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cants for the training school.

Applicants must have high
school education or its equivalent.
Three letters Of recommendation as
to character and fitness for office
from leading citizens of the commun-
ity are required, preferably from
bankers, lawyers or business men.
Letters from kinsmen will not be
considered. A doctors. certificate of
physical fitness must accompany the
application.
The applicants will be graded for
fitness, physical qualities and general
value to the service.
A committee of leading citizens of
Little Rock will pass on all applica-
tions.
Those wishing to apply for en-
trance to the artillery school should
see Mr. West or Mr.. Allen at their
offices ON the second floor of the
Western Union building from nine
o'clock in the forming to five O'Clock
in the afternoon.
Application blanks win be supplied
and the preliminary examination will
be held there.
The artillery training school is in
charge of Major General VIM. J.
Snow, chief of the field artillery.
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Get the Habit of
Drinking Hot Water
Before Breakfast
Saws we can't look or feel right
with the system full
Of poisons.

Millions of folks battle internally
now instead of loading their system
with drugs. whats an inside bath!
you say. Well, 1t is guaranteed to per-
form miracles If you could believe
these hot water enthusiasts.
There are vast numbers OF men and
women who, Immediately upon arising
In the morning, drink glass or real
hot water with teaspoonful OF lime
stone phosphate in it. This is very
excellent health measure. 1t Is In
tended to flush the stomach, liver, kid
news and the thirty feet of intestines
of the previous days waste, sour bile
and indigestible material left over In
the body which If not eliminated every
day, become food for the millions OF
bacteria which infest the bowels, the
Quick result is poisons and toxins
which are then absorbed into the blood
causing headache, bilious attacks, foul
breath, bad taste. colds, stomach trou-
BILE, kidney misery. sleeplessness. I'M
pure blood and all sorts OF ailments.
People who feel good one day and
badly the next, but who simply can
not get feeling right are urged TO
obtain q quarter pound OF limestone
phosphate at the drug store Inis
will cost very little but is sufncient
to make anyone q real crank on the
subject of internal sanitation.
Just as soap and hot water act on
the skin, cleansing, sweetening and
freshening, so limestone phosphate and
hot water act on the stomach. liver,
kidneys and bowels. 1t Is vastly more
important to battle on the inside than
on the outside, because the skin pores
do not absorb impurities into the
blood. while the bowel pores do.
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TAKEN UP

One sorrel mare mule. about IA
hands high, L branded on right sho-
ulder, three small white spots near
top of shoulders. This mule was
taken up July 81, 1918 at the Brooks
place. miles north west of FELTON,.
The estray laws have been COM
piled with in every way and IL not
called for this mule will In due
course, pass into the possession of
the undersigned.
BOB BARKER.
'1tp Mariana, 1t. 1.
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Apply a cotton cloth wet with Bal
lard's Snow Liniment to all wounds,
cuts, burns, sores or blisters, and
bcte its wonderful healing power.
1t is prompt and very effective. Price
csc, soc and 81 per bottle. Sold by
Harrington Bros. II
To remove ice cream quickly and
in the form of the box, hold the
paper container under hot water for
few minutes. The surface nearest
the pasteboard is thus melted and
the cream will slip out at once.
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SAFETY DEPOSIT BOXES

We have rented more 81 year
boxes for the safe keeping of Liberty
Bonds and other valuable papers
than ever before. Where are your
bonds and other valuable papers.
LEE COUNTY NATIONAL BANK.
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Constipation is the starting point
for many serious diseases. To be
healthy, keep the bowels active and
regular. Herbine will remove all
Accommodations In the bowels and put
the system in prime condition. Price
e0c. Sold by Harrington Bros. II
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The Liverpool Cotton Exchange
has resolved that no member or
members of firm shall trade either
directly or indirectly with the pres
ent enemies of Great Britain for a
period of ten years after the war"
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When the baby is suffering the
double -affliction of hot weather and
bowel disorders, the remedy needed
is McGee's Baby Elixir. 1t reduces
the feverish condition, corrects the
stomach and checks looseness Of the
bowels. Price Csc and Soc per bot
tie. Sold by Harrington Bros. stf
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CARD OF THANKS

