Nebraska Newspapers

    TllK HKK; OMAHA, MONDAY, MAY 31, 1915.
THE OMAHA DAILY DEE
roUKPICD BT EDWARP ROSB WATER.
VICTOR ROSEWATKK, EDITOR.
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APIUL, CIRCILATION.
53,406
fitate of Nebraska. County of Douglas, ss. :
Dwtaht Williams, circulation mnar of The Bee
Publishing romrany. belna duly iworn, says that the
average circulation for the month of April, tl
13,40a,
DWTOHT WILLIAMS. Cironltlon Manager.
uhacrihet la my presence and aworn to Before
me, thla lat day of May, mi.
ROBEHT HUNTER, Notary Public
Sabecrtber 1 earing th city temporarily
sborild bar Tb lira ma Ilex to then. Ao
dree will bo changed as often as requested.
May tl
Thought for the Day
Sseef ! hy Mr,. W. H. AnaseU
hor eft tea lock upon God our fast and
fiebltst ruovret! Wt oe to Kim because wt Aat
novshtrt i.'ae to go and then w Unum that th4
etormf of lift Into driven u$ not upon th roeiei,
Init into thi detirtd haven. Wdrdi of Faith.
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Vote for Greater Omaha tomorrow!
Vote early tomorrow and avoid tha rush.
Old Sol must have been aaving hla smiles
for the June bride.
, Now altogether! And put Greater Omab.
on the map In big legible letter!
The next wheels to tarn will be the wheels
of the board of equalization machinery grinding
0(1 1 revised tax assessments.
Despite the entrance of Italy into the muss, J
war will not justify Its reputation, until the
Ilalkan bantams get busy.
Those Mexican bad boys seem to bare ac
quired the bablt so they would not know wbat
to do if they quit fighting.
A falling off of ii.000.000 In dividend
payments due in June still further underscores
what EUerman said about war.
, 80 far as the records show no consumer has
filed an objection to the promised voluntary
reduction of electric light rates.
JuBt the same, Germany ha been mighty
careful not to sink any more merchant vessels
tarrying United States citizen passengers.
The perplexities of a summer vacation may
be turned into joy rides by taking an automobile
and viewing Nebraska's vistas of green and gold.
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I'orto Rico has both hands In Ha sugar bar
rels. t High prices for Its principal crops tends
to reconcile the natives to the agonies of war.
The achievements and possibilities of sub
aea naval craft carries ) very little joy to naval
geadogs. A wet deck or none at all Is a severe
blow to marine dignity.
Unless we miaa our gueaa, the consolidation
election in South Omaha will show that by n
means are all of the voters there mere water
ranters for the salary-grabbing office-holders.
Count Von Reventlow continues thundering
agalnat Americans and American policies. Why
so valorous a vocal warrior is absent from tha
gas belt of Handera la one of the whooping mys
teries of the war.
Justice lifts the bandage occasionally and
does business with open eyes. An Illinois
court rules that the republican party has an
exclusive right to the Initialed title, "O. O. P."
Now, as heretofore, the route to political glory
Is through the main tent.
You muat hand It to Omaha for ultra progresslve
nesa. Thay have Juat orsana) an Aero ctub over
there with a Hat of members aa long aa a city direc
tory, although it la doubtful If a alnste member of It
ever looked down on anything aa high aa tile roof or
a greenhouse. Lincoln Mlar.
Now, don't get jealous! We have green
Louaee up here In Omaha on the tops of elght-rfn-8tory
buildings.
rrrparatluna are on foot te orsaniae la Omaha
a local aorlHty of the Ijoyal Lglon. About forty are
now, enrolled for the charter inemberahip. and thty
ropoee getting up an excureloa and being Inatalled
at ban Francleco.
to. M. Krurbaum has been called to Zanaavtlle, O.,
by the death of hla father at the good eld age of sa.
. Edward Roeewater, editor of The Bee, left for the
eet to be abaent a meek.
