1 ! THE I5EE: OMAHA, TJI IIINSD AY.' " APRIL 1. 1915. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE POINDED BY EDWARD ROSKWATKR. ' VICTOR nOSEWATKR, KDITOR. The Pee Publishing; Cdmpsny. Proprietor. BEB BVILDINU. FABNAM AKQ gKVKNTEIINTH. Entered at Omaha pestofflr as second-class matter. TtRMS OP BCB8CR1PTION. B carrier par month. tly arfl "under fcsc.... I'Mtly without Hundsy....' o..,. tvetilra ami ?in1iv l-'.venirif without Sunday Sunday Fee only.... Br mail per ear. !7...: " , 4 CO tin ,.' 4.00 ar i at y rvf-w i-mj ' . . . . Heml notice of rhscee of aniirees or eompiainrs fii IreeeiHsrlty la detlvry to Omaha ee, circulation ijepartment. Rr.MlTTANCE. Hemtt T draft. press or po"al order. Only wn int tmr-s received In payment of small -oounts I'ersnnal checks, except on Omaha and aatam eicharige. not accepted. OFFICES. Omshs-ThS Pee Hinl'llna 1 South Omaha "it M 't. - Ounell Flufts--!4 NortA Msln' Street,' , lineoln-M Little Building. CMao "1 Hearst Hulillne? ' New Tork-rtonm lift;. Fifth event) . i Ft. TOUIh-MR Kaw Bank ot Commp. ' Washington-? Fourteenth, St. N. W. . CXRRKSl'ONOt.NCB. . Aedrees rnmmunlcattnaa relating to news and edi torial matter to Omaha, fcee. rdHortel Department, FEURUAIIY CIRCt'LATlOX 51,700 Stat ef Nebraska. County of Douglas, aa. l)lht Williams, cliculatlon manager of Tha Pea) Pulillxlilng compBny, lln duly iorn, says iliat tfi aveiase circulation -far tha month of February, liili, waa 1.1,. OWIfjHT WIIjMAMS. Clrctttatlnn Manager. Fuhsmbcd In my presenre and sworn to before tat. this Id " t'aroh, I US. liODEUr JlL'NTJCR, Notary Public. i Spbicribnra leTiBjr ' the ltw temporarily . should lihr The Iloe mailed to them. Ad dree frill b4 changed as often M requested. Thought for the Day SiUttidbr MartS Pmrratt ' ' Talt tMte that 1M divinity tciiMn you hot a crtditublf '&tgt to pri-iidt over. Mircu Aurtliu. ; . J Now for a grater Greater Omaha. putl altogether for a No April Fool about that Greater Omaba movement thta tlnia. , . . Good morning, Mr, Aet-fSBor! la It a wbol year since you made your last call?; ,' " 1 i i 1 An upwards of J0O.000 population Omaha la tbe next cenu returns will look mighty good. A a whole, March way be put down aa hav. Inj been more lamh-ltke than llon-Uke. It It evident from the number deftly slipped around that primary 'candidate- are proficient In ahuffllng cards. Yen, but U pur amiable democratic contem porary In favor of reviving the jall-fetdtn-j graft just because The Pee U opposing ltt ' ' . It goei without eaylng that If he leaves, the rablnet. Eefretary Garrison will vacate the po"t la atrtct accordasce with Tutlttary regulatlchs. "' In that controversy over the price charged for corn t the South Om&lia atock yarda It looka a If aomoone were going to have to back down. ' ' Monterey coughed up $1,000,000 to Gener&l Vi)!a. No wonder. In chooeing between coughs and coffins the'Monterana racked the lepne'r evil. Young old Dan Cupid conUnuea aecure la the freedom of Nebraska. The Jolly pink archer simply could not resist plunging himself with a , bunch of medical Rcalps.; (ioverner Morehead merely lent tha force of 1 tiia position to a matter of common obacrvatlou. namely -that lobbying reformpra' aud uplifterif are working for No. 1 alt the time.' '(-: It ii apparent frpoj rwent remark of British ivad Gcrmaa ctateraca that aa iS,rement en the ranses of the' war li impossible. Innocent xpectators will therefore stand aside and let tbe fighting proceed.' King Albert of Belgium, utters words of 'ttoberness and truth In saying that "the heroes are in tbe .trenches.' . They alone, with labor r life, puy the higher price ferrthe trt;mpery and 'tinRcl of royalty: Tli proposed union of all religious bodies la (he common cause of municipal salvation would . hold out more hope of success did it not threatea to produce tbe millennium before Rev. Billy, Sunday marked the trail. A detailed accounting made by the'NeV York Times shows that the November state elec tion coist $1,079,171.?:. , The figures includo expenditures reported by candidates and party committees and state and county drafts en puo 1Uj treaturies. Topular goverament, it will be observed, is no small factor In the high font of living. f J . ff!l iff Does the Lull in Battle Portend Teacel A recces In the combet on the western front of the war In Europe gives occasion for sopic conjecture as to what may possibly ensue a little later on. 