To our many kind friends vhp
were so helpful to us during 90
recent bereavement we wish to q
press our heartfelt thanks. tn
floral offerings, and all other KIND
nesses are appreciated beyond q
preston.
MRS. FRED. B. CLIFFORD,
MISS MONA IRWIN,
ROBERT IRWIN,
FREDERICK B. CLIFFORD
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ESTRAY

Notice is hereby given that the
undersigned has taken up as an es-
tray the following head of stock:
One mooley, red brindle heller.
One red heifer, marked swallow fork
in left, crop in right One red heifer
hole in right ear, slit in left. One
red brindle heifer, white spots. hole
in left ear, both ears cropped. Dark
Jersey heifer, underbit and swallow
fork in left, crop off right. One
fawn colored Jersey, small mark in
left ear.
CHAS. ROENHILD.
24p Canaan.
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No job too big for US to handle
efficiently and quickly. ]. w. Field.
err, concrete contractor. 81
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MILLER LUMBER COMPANY
viii help you TO make your Aonss
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-01
Martin Dineen, Hercules
of Omaha Fire Department

Martin ]. Dineen, assistant chief, is
the Hercules of the fire department.
The victim who falls afoul of his
right hand thinks that he has been
grasped by stone crusher instead of
by set of human digits. Aside from
following certain approved methods OF
self-preservation, he has never striven
to take the place OF the famous San
dow.
Mr.. Dineen has chest expansion
of seven and ope-hali inches, and he
remarked, When get mad I can
make it eight inches just as we'll as
not"
He looks as lean as a beanpole, but
his muscles are as hard as nails. He
weighs loo pounds and is S5.years old.
When was young man han
died freight in the Union Pacific trans
fer station in Council Bluffs. Three
of US lifted l,400-pound bales Of cot
ton and placed them three high in a
car" he related while reminiscing on
the days when he could lift a horse
and think nothing of it.
He sleeps out-of-doors and declares
that he is always fit. Swimming is
one of his favorite sports.
"If you feel out of sorts, just get
up good perspiration and then take
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-01
Some Fireman!

Twas a dark and stormy night
about 10 years ago. Arthur Thomas
now manager of the Chamber oi
Commerce publicity bureau, was then
a leading citizen Of Greater Benson.
That night he -was called from his
home by cries of "hre! He found
that the Eagles auditorium was
burning
The chief of the Benson FIRE depart
ment had already telephoned for
Omaha FIRE apparatus and he gave
Thomas red lantern and assigned
him to meet the fire trucks and as
sigs them TO FIRE plugs.
Lille A'thur tagged three and as
signed them. Up galloped a fourth,
"You go up and fasten on to the
fire Plug on Military avenue in front
of McGuire's elevator. It's only two
blocks from the FIRE and guess you
can reach it." ordered Citizen Thomas
The driver of the FIRE wagon fixed
him with savage glare.
"You durn fule," he said. This
here's hook'n'ladder.'
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-01
EDITORS.

Editors are being recognized
(at last) as the country's great
est assets in brains. Down in
Kansas Governor Arthur Capper,
owner Of eight newspapers and
journals, was nominated by the
republicans for senator. Ex-
Senator Bristow Of that state
owns two publications. Charles
f. Scott, also a candidate, Is an
editor. Henry Allen, editor Of
the Wichita Beacon, won the
republican gubernatorial nomin-
alton, closely followed by W. Y.
Morgan, both the editors run
ming far ahead of two mere
lawyer aspirants. The democrats
nominated W. C. LandsoH, edi-
tor of the Salina Union, for gov
ernor. And among the news
paper mea, in our own state
election are Hammond, Nickel
vie. Howard, Metealfe. Barrows,
Bryan, Taylor, Ayres. Cass. Pool,
Kimberling, Harlan. Purcell,
Smith. WaIrath,, Byerss Scott,
Thomas, Grosvenor and Black.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-01
INFORMATION.

