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    T7TR OMATTA RtTNDAV BEK: JULY 11. 1P15.
THE OMAHA SUNDAY DEE
KOtNTIKP nY EDWARD ROSBWATKR.
VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR.
Tb Bee Publishing Company, Proprietor.
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OFFICES.
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I Sli Sl'XDAV C l.'vt L IGATION.
46,724
Htata of Nebraska. County of Douglas, as:
Iiwiaht Williams, circulation manager, says that
the avetsge SonOay circulation for tha month or June,
2916. wss
DW1MHT Wlt.UAMe., Circulation Manager.
Sutecrlbed In mv piweniw and aworn to before
me. till Jd day rf July. I'.'IL.
HORERT Ht'NTTCn. Notary Publlo.
Kubscribors leaving tlio city temporarily
should have The Ie mallei to them. Ad.
dress v. Ill be changed as often aa requested.
July 11
Thought for the Day
Stlmclmd by W. J. Bryan
Ht who, from tone to ione.
Guide i through th boundUt $ky t'iy oartai
ftiyht,
In the long way that I mutt (read aloni
Will iutl my $tnfj$ aright.
Ilryant'i Odt to the WaUrfowl
j
The latent German not looks Ilk mora
diplomatic conversation.
Weather maker have won at least on credit
mark. Hot weather "don'ts" ar drowned out.
Kitchener want a "till bigger army. The
price of cannon fodder will aoon bs going up In
British domains.
A JOO.OOO-populatlon Greater Omaha in
time for tb 1920 census-taker la feaslbl and
possible. Everybody boostl
Political sports should understand at th
outset that the scissors hold ia barred from the
senatorial championship contest.
If tru aa reported, that Japanese officer
are drilling Russian troops, tb staying quali
ties of war hatreds ar numbered by a few cool
ing seasons.
The Union Pacific wins this bout In the 8L
Joseph & Grand Island litigation, but th ref
eree may yet bare to giv th final decision In
th match.
Th Yellowstone park diversion fulfill to
an uneipected degree the promise of uncommon
thrills while seeing America first. Publicity
again justifies itself.
At the rate of on not a month th Bryan
plan of a whole year of discussion before busi
ness seems altogether too short for conversa
tion endurance test. '
Cable operators blunder without evil Intent
at times, but the sender who road the German
secretary' nam Von Jason must have been on
the payroll of the enemy.
First among th scenic necessities of Greater
Omaha is a downtown park exclusively for mu
nicipal automobiles. Taxpayers ar entitled to
a limousine exhibition for th money.
If any un reconcilable annexationists want to
remove to Sarpy county nothing can atop them.
But if they want to make sure of being out of
reach of annexation, the Iowa side of th river
is aafer yet.
The German Note UnreipoBiire.
Th text of th Oerman not Just given to
the press Indicates a reluctance to approach th
Issue raised In tb American not of May IS.
It does not meet th question raised of tb prin
ciple which the president said the United States
would "omit no act" to uphold. This Is th
neutral's rlcht to safety for its shipping and
passengers and crews on board unarmed mer
rhsntment. No question has been made of th
right of a belligerent to yitereept eommerce, to
visit vessels In transit or to capture or destroy
contraband cargoes destined for enemy ports.
It his been tacitly admitted, as in th case of
the Frye, that suspected contraband may be dis
posed of by the sinking of the vessel. But tb
lives of those on board must be saved, and. in
the esse of visitation by submarines, th com
pany of the intercepted ship must be given at
least time to take to boats. This rule of mari
time warfare is Insisted upon by th United
States.
In th replication now at hand, th Lusltanla
affair is referred to only to reiterate that th
boat was armed, and that the submarine captain
was forced to sink it or be himself destroyed.
This evasion will necessitate further representa
tion from tb United States, for Germany evi
dently doea not understand how deeply Amer
icans feel on this point.
