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JANUAKY CIIlCX'IiATIOX.
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Thought for tha Day
5cf so? by Sigmund Londtbtrg
Follow thj ttar throvgi Lift' dark thtdovtxd
hollow
Follow that yltam tho never to fahu or far
With all iht might of thy soul linew foliate
Thy liar!
ICobtri Haven bchauffltr.
With a pure measure lumber bill, a pure
Janitors' bill, and a pure sports' bill on the way,
only one essential Is lacking from Nebraska'!
Ilagon of pure Joy a pure politicians' bill.
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It may be gathered from the reams of testi
mony in the case that Minister Sullivan of San
Domingo Is a fine type of the "deserving demo
crat" Mr. Bryan sketched In his political love
letter.
Russia la the latest nation pushed Into the
publicity spotlight as "a champion of liberty."
Spectators at a safe distance are equally open
minded on the claim that Turkey Is the real
'land of the free."
Repealing the "Oregon plan' for electing
United States senators Is not likely. to affect the
main ifteue. The people are now charged with
responsibility for. selecting ; members- of the
United Slates senate. -
Justification for longer hours of voting' is
readily found in the long ballots.. But while
catering to the convenience of th voter,, some
consideration should be given the candidate
Whose agony Is prolonged. -
Cheer up! The country Is saved again. Xr
torney General Gregory has forcibly evicted
"Nolle Contendere" from the precincts of the
mighty. Those who are best acquainted with N.
C. vouch for his offensive partisanship, and his
going feathers the wings of hope of soma "de
serving democrat."
Tbe Cardinal Archbishop of Cologne ex
presses the belief that God Is on the side of the
Teuton armies. The cardinal archbishops of
Mallnes and Paris are equally certain that the
Almighty is on the side or the allies. Pope
Benedict has a more difficult task than Presi
dent Wilson In maintaining neutrality among
his subordinates.
Pool's Mistaken Zeal.
In an ecstasy of official energy, the newly
Installed secretary of state, aided and abetted
by the equally newly-installed, and therefore
also excessively realous, attorney general of the
state of Nebraska, has been whooping It up In
tbe Interests of reform and economy ever since
he took his office. His last broadside was di
rected against the farmers' mutual insurance
companies of tbe state when he declared "about
seventy Insurance companies were doing business
without being incorporated, and were therefore
working In defiance of law, and liable to prose
cution." ,
If Mr. Pool or Mr. Reed had troubled them
selves to Inquire a little further, they would have
discovered that the farmers' mutual Insurance
companies, organized under the law of Nebraska,
are not liable to prosecution because they fall
to Incorporate as regular stork companies. These
organizations being purely mutual, and not op
erated for profit In any sense of the word, with
limited territory and limited liabilities, are not
subject to the provisions of the general Insur
ance law. They all make reports on business
done, and their transactions are always open to
proper Inquiry. Their service Is undisputed,
and their right to operate has never been
seriously challenged.
Secretary Pool may be able to find plenty of
places for the application of his capacity as a
reformer, but he should be warned in advance
that proceedings against the farmers' mutual in
surance companies may render him liable to sus
picion of being concerned la the welfare of the
old-line companies, that are already so well en
trenched in the state house.
It
The President and the Partisans.
A complaint is heard from Washington that
the president's shipping bill has been defeated
through partisan activity. It Is Insinuated that
the failure of this measure to go through the
senate as smoothly as It did through the house
is to be charged to the active opposition of the
republicans in the senate to the program laid
own by Mr. Wilson and bis advisers.
Let us examine the facts a little more closely,
will be admitted that partisanship did enter
to a very large extent into the coilderatlon of
the shipping bill. At the very outset It was In
troduced as a partisan measure; the partisan
support of the president was so thoroughly de
veloped that he positively refuted to permit even
the consideration of an amendment to his pet
project. It was made a party measure by tbe
democratic caucus, which organisation adopted
the president's suggestion and positively declined
to allow any change to be made In tbe bill for
any purpose whatever. This record ought to
fairly establish the partisan nature of the ship
ping bill.
When It finally failed in the senate, It was
because seven democrats broke away from the
party organization, and refused to give their
votes to the measure. The most severe criti
cisms of the administration's course In this con
nection uttered on the floor of the senate, dur
ing the prolonged debate on this bill, were ut
tered by democrats. If the shipping bill was de
feated by reason of partisan activity, that ac
tivity must be plainly charged to the democrats
themselves, and the president must take his full
hare of the responsibility.
