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    THK HKK: OMAHA, MONDAY, APRIL 19, 1915.
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE
FOUNDED BT EDWARD RORBWATER.
VICTOR ROREWATER, EDITOR.
Tn Rm Publishing; Compsny, Proprietor.
HFIt Bt'lLDINU. FARNAM AND B"EVF".NTEENTltl
Enter at Omaha poatofflf ss econd-r1aaa matter.
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hnt noth-a of rher.as of adrtra Or eomplalnte of
lrrsularltv In delivery t Omaha e. Circulation
liepartroant.
REMITTANCE.
Remit br draft, etpre.e or postal order. Only twv
rrt etamp re-elvel In payment of ama.ll
eounta Personal rhorka, except on Omaha and aatarn
'.rhange. not accepted.
OFFICES.
Omaha-Tha Pea llmMlng.
Pouih Omaha fill N erreet.
rmmrll Waffs M North Mala street.
Lincoln-! UttI Building.
Chicago oi Hert Mulidlnr
N.w Terfc Room II. tM fifth avenue,
at. IxulsM Nrw Hank of I'ommorf.
Washington 73 Fourteenth Bt.. W. W.
CORRESPONDENCB.
Address rommuutatlona relating to lM edi
torial mattar to Omaha bra. Mltorlai Depart nvii.
MAKCII UKCIXATION,
52,092
St! of Nebraska. County of Douglas, aa.
Dwlaht Williams, circulation manager of Tha Use
Publishing mmin)r, being duly aworn, aaya that th
averaae circulation for tha month of March, 131a,
aa kt.'M..
UWlQflT WTMJAM". Circulation Manager.
Nuhscrlbed in my prsn'e and aworn to befor
ma, thia 2d day of April, IPlfi.
ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Publie.
ClTibT lea ring Iim city tatnporartlf
tUonld tut Tba Be mailed to them. Ad
Ores trill b changed aa often m relaotel.
April It
Thought for the Day
f by Mr. C X Haymmtd
Though m (root (A asorW owr to And tit
btauftftl, mutt emrnf it vithin tf or to Ind
0 not."Enurton.
Welcome to Omaha, brother Nebraska edi
tor!
Tha treat world war ahould ba enough for
DS WIIOOUI Baaing an inauui war v w"r
If our Nebraska fruit crop U not a record
breaker tbla rear. It will not do to put the blame
on Jack Front.
Beside making for public convenience In
automobile parking system enable pedestrian
to visualize the loneoraene of leg power. .
All quiet on this aide of tha Rio Grand.
With beer at "fire backs a bottle" In Matamormi,
there is little prospect of peace on tba other tide.
Manufacturing Japanese "scares" around
Lower California Ik a yellow Journal tpecialty.
Aa isolated locality give a "acara" from a week
to a month' run before a contradiction can- ar
rive. Mayor "Jim" declare that during the Dine
year he ha been In tha city ball b ba sever
beard a. kick on electric lighting rate. My, but
the mayor must have bad hi ear stuffed with
cotton!' ' ' :
The Commercial club announce that It la
trying to arrange for a party of thirty Chinesa
merchants and bankers touring tha United
Date to ;'top off In Omaha." Brush up on
your Chinese!
Bur, It' result w want In llht rate re
duction, and that 1 why tha new rat schedule
should be gauged to a straight-out meter meas
urement instead of a Chlneat-putsle lamp
capacity estimate.
Although the pie season I near the top level
In variety and gustatory charm, the pla belt of
the faithful clings to the "lesn and hungry
look." Who threw the brick into the machinery
of the pi foundry?
Incidentally, la tba registration of political
party affiliations the republican r In
majority in Omaha by About 4,000, which help
explain why democrat ere such nonpartisan
when It comes to a city election. .
And bow 8entor roindexter of Washington
state let It be known that he will eek renomU
nation as a republican. Senator Polndexter I
another of the bull mooaer who swore he
"never, never, never" would come back.
Albert J. Deverldge throb with observation
on war condition gained during his recent visit
abroad. Dut be is careful to avoid predictions,
warned by hi melancholy experience when he
picked Russia at a sure winner In the war with
Japan.
And now we are told there la no longer tho
slightest excuse for any set of candidate for
cfflca to denounce their opponents a creature
of a "machine." But they will keep right on
denouncing. Just the earn. If there were no
"machine" to be "emashed" at each election, the
political game would lose all It test.
