Lincoln Nebraska State Journal from Lincoln, Nebraska • 26

SUNDAY STATE JOTTENAL, SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 1319. 2-0 CITY'S HEAVY DEATH RATE the night occasional shots were fired along the line, but I believe that the SABBED SOME BOOTLEGGERS MAX If HKltG JAIL. DCRL(TUE PAST YEAR. by the common headstone, so It may be by the Inscriptions that are placed beneath. It is, after all, a -noble and inspiring tribute to the dead that we should discipline our sorrow in the common cause as they disciplined for our eakes the surging passion of young life that, was in them.

Vraerskle. Charles John, you're getting old, -aren't yout John Aye, that I am. It I lire to the' end o' this month 111 be a hocter-geranium, Tlt-Bita. A Real rietara tlva "Do you I sate the Aurora' Borealls the other night for the first time." "Did yon, my dear Was it a good show?" Judge. and French.

Let tis In charity remember these things In the cemeteries "of the brave that have died in this war. The commission further explains their ruling about the nature of the Inscriptions that may be placed on the tombs at private expense. The a. censorship on sentiment la abhorrent, and the rule that these Inscriptions should be In the nature of a text a prayer was not, of course, meant to discriminate between sects, bat oely to restrain the expressions of grief and affection for the dead within the limits of what is permissible in a public memorial. "Tbe gods "lovd the fervour, not the turaolt, of the soul." It is hard to lay down rules, and the mourners be assured that all rules will be interpreted with the reverence due te sorrow; but if the ostentation of grief is to be disciplined nltion the fact that Jews are now not a sect hut a nationality, tho one based upon religion.

I We Christians owe much to the vessel In which the wine of eternal life has been given to tit. and It is fitting that thia debt should be acknowledged on these acres wherewe mourn our 'common humanity. The separate symbal, too, is a recognition of a fact which is not generally appreciatedd, that for the JewB this arlias been a worse tragedy than for.other peoples, at any rate until its later etaees fulfilled their hopes, borne on the sighs of nearly two thousand years of erlle, of returning of the Promised land. We have had the consolations of nationality to sustain us; for them it has been a civil war In which Russian Jews hve fought against Austrian and German Jews, and these against English bore little resemblance to Its present form, for, in the seventh century, when it first begins to be mentioned, having superseded the still more ancient eceatt, it was a silver coin. It maintained, however, then aa now, the same relation with the "pound," altho the pound, as a coin, was not then in existence.

The -penny of the time of Ina, for instance, he who was king of the West Saxons, toward the close of the seventh weighed about twenty-two and ope-half troy grains, being thus about one two-hundred and-fortieth of the Saxon pound weight. The penny is now, of course, a coin of bronze, but its value is etill one two-hundred and-fortieth of the golden pound. New, the advocates of a decimal coinage may inveigh against -it, and Bay that antiquity has nothing to do 2ru -45-y 11 XT ii ugtj ejj; prmr LO HXKX jr IE rT 1 3 I 1918 The Western 1919 J. 3 IP -1 -1L was it, tmt Uie penny, wmcn ramer prides Itself on its ancient lineage. ouid not rest content witn ma tune as a "century or origin." it traces iu "idea," if not lu name, farther back stilL Its relation to the pound weight, it points out, is evidently derived from the usage of the early rTanks and tne 1-Yanks themselves had retained the Roman division of tbe libra into twen ty solidL and the solidus into twelve denant, Ihe flenarlus Deing mus ine two-hundred-and-fortieth of the libra or pound.

So the penny would end by proclaiming itself, lite so mucn eie In England, to be of Roman descent, and it would point to the fact that Is still 1U symbol, and that stands for denarius. As to the penny's poor relations, the halfpenny and the Earthing, they were not coined in England till the time of Edward but before his time the practice had prevailed of bo deeply in denting the penny with a cross mark that it might easily be broken into two or four parts, as the exigencies of the case might require. It wp.s in Edward I's reign, too, that "the penny itself began to come down in the world. Debasing the coinage was an a'l too evident wav of "raising money" for the kings of those days to ignore without an effort, and so from the time of Edward I to the time of Queen Elizabeth, the Intrinsic value of the penny steadily declined. William the Con querors penny maintained Its due and Just relation to the pound but by the time or Edward IV tne twenty-two ana one-half grains had become twelve, and by the time of the Great Eliza seven and three-quarters.