. The management of tha Keaaboya' home on tl
to run street are planning ahortly to apen a night
echool In connection with the Inatltutlon.
A grand faetlval concert by Theodore Thorn a
and bla ortheetra. 4 ale led by eminent eololate, navt
week Tueeday, la being advertised. The atellar nanvaa
are ftflve Emma Xuch. aoprano; Viae Hnttte J. Clapper.
l:e; William J. Winch, tenor; Max HelnrtcU. baaa, and
Maitarn Furach-MadL aoprano. Tha admkwlon pricai
mn from U down to W cente.
Two li trcatloff gamea of ball were played thla
ar,iy. The Cap'tol llilla beat Vtm Park avenuve,
a 10 It end the Athletics peat tha Cnloa Pa-Vic
')r)rnll, to It
Germany's Answer.
While the full text of the German reply to
the demands made by the American note, deal
ing with the Lusltanla cane, Is ret to be glve.i
out, the forecast conveys the Iropreaeion that
the kaiser's government la not willing to con
cede all the points raised by Mr. Wilson aa
eentlnlly neceaeary to the maintenance of
friendly relations.
No answer la given to the specific demand for
aMurance that aaiety of travel at sea would b
secured, at leaat to the extent that passengers
and crews of ships to be torpedoed would have
time to leave In boats, if not taken off by th
attacking vesaela. Nor is ny reply made to the
other specific demand that the rlghta of neutrnl
rhlps to traffic between neutral ports be more
scrupulously regarded. Both these points are
omitted. Instead the good faith of the United
States Is Indirectly called In question, by the
insinuation that the Lusltanla was armed, and
that It was used to transport soldiers, and that
the Americans on board were present merely
as a screen for the illegal operations of Great
Britain. If the Lusltanla were armed, It would
have been the duty of the United Slates to de
tain it in harbor, and It would have been equally
a violation of neutrality to have permitted the
embarkation of soldiers on a passenger boat.
Other questions raised by Germany, such ns
that which refers to the diplomatic dealings be
tween the United States and Great Britain, Indi
cate the Intention at Berlin to prolong the corre
spondence If possible. The diplomats of Wil
helmstrasse are adepts in their art, and it ia
only giving respectful recognition to their In
telligence and ability to say they must have
known the note sent through Ambassador
Gerard would not be satisfactory to America,
If these conclusions are correct, they mean
that Mr. Wilson wil hare to meet Germany on
Ita own ground. The resources of diplomacy
have not aa yet been .exhausted, and further
correspondence may serve to relieve a situation
that Just now seems serious.
Now for the Greater Omaha Vote.
The refusal by the district court of the ap
plication for an order enjoining the holding of
the special election clears the decks for action
t'pon Greater Omaha consolidation.
According to the terms of the merger law,
as ' enacted by the legislature, the only pre
requisite yet needed to make it effective la the
recorded approval by the majority of the voters
in the entire area, to be affected who cast their
ballots. In other words, the special election to
be held tomorrow, in which every qualified Voter
residing In Omaha, South Omaha and Dundee is
entitled to participate, will determine consolida
tion. While the avowed opposition has been con
fined chiefly to office-holders, public works con
tractors and special privilege favorites, it none
theless behooves every one Interested in Oma
ha' future growth and prosperity to help aweil
the majority for merger big enough to leave ho
room to question that consolidation Is the res.1
desire of the people as a whole.
What ef th. Submarine t '
"The inevitable logic of the American note
to Germany on the Lusltanla affair la that un
less the activities of the submarine can be kept
within a due observance of the established rules
of war, Ita use will have to be discontinued. The
note does not make this statement In so many
words, but It practically set up limits against
the employment of submarines for operations
tpon merchantmen, whose destruction the In
ternational code permits only after notice,
search and opportunity to take off noncom
batant passengers and crews. The torped -shooting
submarine and bomb-throwing air
ship are In th sam class, because their serv
iceability engine of war does not recognise
th distinction between the armed enemy and
the Innocent bystander.
