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drees will be changed aa often aa requested.
Biennial elections are quite often enough.
Who. knows but even the army worm may
yet turn.
Looks as If the Germans had put the Belgian
capital on wheels.
Those candidates who failed to make It will
bow proceed to tell you why.
Once more the broke are sitting on the stepa
of the 8tock exchange whittling time away.
Considering their newness In the business,
those Japs write wonderfully polite diplomatic
Botes.' '
Champagne, reports say, will go up-. Such,
a reversing of the course should have a food
effect- .
After tha political skirmish conies the truce
to permit of the removal of the killed and
wounded.
It Is a. 100 to 1 shot that as soon as the
moke clears away y6u will see toe poeta trying
to make Liege rhyme with siege.
Our Idea of the Irony of fate would be for a
belligerent to appropriate Andrew Carnegie's
automobile under the terms of angaria.
' -The Jupiter was the first boat to carry 'a
load through the Panama; 'although old Mara
was doing double duty on wider waters.
; ' Namur figures as prominently In the present
war as it did in the Napoleon-Wellington cam
paign, when old Blucher had his headquarters
there.
As soon as Omaha's courteous ball team re
alised what it had done in winning a game on
St. Joseph's own grounds it promptly lost two
In one day.
The time-limit for withholding Judgment as
to the responsibility for tho European war is
not up, 'but it may, be for Japan unless it
changes Its course.
, My word, they have gone and requisttoned
the polo ponies of .the prince of Wales, showing,
as a contemporary remarks, that General Sher
man waa entirely right in hla definition.
: As be crossed the Hellespont old Xerxes
wept to think he would never again see hla en
tire army of 1,000,000 men intact, and the
world atood aghast at the thought of such an
array of soldiery. Yet here comes the kaiser
with 9.000,000 and the ciar with 11,000,000.
Our amiable democratic contemporary is
highly incensed at an' article In Mr. Bryan's Com
moner, In which the secretary of atate "covertly
Impugns. the motive and seeks to brand with
the Wall street brand without a word of evi
dence" the senator-owner of that sheet. Yes,
hut Mr. Bryan Is doubtless satisfied that he bat
the convicting evidence.
A special meeting of tha school board to arrant
for reopenlns elected th Janitor for tha year aa
follow Central, Patrick Qulnlan; laard, D. W.Lana;
Ceaa. Samuel Durrall; Dodga. Mr. Thompaon; Jack-
Mr Colman; Leavenworth, Julius Rudofaky;
Pleaaant. J. .C. Chrlhtiatiion; Long. George EUoi;
Hartman. Mr. Oraney; Paolftc, C. Bertleaen; Center.
Michael Ford; Laic, fcllaabeth Kohl; tor th board
rooms. KaU Welsh. Aa attempt to choose a principal
(or tba Hartman school allowed a deadlock between
Mlaa Low and Miss McCarthy.
Th council laat night decided to buy new apparatus
(or J loon and Ladder company No. ,1. . , . '
Th new organ fur th ' rJhf llsh ' Iuthrrn church
has arrived. I will be aet up under th auperintend-
no of Ita buildtr.' : '
Mr. and Mra. W. W. Rhode are a new acquisition
to 9mha, coming from Lincoln.
A. Traynor, general baggag agent .of' th Vnlon
Fanflc, returned from aa extended trip orer th Una.
Mr. and Mra Albert Cahn are back from tha east
! Mr. W. t. Apdr, i rident of tha Western News',
paper Vnlon, who has been In Omaha for aevergl
weaJis, ,returt.td to hla horn in Dts iiutac.
Senator ('harks H. Van Wyck la In th city.
M. Barnabas veitrr haa adopted memorial reaoU
tloba for J. Plnkney lUmraond. at ton time re trr of
th parish, mho died rtntly. Th name attached
are John WiUlania. tor; Cirg Though C. W,
Mead, wardtna. 8. K. Kheem, Milton H. Uoble,' W. R.