Anion tha Omaha peopla who attended tho Chicago
oiicra fcallvat wra K. J. Taylor, Martin Cahn. Now.
ton Rarkalow. Rolwrt Oarltoh, Al Patrick. Frd Nye..
II. W. BrtM'kanrtd. Mrs. John Clarha, Mlaa Mlntla
Rath. Mr. end lira. J. J. Dkkay. Mr. and Mra. fclmar
Frank, Mr. and Mra. E. 8. Dundy.
Mlaa Kclha Wakalay la tack from Chloaso, and
hr trot hey. Mr. l.uelua Wakalay, will probably ba la
Omaha In J una.
An emataur theatrical parfarmanca, Tult." n
put on at Fart Omaha, apacial mention brln niada of
tha parta of "folly," takaa by Mrs. Naaon, and
Kalhar." lakrn If Mra. HaniUloa.
Rav. R. Llnc. tha evnUat. has ralurnad from
Malta county, whera he has bea holding ravlval
auMtlnca
Kotu-a ta tva that tha party that aa ara to
taka tha SpanWl dof laat nlht bad battar lot hlin to
aMOfl. ar thay will haar front Jamea Davla, sut Tanth
;rct."
Mra. William Praaton. Taanty-flrat and iloaard,
,rsia lao ud lrla for dvnwatlc arvl(-e, ltrra pm-
Short Ballot Progjen.
While the whole short ballot program for
Nebraska has not been realized on, a fair meas
ure of progreas may be recorded aa a result of
the recent session of the legislature.
As a start toward abolition of useless offices,
the coronershlp hss been eliminated, and we
will not elect any more coroners- In the direc
tion of merger we bare a combination office of
county clerk and county comptroller, and the
prospective consolidation of all tn elective
office In South Omaha and the Other adjacent
villages by annexation to Omaha. Furthermore,
we hav the Justices of the peace In metropoli
tan cities reduced from six to two, and all the
constable made appointive Instead of elective.
These changes will cut several Inches off the list
of names to go on the ballot, which, by the way,
Is hereafter to be printed In three side-by-side
columns instead of shoestring-fashion.
The only short ballot move that failed
lengthening the terms of county officer to fonr
years failed because of the hoggish attitude of
present Incumbents Mocking It by Insisting on
the extension of their own terms as the price.
It goes without saying that term-extension Is no
necessary part of shortening the ballot, and the
next legislature should be able to accomplish
this reform without the Intrusion of the lobby
of county officers. The part of the short ballot
program which had no attention whatever I
that which would make member of the legisla
ture elective by districts, each with an Individual
constituency that could enforce responsibility.
Evidently the powers that be prefer the present
method of bunching the delegation, but this
reform will be eventually forthcoming.
On the whole, advocates of the short ballot
In this slate have every reason to feel encour
aged and to persist In their efforts.
Clote of the Chicago Hearings.
The sittings of the Industrial Relation com
mission in Chicago came to an end without fully
realizing the promise made for It before Its ses
sion opened. What Information waa carried In
tb presa reports of the proceedings of little
comfort to those who have been hoping the body
might turn up some new furrows. The Chicago
Inquiry developed the fact that certain big em
ployer of labor are opposed to the employment
of union labor. This fact was well known, aa
'were also the several reason given for the op
position, and 1 not of vital Importance to tha
great quest'on Involved In the social unrest of
the day. i
Bo far as It has proceeded In It work, the
commission ha brought out little, If anything,
that I new, but merely give official standing to
knowledge that la of little special value for
mitigating existing social inequalities. So far as
the Industrial relation are concerned, the labor
union know better than any other social group
can know that they must demonstrate their use
fulness to employer a well a to employed, and
that their success depend on tha service they
can give society. Labor union will continue to
meet with opposition, whatever tha conclusion
of the commission may be. This opposition will
continue to serve at a stimulus to greater effort
and better ways on part of the union, whoso
Imperfection are known to their thoughtful
member, who realize they must win out on
their merit rather than on their strength.
War Loam Hero and Abroad.
One of the peculiar development of the war
1 the fact that the government of tba various
belligerent countries find themselves able to bor
row money at come, not only In the amount re
quired, but actually cheaper than they can bor
row It abroad. Practically all these governments
are now floating short time securities or making
temporary loan in our American money market,
the proceeds being put to their credit to be drawn
gainst the payment of heavy purchase of sup
plies which they are making in this country. Dut
the discount and rate of Interest yielded by these
borrowing are greater than In their own finan
cial center.
