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( NOVEMBER CIRCULATIOX.
52,531
Etate of Nebraska, County of Douglas, aa.
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Fubllshing company, belnr duly iworn, aaya that
the averase dally circulation fur tho month of No
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me, thia 7th day of December. 19M.
. . ROHEHT HUNTER. . Mary Publlo.
' ' Riihwlrwra leaving the city temporarily
should have The It malUx! to them. Ad
drifts will be changed aa often as requested.
' IfB to be " White Christmas," all ri&ht.
Now, all together for an early ehori-evlr
finish.
A small tnlte can be made to produce a
mighty lot of Christmas cheer.
It doubtlew Is more blessed to give than to
receive, but also more expensive.
Most of the railroad locomotive engineers
are said to come from the farm. "Safety Irst."
Where Is that old-fashioned fellow who used
to say "cam" for calm and "Sams" for Psalms?
A suit against a railroad for $83,000 has re-
aulted In a verdict for 13,504. Why raise freight
ra'rs?
But would a prohibition on exporting muni
tions of war include our farmers' horses and
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Oh, why should the spirit of mortal be proud
when the flrst-of-the-month bills remain unre
cefpted? Those lions that went on a rampage in New
York were smart enough to avoid the Tam
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- Cheer up. If things seem dull, Just remem
ber that "Uncle Joe'j, Cannon will bo on the job
to liven 'era up in aUlttfe while, ,
.with Ceneral Bliss in command of our troops
on the Mexican border, we are moved once more
to exclaim, "What's in name?" '
Water rates and electric light rates are both
high In Omaha, and no contract obstacle pre
vents bringing either of them down.
Richard Harding Davla lar't saying anythlnB
now or rather he la saying nothing in ft somewhat
different way.-t. Louis Times, i
Zing! - There's a diim-dum for you.
WssasaaaanaMeaHBaaaaB-
Still, Inasmuch as Secretary Bryan has not
been able to control his daughter, it is a trifle
far-fetched to hold hlru responsible for his aon-ln-Ww.
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Don't save half-worn and out-of-style clothes.
Give them to the needy, and buy new ones for
yourself, for you wtfn't wear the old ones again
anyway. : .
It Is illegal to whistle on the streets of cer
tain Russian towns; Yet when ft fellow finds
the lid down tight what else can be do but
whistle? - v
While too early to say much about presiden
tial nominees for 1916, the' mere mention of
such names aa Hughes. Whitman. Herrlck and
Ooethals suggest that the G. O. p. must have
survived Armageddon in tolerably good shape.
Former President Taft is doubtless correct
in saying -that better means should be devised
for compelling the states to heed and nupport
our treaties with other nations, and yet even of
more Importance would be a provision for com
pelling nations to observe their own treaty obligations.
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' The sworn declaration of the Chicago convict
that Omaha is one of the few cities where no pro
tection is afforded, is not only a tribute to the
Omaha police, but a knockout to the graft
ktorles that the fakers like to circulate. It will
not. however, atop the local yellow Journals from
cc attuning to aprcad their fictions.'
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ZdUssy
The thermometer at Has Meyer", More at mid.
Jiifht rtKibtered 13 degrees blow aero
The mow plows, for the first time thia winter
were attached to the a. reel cars. The anow had be m
Hewn by the furious wind tn large drlfta ov.r the
rHa In muny pUrta. ,
The ml.Hlou school at Kouit'eenth and Leaven
worth U li.vltln Chru-tmaa offrrtntf. la the form t,f
artirlea of elothli.tf for oor children to be left kt
I. W. Mrri-lll'a eiore. 101J Jlitriicy.
The ilu.iraJ Vnlou or-.htra diatlns-uivhed ltalf
In. a ixmcrrt siven at Turner bail uder the leaderalun
ft Frof. liofrmao. A taJtlti feature cf the prosra.
waa t)i atrlnrd quartet. In which ilr. SaUer. the
wtil known vlolinUt, reaiiared In Omaha, ind Un
1'uImM cuiilribuud e recliatlon.
J. I 1'arnialre of 1'ay nevtlle, O.. iuid Jam-a
Fn.-lhy. brother t,f P. P. fei.elby of the Union Paclttc.
from the a.m. city, re at.pl. over in Oman f r
a f-c Ji.y on tl,-ii y home fruin Lua Angelea.
v. J. H tctweiler of tt.e Lutheran church
P . .!.ed t.n the trt "Kgncr," li.lr.r thi. h.-liiiy
fca'.it for aa atsuirwut nmti InUiuuvrauve.
