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T1IK VAIK: OMAHA, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1914. THE . OMAHA DAILY BEE fOt'NDKD BY EDWARD ROSEWATKR. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR. Tha Be Publishing Company. Proprietor. PEU RU1LD1NO, FARNAM AND SEVENTEENTH! fintered. at. Omaha portofflce aa aecond-rlaaa matter. , JEHMS Or- EUBSCRIFTION. . ' ' . . By carrier Ft mall permonth. pr Kelly mA Hunday , Mr ,in ally without Sunday. : T-ennic and 5unrtav . no F.venlna: without Sunday 4.0 suindAy IW only i I.oo Porvi rrtiflre "of rhanire of addra or ronvptalnta of Irree-iilsrtty In delivery to Omaha Pee, Circulation TjepextmeDtr nf.MITTANrE. Wetntt Vy draft. epra or portal order. Only two rent stamps received In payment of email a counta. Personal rtierka, except on Omaha and eaatern xchange. not accepted. OFFICES. Omaha The Be Buildinc Pouth Omaha arm N street. Council Bluffs J4 North Main street Lincoln i Little Bulldlnr. rhlrairn 01 Hearst Hulldlns- New York Room lins, 26 Fifth avenue. Ct T,nuls803 New Rank of Commerce. Wsstilnaton 7 Fourteenth Bt. N. W. COttRESPONDENCB. Address" rommunlcatlnna relatlnir to news and edl. oriel matter t Omaha Bee, Mltorlal Department. AUGUST CIRCUIiATIOX. 56,554 Plata of Nebraska.', County of Don da a. a. Dwlfcht YVllUam. clrfttilatlofc manager of The Bee Publishing .eonnpanr. beln duly iworn, says that the average dally circulation for the month of August, 1914, was W.f4. - . nvTHJHT "WILLIAMS. Circulation Manae-er. Suherrtbed In my presrnr and sworn to before ma, tola Id day.of September, 114. , . ROBERT HUNTKR, Notary Public. Pubecrlbcra loarlnx . Ua city temporarily should bare The Iiee mailed to them. Ad drees will be changed aa often aa requested. . ..' More mine' actrMrnig "at sea these days than on land. " .. . i And'joor Industrious Uncle 8am still has a Sot of good wood, to IIW. v Remembr, King' Ak-Sar-Ben expects every bna of hla countlesa aubjecta to do hla duty. The weather, man must have mistaken the Labor day celebration for a 'grocers' and butch era' picnic. ix j. , The parka, In. apring time -are no more beau tiful Jhan the .parka In autumn. - Take a lo6k and convince you reel f. . It la doubtful whether men wearing so many different kinds, of uniforms were ever before fighting at" the same time. Thla ia the day the future prealdenta and 'first ladles, of the land"; make bashful acquain tance of their new, teachers. Though the Iowa State fair waa almost drowned out, the Nebraska State fair deaervea better treatment from the heavens. The, British fleet will manage to find Its way through'the fog-of war, even though the Path finder haa gone to the bottom of the sea. . Gradually, tbe dispatches, seem to belle some 'of the tfcjngs we fcava "been hearing about tboae llmpenetrable French -frontier fortifications. All the -warring nations doubtless will be overJofeTat "the belated tidings that Liberia haa eaolved to preserve an uncompromising neu Those official Var Information 'bureaus are apparently Just beginning to realize the Impor tant part tfiaysj-e' to'pfay ja bombarding the enemy;' " ;; Despite fh -.fwC that Ita ; jcaplare A waa.; pro claimed by! our-.ypllow. journals more- than a week 'ag"o, ;Koenigberg''atnr perveraoly 'refuses io tmrrwfoT. '.v- I:,' )f , '. It is gratifying to know that the , popular European tomnst. Miss American MUllona, has promised' her Uncle Sam to do more staying at , liome for a while. Let ,lhe -children pf free, peaceful .and prpa-, peroua Nebraaka do -their part to give the .fath rlessllttie on'ei"of war-enthralled Europe that - merry Chrlstraasv,. ' ,i - RoumaDia aaya it will do what Italy doea and Italy. ai;? Jt wJU go to war when,Turkey doea arslnst-the' -Turk, of course. Evidently the high lid baa -not -bean reached. . t, -, v a. ajaaaBBaMBiiiBBBiBraB- - T President WiUon will not make a camnalrn tour. But It's a aafe guess he will put' nothing" la the way of Secretary Bryan and the other . oratorical big guns of the administration awing log round the,'circle. ... ; . . ' CPmJAA II - ine Materair opt tied with -attendance large enouan to-aattary 'the-wanaaera." It was children1, day and tha yountratera overran the plate. . ' The BeeV juute from a apeech delivered by Carroll aionisorairy ovore.the Clevelaad and Itendrick ud Muirrir now money waa diatribuled to aecure the paaaaae or-Wlla at IJricoln laat winter: "Dunn th pendency of the'MU puroprJatlnar the money to com pleta the 'caj.ltol utldln the oppoeltlon waa ' a trong thtil,!t w neoteaary to buy off aome of th. member,-of the huuie. A fun.l a... r.iA .i,. mercltanu ot Lincoln, and the amount divided and rtaoea m Diana envelope and taken to a room ad ewe reaaiura ortice by two men (name mentioned) -and the name ot the memberi for whom they were Intended written on the en VeJopee aiT left on the table where the bribed law makers er to find them". ., Dr. 