In defense of the submarine. It is urged that
It la merely on of the part of th war machine,
and that the reason It contravenes accepts 1
usage U that the usage antedates th perfection
of subsea navigation. It la also pointed out
that all th different power not only thou en
gaged In this war, but the neutral nations aa
well have equipped their navlea with subma
rines, and ar building more of them just as
they ar adding aviation corps to both land and
aea forces. Xf these more modern mechanisms
of destruction ar to he outlawed, why, It Is
asked, should the f non-participating count rle
be spending go much money for such purposes?
Thar ar at least some Interesting ques
tions raised here, but they do not go to the
heart of th subject. The development of th
war business la supposed to be in th direction
of human treatment of th victims, and cof
fining hostilities to the actual armed belliger
ents. The airship has vindicated Itself for scout
ing and communication, and can hold Ita place
without dropping bombs. Whether th subma
rine can prov Itself worth whU if restricted
to the field of naval scouting, and, possibly, at
tacks upon armed battleshlpa, la yet to bo
demonstrated. Many deadly enginea of warfare,
however, have been devised from time to time,
but still discarded, not because wanting lu
destructlveneea, but because violating the spirit
of humanity. Aa a first step In naval disarma
ment, the limitation, If not the elimination, of
the submarine should command the approval of
all the civilised people of th world.
Amid the strife of war and destruction of
lite It la distinctly heartening to record deeds
conserving human life. For years back the
medical world has applauded the snrglcal
achievements of the Mayo Brothers of Rochester,
Minn. The obscure little town has been, and
continues to be, the Mecca of the surgical profes
sion and the bop of countless sufferers. With
the fame of their work came an abundance of
means, and out of that abundance the brother
have placed II, 000.000 at the disposal of the
University of Minnesota for medical research
work. Th gift la a fitting publie climax to th
private generoalty of Rocheater's famous sur
geons, and redounds to th honor of the medical
worlds
Recollections of "Ranger"
' AJ Sorenaoa'a gaaealaer.
AFT3W days ago t'nele Fam, through one of hla
faithful gray uniformed meeaenrera. delivered to
me a meeaage that Colonel J. H. Pierce la alive
and kicking In Oakland. Cai. That harks me hack to
the early days of The Omaha Be. Atonr about 1W
or 174 John It. Pierce, who wae then atniasling to
earn his bread and butter as stencil cutter, came to
Tha Be and secured mora remunerative employment
aa a subscription canvaaaer and country corre
apondent. aline town writer-op, and a mlahty goo.J
fnviir and wrlter-up ha proved to be. Fierce was
somewhat of a genlue an all-round energetic, veraatl;
cuaa. He waa a tight-rope wnlker. One Fourth cf
July ha waa tha star attraction. He attempted to walk
a tight rope from tha third atory of Mllt fi Rngera'
hardware Store to the fifth story of the Paxton, but
tha rope being at too steep an angle at the Paxton
hotel aide of the street, he failed to climb the angle,
but walked backward, to tha place of beginning, with
out once loxlng the control of hie balance pole or his
preaence af mind, notwlthetandlng the yells and Jeers
of the aaaembled multitude, may of wnom expected to
see him fall to the ground with the proverbial "dull
sickening thud."
Another adventurous exploit of Pierce was per
formed In the summer of W7 or WT7. He waa to be
the stellar feature In a Fburth of July celebration pro
mo ted by Tha Bee. In 1873 a balloon at named Btelmr
came to Omaha and made an aacenalon from Eleventh
and Farnam streets, snd landed over eaat of Council
Fluff a. Hla balloon was brought back to Omaha and
put in cold atoraga until Kleiner could par h's bills
Incurred In the flight which had proved a financial
flssle. The balloon was taken out of eoak by The Bee
with a view of having Fierce make a fight from
Omaha to th Black IDtla. etartlng on tha Fourth of
July. The attraction waa advertlaed far and wide and
drew a big crowd to Omaha on the aforeaald date.
