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''5 THE OMAHA, THURSDAY, JluA 4, hi The Omaha Bee DAILY (MORNING) EVENING 'SUNDAY FOUNDED BY EDWARD KOSEWATER VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THE BEB PUBLISHING COM PANT. PROPRIETOR. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS TIM Aanctsted Press, wttlcb Tb Bm U nenibw. U escltuinl entitled U Um ass for publication ef all om d'.ipstebes ortdtud to It at set otheewHS credited is thli pl. and tlm the local B.ws published serein. All riihu of publloatioo ef our iparLtl dunatibaf ar alas nsermL OFFICES ' Omaha The Ht Btfldlns. floutb Omaha 1311 N. r)v Cornell Bluff a 14 H. Main Liooola Uttls Bulldlnt. Chlcafo Peoples Ua Bnlldta. New Tors !S rift in. St. loula New B'k of Commtrea. Wsablostoo 1311 O Bt. MAY CIRCULATION Daily 69,841 Sunday 59,602 atrmilatlo for tha month, subscribed tod sworn to or Diih Hilliaau. CtrouiaHoo alwager. Subscriber leaving tha city hould have Tha Be mailed to them. Addraaa chanted as often as requested. THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG. S I bbNr? I 1 1 1111 Safe and sane this time. A million men in France I .Good work, says the nation. No dearth of worthy objects for the money that would have been burned up in fireworks. Tennessee pays $12,000,000 in federal taxes, but got $125,000,000 for a single war plant. Fair enough. The bootleggers do not seem to be deterred by the threat of Uncle Sam to take all their excess profits. Listen for the splash of ships taking the water all along the two coasts today. It will be a sorry sound in Berlin. Let us hope that President Wilson's Fourth of July thrill doesn't backfire like George Creel's did a year ago. ' It's tough on congress to have to postpone its recess over the Fourth. Still, other folks are making sacrifices. But all these colossal income and excess profits taxes come out of the pockets of the consumer just the same. ' "He who works prays" has been a well under stood maxim for ages, so the senate is following well established precedent. The kaiser ought to talk with some of his soldiers who lately have tasted Yankee mettle be fore he dismisses our army as unworthy attention. , We may thank the war for a really quiet and entirely sane approach to the glorious Fourth. Contrast with previous years makes the last two or three days seem Elysian in their peace. What are we coming to if the familiar nick names are not to be bandied about in the city hall. With official dignity so thick over there, the usual ? chair-warmer at a council meeting will not feel at all at home. The next job ahead of our University of Nebraska regents is to build up a faculty of good, forceful as well as scholarly professors and in structors in harmony with the patriotic spirit of the people of this state and ready to co-operate in the teamwork that alone will keep our university in the front rank. , V. A Move in the Right Direction. The 3ee compliments the school board for taking up seriously the recommendation originally advanced by this paper for a business manager to be responsible , for the business side of the schools just as" the city superintendent is respon sible for the teaching side of the schools. This departure ii in line with the growing practice of the roost progressive school boards of other cities and approximates for the schools what is known 'as the general manager plan in municipal government. , The success of the innovation must, of course, depend upon two things: First, on securing a v V ' competent, experienced and trustworthy man for the position, and, second, on leaving to him the performance of his duties without interference by school board committees trying to favor friends or to prescribe the minute details of every business transaction. If, however, the board in good faith turns the business management of the schools over to a man of business ability and reliability, and permits him to do the job, subject to general rules and strict accountability for methods and results, there is no question that im provement will be shown. The next step in school reorganization will then be to reduce the sire of the school board itself and confine its activities to the determina tion of policies, budget making and advisory work such as ordinarily devolves upon the di rectors of a corporation run by the president or general manager and hired experts who devote their whole attention to the corporation's affairs. OUR GREATEST FOURTH OF JULY. July 4 is distinguished in American history for many significant events aside from the sign ing of the Declaration of Independence. By a curiously interesting series of coincidences the day has often been marked by an achievement of national importance, adding to the glory and prestige of the nation and increasing the rever ence of the people for the anniversary. On no former day, however, have we had occasion to celebrate with enthusiasm such as inspires us today. Swiftly and boldly we have entered on a great war, staking our future on the issue of battle, proceeding with a confidence born of belief in