Under the stress of a depressed cotton mar
ket the legislature of South Carolina last fall
passed a law prohibiting farmers from planting
more than one-third as much cotton this year
as ne punted tbe year before. One branch of
the present legislature voted, four to one, to
repeal the law. The Incident turns a spotlight
on tne absurdities of freak legislation.
No general election Is contemplated in Great
Britain this year, although the life ot the present
parliament expires by limitation. Aa emergency
amendment to the parliament act probably will
bridge the political situation. British strength
and energy are so thoroughly occupied by army
and navy campaigns that a political campaign In
ar iime is regarded as a waste of precious time
and talent.
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Regulation, Not Embargo, Needed.
Again requests are be'ng mad for an em
bargo on the shipment of wheat and other food
stuffs from the United States. The question ot
the price of food is becoming serious, and is ot
more importance at this juncture than the pro
posed embargo on arms.' While the rise in the
price of wheat and other breadstuffs is in some
measure due to the unusual demand from
Europe, a great deal more of It must be charged
to the operations of American gamblers In grain.
The people of Europe need our surplus grain.
They must be fed, even If we are compelled to
provide for other nations as we have provided
for the starving people of Belgium. This condi
tion we cannot escape. An embargo on wheat
would not solve tbe question, nor Is it likely that
one will ba laid. What might be done would be
the application of some proper means for con
trol of speculation In food supplies.
Anarchy in Mexico at High Tide.
Carransa's demand to the nationa that he be
recognized as the one supreme head in Mexican
affairs marks the swelling tide of anarchy In
that nnhappy country, and will serve to bring
conditions a little more clearly before the world.
The announcement from Mexico that the minis
ters of such countries as are still represented
there have been given Instruction by their home
governments to be guided by their own Judg
ment, means that very shortly Mexico will be
.Without official standing anywhere. The Span
ish note, reported from London, which asks
that tha powers take some action to eatab-
nsn responsible government in Mexico, was
anticipated. This matter will sooner or later ba
brought to th attention of the United States,
and the policy of "watchful watting" will then
be subjected to a wy severe strain. Prevailing
conditions tn Mexico cannot be tolerated much
longer by the civilized world. The day Is coming
closer when some well-established government
will be forced to assist the Mexicans In working
out their destiny.
Pointers on State Politics
Oakland Independent: The present leglelatu.-e
wanta to make a record for economy, which la vciy
commendable. But the danger Ilea In being- niggardly
where a small expense might bring good returns. The
Item of printing, for Inntance. Tha dally r-epeTS have
correspondents on the ground and they send their
papera the titles of bill Introduced. In Borne esses
they go Into some little detail and explanation. Tho
public knows practically nothing of the hundreds of
bills Introduced and will know nothing more until
they are enacted Into laws. Then If the lawa are half-
baked, aa they so often are. .nothing can be done until
another aaaembly undoes the work of the prevloua one.
It would look like good sne to have enough copies
printed to send to all who are vitally Interested.
Fremont Tribune: The new commlsMoiier of labor
appointed by Governor Morehead la not unknown In
Fremont. He at one time had charge of a strike here,
In whlt:h he resorted to disreputable tactics that prac
tically ostracised him. The governor waa evidently
hard preaaed for material. The appointment ot chief
Justice, which has been bo vigorously criticised, waa
an Inspiration compared to-, this one.
Plattamouth Journal: The crltlca don't seem to
bother Governor Morehead In the least In the perform
ance of hla duties. And every day denotes more fully
that no mistake waa made by hla friends tn re-electing
him. Oovernor Morehead has proven an executive of
great ability, and by the time hla preaent term expires
there will be a universal call for the noble governor
'to go op higher," for he Is deserving. Ho la todny
the most popular democrat In Nebraska, and when
the proper time arrives his frienda will not he alow
In demanding hla promotion to a higher position, and
in such a tone of voice that means auccess.
Orand Inland Independent: Steps are being taken
to keep Railway Commlaatoner Hall off the floor of
the house and senate. This erratic commissioner haa
a few Ideas which he wanta enacted tnto law. One
of them ia that he should have a co-guardlanahlp
over municipal ownership and should not permit com
munities otherwise Inclined to do so, to put In plants
If private capital already has a plant established, re
gardless of the character of th service that may be
rendered. Ordinarily the cltlsena of each community
are amply able to govern themsclvee and all attempts
at legislation of thla kind ought to go Into the furnace
without ceremony.
