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THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAG
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The Hun is on the run, all right.
Now watch the race between the corn crop
and the early frost.
Altogether too many auto accidents 1 Slow
down and drive more carefully.
Sure, it is only a retreat, but does anybody
believe the Hun would be retreating were he not
beaten back? .
The presence of an impending election is
noted in the amendments that have been offered
to the administration's man-power bill.
The federal government must have had the
old San Francisco vigilante call in mind when it
put such a string of 7s onto Omaha's population
-177,777: ..-.!.... ' ... . ; , .,;,-:
' Gutzon Borglum can at any rate draw some
satisfaction out of the disclosures of aircraft
graft and mismanagement as made by the senate
committee. , ; .. .
Still, the best way to celebrate Pershing's
birthday will be for our boys to play special
Friday-the-thirteenth high jinx with the Huns
over there on that day. .
The' Chicago Tribune refers to the proposed
nation-wide celebration of. General Pershing',
birthday as "the suggestion of the' Chicago Daily
News." Holy horrors! ,
Another advantage In opening the cash-and-carry
municipal ice plant after the hottest part
of the summer ia over is that there will not be so
much shrinkage while taking the ice home.
i Now, A before' indiscriminately exhibiting
any more fancy fantasies out of Colonel Tom
Byrne'a picture collection, call on the "Commit
tee of 500" to appoint an art censor. Better be
safe than sorry. : .r?. . ,
That damage suit against the county for pot
keeping the roads in repair should at least make
- someone ait vp and take notice. Whether an
accident' responsibility can Tbie' legally enforced or
not, the moral obligation to keep the highways
safe for traffic "is undeniabfe. '
With democratic , impudence and mendacity
Senator .Hitchcock's hyphenated World-Herald
tries to make out that Nebraska republicans have
stamped with approval the act of "the willful
, twelve" by renominating George V. Norris,
when It knows very well that such is not the
' case. Nearly two-thirds of the republicans par
' tkipating in the Nebraska primary voted against
Norris, and voted against him particularly be
cause they disapprove of his war record.
Sugar-Coating Child Labor.
Dr. C A. Prosser, at the head, of the Federal
, Board for Vocational. Education, has prepared a
, neat camouflage for child labor. He does not,
he told a gathering of southern textile manufac
turers, believe in educating a child until it is 14
or 15 years old in an old-fashioned school On
the contrary, he holds that work itself is educa
tional and. therefore, he nronoses a combination
of the two as a solution for the child labor prob
lem, to which he thinks too much attention is
being given by enthusiastic reformers. By his
plan of vocational training he will provide for
the education of the child while at work," and thus
solve the cotton mill owner's problem, at the
;; same time satisfying the opponents of child labor.
Dr. .Prosser is due for a shock if he thinks the
sentiment against employment of children la cot
ton mills or elsewhere is to be lulled by the ad-
: ministration of a sugar-coated pill auch as he
here offers. His plan, naturally, has the approval
of the southern gentlemen to whom it was pre
sented, but it may not get by with the public
that has so long and vehemently protested
against a practice that robs childhood of its birth-
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TO THE MEUSE, OR TO THE RHINE?
No amount of critical hair-splitting or expert
analysis will detract from the fact that the Ger
mans have had another terrific pounding within
the last week, and that the end is not yet Brit
ish and French have delivered blows from which
the Hun line has recoiled, shattered and broken,
and under which it is retiring steadily, if stub
bornly. The persistence with which the attack
has been maintained testifies to the thorough
ness of the preparations made and the effective
ness with which operations back of the firing line
are being carried on.