Th proposal! for safeguarding ships carry
ing the American flag, to an agreed number, In
exchange for assurance that these vessels will
not carry contraband, would answer Mr. Bryan'
Ideas of the solution sought, but they would also
expose America to further embroilment. Tb
United States it not required by International
law to guarantee th nature of cargoes leaving
its ports, beyond th demands of strict and im
partial neutrality. .
Tb tension, which was beginning to slacken.
will, we fear, be aroused anew by this latest
German note. Tb note, however,' does not in
itself warrant a cassation of correspondence.
much less a severance of relations.
Linei to the Limerick.
The Bee's recent limerick writing contest
developed two surprising things, first, that
there should be so much llmerlcal talent waiting
lor outlet in this nck-o'-wood, and second,
that there should still be a few people unversed
as to tb Ingredients and metrical makeup of
this essential step-ladder to the top-notches of
literary fame.
For th benefit of these last mentioned, and
to open the door wider for possible future con
tests in linguistic gymnastics, let us call atten
tion to th fact that the limerick ha a status
which entitles It to dictionary definition. Ac
cording to the Standard dictionary, which Is
newest and latest, "a limerick is a nonsense
erse of five anapestio lines of which the first,
second and fifth lines are three-stress and
rhym." Th sample form by which this
definition is Illustrated is:
There was an old man of Tobago,
Who lived on rice, gruel and sago,
Till, much to hla Mia.
His physician aaid this.
To a lea, lr. of mutton you may go.
, Th Century dictionary, compiled with great
car and learned research, submits a similar
typical example of the limerick aa follows:
There was a oun lady of Niger,
Who rod with a smile on a tiger,
Thttr returned from the rid
With -tha lady Inald,
And the smile on th fare of tha tlser.
Further Investigation Into th lineage and
antecedents of th limerick traces It back to
th place on th map of Ireland which bear
tLat nam where rhyming contests In song ar
said to have been regular feature of convivial
gatherings. The populariser of. th limerick,
however, was Edward Lear, who died In 1S8S,
after publishing two volumes of so-called "non
sense verses," because of which they are some
time called "Learlca." The title-page of Laar'a
book carries this rhyme:
There waa an old Decry down Derry,
Who loved to little folk merry;
to ha mad them a book.
And with lauahter thy shook.
At th fun of that Derry down Derry.
Incidentally it may be mentioned that Lear's
limericks for the roost part not only repeat th
earn ending In th first and last lines but, as
printed, run the third and fourth line together
giving the ocular appearance of a four-line vers
In contradistinction to th work of later limerick
artists.
The circumstantial evldenc that will tell
against those ellowstone Park bandits is their
Isck of discrimination in Including a United
states senator and a bunch of school teacher
ia their bold-up.
If plaudits bestowed by entranced admirer
all over the world were th test, Nebraska'
most distinguished citlxen wuld unquestionably
be none other than our old friend, Buffalo Bill.
Anyway, he has bad th most limericks sound
ing his praise written for him.
Not an Artful TJodg-er.
It will be noted that Mr. Bryan did not tell
th women be was opposed to female sutfrac
nor did he tell them It had his favor. H simply
told them that any body of women who opposed
the policies of th democratic party had not hi
support. Just what we are to Infer from thi
is not at all plain. Some months ago the Bal
timore platform was Interpreted at the Whit
house, and with Mr. Bryan' silent approval, as
being binding for what It did not contain on tb
suffrage question. Yet, only a llttl whll be
fore that, this earn platform was held to be not
binding for what it did contain. Aa Mr. Bryan
edited that platform before it reached th con
vention, and It was there adopted aa th work
of his brain, his double-ending on the suffrage
question at San Francisco ran be accepted aa not
novel. In bis earlier days Mr. Bryan waa open
and unreserved In his announcement of his be
lief and disbeliefs on all political questions, and
re was both dogmatic and pragmatic in his ex
ireaslons. Latterly be assumed the same air of
frankness, but he is no longer Ingenuous and he
larks tb adroitness that might b axpected from
so experienced a politician. The only good rea
son one can so for his abrupt dismissal of th
western suffragette i that -vote for women"
1U never be popular In his day la th sunny
fcouth, which he still hope to hold eolld.