Bowea, li. W. Woodmaa, JL.WuMasa. fUibart. Ka.
awa ana tl. I ewara, veitry.
ISggk eft fiDLyta CmJAu
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is safeguarded against tyranny and oppression.
Po long as the constitutions! guaranties remain
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peerh and press, and these guaranties hold
good against invasion from whatever source, In
cluding the police, the military or the courts.
If a candidate for office could by Injunction
prevent newspapers from publishing records or
documents exposing unfitness or unreliability,
he could likewise gsg all opposing criticism and
comment.
If Tweed could have Invoked one of his Judi
cial tools to enjoin the New York Times from
tsklng off the Hd he would have remained in
definitely in undisputed possession of New York
as bis personal province.
If by aid of a restraining order Lorlmer
could have closed the columns of the Chicago
Tribune, and other newspapers, turning the
searchlight upon his bought election, he would
still be holding his seat in the United States
senate.
If Bartley could have stopped The Bee, and
other unpurchasable newspapers, by a friendly
court order from uncovering hla thievery he
would have gotten away without being called to
account for his misdeeds.
The latest effort of a desperate candidate
for office to create a press censorship by injunc
tion cannot succeed, for if It held against The
Bee the door would be opened for truth-stifling
by similar censorship over all newspapers, and
the constitution would be nullified.
Foreign War Loans.
It Is to be expected that the foreign nations
Involved In war will bid for financial help from
the United States, so there is nothing surprising
in the rumored effort to float a French war loan
in this country. While' as a rule ware are fi
nanced by appeal to the patriotic support of the
people at home, there is nothing unusual In the
practice of inviting foreign capital to come to
the rescue. It Is, moreover, entirely legitimate
for citizens of neutral countries, If they see fit,
to loan thlr money to belligerent governments
on such terms as aro mutually satisfactory. Our
government could not properly promote such a
loan, but individuals may on their own account.
It is the excessive risk Involved In such invest
ments that makes it difficult to raise money Jin
that way, and the risk, therefore, has to be off
set by high interest rates and discount sales.
If we had surplus money hunting more profita
ble fields foreign war loans would not disturb
us. The undesirable feature Is that money sent
abroad is withdrawn from domestic channels,
and the competitive demand is likely to make
borrowers here also pay more.
A Tribute to Statesmanship.
The wide-spread demand for the re-election
of Senator Root notwithstanding his announced
determination to retire Is both a tribute to his
greatness and to the fact that the American
people have not lost the power of appreciating
real statesmanship. And when we stop to re
flect upon the caliber of many men crowding
public life today, this Is no small matter. It
1 evident that. Ellhu Root is recognized by all
fair Judges as the brainiest man In our public.
service and it seems too bad if his service must
be lost.
Voicing the sentiment of a large number of
the best papers from many states representing
different politics, the New York Times, a great
democratic newspaper, pleads for the retention
of Ellhu Root In the senate, where the country
needs him for "guidance and conservation," ad
ding: For that service Ellhu Root Is qualified above any
other living American Hla extraordinary abilities,
tha clearnraa of hi mind, hla power of Insight, hla
broad experience, hi learning as a constitutional
lawyer and as a man of affairs qulp him as no other
statesman of our time la equipped to take part In th
filial organisation and shaping of th new order.
When have wo had another such public man
called for by the people of other states and
various parties? Th experience stands out In
as bold relief from the ordinary ru.t of affairs
as does Senator Root from the average politician
of the day.
' ' Kindred Question.
A most Interesting phase of this Japanese
question is to be found In the immigration de
mands Japan is today making, not only upon
tha Untted States, but upon Australia and Can
ada aa well. Suppose Japan gained her point
with us, would she not press it all the harder on
the other two governments?
' For obvious reasons England is iu no posi
tion to afford comfort to Japan in her land con
troversy with us. Whatever her alliance with the
little brown men may amount to, It is not going
to carry it to the extremities of this question.