'Will the fighting break forth with greater fury, or Is the present lull a rrelude to peace? Some reason, not very tangible, but Mill a little more than the mere child of a wleh, exists for thinking that peace Is not so very fsr away. Pourparlers have Jeen passing between Eu ropean nations Involved in the war and the fe neutrals left; tentative suggestions as to proba ble terms for settlement have been made, and. while publicity so far has been given only to the lesser phases of the correspondence. It Is not un reasonable to think that the exchange of notes has a deeper significance. The combatants are ready for peace, or at least are ready to give serious consideration to negotiations that may lead 4e peace. - Military- operations so far have apparently reached a deadlock. It Is no longer a question of preparedness nor training', nor of any of the preliminary favors of strategy or tactics. The conflict "he developed a ' situation that has brought operations almost to a standstill. With the warriors facing each other over tbe trenches, the statesmen of Europe may open, a way to the establishment of peace. It It Idle to speculate fit this time on what the basis, of settlement may . be. Each of the belligerents has. announced what .must tee brought about before hostilities will be aban doned, but In each Instance, the. claims are so comprehensive that it is doubtful if they could be enforced under any circumstances abort of the actual crushing of the adversary, which It not likely to occur. Put, whatever basis may be finally adopted, It will comprehend a much higher regard for the rights of others' on tbe part of all. . ' Greater Omaha, Problems. With the advent of the Greater Omaha will come a number of Greater Omaha problems de manding early solution. . ..Soma, of -the problems will be old ones in larger and more difficult form", while others wlV be new to us, brought on by the necessary ex pansion of our municipal activities to cover tho wider area. . , Jf these Greater Omaha problems are to be dealt with satisfactorily, it Is Imperative to ap ply breadth pf view and far-sightednese in a word, to proceed with a full grasp of the subject rather than with partial or piecemeal plans. It will be, above all, necessary to realize not only Omaha's present magnitude, but also its grow ing possibilities, and to look to tbe future, so bright In prospect. . ., , . To solve its problems tbe Greater Omaha must get away from village methods and village notions, and bo ready to do business on a bU business seal. ' , ' ' i " ' i ' i ,i , Concession. Although the stauncfaest and most consistent in-season and out-of-season democratic organ it Nebraska, tbe Lincoln star makes an unexpected and significant confession. "How long It will tke the pendulum to swing back to the repub lican party," says the Star. V.oi,e Mi!-n'a special train tw-artiie his opera imjui. hoaded hy AdeUna I'atti, auppcd over en tt way from California. ' woiMnsin-'D'a convention put up a labor ticket fur the city catnaiSn by etxluraematit ot candidate from vurlou tukala. Including, tor mayor. 1. V. Murphy; tor po't'a Judtf. , m, gter.feerg; for treaa. iirer, Truruao liui li. , .Mine Annie Yaat and Miaa Carrie tMaden ltt ;ur Mount Mc-aKanl. ti, U, H. flurk and Mr a Eiunhnin r. k Irani falifodua, whera thy bava town lor aeveral montlis. Over O.c inm of Jol.a Kneed, tha Factfta K iw lOii.eeriy. a if.Aid f t:u u otried -ur th n.ifi.B vt tl. man b- riX'.nf .y bora laat r.g aU.iit s oVtiHk, and alio ao firndiehly ran into the t'Uk.y nt Mr. Snncd and !ie Kaia Qulnii. (i.;-u,!i of It. a occurred on Thttlemtli and the tiut ot h li.ir M-pi on bU any auihard" -M n! n... iuif d o.'t tiiil.-tly wltiioul sreat - IK .ii-i.i , i ,.l Willi tl unnl ii'j:i:tH-r ot Vlvtlliil. I.m ir.il ieen,. i !U-H!,.,,i ji,r March, f:l.t,ir ' - i.i.