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Yet Orabbino; Not in Ftot.
Official circles In Illinois are undergoing a
far-reaching disturbance caused by ft court de
cision Just rendered declaring unconstitutional
and Illegal the grabbing- of hundreds of thou
sands of dollars by county treasurers as pre
tended foes for collection of the inheritance
taxes. For more than twenty yeare, it seems,
the treasurer over there have been holding out
as their own 2 per cent of all the money taken
In from probated estates, which for one Incum
bent's term In Cook county amounts to over
$100,000, to be recovered back from him or bis
bondsmen.
Now, th moral to the public is not that this
graft has been going on, but that it is now to be
stopped by construing the section of the con
stitution, which declares treasurers shall be
paid salaries fixed by law, to mean what it says.
If this case had come up ten or fifteen years ago
we have no doubt hair-splitting lawyers and
technicality-hunting Judges would have found
a way to help out the fee-grabbers, and let the
taxpayers bold the sack. But fee-grabbing is
no longer In favor anywhere no more so In
Illinois than it is here in Nebraska and public
officers who have their pockets lined with
mon'ey that does not belong there., will do well
to read the eigne of the times and put it back
as fast as they ran. . ,
Eating to Music.
War has been declared in Chicago on the
cafe and restaurant dance and the people are
rapidly taking sides. Mayor Harrison, heading
a strong column of generous-spirited souls, de
fies the enemy to do its worst.
"They'd be burning witches at the stake if
we could move back a century or two, these
folks who denounce the dining room dance,"
says the mayor.
, Well, there is no end of defense that might
be made for eating our meals to music and
dancing is music some dancing. Dr. Johnson
said that "a man seldom thinks with more ear
nestness of anything than he does of his dinner."
Any little levity that leaves ft good taste, then
ought to be exactly the thing for him. It would
seem. True, as Shakespeare put it, "Things
sweet to taste prove In digestion sour," pnly
Shakespeare should have added "sometimes."
Eating one's dinner to the tune and grace of
high kicking is certainly not going to give one
indigestion, especially If one is rather well along
In life, where one's digestion calls for artificial
excitement. ' ' .
Of course, some folks are so far gone with
crabbedness that even comely maidens' dancing
availeth naught to help along the food to its
Ood-glven service, but there is no use deciding
the dance question one way or the other with
reference to them. (
Some ha meat anrt canna eat,
And some would eat that want It;
But we hae meat and w can eat,
Pa let tha Lord be thanklt '
Perhaps, afte- all,, one way to settle this
caie dance matter would be to submit It to ft
vote of the patrons of the dance cafe. Besides,
there are restaurants that do not have dancing
on the bill ef fare. x
. The American Langtmge.
Much good may come out of the national
council of teachers of English" to devise wave
and means of Improving our American enuncia
tion, pronunciation and "artful use of the verna
cular." For there is much that needs to be done
along this line. Again our critics abroad 'are
after us with the time-worn stricture that
"among civilised folk Americans have the least
agreeable speaking voice." If that Is true, If It
is even half true, why, of course, as a natural
race of leaders, content only with tha best, we
must overcome It. . . '
One gets an interesting, if not always ac
curate, view of himself reflected from the eyes
of others. Jle xnuBt allow for faulty vision and
yet he does himself Injustice who does not aeek
to profit by honest criticism. 'So Americans will
sit down once again and. patiently listen to what
even their bellicose European friends have1 to
say about the defects of their speech and the
weak spots in their culture, albeit they smile
as they listen. For when it cornea to genuine
culture, the peace-loving Yankee is apt to prefer
his old fogy habit of murdering the queen's
EngllBh, to the spirit that has plunged other
peoples of culture Into the mad act of murdering
each other. (
For the time being, perhaps the study of
comparative oulturea may as well be deferred.