Just at present the old Hindenburg line is ac
cepted as the final goal to which German re
tirement will reach, yet some signs are noted that
suggest the likelihood of the Meuse' being ac
cepted as the location for the next stand of the
kaiser. This naturally depends on the outcome
of Haig's effort against the crown prince of Ba
varia, who commands the German right wing. If
the British succeed in turning the Bavarians, and
this is quite within the range of probabilities, the
Meuse will be an early stopping point, and even
the Rhine may not be too far for the retirement
Absence of news of Americans in the present
great movement has given rise to much specula
tion and color to the report that our army might
be used in an effort to dislodge and roll up the
left wing of the enemy. Successful attack in Alsace-Lorraine
would have a reflex on the entire
German position and hasten the retreat from
France and Flanders. That Pershing is to play
a great part in Foch's battle plan is admitted, and
events will soon disclose what that is to be. At
present it is enuogh to know the enemy is re
treating in an effort to evade battle. .
THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: AUGUST 25, 1918.
Views, Reviews and Interviews
Chapter of Unwritten History Recalled by Outcome
of Recent Primary Election
Stubble Fields, Hot Air and Corn Fields.
Rainmaker Wright might find new occupatoin
for his wonderful gift of salesmanship were he
to return to the scene of his activity of twenty
five years ago. A new cult is growing up, to
the service of which he might with profit devote
his unique talent. This has to do with the prop
aganda against the stubble fields of Oklahoma
and Kansas.
Whether or not the belief is well founded in
physical law, many Nebraskans hold to the opin
ion that the hot winds of August arise from the
denuded patches of ground from which our
southern neighbors have cut their wheat. This
belief is crystallizing into what may take the
form of action. A demand is made that the
farmers, to the south of us be required to plow
their fields , as soon as the grain is cut, thus
lessening the refraction and to that much de
creasing the likelihood of a simoon.
Meteorologists know that warm air arises
faster from freshly plowed ground than from
a green field; if this is true, the proposed remedy
would - increase rather than cure the trouble.
Stubble Is yellow, and yellow is a complemen
tary color of green, the latter being produced
by adding blue to yellow. It should, therefore,
follow that the unplowed field would be the less
likely to heat up the air and set the withering
blasts into motion. Moreover, it might be as
certained by' a little research that the genesis of
the hot wind is due to other causes than a newly
cut wheat field.
For example, the deadly gale of early August
possibly could be ascribed' to the wind-up of the
primary campaign just across our southern bor
der. It will be well to look Into all the collateral
causes before determining on probable corrective
measures. Protection to Nebraska corn fields
from Kansas hot air, no matter whence it orig
inates, is much to be' desired, but let us be cer
tain where we are going before we start o fix
things.
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"Combing Out the Workers."
Our military needs have brought the country
face to face with the fact that "business as usual"
is out of the question. If we are to go on with
the war program laid down at Washington, it
will be required that disturbance, and even dis
ruption, of the ordinary routine of business life
be patiently abided. This is incident to the tak
ing of a large number of workers for service in
the army; then come the requirements of the
war Industries, which must be met.
Reclassification of "unessential" occupations
has been along lines that touch lightest on the
general life of the people; in most of them the
needed work can be done by men who are, not
fitted for military duty, by women and girls, or,
at the last, may be dispensed with entirely. Some
complaint is heard arising from those who are
to be most affected, but with assurance from the
authorities that the change will be brought about
with as little hardship on any at the exigencies
will admit, the protestants are comforted.
War . needs come first, and the people will
have little patience with any who seek to prefer
the continuance of a nonessential which merely
contributes to civilian comfort, to the further
ance of our general military activity. Nor is it
likely that any such will be found in considerable
numbers. The sacrifices already made by Amer
icans ought to. convince anybody that they are
ready to go as far as is necessary to make abso
lutely aure of the victory we seek. "Combing
out the workers" may start at any time now, and
Uncle Sam will get all the help he needs.
The nomination of Senator Norris by
scarcely a third of the votes in the repub
lican primary because the field against him
was divided between four competitors is
hardly surprising to anyone who was able
to size up the situation in advance. It is an
open secret that efforts were made to unite
the win-the-war opposition behind . single
candidate, and that while Congressmai. Sloan
manifested his readiness to enter a confer
ence to discuss the question, Mr. Hammond
refused even to talk it over, with the inevita
ble consequence as shown in the returns.