'Armstrong, ocullat and aurtat. haa removed U1 Farnam.. . , The Sabbat aehool concert at the First Methodiat EpiacoiHU, church called out a crowded houea. The recltatioaa by ftllsa Ortle Clark and Mien Fitch were wen aiven. aa were a Leo the eoloa by Will Blevena Farnam street bualneaa men have aianed a petition io me council aakiug not to be compelled to put do awe -atoewalka t hi full .beta Oae their trade ruined- iriterruption of the paving. to waa Oh, No ! No Claim of Originality. The Omaha Hoe lt advoratlna a short ballot, and la claiming it aa an original Idea. Thla reform haa been advocated for years and la constantly paining new edvocatea It la one of the rhanaa which will make our primary law much mora popular Alhl n Newa. Oh, no! There la a mistake somewhere, for, In advocating the short ballot. The Bee haa put forth no claim to It aa an original idea. Quite the con trary, this is not the first time Tho Bee has en dorsed the principle of the short ballot, nor the first tlmo It has favored putting it into practice, although, we believe, It Is the first time a def-,' Inlte plan has been proposed to apply It tq our state government here in Nebraska. The Bee has urged the consolidation of various county offices, successfully In two or three cases, for, right now here In Omaha and Douglas county, we have one treasurer for city, county and school district, and but one tax commissioner, where we formerly had two. The short ballot principle is also the essence of tho commission plan of city government. Here in Omaha we have but seven elective offices to fill In our municipal, elections, as against Almost three times that number formerly. But the adoption of the biennial 'election scheme has doubled up the choice of state and county officers, accent uating the evils of the long ballot and making It more Imperative than' e'ver to reduce the num ber of elective officers to the lowest limit of safety. , The Kaiser's Eeserrei. In American base ball parlance there Is a saying that a team la aa strong aa ita utility force. In other words. Ha substitutes. In a mili tary sense, perhaps, a nation may be considered as strong as ita reserves, or Its power of reinforcement. Therein evidently lies the secret of the amatlng power thua far exhibited by the Ger man army, whose quantity and quality of util ity men seems sufficient to enable the army to keep up Incessant fighting. The kaiser Is said to have 2,000,000 men now on French soil, yet in reply to reporta of exhauation from the rapid marching and heavy fightlng, hla offlcera de clare that no regiment Is sent Into actual fight ing oftener than once a week. If true, or even approximately .true, then It is suggestive f the tremendous force required to repel the invaders, a force not aa yet exhib ited by the allies! n addition to these ponder ous numbers with reserves equal to all demands for reinforcements and relief, the German army evidently haa the advantage also of acting under a single command, aa against the many-headed organlzationa of the opposing forces. This has usually proved en advantage to the Germans up to date in. the present conflict, however later events may develop. School and Trashy Books. With 'the resumption of school ' recurs the thought pf the Immense amount of money an nually required to maintain our great system of popular education. Likewise It Is Interesting to, note the, constantly increased effort at the most scientific Instruction and administration. We are 'ajtnlng always at the highest efficiency and , economy. Generous to a fault, Americans jtre nevertheless averse, to wasting money even in so good a cause as the public schools. But after all, how well do we live up to the .Ideal? Our schools are stressing more and more the Importance of qlean literature and It is well. On the other hand,, lie same mass of Americans so scrupulous lit the running of their schools, are yearly grinding out from their book mills scavenger, literat ure of the worst sort. whose streams flow off into the lives of these same children with polluting effect. By this sort of business we are maintaining- our schools at enormous, though Justifiable ex pense, and encouraging the output of vile books at the name time, the latter to do Jts utmost at undoing the work of the other. Our schools con ducted on a more comprehensive basis than ever, attempt to Instill moral precepts aa well aa Intellectual culture; they teach the rudi ments of health through sanitation and physical exercise, and are probably doing their part t6 (urn the child's mind away from bad and toward good reading. But on the outalde grievous mis takes are being made In the toleration of trash that goea by the name of literature and finds Ita way Into the hands of the boys and girls. It will take a lot. of