But the balloon failed to go up, and great was the d.
appolntment Andrew Roeewater fell down In hia at
tempt to fill th gaa bag with carbonic acid gas out
at tha raoa track, now known as Kountse place. Hla
temporary gaa plant couldn't fill the bill, or the bag.
A few daya later the balloon was brought down town
and anchored In Jefferson square, and it waa an
nounced that the aacenalon would be pulled off eome
day In tha near future when tha bag would be filled
with gas from the city gaa worka. One morning, about
o'clock. Pierce examined tha balloon and found It
filled with gaa. He determined to make tha aacenalon
and, getting Into tha basket, had It cut looee. But tha
aerial ahlp wouldn't go aloft. Pierce then unfastened
the basket and climbing onto tha Iron hoop whluh
held tha rope be gave the word to let go, and up the
balloon went several hundred feet, gently sailing to tha
north. Pierce lost hla nerve and called for help to the
astonished spectators on terra flrma. The balloon
finally descended of Its own free will, but being struck
by a lively wind waa carried acroea the aurface of Flor
ence lake. Pierce was uninjured, but jarre4 as te .its
nent center, t'pon feeling In his right-hand veat
pocket he discovered a. fish about four Inchea long,
which had bean ecooped up by the balloon In Ita fllgln
across the surface of tha lake. Thla adventure lei
eome people to believe that Pierce waa somewhat
flighty.
The next exploit of Pierce, whoae nom de plume waa
"Ranger," waa tha publication of tha Western Man
sine, which proved a literary aucceaa and a financial
failure. Ha was far ahead of tha tlmea In the new
weat. Pierce took a prominent part aa acout and
correspondent In the campaign against tha Sioux In
174, under General Crook. Ha had eenred In the civil
war and waa, therefore, no novice In warfare. Colonel
Pierce drifted weat, continuing his versatile and varied
career. - A llluatrated circular, which be recently sent
me, picture him aa foltowa: At the front in '(1; a
soldier tn the Sioux campaign: editor and poet; 'pub
Itaher; Inventor and manufacturer; minister; Santa
Olaue, eta Colonel Pierce, who has attained tha al
lotted span of life three score and ten wears a long
snow-white patrtarchlal beard, and at opportune times
Increase his Income by rapreaentlng Itanta Claua at
popular entertatnmenta, and he la In frequent demand
ae children's entertainer. In thla way he ha won
the title erf "Santa Claua. King of the Fairlea". On
the streets of Oakland and Ban Prancisoo be la a con
spicuous character tha observed of all obaervera.
Whan be la not otherwise engaged he puts In hla time
In hla Oakland office and aenctuary, bla letter-head
reading aa follows: "John H. Pierce Mlnister-nln-ventor
Entertainer end Notary Public." .
Any old-time Omaha man who la going to the San
Francisco exposition ahould by all means cross ever
tha bay to Oakland and call on Colonel Pierce. Being
an entertainer. Colonel Pierce wilt prove himself to any
oaller from Omaha that be a whole ehow in himself.
Twice Told Tales
lite AMaaeatt.
"died to see you, old boyt Glad to see you!"
chortled the confidence man. "How are you. anyhow T"
"AU run down!" grimly replied Sandatorm Smith,
the wall-known cattle baron of Rampage. Oy... who Is
temporarily tn our midst. "I don't take no Interest In
life any mora, t don't care ta match dollars with
Strang genta who smell of pore Ueker. 1 don't feel
able to buy the city ball on tha Instalment plan, pay
ing 1100 down; I haven't any ambition to beat wire
tappers at their own sum; I don't feel any desire to
get something for nothing; I hain't got sufficient
atrength left to tote a gold brick If somebody would
give It to ma, and I don't feel tha altghteat Inclination
to get acquainted with total at ran (era who come snout
ing In without an Invitation. .Teeka aorter like rain,
off to tha south'srd, don't ItT" Judge. '
An Kxapty Kaeaae.