Ignorance about the war is
appalllng--especially such ig-
norance as can be overcome by
a glance at the map. For
example, a French countess who
was In Omaha recently in
formed us In an interview that
zone fifth Of France has been
overrun by the Germans" In
spite Of the fact that she Is a
countess and a. beautiful and
charming young woman and Is
at the head OF a great war
work in France. we made bold
to differ with her. But the
charming lady only treated us
as a poorly-informed child
Later we consulted the map Tin
our pig-headedness) and found
we were right. Even counting
the farthest advance OF the
German lines, as of September,
1914, hardly one-fifteenth of the
area OF France was overrun by
the Huns. Committee on Pub
lie Information please clip and
forward to the charming youns
woman with our compliments
and profound regrets at the ne
cessity to show that she was iu
error.)
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-01
Waits Forty Years to Tell the Story of
How Two Omaha Men Assumed Roles
Of Redskin Chiefs of Great RenoWn

Forty years ago, in the old
Academy of Music on Douglas street,
i large and enthusiastic" audience Of
Omahans beheld seated upon the !
stage two figures whom they believed
to have been Sioux Indian chiefs Of
great renoWn.
The facts are that the persons
camouhaged behind the picturesque
trappings Of the red men were not in
fact Indians, but they were George
e. Jewett, at that time clerk in the
First National bank, and Joy Morton,
son OF the illustrious J. Sterling Nor
ton, and identified with the Burlington
general Offices Of this city. Mr.. Nor
ton afterwards left Omaha and has
since been known as a national leader
in the salt industry.
Mr. Jewett, now an einploye in the
court house, has waited 40 years to
tell the real story Of what happened
on that eventful night in the Academy
{ Of Music, which at that time was in
its heyday of popularity.
julius Meyer, member of prom
inent family OF pioneers, conducted
an Indian curio store at Fourteenth
and Farnain streets, known as the
'Wigwam.1 Mr. Meyer was an Indian
interpreter, and his shop was a rem
devious for Indian notables and gov
erninent men whose work had to do
with Indians. He was Indian inter-
prefer in several languages and was
up-to-the-nninutc on Indian affairs in
this part Of the country.
On a certain date two Sioux chiefs
were to stop over in Omaha for a
visit en- route to Washington. d. G.,
where they were to interview THE
Great White Father" on matters re-
iating to Indian affairs on the reserva-
ton. The Sioux were noted for their
bravery and these chiefs were said to
have had fighting records which
would have placed them on the first
page. first column, anywhere.
Mr.. Meyer advertised that on a
date and day he announced Two
! Sioux chiefs would appear on the
stage OF the Academy OF Music and
would answer through himself as in
terpreter questions which might be
asked by Omahans, also give informa-
ton OF tribal activities. Some hitch
prevented the appearance of the
chiefs, but Mr.. Meyer did not deem
that detail sufficient reason TO disap-
point the audience. He summoned
Messrs. Jewett and Morton to his
"Wigwanl," where he quickly fitted
them out as depicted in the accom-
panying illustration.
The pseudo-chiefs walked into the
academy amid deafening applause
Jewett nudged Morton every now
and then as a reminder to keep .
straight face, fearing that an out
break of feelings would bust up tht
show
Il had all that ! could do to keeI
my face straight. because a laughins
Indian chief would have been an in
congruity not to be lightly looked up
on" Mr.. Jewett stated.
The make-belieye chiefs occupiet
seats III the center of the stage ant
back far enough TO protect the illu
sion. Mr.. Meyer introduced them !,
the audience with dignity due the oc
casion He referred to their brillian
fighting records in terms of adu'atiol
and pointed to them with pride ; no
Sic specimens of noble race. HI
said that they were anxious TO main
tain peaceful relations with TIL
whites and promised that their scalp
ing days were over.
Morton and Jewett nudged eacl
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-01
DENIAL.