our cause and dedicated to its justice. With full recognition of the immensity of the task before us, and cheerfully acknowledging all that has been done by . those alongside of whom we have taken a place on the battle line, we realize that on the steadfastness with which we pursue our purpose depends the outcome. Unless America makes good the world is lost to Prussianism. In the year ve have turned our paths of peace into the ways of war. All our energies and re sources have been, or are being, coupled to the grim enginery of conflict, and we have astounded the world by what we have done. Millions of young men have turned from the disorder of civil life into the disciplined routine of military employment. More than a millon of these are now on the front in France. Noncombatant ac tivities, vital to success in the field, have simi larly been organized and set in motion. A mer chant navy has been constructed and equipped, great government enterprises set on foot and miracles of construction testify to the zeal with which we have gone about our business. At the same time the American people, no toriously self-indulgent, have submitted to re strictions in personal conduct almost as'rigorous as those laid by despots, on oppressed subjects. Voluntary contributions to the general sum of effort, sacrifices of personal comfort and con venience, have marked the nation and advertise our constancy and devotion in the war. Because of these things other nations today are giving to the Fourth of July a meaning they never before conceded. We have invited the judgment of the world, and as we prosper in our crusade for the right, so will we have the com mendation even of those who reluctantly admit the altruism of our course. That is why this " the greatest Fourth of July in history since that first one, 142 years ago!. Child Labor Legislation. . While an effort is being made to get the su preme court of the United States to reopen the case for the child labor law, advocates of re stricting the employment of children are busy in the senate. Three bills are pending, each un dertaking to accomplish the object sought. One of these is by Senator Kenyon of Iowa, which would deny the use of the mails to persons em ploying children in production of goods for in terstate traffic. Another, by Senator Pomerene, is framed along the lines of the Webb-Kenyon act, and will prohibit the shipment of the product of child labor into states that have laws forbid ding the employment of child labor. Another, also presented by Pomerene, imposes a 25 per cent tax on the output of firms employing child labor. ' The Kenyon bill is said to have the sanc iioii of "the president and the postmaster general, although it is objected to by some of the sena tors as being too drastic. These senators are said to look with favor on the Pomerene meas ures. Action is looked for before the end of the session. In the , meantime the southern mills are reported to have resumed the employment of children on an 11-hour schedule immediately after the supreme court made its decision. "Politics Adjourned" in South Carolina. President Wilson's attempt to hand-pick a senate has met another setback in the death of "Ben" Tillman. The South Carolina senatorial race for the' current year had assumed the pro portion of a four-handed game, with the re doubtable Cole Blease looming up as a danger ous factor. ' To offset this, and perhaps to insure Tillman's re-election, the president used his in fluence to induce Representative Lever to retire from the race. Now death steps in and gives the former fire-eating governor practically a clear track, his surviving opponent being an unknown, Nat B. Dial, not heretofore considered even a dark horse in the race. This contingency gives the president's group the privilege of accepting Blease or hunting . up another candidate in all sorts of a hurry. Incidentally, the event serves to further illustrate the extent to which politics has been "adjourned" by the democrats who cir cle around the White House. Secretary L.eSuer of the Nonpartisan league produced a certificate of endorsement for his organization, written by George Creel. When "Big Bill" Haywood comes forward with a similar document the administration's ready letter writer's mission will be complete. The Austrian general who regards the late operations along the Fiave as a success has a great future before him as a German diplomat He is just the sort of thoughtless liar the Hun appreciates most. Centenary of the American Flag Law Providing for Increased Number of Stars Effective July 4, 1818 K. K. Kennedy in New York Times. Independence day, July 4, 1918, marks the 100th birthday of the present American flag The continental, or grand union, flag of the colonies was the first standard to have embodied in its design any attribute which endures in the flag of today. The union in the upper left-hand corner still showed the union of England, the combined crosses of St. George and St. Andrew, and 13 alternate red and white stripes filled in the field. These stripes were substituted