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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE; APRIL 26, 1914.
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Follow the flag, for It follows destiny.
Perhaps it Is not war, but it looks mighty,
much like it.
Where is the njan who said th.ere would bo
no dandelions this year?
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Let us trust tho Ro-to-church moyomenL had
a conservation attachment. I
Happy is tho man whoso last winter's coal
bill Is paid up and his homo ball team winning.
Looks as if the city of Montoroy Wore'
doomed to bo captured as often as was Torreon.
Now If all the peach crops have been fully
destroyed, let our sprlns lambs proceed to gam
bol on tho green.
Tho Bible society that distributed 338,000
Bibles .In Now York City doserves credit for
tackling tho biggest Job In sight.
"The governor of MIsbouH plays ball,' ob
serves tho Atlanta Constitution. Tharo come
a time when every governor should.
Tho pity of it all Is that if anyone! must
pay the penalty of Huorta's murderous roglme
it cannot bo tho guilty lnstoad of tho innocent.
Seventeen American lives lost and seventy
five wounded In' taking possession of Vera
Crvz. Don't lot anyone peraUadd you, however,
it Is war.
It's a tough Job those days for anyone out
line of the Mexican firing lino to command
public attention, no matter what his rights or
wrongs may be.
But what a Mexican spy would bo doing in
Sioux City is beyond us unless ho were trying
his beet to find a spot whore he. would , be. sure
not to bo discovered.
Pome mon are born lucky, some achieve
luck and somo have luck thrust upon them. If
In doubt, ask tho lawyers who havo gotten outA
from under their Indictments.
Because they aro killing peoplo with' bullets
!n Mexico Ib no good reason why we should
recklessly slaughter them with .automobiles In
Omaha or in'other American Cities.
Chicago people who are protesting against
the 'immorality" of crowding street cars evl
dently despair of winning the fight on thi
grounds of convenience, sanitation or Justice,-.
Von Moltke-hnew of elshteen wayn of invading
isngiana. nut none or setting out.-rExchan.gn.
Which 6nco more brings us back to old
"Manifest Destiny" as the real commandor in
charge of our troops In Mexico,
It is gratifying to learn from' the rindefllo,!
lips of Congressman Hobson tbat we-may safely
rely on the privates in the rank. " Rncb n '.
matlon had already- cdriii 1 fo pome, however,
irora viewing the records jof the past .
We have the word of Mr. Bryan's vraein
Commoner for it that "Mr. Bryan lives to servo
nia reiiow men." That is why, ho doubt, he is
unwilling to try to live on $12,000 a year with
out piecing It out on the Chautauqua cirqut.
Could it Have Been Arbitrated T
Although war with Mexico finds the Amor
Iran people, practically to ft man, shoulder to
shoulder behind the president, many are ask
ing, and many more will ask in the future,
Could this troublo have been averted by arbl-,
tral'.bn?
To poace lovers It appears tp be the irony
of ato that vro should laue a 'forty-eight-hour
ultimatum and fend battleships to seize the
ports of a neighboring republic at tho very mo
ment that we aro loading in a world-peace
movement nnd claiming credit for negotiating
arbitration treaties in pursuance of a peace
plan designed to mako battleships unnecessary.
According tq last reports twenty-seven coun
tries havo already accepted the particular form
of arbitration treaty especially advised by our
secretary of Btate, tho essence of which is that
no resort to war shall be had because of any
dlsputo between tho contracting nations until
after one year shall have elapsod, during which
time efforts shall be made to adjust differences.
Had wo had a government in Mexico with which
wewere Willing to deal, wo would doubtless by
this time havo had such an arbitration treaty
with that country, and wo would havo been in
honor bound to havo waited n year, oven after
refusal of an unconditional salute before tak
ing the drastic measures we havo alroady inaugurated.
Does this mean that the peace plan is fore
doomed to failure, or does it moan that we are
unwilling, or unable, to guide our own actions
without a treaty according to tho rule by which
Wo would by treaty bind oursolvcs and other
nations to follow? Or, to put the question in
another way, Had w.o had an arbitration treaty
with Mexico in terms corresponding to thoso
with the other countries, would wo havo ob
served Its requirements in this case, or would
wo havo lnslstod that tho treaty did not cover
such an affront to our national" dignity and
honor?