The insinuations of a certain
person in this office that we
received a sprained ankle by
being thrown out of either Hin
ky Dink's or Henie Kaboohler's
saloon in Chicago is unqualified
ly false and base lie. We re-
ceived it, as we stated, In try
ing to jump on two-story bus
while same was in motion. We
never visit such places as this
person mentions. Those who
know us and our high reputa-
tion for uprightness in this COM
munity will require no denial of
such base inuendoes.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-01

bands infirmities from the world. so
she meekly acquiesced in her neigh
boris adulatory reference to Henry
Leffingwe.l.
"Oh, yes, Mr.. Leffingwell is some
thing of raconteur on occasions.
He is funny and does not know it,
1t just keeps me wake nights for
fear that he will run away and 60 on
the STAGE" Mrs. Leffingwell replied.
Solemn as Gravedigger.
"My NAL told me that you had a
funny husband and I have been Curl
Gus to see him perform. You must
lead a gay life," Mrs. What's-Her'
Name went on. "My man is as
solemn as a gravedigger, I believe
it would hurt his face if he laughed
and the onlv time ever heard him
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-01
PRESIDENT OF LEAGUE
TO REDUCE fRIcE OF
PIE MAKES A REPORT
Completes Tour Of Eastern
States, Investigating Pie
from Omaha to the
Atlantic Coast.

To the Members of the Amalga-
mated League to Enforce
Reduction in the Price Of Pie:
Your president has just re-
turned from q tour Of inspection
through the east to ascertain
the prices now prevailing for
pie.
In Chicago I found conditions
about like here. 10 cents being
asked for q cut of pie Of about
the size and quality of Omaha
pie. At the Ontra cafeterias l
found a good quality of pie SELL
ing at 7 cents. the pieces, how
ever, not being overly large.
In Lebanon county. Pennsyl-
vania, the heart of the pie belt,
I stayed with relatives. Here
the beautiful custom prevails OF
having pie three times a day
and usually three kinds Mt each
meal. 1t would have done your
hearts good, friends, to be there
with me. The thick, juicy ap-
pie, peach, huckleberry, black
berry and other pies delighted
me-. found the quality UP to
the high standard which Is ira
ditional there, though the cooks
are using the full amount of
substitute in the crusts, as re-
uuired by the food administra-
tion.
At Reading, In the Pennsyl-
vania Dutch district. l had oc-
casion to sample a piece Of pie
at a restaurant. II was lemon
merangue and sold for only 8
cents. The size Of the piece
was small, however, and 1t re-
quired three cuts to satisfy me.
At Boyertown birthplace of
your president). I was again the
guest Of friends and had pie
thrice daily. excellent pie, the
de luxe product of generations
of contented pie bakers.
wish to call special attention
to the French Rotisserie on Pa
cific avenue. Atlantic City,
where ! enjoyed a shore din
ner" Of CLAIMS, barbecued oys-
ters and piece Of halibut big
enough to choke n horse (if any
one could possibly wish to choke
horse with chunk Of hall
butt. ] called for peach pie t15
cents) and received the biggest
piece during the entire tour. II
was immense. The waiter did
not know of my position as
head Of this league and SO !
am sure that this size or pie
cut Is served to all patrons. IL
was about three times the usual
size and Of delicious quality, al
though the crust was brown
with use Of substitutes.
Outrageous il the price OF pie
at the Bellevue-Stratford. Phiia-
delphia. 1t is 80 cents a cut
| too. .,.
On the whole. I find condi-
tions elsewhere no better than
in Omaha. The pie trust seems
to be in power everywhere. II
is our duty TO continue our
| fight until we have attained our
great object. A. STINGER,
President a. L. =. Z. y. y.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-01
GEOGRAPHICAL,