for the red field that England was then using. This flas; was raised for the first time on January 1, 1776, on Pros pect Hill, Cambridge. Mass.; notwithstanding its adoption, other flags bearing various de vices and mottoes continue? m use among the American patriots. On June 14, 1777, the American corigress adopted the following resolution: "Resolved, That the flag of the 13 United States be 13 stripes, alternate red and white: that the union be 13 stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation." The stars in this flag were arranged in a circle, and the credit for making it is usually given to Mrs. Betsv Ros? of Philadelphia. After the 13 original states were increased to 15 unon the entry into the union of Vermont, on March 4 ,1791, and Kentucky on June 1, 1792, congress passed an act increasing the stars and stripes to 15 each. It was this flas;, flying over Fort McHenry in 1814, that in spired Francis Scott Key to write "The Star Spangled Banner." Between 1795 and J816 Tennessee, Ohio, Louisiana and Indiana were admitted to the union. No provision' having been made for representation upon the flag of these states the Hon. Peter If. Wendcver, a member of congress from New York City, strongly favored a change. Accordingly, a bill was introduced into the house to make a change in the flag that would adjust it to the in creased number of states. The Historical Magazine for August, 1857, gives an account of this, taken from the Na tional Intelligencer of July, 1854, a part of which follows: "On the admission of Indiana into the union in 1816, Mr. Peter H. Wendover of New York offered a resolution Hhat a com mittee be appointed to inquire into the ex pediency of- altering the flag of the United States.' A committee was appointed, who reported a bill on January 2, 1817; but it was not acted upon. While the committee had the matter under consideration, Mr. Wend over called upon Captain S. C. Reid, who was in Washington at that time, and requested him to form a design of our flag, so as to represent the increase of the states without destroying its distinctive character, as the committee was about to increase the stars and stripes to the whole number of states. "Captain Reid recommended that the stripes be reduced to the original number of 13 states, and to form the number of stars representing the whole number of states into one great star in the union, adding one star for every new state, thus giving ,the signifi cant meaning to the flag symbolically ex Dressed, of "E Pluribus Unum." This design of Captain Reid was adopted in the commit tee, but the bill did not pass until the next congress, in 1818. "Captain Reid also recommended the com mittee to establish a national standard, to be composed of four emblematical represen tations of our escutcheon, to be placed in the four quarters of the flag, as follows: The stars at the top in the left-hand corner, the eagle in the right-hand corner, with the God dess of Liberty under the stars, and the stripes under the eagle; this standard to be hoisted over the halls of congress and on our ships of war, navy yards, and other pub lic places, when visifed by the president and other dignitaries. "He also desired to make a distinction be tween the flags wor,n by our national vessels and those of the merchantmen, by simply arranging the stars in parallel lines in the union for the naval service, and forming them in one great star in the union for the merchant service. Captain Reid also pro posed to adopt a national cockade upon our flag, instead of the black English cockade, which our officers now wear; but these de signs did not succeed before the committee." On January 2, 1817, the committee re ferred to above reported to the house that it had maturely examined the subject sub mitted to its consideration, and added: "We are well aware that any proposition eseentially to alter the fag of the United States, either in the general form or in the distribution of its parts, would be as unac ceptable to the legislature and to the peo'e as it would be uncongenial with the views of the committee. "Fully persuaded that the form selected for the American flag was truly emblematical of our origin and existence as an independent nation, and that, as such, it has received the approbation and' support of the citizens of the union, it ought to undergo no change that would decrease its conspicuity or tend to de prive it of its representative character. The committee, however, believes that a change in the numben of states in the union suffi ciently indicated the propriety 'of such a change in the arrangement of the flag as shall best accord with the reason that led to its adoption and sufficiently point to the im portant periods in our history. "The original flag of the United States was composed of 13 stripes and 13 stars, and was adopted by a resolution of the conti nental congress on June 14, 1777. On Janu ary 13, 1794, after two new states had been admitted into the union, the national legis lature passed an act that the stripes and stars should, on a day fixed, be