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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
| family affair of it. We will very
likely burn the kaiser in effigy as a
fitting finale.

likely burn the kaiser in effigy as a
fitting finale.
Think as you will, the highways
Of the country are going to the
scrap-heap. The railroads are TN
der McAdoo, the shipping under
Hurley, but the public highways
Of the country, the source of the
trinity of transportation, railroads
and ships, are kicked from pillar to
post. Official Washington should
Immediately take over jurisdiction
Of public highways. buildings and
maintenance, the same as they have
the railroads and shipping.
Every grain of wheat, every shelf,
every commodity sent across the
water to aid the allies. and for our
boys, is first taken over the high
ways Of this country. The roads Of
France tell the story Of efficiency.
They saved the world from the Hun
twice already.
The club at the Wednesday meet
ing ordered 1000 Omaha publicity
plates, 2Axl0 inches, black and yell
low. to be attached to the radiator
OF automobiles as a publicity stunt
for Omaha. Eastern clubs are do
ing this and the plates have made q
splendid impression. The Omaha
plates will likely be given free to
each member of the club.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
Oil Leakage.

An obscure cause for excessive
oil consumption 10 found In the rear
crankshaft gearing. II looseness OF
the fit OF the shat, in this bearing
develops the oil is able to work Ito
way out. When excessive oil con-
sumption makes its appearance this
is one OF the places to look for the
cause Of the trouble.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29

leather of the cone clutch generally
serve to eliminate the grabbing
which is one of the most annoying
traits of this part.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
Sprung Camshaft.

In case camshaft becomes
sprung or twisted it will alter the
valve timing to such an extent that
the whole operation of the engine
will be thrown out of gear. The
cure for this is Strengthening in a
special machine, so that the owner
will have to rely on the service sta
ton to do the job.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29
Old Springs.

After long service automobile
springs are likely to become more
or less lifeless, and in this case they
should not be fabricated between
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1918-09-29

the leaves, as a new spring should
be. fabrication of the leaves per-
mits excessive flexing, and in some
cases where the springs are old
breakage may occur from this
cause. Where the leaves are dry or
rusted slightly the added friction
limits the detection, and while the
car will not ride so easily, there will
be less danger of spring failure.
The Press., 1918-08-08
oBEDIENT TO OLD COMMAND
Palestine Farmers Still Remember Biblical Injunction In Refer"
 ence to the Cleaners.

After the Ientils and similar crops of the bean family have been gathered in by the PaIestinian farmer, the barley harvest comes next, and lastly the wheat.
 When harvesting. the men wear a leather apron and sometimes 8 large padded glove. The women have none of the protection provided for them, says the Christian Herald. Sickles are of two kinds, one, the kalOOSh, is small and with quite a dull edge and is employed when the crops are short and scanty. These do not cut the straw, but rather help pull up the grain by the roots or break off the brittle stalks. The other, called man. pal, is much larger and supplied with short, slanting teeth, and is used on the tall, well-grown grain fields. Reaping with these simple imple- ments and binding the sheaves with their own straw, considerable amount is left behind and many of the ears drop off, but once the reapers have advanced, they, actuated by al- most religious scruples, will not pick up that which has been dropped, even though they be severely poor them. selves, for they unwittingly follow a command not given to them but to for mer inhabitants, the tiIlers and reap CTS of this land: "And when ye reap the harvest of your land. thou shalt not make clean riddance of the cor ners Of thy field when thou reapest, neither shalt thou gather any gleaning of thy harvest"
The Press., 1918-08-08
HAS KEPT TOUCH WITH PAST
Old Tarrytown on the Hudson Refuses to Become Part of Modern
 Hustle and BustIe.

