THK UKK: OMAHA, MONDAY. OCTOHKJl 19, 1914.
THE OMAHA DAILY DEE
IWNPF.n RT EDWARD ROSF.WATFR.
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Snbecrlbera leaving rh city temporarily
bxmJd have The Be mailed to then. Ad
drees will be changed of tea aa rrqaewted.
It Is "Howdy, Mr. Gowdy," back la Boston
town.
A good name for those blue bits would be
rrzemysL , .
Belgium's neutrality continues to b Its lar
gCSt pOBPCMtOII. ,
N. . - ' J
Our recollection u that Serria was mixe4 up
in this war at tha outset . i
The Missotrrt male drafted into service in
Europe may naturally be expected to kick at
bis lot.
The candidate for ofilce who Is act sure ho
has a, fine chance of election is a tnig&ty rare
animal.
If that hi an with the $10,000. WO to not care
ful he may fall to find college willing; to accept
his bennest,
There will be ample time for distributing
the peace prizes as soon m alt the Iron crosses
are disposed of.
Bill James of Boston, for the nonce, baa a
bigger place In the public eye than any other
member of the Jamas family, even In Missouri.
IVroegognee Upset Business of tha Country.
Headline. .....
. .What else can we aspect of our demagogues!
The sinking of the Tltanio sent a thrill of
borror through the world, but what was It,
after all, as compared with the tltanio slaughter
going on In Europe?
The Inat Nebraska leglalature pasxed a law
authorizing Omaha, to rote a million dollars at
park bonda at one time, but so one seem to be
in a hurry to yote tfcem.
l,CT1,,aBaaaaa
It wont be long before blrdmea are so rem
mon that people on the streets will net stand
atlll to look up at them. Remember the first
few 7rs of the automobile?
With several women ranaias; for places oa
the Omaha School board, the women vofera will
have a chance to show, whether the prefer to
t Rst their ballots tor women or for tnen.
President W llnon e tender of the good offices
of the United States for mediation or arbitration
1 a standing offer, but until the combatants
are ready to accept It, our country will do well
to keep out,
ClirlMruaa Prraont Planned for Earn Warrior
of Kiimp. Meel'lne.
Make It peace for the world at large, end the
warriors will gladly forego theirs for an honor,
able fcome-co alien. v
-Tke Idea behind the nonpartisan judiciary
clectina waa to bring about nonpartisan voting
as well as a nonpartisan ballot. Thia will not
be done if all the democrata vote for a democrat
Just because he Is a democrat.
It Is said down at Washington tbat word baa
gone out to all democrats workers to put the
sort pedal on that one-prculdcntlal-term proposi
tion. No, the word Is not aupposed te have
emanated from the State department.
The notorious religtooa mountebank, who
had Predicted the end of the world for thia
mouth. Is now grinding out columns of stuff to
how that he aluo predicted the present war -ort
of aiming at the goose and hitting the
tacder.
7
A
Hewn Y. a JIawn. clii. f ainal efnoar, waa Iter
irum Waatiinrton on an offwial liwi tlon tour.
The fir.t Ntlr.ka iudga f tha B'nul fi'rltb wm
omnixd at ifiroiw.!itan iluU hall with a mmbai.
tni) u f thirty-nv. Tha following cffkra wrr choar
iuiJ icKtjJIoit hy r-rt!sriaUUvea of tha araiid lodga
Truia cri!(fcro: rrfs!dut, L trrfW(lr. wee
dm;, St. licllina.li; aecrttary, B. SoiBiftr, )r.; floan.
i.J aetary. JoiM-ph isruaavtl: trcuuror. Adolph
Min-r; tnj (, rrill UuUlutlmer, A. llaliar and al.
i:tx i!rj-rr; rmntlcr, ChasWm litanflia; Inntla guard-.
Uit, J I. i-.mre; ontld aunarduu. A. Kilh.