increased to 15 each, to comport with the then independ ent states. The accession of new states since that alteration and the certain prospect that at no distant period the number of states will be considerably multiplied, render it, in the opinion of the committee, highly inex pedient to increase the number of stripes, as every flag must in some measure be limited in size, from the circumstance of convenience to the place on which it is to be displayed, while such an increase would necessarily de crease their magnitude anc" render them pro portionately less distinct to distant observa tion. This consideration has induced many to retain only the general form of the flag, while there actually exists a great want of uni formity in its adjustment, particularly when used on small private vessels. "The national flag being in general use by vessels of almost every description, it ap pears to the committee of considerable im portance to adopt some arrangement cal culated to prevent, in future, great or ex tensive alterations. Under these impressions they are led to believe no alteration could be made more emblematical of our origin and present existence, as composed of a number of independent and united states, than to re duce the stripes to the original 13, represent ing the number of states then contending for and, happily, achieving their independence, and to increase the stars to correspond with the number of states now in the union, and hereafter to add one star to the flag when ever a new state shall be admitted. "These slight alterations will, in the opinion of the committee, meet the general approbation, as well of those who may have regretted a former departure from the orig inal flag, as of such as arc solicitous to see in it a representation of every state in the union. "The committee ennot believe that in re taining only 13 stripes it necessarily follows they should be distinctly considered in refer ence to certain individual states, inasmuch as nearly all the new states were a component part of, and represented i. the original, and inasmuch, also, as the flag is intended to signify numbers and not local and particular sections of the union. "The committee respectfully reports a bill accordingly." Through pressure of what congress prob ably considered more important business, the bill remained unacted upon; but, upon the convening of congress for the next ses sion, Mr. Wendover renswe 1 his resolution, "that a committee be appointed to inquire into the expediency of altering the flag of the United States, and that they have leave to report by bill or otherwise." The resolution was adopted and a com mittee appointed, of which, Mr. Wendover was made chairman. On January 6, 1818, Mr. Wendover submitted a report of the com mittee, accompanied by a bill, which was sub stantially the same as that reported by the committee of the previous session. The bill passed the house on March 25 and the senate on 1'arch 31, and was signed by President Munroe on April 4, 1818. The law is as follows: "Section 1. Be it enacted, that from and after the fourth day of July next, the flag of the United States be 13 horizontal stripes, alternate red and white; that the union have 20 stars, white in ?. blue field. "Section 2. Be it further enacted, that on the admission of every new state in the union one star to be added to the union of the flag; arid that such addition shall take effect on July 4 next succeeding such admission. The first flag raised after the enactment of the new law was hoisted on the flagstaff of the house of representatives on April 13, 1818. This flag was made under .the super vision of Captain Reid by his wife and some other women, at her house on Cherry street, New York City, and the stars were arranged to form one great star in the center of the union, in accordance with the plan of the designer. This manner of placing the stars did not meet with general approval, one objection being that as the number of states increased, it would be necessary to decrease the stars to such an extent that their indi viduality could not be easily discerned. Captain Reid, to whom our flag as we know it is so largely due, was a naval officer who won fame in 1814, when he commanded the American privateer General Armstrong, by beating much superior British naval forces at Fayal in the Azores. The British ships were on their way to join the fleet as sembled in the West Indies to transport Packenham'i soldiers to attack New Or leans. The necessity -f burying the dead, caring for the wounded and attending to re pairs to the ships after their defeat at the hands of Captain Reid caused a delay of 10 days. And while the British admiral chafed under the delay, Andrew Jackson was able to bring up troops and supplies in readiness for one of the most memorable battle-, in our history. Reir was acclaimed with great honor on his return to the United Ststes, and rendered his country many other services before his death in 1861. People and Events Through the munificence of a kinswoman who willed $100,000 for the purpose, one James