England wants nothing more than peace and
harmony with Australia and Canada. She knows
perfectly well that, If anything, opposition to
Japan's Immigration demands is stronger in her
own provinces, especially Canada, than in the
United States.
Jingoes seeking a scarecrow on which to
hang their fears of a war with Japan might
think about this.
!
Where the Colonel Overlooked a Point
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Is generally ac
claimed the shrewdest politician of them all, but
he evidently is still tgnorast of the fine points
of the jame. Had he only been duly advised
be would have applied to a distinguished Judge
of our district court for a restraining order pro
hibiting any newspaper or campaign orator pub
lishing or referring to his statement 1n which he
assured the publlo he would not again be a
candidate for president.
The most charitable view to take of the
wind-up ravings and antics of our Water board
boss Is that he is not responsible. He has been
for nearly a month alternating between autoing
and orating, night and day, with, little rest and
at fearsome tension, so that physically and men
tally he is not his normal self.
Uncle Bam, the advance agent of peace,
knocks on the door of Europe tor admission and
the privilege of showing his samples, and Is po
litely told to have a seat and wait till the bouaea
are more disengaged.
When War Was Really Hell
Graphio Recollections of Experi
ences of Fifty Years Ago in August.
y cx.xjrr Jaxcmtr8T,
SHxteeath Xowa Infantry.
On August 8 1 read an article In an Omaha pamr
eonrernlna- the confedi rate stockade at Andemonv11.
The writer waa correct. In the main, but put afloat
aome grlevoua error I cannot allow to pass unnotlcc.1.
Mention la made frequently of aurKeons, and of the
continual difficulty they had In caring for our sick, by
reason of a acarctty of medical auppliea. Tlila will
make a survivor of Andersonvllle smile. I was a
prisoner there and In ether euch hells for nearly elKht
months. During that whole time I never aaw a phy
sician or surgeon on duty In any place of captivity.
I never aaw a prisoner receive a dose of medicine or
a remedy of any kind.. I never heard of such an In
stance. I never aaw or heard of a wounded man re
ceiving treatment of any kind except from hla com
panlona In misery. The alck In Anderaonvill lay on
the bara ground undei a pitiless sun till death ended
their anguish. There waa no shelter of any kind for
any one aave that Improvised with rags and tattered
piece of blanket. Many prisoners dug holes In the
ground and lived and slept in them. Toward the cloaa
of summer 1WH), when thousands of Inmatea had been
aent away, aom open eheds were built at the north
end of the prison pen, and Into these tha elrk and
dying were crammed till the eheds would contain no
more. There waa a hoepltal" eomewhere in the woods
outside the pen, but It wa only a cluster of rotten
tents where a few hundred men at a time laid on the
ground till they died without medicine, without care,
almost without food, and often without food entirely.
Proof of what Andersonvllle was Is shown by
nearly 14,000 graves In the National cemetery there.
The greatest mortality occurred In" August, when the
death rat rose to lion men a day. The naked bodies
of the dead were thrown Into wagons, one on top of
another, like slaughtered hogs, and hauled oft to the
graveyard. The vermin Infested clothing stripped from
the dead waa, by the prisoners, divided among- needy
aurvlvora.
On twenty-six acrea of ground, no man had "forty
square feet to occupy." There waa scarcely room
enough for the men to sleep at night, for one-third of
th camp whs a black, Blinking swamp. The rebel
sergeants, who calle.l the roll every morning, told us
that there were 36,00r men In the pen. For feeding
purposes thy had divided ua Into drovea of 1.000 men
each, each drove having a number. Thus we could
usually guess very closely concerning our total num
ber, although men were dying fast, and new prison
era frequently arrived.
We aro told that Captain Henry Wlrs did what
ever he could to lessen the horrors of th pta.ee, and
bewailed his Inability to do more for ua. An effort
la made to have him appear aa a sort of scapegoat
and martyr to th raging passions of war. I deny
auch a atatement point blank. Wlrx waa a monster
of cruelty. I aaw him a hundred tlmea, and' often, by
compulsion, heard hla . obscene abuse of prisoners.