Let us look simply at the merits as they ap
pear on the surface. Americans are a big people,
geographically and numerically. We know that,
however Inexplicable the causes, geographical
lines make a difference In our speech, in our
colloquialisms, our. vernacular. The southerner
drawls his rounded corners, evading his "r's,"
while the northerner rolls bis "r's" around his
tongue, sometimes very harshly, The New
Englander bas his own peculiarities, and so fine
are our geographical distinctions that New York
ers seem to have a language of their own. In
deed, the people residing In San Francisco
actually speak very differently from those In
other parts of California. Doubtless this Is due
more to affectation than anything else, but it
Is true, nevertheless. In the middle west It is
merely a babel of tongues. But now when we
consider our country as the great melting pot
of the world, where streams of every tongue and
nation meet and mingle, la It any wonder that
imperfections of speech exist? It U not, replies
our critic, nor any excuse for delaying the
proposed work of improvement. Very good,
neither, then, mus It be mistaken as an evi
dence of a lack of culture. :
Lawyen and Law-Makinf .
' It used to be said, and doubtless with an
eminent degree of truth, that lawyers had a
monopoly on law-making In thia country, bat
the official roster of the coming Nebrask. leg
islature discloses only tw0 members of the sen
ate listed as lawyers and only twelve members
of the house. Itt other words, out of a total of
133 law-makers only fourteen are down aa law
yers. What may be the explanation for thi
decadence of the legal profession we would not
venture to guess. Perhaps legislative Inves
tigation to inquire into the facts, and make a
report on ,he same, might throw the needful
llght on the subject.
Secretary McAdoo't Intimate frleuds say be
is a very witty man, Sure, he is or be would
never have cracked that Joke about no politic
figuring in the location of tboae federal reserve
banks. .
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Growth of Air Fleets
War Hats th Ras ..
Flarurea ehowtne; the tremendoue growth of the
air fleets of Europe since the war began, and aleo
during the period when hostilities semed probable,
have been mado public In Washington. They repre
sent the beet Information our government has thus
far been able to obtain through Its military and naval
observer, as well as through other source. . Ab
lute accuracy, la not claimed for them, yet they are
confidently believed to correctly show the relative
air strength of the contending powers.
As summarized by the Washington correspondent
of the Brooklyn Eagle, the figures show extraordi
nary activity on the part of nearly all the powers
Involved In the present war In the construction of
aeroplanes within the T"t few month, and a les
ser activity In the manufacture of dirigibles. In the
matter of aeroplanes, tha allies hare far outstripped
Germany and Austria-Hungary, while In the case of
dirigible, Germany and Austria-Hungary have over
taken the allies and are now In the lead, a fact due
wholly to the rapid construction of Xeppellna by Ger
many since the outbreak of the war.
Captain Mark U Bristol, who has charge of avia
tion In tho United States ftevy, presented the fig
ures to the naval committee of the houee. The sta
Unties he produced embrace an aetimate of the num
ber of government and private aeroplanes suitable for
military purposes that were owned In each, country
last March, then of the number which war owned
In August, at the time the war brolce out, and finally
of the number which It believed are In service during
the present month. The figures' Infllcato that the al
lies have a total available aeroplane fleet today that
l nearlf five times greater than that possessed by
them last March, while Germany ana Austria-Hun
gary have a fleet three times greater.
Comparatlre Air Streagrtk.
The figure showing thn relative aeroplane
strength of the allies and their enemies, according to
the very latest Information reaching this govera
ment. are a follows!
' Name. " March. August. December.
Allies m z,700 8.3S0
Germany and Austria-
Hungary CS 1.D0 2,000
Divided among countries the aeroplane strength
of the nations now engaged In tho European war is
a follows:
Name. I ' March. August. December.
Austria-Hungary 121) 400 sno -
Belgium 100 'CO
Great Britain 400 900
France 421 1.400 1,400
Oermany ; M5 1,000 1,400
Japan 11 .... 20
Russia 313 S00 ' 1.000
Total 1JK 4.100 - (.380
Th above figure Include both machines owned
by the various governments and by Individuals. All
private machines, however, that are In any. way
suitable for military use have already been com
mandeered for war purposes. There are certain
omission In the figures which do not materially attsr
their significance. . For instance, it Is unquestioned
that Great Dritain had a large number of aeroplanes
available last March, although none are listed. Th
only country which haa shown a decrease In Its Sir
strength since th beginning of the war I Belgium.
Slow Growth of Airships.'
With regard to dirigibles, th figures submitted
to the house naval committee show a materially dif
ferent situation. Dirigible are not so easily con
structed as aeroplane and for scouting purpose they
are not considered nearly so valuable. Their num
ber Is far lese than that of tiia heavier-than-alr ma
chines. The, dirigible figure are as follows:
Name.;' ' "March August. Deoemoer.