A Man and His Home.
Quit a storm of debate has been aroused by
one of our correspondents, whose ldeaa of home
life do not squsr up to those of others, and The
Bee's Letter Box has swayed and staggered un
der th whirling winds of disputation for several
daya. Without going into the merits of either
sld of th argument, which has been very In
teresting In it details, attention may be called
to th fact that each man aa the head of a house
hold has In some measure the right to regulate
that bom. When hla' wife ia taken aa a real
life partner, and th two harmonise their views,
peace and order In their home is assured, and
contentment may be assumed. At any rate,
home la a plac to be governed from th Inside
and not from the outside. If a man invites
criticism by divulging th secrets of his menage,
It Is his own fault, though he may be entitled
to that decent regard for his own opinion that
Is the common right of all. Horn is yet a llttl
kingdom, apart from ail th jest of th world.
Lovers of sartorial decoration s"nd animated
art may well "view with alarm" tb growjng
tendency to undersea craft for th navies of tb
future. Aa invisible deck spells th doom of
full dress naval uniforms and rob th quarter
deck of Its scento charms. A ereatlon of plumed
art, confined In a steel dungeon, loses It
potenUal thrill.
TXOToa aonwiTn.
MUSINGS OF A CTNIC.
HOW strange Sixteenth and Fsrnom atreeta look
with two of It corner cleared for the erection
of new hulldins. When I wa a boy the Roard
of Trad lot wa occupied tr No. 1 Fir Engine,
house, around which we congregated whenever tht
bell rang, which ws not so very often, to see tlie,
engine and the hooka get a flyln start On the lot
acroaa the street was a frame cottage, the home of
th Charlea . Goodrich family, with a poaey garden
In front, and eome Inviting fruit tree In the ba k
yard. Th street car turned north at Ftftenth and
th Ooodrlrh corner wa a quiet and delightful place
of residence. '
That Alfred C. Kennedy had a wonderfully wide
cirri of friend In Omaha was attested by the large,
outpouring of people at hi funeral. 1 had been as
sociated wtlh him aomewhnt In library board matter.
I could not help recalling tha larg number of old
library board membera who hava rassed away within
a short period of tlma Elijah Dunn, Harry P. Du:,
Wllllfltn Wallace, and now Mr. Kennedy, all In com
paratively few month. i wa also specially im
pressed by the emphasis Dr. Jenk laid on tha valua
ble ervtee unselfishly rendered to the community In
'unramunaratlve position of public and eeml-puMlo
character. It la, alas, too true that those who put In
time and labor on our library boards, school boards,
Ak-firRan boards, and committees for meeting the
particular civic needs, receive scant recognition and
little vlslbta appreciation of their work. Tha self,
satisfaction In moat Instances must be the only re
ward. I often Wonder whether this deplorable condi
tion Is peculiar to Omaha or whether there I the
same Indifference or ingratitude to such public service
In other cities, too.
MoVIng tip a copy of the North American Review,
my eye was halted by what purported to b a rougn
drawing that Colonel Harvey had reproduced under
tha caption. "Mark Twain's War Map." Rut what
held my vision waa not the map, but one of the In
scriptions on It, being- written Inside out and spellin
something backward not "Nebraska" converted Into
"Ak-8r-Bn" but Omaha reveracd Into "Ahamo."
Colonel Harvey explain that at the time the Ger
mans were spproachlng Paris In 18T0, Mark Twain
published thla map of the fortifications of that city,
drawn by himself, and elucidated as fo'lows:
. "The Idea of thla map la not original with ma,
but Is borrowed from the Tribune and the other
great metropolitan journals. .