Peopls talk about "driving the
Huns back beyond the Rhine"
But we don't have to drive them
that far, brother, before they
are on German soil. We will
cross the German frontier at
some places 100 miles before we
reach the Rhine. or course. II
they don't "holler 'nuf" we'll
drive 'em across the Rhine. too.
When we get to the Rhine we
will have In our possession more
German territory than Germany
now has of French territory.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-01

whistle was a very windy day down
town when he observed something
that escaped my notice"
~ do hope that the funny lobe~of
Henry's brain will function at your
party" Mrs. Leffingwell said.
Otherwise it would be a cherries
Junction." was the playful rejoinder.
Then Mrs. Leffingwell addressed
herself to restoring the dinner dishes
to state of cleanliness with Henry
demonstrating what little comedian
he could be with the dish towel. <
"You did stick up for me in this
crisis and for that | will buy you that
new clothesline you have been want
ing" Leffingwell said, as he stacked
the large plates on top of the small
plates.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-01
BUNDLE BEE EDITOR
INsPEcTs WAR WORK
IN EASTERN PLANTS
Brings Back Facts Which Won't
Make Pleasant Reading for
the Kalser-Berlin Pa
pers Please Copy.
Only millionalres and wealthy

Only millionaires and wealthy
editors can afford TO travel
nowadays. We discovered this
during our recent trip to the
east on business. The round
trip. Omaha to. Philadelphia,
used to cost $40, including Pull
man. Now 1t costs $120.
We would advise the kaiser
to take a. trip to Philadelphia,
1t is the greatest center Of war
industry in the country. A dozen
shipyards crowd the historic
banks Of the Delaware. We
took a boat trip and saw them
AT Hog Island alone are Is ship
slips, topped by forest Of
powerful derricks. Thousands
Of big electric lights make night
like day, for the yards work
day and night. They launch
about one ship a day from this
yard alone. And they are big,
trim-looking vessels.
SutCldl pOdlo dlC uSSu " Sdi
ry the workers at this and other
great yards to Camden, Phila-
delphia and other places where
they live. Thousands live In
barracks built right ouside the
yards.
Ten thousand other great
plants In Philadelphia and a
radius Of 20 miles are making
munitions and war supplies
And the wages the workmen
get are fabulous. Our brother.
who Is with the Bethlehem Steel
company. told us that many
rollers (they roll the hot
iron into sheets, rods, etc. }.
make $500 a month. One NUM-
tlons worker told US he makes
from s1s to SIT a day.
Philadelphia Is no longer
Sleepy" Market street at / a.
M. Is a blaze Of light and full
OF people. taxicabs, etc. Sailors
are there by the hundreds, from
League Island navy yard. (We'd
like to be a sailer! and sale
the raging name, shooting sub
marines.) sr'r
Railroads like the Reading
| seem to be filled with endless
professions Of freight trains. 60
ing west empty or loaded with
scrap iron; and coming east
laden with coal and finished
war products. Thus the stream
Of war stuff flows toward the
western front In Fwnce, where
\ ii will do the most good"
Business is booming. Atlantic
| City was never SO crowded as
now. Everybody has money and
| everybody Is spending 1t freely.
Walking into a hotel in Phil
adelphia about like the Fonte-
nellie. we modestly asked for "a
single room" .,
Something about IS or s6T'
said the gentlemanly clerk. And
| 1t only had q shower bath at
! that. We didn't stay there long.
|
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-01
UNBELIEVABLE.