Allies 43 61 64
Oermany and Austria
Hungary 38 4 '68
Given by countries, the, situation with reference -to
dirigible airship U( a follows:
Nam. March. August December.
Austria-Hungary ' t ' ' 8 ' 8
Belgium j ,1 ,,
Great Britain. 1. , 12
'France 2d ' 22 a
Germany 33 ' 40 60
Japan I ,. 2
Russia V is , 20
Total S3 to J3
While there la muoh debate - among military
authorities a to the actual value of aircraft In wr,
these figure are significant in .showing one import
ant fact: That both aeroplane and dirigible may
be constructed and put into, service In ,a short apace
of tlm. Cwptaln Bristol told the naval oommltt-e
that the various power now at war are still add
ing to their air fleets very rapidly. Whereas th al
lies, for instance, have almost multiplied their air
fleet byflve stnoe last March, any suuh increase la
naval vessel would be beyond the wildest dream. It
take on an average of thirty month to build a bat
tleship. An aeroplane or a Zeppelin can be built In
a few week.
Twice Told Tales
HI Ttnisi.
Th small boy cam home from Buaday school
looking so dlaheveled and dusty that th mother had
grave suspicion concerning hi having been at Sun
day school at all. He explained hi diaarray by the
fact that he had stopped at a neighbor huse to
ee soms young puppies and had climbed Into a stable
In order to be able to find them. -
What waa th Golden Text?" inquired th parent.
"Don't worry. You'U get th blanket," was the
answer.
There's nothing like that In the Bible," declared
th mother.
"Yea there la. I guess I know th Golden Text.
Our rlas aaM It over and ever."
To settle her doubt the mother telephoned th
hoy's teacher.
"Harry tells m that the Gulden Text today was.
'Don't worry. You'll get th blanket.' . What doe he
meruit"
With a peal of laughter the teacher explained th
boy's statement, giving th text correctly: "Fear
not. tho Comforter shall com unto you." National
Monthly.,
. Preferred te tttaad.
Herbert Quick, the author, smiled when the con.
vernation at a amokeleat turned te th unfamlllarlty
of th city people to the way of th country. He
said he was reminded of the experience or Sambo.
Sambo, who had lived all hi life in a big- metropo
lis, got a Joe en a farm. Not knowing that the cam
was new to him. T'ncl Josh gave the farmhand a
bucket and a three-legged stool and told him to milk
the cow. An hour later ftambo returned from the
barnyard. '
"l4ok heah. fsoaa." he remarked, with a worried
expression. "I guess I will ,hab to give up do Job
uh mUktn' dat cow."
"What tb matter?" wonder in sly asked Vncl
Jsh, knowing Bossy te b kind and gentl. "Bh
ain't afecred o you, 1 she?"
"She ain't afeeiwd, boss.- answered Bumbo. .
noat pathetically, "but ah won't mind. I tried fe
mo1 an hour, but I couldn't make her act dowa on
dat UtU stool." Philadelphia Telegraph.
, The Hehetke.
A congressman said th other day In Washington:
"The afternoon I went through Carnegie ivac
palace at The Hajru I could hear th drum ba41n
and Uie soldiers marching lea than a block away '
"This -ar U a terrible scours. 1 sometime think
that they wh ran stand up for It are as Insincere
as the woman at the vaudeville show.
"At thia show, when aa oriental dancer came on
a young man Waned forward and said eagerly to a
woman in front of him:
'Would you kindly remove your hat, madam?
"The woman awung around and glared at him
" "Cei taiuly not!" she sid. 'Tou r much too young
to look at a turn li this. "-Washington 6lr
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M'oald Investigate Two .Why
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OMAHA. XW. lll.-To the Editor of Th
Bee: In reporting my talk before the
Heal Estate exchange, one paper quoted
me as stating there waa at least T.ft
wasted by the fire department each year,
but the reporter neglected to add the
words "on account of the trouble shift
ystem." This left the impression that
the wacte was due t.0 the management
of the department and not on account
of the very unfomnate law passed In
130T forcing the city to adopt a double
hlft system which wss not then In
vogue In any other city In the United
State.