"I claim no other merit fof thla production (If I
may so call It) than that It la accurate. The main
blemish of the city-paper map of which It Is nn
Imitation Ia, that In thera mora attention aeam paid
to artlstlo plcturesquenesa than geographical re
liability. "Inasmuch aa this is the first time I ever tried
to draft and engrave a mip, or attempt anything
In tha line of art aa well, the commendations th.j
work baa received and tho admiration It has excited
among the people, have been very grateful to my
feellnga. And It Is touching to reflect that by far
th most enthuslaatlc of these' praises have come
from people who know nothing at all about art.
"By an unimportant oversight I have engraved
the map so that It reada wrong-end first, except to
left-handed people. I forgot that In order to make
It right In print It ahould be drawn and engraved
upalde down. However, let tha atudent who desires
to contemplate the map stand on hi head or hold It
before her looklnglaa. That will bring it right.
"The reader will comprehend at a glance that
that piece of rlver with the 'High Bridge' over It,-got
left out to one sldo by reason of a allp of th en
graving tool, which rendered It necessary to change
the entire course of th River Rhln or else spoil
th map. After having spent two dava In digging
and gouging at the map, I would have loat so much
work.
"I never had so much trouble with anything In
my IK a I ld with this map. I had heap of for
ttflcatlona scattered all around Pari, at first, but
evry now and then my Instrument would slip and
fetch away whole mile of batterlee and leave the
vicinity a clean aa if th Prussian had been there,
"Tha reader will find If well to frame thl man
for future reference, ao that It may aid in extending;
' popular Intelligence and dispelling the widespread
Ignorance of the day."
The pussier Is the appearance on this map of th
mirrored title. "Omaha." along with those of Jersey
City. Vlncennes, Verdun. Pari. Podunk. alnt Cloud
High-Bridge and the Erie canal. It la not surprising
that among tha so-called "official commendations '
U. f. Grant la quoted aa saying: "It la tha only map
of tha kind I ever saw." ,
Twice Told Tales
Hwrt His Frellnaa.
T.ytway. the butcher, had been very buay for a few
momenta with a well-known dictionary. Suddenly h
closed It with a snap and glowered at hla wlf In th
rash desk. '
"That Mr. Smart I getting too clever," he
growled. ,
What' thr matter?" asked th good lady, aur
prised at thla criticism of a good customer.
"When she csme In Just now ah told me I. ought
to rename my acale the Ambuacada brand,"
"Well, why"
"I've Jut looked up th word." went on th In
furiated man. "and th dictionary says that ambus
cade mean 'to II In weight!' " Chlraao Herald.
Brelagt Tkresis Ofeatraetloaa.
He was very fork of playing ofca on hi wlf, and
thla time he thought h had got a winner.
"My dear girl." he said, aa they sat at supper, "just
heard aui-h a sad story of a young girl todny. Thcv
thought she waa going blind, and so a aurgaon operated
on her and found "
"YeeT" gasped his wife, breathlessly.
That she'd got a young man in her eye!" ended
the husband with a chuckle.
For a moment there was sllano. Then the woman
remarked, rlowly:
"Wall, It woulit atl depend on what sort of a man
It wa. Borne of them ah could hav aeen through
aslly enough!" eH. Louis Fost-Dtepatrh.
Ohio' workmen' compensation law far x
ceeds expectations in efficiency and practical
value. Sine going Into ffct 10,000 case of
Injury or death to workmen hav been disposed
of and f t.41(,4o distributed to the injured or
their families.
Estimates of th number of delegates attend
ing th prohibition convention at Atlantic City
rang from 7.000 to 10.000. Unlike other
ataticUea, these furnish genuine "dry" reading.