-i i-. r.j;,ii.,t,,p" ra'.J 'ui!p ior IVet, "n- Keeping Up with the Ei?er. A boundary commission la asked to' adjust the line' between the states' of Iowa and Ne braska, the purpose being to correct certain local anomalies in Jurisdiction that have arisen by reason of the shifting ot the Missouri river's channel. The state boundary does cot automat ically follow the course of the stream," and the vagarious performance of the river has been re-, sponalble for many freak If h situations, inch as exist here, where a portion of Iowa Is Included In Omaha and a portion of Nebraska lies contig uous to Council muffs. 'Local conditions of the river, with work already done to confine the cur rent, indicate the permanency of the present meander, and, therefore. Yor economy and effi ciency in government. It seems advisable the ad justment needed to correct the boundaries be had without too great delay. '"" Pettineii In Prciecutionl Frequently it has seemed as if abe limit hud been reached in littleness of occasion for insti tuting legal actK, but Nebraska is Just 'now affordod an example that quite outdoes any of its former experience in the line.. A complaint 'hat been lodged with the State Railway commis sion through which the complainant seeka to prevent a local telephone company from accept ing or publishing advertisements In Its direc tory. While tbe value of a telephone directory aa a medium of publicity is doubtful when newt paper advertlbing is so much. more effective, It may well be questioned if any great publle pur pose can be served by Judicially determining the point.' Matters of more vital concern are before tbe Railroad commission, and flti time should not, be wasted on auch trivial affairs.. Tebtlfylng 'in the unmerglhg suit In' S rranclwo; " Piesi'dept Krutttcbnltt of . the Southern Pacific said: ' If the Union Pacific It gtvru the Central Pacific the Union raciflo will exercise the moat mouumcntal control of, treat-' lontioental traffla in the history ot railroading in America." If the Union Pacific, thus' equipped, could equal the present " controlling power of ths Southern Pacific It would hav to -show more tpeed-than safety warrants. 1. 1 . i . jh ' It is gratifying to Nebratkans to note ho a ail the talent and Industry of its native sons are appreciated and rewarded In the' east Colonel Hayward is one of several natives ot the state ho have won high honors In their respec tive profession! In the metropolis of the country. ' ' ' g-.-I ! The reputation of the Japanese as clever imi tators seem to be well founded. In Tokio aloue some 1.C0Q electors have been arrested for giv ing the Terre Haute treatment to hallot boxes St lUe re-fcut tlcttiou. ' " The Political Caldron TUB Bu:vene over the uncertainty of the post ponement of the'rttr elactlon la srolnn posi tively palaful In pertain ,'iarters. Tint "tired liuo.nefs man' Is not loetnc much flaop oves this mat ter, hist thrra era many wha arc eountlns the hours and otherwlie marking tiro, waiting for a word from 7lncoln. - - A wiM politician said yesterday: '"Taka It from ma, that If tha legislature ehould poatpona the city election there will bo nifty legal scrap on. and )t will bo a cinch that the prenant city rommlwlonors will hold over three more years. The Stage la beln set for auch a little drama.". On tha other side, some believe that th fate 'of the charter amendments hang upon th paaraga of an amendment to postpone the Omaha election. An other lieacre, Juat up from Uncoln, avere that tho election will not be potrKined. that the opposition had plenty of time to ret the annexation bill throush In time to peTnlt tha annexed territory to participate In tha election now being prepared for, -end a hava only themaelves to blame. ..' The' clty commissioners - hav had a acare. even to the extent that they held an executive meeting to ronaider tha advisability of stopping their advertising and publicity wort. . Campaigning, however, goes merrily en, end the candidates seem to realise mora than aver that tha nnet medium ot retching the peoplo Is through the dally newspapers. Now that the atmoapher ha Jxen cleared to th extent that annexation will not enter into thta cam paign, there la a feeling