Columbus Journal: Four of the saloons In Colum
bus closed their doors laat Tueaday and put up elgna,
"Closed, Election Day." The saloons keeping open
probably benefited by the timidity of their competitors.
The fact waa that Tuesday was not an election day
according to law, and the saloona that did bualneaa
violated no law. If It were poaalble to done the
saloons by one man declaring an election on a certain
date, prohibition and liquor laws would be useless.
Those desiring to close saloons could arrange for an
"election" of some kind every day, as any citizen has
an equal right to call an election. If they can find suffi
cient excuse for so doing.
Fremont Herald: B. E. Marty waa chosen for the
Columbus poetmastershlp at an election held lout
Tuesday.. It is asserted that Mr. Marty waa never
enough affiliated with democracy to permit of his
neighbors recognizing him as belonging to that party,
and the fear expressed previous to the election that
the republican vote would land him In the place has
been fully verified. Mr. Marty Is a native of Switzer
land, and baa been running a meat market at Colum
bus for a number of years.
Silver Creek Rand: Representative Osterman has
Introduced a bill In the legislature to levy one-fourth
mill on the taxable value of the property In the state
to pay hall losses. Band thinks that Osterman haa got
In wrong. While he was at It he should have Included
losses by lightning, hog cholera and for expenses of
candidates defeated for office.
Edgar Howard In Columbua Telegram: And now I
have had a chance to study Tan Stephens' postofflce
primary at close range. It did in Columbua one of
the acts it has performed In every other place where
It has been tried. It selected for postmaster an ex
cellent man, but one who haa never been known aa a
working democrat All the other candidates had al
ways been active In party affairs. Mr. Marty, the suo
eessful candidate, had never participated In the party
oounolts, although his friends claim that he has been
a consistent democrat for many years. It was a clean
victory for Mr. Varty, "and "T congratulate him
heartily, although my own vote waa cast for another
candidate. X ah all be hoping that his career aa post
master may ba mutually pleasant to himself and the
patrons of the office. He Is qualified by education
and by oharaoter to give the public good service, and
I predict that he will do so. But as to the Stephens
postofflce election plan, I Insist now, as I did in the
beginning, that the plan places a penalty upon por
ltUoal activity, and premium upon political aloth. As
an engine of d em oc ratio harmony It Jumpa the track
at every telegraph pole. A a producer of republican
smiles, It Is a combination of Ice cream and cherry plo.
Aimed at Omaha
A special school board meeting decided to So aheail
with construction of a school building at Twenty
ngtitn and ernani at a cost of fcO, and made
in iu errvi aunuar outming at a eoat nut to
rxc-e-d lll.ous al the corner of Urbteenth end Cas
teller.
Max J. Baebr aad.Mlaa Maria A. gemlaek ere
ui.itetl tn tnarrtage by Judge Wtla.
ine a. m is repairing and enlarging ita in.
Iia&Miiger dupot. A new watting room and accommo
dation for tnunigranU have beaa adde and new
weals placed la every room.
At tbe . curtier of Ntntb, and Leavenworth the
Kchllts brewtrry depot nd warehouse are fast nearlng
completion which will be a distribution point for this
renter of the weal.
W. It bulllns. formerly of Omaha, now of CulUi
rulhe. Mo., la In the city.
Marshal Kills Uirbower. bringing his reappoint
nifiit conuiitiMluD, naa returned from Washington,
looking hale and hearty.
Aanidtant Ovnera! Manager Holdrege and Aaalstant
ritljtht Aftrnt .-Mill 1 h are in IJnooln on some mys
trrlDiia irluiun.
Mr. Mrs. Ltaolei gullivea of 1IU "hiceg
trerl are distressed over the daalk of llielr son.
-vt- J. Kulllran, a pronilaiag young men uf it rra
Bantam siTappera supply a diverting side
show from the tussle ot the heavyweights In
the main tent. Portugal follows Afghanistan Into
the ring, leaving the honors of a neutral Euro
pean audience to Spain on the west, Holland on
the north. Bulgaria on the east and Italy and
Greece on the south. With tha exception of
Spain and Bulgaria,' these neutrals are dressed
for the killing tournament and only await
the cue.
Douglas eoanty farm land at $176 an acre
Is a moderate price, considering tha selling price
of farm products. While the latter will not con
tinue 'at the war level when peace eomea, there
la no doubt that tha returns from Intelligent
cultivation of tha soil will eontlnae enhancing
the valua of productive farm land and hold it
aa the safest of Investments.