'. U My and 3auMr of I'lcuoaut liill. Ho, nr
" '' Kru M. V,', Ki.M on Twantyniocond atmet.
Ji.hn U. Jn.u, alio haa Ix-wn aprbdinc tha
.iij,'ii-r hr parents In liaaover, I'a., rrturned
t , Oiu.Uia to remain iur'.ti tha alatee.
Ji. ;i fi.niVon ii K from a to wvk bulnfaa
lrlt to r-'-.iO'!. '
O.-niidR T.i,'er tompany put on a mirth pff
V Janr. T(. Widow ktid tltt Ijta lln!jid.'
ilr. I lr .1 ai.l X'.n Kjiihe tailing off tt.t homua.
The Workmen's Compensation Referendum.
Whether the workmen's compensation law
enacted by the laat Nebraska legislature la to be
rut In force or remain Inoperative will be deter
mined by the vofera at the coming election.
Tbwra are several provisions in thia set,
which, we frankly eon f ok, are not what they
would be if we had written them, but yet the
underlying principle of compensation In place of
litigation for Industrial arcidenta Is so sound,
snd In accord with the progressive thought of
the time, that we believe It far better that the
voters approve the law, and thus put It Into ef
fect, relying on the legislature later to remedy
cr perfect such featnrea as experience may show
nned Improvement.
Thia conclusion is supported by another
reason, which should be generally understood.
It Is notorious that the referendum on this act
was inspired and financed by certain so-celled
personal-Injury lawyers, who see in It an Inter
ference with their bualnesa of suing employers
for dsmages on a 60 per rent, contingent fee
basis. These lawyers rightly figured that the
money they would spend to procure the neces
sary signatures to the referendum petition
would be more than made up to them out of
their shares of damage verdicts obtained during
the year and a half the law would be held In I
abeyance even If it were finally adopted. I
On this theory, if the present law la Voted
down, the same agencies would find It profitable
to take a referendum upon any future law that
may be enacted aa a aubatitute, and to repeat
the performance so that Nebraska could never
adopt the' compensation principle without an
affirmative ote on referendum. What the peo
ple of Nebraska are to vote on, therefore, ia not
this particular compensation law as against a
better one, but this compensation law as against
to compensation law at all. On that Issue we
are for approving the law. '
War and Disarmament
While It may be said tbat Europe'a experi
ence proves the futility Of big armies and big
navies as preventives of war, on the other hand
It le not a convincing argument tor no armies
and navies at all. Where naif a dozen nations,
the same as Individuals, stand with triggers
cocked and eyea strained to get the drop on each
other; nothing to going to avert hostilities,
Universal peace, of course. Is the glorious
goal wbkh civilisation fondly faces as an
Ideal. And like all other Ideals, it mast be
striven for long and hard before realised. It is
itot easy to see through the mist of present con
ditions tbat It has been brought measurably
nearer within the last three months.
At any rate, without descending to jingoism,
Americana can not go It alone In dismantling
ships and stacking arms. Most people, we Imag
ine, believe la the wisdom of being prepared, as
other nations are prepared, for an emergency,
however Improbable or forbidding It may be.
Jt we are to maintain an army or navy at all,
we ought to maintain a good one. Our navy ia
said to be, not only lacking aomewhat in ships,
but much mora in men properly trainedboth
of the upper, and lower ranks. Our army, of
course, Is email. We are not inviting war, far
from expecting it, but merely following out the
plain, beaten paths of human experience when
we go in for, adequacy and efficiency along these
?!&. If, oa the other band, the war lead to
?"f.; practical plan for general disarmament, the
ttafied States may be counted on to co-operate
fully and heartily.
Getting the Eoads Beady.