of relief In certain quartars. For a while soma f the nroapacttv candidate did not know which way to east their lines In th political puddla. , ' All anHe of rumors ran rife during the last tew weeks. Word was received from Bouth Omaha that thirty-five men In th Maglo City had petitions ready, so that when annexation should b accomplished, thty would rush up to th county court noun with thalr, filing fee and list 'of signatures. It was a ton so eltuatlon for a whiia. Tli city hall crowd Is playing a watchful, waiting game, reaoV for pews of an anti-eiat. They hav heard that auch . alata is being formed, btit nothing definite has reached th outsld. "Who will b th seven men to ha aligned asainat th commissioners seeking re-election?'' Is th ques tion of th hour, end there is censlderabl saculaUcm whether an anti-eUt will be mad In the open or secretly. In th mesntlm the Individual ctndidates are sawing wood and plugging hole because the time Is growing short to tha primary next week. "In this country faithful public servants are some times decorated with tha doubla-crose," declared Hsrry B. Zitnman at an Improvement club meeting. Mr, Zlmman, who aspire to be city commiaeloner, related that in Germany heroe of wars ar deco rated with the Iron Croae. In Krnc the honor -ot th Ix-glon of Honor Is conferred, and in Great Britain th Victoria Cros la a coveted prise. "I am not asking you for tbe doubie-croe, but would ask that yon give ma a cross on th official ballot on ' April " waa the facetlou appeal. Tha speaker added that he has carried the cross for the paople. and at this time Is deserving ef a cross mark in return, but does not want the double-cross. , Twice' Told Tales Which Beomt . Strickland Ollillan tells this en In Judge: At O'tfelll, Neb., there was once a Tiotel that all traveling salesmen iveided xoept when they couldn't. There ws no besting system, th only warmth In th house being supplied by a small Stove in th office, i- On howling night, when the wind was making about thirty knots per hour and lha mercury was twenty below sero, a traveling man shivered beneath tiie insufficient bcdcloth In hi orafty rom until about tin, Unable to stand it anr longer, though "it 1 Impossible to conjecture, but all precedent indicates taUlwis LLifedcd to leave the had, ha leaped ut. seised bis inevitable" And again: "It it the conscious ness of tbe Inevitable reaction that causes hope to spring eternal In the hearts of the underdogs In politics.". ' Our democratic friends who were the "underdogs" for so many yeara ought to know by their own experience, for In seeing tbe pendulum swinging steadily and naturally back again to the republican side, the 6tsr la seeing only what all democrats with unobsoured vision see. but U only more frank In its confession. clothes slid ran to th fflo. Thar tie ehuddard Into bis garment, and then began building up th fir, r Th flra-poking reused th landlord, who cam out and aald. "What'r you gettln' up this time o' night ferf Vou left a call far six-thirty." "What did I t up for?" ahouted th traveling man. "I couldn't stay lit bed any longer In that room of mine! I was freeilng!" V Th landlord defended his' hostelry, and tha traveling man assailed. It,. In a regular quarrel. During th disagreement an eld doctor of th town, who had been out in th Inclement night and was almost frosrn, saw the light In th hotel and cam in. Tha old man's long whlnkers Were covered with frost and festooned with, anorroou icicles. As th traveling man turned from his quarrel and saw th old man's condition and the pendant Ice, tu exoluimed, "My God. msnt Which room did yq,u hsvr' j 4 Th Trath. . . . ' i "Miss tli addon, th English" novelist who has Jutt dUl," aid a publisher "made 1300 out of her books, her publisher s share being tt.aCO.0CO. , "Mis Brad don's great success, she one told me, was due, to her avoidance. In her books of truth. Truth, ali aald. la th en thing; th average, noval reader doesn't want. For truth, you . is unpleasant. 