We always regarded rail-
road conductors as stern men
who never joked but regarded
all passengers as potential dead
beats However. enc on the
Northwestern out of Chicag go
cracked a Joke at us, and a good
one, too. He happened TO take
our ticket last Of all on the
train and remarked. "You are
what the shoemaker beat his
wife with" What Is that?"
we inquired. "The iast"' said
this human conductor.
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-01
when in the mood; that he could
N, IL TIA lila n x,,ncli.,cr Lid ,nJ

when in the mood; that he could
whistle like a mocking bird and
could give an imitation of a COW
choking on a grasshopper. Memory
had served her with that information
in a time OF need and this was the
time, she thought, to enlist the tai
ent of her neighbor's husband in max
ing the surprise party something that
could be pointed to with pride Tor
many months to come. .. .
. my husband told me one day that
Mr.. Leffingwell was the funniest man
within seven miles of our block" was
the manner in which she broke the
news to Mrs. Leffingwell, explaining
the object of her visit.
One Of the best things Mrs. Left
ingwell could do was to hide her hus-
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-01
Comb Honey
BY EDWARD BLACK.
Home Life Of the Leffingwells.

Henry Leffingwell. the top SER
geant of the Leffingwell bailiwick, was
in his easy chair, wondering who
placed the dollar mark on the hog. or
worrying about some other equally
important economic problem. Dur
ing his periods of cerebral activity he
is as inseasate as a bump on log.
In fact, there are times when Mrs.
Leffingwell finds it necessary to
chide her Henry for his taciturn ten
denotes, and for not contributing his
quota to the domestic cheer.
This was one of the occasions when
his offerings to the cause of jovial-
ness might have been expressed by
the minus sign. He was not bright
ening his corner. He seemed to be
devoid of JUNCTION or eclat, or what
ever it was that he lacked. He looked
more like chief mourner or a de-
feated candidate on the day after cleo
ton. If he had suffered any re-
verses during the day, he had not
confided them to his wife. He may
have lost his pocketknife or he may
have seen the last gas bill What
ever may have been his weight of
of woe, he did not ask his wife to
share it with him.
Tbraataoc to Coraac,
Henry Leffingwell, if you don't
say something, I'll just scream right
out loud so that the neighbors will
hear me and Mrs. What's -Her-Name
will come rushing in, to inquire who
is dead over at the Leffingwells,"
spoke the top sergeant's wife.
Leffingwell's head Strengthened up
as if he had been energized by the
words of his wife. His mouth opened
and he said:
Somebody in this house must have
serious thought now and then.
Somebody must maintain the balance
Of, nationality"
'Look at Mrs What's Her Name (;
her husband plays mouth organ and
he even. buys her a ice cream cone
on Saturday night. | overheard him
calling her his little birdie the other
day. There are some husbands who
do not forget that wife remembers,
after she is married, some of the
things her husband told her before
she married him. We shall all die
of ennui in this house. You might
at least bring home new riddle once
in while or whistle a tune to lei
us know that you are still living
here" Mrs. Leffingwell continued.
No Frivolous Husband.
II suppose" Henry testify replied
"that the next thing you will want m.
to do will be play tag with you or
the lawn or learn to dance the hesita
ton. | believe in yielding to ones
impulse. When | get an impulse tc
play mouth organ will let yo,
know in time to invite the neighbors
If other husbands of the neighbor'
hood are inclined to devote Their
leisure time to frivolities, that is theil
affair, am not trying to run. ths
neighborhood."
Say, pa, did you ever do trick:
with cards?" Willie inquired.
Father speaks by the card" Mary
interposed, to soften the situation.
Mrs. What's-Her- Name came
bounding in like a will-of-the-wisp
! She rushed through the kitchen ant
, right into the Leffingwell conference
room, with her face full of radiance
and her hands full of crackeriack
She had been planning a surpris,
party for her husband who had tolc
J her on another occasion that Letting
lwell was regular village cut-ul
Omaha daily bee., 1918-09-01
REMARKS,

We can all emulate great men.
The other day truck driver
who had spilled a load of iron
piping in the street as hs
crossed Farnam at Thirteenth
was heard to utter the word
made famous by General Sher-
man.