This recalls a bit of political history illus
trating the same difficulty which is con
stantly presented under our prirr.ary system
and lack of a controlling party organization,
to prevail upon men to subordinate their per
sonal ambitions to the party welfare ant the
success of the ticket. The incident I refer
to occurred eight years ago on the threshold
of the campaign of 1910, when the possibility
of redeeming this congressional district for
the republicans hung in the balance. -
Four candidates were figuring for the re
publican nomination for congres "Tom"
Blackburn, Charles L. Saunders, Judfe Sut
ton and A. W. Jefferis. I called each .of
them by 'phone, and, without disclosing what
I wanted, extended an invitation to meet me
at my office at a desigi ated hour to talk over
the political situation. When the time ap
proached they began arriving one by one,
each with a self-satisfied and expectant air,
registering high political barometer. But as
each newcomer found his rival there the
countenances turned first to blank curiosity,
then to dubious incredulity, and finally to
armed neutrality.
To my guests I explained with perfect
candor that I thought we had a chance to
elect a republican congressman that year,
provided we could get together upon a satis
factory candidate and put our united strength
behind him without using up in a bitter pri
mary fight the ammunition that would be
needed to overcome the political enemy. I
suggested that, while I had personal prefer
ences among them, I was ready to give my
support and the support of The Bee to which
ever one of them they should agree upon
among themselves to make the race. Inci
dentally I pointed to the fact that there were
other offices on the ticket to be filled the
county attorney, the state senators, etc.
which would be open to those who might be
foreclosed from the quest for congress.
"If you will let one of your number have
the congressional nomination without a con
test and the rest, of you go on the ticket for
these other places, I am sure we will have
an invincible combination and you will all
win out. If you go into this primary fight
ing one another, three must be Iosts at the
outset and the nominee will have an uphill
job to beat his democratic opponent."
I could see what was coming before I
finished my remarks.
"I didn't know that was what you wanted
to see me for," exclaimed one.
"Nor II" "Nor It" "Nor It" chimed each
of the others, almost in a chorus.
"Is Sutton really going to run?" asked
Blackburn.
"I've served my time in the state senate.
These other fellows can go down there," de
clared Saunders.
"Jeff can try for county attorney if he
wants to. I'm going to be the next congress
man!" interjected Blackburn again.
It was all off, but I thought it worth while
to make one last effort.
"Gentlemen," I said, "this is a matter
which interests you a great deal more, than
it does me. I've told you that I am willing
to support and help to elect any one of you
whom you may decide upon, regardless of
my own personal preferences. That, I be
lieve, is going quite a distance. I don't care
to argue further, but I have given you the
straight of the situation. I think I have a
right to ask this much of you. I ask you to
think it over, and now, before you separate,
to fix a time and place where you will meet
again today, without me being present, and
either get together or agree to disagree. , I
would also be obliged if you would let me
know what if anything, you decide on,"
My guests departed. Mr. Jefferis returned
later in the day with the word, "Nothing do
ing," for wheih I thanked him, at the sam
time observing that that was already fully
discernible during our conference. Jefferis
finally kept out, while the other three
waged a hot three-cornered battle at the pri
mary in which Sutton was triumphant, to
go down subsequently to defeat at the elec
tion. Blackburn, four yeara later, beat
Saunders for the nomination, only to lose
out to the democratic incumbent, and to this
day the district has been continuously rep
resented by the democrat elected in 1910.
Had I been more successful in the role of
political peacemaker perhaps things would
have been different
Congratulations to the Baltimore Amer
ican, and particularly to the venerable Gen
eral Felix Agnus, who presides over that
great newspaper establishment 'as its pub
lisher on its 145th birthday, which milestone
it passed this last week. One hundred and
forty-five years ago harks back to the year
1773, which is some time in the dim and
distant past, and throughout its whole career
that paper has been thoroughly American
in fact as well as in name. General Agnus
himself, although born in France and a vet
eran of the Franco-Austrian war, selected
the Fourth of July for his natal day, and is
a true blue American, with the additional
prestige of being a Union veteran of our own
civil war and a fighter all the time for civic
progress and high ideals. He has just begun
his eightieth year hale and hearty and sticking
to the job. May he live and enjoy many
more years of useful activity.