'She Illustrated her point by a wlf who asked her husband: w "George, hw do yen Uk the asw shad I'v had, my hair dona 7' " 'Well, my dear.' George began, 'to tall yoi the truth' . -.. " -Stop right thare- Gaoi'na.'; his wlf Interrupted. .'Stop right where you are. When you begin Ilka that I don't want to hear rolj.'-r-Washingioo Star. ..I. -p "i j . 1 f - -1 u,, Taft.' . , Fernier President l'aft tells this oh on himself : "Thar la a lad .of my .acquaintance In New itaven," said Mr. Taft. "who1 used to bite his nalla. 'Hc-a her.' said his nurse jo nun on day, 'if you keen biting your nail Uk that, do you know what wi happen to you?" I ' 'No,' said lha youngster. 'What? " 'You'll swell up like a balloon and burst.' "TU boy believed hia nurse. 11 stopped btttng hi nails at one. About a month after th discon tinuance ot hi habit be ncointered me at luncheon, lie surveyed me with stern disapproval' Then he vyniked over and said to me aocuslngly: 'You bite your palls!' " People and Events Dr. Harvey W. Wiley adds to the gayvty of th easoa by announcing that "women may "b kissed o th cheeks without Injurious, results." Th doctor la old enough to be classed as art authority on half hearted Joy. . . ' An Englishman says that women outnumbered men In Knsland by l.WO.ouo before the wr. and this will be Increased to after the war. Th peril of the situation la that competition (or men will make Brit ishers so chesty tliat living with them will b some job. It wss purely accidental, so tbe account state, that a son of a member of th St. Louis School board happened to hold an option oa a, pieoa of real state wtili h tha board war. ted. and. was patsuadd to )art with It fjr tha good of the schools at a profit ot M,(M. The receiver of the Munday-lxti tmar chain of banks in Chicago reports that be has enugb money on hand to ay creditors t per cent, but th nioaey I tlod up by Interlocking suit ef preferred creditor. Th as sets f th banks, originally listed at li,;3Q,UU0, ar now valued at H.M.0U), Including th liability of stock holders. . IJaliilitte. .remain at tle origtnit tlguro. .Jo0,jo. Back In New York City an enthusiastic yoiug wiun entahlbhed tempi dedkaled "to all tha dreamer who hear the cry of ttia world's seal anj long to bring enduring order-out of tha present choa." hhe relatsrd her hot Instanur. Tha Industrial Wm kera of the Wot Id head "the cry of tiia world's soul" and rusiird the door f tha Umpl in auch uuiu tere lliai tha lrrd line ri u.otilca .nj tl- tuij,l vlosi-'i lor rvyalis. J" , Brief eoatrfhweleas aa ttmaly topte tavttat. Th Be aswmsaae aa swayeaafMUty fee elale ag eorraawoaJiaat. AU latter rah et eaati hy ae. Wants Rew.tnrasi Tlckat. OMAHA. March Sl.-To the Editor of The lies: In the good old dy of th parly convention, mwn were nominated for the city council as republieaug or democrat and received th endorsement of tha lawful representative of tha party to which they belonged. Inferior men were eouvHIme noartlnsted. yet it must tie conceded that the delegate convert tiopn thiew many lev worthy men into the discard. - A trial ot tii direct primary ha lad every thinking man to sea that it was a mistake to banish th delogat conven tion.' It is asir for partisan to send good men as delegate to a convention thaa it is to select good men for pfflc when confined to a list of office hunters whom no man nor set ot men ha en dorsed. - i The misuse of the dolegate convention led , to the nonpartisan Idea of naming men for city office, and tha idea might have made good If used by nominating conventions;, hut tt tan. amuck of th direct primary machine which turn out nonpartisan candidates for offlc by the score. Th fault of this new method aro so many that they promise to swamp tha nonpartisan Idea. Just now we have the edifying spectacle of avn!.y-thre filings for the dty cwmcll.' These men hav not been called or endorsed by any arty convention. Soma of them hav no party- No party has written a plat form upon which they may be compelled to stand. It Is a free-for-all sweepstake, and the winners will owe their success to their vote-getting powers. Irrespective of party principles- Those elected who fail to make good will pas out of sight, but no party can be held responsible for their fallur. Each man la going It alone. The voters do not