

Women are advised that their shoes are to
come with lower tops and higher prices. Shoe
makers are evidently getting onto the game as
well as the millners.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

With IS per cent OF Its homes owned by the
occupants and $35,0OOOOO in savings deposits,
Omaha has right to sit up and say il is thrifty
village
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

One Of the Commercial clubs auto trips has
been postponed, presumably because the heat in
terferes with the trade winds.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

Our women golfers have at least shown th'
ability Of the sex to mount superior to weathei
conditions
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

II our democratic friends are as happy as all
that II viii be almost shame to wake them up
and puncturc the atmosphere that initiates such
double shotted editorial outbursts Of aerated Joy
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

Whatever else II is accomplishing, that Ger
man submarine merchantmen Is succeeding in
keeping small fleet Of enemy warships busy on
lookout duty.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

Great Britain shows some signs Of realizing
the blunder Of the blacklist but has not rescinded
It yet. Its hard to move John Bull, even when he
knows he's wrong.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

The popularity Of the swimming pool has beer
pretty well vindicated.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

The distinction between sizzling and Swell
tering" is altogether too fine to quarrel over.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

Cholly Ayres--Yes, since the Parkers lost
their money I have stopped calling there
Miss Keen-That is very kind Of you It
ougth to cheer them up a whole lot-Bos-
ton Transcript,
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
Her HOME No : :
LONGER CHlLDLESS
Operationnot Necessaryafter
Taking the Great Medicine
for Women.

Miller's Falls, Mass. doctors said
I had displacement very badly and !
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
One Year Ago Today in the War.

One Year Ago Today in the War.
German drive on Warsaw apparently at a
standstl
German forces were stopped west and south
of Mitau.
At Lingekopf and Barrenkopf 900 German
dead, 200 rifles two machine guns and large
quantity OF munitions and equipment were found
by the French.
British steamer Mangara reported sunk by
German submarine off Lowestoft
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
TODAY
Thought Nugget for the Day.

The scholar without good breeding is a pei
ant, the philosopher cynic the soldier brut
and every man disagreeable.
Lord Chesterfield.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
This Day in Omaha Thirty Years Ago.

John R. Manchester has come in from Ord,
bringing two Of the prettest hunting dogs with
him that the sporting eye of the city has gazed
upon in many day.
H. D. Pike chief clerk of General Superin-
tendent Smiths Office, has returned from Mani
tou, Colo
A reception was given the district messenger
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28
Again the crumbling State House.

According to the report Of the state engineer,
who has just made another Of his periodical ex-
aminations Of the structure, the condition Of the
capitol building has become much more serious,
If not actually alarming. It is steadily crumbng
away, and may become untenantable at any time
This means that the time has come when provi-
si,n must be made for new building, and plans
for structure to accommodate the departments
and Offices Of the state government therein housed
can not be much longer delayed. The Bee has
frequently urged this, not as = matter Of ex-
travsgance, but Of necessity. Nebraska deserves
better building than the one now falling to
pieces ever was, and we venture to renew the sug-
gestion, made over year ago. that Il be made a
part Of comprehensive plan for 4 great state
civic center At the capital city one commensurate
with the importance Of Nebraska a. common
wealth, and 10 which its progressive and intelli-
gent citizenship may have proper pride.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

What's few figures more or less among
democratsl The widest claim for the Morehead
administration made in advance Of the Hastings
convention was that il had reduced the tax levy
BY $4,000. but the platform builders boosted
this figure 70 million. And The compilation
made BY Auditor Smith still shows the total ex-
penses for the biennium to be s7so0O0 greater
than for the two years before.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

That Mr.. Flubdub has such bushy whis-
kers"
whats that to you. my girl?"
His eyes are 80 covered UP that can't
tell whether he Is flirting with me or not"
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

i suppose he thought while he was
here he might as well show them samples
of his Observation-Disclosures American
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

Subscribers leaving the city temporarily
should have The Bee mailed to them. Ad-
drsss will be changed a. often ~ requested.
Omaha daily bee., 1916-07-28

Mrs Youngbride--Td like to change these
eggs | ordered by telephone yesterday.
Grocer-What's wrong with them, ma am
Mrs Youngbrtde-Why, the shells are a
deep brown and the only egg cups / have
are robins egg biue.--Indianapolis Star.
The evening world., 1916-06-12

Boston and New York. before reported
aground and damaged by fire, has been
fioatcd. The ca 30 IL being discharged.
The evening world., 1916-06-12
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