Will our Mexican affair bo a stimulus and
help to tho peace movement, In which we
thought w,e' were in the forefront, or will U bo a
check and a setback, and be hold up against us
whenever we essay again to talk arbitration to
other nations? '
The. new of the day I the announcement of the
death of Dan Allen, for year king of the sporting
fraternity In Omaha. Dan Allen wa born at Felt
Mill. N. Y , in 1W0. locating n Omaha. In J8&J, where
he opened a saloon and operated a (aro bank, and
waj proprietor of the principal' gambltng house for
over thirteen year. In hi later year he suffered
from ill health, which terminated with a compile.,
Hon of pneumonia and consumption. The funeral
U to take place Monday from hi late residence lit
Douglas street e
At a meeting of the North Omaha Improvement
commute J. J. Brown. A. J. Popplelon, Joe Red
man, Jerry "Whalen and Tom Daily were appointed
to wait on tho county commissioner to request that
a ditch be built to drain the swamp district east
of Sixteenth street and north of Nicholas.
Rase ball In Omaha Is not dead, for arrangements
have been made fa organising the Union Paeiflo
tlub anew and making It stronger than ever.
The street ear began running on the new track
on the north aide of Farnam street (hi rooming.
The old dog. "drip." waa run ovtr and killed while
going to a. fire ytiih No. 3 hose eart,
Warren Bwltxler Is billed to deliver a lecture on
fOHIieiuhlp" at the Young Men's Christian essocl
tlnn next Tuesday. ... - ....
,The KnUrhJ sjjjidjsjif Honor. Frjendjihlp hjdgg,
jt.e Jftelr Xlrt party to e.i attendance of e.venty.
One Man in the Bight Place.
Our brush with Moxico has gone far enough
to make plain the fact that Colonel Goethals an
governor In actual command of tho Panama
canal and zone is the right man in tho right
place. President Taft's original' idea and Pres
ident Wilson's concurrence in naming a mili
tary man for this position havo seemingly been
vindicated. Governor Goethals proceeds with
plans for fortifying and handling tho canal as
if ho had been dojng that thing for many years,
His military training, together with his con
structive knowlodge of tho Panama, enable
him to render n service which could hardly be
expected ofa civilian, except as" guided by ex
pert advice.- '
It must have occurred to many by now that
it would havo been an egregious error to have
lot New York, Dayton or any othor city have
Colonel Goethals for its own. The Bee said at
tho timo these calls wore made that Goethals
belonged to tho nation and was too valuable a
public servant to bo shunted off into the em
ployment of any single municipality. Now
York's police department may need him ever
so much and Dayton's civic affairs may call
loudly for his services, but he has had special
training in neither lino of activity and might,
in addition to being lost to the federal govern
ment at Panama, have come short of require
ments in these narrower channels, though such
failure be highly improbable, (
uogiirmoBB oi coniuoting viows as to our
future in or out pt Mexico, this much seems
ovldont, wo are oply entering upon a porlod of
Slgravo uncertainty and, aside from the proper
government of tho Panama under normal condi
i.. .it t .... .
nuns, win nave urgent neeu mere ror such a
man asjQovernqr Goethals for some time,
Sumor as a life Treaerver.
Mvoryone wants to live to a ripe old age,
nnd ovoryone Is, therefore, ready nnd oagor to
learn what contributes to lasting health and
happiness. Celebrating his eightieth birthday
anniversary, Ghauncey M. Dopow chalks up
humor In the first place among' life preservers
"One of the principal sources of healthy lon
gevity and tho pleasure of living," saB Mr, De-
pew, "Is a sense of humor and, the keen enjoy
ment Of it. Peoplo who laugh easily and often
nover havo appendicitis."
Now, the best part of this prescription is
that it is cheap, and within the reach of all,
rich and poor, high and low, Alike. Somo pM
pie may Inherit a humorous vein, but there is
no natural monopoly of It, for it may bo ac
quired and cultivated, although there is a dan
ger, also, that It may be destroyed. Mr,. De
pew, himself, sees this danger, and gives this
note of warning
The increasing intensity of our lives, th. r.
for money and the erase for new and blsarre amuse
ment for thoie who hav money, have limited con
versation to the tock market, the shop and the af
fair of society. I fear It U rapidly destroying
American numor.
as signs or the , change he refers to "tho
"venerable witticisms", of the Caraboo society
bringing a reprimand on the most distinguished
officers of the army and navy, the after-dinner
jokes of our American ambassador being called
down by the United States senate and the Grid-
Iron club's entertaining skits being rosented by
tne new generation of high public officials
Tt . ... 1. 1 I . .. .. ...
i icnuiimuijr, ii wiese aire tendencies are not
stopped and .counteracted, our saving sense of
humor will be destroyed and our death rate be.
again speeded up.