Safely al0of from the rush and scramble which typifies Long Island today lies TarrytOwn on the Hudson. The solidarity and leisurely prosperity of TarrytOwn have kept 1t from being swept along with the stream of world ly progress. It has tarried.
 It has kept its legends and traditions, its landmarks and historic buildings. It still likes to look at the monument marking the spot where Andre, the spY, was captured. It likes to recall with thrills of local pride "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" until it sees again the headless hOrseman pursuing the luck less IchabOd.
 There are other specters of which the locality can boast, notably that of Andre, also on horseback, who can be heard at night riding at high speed up the road on which he was captured. At the fatal spot the sound of hOOfs ceases, naturally enough, leaving the chance nearer to scuttle home with unseemly haste.
 Night is an excellent time to so sight seeing in Tarrytown. There Is the Sleepy Hollow graveyard, which no vis- itor would wish to miss, and which has an additional charm when viewed by moonlight. There Is always the pOssi' bility that some illustriOus resident Ot the place may come forth to take the air and wander once again to his old home or to the market place. .n
The Press., 1918-08-08
HAS WON RESPECT OF ALL
British Working Man, "MakIng Good" as Soldier, Will Never Again Be
 Butt of testers.

What the poor citizen wants is not charity. or even sympathy, still less regulation 1t is respect, which is the social soil of seIf-respect. That is why he Is sometimes happier as soldier, in spite of all the sickening horrors of soldering; because humanity always has respected, and always will respect, a soldier.
 Thus, Gilbert K. ChestertOn, writ ing in the Illustrated London News, sums up an argument which, among It's premises, contains the following:
 After aIl 1t will be well to remem- Der that nearly every battalion Is a labor battalion. The cOmmOnest type in the trenches, the object of such wide and well-deserved praise. in the press and the public speeches, is, after all, identical with another type-a common object of the streets and the comic papers. The British soldier Is generally our old friend the British working man.
 "He has lived by trades that are too often treated as merely grimy or grOtesque; and in the case of new and almost crude cOnscript armies, like those we have lately raised, he has gen. orally quite recently dropped those tools and left those trades. It is the plumber, who is charged with potter ing about for days before he stops a small leak in a pipe, who has often in a few minutes stopped with his body the breach in the last dyke of civiliza- tiOn, lest 1t should let in sea of saw agery; and there may even be fewer jokes about his soldering, now they can be answered by pun about his soldering. It Is the cabman, who was supposed to grumble unduly at very different sort of fare, and especially at at the sort we call warfare"
The Press., 1918-08-08
GOOD COOK TO BE ENVIED
Always Sure of Popularity 10 the Per. son Who Can Cone0ct Dishe0
 That Are AppetlzinO.

To prove that there Is nothing ln- trinsically humble or shameful in cook ing it is only necessary to mention hunting or fishing party. The man who can turn out a palatable dish is envied and lauded. The college girl who can cOncOct midnight suppers over a can of frozen alcohol or a gas jet is sure of popularity. Many of the great of the earth have practiced cooking as an accomplishment. Louis XIV, one of the extremeSt cOnnOisSeurS in the art of living, prided himself on his coffee. One of the most famous of table sauces was invented by gentleman of WOr- cestershire. Many great ladies of the Olden times used to exchange recipes. Sir Kenelem Digby, an adventurous and scholarly soul, left a fat volume full of them, ranging from simple ap- pie sauce to the most refined elabO- ration of game.
 It is not even necessary that cook cry should aspire to the phase called fancy" to be artistic. Above all, the sauce, that idol of the professional chef, should be dethrOned from its bad eminence. The sauce is the mother of nightmares. The dish itself and not its accOmpaniments, is the thing. Cook ing is real, cooking is earnest, and the gravy is not its gOal.-Exchange.
The Press., 1918-08-08
NER PRAYER WAS ANSWERED
Little 0irI'S Appeal fer Automobile Ride Proved That Her Argument
 Wac . 0e0d One.

The six-year-old daughter of an at- torney has been taught from infancy to have implicit faith In prayer. So strongly has this been impressed on her mind that practically all of her de sires and childish wishes sooner or later find expression in prayerful ap- peal.
 The child 10 q motor enthusiast. and on the first warm day after the severe winter weather she asked her father to take her out for a ride. He ex- plained that their machine was put away for the winter. and that if could not be used at that time. The child then sought her mother and asked her to pray for somebody to come around and take them out for a ride. The mother tried to explain that such prayer would he unavailing, but, un- daunted In her firm belief, the child went to her room and prayed that she might have an auto ride. An hour or so passed, and the little girl waited expectantly and anxiOusly for the au- t0mObile to arrive.
 Seeking to allay the child's disap- pointment the mother started to ex- plain more fully. when the shriek of an automobile horn was heard outside. The child rushed to the door, and to the amazement of the mother neigh bOr asked the girl whether she desired to take a ride.
 "WiIl you have room for mother. tOO?" the girl asked.
 "No, we just have room for one lit- tie girl" replied the man at the wheel.
 The child hurriedly put on her coat and cap, and as she left the doorway she turned to her mother and said:
 "See. mother, if you had prayed with me you could have gone, too"
 The mother is still wondering.
The Press., 1918-08-08
MARINE CORPS NEW INSIGNIA
Green InstGad of Blue Uniform 10 Not Recognized by Those Whe Are
 Net Up to Minute.