Mntola Highway and all the other, transcon
tinental roads ought to be put in the best of con
dition before the season of. the Panama-Pacific
exposition. For undoubtedly many who go to
the coast In 115 will travel in thetr autos. The
better the condition of the roads,, the larger will
be the volume of this traffic. Stops will be
longer and more frequent by motorists than
by train tourists. Aa what we want to an oppor
tunity for showing off tha country to the expo-,
sltlon travelers, the matter of the good roads
will have an economy value. Regardless of thia
consideration, thofigb, we should wish to put the
roads in the best of shape. The material ad
vantages of thia Will appear to the people of Ne
braska, who have more te offer the folks looking
for a dellglttful and promising country to locate
II than any. other transmlsaourt state.
Newspapers and the War
Tbe Milk in tha Cocoanut.
Commenting on the effort of the klaaaachu
actts State Bar association to lessen the volume
and Increase the efficiency of legislation in tbat
slate, the Christen Science Monitor says it the
lawg enacted were more constructive in thetr
aim and clearer and more explicit ia thetr
terms, tbey would thereby decrease In Volume,
as would subsequent litigation.
That gets close to the milk in the cocoanut.
Lawyera for the moat part make, aa well aa con
atrue and administer, our laws. As lawyers a too
thrive oa litigation, only the unselfish and patri
ot to among them readily lend their Influence
to any plan for diminishing litigation. And as
the experience of moat legislatures shows, one
set of lawyers la always trying to punch holes
ia the lawa enacted by another aet. Lawyers,
as everybody knows, are seat, not always as
members, to very legislature, state and na
tional, by certain special interests to promote or
defeat legislation, few bills, nowadays, find
tbeir way from the hopper to the governor's
desk for final action, unattended by the guiding
hand of some specially-engaged lawyer, not t
speak of the lawyer members of tne legislature.
So while in Massachusetts, aa well aa Ne
braska and aome other states, high-minded mem
bers of the profession are beginning to move for
bimpler laws, the reform is not going to have the
clearest sailing, it will require all the help
patriots of any calling can give ii, but especially
will tt require the fostering influence of lawyers
who are best informed how to help it along.
It no one be mtaled into the notion that
keeping the university on the downtown campus
is going to save money to the taxpayers, for tt
will not save one cent, because the tat levy bae
alraady been made. The only open question Is
whether the money should be spent building up
a alngle coneolidated university on the aukutbaa
site or building up two university plaats, one
downtown and one at the agricultural college.
In the long run the cost of maintaining and con
ducting two separate institutions mum be much
greater thaa the cost or a consolidated university
By araak S. Veyaa, rraetdeat AsaaalaUd Praia.
There la, perhaa, no popular mlaundrratamllna
mora widespread than la found In tha current belief
that a rreat war or othr Important hnppetiinpa that
eauaa a a lncred rale of tiwpapera ia proHtabla
to ftewanaper cwnera.
The fundamental error la ao aroteaque to a noa
papor puhliahcr aa to cauae trm humor of It to afford
aome, aolace to him If tha hard arttiatlttee trotjhla him
ordy.
Tho aimple fact ia that the newapaper la probably
a heavier financial aufferer In tho rMiRlneae world
throtirh war than any and save thoae whose property
Is phyalrally detr?yrd or It.
On thia aide of tha water the burden of tha preaent
European warJs laid hoavleet on newspaper pub
liahars of all our bualneaa men. Thia ta ao beeaure
of fa:ts that are very eaay to underatand.
Tha newapapers of larso circulation la thia coon
try ara almoat without exception 1-cent newpapera.
The white paer for theae papera cowta more than
tha wholaaale Belling; price. There la a loaa on every
copy sold and tha eraater tba excitement, the more
"extras" laaoed, the greater the loas.
In ordinary times thia loea la mad up by advertising-
receipt a. It la obvious, however, that nothfmt
Is received for the sdvertlalna In this additional and
temporary circulation. Tha and revere of this la true.
In all times of excitement advertising; diminishes
there ara Individual exceptions, of ocuree. but they
are sporadic and only prove tha ruk-.
If this measured tha extent of the dinaMer to the
newspapers that war brings they would even then be
somewhat worse off than the average husineaa con
cern for with dlrnnlshed advertising earnings they
would nave IncreSaed circulation losses.