Japan's demands upon China, as outlined In
preae dispatches, leaves so little for President
Tuan ghlh Kai to do that be might aa well take
a pension and vote for annexation. The situa
tion suggeets an attempted reversal of the scrip
tural miracle a Jonsb swallowing a whale. '
Albion News: Mayor Dablman la a candidate for
re-election, and Uislcts on making prohibition the
Issue. It's needless to say on which aide he cast bis
lot in Omaha.
Hastings Tribune: That Omaha man who enteral
school at the age of 28 because be could not find work
to do is moving along the right road to aucceas. And
one thing la certain, when he doea get a Job there
won't be any question about his making good.
Kearney Hub: Tbe Omaha Bee makes a telling
point against the hoary folly of having the Nebraska
legislature engaged at every session In the making
and unmaking of charters for the city of Oma.hu.
especially since the adoption of the constitutional
amendment which enables the people of Omaha to
frame their own charter.
Beatrice Express: Hilly Sunday has sent word to
Omaha that he is going to get Jim Duhlman tnto the
fold when he cornea to Omaha. Now it la up to Jim
te attand the Sunday meetings and give Billy a chance,
or atay away and tacitly admit that the baae ball
evangelist has htm on the run and that If he stops
long enough to listen to the still, small voice, he wUI
fall a vtottm to Sunday's eloquence. Wonder what
would happen to Omaha If Jim tied up with Bill?
Dlalr Tribune: Two girls. IS and 14 years, respec
tively, were allow to attend a public dance In Omaha,
The children were unescorted and when the morning
dawned the loving (?) parents reported to the police
that the children were missing. After a search of sev
eral days the tots were found la the home of an
elderly degenerate, who waa placed under arreat
What the Omaha police ahould do is to arrest the
parents of thesa unfortunate girls and have "his
honor" hand them a Jolt of Justice that will make
other careleea parents sit up and take notice. We are
not "buttln In" on the Omaha police affairs, but It
appears that tn the Instance we have mentioned
policewoman would have been a handy thing to have
around the house and would have saved two young
girls from the mortification and disgrace thet will
follow them to their graves.
Ord Journal: Billy Sunday la coming to Omah !n
May to hold a series of meetings ana the town Is
divided against Itself In anticipation of his arrival.
Moat of the preacher are attempting to pave the wny
for a tremendous revival, but aoine of thutn. and there
are conservatives In religion aa well aa In business.
are opposed to clap-trap conversions. Rev. Mr. Sunday
will prove almost as strong aa attraction to people out
In the state as does the annaej Ak-8r-Bea festival,
The newspapers all over the country are giving whole
columns to Sunday's campaign and he le doubtless the
moat advertised man In this oountry. Net even the
strongest Omaha crltlca dans t say that hla visit
there will result In failure. They know from the experi
ence of many other dues that are larger and wickeder
than Omaha that he wul snatch many brands from
the burning and that many sentimental persona will
fall to his methods of appeal. The fact that the
municipal campaign Is coming on In the metropolis
complies. tee matt era. Hume who claim to know aa
positively that Bund ay's campaign of six wke iu
Denver had largely to do with the stats of Colorado
voting for prohibition at Tne fall election. It ia aen
erally understood that the prohibition question will
be submitted under the referendum at the next gen
eral election tn Nebraska. Billy ISundey will have an
influence and the result of his Msv meetings In
omaha will be observed with kea Interest by pell,
ticlsns ss eU as religionists.
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ev riaa for Taxation.
KIXJRBNCE. Neb.. Ken. 12. To the
Kdltor of The tlee: 1 see by the editorial
columns that our senator, L J. yulnby,
nl O. Vando C'owlcs t,f No -d .1- V .
Ing quite a discussion on the single tax
question. I was at one time quite en
thused over single tax, but now take my
ftand for a graduated tax, to be assessed
on all property and discriminate against
none, except to exempt a man who is
worth l-es than TiflO, allowing him to give
One day's labor on the road In payment
for his tax.
Mr. Qulriby assorts In his argument that
this unearned Increment is what he Is
after, and why Is not the purchaser of
land entitled to this mutual Increment
which In made by a supply and demand
market, the same rs any other article
should he sold for? Kor Instance, the war
raised the price of wheat, which wasj in
reality a larger demand for wheat, and
consequently the price went up, and It la
tho same way with everything, excepting
where a monopoly controls the price on
certain articles. But did our friend ever
consider the fact that single tax would
depreciate the price of land on account
of taking away the speculator's demand.