Surprisingly few civilians even after their country has been in the world war for nearly year can readily identify the various uniforms or the United States service. Especially Is this true in regard to the United States marine corps. The change of the ma Tine corps uniforms from blue to for est green has added greatly to the be- wilderment of the Iayman who likes to recognize a military man by his uni- form or insignia.
 The small hoy. however, Is not so easily fooled; as is shown by an incl dent which occurred a few days ago.
 One of the sergeants from a marine recruiting station was walking along the street when he came on a group Of small boys and girls playing on the sidewalk. As he approached them one little girl asked:
 "What is that man in unifOrmW
 q guess he's a French officer" said another girl.
 One of the boys eyed him closely for a moment, and then planted himself squarely in front of the sergeant, and holding him by the coat with two chubby little hands, said: "I wana see watchH got on yer cap"
 The lad knew that the device em- bracing the globe, eagle and anchor means marine" whether the wearer be clothed in blue, forestry green or khaki. "Oh, you're marine, aintcha, |" he exclaimed juhilantly. "An' he's a sergeant and a sharpshooter. too." he told his playmates, with knowing ht- tie nod.
The Press., 1918-08-08
War Strain cause. Nerve Shock.

The term shell shock has misled many persons to believe that 1t Is due to the profound impression or shock produced on the nervous system by the detOnatiOns of high explosives. No doubt, there are cases of actual brain or nerve injury due to cOncus- sion of the air accompanying shell ex- plosiOns, but these mechanical causes are a great deal less frequently re sponsibIe for war neurOses than the mental effects of general war strain. It is remarkable that these war neu- roses, common as they are among pri- yates and officers alike, are seldom found in men who have been actually wounded. Perhaps this seeming anom- ally is due to the actual wound shock Offsetting the mental impression af- fecting the controlling nerve-center in such cases.-POpNlar Science Monthly.
The Press., 1918-08-08
Eoeh Keen Student ef War.

General FOch, like General Joffre, is a home lover and avoids society. He is said to live in small flat near his office, when not at the front, and to be devoted to his family. The con- ventiOns of society bore him. Like the proverbial Englishman, he is fond of taking long walks, and never knows when he is beaten. His saying that :'the battle is never lost until its loss is admitted" is famous and indicates not only his military wisdom, but his sane and courageous philosophy. AL ready a master of strategy before the war, he has not been slow to learn the new lessons of the present conflict |; rather, indeed, has he developed added initiative, decision and military audac- ity.
The Press., 1918-08-08
HAVE TO KNOW MULE NATURE
Drivers of Patient Animals Realize They Have Pecullarltles and
 Must Be Humored.

An old fiea-bitten, hammer-headed. ewe-necked bell mare, slowly picking hcr way across the corral at the re- mount station at Camp Zachary Taylor. followed by long string of mules walking In single file, heads down and ears wagging, served as Illustration for an officer attached to the big can tOnment who had just finished remark ing that 'hOrse nature and mule na- ture and human nature were mighty contrary things any way you take them"
 "NOw, take those mules," he said. ''The education of a pack mule Is thing that must begin early. He has just two purposes in life.
 "One is to carry 225 pounds day after day patiently and uncomplain- ingly. and the other is to follow the bell mare of the train, regardless of where that animal may go. We'll, there is in that corral an illustration of the effectiveness of our training. The old mare has started after 8 drink Of water and there goes every dad-blasted one of those fool mules after drink of water"
 Investigation revealed that the pack mule is not the only member of his family that has peculiarities that can be played upon or must be humOred. It was learned that the larger mules, once teamed up or paired, must there after be worked together if each is not to suffer a loss in efficiency. Two strange mules will not work together anything like so well in the beginning as they will a few weeks later, after they have become we'll acquainted, and then if they are parted the whole process must be gone over with again.
The Press., 1918-08-08
Spruce Used In AirpIanes.