There, nowever, the -downward ten dency ceased, and when the penny subsequently, took on its "copper ex pression," was very conscientious about the matter, and Insisted that the copper that went Into its making should be worth the value of Elizabeth's silver penny. In this copper expression, however, the penny was preceded by its poor relation, the halfpen ny, cnarles 11 first issued a copper halfpenny, and set the style for all subsequent copper coinage by stamping on the reverse the famous and familiar figure of Britannia. The Britannia" of Charles I I's- halfpenny, however, was not depicted as ruling the waves. That symbolic act was first shown on the tremendous copper pennies of George Ill's reign, which Is sued from the Hint soiio in 1797. it was then that a trident was substituted for a spear, which had hitherto appeared on copper coins, and the familiar waves with a ship in place of the previous straight line.

There-was only one more great change In the penny's long history, aiid that came in 1860, when the copper penny was recalled, and the bronze penny of today, the penny of ''many automatic uses' un dreamed or by its copper predecessor, took its piace, The Brave That Are bo Hare. (London Times.) The War Graves Commission have published an explanation ot their rul ing on uniformity of headstones and on the lnscpritions that may be placed upon them. The headstones tho uni form, are" not to without ther appro priate religious symbol.tbe Cross for Christians and the Sign of David for Jews. That a separate symbol should be given lor Jewistt graves is a recog- e. 1" BREAKS ALL RJDCORDS MX TORT OF LIJICOLX.

II I S- Saaaah Isflaca and Complica-tloas Responsible for the Great Mortality. Th) death rate for the heaviest In the history of Lincoln. Superintendent Chapman of the "city health department, estimated that tbe deaths for the year were approximate- 200 above the normal. Nearly naif of the deatha were during the last three months of the year. For October, No vember and December the death list totaled 441 against 481 for the other nine months.

Influenza and Its complications were largely responsible for the breaking of normal records, ine epiaemic oegau the latter part of September and its effects were the moat drastic during October when -07 deaths were reported, a great per cent of them being charged to the epidemic. With few exception i pneumonia was the complication which followed influenza. The large majority of deaths Included persons between the ages of twenty and forty yoars old. Children, the middle-aged and the old usually escaped the more serious effects of the scourge if attacked. One hundred and fprty-two deaths from Influenza were reported for October; sixty in November and sixty-three In December.

Auaorg other canses of death heart disease is credited with fifty-one; ty-(thoid fever, three; pneumonia, not as a complication, seventy-one; cancer, fifty-one: kidney ailment with fifty-four; tuberculosis, nineteen; diphtheria, seven; scarlet fever, two, and whooping cought, three deaths. The deaths by months for the year fntlmar- int January ft February March 11T "717 April Mar IS Juna July it 3 47 U1 Its 121 Tba Birth Uecord. A rust September October November December Mains Females January February Marc a April May 41 64 tt 41 it 47 84 41 14 't 41 61 -it 41 at 0 40 Juua July August beptsmber October November Dsosmber tlT J47 Of the totalsnumber of births' seven were colored males and six colored females BIRTH Oa- TUB PO.MV. Aa Aaclcat aad Iloaorabla Coinage EasllaJa Orlalo. (Christian Science Monitor.) At a time when the question of new coinages in many different countries.

new and old, Is a question well above the horizon, It is interesting to glance over the story of one of the oldest of all colnH, the British penny. Many other coins there are that ara more valuable, and more portable in propor tion to tneir value, but tne penny nas unquestionably this distinction, that it is tne doyen of tbe Uritisn coinage. Long before tne pound or tne half- crown or even the "nimble sixpence" was bo much as thought of, the penny, or penlg, as the Anglo-Saxons called it, had right of way from Land's End to Deal and from the Cheviot Hills to Selsea Bill. Indeed, amohg the Anelo- Saxons, the penny had a complete mo nopoly dui, in Anglo-Saxon days, it It is American Thanks yon for favors received during the past year, which, have aided in making it a pleasant and memorable one. Both Company and SaleB Fores hope the old year has dealt kindly with you in every way and extend best wishes for a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Western Supply Co.