Even the rebel guards cowered In his presence. He
waa hanged at Washington, City, not for being Jailor
at Andersonvllle. Ilo was hanged for murder. Ho
waa thoroughly convicted of having murdered a prla
oner with his own hand. Two other cases of murder
could have been proven against him. lie waa a for
eign mercenary, who deserted from theunkm army
after th battle of Bull Run, and who received a com
mission In the confederate service, and was placed In
charge of tho military prisoner, first at Richmond
and afterwards at Andersonvllle. Hla nam and
memory deserve execration.
Nor were w moved from Andersonvllle from mo
tive of humanity, but because th enemy feared
Sherman would capture ua. Andersonvllle only ap
peared wore than other aouthern stockades because
of the great number of men confined there. During
th winter that followed, many half naked prisoner
frore to death. I saw deafl bodies of such men at tha
Mlllen stocked and at tha Florence (3. C), atockade.
I waa a captive at Andersonvllle, Mlllen, Blackshear,
Savannah, Charleston. Florence, Wilmington and
Goldsboro, N. C. The treatment Of prisoners wa
everywhere th aunt-brutality and tarvatlon, To
thla atatement I make theae exceptions: At Savannah
a band of ladles cam out to our camp with delivery
wagons and servants and gave us hot coffee and
loavea of bread. Coffee was then a costly rarity In
the aouth, the whole coastline bolng blockaded. A
similar Instance occurred at Charleston, although the
city wa under the tlr of the union fleet. At dolds
boro, N. C, the guards attempted to drive off a party
of ladle who came out to relieve us, but they refused
to leave, and tossed loave of bread across th dead
line to ua till their aupply wa exhausted.
When Wilson' cavalry captured Andersonvllle,
only about 2,600 emaciated wretches were found thcrs,
and to escap their vtngeanc Wlrs fled to General
Wilson and Implored protection. At prison hoadquar
Urs wa found an official order from General Winder,
Issued at th time Ptoneman led an unsuccessful cav
alry raid on Andersonvllle. It read:
"If you learn that the Yanke cavalry are within
fifty mllea of Andersonvllle, "open fire on th prison
ers with grapa and canister."
At last accounts that order was "on. file In th
archives of the War department at Washington City.
Opportune death from dlseas ' saved " Wlpder from
death on the acaffold, for th government had evral
matters to settle with him. ...
It Is true that Grant opposed exchange' f prison
er on th ground that most of them were deserters..
HI assumption waj false. Nine-tenth of u became
prisoner aa a mer cholc between captivity and Im
mediate death. Aa ait instance, my own regiment
waa taken In desperate combat, after capturing what
'waa left of two region nts and three companies of the
enemy, on th tid of July, before Atlanta. Grant's
real reeaon waa that he paroled 37,000 men at Vlcka
burg. and every man of them waa forced to take up
arms as soon a he camped within the -wnemy'a llnea.
Father Hamilton (I am not a Catholic), wa th
only rpreentaUv of Christian ciericala that waa
ever known to enter our prison pena He told th
authorities at Andersonvllle:
"If you cannot exchange those men and cannot
feed them, parole them and Bend them to Sherman.
Tou have no right to starve them."
Colonel Chandler, a confederate Inspecting officer
who vtBited ua, gave the Richmond government some
what aimllar advice. Throughout the war th con
federal oldler were poorly fed. There wss not only
a frequent scarcity f ratkna in their camps. . but
there waa alo a glaring lack of adminltratlv ability
In their department Of aupplle.
It Is for th welfare of the country that the civil
war and Its Ula be aptedlly forgotten, When attempt
la made, homever. to glosa over the horror of Ander
aonvlll. or find light apologWa for them, it rouses
deep reentmnt and rekindle emotion that houU
Bleep forever. Andronvllle waa a disgrae to mod
ern clvlliatlon-n utter ahagie to th human roc.