Abraham Lincoln and Wm. Pitt Kellogg
Historic Episode About First Chief Justice of
Nebraska Territory
Ex-Governor Richard Yates in Chicago Tribune.
rushed in with his face at white as a sheet
and said, 'Oh, Kellogg, the president has
been shot!' We did not go to bed at all that
njght; nobody did; everybody walked the
streets; and the next morning there we stood
and. saw the body of the president carried
out his last commission warm against my
heart."
William Pitt Kellogg is dead in Wash
ingtonjudge, colonel, governor and United
States senator. He has passed away at the
age of 85. In 1858 he was an attorney-at-law,
practicing at Canton, m Fulton county,
Illinois. In that year the acquaintance which
he had had with Abraham Lincoln from 1850
ripened into an intimate acquaintance, and
he became one of the most devoted follow
ers of Mr. Lincoln. He was a candidate for
the position of presidential elector on the
republican ticket in 1860, and was elected,
and at the time of his death was the
sole surviving member of the electoral col-:
lege which elected Abraham Lincoln. He
received one of the first commissions issued
by the new president, being appointed chief
justice of the supreme court of the territory
of Nebraska. j
Upon the outbreak of the civil war he
returned to Illinois and raised the Seventh
Illinois cavalry and became its colonel.
On the day that President Lincoln was
shot my father asked Kellogg to accompany
him to the White House, and upon coming
into the presence of the president my father
said: "Mr. President, here is the man you
want for the appointment which we were
talking about" President Lincoln said:
"You are right," and, turning to Kellogg, he
said: "I want you to go to New Orleans
to serve as collector of the port The men
of the south are nearly all disfranchised and
cannot hold federal office, so you will have
under you 3,000 appointees from the north.
I am going to trust you to handle this diffi
culty and to make friends with those people."
(It is worth while to remark in passing that
he did make friends with them; for example,
when he was governor and the legislature
passed a law providing for a state police
force Governor Kellogg appointed to the
command of that force Major General Long
street, formerly of the confederate army.)
Kellogg accepted the appointment, and it
became memorable in the minds of the two
survivors of that conference between the
three, because President Lincoln said, "I
have an idea that I want this commission to
issue today without lying over the customary
24 hours," and he had the two men wait while
the commission was made out in the office
of McCulloch. the secretary of the treasury;
and Kellogg left the White House with the
commission in his inside pocket.
That night as he sat in his room in the
old National hotel on the north side of Penn
sylvania avenue (to use his Words): "Yates
People and Events
Pie and cake have been eliminated, volun
tarily, from the dining cards of threshing
crews in Iowa. If that isn't 100 per cent
patriotism, then all bets are off.
A Boston paper for a moment forgets
war and discourses on the "passing of the
cowboy," as though the occasion called for
mourning. The passing is merely a leap
from the plains to the screen, wherein he
shines anew and waxes rich and radiant as
never before.
The Baltimore American once more calls
attention to its great age. having just ob
served its 145th anniversary. It doesn't look
it. No one would dream of it if the-American
kept quiet about it Giving away the
secret, however, fairly maps the whereabouts
of the journalistic fountain of perpetual
youth.
borne of the neighbors of ueorge siyves
ter Viereck, down New York way, prefer his
room to his company. Recently the dis
penser of Berlin boodle and pictorial fame
wreaths let out a scream for police protection,
defying vigorous hints to t make himself
scarce. At present Georjje is afraid to go
out in the dark.
An imposing feature of the Labor Day
parade in Chicago will be the hero arch, 80
feet high and 48 feet -wide, as a tribute to
Chicago men . who fought for world liberty
and fell The arch will be embellished with
golden stars, flags and electric lights, and
bear the names of the men who have fallen.
