THE DAILY NEBRASKAN
NEBRASKA SOLDIERS
LONG FOR GOOD BOOKS
TO WHILE AWAY TIME
Now Is the time the S. A. T. V.
hoys have spare time on their hands.
On account of laneculations Satur
day .together with the wet weather,
the men have not been drilled as reg
ularly as usual. Met ween calls, there
fore, they have time to read for pleas
ure, a no lessons are worrying them
nt this time.
That the hoys may have Rood read
Ing. The Daily Nebraskan issues a
rail for periodical, pamphlets, maga
zines, and any other reading material
that would lie Interesting 10 young
men. While there is much good read
ing at the Y. M. (.'. A. and other read
Ins rooms, the nu n are obliged to stay
In their barracks most if the time,
so do not have access to regular
reading rooms.
The Daily Nebraska n suggests that
high school students over the state,
relatives of S. A. T. (.'. nun. and
friends take this as an opportunity
for doing a bit of service. Material
left at the office of the Daily Nebras
kan will be delivered Immediately to
the barracks.
MADE RECOUP TIME
How Two Ccllega Youths "Took
In" Washington.
The great secret of success In life
Is for a man to be readv when hi
opportunity coini's.- Disraeli.
The tun-si style of eloiiitic.', secu
lar or saend. is practical reasoning
animated by strong emotion." Anon.
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BARRACK BRAINS
Some girls ran do anything except
acquire husbands.
It's the grave cas.s of the physician
tha". benefit the undertakers.
All' the world's a circus ring, and
each of us at times is clown.
A regular man has to use a magni
fying glass to see his own faults.
A man thinks
short; a woman
speaks long.
long and speaks
thinks short and
Don't encroach on your neighbor's
sidewalk when shoveling snow.
Don't let the children go to bed with
cold feet or your wife, either.
Don't put your skates on the regis
ter to thaw out. It's a very untidy
habit.
Don't handicap your poor horse in
his fly fighting by putting a heavy
blanket on him.
Don't impose on the conductor by re
quiring 95 cents change when the
weather is below zero.
DEAN BURNETT APPOINTS
NEW SUPT. AT FREMONT
Dean E. A. Burnett announces the
appointment of S. W. Alford of Fre
mont as superintendent of the state
hog chotera serum plant at the state
farm. Mr. Alford had charge of the
plant two years ago before Its oper
atives were suspended and has been
railed from Fremont where he is a
practicing veterinary surgeon, to re
open it.
Don't return your neighbor's snow j
shovel too hastily. There may. be an-
other heavy fall in a month or so.
Optimistic Thought
He who loses not his senses In cei
tain things has no sense to lose.
Don't abondon your automobile In e
deep drift. The humane society It i
watching for Just such opportunity
as this.
When books were written on brickr
all the hod carriers were literary people.
Stains on table linen from blueber
ry pie are easily removed with a slurp
pair of scissors.
The easiest way to extract the mt
part of water from an ordinary gob
let, is to drink It
While a pound of feathers do not
weigh any more than a pound of lead,
they are not as painful when bouflced
on your head.
The greatest homage we can pay to
truth Is to use It. Emerson.
Canadian Appreciation.
And what names were ever better
earned than those thus rendered to
Cncle Sam? (On July 4 last) They
would be strange allies whose Hearts
would not be warmed by such loyalty
and sleepless energy as the United
States has shown for the cauc of the
entente from the moment It declared
war on Germany. No friend In need
could make more strenuous and sus
tained efforts to hasten to lend a hand
than the United States has kept up
from the beginning of its belligerency.
Difficulties that seemed insurmount
able to anything but American re
sourcefulness have been overcome, and
from this time forth the United States
will have to be reckoned with as a
ieavyweight In the war. Toronto Mail
ind Empire.
True.
"There's one potnt those German
retreat specialists have overlooked to
their excuses."
-What's thntT-
"The fellow that's running away
l Just as apt to get out of breath
as the chajt mbo Is doing the Uius-lng."
What Might Da Called a Personalty
Conducted Tour, With "Thorough
breds" Doing tha Conducting
Didn't Even See Potomac.
Two college Youth who spent a few
;;ys some weeks ago In Washington j
en route to their homes In this city I
thought that us the weather was so de
lightful, and as they were both expert
horsemen, they would enjoy a tour
the park and the surrounding
country, of which they had heard so
niurh. They enguged what they sup
posed were two thoroughbred riding
horses, and arruyed In swagger togs,
they started out for their observation
tour.
They noticed that both steeds had a
furtive look In their eye that seemed
to be at variance with what the livery
n an had suld about them, and the
sight of the youths in their riding
clothes seemed to arouse suspicion, for I
rorsey No. 1 edged away as far as he
could from the aspiring young collegi
an, who was going to make a record
us a fine horseman, while horsey No.
'i looked so low In his mind that he
held his head way down as far as the
litlter would let him and looked the
(.let tire of shame.
The liveryman had declared that
these two selfsame animals had offi
ciated many times at the finest mounts
in Washlrgton, but the -war spirit
must have gotten into their veins, for
Ihe Instant their riders swung Into
their saddles both steeds made a mad
dash up Pennsylvania avenue, and so
rapid was their gait that some people
thought war had been declared or a
ieeond edition of Paul Reveres had
arisen to warn the surrounding
towns that the enemy was In 6lght.
The more their riders tried to calm
them down Into anything like a re
spectable gait the more extra speed
did those wretched animals develop.
One of the riders, a little in advance
of his companion, yelled: "I don't
know where this horse Is going, but
I'm with him, I tell you that." at which
6ign of co-operation horsey commenced
to go around In a circle and followed
that up by a route that might be de
scribed as south by southeast.
In the meantime the other man was
having troubles of his own; his noble
beast, apparently a great lover of na
ture, seemed bent on treading a flow
ery pathway by heading for all the
hyacinth beds In the park.
"Onaway, Awake, Beloved," was
their battlecry. Over bridges and
elong dusty highways streaked these
two modern John Gllplns, one of whom
had long since lost his cap and his
hair, but their fighting blood was up
and they hung on with more skill than
grace.
One found breath enough to yell:
"There's the Potomac river," to which
the other answered, "I'd like to look
at It, but I'm too busy."
After covering miles of broad high
way and dashing through toll gates
without even so much as "excuse me,"
these unrighteous animals commenced
to show signs of settling down and
their riders managed to halt them in
front of a rural tavern;
They dismounted, feeling as If they
had been run over by a steam roller.
Horsey No. 1 seemed proud of his
work, but horsey No. 2 had evidently
been to congress and kept his own coun
sel. What those two collegians said to
the liveryman when they got back
could not be repeated In these col
umns. All they know about the scen
ery around Washington they have
gleaned from an Illustrated booklet
Buffalo Courier.
Things that never happen are oflvn
1 as much realities to us in their effects!
as those that are accomplished. Dick
ens, j
Let a broken man cling to his work.
If it saves nothing else it will save
him. Heecher.
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