schooling to educate them safely to good reading and good reading only, but the taek 'Is not' an. Impossible one. It can -be per formed in time by a proper co-operation of all such forces as the home and school,' press and pulpit. .. . ' . An. American Minister's Victory. Brand Whltlotk, the former mayor of Toledo, who prated to be more or, leas of a political nov elty in his way, haa turned his hand to psuedo diplomacy with no mean effect. As minister to Belgium at such a time as the present, Ameri can would expect -to -hear of'some activity on the part of the irrepressible Whltlock, and -he has not disappointed them. He has rather busily issued hla protests against the Indiscriminate dropping of bombs from aeroplanes and other untoward conduct on the part of the invading powers and, better than all, haa managed to do so without giving offense to the Germane. But Minister Whltlock, achieved something of real and far-reaching value In helping stay the forces of deatructlon front the old and beautiful city of Brussels. When the Belgian capital waa beset by the Ct iinana aud all hope of successful resistance gene, MlnUter Whltlock advlaed the native com rtandant to accede to the Germans' demands for aurreqder. The commandant held out. He would at loaat refuee until ao ordered by the king. Evi dently our minister went over the head ot the local authority, for soon word came from above to surrender and with the order a personal aalu tai'on to Minister Whltlock, conveying King Al bert's gratitude for helping to avert a uaelesa yute of life and property. It will go down aa a worthy victory for the nlinple American and may also suggest the wla dm ot having on the ground at these foreign capitals, now besieged, clear heada on neutral ahoulders. cjfhc tree's. rim "When women vote there will be to wars," so we are assured. This can be construed two waya elther'that voes for women will not come until universal peace envelopea mankind, or that, world peace will be attained only ihrough women's votes, rief eoatrlaatleae on ttaeely to plea Invited. The Bee aaeamea . aa ree penal VUtty fee opialewa a eorreavondeBta. All letters aat eet to oeaSeneatlea Vy editest The Military Peril. SOCTH OMAHA, Ppt. 7 -To the Editor rl The Bee: For a number of yeara we have read in the papers of the "yellow peril," hut It if ith to me the real peril to the world today la the military peril. When a (treat nation like Germany will work for many yeara to prepare for war and spend Immense suma of money earned by the people, when an effort Is made to prepare more dangerous weapons of war continually, when Improvementa are made In air machlnea to make them dangeroua englnee of war, when men are drilled by the millions In the art of war by compulsion aa la done In Germany. It looka to me as If the peril to all the nations of the earth la that coming from a nation that ronatantly prepares for war, and preparea ao well, that there la not a single nation that can defeat the perman army In war. The Germane are a great people and rank foremost In the world In all lines of life and for that reason they are' the more dangerous to every nation of the earth.' . It (a a calamity to the whole world that the millions of German soldiers have not been taught how to advance the peace ful work of the nations of the earth and how to better the conditions of mankind, rather than to be taught how best to kill men. how to deatroy property and cities and monumente that have atood for hundreda of years. It looks to me as If the republican Institutions of the earth are at atake In the, mighty war now on In Europe. The German army waa started for France aa soon a waa waa declared and aa that Is the greateet re public on earth next to our own. It looka aa If the emperor of Germany doea not want any great repubtlo next door to Ms realm. It is not . the defeat of Germany that people ahould want, but the defeat of militarism and the only way to end mlll tarlam Is to defeat the army that la now sweeping all before It In the republic of France. I have heard German cltlzena say. In , the laat few weeks that they would rather live under an emperor than a president, and when wa have auch people among us, we may well tremble for the safety of republics. Germany ought to end the war at once, as she could do. and try to rebuild the destruc tion she haa wrought already on ao many helpless people. I". A. AGNETW. Crowaed Heada Moat On. OMAHA, Sept. 7. To the Editor of The Bee: Mr. Meyer and the German-American alliance era within their righta in asking a suspension of Judgment as to the European situation, although In their published addresa they put forward falsa statements aa to the part "England" played In the civil war. and gave 30 per cent of pauperism there Instead of i, aa the New. York World Almanac does. Sus pense was not aaked for England. Ac cording to a newspaper dispatch published In this city two yeara ago there are (OO.ttM people living In houses of one room In Berlin.. The lata Price Collier In his book, friendly to Germany all through, atated that Berlin la the moat Ucentlona city In, -Europe. 