If the object lesson of Cbauncey Depew's
eighty years is to be a,f any use, it is up to- us
to keep oursefves fit to laugh, and make others
laugh, for that has been his experience, as ho
lesijiies: a
nave iritu. or Known otliars who have tried
allopathy, homeopathy, osteopathy, tliristian tk-l
ence. faith oures. Swedish exereUe. massage, foniuus
goerns matter and to laugh with our friends, to
contribute to their cheerfulness, to find out and
onjcv the Inexhaustible good fellowship which can
be foand in everybody, have done mere than all else
o keep me healthy and happy.
Reason or Prejudice?
"I nm frank to admit thaf ln arguing to
jurors 1 try to appeal to their prejudice Instead
of their reason and judgment," says a Chicago
attorney of somo prominence. "You may thlhit
that a very remarkable .thing to say and a very
unworthy thing to do, but-1 am only one of
many lawyers who follow that1 rule. I do It, not
becauBO 1 prefer to, but because l feel that'l havo
to; that the average jury can only be Influenced
by prejudice."
We wonder how many lawyers coincide with
this viow. The inference is that-the avorace
jury Is no totally blind to reason tn"at it Is wash
ing time and,the chanco of winning a caso f6r a
lawyer to stand on its merits. Fosalbly there
Is some ground for the criticism, melancholy as
it Is. Possibly tho averago man who manages
to get on a Jury is governed moro by prejudice
than reason, for It takes tho strongest of us not
to be, but oven so, aro lawyers ready to admit
that tho situation is so bad as. to require such a
practice as this lawyer sayB ho pursues?
Tho abuse seems to be at least partly due to
another alt tbo common custom on tho part of
lawyers, namely, to screen into the Jury boxes
only such man as, In their opinion, may be easily
influenced by prejudice. For a long time wo
havo been awaro that ontirely too little premium
is placed upon Intellectual capacity In Jurors.
Maybe a reversal of tendencies there wouldOffer
some relief at the other end. In any event, It
Is up to our lawyers to holp remedy conditipns of
which they themselves complain.
EDITORIAL POPGUNS.
Stop Picking on Bryan
Tho president is visibly harassed by ru
mors of lmponding changes in his cabinet, es
pecially In view of his emphatic assertion that,
so far as he knows, no such changes ore In pros
pect, and particularly by the vague speculation
as to the resignation of Secrotary Bryan. If that"
Is tho way he feels, lot evoryone stop picking on
Mr. Bryan and give him a free hand to do his
best in a Job that is hard enough at its easiest.
Of course, It Is the way of Americans to dis
cuss their public servants and affairs freely Un-'
der all circumstances in whatever way thoy de
sire, and yet the prosident has shqwn some ir
ritation, even under less trying conditlonr.
with tho recurring rumors of cabinet changes.
While from the first many have inclined to tho
bollef that Mr! Bryan would not complete the
four years' term as a member of the executive
family, It does not stand to reason-Hhat either
ho or tho president Would wish to swan horses
crossing such a stream of uncertainty asow
lies before us.
In short, as wo view It, no vlslblo'cood is to
come from spreading tho rumor of Mr. Bryan's
imminent retirement, while on the contrary,
mischief of one kind or another might ensue.
"SSBBBBSBBSSJMW
The Business of Art.
Two of America's most famous sculptors,
Outzon Borglum nnd Solon Borglum', make
thomsolves responsible for the startling asser
tion, that "nearly1 60 por cent of all tho'rqonu
ments and statuos in the United States, includ
ing 'thoso in 8tatuary hall, Washington, wero
not mado by those whose names J.hey bear."
Humbler men, employes, pupils of, the more
conspicuous artlBts, are said to have produced
them, receiving an employe's wage, while the
larger fruits of their skill, wont to bless their
employers.