Corporal Jenkins married, .and In due course his
wife presented blra with a eon and heir, Hla pals all
flocked around to tender their eongratulattona, and In
cidentally to taste Bill's bitter beer.
Private Jonea waa on his way thither whan ha met
Bergeant Brown returning. "Where are you off too?"
aaked tha latter. '
"Oh, I'm juat going to aea Bill and wish him luck
with that youngster of hla," was the answer.
"Then you're too late." amid th sergeant, solemnly. 4
"Wot I" e id aimed Private Jonea. "Burely It haan't
gone and died?"
"No; worse than that. The youngster's ell right, but
tha bleeeed barrel's empty!" was the grim response.
Pittsburgh Chronlole-Tslegrsph.
Ta Mealier Jeb.
Laury," aald Mr. Greene to a good-natured Irian
man who waa working en a new building, "didn't you
tell me once that you had a brother whe la a blahop?"
"Yla. sor." replied arry.
. "And you are a hod-carrier!" said Mr. Greene.
"Well, tha good things of this life are nut equally
divided, are they. Larry f
"No. sor," rejoined the Irlehman. shouldering hts
hod and starting up the ladder. "Indade. they Is not,
or. Poor tellyl He couldn't do thla to aave his lolfe,
aor!" Everybody Magaslne.
People and Events
Blarkwashtag Omaha helped to defeat a
candidate for governor last fall. He discovered
that he got, nowhere by running down his home
town. Why should anyone interested In tha
I progress of Omaha help a local yel'.ow Jourc il
t disseminate lying reports sbout o"r city rui. i:- j
j lated only to keep people away? j
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lp te May t nrdera have been laoed by American
rallrsada for 3. care and HM locomotlvea The
record for 114 was TS.J10 oars and Ml locomotlvea.
The flret law regulating jltnrje m New Tork
State. Juat approved by the governor, pute the power
af supervision In the handa of. public aervice 00m
mtaatona. Antonio Aloonoo. aged X of Aacrantento. Cel., un
able to read er write, waa given permleatoa te at
tend day. as well as night, achoela and get tha real
spirit ef American education among thw youngatera.
One branch of the Wlaconaln legislation peaeed a
bill making basing punishable with a j I eentence.
If tht style ef reform goes on, education will be all
work and ne bore play.
Ben Celltiger of Allentewn, Pa., one of le,e young
est veterena of the civil war, recently celebrated hla
alxty-alith birthday Ha waa juat over II when he
enllated. July . Uttf, In the ICth Pennsylvania ri.
nwnl.
I'nder a new law the New York boxing com
m a. ton of three iiiemhtra draw t',(Aj a year each anl
toioh (lie ho offlies fur Ti per cent of the recelpu.
The ipcrl of aupriu atort brtire?ortii ceasva to b.
an honorary jot. ' ' '
The Reaasalniatlona Are Dlatlsict.
OMAHA, May .-To the Editor Of The
Bee: 1 aea an article In your paper which
sr.ys that "At a meeting of the national
conference of the Dunkards of the United
States and Canada today the denomina
tional representatlrea unanlmoualy de
cided that members should not own au
tomobiles." This Is a mistake, since the
annual conference of the Chruch of the
Hrethren (commonly known ss Hunk
frds), will not convene until In June, snd
they will meet at Hershey. Pa. The con
ference referred to is likely that of the
Old Order Brethren. Will you please
mske the correction? M. R. WEAVER,
Paator, Church of the Brethren, 2615
North Twenty-second Street.
Ponth Onaia Park Bonds.
OMAHA. May ).-To the Editor ot The
Bee: The people of South Omaha are
being asked to vote for tSO.OM) additional
park bonds 011 next Tuesday. In INS
South Omaha voted $40,000 for park bonds,
anl in 1911 $15, 0M more bonds were Is
sued for parka, thus making fOS.OOQ al
ready Issued for our parks. In the last
five years an additional sum of (31.000
has been expended on the parks, and
from the above It would seem that the
park system of our city hss been pretty
well provided for.