Lincoln, Nebraska majority were fired at these crabs." Shortly afterwards telliy witnessed a strange battle for a drink of water. Their secona in-commana naa been shot, and a cry for water was raised. "Ail our canteens were empty. My bunky, Pete Ooorakl, saw a canteen lying in a cleared space ahead, lie ran out and picked it up. 'it bail-lull he anouieo, Homing ttjip.

half-crazed man from another company dashed out and tried to jerk it from his hand. Pete struck him with his fist. There, on the top of that hill, under a hot fire from the possession of the precious canteen. I Pete dropped his man, and running back, handed the canteen to the man who was bandaging the young officer. "It was too late to save him.

lie died an hoar later, on the road back to the field hospital." There Is no word in the civilian vocabulary which quite expresses the full meaning of the word "bunky," used above. Chum or comrade, says O'Reilly, is Inadequate. Perhaps super-chum, or bosom -comrade, might nit tne naa. However we name them, there are thousands of "bunkles" fighting in Europe today men who share blankets, grub, and are partners in all things. O'Reilly's first bunky was the hero of tbe incident just related, and had a great soul.

He fought nobly, yet was keenly alive to man's minor necessities. "I'd rather be a full private than a hungry corporal, be once observed, when risking his stripes for a meaL But tbe friendship bad a short term. During a hot battle, O'Reilly heard the words: "'Man down. Bring a stretcher. Corporal Pets Goorkakl; shot thru the head." O'Reilly himself was recommended for the Medal of Honor the same day, but he felt little joy.

Returning to his fire, he sat down to a lonely supper. For a year Pete and be had been the nearest of chums. They had slept together, worn each other's clothes, and fought each other's nehta. While he waa sitting there a soldier named Lee Crowell came an sat down beside him. "You lost your bunky todav," be said, "and .1 lost mine.

What do you say If we throw In together?" "Suits replied O'Reilly. From that ht until the day of his discharge Crowell and O'Reilly were partners. The American army has never lacked seaL and conclude with an amusing case of an over-conscientious Georgian sentry. A man approached, remarking that he was an officer of the camp. "Get out! What are you tryin' to give me?" responded the sentry.

"Of ficers don't wear them clothes. You might be a spy." "1 am Lieutenant-Colonel velt," "Colonel nothln'! You don't lnok like a colonel to me. I'll just call the corporal of the guard, and let hlui size you up. And if you, try to run away 1 11 bust you over the head!" Roosevelt did not try to run away, and, happily for America, there was no occasion to bust her future president's head. FIRE LOSS FOR THE TEAR Valae of Pronartr Deatraya.

la Lln- cola Mara Than la' Baeaee of HUT. There were 460 fire alarms in 1918 compared to 499 In 1917. The fire loss for last year was 1168,719. compared to a loss of IU6.55L68 In 1917. One big fire In September, 1918, waa respons ible for swelling the losses to heavy figures.

The damage in September to the Yost coal and lumber yards and the Dewitt Grain company amounted to approximately Other large nres during the year were at the Hol land lumber yards. Uie old Barber ele vator and tbe planing mill at Eleventh and streets. The total value of all of the property Involved was During the year a number of Incendiary fires were reported over the country, and charges were anade that some fires occurred at Lincoln due to the work of tire bugs. the unusual situation, waa stated mat Lincoln got thru the year with better fortunes than many other cities which suffered heavy losses. Tha fire loss by montns louows: January I 4.1C4 ebruary 1.SJ7 Marcb 4.310 310 409 T.66 i.m 114.313 1,174 741 141 April May Juna July Aufuet September October November December Total It will be noted that the fire loss for December, the last month In the year, was the smallest of the twelve months vlih tho rlatnairn flved at 1142.