Now, say that It depreciates one-halt In
value, which would be my estimate under
the single tax system'. Then how are we
going to get enough money In taxea to
run the county, state and government If
land values depreciate one-half In value?
And why this tax discrimination when
tho graduated tax system covers all mu
tual Increment of every nature and kind
without discrimination on the assessment
of property, namely, assess all property.
Find out what each Individual la worth.
Have sales or offers recorded at actual
value If neceasory. Bank books open for
the aseessor and so forth. Commence ac
tion upon the man worth $10,000 and scale
It up each tr,000 more with a larger mill
or per cent levy, by the county or stato
under the graduated syttem. In this way
society gets back rart of that mutual
Increment without discrimination upon
any certain kind of property, and It shoul
ders the tax upon the man who can af
ford to pay It. And on the man, with a
few Instances excepted, who earned hi
$10,0(10 without the help of others.
Just Hnothcr word with regard to that
(valuable lot that Mr. Qulnby speaks of
under single tax. It depreciates In value.
Mr. Qulnby may hesitate to acknowledge
this, but the aum and aubotance of all
single taxers Is cheaper land, so the peo
ple con get more homes. Now, under the
graduated system, if a man offera 1230,000
foi said lot. tha owner would he aasessod
on that value, but It would not take away
any value from the lot or no one should
advocate a tax law to take value away
from property that a supply and demand
market has created.
And T assert and believe under the
..-n, ite.1 svatem more tax can be levied
and less chance of property decreasing In
value and no Investor to do nisiuroea,
as under the single tax, as he pays his
tax upon what ho Is worth and not upon
any particular property. No one la to
blame on account of land going up, in
fact, that IS nothing unusual. Just what
we want so that graduated tax I speak
of can clip their wings when tney are
worth more than 110,000. The tenant class
can still get cheap land in the west anu
should not bo discouraged on the single
tax law so their land will not advance
as Mr. Qulnby thinks. The rural credit
hill that we expect to hecome a law nt
thla aesslon of our national congress wi 1
.... formula Question mi
soive wits ivi.oov .- - - ,
more than single tat. Am 1 correct .
The New South.
HAWKINSVILLB. Ga., Keb, 8.-T0 the
Kdltor of Tho Bee: Jt Btrlkes me that
- 1. mivhi y Interested
some 01 your rw i -
lr knowing something or the conaiuou.
In the cotton country as seen by a
"northerner." For the last four months
the writer has been in the "cotton coun
try" and has come in contact in a Busi
ness way with the cotton growers, both
land owners and "croppers" (renters).
If you will take a too at the map of
Georgia you will note that the state has
a network of railroads, as well as many
good towns and large cities. As you cross
and recross the Btate you begin to wonder
what on earth Bupporta so many rail
roads, and who bullda the cltlea. Outside
of the city or village you seldom see a
painted house; all you see along the track
are little shacks. What Uttlo stock you
see Is of very poor quality aa compared
with our Nebraska and Iowa stock. But
after you get down to the grass roots
snd rub up against the tiller of the soli
the mystery unravels. To commence
with, Georgia was a pine forest, and, In
fact, It Is still a pine forest with the
good pines cut down and the poor "crop
pers'" and "niggers" struggling for an
existence among the stumps and stones.
A "cropper" and a mule can "tend"
about twenty acres of cotton, which on
the average will produce about ten bales,
of which the owner of the land gets one
third. The "croppers" aa a rule are a
year behind In money matters and mort
gage their crops, either to the land own
ers, the banks or the merchants for the
necessities of life. They grow nothing
but cotton hence have, to buy everything
they eat and wear, and even feed for
the mule. In addition to the above the
"cropper" haa to buy expenatve fertllixer
la order to grow a crop. Under normal
conditions he can eke out a pretty fair
existence. "Croppers" are about fifty
fifty, white and black.
On the lmger plantations where the
"cropper" system la not used, they de
pend on the negro for their help. A
negro Is paid from 110 to 0 per month
and furnished a shack, called cabin, to
live In. After buying clothing and the
necessities of life for himself and family
the mtgro can apend the balance of bia
salary (?) for "Kenesaw" (home distilled
whisky).
iOven with. the low price of cotton the
land is paying the land ownera big re
turns on their Investment, but Instead of
adding to the comfort of their "croppers"
snd to the beauty of the oountry by dot
ting the fields with white houses and red
barns, the money Is spent building cities.
That there are better days In store fbr
the south there can he no question. The
whites are now slaves as well aa the
blacks. Tbe one-crop (cotton) system la
much to blame for the present condition.