know how most ot them stand on municipal questions, and some of th candidates don't know themselves. JThcre Is an elment of Ir. responsibility her that could not exist under the party nomination plan- For these and other reasons, wouldn't It be well for representative republicans to get . together and pick out seven re publicans, if otherwise competent, from th list ef filings, endorse them as re publicans and assure the voters that the republican party stands sponsor for them. , ' v J. B. HAYNES, : Ilel that foamta. OMAHA. March Si. To the Editor of Th Bar: I deglre. on behalf of the Na tional Child Labor committee and the Ne braska Child Labor committee, to thank you for th publicity which you gav through th columns of Th Be to th eampslgn hr last week. The proint neno given to the Items helped materi ally In securing tha large dally attend, ance. B. D. GJEPSON. President Nebraska Child Labor com mittee. Owe Factor In th Issae. OMAHA, March SLTo th Editor- of Th Beet Are you not Just a little hit unfair In, taking to The Be credit for being the only Omaha paper that assisted in bringing about' th successful Issue of annexation? 1 think so.' Consider how much assistance the ether Omaha papers rendered, either by silence or by their til framed opposition. Th attitude assumed hy them certainly was a factor in th outcome. OLD ' FOGY. , Th Mall Order Vreblew. LOCP CITY, Neb.. March, St. To th Editor of The Be: Th local merchant and the mall order house ar in a des perate wrestle for supremacy In the mer chant, world. How may the local mer chant win? '' --- Tha fundamental , principles . of manu facturing and buying as in control ef the mad order houses. If the local .mer chants would seek to reduo th first cost ef goods and thereby reduce the retail Price they will accomplish on Important factor In competition, In a state like Ne- TBSKa, wiit-re power may oa made at a low cost, -manufacturing ahould he en couraged We depend too much. on th eat for. the finished product. Meoufac. tured goods should, be thoroughly stand ardised apd placed on sal lrt that way, A uit of elothe,- a pair ef shoes and all regularly mad goods should be graded and so handled.1" . Tbe mall order house, front the fact that it buys In large quaoUU. may buy at least 25 pee fent under th retail mer chants Hw may this b. overcome How much trouble would it be far &m iv-i merchants to form a strong corporation locaieu at uman, and, mak a mall order house of their own? That house might go out 'and buy as cheaply as any other houae and successfully compete aa a cata logue house. But In addition that nous might Uk the orders ef th local mer chant, (and thereby get their good at the lowest possible price. The- stock of that central organisation should not pay a dividend ef more than 7 or I per cant and thereby hold th control of It from the trust and SDeculator. The merchant of Nebraska might handle thta matter a easily that the ban of th catalogue house should forever pass. If tha plan la lesltlmately pushed ther are many fanner, who would take stock. . - WALTER JOHNSON-. u.. J i m .Li-imin-nigsw Editorial Snapshots Signs of Progress In th last twenty years the per capita consumption ef paper In the United States has Increased about aix told. Mere thaa t.O00,0uO young tree and lO.tm pounds of need wer plantad on th United ts,te national forest In 1914. Operated by two men, a machine In vented by a Chicago hotel steward will wash and dry more than lft.tMu dishes In aa hour. Vnjted States consul In Calgary, Can ada, says tbe remarkable development of western Canada has been made lariely on borrowed capital. , The government of Brasll and Peru hav combined to maintain a chain of wlrclesa telegraph station all tha! way across the continent ( South America. It 1 estimated that during th last 10 years tha wealth of th United State has Increased t.ao per sent, while tha population has been gaining 1.260, per cent. An Iowa state expert haa been conduct ing -automobile Institutes In thirty Iowa town thta winter. H demonstrates tha best ways to care for. and operate raa vhluea. . ' s , i CuTiimumioiier Warrvu Uatst ot the Iowa Industrial