I am not at all surprised that the head
of th department, Mr. Wlthneil. should
be Incensed at the Implication that there
Is waste In his department for which he
Is responsible, hut an unintentional error
on the part of the newspaper reporter
doe not Justify him into a wranntl ntJ
tack upon me, every statement of which
is untrue and the llghtest Inquiry or re
search would, have shown hlra that In
stead of supporting- th double shift sys
tem bill In 1907, I wns so active against
It that every member of the -fire depart
ment Including Chief gaiter knows that
fact ' '
In my talk before the Real Estate ex
change urging that body or the Commer
cial club to make a careful investigation
of city finances. In order that the dele
gation may be well Informed as to the
real needs of the city, I laid particular
stress upon the Tact that my remarks
had nothing to do with the personnel of
the present city commission for the
sinecure and needless department of
th city government, if they exist, were
created by statutes and the present city
commission I compelled to fill these
office by law.
I almply wish to call the attention of
the proper civic bodie to the need of the
Investigation at this time. In order that
the Douglas delegation may be Instructed
how to amend th charter to save th
heavy expense for salaries and depart
ments that were created by law. In
years past, but which have proven to be
mere sinecures of political victory.
Theae reform can not be carried out by
the commissioners, but the laws must
he (Amended or repealed at the coming
session If we are to make a more efficient
add economic cltv and county govern
ment The same investigation should cover the
county government. It la pretty gen
erally conceded that the registry of deeds
Is an unnecessary office. The work can
be done by the county clerk.
There I aleo some agitation to do
away with the coroner's office and that
work be done by the sheriff. Proper In
vestigation win undoubtedly disclose
other opportuntre to save thousands of
dollars to the county and city, which we
need badly In our parks, boulevards and
library and other places.
If the newspapers together with tho
Commercial club and other civic bodies
will join. In a nonpartisan, careful and
business-like Investigation into the city
and county expenditures and with recom
mendations to the legislature to enact
measures .carrying out the efficiency re
form such as the legislature is expected
to carry out effecting Us own affairs, I
am sure that Omaha will within the next
few years, If proper and efficient com
missioner are elected, he able to put Its
own' house In order to ' show to Aouth
Omaha.- Dundee, ' Benson and Florence
some advantages to be gained, other thaa
the sentimental, by becoming a part of
Greater Omaha. N. P. DODGE, JR.
Rat Increases.
OMAHA, Do. To th Editor of Th
Bee: Most of us are too busy settling'
the European war to spend valuable time
about our own business, but there la still
a limited number Interested In unimpor
tant matters ilk rat raise and street
car fares. These are concrete things near
at hand that ordinary mortal can grasp.
A part of the Interstate Commerce com
mission has decided that the railroads
are In bad condition and must be allowed
to charge t per cent extra on all freight
or go under. A minority of the commis
sion say not Now here's what we'd like
to know, what do they need the I per
cent for? For a number of years every
body who claimed to know anything
about it, said the railroad were paying
dividend on millions on million of water,
and all th agitation haa been baaed on
thi tat of affairs, which ' haa never
been seriously disputed. So far as I have
ever aeen la print not a dollar of the
water has been equeesed out v A few
years ago the Lincoln Traction company
or Lincoln. Neb., desired to increase a
certain far and applied te the State
Railroad commission for permission.. This
was granted, after a hearing, but th
brainiest member of tb obmmlalon mad
a dissenting report tn which he showed.
and It wAs .not denied by anyone, that
after allowing a coud return oa all their
actual Investment th only way the
raise could be Justified was by allowing
a return on some million of dollars
that represented absolutely no Investment
Ha the Interstate Commerce commission
done th same thing? , '
This isn't any Idle -question.' Nobody
wants te hurt legitimate business, we're
all in the same boat, what hurU legiti
mate business hurts capitalist and lab
orer and lawyer and doctor and editor
and school teacher and eook. Railroad
and street car companies have a right to
a good return on Investment, but you're
never going to get reeple t believe they
need higher rate, no matter what state
and national railway commissioners may
do. so long- as corporation fight to th
last ditch any effort toward finding out
what th real value of their properties
tt. The street railway company of
Omaha come into court and allege that
It cost o much, to haul each paasenger,
but defiantly refuse to let 'anyone know
upon what basis tt figure cast W do
know that it figure, somehow, an In
come on om $10,000,000 or 112.000. 000 of
common stock, or at least th asent for
tha sale ef lu bond so advertise, hut
H refuse to make any showing and in
pit of law looking to that end, no
showing ha beea mad.