This evidently moans that unless .checked tho
more greedy corporate mechanism, that has
commercialized Industrial pursuits, threatens to
commercialize also individual talent in the field
of art. Perhaps it will bo paldi in view of the
fate of many an inventive and artistic genius,
that this is not altogether new or unusual; even
so, that doos not help the matter or call for
acquiescence and submission, for the encourage
ment of nrt must depend, as it always has, upon
the possibility df winning tho highest prlzo.
Putting art on the basis of big business, with
the artist as a hired man, is calculated to deaden
creative offort, and undo in a short time what
ever has been accomplished toward developing
real art in this.country.
Porhaps, now that Messrs. Borglum sons of
an eBtoomod Omaha family by the way have
had the hardihood to bring the subject to pub
lic attention, something will be done toward re
dressing the grievance. It has been very wisely
suggested thnt the National Academy of Design
look into the situation and take such action as
seems necessary.
The Joke of the season is porpetratod by tho
Omaha newspaper with the vilest advertising
columns printing congratulations on its prom
ise to "cloan up" at some unfixed future date.
It hides behind a pretense of "Unexpired adver-.
Using contracts," when everyone who knows
anything about It knows no advertising contract
compels any newspaper to print anything objec
tionable to its management If Itjs willing to
forego collecting for tho unused space.
io ne Buro, the victim was shaken down
twice to the tune-of J40.000, and' a third de
mand for 5260,000 failed, but be satisfied that
thero was nothing in the nature of blackmail
about It. Tho money was abstracted and dl
vlded by the lawyers, in n perfectly legal and
professional manner nnd In strict conformity
with the accepted ethical code.
Ocean greyhounds' command precious few
years of. life and much less renown. The steam
ship Majestic, one of the first five-day boats of
tho Atlantic, goes on the superannuated' list at
the ago of 24. The Campania, empress of the
journ ago, uiso disappears among
tne hacK .numbers.
Come to think of It, that fellow Huerta is
making, a lot of trouble, considering the fact
tna.he was supposed to have abdicate more
than a, year ago, when President Wilson told
him to resign fc-rthwith and go out of the dic
tator ousiness.
Boston Transcript: And 'Teddy"
'stcen thousand miles away!
New York World: Is war so popular
that a doubled income tax will be ac
cepted as a blessing lit disguise?
Philadelphia Ledger: What makes the
Mexlsnns so peevish Is the fear tbat the
Americans may go down there and estab
lish law nnd order.
Indianapolis News: It looks as It It
were the prtnclple-of-the-thlng that Is
making 8nor Huerth so pigheaded and,
that, 'ou know, has caused as much
trouble as any one thing in the world.
Louisville Courier-Journal: Had a sim
ultaneous aaute been agreed to Huerta
would have been Just the sort of humor
ist td grin from .behind stilt loaded guns
after the smoke of the American satute
had cleared.
Springfield Republican: It will be In
teresting to observe whether Mr. Bryan's
"Prince of TeaCe" lecture will be In as
much demand hereafter on the lecture
platform- When the secretary of state
first prepared that, lecture ho had not
heart! of General Huerta.
Nek York Sun: The only foemen we
shall know are those who have been ex
ploiting the unhappy country and Its pop
ulation for their own selfish ends. In
this (spirit we shall approach reluctantly
but serenely the ordeal that may lie be
fore us with clean hearts and unselfish
purpose.
Boston Transcript: We do not seem
able to earn the praise of German mili
tarist critics, who find the same fault
with the demand for a salute that they
did with "watchful waiting." If the Ger
mans will indicate exactly what the
nlted States should do to please them
we may make a note of It.
HERE AND THERE.
Successful experiments wltti cotton
growing are being carried on In the canal
zono by a xsortn waronnan.
A newspaper In a town In Braxll 2,000
miles'' from tho mouth of the Amazon
gets all Its telegraphic news by wireless.
The" officials of a ndmber of gas, com
panies qf Europe have agreed to paint
geographical signs on the top's of their
gasometers to act as sign posts to aeronauts.
Figures compiled by the department of
labor at Washington show that wages in
the lumber industry In the United States
have increased 29 per cent In the last
twenty-five years.
In Formosa . thjrejs. a- tree . between
3.600 and 3,000 years old, wth a circum
ference of sixty-five feet and the lowest
branches forty-five feet from the ground.