Buchanan is to have a monument in one of the parks of Washington. Remember Jim? Uh huh! He was president or some thing like that. - A treasury statement for June shows that the money in - circulation now amounts to $49.63 per capita. The figures are 74 cents less than the showing for May. Even the lowered per capita stand little chance of gathering rust. When the democrats run both ends of the Illinois legislature a few years ago slum ming committees raked Chicago and most of the state for political thunder. Their activi ties held the first pages of newspapers and the members strutted in the glare of pub licity. Political slummers are not stingy in pouring out public money and the Illinois bunch were no exception to the rule. The committees burned up considerable cash, re gardless of authority or source. Now comes the reckoning. The state supreme court rules that $21,000 was spent unlawfully and entered a decree requiring four spendthrift democrats to put the money back in the treasury. Think of that, patriots, and weep! ; One Year Ago Today In the War. American troops paraded In Paris In celebration of Independence day. J Officially announced that in three , months the British and French have , captured 609 field pieces and heavy guns and 63,222 German aoldiers. ; The Day We Celebrate. ' """--Michael L. ' Clark, sheriff of Doug laa county, born, 1868. Fred Renner, former treasurer of tha Yetter-Davldson Wall Paper com pany, born, 1860. Walter H. Rhodes, assistant cashier ' of the City National bank, born, 1871. G. W. Noble, general agent for the New England Mutual, born. 1862. George M. Cohan, actor and play wright, born at Providence, R. I. 41 years ago. This Day la History. 1776 American Declaration of In dependence proclaimed. 1818 Act of congress prescribing : the present design of the Stars and Stripes came into effect. 1837 Cornerstone laid for the Illi nois atate capltol at Springfield. 1838 Iowa territorial government Inaugurated at Burlington. 1859 Alexander It. Stephens of Georgia advocated the formation of a isonthern confederacy. 1.863 Surrender of Vlcksburg with 17.000 men, 128 pieces of artil lery and 80 aiuga gun Just 30 Years Ago Today Hon. R. M. Tuttle, editor of the Hornellsville (N. Y.) Times, was in the city on a roundabout way from the Chicago convention. One of the great features at the fair grounds was the occasion of the five mile race between John Prince, the bicyclist, and a trotting horse. The horse was not very speedy and John easily, won. E. K. Littlefield, who presided over the baggage department of the Web ster street depot, has been railed to the position of passenger agent, with the Union Pacific. ; The parade today moved along the following streets: Fifteenth to Doug las, east on Douglas to Ninth, south on Ninth to Farnam, west on Farnam to Fifteenth, south on Fifteenth to How ard, west on Howard to Sixteenth, north on Sixteenth to Clirk, counter march on it JirBr8on square, ' ' ? V ' Round About the State Practical steps to land a new hotel have been taken at Valentine. Cost estimates range from $30,000 to $50, 000, and stock subscriptions are being solicited. Live Valentlners regard the project as an essential industry and will sign up, of course, "until it hurts." The York News-Times sings the praises of cherry pie as melodiously as a Caruso or a McCormack. The tonal quality of tha notes range from a description of the making through the entrancing odors to the whispering lullaby of a satisfied interior. Still there be envious critics who think the prairies do not inspire lofty flights of realistic harmony. Verdlgre Citizen wonders why the railroad in that section indulges in the nonessential industry of running spe cial trains of a few cars each up the line, apparently empty. "Of course," the candid editor comments, "we don't know much about running a railroad, but if Uncle Sam's money is being used to operate unnecessary trains, no wonder he is running be hind in railroad operation." "Jim-the-Penman's" exploits are matched in a limited way by two youngsters, 12 'and 15 years tf age, operating with forged eHecks at Lexington. Two well-posted merchants took kid-like innocence at ta?e value, cashed the checks and thought no more of it until the forged paper came back. Bank and merchants agreed that the forged signature was a slick imitation of the original. At last ac counts the kids were out of sight, Right to the Poin' Minneapolis Journal: Bulgaria has stolen so much territory from its neighbors that it ought to be renamed Burglaria. Wall Street Journal: "Germany will not bind Itself with any pledges regarding Belgium." Von Kuehl mann. Precisely what is a binding German pledge? Minneapolis Journal: It may be Impossible for the Home Guards, to get a wallo; at Hin.lenburg, but there are a few weeds in the gardens that are ripe enough to swat. Minneapolis Tribune: Having failed with his long range guns to bring France to terms, the kaiser is ex pected to try a long rantre olive branch. The result will 'be the same. liouisvllle Courier-Journal: When the Germans try