Underground and undersea method of war
tar relegate open, staodup fighting t hUtory
and romanof ,
T-e w
Vila
Th Knights of lbor picnJo at lUscall's park
furnished enjoyment to fully 1,0(0 people. Tb prise
for the best lady wattser, a Mne gold watch, was won
by Mlsa Mary Caaay, and Jams C. Ms honey carried
away th gold-headed cane as th beat gentlema
waltaer; Btevcnaon brother carried away the three'
legged race prli. and Charlea Meldreu took a silver
water pitcher for being swiftest In th sack race.
Omaha letter carriers handled 17,101 pieces of mail
matter during June.
Ground waa broken for th new ftl Paul depot,
just west of th preaent depot, corner Thirteenth and
Webeter.
The work of grading Farnem street preparatory
t paving It with Sous Fall granite commenced this
morning.
Miss Pearl Tomltnaon. the well known teacher, will
spend the vacation with her family at Hastings.
Vaperlntendent James haa gone to Saratoga to at
tend th national educational convention.
Samuel Burn and children returned from th Crete
Sunday school meeting, where they spent ten daya
and give glowing aocounta of th future ehsuitauqua
assembly ef the west.
H. Q. tripe and family and John L Redlck. eon
aad daughter aava gone te pUU Lake.
It's an easy mstter to nail a lie, but
you can't always keep It down.
H a atl rlxht to rise In the world, but
don't go up by the skyrocket route.
The age of miracles may have passed,
but many a man turns night Into day.
Many a man's Idea of economy Is to
save the pennies and spend th dollar.
Some people wast entirely too much
time waiting for th unexpected to hap
pen. Tt Isn't so bs1 to take things a ttley
come, If you only know wht to do with
them.
We are always Inclined to be lenient
with the faults of people who are bigger
than we ere.
No msn acquire the secret of popular
ity unless he hsa learned to keep hla
troubles to himself.
For one man who la too good for hi
job there are a thousand whose jobs are
too good for tbem.
Xtsny a man who can hear Pleasure
whisper a mile away can't hear Duty
when It shouts In his esr through a megaphone.
The people who want their money to
go a long way generally hav some diffi
culty In letting it go at all.-New York
Time.
I
TABLOIDS OF SCIENCE.
An Italian university professor claim
to hav found radium In ordinary dew.
Paper flywheela are coming Into use.
The tensile strength of paper is enor
mous.
Blue veils preserve the complexion, be
cause they diminish the effect of the
scorching rays of light.
Burned but a few years ago as useless
rubbish, there now la a wide demand for
the waste from Spain's cork factories.
Artificial sponges are made by treatlngr
paper pulp with- chloride of lime, adding
common salt, drying and pressing Into
desired forms.
Building Inspector C. C. Knox of
Youngstown, O., claims that great pre
cautlona ahould be taken in the construc
tion of chimneys, as he maintains that
25 per cent of all fires in the city ar
caused by defective chimneys.
Monel metal, an alloy resembling nickel.
will probably replace steel and bronse for
the construction of yachts. It is tougher
than nickel steel, doee not corrode and
retains its brightness. Aluminum, the
lightest of yacht plates, lasts only a short
time In contact with salt water.
Fuller's earth Is used principally In
bleaching, clarifying or filtering fats.
grease and oils; It la not now much em
ployed for fulling cloth, the use from
which It obtained Its name. It la also
used in the manufacture of pigments for
printing wall papers, for the detection of
certain coloring matter In some food
products and as a substitute for talcum
powder.
AS0UND THE CITIES.
Spencer, Ia., I sprucing up with two
miles of paving.
Topeka haa 1.0C0 golf enthusiasts. Every
one making th nineteenth hole win a
ration of ginger beer.
Chicago's school budget for 1915 totala
I13,1U6.M, leaving a deficit of tl.438,283 be
tween Income and outgo.
St. IjOuIs boast of a tobscco factory
employing 6,000 persons and turning out
1&.0U0.000 of chewable quids a year.
Tulsa's only woman pauper at her death
waa found to have IW worth of good
Oklahoma land and S400 concealed in her
hair.