comntisaion prudlcta that buiuetrUtl accidents lu that slat will be reduced from EA to 7i per cnt durlog the rirxt t0 ; In iuori;'.u.ui e bl U. Bw cuoiiitiiMi t...a act. St Le'it Globe-Oemecrat: As a "safety first" percautinn the delegates to the next peace conference at The Hague should be required to Jeave their shooting Irons at home, and to wear mussles while the conference 1 In progres. Indianapolis News: The bursas ef pub lic welfare investigation in Chicago show that women who are physically isrg and arc willing workers ar seldom deserted by husbnds, thus showing that even mere man appreciates powerful help in the struggle with the h. C. of l New York World: Th only pesce patched up by. anybody In many months Is that whU h General Hugh I Scott, chief of staff of th United Mateo) army, has arranged with th hostile Flute In dians (n Utah. A General Scott 1 knows to he a good soldier. It I going t take. Iilm a long tlm t tiv thl thing down. Kew Tork Post: A story comes from England that Lord Pesborough recently naked Lord Kltchaner what uniform bo thought the citizens" organisation hotttd wear If th German cam. Kitchener yeplted that the thought they had better wear whatever uniform they would best Ilk to be buried in. r ' , Houston Post: Ballot or no ballot, worsen have one Immortal oinch; They win always be the ttobteet Inspiration of men and remain th en cans for which they would willingly die, and when men abandon that position a vote will never help the woman who can't tot a gun. Baltimore American: It is to b tinned that General French' prediction of a short war will .b fulfilled. The nations of th world, belligerent snd neutral, are feeling th terrbl strain, ang even those most opposed te war are drawn into the trouble and loss Involved. The Immense sacrifice, of .. human life and the vast amount of suffering ef all kinds ar get ting oa th world's nerve, and nothing could be mere generally welcome than the prospect of peace, especially ef Its speedy conclusion. bkEezy trotes; Patty Jack has n awful .hand grt Wlien h proposed he squeezed my hand ao hsrd It fairly ached. . Polly Per hap he means It for an en gagement wring. Boston Transcript. ; "Just Walt till 19!!" said ha man who has sudden ripelts of enthusiasm. "W'hat'll hnppen thenf "WeH, com to think of It. I suppose well have a few brief months of exhilara tion and then we'll settle down and wait for llfiO." Washington Star- . - First Juror Tounr attorney Bra mad a mlprhty fin speech, didn't he? Second Juror Kh-vah! Wonder which side he was on? J udg. 14SA KABIDDle KABARET ; Ai MIN6 OLPTH FRIOO, -. fMErtfUMiNycsAVi: VJHR 5TC?K CCMUl? "Life seems all' upside down!" moaned the babn when they reversed hint he cause ha had swallowed a button. "At any rate, you're well Reeled," re sponded the parents,-each ef whom held on. Baltimore American, i '."''", O'Brien K ape ' alive, , JPat. '.k W'r -. euln' y., . . . - v t- . Voice from th Debris Is big Deianey Up there wld ye? . , O'Brien Shure he Is. ' Voice Ask. him to plese step eff the reoins I v enough on top av me widout hlmBostpa Transcript, . . .-. Bill-Why does "th" audience look so sad? ; , , ... ..... , 1 Jill Why, that fellow en th stage is trying to make them laugh. Yonkers blAtesman. . , ; . ....... Ta ' neyer ' forget the favor you have done me." aald tha man who doesn't mind asking for what he wants. . " ' IWt say thL". replied the cold, blooded person, "When man keep brooeirur ever 'an obligation he's almost "1uro..u,,frt resentful instead st apprecia tive." WawhlnjtonSUr. . THEST0RH., . tasBSssBjasB , , A sullen sky. in tsrh of rrsv, . s Threugri which no hope-lights wander; Th clouds, low-prerscd To th earth' damp breast, ' Reflect th shadows sombre. A weary bird, with fluttering wing Against the ledge wind-beat lie.. Into the west, ' On flendlah quest,- ' ' Th stoim-niuh revel a sit file. Caught hy th fitful! driving wind. ' la ragged gap the trees are- torn. dies' a Jest. - . , : Wilh fury pressed. ..... , Th rush-gras break before th storm. I turn within: profound the gloom. And Memory's host grief-laden rise. 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