to torpedo ships loaded with bananas bound for Amer ica they -increase the military ardor of Americans who will be old enough to fight if the war lasts till 1923. New York Herald: The wish that Is the father of the thousrht which prompts Vienna's report that the re treat acroso the Piave was "unob served" the wish being that the event may be unobserved in Austria Hungary. New York World: Coming back from a personal inspection in France, Raymond Fosdick says: "The moral condition of our men is so gratifying that any Improvement would seem superfluous." To any but the profes sional croakers this is enough, said. No cironker, of course, believes any man who does not proclaim the worst Twice Told Tales A Wonder Worker. One afternoon some time ago two young girls were sitting on the veran da knitting for the soldiers, when one of them turned the conversation to an auto ride she had the evening before. "Mr. Jones' ability in running an automobile Is simply wonderful," de clared the pretty one. "I never dreamed that it was possible to go quite so far withoui machinery." "Go without machinery!" was the wondering rejoinder of the other. "Do you mean to say that such a thing happened?" "Yes," promptly replied the first "We must have gone at least 12 miles before Mr. Jones discovered that the engine was missing." Philadelphia Telegraph. Wanted a Substitute. "John," said the clergyman to his new man, "do you er ever employ strong language?" The new man blushed self-consciously. "Well, sir." he faltered, "I I may be a little carelessllke in my speech at times." "Ah," murmured the clergyman, "I'm sorry, John I'm sorry! But we will converse on that at some more fitting time. Just now I want you to go to Jenkinson & Blenkinson and settle this bill for repairing my sum mer house. And you might talk to them, John, as if it were your own bill, in a carelesslike sort of way. Will you, John?" Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. tees Jerry Beats the Tocsin. Omaha, July 2. To the Editor of The Bee: I desire to call the atten tion of the labor class to the necessity of solidarity. The long-dreamed-of goal of industrial emancipation can be accomplished only by organization. The antiquated policy of individual leaders, together with their dabbling in politics, is the reason why so many employes in the large industries are unorganised. Before anything sub stantial can be done the labor hum bugs must be disposed of and twen tieth century up-to-date tactics adopted. For years I have talked to th pack ing house employes trying to impress in their minds, two propositions a minimum wagj and maximum eight hour day. I never forgot to tell them about the enormous dividends of the packers. What has been done In the packing industry can be done elsewhere just as readily. The press is the watchdog of civilization, consequently everyone reads about the living wage contro versy and the serfdom of the packers' employes. Another imrjortant tnntiv Th re placement of men by women workers challenges the attention nf tho anni of toil and the best thought of society in general. The statement- nt Morlo Sw one of the elevator strikers, probably migm mrow some light on the sub ject: "If we do not stand now for a fair wage, the same thai men are receiv ing for the same service, What is go ing to happen when the boys come home from the war? Why, they won't get their Jobs back again, be cause women will be working for less pay. This does not apply only to ele vator work, but to many other lines of employment." What solution will the labor lead era apply to solve the problem of equal wages? It seems these distin guished labor patriots move only at the dictation of the corporation bosses. JERRY HOWARD. Over There and Here The fever for pure Americanism in New York City grows with the hours. Florists have decided to ban ish German names from standard roses and remove every taint of kultur. The Great Lakes naval training sta tion band consists of 1,124 men, in charge of Senior Bandmaster Rich ard Tainter. On gala occasions the regiment of muscians unite in a con cert. Generally it divides into 16 com plete bands, each with a membership of over 60. One thousand Minnesota bankers in convention assembled last week sol emnly pledged their lives and their money to win the war. Penny postage.which has been the rule in Great Britain for 78 years past, ended on June 1, when the war rate o 1 pence (3 cents) went into effect Tne rate applies to letters wighing four ounces, but books and printed matter other than newspapers bear a slightly increased rate. .Editor Adam Breede of the Hast ings Tribune, writing from London, says the Woman's Army Auxiliary corps ("waacs" for short) has 20,000 members enrolled, of whom 6,500 are in service abroad and 6,000 under sailing orders. The corps is an offi cial part of the British army and is attached to the commissary depart ment CHEERY CHAFF. "When we get better acquainted," laid ke, "I shall call you by your llrst name." "All right," ahs rejoined. "And I hope our acquaintance will reach the point where uy