In spit of th atrocltle of war. Ua brutality and
repulalv aspects. I am not among those who believe
our nation ahoulddlsarm and remain helpless whn
ell the rt of the world U armed to th teeth. I be
llv with Washington: "In tlm of pc prepar for
war." for war will certainly come. Lf ua disarm
when other natkma do, and not a moment aooncr.
They who get up war do not do th fighting. They
ar usually brainleaa fanatlca. Ilk o many of th
persona who compos our'rresent peac party. The
United State nd a rerular army twice th present
site, and a splendid navy, one-third larger. Arm for
defense, but not for lnolent aggraaalon.
Oat Away fra Laa Slo.
Representative Andrew i; IVters of Boston, sitting
for the Eleventh Massachusetts district, haa solved
the question of bow to get away from th long session.
He resigned. Hut n resigned on Saturday, and on
Monday waa sworn In aa assistant secretary of the
trsaaury.
Brtaf ostarifentioae oa tiasly
topto lsrlted. Th Be assnma
no responsibility fat opinion off
correspondent. AJX letter qd
Jct to condensation ay rts
The Cermnn of It.
OMAHA, Aug. 17. To the Editor of The
Re: How can enlightened peopfe stay by
and see how things are going in Europe
since treacherous England got Into the
fray. That cowardly nation has never
done any good for the world at large, a
country that throttled part of Its own
people for generations, and kept them
down like slave In the south until very
lately. A people who always were afraid
to tackle In war anything that waa ita
equal In atrength, and only fight little
countries for aggression, Ilk the poor
Boers, a country jealous of Germany
for Its progress In everything to uplift
mankind. Now it trlea to crush this en
lightened and progressive nation with the
help of tho Cossacks, another nation
whose history Is dark as night, and on
whoso pages are marked th darkest
deeds acalnst mankind of any country
on earth. Even with all this help, and
France and Belgium thrown In, It la still
trembling In It boots, and as a climax
of the entente, It invites Japan to come
In and take a hand against Germany, for
It la still afraid Germany may come out
on top and will give it a thrashing later
on.
Emperor William Is Mamed by narrow
minded people for this bloody war, but
history will tell the truth. William could
no more stop this conflict than he could
top the river Ithlne from flowing to
the North sea if he wanted to. for his
people would not let him, for they know
it had to come. Russia, France and Eng
land, Its neighbors, have been looking
with hungry Jealoua eyes across the bor
der for many years, and they got so In
sulting the people would not stand It any
longer, and they die willingly for their
fatherland and their emperor, who 1 one
of the noblwt and clean-handed monarch
on earth a man who knows no deceit
and hate a liar like poison. If there is
a Lord In heaven and I know there la
he will not allow such a man, and his peo
ple, to be crushed by a treacherous, de
ceitful combination.
MATT PrADER,
617 North Twenty-fifth Street.
The ftlnrulnr Amenities of Poll Ilea.
OMAHA, Aug. 18. To the Editor of The
Bee: I am not at all -certain whether
the matter I am about to wrlto of should
be entitled: "The Amenities of Politics,"
or "The Amenities or Religion." But
let your readers decide. I know there Is
mighty little religion about tho matter.
Mr. Matthew Gerlng of Plnttsm'outh Is
on of the republican candidates for
congress in the First district. One of th
thing started against hia fitness for th
office is that he is a Roman Catholic
He Is not. He and his family have been
long connected with the Episcopal church
In Hattsmouth. .Ills sister, Ml&s Gerlng,
Is one of our most prominent women in
tho diocese.- I have been asked to vouch
for this In the absence of Bishop Wil
liam. I do; but, of course, too late
now to have any effect one way or the
other. But suppose he were a Roman
Catholic, what effect should that have,
either for or against Mr. Qering a fitness
to represent his district In congress, a
a republican? If I were a voter in th
First district I would mot certainly vote
against Mr. Gerlng In November, should
he receive the republican nomination on
Tuesday; In spite of hia being an Episco
palian. My judgment would be, that
while he is right In his religion, to the
extent that he lives it; yet he Is wrong
1n his politics! I would vote for Mr.