Because the government needs all the spruce for airplanes, the piano manufacturers of the country are hay ing a hard time to get sounding boards for their instruments. Spruce is the best wood the piano manufacturers can get for this purpose and they have used it in immense quantities for many years.
 But sounding boards and airplane beams call for, the same quality of stOck--clear, straight-grained, tough fbered and free from blemishes.- In their desire to assist the government In airplane construction the piano manufacturers have agreed to curtail their output 30 per cent during the war. They can get along with the spruce stock now on hand for some time, they say. Meanwhile they will try to find a substitute for spruce. Sev- eral of the big spruce producing mills in the GrayS HarbOr district of Wash ingtOn and along the Columbia river in Oregon that always have made a speciality of piano stock now are giv- ing their attention to airplane mate rial.
The Press., 1918-08-08

'"That Is different. They are poor. In my humble way. I give help where it is needed. Years ago l took a course of training in an eastern hospital. 1t has stood me in good stead in my life here. But my work does not approach yours. You are a physicianT
 "An army surgeon, retired on ac- count of i'll health, which l have re- gained on the mountain. You know what that means at this time. I am ordered to Fort OglethOrpe by the 18th. That leaves me but two days, and I feared I would have to ask for that which hope will be offered"
 And that isF'
 His gesture toward the child was elouuent. "I am all she has,"
 eff I do this thing, do you surrender her entirely, or will you claim her upon your returnT
 His eyes held hers with an express sion quickly yelled. "I will not re- turn"
 "I do not quite understand" she re- piled slowly. We are strangers. You must have friends who would gladly do this for you"
 "Yes. but I would choose you from all the world"
 There was a certain controlled emo ton in his voice that affected her strangely, and she rose to her feet.
 Again I say that l do not under stand"
 'That is natural" He walked the length of the level in front of the cabin and back. Upon the eve of great upheaval a man can allow him. self a certain latitude of expression, especially when he knows 1t can do no harm," he said gravely. "1 do not ex- pect to return. Because l am con- vinced of this, can say to you what under other circumstances would be little short of Impudence, for, as you say, we are strangers. But 1 be- gan to care for you when you first came to the mountain. l want you to know this, and to believe 1t. l could not let you know before. My wife I do not wish to speak of her. She is dead, and I offer you not afrrOnt when I tell you that love you. It Is be- cause of this wish to leave Betty in your care"
 With troubled eyes Mary looked to- ward the child. "I did not imagine this"
 How could you9 My effort has been to keep you from knowing. Will you do this for me, now that you do know? It will be my comfort when my time comes, over there.'" He turned from her, looking out into the lImitIess space. "It will be my com. fort" he repeated.
 "why are you sure you will not return?"
 ''There would be no incentive, with Betty cared for"
 Then 1t was that Mary surprised herself by saying deliberately. MT Warren, if I told you that my inter est"
 'Tnteresti I would want something more than interest" he interrupted.
 Would that not do for the present ?
 "NO. It must be something more definite"
 For long she hesitated, then said steadily. "I think 1t Is more than interest. I am not sure. But if aI overwhelming anxiety for your safe return is an evidence of a deeper feel ing, 1t is yours"
 He took her hand, raising it to his lips. "In that case, Mary Hilton. Goo willing. I will return to you anC Betty"
The Press., 1918-08-08
Messenger Wears Tile.

War times and the unprecedented de mand for aids for Uncle Sam have hrnn"ht many quaint characters to Washington. notes a capital cOrre- spOndPnt.
 One of the quainteSt guards is seen daily at the main door of the old Land Office building. now occupied by Pro- vOst Marshal General CrOwder and his staff. He Is 8 gentleman of the old Southern school and while on duty wears a shining black silk hat of an cient vintage. On the left lapel of his frOck coat is a little silver badge Of authority and his cOurtly manner as he bids one enter the portals of the building always brings a smile. On the pay roll he is listed as "mesSen- ger," and he is the only messenger in Washington who wears a silk hat.
The Press., 1918-08-08
Darkness Above the Sky.