frienda can call ma by your last name." In&ianapolia Maws. "Thli li a promiscuous tort of neighbor hood. For Instance, we know nothing whatever about the people next door." "But we soon will, dear. I sent Eliza In thrre this morning to borrow some bak ing powder," Baltimore American. "I saw lately where a member of a legis lature drew a knife on another." "Well, what of It 7 I suppose It was the only way he had of making a cutting retort." Baltimore American. She Tou did not seem able to understand me when I telephoned you this morning. He No; while you were calling me up, my boss was calling me down. Baltimore American, Flubdub: It's a good plan to make your money grow. Harduppe: Huh! Did you ever notice how small a dollar la when you borrow it and how big it seems when you have to pay it back-" Life. NEARLY CRAZY IH in Itching and Burning On Face and Body. Cuticura Healed. "An Itching' and bum in e beran on my face and spread all over my body. men little rea punpies wouia raise, and you could not put a pin point between them. The pimples came to a head and burned and itched so that I irritated the affected parts by scratching. The emotion nearly set me craiy. and it also caused disfigurement. Then I used cuticura ooap ana Ointment. I had relief soon, and after using about three cakes of Soap and five boxes of Ointment I was healed." (Signed) Miss Bessie Foreman, Box 182, Fountain v-uy, ma. Having cleared your skin with Cuti cura why not keep it clear by using the Soap for every -day toilet purposes? u sub free y Mill. Address port-card: "OstUors, DpV m. artea." Sold everywhere. SoipaeT Ointment U and Me. Talcum fee. July Fourth . '. '.'" V i Freedom. O Freedom! thou art not as poets dream, ' A fair young girl, with light and delicate limbs And wavy tresses gushing from the cap With which the Roman master crowned hli alave -. When he took off the gyve. A' bearded. anan. Armed to the teeth, art thou; one mailed hand , Grasps the broad shield, and one the sword; ' thy brow. Glorious tn beauty though It be. Is scarred With tokens of old wars; thy massive Umbi Are strong with struggling. Power at thee has launched His bolts, and with his lightnings smitten. thee; They c.ould not quench the life thou basl from heaven; Merciless Power has dug thy dungeon deep, And his swart armorers, by a thousand Ires, Have forged thy chain; yet, while he deems thee bound, v The links are shivered, and the prison walla Fall outward; terribly thou sprlngest forth. As spring the flames above a burning pile, And-shoutest to the nations, who return ' Thy shoutings, while the pale oppressor ' flees. . Thy birthright was not given by human hands; Thou wert twin-born with man. In pleasant fields, -While yet our race was few, thou sat'st with him. To, tend the quiet flock and watch the stars. And teach the reed to utter simple airs. Thou by his side, amid the tangled wood. Didst war upon the panther and the wolf, His only foes; and thou with him didst draw The earliest furrow on the mountain's side. Soft with the deluge. Tyranny himself, Thy enemy, although of reverend' look, . Hoary with many years, and far obeyed. Is later born than thou; and as he meets The grave deflnance of thine elder eye, ' The usurper trembles In his fastnesses, Oh! not yet Mayst thou unbrace thy corselet, nor lay by Thy Sword; nor yet, O Freedom I close thy lids In slumber; for thine. enemy never sleeps. And thou must watch and combat till the day Of the new earth and heaven. WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. God Save The Flag. Washed In the blood of the brave and the blooming, Snatched from the altars of Insolent foes, Burning with star-fires, but never con suming, . i Flash Its broad ribbons of Illy and rose.. Vainly the prophets of Baal would rend It, Vainly his worshipers pray for Its tall; ' Thousands have died for It, millions do fend It, n Emblem of justice and mercy to all: Justice that reddens the sky with her terrors, Mercy that comes with her white-handed train, Soothing all passions, redeeming all errors. Sheathing the saber and breaking the chain. - Borne on the deluge of old usurpations. Drifted our ark o'er the desolate seas, , Bearing the rainbow of hope to the nations. Torn from the storm-cloud and flung te the breeze! God bless the flag and Its loyal defenders, ' While its broad folds o'er the battlefield wave, Till the dim star-wreath rekindle Its splen dors, Washed from Its stains in the blood of the brave! OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES. I gjljb. NEW FIREPROOF J , hooks ; 1 ill 1 1 il ll With Bath, : Mill lis ,i-5 ,,-7B ' miWMm-lt-4i With Toilet, - : mmi "mL"" : On Direct Car Lin From Depot Hotel S&nforci OMAHA 0 STORAGE IS CHEAPER THAN RENT Store your household goods, etc., in our FIREPROOF WAREHOUSE and take your time in looking for the place you call home. Omaha Van & Storage Co. Phone Doug. 4163. 806 S. 16th St. nu-UJ-iiamajgiHCB mm: fELLlHGTON INN CAFE Appetizing, Real HOME COOKING Noon Luncheon 404 Evening Dinner 60t Good Music . 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