The tale of woe of the aewapapara has only begun,
however. The usual bualneaa concern when trade Is
bad, whether from war er whatever the canae of tho
depression may be, trims Its sails for the storm,
curtails the working force, reduces the output. War
means to the atewspapef on tha contrary an Immediate
and tremendous increase to Its ooat of production.
Take tha Associated Press for example. This Is a
co-oncrsttve and nonprofit making organization ot
soma toe papers, the purpose of .which la to facilitate
the exchange ef news between Its members and the
collection ef ertgtnal news for their Joint benefit. In
times of peace It maintains news bureaus In all the
world centers ef news and the cost oV Its operations
runs annually to an enormous sum. The little flurry
of the Bpanlsh-Amsrlcaa war, however, cost the As
sociated Pres fWl.Ofle In addition to Its normal ex
pensoa. In preparation for the peeverblal ''rainy day"
which with the Associated Press Is war-art emer
gency fund ef tfflO.SOO had been accumulated. Blnce
the latter part of July, this baa been eaten into at an
appalling rate, for the Associated Press must expand
ita corps of correspondents at all news points from
Ijendon to Tokio, must multiply Ita cable expenditures
by five or by ten If tha cvneors graciously permit.
As with the Associated Press, go with all In
dividual newspapers, large or small. The maintain
ing of editorial and mechanical forces during unusual
hours to provide for the prompt publication ol
declarations of war snd great battles alone amounts
to a heavy burden.
It Is When the case of the Individual great news
papers, like those of New York and Chicago, la con
sidered that the full accuracy of Oereral Sherman's
pronooncement as to war Is established, so far as the
newspaper la concerned.
These newspapers fael bound In the performance
of their duty to their readnrs to do a large amount
of original news gathering tn addttlon tt that done
for thnnv by tho Associated Press or other newa
gathering organisations and the expense to them Is
simply staggering.
It Is doubtful whether any of the publishers of
the great newspapers can even now refrain from
either tears r bad language when he thinks ot the
orgy of expense la which ho wss Involved during the
Rpanlsh-AmerVcn war. The ordinary profits of the
moat proaperoug vanished Into thin air and the leas
fortunately placed found themselves facing enormous
deficits. . ;
Harrowing aa that recollection has been It will
seem Ilk a rosy dreera If the present tltanio copfilct
eontlnuea for a considerable time and the newspapers
keep up their expenditures on the scale of August
aad Bsptamber.
, It may well be that all newspaper owners will be
praying for a censor who will forWd any reference
to the war to be cabled.
People and Events
Columbia university, New Tork. leaps te the front
this year with a rosier of 12,K students, the highest
enrollment ef any educational Institution in the
world.
Ambulance chasers and Shyster claim asenta are
among the derelicts stranded In New Tork City by
the workmen's compensation law. The transition
from affluence to poverty doesn't extract a gob of
sympathy. 1
Word cornea from over the aeaa that Mary Uardsn
has abandvmad the stage for the time, being and is
going to the front a a Red Crose WoVker. "I may
never sing again," she Whispers, Wherefore Chkago
perks up end sobs, "What, never?"
liOttlevlUA, Ky Is hot-rifled by the discovery that
the luscioue and pungent "hamburger steaks" Which
filled leeal epicures with Joy are made of horse meat.
Warrants are eat for to of fond era, and If caught
with the goods, quick punishment Will fit the awful
crime,
Parmer Governor Oeborne of Wyoming Is waging a
legal battle la court at Springfield. 111., to recover
ft, W and Interest, out of whk"h he waa whlpeawed la
a sheep Seal thirteen years aire. Mr, Osborne In his
eepositto adailts ha waa fleeced, but didn't know tt
at the time.
Ceieasl IL A. rttttrihin. a prominent official 6f the
standard Oil company, IS dead at his home le Madi-
son, H. J. lie was one ef the many oil pioneers of
Onto who followed the nnrfcefoilere from Cleveland te
New York aad soeopad In enaae of tha ell millions.