Emporia Is up and doing in the Kan
sas way. War on cigarets Is about to
be declared and prosecuted with tha
usual vigor.
One family In every twenty-five In
Brooklyn owns an automobile. This Is
one of the reasons why Brooklynltes are
on the jump.
An inspection of Sioux City's finances
by a state official drew out seme sharp
criticism of municipal waste. Being an
old story the city council just laughed.
Cleveland has the meanest ever. He
squealed on the Printers' club and caused
a raid on the club rooms which netted ,i
nice aMsortment of beer and other fluid
stimulators.
Boston new custom house tower la
the brightest thing In the old town at
night. It doea not Illuminate Boston's
curves to a satisfying extent, but st a
distance It become a beacon of light
for mariner or landlubber.
Springfield, Mo, thought it was entitled
to a cut In elect rio light rates. When
the attempt waa made tha federal court
was appealed to and held up th plan for
inquiry meanwhile requiring the object
ing company to give bond to refund the
excess If the cut rstes are upheld.
SIGNPOSTS OF PROGRESS.
Peru wss tha first nation to add In
struction In aviation to tta publlo school
curriculum.
The government of New Zesland Is re
placing Its wooden telephone poles and
letter boxes with reinforced concrete
ones.
A dictating phonograph has been in
vented to enable a military aviator to
record his observation and till have hla
hand free.
A century ago a worRman with toola
of that time could make S.AOO pins day.
Now, with modern machinery, a work
man ran turn out li.000.00e.
Tha Peruvian oongresg has authorised
the construction of a railroad from the
present most easterly terminus in that
country to tha head of navigation on the
Amaxoa river.
Dumpa near Cripple Creek are being re
worked and ar yleMlng from 14 to 110
a ton In precious metals, in the early
days ore assaying less than 10 a ton
waa thrown away.
The most northerly electric lighting
plant in Asia Is at Yakutsk. 1.000 miles
from a railroad. It remains completely
shut down In summer, but during the
winter the dally load factor la extremely
hlsh.
Recent sales by the United States gov
ernment totaling m.goo.nos feet cf saw
timber In the Olymplo national foreet In
western Washington mark tha opening
of thl hitherto Inaccessible storehouse of
timber, estimated to contain a stand of
rS.OOC SCO ftjO hoard feet.
The largest and heaviest upright drill
ever mad In th United States (or for
eign trad waa shipped from Worcester
to England to ba used In th manufacture
of war implements. Th drill weigh
7,000 pounds, and Its height from th
floor te th top of th upper con is
alna feet ten Inch. It oilll to th ren
ter of Inch and U inches. The
required floor epac for the drill ia 3
inches by 10T inch
People and Events
Canada Is In position to sympathise
with Swttxarland. American tourists ar
few and far between, and summer hotel
ar a lonesome a an abandoned ceme
tery. Th Bsjikers' cluh of New York City
will occupy three floor In the new Kqult
able building and th furnishing will
cort troonn. A pll of style become
stylish piles.
President Dan Wfllard of the Baltimore
A Ohio, Impressed by a young man's
hkrd luck story, took him under the offi
cial wing. fed. bathed and clothed him
and was about to give him a working
start when the youngster started down a
sidetrack and disappeared.
A New York widow, suing for damage
for the death of her husband In a rail
way accident, told of the expensive par
tie he gave for her end her friend. The
fact that no affinity decorated the social
scenery convinced th jury that he was
a good one end fixed his value at IS.OOn.
The supreme court of Missouri Is In the
spotlight once more. It rules thst a
county official who does hie own janitor
work, when the county fall to provide
the aervlce. can charge for-the extra job
and collect the hill, too. Here Is where
efficiency gives economy the dim lamp.