'There would be no trouble filling a page of the Bee with pauper and other charges, hut it would all do no good. The horror haa to be fought out soma other way. But with fundamental principles It la another story, and here we come to that part of Mr. Meyer's letter dealing with democracy. Before Lie ire fell the papers were Inclined to he a little easy on the Germans who met a greater resistance than was expected; hut now when they are at the gates of Paria the eonquerora and their countrymen here need not he sensitive, and we ran act forth a few trutha that must not he forgotten. The Review of Reviews Is right In saying that. we need a new baptism of American principles. These principles remain true whether the German army is crushed or William- Rex gives the law to Europe. The German empire Is fundamentally opposed to democracy. Prince Bismarck, who did most to make It, knew what it stood for. . He knew even, better than the German-American alliance. "He held to the doctrine that the aoverelgn and hla advisers knew far better what was good for the nation than either legisla tors or people." Llnooln atood for a gov ernment of, by, and for the people." Bis marck for a government of kaiser and aristocrats tor the people. For thousands of years these two ' principles ' have fought, and they will fight untH the Ger man one bites the dnat. This dreadful ; war haa come and will go, but the old fight will laat till there la not a crowned head on earth. The aituatlon Is very serious. The Ger mane have done aplendldly In ., many waya. For one thing, they have the best laid out ami governed cltlea on earth. It would take a catalogue to tell of the wonderful advances they have made In spite of the divine right Incubus. . Moving down upon them is Russia, and we know what that country stand for, ..or. rather, the rsar and hla aristocrats. Ayhat is to be rained if that power succeeds T No matter how the war ends. It seems to spell disaster for civilisation. It must come to lines of buffer states between the large nations, or worse hell than ever In a few yeara more. Disarmament or destruction. Bad as It la. there Is an occasional grin possible, I attended the Irish meeting the other night, for, being Scotch, I like to keep tab on Patrick, and a third of the crowd were Irishmen who came from the Rhine, the Elbe and other rivers that flow Into the lakes of Klllarney. A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind at times. WILLIAM ARTHUR. The Dlsffwst mt a Socialist. OMAHA. Sept. T.-To the Editor of The Ree: It Is with disgust that I read some of the eommunlcatlona from your several correspondents on the responsibility of the great wholesale murder now taking place In Europe. It would seem that the above referred to correspondents are atill sub jects of the several countries they are try lng to defend., If not. then they ought to be ashamed of themselves for trying ta defend kings, emperors and csara in their insane and wanton sacrifice of human life and property for an Imaginary affront to their so-called honor. Let aosna of theae false, so-called cltl sens of thla country either cease la their defense of Institutions that are relics of the dsrk agwa or let tltesa surrender their American cltlaenshlp papers and go back where they came from. If I had my way not one of the reserves that were la thla country and who responded to the call of their masters to come back and fight should ever enter this country again. JISET. BR1LLHART. The Cost of Kings WUliaaa BndoIph Hearst la Hew Tork Journal. t Reprinted by Request.) The war In horritying progress In Kurre Is In reality that mnet dreadful of all wars a civil war. It Is a war lietwrrn states whiih should Ire living In peace and amity, In co-operative effort, in Intellect, ual and material pregreaa, and even In governmental accord, aa "the I'nlted Statea of fturope." It Is a war between a large proportion of the civilised nations of the world. In which human pro greaa will be halted and civilization Itself threatened. H Is a war In whlrh the proportion of civilised human beinga on the planet will be greatly reduced, and the contribution to human ' progress ot those Innumerable units Irretrievably lost. It Is a war In which the accumulated treasures of centuries are being destroyed, treasures not merely ef money, but of art and architecture which can never be replaced, and whose refining and elevating and civilising Influence will forever be ended In the world. The disaster of this war. therefore, is not merely a local disaster. It is a world-wide disaster.' It is a disaster