The projectile of the gun, with which the Germans have been smelling Paris from a distance of seventy-fve miles must rise in its trajectory to a height of twenty-four miles above the earth. The Scientific American says 1t is probable that at that height there is so little air that the sky loses it's blue appearance, because there is hard ly enough of it to produce the refrac. ton of light which gives it its luminos- ity.
 "If we could accompany this shell on its course" continues the Scientific American, i've should probably ind the sky growing darker and darker, until 1t becomes nearly black. In the black sky the sun would show as a ball of fire, while the stars which were not Obliterated by the suns light would also be visible. Below us we should have the reflection of sunlight from the earth and from the denser strata of the atmosphere"
The Press., 1918-08-08
MAKES SACRIFICE FOR SONS
Spirit oF seIf-DeniaI Shown by Little New York Jew as Beautiful ae
 It To Rare.

Essex and Delaney streets are the heart of the great manystongued city which lives over near East river the Ghetto. The streets are always CrOwded-crOwded with bearded men, old women with shawls and sheitelss eager dark-eyed children; handsome girls, and young men clothed in the East sides version of what Fifth ave nue wears.
 On the corner year in and year out is little Galician Jew. His small shrunken face is smeared dark by the stubble of sparse beard; his fiat lit- tie derby is pushed down over his ears; his clothes are mere covering. For years he has been peddling the large salt pretzels which are strung on sticks and stand upright from his basket.
 He never tries to force a sale. He never sOlicits patronage. He lives in 8 little room over a small bakery. He speaks very little English-and yet in large Eastern college there are two of his sons being educated so that they will not have to live the life of drudg' cry the father has led. And the world-weary little father is paying the bills by self-denial.
The Press., 1918-08-08
suors Just Like a Native.

LIeut.-COI. Oliver DOekery, in charge sf training of the 16Oth Depot brigade, at Camp Custer. Mich, is from the South and has something of the char aeteristic Southern accent The other day when 2,OOO negro recruits arrived from Alabama Colonel Dockery ran across negro sergeant who was marching a group of the new men along in the rain and reproved the sergeant for taking his men out In such weather and ordered them back in the barracks. Just as they disap- peaTed in the doorway one of the shiy- ering little negroes from the South turned around and said, Dat sholy am kind-hearted man. He cuSses Ike he come from down home. Dat boss make me so hOmesiek dat l believe l is RoIn' to cry" Boo-hool BOo-hooI
The Press., 1918-08-08
u.sosts Have Murdered Thousands.

There is a danger lest familiarity. even with such a mOnstrOus crime as unrestricted U-hOat warfare. should breed indifference to it's enOrmity, says an exchange. Therefore, It Is well to bear in mind that, except when the attack is made on fighting ships or transports carrying fighting men. the tOrpedoing of ships and sending men to their death far out at sea. is simply murder. unredeemed by any extenuat- ing circumstances whatsoever. Just how great hill of indictment is he ing drN~n up by the German admiralty sg,.ln~t itself is seen in the statement given hy Ihe government leader in the house of commons. that up to Feb ruary. 1918. the German UbOats had killed 14.12O noncomhatant British men. women and children. This he it noted is exclusive of the murders done upon peoples of other nHtiOnalitteS
The Press., 1918-08-08
nna4 Mlk In Valuable.

MIX from the goat has probably been used for food purposes ever since the advent of the first Mrs. GOtee. !" and the chances are that It will until time Is no more. In Europe the milk goat Is one of the most popular of dO- Tnestie animals, and more and more It's popularity Is growing in this eoun- try. What thOroughbreds we have are kept on feather mattresses, almost, and fed the best and choicest that The market affords. We are just be- ginning to see what the "baa baa" can really do and what 1t Is actually worth.
The Press., 1918-08-08

my homework. My baby when seven months old weighed 19 pounds and feel better than have for long time. never had any medicine do me SC much good. Mrs. PEARL MoNYHAN Mitchell, Ind.
 Good health during maternity is a most important factor to both mother and child, and many letters have been received by the Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co, Lynn, Mass, telling of health restored during this trying period by the use of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table COmDound