A quarter of a million marchers, according
to advance estimates, will pass under it.
Landlord profiteers in Washington are
busily planning ways and means or driving
around the orders of congress. Unable to
agree on pending bills, congress has passed
a joint resolution continuing the present
leases during the period of the war. Land
lords think a resolution may be broken at
will and are notifying tenants to take out
new leases and pay higher rentals. The
bluff has been called by the local Council of
Defense, which proposes to go to the mat,
on that issue, with every profiteer in town.
One Year Ago Today In the- 'War.
Fierce fighting between BrlttBh
and Germans continued In Tprea re
(ion. . United States announced an addi
tional loan of $100,000,000 to Rus
sian government
Italian captured Monte Santo, an
Austrian stronghold on the Iaonso
(ront
riio Day We Celebrate.
Ludwig Kratke of the firm of
Kratke Brothers born 1176.
Clark G. Powell, president of the
Powell Automobile Supply company,
born 1811.
H. R. Gould, with the First Na
tional bank, born 1850.
Blanche Bates, ' actress, bora at
Portland. Ore.. 45 rears ago.
Dr. Joseph Silverman, noted New
Tork rabbi, bora tn Cincinnati, 18
fears ago.
Yvonne d Treville, prima ' donna,
bora at Galveston, Tex 87 years ago..
tThli Day In History. :
1781 American and. French army
started for Yorktown, Va from the
ll-json river.
1S35 The Baltimore A Washington
railroad was opened to traffic
1S70 Ths French repulsed a fierce
attack by the Germans on Verdun.
1814 The Belgian city of Lou vain
was destroyed by the Germans.
1915 Germans captured Brest
Utovsk, key to Russia's second line of
defense..'
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J ust 30 Years Ago Today
Miss Emma Krats Is visiting
friends and relatives near Chicago.
A republican pole, 110 feet high,
was erected In Florence. W. J. Con.
nell was present and made an elo
quent speech.
lira D. R. Lorlng has returned
from Sallda, Colo., where she had
been visiting her sister.
H. A. Thompson of Thompson, Bel
den & Co. returned from the east
where he had been to purchase goods
tor the fall trade.
Fred Pickens, chief clerk of the
postofflce, returned from an extended
trip through the mountains of Colo,
rado. . '
The P. B. C. Lotus club gave an
other of their, pleasant parties at
Hanscom park on Tuesday evening.
About 78 couples were In attendance
and a general good time was enjoyed.
Odd Bits oj Life
Many old-time knitting machines
have been dragged from the garret
to do duty In the present emergency.
Speaking of things we would rather
see advertised otnerwiae, a seamo
Arm advertises that "Our mattresses
are soft and deep, yet full of life."
Hamilton Holt New York editor
and Journalist who recently went to
Europe on an important mission,
born in Brooklyn, N. Y., 48 years ago.
One ardent Chicago disciple of
Hoover was discovered recently can
ning potato peelings with the inten
tion of feeding .them to the pigs next
winter.
The patriotic feature' at the wedding
of a prominent New -York girl was
the carrying of the American flag by
a choir boy at the head of the bridal
procession.
A novel base ball game was that
played recently at Bridgeport Conn.,
between a nine made up of sailors
who came from their sea base in sub
marines and a nine of solders who
came from their camp in airplanes.
The . oft-used term, "Seventh
Heaven," generally understood to
mean perfect bliss and delight comes
from the , Mohammedan religion,
which believes in seven heavtns, ach
rising in happiness above the other.
A cow's tall in Lanesboro, Mass., Is
quoted at $1.86 an inch by Henry
Albert! of that town, who recently
filed with Henry A. Brewster, county
uroasurer 01 riusneia. a ciaim ior zu
as the result of a loa havlnsr chewed
18 Inches from the appendage of his
cow, which was worth $140 with the
full tan and only $120 nor-
Signposts oj Progress
An electric heater has been , In
vented to prevent moisture collecting
on an automobile windshield. .