John tK Rockefeller Is the chief survivor ef the group.
Broadus Jonee of Macon, aa., who. until a year
ego, waa selling newspapers on the streets, la now
Installed as a minister of the haatlst church. Though
oaly IS years of age. hie experience as a newa crier
enables him to put hte extra thrills where they will
do the most good.
Axel 6 won son of West Concord, N. H.. a granite
cutter, poases two peculiar characteristics. His
hands work In unlaon that Is, a movement of one
Involuntarily causes the other band to perform the
same function, and while ha has aa abundance of
bair npoe hs head he has never had to use a rtsor
on Ms fare.
Twice Told Tales
The Rest Cere.
Senator lleary Cabot Lodga waa condemning, at a
dinner le Uoaton, the light, vacuous duality of the
magaaine ef the day. ,
' I know a doctor. said Soiistor tad, ''who was
consulted by a famous novelist. The novelist. It
tureed out, had brain fag. So the doctor said to him:
" "I prescribe for you complete, absolute repose,
both cneutal aad phyralcaJ. CJo oft somewhere by the
swa, loaf ea the sand, and, to rest yaor mind, write a
series of tea or twrlve anagaslne stories. " Boston
Glotp.
A Lover ef Sperta.
"Aeatria astareed tha European situation ha she
earlared war on tittle Pervia." said OeneraJ , Wlnf
S. Udgeriy. ta Bangor. "She nflareed the situation as
completely aa the rich, lady misread tbe question ef a
friend.
"A rivh SdJ good lady, whose home llfs wss not.
alas, all that could be desired, Wat asked by a friend
as they motored past a golf riub:
Tv rou like sports?"
" 'Well. I aurpse I oegM to.' the rUh lady si lied.
'I married ens.' " Wahlnttf fiat
A areesneat.
OMAHA, Oct. IT.-To the Editor of The
Hce: t read with pleasure snd profit
yo'tr ad'lress on the short ballot and re
form of election machinery. Whatever we
may disagree upon, we certsinly agree
upon this. C. P. HARRISON.
OMAHA. Oct 17. To the Editor of The
Dee: Why should recant property on
west Martha street or Home Terrace ad
dition, be assessed for the laying of water
mains while all other property through
out the heart of the city of Omuhs has
been exempt of sny such assessment foi--
the laying of such water mains? P. II.
A poor girl who has invested her sev
ings In a lot In said addition.
;lory ef War.
OMAHA. Oct. lt.-To the Editor of The
Ree: The only glory ( of war Is dfath!
Desolate homes to which father and
brother shall never return! Women and
children facing the gloom ot starvation.
Helpless, crying, clinging dependent ones
thrown upon the mercies of a cold, unfeel
ing, unsympathetic world! Glory of war!
Hospitals full ot mangled human beings.
Plelds strewn with the dead and dying, to
be piled In great heaps and burned, while
the rivers run red with blood! Olory of
wnr! t
The deserted plow, the empty office,
the silent factory. "All the glory of war!
MlIMons of Christian Slave men driven
to the slaughter front by Whom and for
what? Olory of war!
Each nation endeavoring to outstrlde
the other In devilish man-killing mech
anl'ms. Millions wantonly wasted for
yearly srmiments. Christian nations do
this and Christians pass such law meas
ures! Olory for war!
Culture, refinement, religion, civilisa
tion thrown to the four Winds! Arbitra
tion and diplomacy a mockery, for our
Inherent Instincts seem to be for the
glory or war! C, WAL8H.
frerklngaaew eee ftefceel Board.