This apparent discrepancy is doubtless to be
accounted for by several reasons, among them
the fact that subscription to government loan
I regarded la Europe a a patriotic duty, but
chiefly by the condition of exchange which
make tha transfer of actual money hazardous
and costly. If It were possible to borrow the
money' at home and ship It over here freely, the
Interest rate would be quickly equalized, but
there 1 quit enough risk In the one-way ship
ment of the goods that are bought. Thia condi
tion therefore I a purely war phenomenon. It
could not In the nature of thing continue In
accentuated degree after a return to the peace
batl.
The far-flung battle line now stretches from
tha veldt of Africa to the foothill of th
Himalaya. .Shooting ta proceeding la Mesopo
tamia and Arabia, on the fringe of the Holy
Land and along the Dardanelles, exclusive of
th operation In Europe. Beside the ocean
lanes of commerce are patrolled by trade-defying
naval scouts. The ramifications of the world
war are so vast that a neutral power which at
tend atrlctly to It own business without fear
or favor It an object of envy and unreasoning
criticism. ' 1
Th unfathomed depths of cautious conserva
tism are sounded by the terms of th Torrens
land and transfer bill passed by the legislature.
Its adoption In any county 1 conditional on a
referendum vote, and, In event of approval. In
dividual citizens bav the option of using It or
sticking to the old. Thus the citizens' right of
selection Is affirmed and no one' business Is
disturbed.
The Japanese emperor defers his crowning
vent to November 10. three year and three
month after ascending th throne. 8evn
month' time, a prediction go, allow a large
margin for peace negotiation and give allied
monarch an opportunity to sweeten their con
gratulation. Meanwhile the committee of ar
rangement will have sequestered th necessary
China.'
Th Lincoln Journal declare that we ahould
have partisanship In city election, only th mu
nicipal party ahould have no connection wttn
party alignment for state and national politics.
The nonpartisans want merely to form a party
for each successive election Instead of taking ad
vautage of the putties already at hand
The Political Caldron
TUB polltk-al hoata irt ettln ready for tha fracas
whkli will N on between now and the ctty elec
tion en May 4. The alt nation simmers down to this:
Fourteen men aaplra to acren poaltlona aa city com
mlseionera. all pi paying- tt.ftO a year and tha
aeventh. that of mayor, paring tc.ngt a year. Each of
the fourteen wanta to) land. Seven ara doomed to dla
appolntmnt. The contest further reaolvea Itself Into
a fight between the tna now aervtng aa commlsalonora
and the outa who would Ilka to get In.
Tha campaign la taking on aome life. There waa
complaint hecauae of unuaual ennui, an apathetic
political feeling In the community. Voters within tha
next two weeka majr look for soma pyrotechnlca.
Spring time la here and with It there cornea tha pep
and a dealra to get out and do thlnga. In fact, tha
alx antla. Zlmtnan, Kackett, Metcalfe, Drexel, Sardine
and Lajnoraaux, have already been busier than
beavera to reconcile themselves to a platform. They
took off their coal and went at tha taak as If It meant
Ufa or death. They didn't mlaa much In their platform
If elected, they will reorganlaa tha police department
and health department, catabllah a new garbage aya
tern, enforce tha Riorum law to the hilt, chaaa mu
nicipal ownership, physical valuation, more etreet
lamps and lower light ratea and a few other thlnga.
Quite a man'a-also Job, this. Nothing to ba eneesed
at They declare they will rout tha forces of evil aald
to dominate thia fair city. If any forcea of evil wait
around for Mlater Hilly Sunday to put on tha finish
ing touchea to this wicked old town.
The six antla are going to have a campaign com
mittee of flteea and an honeat-to;oodneaa manager
and will hold meetings and distribute pictorial recom
mendation of themselves. Th "square seven" say
the antla have nothing on them when It cornea to
putting out pictorial presentments. Thia carnival of
pulchritude promisee to enliven the attuatlon. The
"Ina" may aJao hav a general manager for their
campaign ahould It look aa if they need outside help.