A patent has been issued for a silk
gauze face shield to keep dust from
the eyes and noses of automobtlista
, The wages of able British seamen
are now 880 a month and food, as
against $25 before the opening of the
One of the longest submarine cables
m the world is to be laid between
Aden and Hong Kong at a cost of
$8,000,000. -
A Frenchman Is the inventor of an
electric clock that runs without at
tention as long as Its battery is in
gocd condition.
The latest development of the tele
graph Instrument is said to have a
capacity of 6.000 words a minute.
This is four or five newspaper col
umna Chemists have found that from the
waste tomato seeds from American
canneries more than 17 per cent of
oil useful in food, paints and soap
making can be obtained.
To prevent poison being usad in
mlstaka for medicine an Inventor has
patented a bottle with the neck at
one side and so formed that its con
tents cannot be poured out without
careful manipulation.
A cireular rake which is said to be
both efficient and labor-saving has
been patented by a woman. The idea
came to her as a result of an accident
which rounded an ordinary rake and
made It work better and with less ef
to ' ' .
Peppery Points
Minneapolis Journal: Someone has
spiked the long-range gun that was
shelling Paris, or else they are mov
ing It back toward the Rhine.
Cleveland Plain Dealer: Nobody
seems to know what it is that the
militants are rioting about the White
House for now. One doubts whether
they know themselves. t
Detroit Free Press: The kaiser has
punished 19 German officers for
failure to stop the allies along the
Marne. Perhaps the crown prince
will be put to bed without his supper.
New York World: If the War de
partment wants 60,000 men for spe
cial training as machine-gunners and
can assure young Americans that this
branch of service will mean plenty
of fighting at the front it will not
lack for applicants.
Kansas City Times: Coming on
top of the crown prince's defeat the
Industrial Workers of the World con
victions in Chicago will cause the
kaiser to again bitterly reflect upon
the unfortunate circumstance that ho
cannot be everywhere himself.
Brooklyn Eagle: The censor who
blue-penciled the correspondence be
tween King George and President Wil
son regarding the king's visit to
American battleships in British
waters had his nerve with him. If
the king and the president should file
a Joint protest we would not be sur
prised to see the censor looking for a
new job. ,
Around the Cities
Federal sleuths swooped down on
Rlngllng's circus crew at Minneapolis
and picked up 30 draft slackers.
Sioux City plumbers soldered a
wage Joint with the bosses, netting a
raise from 68 to 87 cents an hour.
The ice shortage in Minneapolis Is
not as bad as feared. The strain
eased up as soon as the dealers were
permitted to charge 65 cents per 100
pounds, an advance of S cents.
A merger of rival telephone sys
tems in Kansas City is foreshadowed
as a result of government control.
The project is agreeable to the com
panies as well as telephone users.
An epidemic of fleas holds Phila
delphia up to the scratch. They be
long to the "dog-and-cat" variety and
are particularly abundant and busy in
localities where dogs and cats run 'at
large. Many afflicted persons are un
der the care of physicians, and fumi
gation of Infested premises is under
way.
St. Louis authorities have stopped
for good the rooting of contractors
in the clay banks and stone quarries
in the suburbs. These enterprising
moles, in mining clay for brick and
other products, dug a large number
of catacombs, leaving the roofs with
out adequate support.
Wartime life ia Washington is hot
and lively. Woe to the pedestrian
who fails to look both ways before
crossing a street Street accidents are
common, due to automobiles, which
ran up a score of seven killings last
month. Owing to the inroads of the
draft the police are shorthanded and
traffic cops scarcer than safety calls
for.
Judge Land is broke ground in
Grant park, Chicago, for the govern
ment war exposition, staged for Sep
tember, and dumped the first spade
ful into a battered Hun war bonnet,
brought from the battlefields of
France. "I am looking for real clay
for this job," said the judge. "Clay
Is typical of the kind of mind that
filled this helmet"
Auto thieving is far from being a
midwest industry. The business is
distinctly cosmopolitan in that it plays
no locality favorites. Washington is
affected by the plague to the extent
of commanding editorial attention.