OMAHA, Oct. 17.-To the Editor of The
Bee: Permit me to say a few words in
reply to our friend, C. Ferguson, who has
denounced the cltisens' school: board
ticket Mr. Ferguson, It seems, Is1 a car
penter and he Is real anxious for repre
sentatives of labor to be on the school
hoard. I would call his attention to the
fact that he denounces one set of dtlsens
for the school bosrd and commends an
other. The ones he commends stand
solid for the capitalistic class the seme
as the one he denounces. And if he would
show as much Interest In the affairs of
his own class as be appesrs to show In
the affairs of the capitalist, he Will find
that the socialist party has a tchoot board
ticket composed of worklngmen and
women who ate fully competent- to fill
the position and who are true to their
own class. We also have a full county,
state and national ticket that wo would
ask Mm to Investigate. Mr. P., with his
horny hand, is a traitor to his own class
when h votes for a capitalist party can
didate for any office.
JEPSE T. RRILLHART.
, . Wl Pacific.
Lett era treat a Petit (cat Heathea. -
8C3JEWIHBRE, Oct la To the Editor
of Tbe Bee: It was on November 8,
that the V. a. f, Fan Jacinto, Captain"
Charles Wilkes, lay In the narowest part
ot ike .Bahama channel, MO miles from
Havana, watching for the British mail
steamer Trent, plying between Vera Cms
and St. Thomas.' Tie Trent waa aupposed
to have on board the rebel emissaries
Mason and Blldell, who had sneaked out
of Charleston, 8. C, on the blockade run
ner Theodora nearlv a month nrevlnus.
'and were on their way to QUrope In the
Interest of the so-called confederate
states. At 11:40 a. m. Captain Wilkes
sighted the Trent ,Aa It approached he
fired a solid shot across Its bow as a
signal for It to heave to and hoisted the
Ameilcan flag. Tbe Trent ran up the
r.rtUsh. flag and held Us course. But
Wilkea waa no trifl-r; hs fired a shell,
which expioded within a few hundred
feet of its Jib. This had the desired f.
feet To make a long story short. Wilkes
took Mason and Blldell from the Trent
and left the Rritlsh steamer te finish Its
voyage. . The prisoners were taken to, the
United Mates and confined at Port War
ren. England demanded their surrender,
and President Lincoln complied with the
demand. -
So much la hiatory. But suppose En
gland had demanded, in addition te the
surrender, a salute to Its flag; that Lin
coln had Jseented. provided the salute
were mutual; that Briftlaad had replied
by sending a fleet to take forceful pos
session of New Tork City and customs
house, and had proceeded to collect our
customs. At this point Louis Bonaparte
of France. Francis Joseph ef Austria and
Leopold U of Belgium tender their good
offices as mediators. England accept
the tender, and invites Abrham Lincoln
and Jefferson Davia to send representa
tives. ' This Jug-handle tribunal meets .
Copenhagen art Araateruant. England
withdraws Its demand for a aalute te the
flag, and this self-constituted court sets
Itself to an adjustment of the unhappy
relation between America and Its re
bellious slaveholders. But England de
mands, as a condition precedent, the ab
solute elimination of Abraham Lincoln
Had thia been done, that history would
have been repeated in the laat several
months. But recurring to the Imaginary
sketch, how would Americans have felt
What would Americans have done? Nowi
put yourself In Mexico's place.
DER HEIOB.
Ealad aad (.eras ay.
To the Editor of The Bee: la order
that the American cltlaea may get a bet
ter understanding of the underlying
cauaee concerning the "crime of the
age. " which Is now being enacted by
part of the foremost nations of Eurspe
the articles written by world renowned
scholars of both sides. Including the
opinions of men of learning who have
been guiding the destinies of the Oer.
tmae universities ia the last generation
are Worth reading. By them the Amer.
icaa public la Informed of the attitude
of Germany ta the g-rave erieis which
confronted aer In the ominous days ef
th UtUir part er July and the first
Part of Auguat They also inform the
American, who desire to play fair and.
who reads with his mind unbiased of the
treacherous hsnd played bv the British
foreign office. Had Sir Kdware day
not played tit traitor ta clvUlsaUoe the
war would have been averted, or at least
locallged betweea Auatrta-Ituagary and
Russia, but he ne doubt sale u la. led that
England, la company with France and
Rua."ta, could crush Germany and Austria-Hungary
In the course of a few
weeks, the other nations te do the fight
ing, haatvft, and he to coft In on the
spoil'- lie thorgi)t he was taklrg Usue
with the Qermen Kaiser only, snd f em
the possibility that the dtiimnn nation
ss one man. from the highest to tho
lowest, would ba on the firing Hue.