to the civilization of which we Americans are a part. It Is a destruction of the heritage of civilisation of which we Americans are part pos sessors. It means a diminution of the number and a weak-enlng-of the power in the world of the white nations, of the Occidental nations, of which we are one. - It means an assault upon the standards, the Meals, the conditions of life which have been the contribution of those Occidental nations to the civili sation of the world which. Indeed, have constituted the civilisation of the modem world. It means a corresponding strengthening of Oriental alms. Ideals and ambitions. V It tends to make pos sible an eventual triumph of ideals and conditions wholly foreign and offensive to our own. One nation allied with Orientate la actually Import ing Orientals on to the scene of this conflict to show them how they may meet and possibly defeat Occi dentala In modern warfare a lesson which will be readily learned and ever remembered. Another nation is as recklessly destroying priceless heirlooms of art and architecture to penalize a prostrate foe without consideration of the inestimable lose it Is Inflicting upon the whole civilized com munity, of which Ita own people are a notable part. No one nation Is to he blamed more than another for these illimitable dangera and disasters, but all are to he condemned for having invited and Instituted so cruel and fearful a conflict In the Judgment of posterity eurely all will be held responsible for the infinite Injury of this war, recklessly and' unreason ably inflicted upon humanity and upon human pro gress. But while the nations engaged In this Internecine struggle will be and must Justly be held responsible for the endless and needless disaster incurred, the people themselves of the several nations can hardly be held unaccountable. The war la Indeed convincing and distressing proof that the veneer f civilization Ilea but thinly upon all so called civilised beings; that civilization herself sits but Insecurely upon her throne, liable at any time to' rude displacement by original aavagry. Tet the people themselves, under strictly modern forms of government, would probably never have become Involved In this war. The war is attributable to the survival In Europe of mediaeval institutions long outgrown by modern society, to the prosecution of Imperial policies In the selfish Interest of greedy hereditary dynasties. It Is a war of the Middle Ages, -caused by those conditions of the Middle Ages, monarchic and aristo cratic, which still persists In Europe, and which, as long as they persist, will repress popular development and dominate 'popular sentiment ' This Is a war of kings, brought on by the assassin ation of a king's nephew, who was of no more actual importance to modern aoclety than the nephew of any other Individual, citizen or subject. In all Europe. Borff of mediaeval misconception of the importance of royalty, thla war haa apeedlly become a war of inherited mediaeval traditions, of imperial greed and glory. But the glory of war la fading fast. The people of the world are no longer children who delight tn destruction and exalt in destroyers. In the histories of more enlightened ages the rulers responsible for this war win not be described as heroes, but as homicidal maniacs, aa traitors to the sacred trust solemnly Imposed upon them to promote the happlnesa and protect the lives of their people. There Is no glory In robbery, end war la but organ ized, authorized piracy and manslaughter. ' No country points with pride to a citizen who ahoota down another la the heat of hatred or in the faaalon of JeaJouay. . No country exalts aa a hero a man who holds up another at the muszle of a gun and takea hla watch and pocketbook from, him as "Indemnity." No country applauds and approves the man who hidea in the night and, from mean motives or re venge, destroys a tenement with - a bomb, killing and maiming Innocent women and children. In modern society men auch aa these are regard el aa criminals and punished for their crimes by. im prisonment or execution. A crime la not modified .by its magnitude. If a man who ahoota another Is a murder, tho rulers who cause the shooting of a million men are a million times more guilty murderers. . If a man who robs another of a few dollara by force of arms a a thief, the rulers who rob cltlea and natlona of millions in money by force of arms are exactly that much greater thieves. If the man who destroys a tenement and en dangera the lives therein Is a criminal, the rulers who not only destroy cities and the prioeless treas ures of cities, but the lives of unoffending citizens, to satisfy a savage revenge, are a thousand tlmca greater criminals. t If the small criminal la to be punished by impris onment or execution, then surely the fitting place for the greater criminal Is not