The tree Is a 'species of ' cypress, the
Japanese Benlkl. ,
Venders of newspapers In Berlin are to
be limited to calling, out the names of
the Journals they sell. To make known
the contents of the papers or Indicate
any particular item of new is forbidden.
In many of the Buddhist monasteries
of Thibet and Siberia the process of
printing made use of before the days of
Uutenburg Is still followed. Kach page
Ik a, carved block and no movable types
are used.
The Canadian Pacific Railroad com
pany Is the largest land owner in the
world Despite . the sale or millions of
acres from the original grant of approx
imately W,TpO,000 acres the railroad still
possesses more than 11,000,000 acres, worth
on the basis of sales in 1912, at least
J175,00,OCJ). ,
WfflTTLED TO A POINT.
The poor cook Is the physician's friend.
Get busy and dust oft y&ur conscience.
Hope Is the mortar used In the con
struction of air castles.
Look well to the start and then keep
an eye oh your finish.
When a mother gives a child a sponge
bath she uses a wash rag.
In this age of suffragettea it's a wise
child ythat knows It own mother.
The one sure thing Is that one can't
be sure of anything In this world.
Fighting your way through the world
does not mean treating others unfairly.
if people follow your advise they al
ways have some one to blame their fail
ures on.
And some rnen get as tired of being
married as some women do of single
blessedness. , .
When men rave over a girl and when
women' say mean things about her sne
la. a beauty.
There are all kinds of people in this
old worldexcept the kind that talk the
dialect found In some books.
You can't always tell. Occasional' the
toughest boy In the neighborhood grows
up and becomes a minister.
There's only one thing a woman lovea
better than to be told a secret, and
that Is to find it out for herself .
Tho chap who keeps everlastingly- at
It accomplishes a lot of things that are
not necessarily worth the effort.
When a female lecturer gets off that
ol saw about an honest man being the
noblest work of God, every man In tho
ai'dlence Imagines thet he Is blushing.
AROUND THE CITIES.
People and Events
1 1
Housefly to the swatter- "If you can't
boost, don't knock."
Kerosene burned up Chicago) gasolene
caused the shooting up of Vera Crur.
People who consider war reports as the
greatest thrillers of the spring 'time
should observe tlie amateur gardener
eagerly scanning his beds for signs of
growth.
Cleveland put forth superior claims for
a regional weather bank. Ninety degrees
on the 18th ittit. and a snowstorm on the
Kill pushes Cleveland so far to the front'
that Pittsburgh Is again a fadeaway.
Tho New York litigant who won a suit
for moot) at a cost of $1RS,0CK. Is several
If agues behind the celebrated Iowa -calf
case which started atouhd ifl and cat up
J)l,6.29. That's the brand of fighting
spirit that puts buttered Joy In the legal
bread basket.
An eastern clergyman suggests as a
forward movement among girls that they
stop chewing gum for a year and gtv
Say half of the $20,000,000 annually spent
lor their quids for foreign missions. Its
up to you, girls, to be gfjpd for the
heathens sake.
"On with tho dance, let Joy be uncon
fined." The Americans who danced all
night at a club In Mexico City after
Huerta refused to salute the flag realized
with greater certainty what the morrow
would bring forth than did the partici
pants n similar revelry In Brussels nearly
ninety-nine years ago.
According to Its Year Book, Trinity
church corporation of New York City
has propsrty valued at $14,20i,S12. which
makes It the richest single church In this
country. Trinity Is now considered a re
formed landlord, getting an average of
$1 a week per room from Its tenants, tho
annual Income totaling ti77,20S.
The minimum wage scale for ministers,
recommended to the New Kngland Metho
dist Episcopal conference, calls for $S50
In small towns and $1,000 in cities, with
shelter thrown in. These sums are
equivalent to a dally wage of $2. So in tho
country and $2.73 In cities, considerably
below the union scale for skilled labor
and without extra pay for Sunday work.
A Brooklyn man who married the girl
he rescued from drowning In Long Island
sound received a medal for his bravery.
For the rescue or the marriage?gucss.
A bottle of Jamaica rum left In Phila
delphia by the British when the city was
evacuated during the revolution has been,
promised to the AVlslar Institute of
Anatomy of the University ot Pennsyl
vania, The anatomists must not pull the
cork or fool with the contents Just now.
That Job Is reserved for the university
directors who may bo In office In 1932,
when the institution will celebrate Its
centennial and the rum will be 211 years
old. The-director who keeps his thirst
keyed up With .anticipation ,(or. seventy
tight years will have earned the first
snifter.
SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT.
Boston Transcript: The Troy Methodist
conference calls attention to the fact that
Americans spend $9,000.(00 more per an
num for gum than for missions. That's
something to chew on.
Brooklyn Ha?le: New England Methe
diets favor a minimum wage for mints
ters. $f0 a year. As Itinerancy rHak
everp clergyman an efficient 'vaiKfng
delegate the rule will be self-enforcing.
New York World: When suffragettes
Interrupted the seniors at St Mrgi.lt',
Westminster, "the church offlclnts " Ig
nored the women and the demonstration
subsided." That seemt tn be nbiut the
most effective remedy.
Houston Post: Tho ministers ot New
York are still debating the question of
Inviting Billy Sunday to hold a meetln
there. We wonder if N-w fork Is in
any financial position io take on a Billy
Sunday, stage at tnli time. ,
Springfield Ttepubll -an: The minimum
Salary for clergymen as flxed.by the New
England conference of the Methodlft
Episcopal church Is worth renumbering.
It Is now to be $850 end a par: mags n
small towns, and $1j0 and a pirsonags
In largo towns and cities. No deductions
allowed by the standing com'n'itec for
Christmas presents to Ihe minister, or for
what comes to him at donation parties.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
MUFFLED KNOCKS.
Fast friends will always make a man
slow up.
Home people hate to take advice even
when they pay for It.
Iti takes a woman who hasn't any to
know all about raising children.
Every now and then you rur. Into A
map who always needs a handkerchief
and never has one.
Now that automobile funerals have be
come 'the thing many a woman will be
witling to exchange an ornery husband
for a nice -ride.
The reformers say a lot Of mean things
about boose. But the worst thing' we
can say about It Is that It makes men
Imagine they can fins.
The man who wears a celluloid collar
may be a good cltlsen, but he always
smells as though he had spent the night
In a bag ot moth balls.
Judging from the cuts In the advertise
ments, some pf our athletic young men
play foot ball and tennis when they are
attired only in their underwear.
The old-fashioned man who used to stay
home at night and read books now has
a son who stays down town at night and
reads programs and menu cards.
If some of the girl angels can't play
ihelr harps any better than they play
their pianos while here, Heaven Isn't go
ing to be such a fine place after all.
When an eld married woman sizes up
her fat, homely husband and rtallze; that
she once called him "Ootsie,' she won
ders if there la any Insanity In her
family.
Job may have been patient. But he
was never on a street car going to a ball
game when a coal wagon Insisted upon
occupying the track for about five
squares.
MEXICAN VOLUNTEERS.
HI!
Over H.00O fe-undllngs or lost children
were picked up and .ared for in New
York City last year.
Tarklo, Mo., boasts of a women resi
dent who hasn't missed a Sunday rchool
lesson In thirty-one years. She Is la;r,
fancy free and 40.
In New Orleans . one can drive an
auto without a license, prcebded oy a
competency examination.
Pittsburghers plan to rear monu
"jntnt to the memory of George Westing
house. Inventor of the all brake.
New York City's population Is U per
cent Italian. 1 per cent Hebrew and 3
per cent Polish.
St. Paul is one pf the first western
oltieK tjj install an auto street sprinkler.
Blrmlfbham. Ala., uses wire cage In
rineratdrs to burn up paper waste col
letted In the parks.
Pittsburgh 1s discussing propositions for
bond issues totaling $10,000,000.
I.rt the nmtlr Prorrrd.'
Cleveland Plain Dealer
Now that the French government has
made Its annual statement that ''last
year's wine crop was extremely small,
but ot .excellent quality." the war can
proceed. Our forces are on the wagon,
anyway.
lilg Bill Haywood, loader of the I. W. W.'s.
who has been bellowins so long and loud for
healing snrloKr. Turkish , batha. onasing cltnuu iore. ought to rush to the Rio Grande If ho can
JJ??"MV w.W. tor .-Ml not find enough "blud to ti.fv hin! ? .
from ills, or to prevent their recurrence or preserve
long and healthy life. All have merits But mlmr
orado.
unough "blud to satisfy him In Col-
Chrerlnir JVewa.
Indianapolis News.