Congressional limousines and the less
opulent cars of department chiefs are
the choicest pickings, but few care
less owners are overlooked by the au
dacious bandits.
EUGENE FIELD'S "NATIONAL
HYMN."
A hitherto unpublished poem by Eugene
Field, almoat prophetlo In lta references
to th strugfla of democracy against autoc
racy aa It has developed In the great world
war, has been contributed to the Spokane
Spokesman-Review by W. D. Vincent, a
banker. Mr. Vincent copied the poem years
ago from a handmade book of Eugene Field's
poems In the author's own handwriting. The
volume at the time belonged to "Billy''
Buskett of Helena, Mont., a personal friend
of Field, who was the "Pen Tan Bill" of
some of the Field verses. Mr. Vincent held
the volume for Buskett for some time and
It was subsequently sold for 16,000. Field
made th book himself, writing th verses
In longhand oa rough paper and binding
It with iron strips. Th poems In th novel
volume were never published, with the ex
ception of few exact duplicates made by
th present owner for a . few intimate
friends.
Whether on hill or plain.
Blood of th patriot slain
Hallows our sod;
While from th glorious air
Vaulting our land so fair
Fall, as an Incense rare,
Blessings of Ood.
Holy th heritage
Blazoned on hlsfry's pare
For us to keep;
Wrapped In thy mantles red,
With our dear flag o'erhead.
Rest thee. Illustrious dead
Sweet be thy sleep I
Princes that scorn ths right
Nations whose pride is might
Crumble to dust!
Freedom th boon we crave
No man shall be a slave
Where 'er our banners wave .
Ood Is our trust!
Seeing thos early years
Drive thro' a mist of tears,
Pausing w stand;
While spirit voices share
This universal prayer
Filling the solemn air
"Ood bless our land!"
EUGENE- FIELD
September IT, 1187.
Over There and Here
Cock fighting Is the chief sport in
Ireland these daya "To such lgno
minous ends doth greatness bend."
The original Baron Munchausen Is
long time dead, but his spirit anl
mates the wierd Imaginings of the
Wolff bureau of Germany.
Mra Trotsky is said to have reached
Stockholm with a million aouars
worth of swag in her bag. German
marks, probably, subject to 48 per
cent discount
Over in Milwaukee a young man
named Rooney, whose birth date 1
March 17. failed to pass the recruiting
officer because he could not distin
guish the color green. In of . essen
tials he scored 100 per cent and not
a trace of yellow.
Battle news too often overshadow
or smother significant events on tho
side lines. Here are two events dove
tailed in such manner as to make the
meaning understandable as well as
characteristic: "Soviet troops," says
the dispatch, "are evacuating Moscow.
The gold reserves which have been in t
the basement of the Kremlin, already
have been removed to an unknown
place."
DOMESTIC PLEASANTRIES.
'As regards husbands, a good many mar
ried women seem to figure It this way."
"Huh?"
"They might have done . better ano
couldn't have done worse." Baitlmort
American.
"Tou really think that he's a game sot.
dler?"
"Tou bet he Is! Why, he's as game at
a married man says he'd be If he weren't
married!" Buffalo Express.
"It says here that a Georgia woman hat
been arrested for making moonshine
whisky," said the Old Fogy, aa he looke
up from his newspaper.
"Huh," commented the Grouch. That'
the first time I ever heard of a womas
keeping still." Louisville Courier-Journal.
"I get a little peace at bom now an
then."
"You do how did you work It T"
"Oh, my wife la so busy licking war sav.
lngs stamps these days she can't use hei
tongue lashing me all the time." Florida
Times-Union.
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UeHlracie, the original sanitary
liquid, does this by absorption.
Only genuine DeMlracle has a
money-back guarantee la each
package. At toilet counters la 60e,
fl and S3 sixes, or 1y ntall from
os ia plain wrapper oa receipt of
price.
FREB book mailed ia plala
sealed envelope on request. De
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