As our city la resonably sure. to be an
nexed to Omaha, that city ha alteady
made arrangementa'to put our parks In
first clasa condition, the same as their
present parks. In case of such merger,
Omaha haa also promised to connect our
parks with Ita boulevard system and
make all the parks of the Greater Omaha
second to none in tha country.
Ae our taxes are already sufficiently
high to suit the average taxpayer,, it
would seem from the above that the' Is
suing of the above bonds at this time
Is not necessary, and the people of the
city ahould vote "No" on tha bond ques
tion. SOUTH OMAHA ANNEXATION
PUBLICITY COMMITTEE.
Matin llereea Oat of Crooke.
OMAHA, May .-To the Editor ef The
Bee: I have been a reader of your paper
for six years and praise It very highly.
but when people read such articles like
the Ually New prints. I think It's tune
tor omaha people to take a hand. They
make heroes out of crooka and cHtlnlaa
the police without reason. They have
honored about not doing nothing on that
murder. I know better for they have
done every thing that could be done
and tha Swedieh people did not aay any
audi thing aa waa orinted In that sheet.
It's high time that oar business men
do some thing with such lying paper,
scaring everybody out of thla city. It's
no credit to our town. Hoping you will
print this article.
MRS. ANDERSON,
144 North Sixteenth PtreeL
la Tkla the War Oatt
OMAHA, May .-To the Editor of The
Bee: It Is reported that the officials of
tha Omaha Electric Light e Power com.
pany have expressed their willingness to
submit their boeka for examination by
competent publlo accountants, for . .he
purpose of determlng the equity ef pres
ent rates aa between the . company
and lu patrons, it occurs to me this
offer should be taken as made in good
faith and steps taken to secure such
investigation, '
. Under present conditions, no person
outside the of fioee of (he electric Itght
company I In possession of Information
upon which a fair and Impartial opinion
can be baaed a te the present rate, er
those proposed under the new rat or
dinance, which Is in controveray. It may
be fairly stated that such necessary in
formation ta not even In the possession
of the city council. The following sug.
gestlon la submitted:
Let a ocmmlttae of three 'competent
cltlaena be selected: one member of the
United Improvement clubs, on by the
executive committee of the Omaha Com
mercial club and the third by the two
thus chosen. This committee to under
take negotiations as between the electrlo
light company and the city council look
ing to the making of the proposed Inves
tigation snd the arrangement for pay
ing the expense of the same.
This committee ahould be further em
powered by mutual agreement to select
the accountanta and make a final re
port to the city council, the electric light
company and to tha publlo.
PRANK Q. ODELL.
The "Aatl" Argnaaeat.
SOUTH OMAHA, May .-To the
Editor of The Bee: The great flourish
made about annexation would be amusing
If It were not for that element of prejudice
engrafted into tha argumenta evidently
put there to convince the convlnclble that
all antts are either foolish or dishonest
tn their purpose.
I don't know how much worse South
Omaha la than other placea Similarly sit
uated, but I am convinced there le not
another that gets as much unfavorable
notoriety and as little booat from agencies
that stand la tha aame relatlonahip aa
do the Omaha papers to South Omaha.
No one can find fault with tha publicity
given facta, tha more the better. The
people of South Omaha as a whole don't
want to hamper the publicity, the prose
cution or the chastisement of crime and
they should not be put In that light of
publicity, through these great agencies.
'The Omaha papers'' (which we help
support to tha very best of our ability)
should carry South Omaha's virtues, ad
vantages, and prospective greatneaa out
side ths city llmlta, once In a while any
way.
Aaklng South Omaha people to vote yea
on annexation ia a good deal like aaklng
a man to write tha sentence that would
cauae hla own hanging or aaklng tha
piodeat maiden who would marry to go
ever Into her Intended's home and say.
"You must have me."