a palace or a throne, but a prison cell or a scaffold. Is this anarchy? No, It la abstract justice, seldom seen, and, there fore, seldom recognized. We all deplore anarchy. Then let ua deplore the things which make for anarchy. We all denounce the anarchist who kills a king. Then let ua equally denounce the royal anarchist w h J, In cold blood and in anug safety, murder a million fellow men Intrusted to their protecting care. Time will be when aoclety will include nations within its organisation, when united navies will patrol the seas In the interest of peace and united armies will police the land. Then any ruler who disturbs the peace will be arrested and Jailed and any king "by the grace of God" who commita. Inspires or instigates murder will be duly aad properly hanged- Heaven speed that happy day! , Editorial Snapshots Springfield Republican: Washington hosteews will have the Job of tlwlr live this winter In keeping the diplomat sorted. Philadelphia Inquirer: Fuxar may be a good heart tonic as a medico says, but the prices of it of late haa taken nil the heart out of the avrrage citizen. . Indianapolis News: Meat prices, says the market page, are lower. You mlaht mention this to your butcher If you have lota of time and notnlng elee to talk about. Ft. Paul I'lspatcli: Be.fore you men be gin facetious remarks about the fall head gear of the women, hnve a look at the bizarre shapes of the new men's soft and Stiff hats. Chicago Herald: Canada's versatility is shown by the fact that alio is busily engaged In getting ready for war and for the celebration of the hundred years of peace at the same time. Detroit Free Press: A daring specula tor down east ran 2or up to S,5 and then went broke. We don't belTeve In watching the clock, but a man ought to know when ifa quitting time. New York World: The long-expected activity In the western mule market aa a result of war Is at last In evidence. Prices are up sharply, and the nation that gets the most mules will dictate peace. Pittsburgh Dispatch. A parcel ucet rate of $1.32 on an eleven-pound package from New York to Pan Francisco and of 81 cents from Germany to the same desti nation seems a careful discrimination In pfavor of the foreign shopper. Louisville Courier-Journal: New York has at laat an ordinance under which street cars stop at street Intersections before crossing the street. It Is an excel lent plan, as Louisville and other pro gressive cities know by experience. Advice to Correspondents. Boaton Transcript. If the American war correspondents rvho have rushed to Europe wish to keep right up with the news, they should have their home papers sent to them regularly. Seaae Shlpvlasj. San Francisco Chronicle. It Is an altogether wrong Impression which some people have derived from too much talk about buy ing foreign ships and to the effect that America haa no vesaela at sJL The figures for the world's shipping for ISIS show that we stand ascend In ton nage among natlona. Hare are the leading totals: Great Britain. 19.iO.aW; United Statea, T 8M.5X7; Ger man empire, 4. MS, 096; Norway &2SS.08T; France, X.OKS.0; Italy. 1.4M.MS; Japan. LTS,ITT. Transoceanic shipping figures more prominently la the news Items than great lakes and coastwise trade, benoe the mistake ao often made by those who talk at large, TART TRIFLES. "Women sre the spice of llf." ' "That a the time yon sOW something " "And life without spice would be ' "Spice? I thought you said spies;" re plied the man whose wife hsd found a pokrr clilp In hla pocket. Houston Post. "Yls." said rasey, "the simple idjot sez to me: 'la . Cassldv related to yV sea he." "I'M he say thot?" Interrupted Casaldv.' "He did. an" I sei to him. If I fought Cassldy had wan drop o' mv blood in his veins I'd cut it out of him." "Kalx, If I had I'd let ye."-Tlt-BItS. "Some of your hymns are very poor pi.rtry." sld the crltlcsl theologian. "That doesn't signify anything." re plied the clergyman. "We all knew of aome vry fin- poetry that would make exceed'rgly poor humns." Washington Star. "Why o they call that game of cards brldee?" "Well It Is principally a ame of come across.' -Louisviln t'ourler-Journnl. "I guess It Is nothing more' than an Idle minor." "Idle? t guess oot. It is the busiest olf! rumor that ever happened." Brooklyn Life. Mr. K.-i'm certain your butcher 'gives you short weight for your money. Mra. K. Hut consider, my dear, the long wait you give him for his. Stray Stories. "I see now, according to a famous doc tor, that the human family is likely to become a one-toed race,". said the pea- slmlst. "Well, thst means fewer corns, re plied the optimist. A ROSEBUSH GREW. William Struthers In Boston Transcript A rosebush grew, untended, many a day In a closed yard nigh where the town-tide flows, Hidden from city's comedy of showa. 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