The announcement that the United
gtat$s is gQing to quarantine against Cu
be n (leas' ought to .be might cheering
news to the dog.
Where It Cme From.
Boston Transcript
The suspicion deepens that' Porflrlo
r!az was the genius who Invented that
quaint old expression. ' X should worry "
CONTROL BOARD
The Packard control board on the
steering column places ignition,
lighting, fuel mixture and electric
horn all within easy reach of the
driver's hand. Every switch is at
the finger tips and the dash is
completely cleared of littering
control devices.
The Packard standard of con
venience and safety can be
obtained by no other arrangement.
Orr Motor Sales Company
2416 Farnam Street, Omaha, Nebraska
LINCOLN HIGHWAY CONTRIBUTOR
oAsk the man who owns on&
"You know." said the weary-looking
man, "that our next-door neighbors have
a parrot, a self-playing piano nnd several
children who sing and recite!"
"What of it?"
''I was wondering whether It wasn't
possible for this pitiless publicity" idea tb
be Overdone." Washington Star.
"Why does that lady grin so every time
ihe sees you?"
"She knows I'm only getting 110 a
wosk." I
"But why the grin?" 1
"I was engaged to her once and broke
it off, and she afterwards married a
millionaire." Cincinnati Entjulrer.
. "I saw your friend Brown yesterday."
"Brown's no friend of mine."
"What's that? Why. he. told me you
borrowed money from him!" a
"Yes. and what did I do with It? Spent
it In folly, t tell you Brown's no frjend
oi mine. vievnmnu nam i-'rnier. r
The railway train had just put in a
tango pmying macnine.
"Are we running on eastern or central
time?" asklsd a passenger.
"Neither." replied the ennduetor,
wearily; "rag time." Baltimore Ameri
can. "Posterity will view your action with
uisuriiiiinaunt. eyea. earn me painoi.
"Some of it may," replied Senator Spr
ghum. "But I suxpect that a birge per-
rCltnOr Cit nA.t6.lM. Vt'lll Via nil, 'Ii.A1.ImI.
rtt the moving pictures." Washington
ciar.
"Well, Bridget, are you going to, the
new place?"
"Sure I'm not: the lady couldn't give
a satisfactory reference from her last
cook." Boston Transcript.
"I can understand how we got along
without wireless, or electric light, or the
telephone." said the society bud.
"Well?"
"But how did we ever get nlong with
out the tango?" Louisville Courier-Journal.
William Ha!pes Lytle.
(Song of the Mexican war period,
1S46-7. The author, an Ohio man, served
In that war and tho civil war. and was
killed In the battle of Chlckamauga Sep
tember 20, 1SB3.)
The Volunteers! The Volunteers!
I drtam, as n the bygone years,
I' hear again their stirring cheers, . ;
And see their banners shine,
What time the yet urtcowtUcred'north v
Pours to the wal-s her legions forth, "
For many a wrong to strike' a blow
WJth mailed hand at Mexico. ,
The volunteers! Ah. where ate they '
Who bade the hostile surges stay
When the black forts ot Monterev
, Frowned on their dauntless line?
When, undismayed anlld the shock .
Of war, like Cerro Gordo's rock.
They stood, or rushed more madly on'
Than tropic tempest o'er Sah Juan.
On Angostura's crowded field
Their shattered columnstcorned to yield.
And wildly yet defiance pealed
Their flashing batteries' throats:
And echoed then the rifle's crack.
As deadly as when on the track
Of flying foe, of yore. Its voice
Bsdo Orleans' dark-eyedglris rejoice.
Blent with the roar of guns and bombs,
How grandly from the dim past comei
The roll of their victorious drums,
Their bugles' joyous notes,
When over Mexico s proud towers.
And the fair valley's storied bowers.
Kit recompense of toll and scars.
In triumph waved their flag of stars,
Ah, comrades of your own tried troop,
Whose honor ne'er to shame might stoop,
Ot lion heart and eagle swoop,
But you alone remain;
On all the rest has fallen the hush
Of death; the men whose battle rush
Waa wild as sun loosed torrent's flow
On Orizaba's crest of snow.
The Volunteers! Tho Volunteers!
God send us peace through all our years,
But if the cloud of war appears,
We'll see them once again.
From broad Ohio's peaceful side,
From where the Maumee pours its tide,
From storm-lashed Erie's wintry shore,
.shall spring the volunteers once more.
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