Magulre Instead, who 1 a sure enough
Roman Catholic, simply because he is a
democrat, as I am in politic.
I cannot ee for the life of me what a
man's peculiar religious confession ha
to do wit his fitness to represent any
district in congress or anywhere else In
political llf. His personal character
should hav much to do with his being
chosen a representative of certain politi
cal convictions, but hla rollgious convic
tion nothing at all! I write this, too
lute ftideed to have any possible result
on Mr. Gerlng' political fortunes in th
primary;, but not too . late. I hope, to
rebuke that narrow Intolerance that la
seeking to make head once more among
us. Writer and speakers all over our
generous west are seeking ugain 'to
arouse the Intolerant spirit of a narrow
Protestantism against .the Roman Catho
lic church and Its people by the most,
manifestly transparent falsehoods, nearly
all of which were exploded twenty year
ago, during the A. P. A., propaganda.
Locally you, air, took a very honorable
part or your father did In breaking up
.the wretched intolerance of that move
ment. Such narrow Intolerance should
find no place In our ' generous American
life, in which a man Is Judged for, what
h Is, rather than for the peculiar type
of religious confession he proposes.
JOHN WILLIAMS.
Womae In History.'
SOUTH OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 18. -To the
Editor of The Bee: The suffragists have
been accused of not being informed on
history by th Hon. Ant I Agnew, who
says, "SemlramlB was an ancient queen
of Assyria, who conquered all the civil
ized nation of her time." Semiramls la
treated as purely a legendary figure,
daughter of a fish goddess, miraculously
preserved and fed by a dove. She haa
had a legendary existence from ao B. C.
to U10, A. D. Prof. Lehmann Haupt of
Berlin In lt10 proclaimed he had restored
her to her rightful place in Babylonian
Assyrian history.
How utterly absurd to attribute th
conquest of all civilised nations to this
mythological or uncertain character.
Our antl friend said that the Hebrew
queen "Jexebel wa on of the wickedest
women who ever ' lived. ' Jezebel was
never a reigning queen; her husband,
Ahab, was' king of Israel twenty-two
years: It was he who reared an altar and
established worship to Baal. "Ahab did
mor to provoke the Lord God of Israel
to anger than all the kings of Israel that
were before him." I Kings, xvl 33. It la
not aa unnatural conseqilenre that -his
wife should become a murderess under the
Influence of awicked and idolatrous king,
for so long a period. The aU calls at-'
tentlon to the dismemberment of Poland
by Catherine of Russia aa "one of th
greatest crime of history." Th un
perverted truth Is. the partition of Poland
was made by her three neighbors, Austria,
Germany (formally Prussia) and Russia
It should be rule!, however, that a larg
part of the territory that Russia ac
quired had been once Russian territory.
Another distortion. The antl writer
stated that Catharine de Medici ordered
the St. Bartholomew massacre simply to
appease hr "cruel instincts."
Tb St. Bartholomew massacre wa the
LINES
crimination of a long and bitter quarrel
between the Catholics end the Huganots
as the Catvlntets were called). Cath
arine dl Medici did not plan the maseacre
alone, she had men consorts who par
tlcipated with her In planning the deed.
The grand and noble Queen Victoria did
not escape the venom of the antl. Any
hlsh achool pupil knows Queen Victoria
bs loved and esteemed as one of the
meet humane and tolerant sovereigns th
world ever knew.
It was a thousand Colorado women
ho marched to the governor's palaoe, as
voters, and demanded of Governor Am
nions to call for federal assistance In
stopping the bloodshed at Ludlow mines.
It wa there in the cold they waited for
an answer from President Wilson, which
was favorably given before the women
disbanded. We shall ask Mr. Agnew 1o
brush the cobwebs out of hi own slum
bering memory and ceaae perverting
divine, ancient and modern history. We
ask for an expression of facta and not
unlimited, unfounded conceit.