MaV comes next with a loss of but $310 and June third, with a loss of $409. THE HEROIC AQB. He apealta not well who detfc hU tlma a- Namln'U'nsw and little aa esecura. Ignoble and unfit tor lofty deeda, All tlniea were modern In tha time af them. And thla no more than others.

Do they part Hers In the living day, aa uia tne treat Whom mads did days imnwnui a men. Oailng Ions back to thla far-leamtnr hour. Say: "Then ths time when men vera truly men Though wars crew less their spirit met tha teat Ot new conditions; conquering ctot wrong; Sarins the alate anew by vlrtuoua IWea, Guarding tha country's honor as Uielr tea. And their own aa their oountry's aad their sons; Defying leagued fraud with single troth, When error thru-tne land raged like a peal. Thsy claimed tha madness caught from mind to mind By wladom drawa frem eld.

and counsel aans: And 'Sunn' and "Honey" and "Outey" Oavs death for maa, so nobly gays they life; Those the groat day, and that ths harola age." Richard TVatsea Ollder. I Practice Makes) Perfect. She (after his proposal) Did you ever say anything like thia to a girl before 7 He HemvensI You dont suppose It could be done like that the first time, do you I Boston Transcript, Coaalttoas Bad Laws Caeaed 7faaaberato Ba Iaea eratea Daring; same Period. Curing the past year forty-five more prisoners found lodging in the ancient and crumbling Jails of Lancaster county than during the preceding twelve months, the number being 718 as compared with 673 for the year 1917. The war was responsible for (the incarceration of more of these than any other cause, tba the illicit traffic in booze was a rattier close second.

War prisoners numbered 144, of whom eighty-four were listed as 'deserters and slackers, eleven were charged with disloyalty and forty-nine sedition. There were 110 pris-, oners charged with bootlegging, which was a big Increase over the before, when tie number eo i charged was sixty-three, i On the first day of the year the jail contained twenty-sis inmates and the 4 receipts by months thereafter were: 37; February, 48; March, 43; April, 62; May, 60; June, 106; 'July, til, August, 77; September, 74; October, 4u; November, 11; December 68. There are twenty-one prisoners in the jail at this time. During the year there have been re- ceived at the jail 588 white males, j-Beventy colored xualea, forty-nine white females, six colored females and five Mexicans. i The numbers of prisoners charged jwith various offenses are: Disturbing peace 7, embezzlement 6, rape drunk 26, no fund checks 21, violating traffic rules 12, petit larceny 29, boot leglng 110.

obscene literature 3, de-. serters and slacken 84, assault 14, Juvenile court 2, investigation 10, 3, Insane 8G, obtaining money under false pretenses 4, lor nil In? 4, nonsupuort 20, dipsomaniacs 3. eranu larceny 25. defrauding noteis Incest 4, disorderly conduct 2, die- loyalty 11, runaway boys 5, bastardy 4, safekeeping 26, violating food law 2 ffii.tHiiitil of court 1. virrancv 12.

reform school 7, gambling 14. burg lary 2, violating game law. 1, kldnap-, ping 4, sedition 49, carrying concealed weapons 2, confidence men 3, mur der 1. No Improvement In Building. In his report to the county eomrols- sloners on jail conditions Sheriff Kim xnons says: Tbe conditlen of the old Jail building hss not Improved In In paet year and It atlll remaiua unauluu-r, liable to at any tlina and la In tha him condition aa IP bailiff a nra trap, except that a crated hinged window haa bean provided fur tha lower celia, nut nona for the upper ceila.