What I going to be th result? Are
ww going to get down to a business
basis, or ara w going to return to th
eld-time a turn alia of highway robbery
by f ranch Ised corporation with tho
who know, sandbagged lato ailsnc by
th cry of hard time? It seems to ms
that now. If rr. Is th time to fight
this out If there .has been miarepre
entatlota th part of newspaper and
magaslne writers. Ufa know It and quit.
If they have told th truth, let's not
submit to robbery any longer, but let's
ksow wast I th truth. Any other
eoura mean simply a repetition ef th
faro. If w let th corporations get
away with their defiance, simply be
cause business Is not good. w'tl )mt have
t do tt all over again, and business will
go up "and down Ilk a giant see saw.
With rsilrosds and street cer and elec
tric light companies and gas eompsnlee
and ail other companies msking a good
fat return on eery dollar Invested, there
would be lien of this agitation. With
all Intelligence people believing what they
have heard snd read, that they are not
satisfied with this but are demanding a
return of two to five times their' invest
ment SRltatlon is bound to continue and
business Is bound to suffer. Why not
stick to a demand for tho facts and. do
11 noW- H. W. MORROW.
Calls It Inworthy of' White Mea.
BANCROFT. Neb.. Dec. 20 -To the
Editor of The Bee: Now we find the En
glish calling Japanese and Indians, the
French calling the Kenegaleee and others,
and the Russians calling the , Cossack
horde to help them win from Germany
thlrty-flv square miles, this being th
whole of Oermany's Asiatic territory. The
Germans do not know how to handle such
a situation. - .
The Germans feel that the conduct of
their enemies has amounted to areversal
of the dignity of the white man.Tt seems
Incredible to Germans thst European na
tions should add to the horrors of war
by calling to their aid the MonKollan and
Ethiopian, whose Ideals are low or non
existent who are really worse barbarians
than the Germans have been unjustly
charged with having shown themselves
to be In' Belgium. t has been said that
Germany la dased. It Is not for It is
utterly alert and comprehends the situa
tion aa It Is, but has been almost In
Credulous In Its astonishment at the whole
unbelievable affair.
For forty-three years, although Ger
mans have maintained a large and very
powerful standing army, they have taken
no Inch of ground save through peaceful
arrangement with the other nations, who
have taken their full share of that to be
divided.
The German people do not covot any
Inch of foreign territory on the surface
of the earth. Germany's ambassador said
to Sir Edward Grey that If England would
stand neutral Germany, after its inevita
ble victory over France, would not claim
a hcotere of French territory. After the
Uerman victory, which Is no less assured
now than It wss then, they shall, of
course, consider matters with no regard
for that stiRgestion. for England did not
stand neutral, although that was Ger
many's proposition.
I am especially anxloi.s to emphasise
the fact that Oermany Is not at war be
cause of any greed for anything belong
ing to Its neighbors. Germany was very
busy and utterly contented with It own
affairs when forced into this unjustifiable
war.
As to Uerman cruelties. Incidentally,
why cannot America find a Rood basis
for Judging whether or not the German
nature is capable of e n h cruelties and
outrages, a these charged by passing in
review Its German-American cittsens?
Could such tales as have been told of
Germans be safely believed of them With
out Incontestable proofs? In one sense
the t'nitcd Htates is the largest German
Colony In existence.' In all Germany'
colonial possessions there are but 23,000
Germans, while in the I'nlted Btatet are
more than S.lXW.oro Germans, aside from
Americana of German descent.
, O. It. OIVTHOFF.
SMILING REMARKS.
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Mrs. Borem Wngnt Grade, why Isn't
J'oii brother Georgia at our party, too?
OraiiH leoraie.'s been a good boy all
week, and mntnma sold lie needn't come.
Philadelphia Bulletin.
Marie And when Jack ssked you if
you wouldn't like him to kiss you. your
reply. I hope, was properly scornful.
Kitty I didn't replv at all. I Just
turned up my nose. Boston Transcript.
"How much did he pay for those grand
opera tickets?"
"Five dollars apiece," replied Miss Cay
enne. "He must love music."
"I'osslbly. And on the, other hand he
may have very little respect for five dol
lars." Washington Star. .
"I wish I knew how to get rid of trou
ble." "I'll help you out. I know a fellow
who's always looking for It." Judge.
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