MRS. R. MAYE KING.
blackened his eyes and stabbed him with
a hatptn." , -
"Well, a girl has to put up a little
maidenly resistance." Kansas City Jour
nai. . ,
The Friend They tell me your son Isi
attracting a coed desl of attention
Tho F.nthtislHFtlo Father I should ssr
he is. .Have you seen him?. There
nothing lacking He's ot m all linen
suit. cane, wrist watch and white socks
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
.Madam-LWith this goose I have been
awfully cheated. It Is old an1 tough and
still I looks n young and tender.
t ook (who likes to flatter her mistress)
les. madam. One can never tell br ap
pearances. Ton. too. look much voiinger
lh.tn..'ou l"ellJr arc-Munich Fhegende
Rlactter.
BESIDE STJIL WATERS.
Paul Scott Mowrer In Cotller'e.
For hour en hour I have lain here along
the wall. . .
Bathed In vague fleeting breaths of wind
and sun.
And heard the poplars lisping by the mill
dnm.
And heard the poplars lisping by the mill
Acroes the moolv pond.
And I have peered Into the water long
Still ind deep, still and deep below the
wall 1
And seen t!ie minnows drifting, shy as
thoughts.
And seen the current. Ilk a miiplng girl,
Combin jtn umber hair.
The little birds alight nd trill and pas:
And now the seeking swallows dip and
pass,
And scents of sweet syrlnga, cross th
wall. ...
O sweetheart Farth, my own, my beau-
teous earth.
So calm, so pure., yet so fantastical,
Vhy must be untrue, who love you so?
Why enn you not be all in all to me?
Whence comes thl tickle yearning In my
heart
So that I love a woman more than you.
And love a child and love a. founded
'friend.
And still ko hunsorlng for ether love.
And see the ttky and love I know not
what?
TO LAUGHTER.
"Is your wife so very economical then?"
"Oh, yes; very. Why, my wife can
take an old wornout $10 hat, spend J15 on
It, and make it look almost as good as
new." Puck.
Pentry Flag of truce, excellency.
General What do the revolutionists
want now?
fcentry They would like to exchange a
ccupln of generals for a case of cigarettes
and a pack of cards Life.
Bacon I see the first producing oil
well In Venesuela recently was bored.
Egbert Can It be possible that Bryan
has been lecturing out there? Yonkers
Statesman.
"That booby made a bluff at kissing me
last night and quit."
"But he saya you scratched his face.
Food Sense V '
f Hers 1 a savory, cooling dish for hot weather.
It can be prepared in a vary short time yoa don't
I hav to worry yourself aver a hot stove.
i FAHIST W if
SPAGHETTI I
is strengthening It is rich in gluten but (na- "ifjr fl
like mesO it is not beating. Try Fauat ' J '... J I.
Spaghetti cooked in tamatoea aerv f 'i"m
V with grated cheese. Recipe book free. ft TTTTcSf 31
X Stand tOcpkgt. But today. jf ZsA 1 ftftlli
Mall Bros St. Leuh. M. JjjA j J I f
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THE DIFFERENCE
All ; gasoline Is npt alike
in cleanness, quality, and
mfles-per-gallon. -
RED
CROWN
GASOLINE
Is mad from selected erodes, by
improved refinery processes using
' elaborate and coatly equipment. It
is an absolutely clean, homogeneous
prodoct, uniform - whatever you
buy It.
Buying; in quantity saves tronbte
and coats lea.
Where we have tank wagon ser
vice w deliver dicect into storage.
Standard Oil Company
(Nebraska)
Apartment Choosing
Time is Coming'
Faster than you may realize. Few
new houses are going up, so it is
, important to make an early choice
among the vacancies in the market.
The Omaha Bee's "For Rent" Columns
will give first and best aid to satis
factory selection. Note that the
most desirable places are listed
exclusively in The Bee.
There are several hundred vacan
' cies in houses, flats and all forms
of business property, city and
suburban, list of renting agents,
'etc. in these columns.
Telephone Tyler 1000.
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