There have bt'vn no earn pea in the last year, altho two or three timea the soft Iron Lara have bee aawed off and holes dug Into the walla, but detection was ma da In time Lo prevent an outbreak. The commissioners Mave been liberal In matter of auppilea for prleonere and have boen kupl aa comlortable aa surroundings woyld ix-rinlt, conaidertng the crowded oonilltion of the Jail, which baa been full to overflowing moat of the year. The paper and pa.lut In that part of the Jail outatde the oelle. and alao the worrt.ni and lioapital wards are In a very bad condl- Hon aa they have net beta repaired for aev-aral years. Tha gtmeral demeanor of the prleonere during tha year haa been exceltent and very little trouble haa occurred except from a few bad characters Who tried to cause The prisoners bars bad three meals a day conetatlug of bread, potatoes, soup, cortes, and everything that could pooalbly be furnlahed for the amount allowed for feeding, and I alnoeraly hop that the learlala-ture thla winter will take up this matter In tbe cause of joeUoe.

aad pass a law that will allow the county Jails of the state a reasonable amount for the feed af prisoners, and that the oounty aommlaelonara will take some steps to secure a aeoeut JaU la tha capital city of tha state. No contagious disease ezeaat tha "flu" during the year and bo deatha from 'this dlseass eccarred. ths anly death la the Jail for ths year being a vagrant whs cam to the Jail sick. n6viG and riuiiTijra. Stories of Americas lr Wfce Went JMq War Twenty Years 1ft.

(London Answers.) -An American officer Major K. S. OHellly has written a book of personal adventures which suggest that nothing In the way of human emotion Is new under the sun. Each generation brings fresh Inventions, but human nature, like Tennyson's brook, flows on unchanged. Some twenty years ago 0 Renly enlisted In the American army to fight the Spaniards, lie was seventeen at the time, and his account might apply to the earlv davs of the present war: 'What is your barked a grey- haired sergeant.

Twnntv-nne' I reDlled. 'Date and year of your birth he demanded. 'August 15, I answered, con fused by the knowledge of my patriotic falsehood. 'That makes you declared the sergeant, scowling. 'Don't you know your own 'Twentv-two it is.

My I replied, in terror lest 1 should be rejected. "Of the six recruits sworn Into the service that day, one waa a blacksmith, one a city fireman, one an escaped convict who had enlisted under an assumed name, ana inree or us youngsters from high school and fin! versitv." It was a blow to the other five when the ex-convict waa selected, a the most trustworthy-looking among them, to lead the parly on their railway jounipy! But, even as now, the ini tial glories of military life were apt to receive their colu douches. "Alas for my dreams of the pomp and pageantry of military life!" says Major Reilly. "My-firpt day in the army was passed in the root-cellar the kitchen, peeling potatoes lor hungry soldiers." One of O'Reilly's first ejperlencps of real war was an eerily humorous incident which occurred In a Cuban where he was on outpost duty. "Suddenly I heard coming towards me.

I flattened myself against a tree, and slipped a cartridge into tbe chamber of my rifle. Who ever was approaching was. making no enort to Keep quiet. "The leaves of a dwarf palirl rattled avnu swayeu. tnrew up my gun.

Then a giant land-crab dropped out of the palm, and fell sprawling on the The bushes were full of them, popping their claws, scaring the wits out of greenhorn sentries. During i Office 1i faf 1 ideals are Pointing tfie Way Only a Short Gut in Expressing the "Golden Rule 800-822 Street Long Distance Phones B-1150 and B-1370 to the Rest of the Lincoln, BONEY i'i Warehouse I 'IT HXJLMJt World Nebraska 1 Faced with a tremendou? decrease in our output, the restrictions on sugar and other articles entering: into the manufacture of Candy, the shortage of skilled labor in all branches and not being able to give any of our friends all the candy they would have liked to have, w-e tried our best to deal squarely with all and to show our customers that the spirit and loyalty that should exist- in valued friendship has been our object. During all these strenuous times our business has been one continual round of annoyances handicaps and risks. one steady strain on the nerves and has required the most vigilant watchfulness and careful management to keep the factory moving at all. Sometimes, under the strain and restrictions our organization may not have, been- able to meet the trade with all the courtesies, accommodations and sweet temper of former days, when everything was running smoothly and serenely.

If so, it has been owing to the pressure and the demands made upon us from many sources, and not from any desire or inclination to grouch or be unduly exacting. But the days that were dark have brightened and the worried look has been replaced with the glad smile. Everyone is looking forward, confident that business will rapidly be restored to normal proportions. We. in common with most manufacturers, are anticipating an era of unparalleled prosper-' ity.

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