Ths war and low price of cotton la going
to bring about a change, and any change
will be fur the better. Land owner are
beginning to realise that other crops will
have te be grown, and that the atock ?
the country will have to ba improved and
added to. The press of the stale U doing
splendid work la biasing the trail. The
effects of the rural route and better
schools are being felt, and ths younger
generation will demand better things.
There ia a something sbout the south
(hat you cannot help but admire. Whether
I'. Is most their courteous manners, their
mild climate, their beautiful women or
their slighting Hk "It." I cannot sav.
hut there Is a something, "tha sho Is."
A. K. KVIAi.
molar's sermon Methods.
OMAHA, Feb. l.-To the Editor of The
Hee: A number of your readers would
he gratified If you would reprint the ar
ticle In the New York Times of January
.11. showing one of the methods by which
the 'so-calkd "e sncellst." Sunday, pro
vide himself with material for his so
called "sermons."
Mr. Sunday's defense of his predatory
practice Is simple hut enlightening. He
explained to the interviewer that "nearly
all of his sermons were written from
material sent him from persons, many of
whom he did not know." "1 get hun
dreds of clippings during every campaign,
and whenever 1 see anything that looks
good I tuck' It away for reference. Kvery
speaker does that. . Why, I've had a
whole bunch cf fine sermon material and
Illustrations come to me since we've been
In Philadelphia."
How easy! What a lesson In resource
for his clericsl admirers, especially those
w hose mental supply la not equal to the
weekly demand! And so convincing, too.
when you compare the text of, say hia
Beaver Falls address fthe one cribbed
from Ingersoll), with the usual profane
rubbish of hi every-dny harranguea as
different as light from darkness and In
gersoll an atheist at that! Trobably the
clever Mr. Sunday failed to realize how
well known was the Irreligious gentle
man's graceful writing, or he would not
have "tucked awny" such a wholesale
lot of It. The hulk of his address and
that of Ingersoll were printed In columns,
side by side, and were practically word
for word identical. The wonder Is that
such glaring Instances as this one are
not more promptly and generally ex
posed; they would be If Sunday's Im
mense audiences should but contrsst hia
natural outbreaks with his polished ut
terances of special occasions.
The New York writer who shows him
up. Inquires "whether a man who steals
the products of another man's brain Is
any lees a thief than a man who steals
his pocketbook?" This is a very apt ques
tion, which should be referred to the
clergymen who have arranged to turn
the city over to Mr. Sunday'e elevating
ministrations about as elevating and
much tho same In after effect aa tho
"voodoo" hysteria, once so prevalent in
the south.
I thing you would be doing the public
a service If you would consent to reprint
the Instructive article above quoted from
the New . York Times. A.
stock in my
American.
declaration." Baltimore
THE STAR-SPANGLED BANNER.
Bet fey Ross In New York Post.
Adapted for British use and respectfully
dedicated to the British admiralty.)
Oht sav. can you see br the dawn's early
light
What so proudly we spurned at the twi
light's last gleaming.
Whose broad stripes and bright stars
through the perilous fight
We have always regarded aa gauche and
Ill-seeming;
But the submarine scsre, snd the bombs
In the air
Have made us content thst our flag is
not there.
Oh, my, doea that stsr-spangled banner
now wave
To Insure that no Briton can e'er bs a
slave?
On the shore dimly seen through the
mists of the deep.
Where the ksiser's grim host In dread
silence reposes,
"What la that?" he exclaims, "do I wake
or t sleep?
What flag now the breexe half conceals,
half discloses?"
Now It .catchea the gleam of the morn
ing's first beam.
And Old Glory reflected now shines on
the stream.
' 'TIs the Mar-spsngled bsnner. Intended
to wave
O'er the land of the frte and the home
of the brave."
Oh, thi;s he 1t ever when Frenchmen
shall stand ,
Between our loved homes and the loss
we might suffer. .
Blest w ith victory and peace by our allies
firm stand.
And bv brave little Belgium, which served
as a buffer.
Then conquer we must, for the Yankees
we trust
To kindly forget we are ever unjust:
And the star-apangled lianner we earn
estly crave
May enable Britannia to still rule ths
wave.
PASSING PLEASANTRIES.
"Whnt's th matter with your friend
th re?''
"Oh, he's a politician In hard luck. Got
a confession that no magazine seems to
care to buy." Puck.
"I hinted to Miss Gladvs that I was
In the matrimonial market."
"lli she take the hint?"
"In a way. She said I would have to
go to par before she could take any
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