Springfield. Mass., reverence Liberty
bell, but Its enthusiasm centers on a
forty-nlne-pound copper rooster perched
oa the top of the rplre of the First
church. The rooster came over from
F.nijland In 1750 and has successfully de
fled the elements for 161 years. A game
rooster that.
Zlnk minora of Joplln, Mo., observing
the owners roiling In the wealth of
doubled prices, demanded a share of the
profit In wages and were denounced as
knockers of prosperity. In forty-eight
hours the owners Cooled off, coughed up
and prosperity resumed Ita march on
better terms.
Occasionally a layman stalls a court
with a bunch of logic. Henry M. Jones
of Qutncy. Mas., fined 1100 for operating
an aircraft without a license, protested
that he could not qualify for a license
until he practiced flying. That seemed
to strike the judicial spot and the fine
was suspended for three months,
That thoussnds of women may find
their way into th workshops of th Bes
semer Pig Iron sssoclatlon. before th
war Is over, is the opinion of J. G. But
ler, jr.. Its president. He says there U
certain to b a shortage of men. and that
women can work In the mills, blast fur
naces snd mines, doing their work.
During a recent cssh donstlon psrty in
a church a. Muskogee, Okl., the pastor,
Rev. Robert Van Melgga, contributed to
the gaiety of the occaalon by turning a
handspring out of the pulpit for every
125 put Into tha box. He repeated the
performance a score of times and did
each flop with such eloquent skill that
not a leaf of the open Bible fluttered.
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
"Father." sal. I the sninll boy. "what
re delusions cf sramieur?"
"My son, they ara what would cause
almost any mar. to be considered In
sane If he' v.erw so inelisrreet to own
up to them in publlc."Waahlngton
Star.
Scty Dime-oh. doctor, I'm so sorely
troubled with ennui!
Ioctor H m! Why don't you Interest
vourself in finding out how the other
hslf 11VB."
Society Dame Gracious' Why, I'm not
looking for a divorce! Ohlcsgo News.
St. fceter What wss your occupation
on earth?
spirit Robber.
St. Peter Ice. coal or gas? Baltimore
A merlca n.
to the war capital la llmld.
fecono one its, wnen mine nas any
he grows pale every time I kise him.
Chicago Herald.
KABIB8LE
KABARET
A
He ots ajx Tt wa ep mas
Ar HT M!fJ W MArlf A TREAT
Bir AiUaXVa Siftl UP VWATTR
"That's the way with a man."
"What la?"
"He often said he would lay down
his life for me."
"Well."
"And now he grumbles when I ask
him to lay diwn a carpet." Kansas City
Star.
An elderly woman who was extremely
stout waa endeavoring to enter a atreet
car when the conductor, noticing her dif
ficulty, said to her:
"Try sideways, madame; try sliie
wave." The woman looked up breathlessly and
said:
"Why, bless ye, t ain't got no eMe
ways." toadies' Home Journal.
THE BRAVE AT HOME.
Thomas Buchanan Read.
The maid who binds her warrior's sash
With smile that well her pain dissem
ble. The while beneath her drooping lash
One starry teardrop hangs and trembles.
Though heaven alone record the tear.
And Fame ahall never know her story,
Her heart lias shed a drop ss dear
As e'er bedewed the field of glory.
The wife who girds her husband's sword,
'Mid little ones a ho weep or wonder.
And bravely speaks thA cheering word.
What though her heart be rent asunder,
Doomed nightly In her dreams to hear
The bolta of death around him rattle.
Hath shed as sacred blood as e'er
Was poured upon the field of battle.
The mother who conceals her grief
While to her breast her son she presses,
Then breathe a few brave words and
brief,
Klclnn the patriot brow she blesses.
With no one but her secret God
To know the pain tluit weighs upon her
Bheds holy blood as e'er the sod
Received on Freedom's field of honor.
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THE BEE BUILDING
"Thm building that it always nuiM
Woffrt
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tor doctors or deutlsts; waiting room and
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322 Cbole offic gulte. north light, very desirable
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