To me the Fu mhnmn or "the EnRllili
man Is Just as good ss German, but
to sny that the common people only dn
the f'ghtlng is crrta'iily a mistake so far
as Germsny Is concerned. As a demo
erst'e Institution, the German army
stands alone for able-bodied men, aristo
crat or pauper, prince or peasant. . rh li
ot poor. thy ai; a,e there, sharing; ihelr
country's herolu defense against the ene
mies from all slds. But Khere are the
English sristorrats? Are they on th
firing line? Not much. Truly, Germany
and all her people must believe Hint thry
are waging a war for their very exist
ence, believing It to be a- less saerifl c
than to be overrun by the Cdsaok. and
the wiping out of lla splendid achieve
ments of the last thirty years. Tluit
KnKlnnd should have mixed up In this
abominable wa and then offered Bel
gium's neutrality only for en excuse,
when her own men of letters snd luhor
proclaim In hlsh places a different nu.l
mo?t sordid reawn. is certainly to her
great discredit, and no doubt history will
so record it: snd then called upon an
Aslstic nation to help and to destroy ut
terly all vestige of the high klcals and
ctvlllxatlon so carefully transplanted and
nourished in order to be an exsmple fqr
the Chinese to follow; then the trench
ery to civilization Is more than com
plete. War In this sge and generation Is
an absolute crime. If Germsny and the
German nation are right In this war let
Ivor win. If not, she ought to lose. Rut
from a close study and analysis and In
formation which I can gather. I believe
alio Is right II. FIHC1I ER. ,
WHITTLED TO A POINT.
"I undeisttind their tilnneis and dap cS
sr rsth'r smell."
"Yes. They're mi rich not ttvy can
pick the sit'std they rrly want Cleve
land Plain I'rsh r.
". 1 e oil luir .Ainpl hi n fur m
i ri'lny ihv?
j "No," rr,iiid Kn-rmr '"nmtce--el What
I ae're troubled wltn ,nt t.. vv I. uti
annuel drnui:. If r-e h:id mm) islny
'! vrry.odv would hevc money."
nshiugtoti .vnn;.
Towne Iio you make jour eook psv for
what she breaks?
F'lhuibe tin snsnie.it-Mke her pAv?
I should smv not' Whv. cverv month, he
sides raying her sain -v. we' reward her
liberally f.ir what sh didn't break :
Philadelphia Inquirer.
"Iim tor. tnv limes feel compressed
foine tell -m- to Inhale sulplidr funiee.
Oilier tell me In inhnle myrrh. What do
you think ?"
"l'ettcr Inhale some fresh air.'1 said the .
ni'lii'sl man decisively. "Four dollars,
pliaw." i.onls llle Courier-Journal.
. A FOOT EAII PLAYER.
K. r. l-efroy In New York Fast.
Ii" I ennui pnlnt you. friend, as yon stand
there
Guard ot the goal, defensive, npen-eved.
Watching the tortured bladder slide ami
glide
I'mler tiie twinkling feet: arms bare, head
bare.
The b-eexe a-tremble through crow-tufts
or hair:
Red-brown in face, and ruddier having
picd
A wily foeman breaking from the side,
Aware of him of all else ttnaware:
If I could limn you, as you lean and fling
Your weight against his passage, like a
wall:
Clutch him snd collar him, and rudely
cling
For one brief moment till he falls you
fall:
My sketch would have what Art can
never give,
P'new and breadth and body; It Would
live.
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