We foresee the -result with appre
hension. We know Omaha people, aeelng
a great victory snd a gr--at m'c.iiil'i--
lose track of the little people eu their
aouth. They don't see the arret losses
ws sustain in tha removal of a twenty
four thouaand-a-month-clty-payrolt. The
removal of our city government which
nnw oomfela a vs" vi'"br
come here to pay taxes, examine titles,
etc.. whet 't nii'I to ne fiiinsoH 'r rt
municipality ef importance to a suburb,
to mske it neeeeeary for South Omaha
people to viatt Omaha for all matters per
taining to city government, political mat
ters, etc. If the same thing waa happen
ing to Omaha and Omaha mercantile In
ternal a the noise that would go up would
reverberate from ooeon-to-oveati. So allow
a to cast one laat vote aa a rity aa In
di ateo by our Intereats. JOHN FI.YNN.
SMHU70 tuns.
Nnah beheld the flood.
"And not a bleeaed place to Intern," he
cried. Philadelphia 'ledger.
TM yeu see where a msn arcue-d
Ms wife of pouring oil over htm snll
then setting fire to him?"
"Maybe she wanted a change In the
way of seeing him lit i'p."
"I hear they have you In rranlteware
In the basement." vail the flret depart
ment store ciork.
"Yea," reanonded the other, "yon mlsht
say I m down to hard pan. How about
you?"
"Oh. I m on velvet "-Louisville Courier-Journal.
KABIBBLE
KABARET
RtHXATfuciy &T1CKXH
ZOO IS A HtmiN
AM UKSVEU3PQ NtMBOt,
BUT ZERO IS A SOMCTHrto ,
WHOi ft HITS V0U IN NQVUMK'
f, 'mJj,u rc onV 1rl I ever loved.
n'I,Tnat Interesting, but Immaterial.
Vihat I want to know la, am I the only
girl you re ever going to love? Life.
"What do you think of thla theory that
plante hare feellnga?"
A2-t!aX believe it. If it were true I
eon t believe radish, e and letture would
consent to live In the same garden with
a lot of oniona." Washington Star.
f.nTnc.VPW' mh7r"" '
Paw- man . who can spend more
money than his wife can apond. my an.
-,M.iW"n"" you tako Ions
walk. Milwaukee Sentinel.
Young Walter had heard the expres
sion "untold wealth." and was conald-
ershly pv,?d aa to Ita mnnln. That
r ermi " 'i m. 1 . .....v - . ---
ever, he licrame enhxhti ncd aa to the
definition. , .
"rather." ld he, wnai i unium
wealth? . ...
"The property you keep from the in
come tax Hat. my on." - Harper Si"
xlne. "Farly to be1 and early to riee. you
know," aaid the rcnd -rnmlo philosopher.
"Yes." replied Mr. Grump. 'Hut 1
dont observe thtt tMa rule gives the
man who drives a milk waxon any' par
ticular advantage." Washington Star.
SONG OF THE SUBMARINE.
New York Herald.
I nose arong with decks awash
All hid by flying sntny;
And carefully I earch the sea
For ships on which to prey.
Por none may know juat when I come.
And none know when I go;
As quick as breath, aa sure as death,
I send them all below.
Into her side ny missis goes.
To wound her sore, and then
Like frightened sheen. Into the deep,
Irop cursing, praying men.
Sing lm for shins I've mot and sunk;
Sine: ho! my hearties, ho!
A groat machine quick turned to Junk,
Gone to a pTave below.
Where silent thing's weave In and oat
And ragged sea weeds grow.
I noae along beneath the fog
That curtains all the sea:
A slimy eel, all made of steel,
A thing of mystery.
For none may see and none may hear.
Nor l arn mv deadly hate
Until they know the crashing blow
That shivers every plate.
Ae thro'm'h her aide my mlssle goes,
To wound her sore and deep;
And frr.m her deck, a twlexed wreck.
Her wliito-faccd seamen leap.
Sing hoi for ships I've yet to meet;'
Sins ho! mv hearties, ho!
Pick and pride of some mighty fleet.
tione at a single blow,
Down where the slimy sea-makes creea.
Their evil eyes aglow.
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