Laat week the republican threw a little scare Into
th democratic camp when they announced a maaa
moetlng at Washington hall. "How dare you Inject
partisanship into local affairs T This la a nonpartisan
fight. J low flare you ba ao Impudent V naked the
democrats. But tha republlcana went tight ahead and
held an old-fashioned harmonloua confab Saturday
evening and declared that partisanship in all human
activities yields the beat results; that th pretended
nonpartisan la a sort of aptnaless, phlegmatic, milk-and-water,
opinion-bereft, lack-luater Individual whoa
Influence In a community may be expressed by the
mlnua algn; ergo, we will have partisanship, demo
crats to the contrary notwithstanding. "What are
you going to do about It," asked the republlcana. It
haa tha effect of Infusing fresh Ufa Into tha campaign,
even If It ahould atop right there, but tha republlcana
aver they are going through with It. They expect
to hold a few republican meetings and talk right out
without any excuae for upholding the grand old
party that gave ua all tha progreaa and prosperity
wa ever had. Cbaer up, ye faint-hearted; all Is not
lost!
Soma of tha nonpartisan democrats say they will
not play the gam of partisanship with tha repub
llcana They rise upon their hlghdudgoun and declare
they are actutated by loftier motivea; that they are
exemplara, aavlore of the people, heralds of tha com
mon man. It haa been said that the democratic party
la debating aoclety, but It seems that they have
been losing their debating procllvltle. Aside from
I. O. Dunn, all tha dabsters of th party her have
given up their platform frolic.
Hera la another querulous query frequently In
quired: Will the "square seven" stand together tor
the frayf Tha mayor saM a few days ago that no
action has been taken upon this matter. He hurtled
horn from his Missouri font, of youth to look after
his fences, lie was enjoying hlmaelf at th Elms hotel.
Excelsior Springs, when word waa aent him that the
republlcana were dulling their weapon aa token of
war. "I'll see about thia," aald the mayor, aa he bought
a ticket for Omaha.
"What wilt become of Edward Simon?" la another
question aaked. Mr. Simon himself aya be ta a
"wandering Jaw," politically Just now. II iu, hew
ever, maintaining hi sang frold manner and I going
ahead with hi campaign. lie waa noramiUd la th
free-for-all by a handsome vote by no nrsana a tall-ander-and
be insist be haa not yet turned l
full speed.
"Stealing political thunder should be made one of
tha high crime. On th tg It mean Tou ir
crabbing my act. or 'Tou are pulling my stuff,' " re
marked the Careful Observer to his pal, tha Oldaat In
habitant, aa they perused the platform Of th antl-administration-candidate.
"I auppoae you refer to th reduction of alaotrle
light ratea. I ace th antla com out for lower "else trio
light rate at a time when they aea Mayor Pahlman
and Commissioner Butler taking up this mattar and
when It seems likely that the light company will grant
a reduction," observed tha venerable resident.
"You got me the first time, Algernon."
"Tea, I do think It I kind of petty larceny for tha
antla ta promise lower electric light ratea I'll bat
you a shilling that th other fallow beat them to It,
whatcher betr
"Welt, I ain't a betting man. but I think you have
It doped otit about right I ahould bav thought that
our friend Mat would hav had better political
acumen than to hav allowed auch a plank to have
gone into their platform, but It I their funeral. I
ain't worrying over their troubla."
But It lan't playing tha gam right. I Ilk to
aa aome rule observed In this platform game. There
ahould be ground rule and they ahould be ohservod.
Haven't w any ethic In eur politic?"
"I dunno."
Thea are th day of political pUU forms. A plat
form la considered as a pre-election promise: It la
an L O. U. Issued by tha candidate and la redeemable
after election. Sometime these platform ar not
fully redeemed. Tom Flynn. who give his previous
condition and servitude as that of a Journeyman
plumber, but who now answers to th title of ctty
clerk, offer tha following first vera and laat line of
Kipling- "If." nl platform.
If you ran keep your head when all about you
Ar losing thclra and blaming it on you:
If you en trust yourself when all men doubt you,
but make allowance for their doubting, too,
Tf you ran wait and not be tired by waiting.
Or btilng lied about, don't deal In Ilea.
Or. being hated don t give way to hating.
And yt don't look too good nor talk too wise.
You'll be a MAN, my eon.
Mr. Ftynn invite th public to look hi platform
over. II admits It la a good platform and will stand
th teat
Twice Told Tales
laevaelderate,
Pr. Gordon f th Old South Church. Boston, prob
ably ha as lam a circle of admirer as any minister
in that city. Ha alwaya preach t large congrega
tions who ar attracted not oaly by hi personality,
but by hi Intellectual and aometime humoroua ar
mens.
Laat Sunday ba mad aanctlmontoaa, pealm-ainglng.
professed Christiana who hav n real religion la their
makeup a target for hie wit A little boy who heard
htm remarked, after he returned home:
"Mother, I ahouldn't hav thought Dr. Gordon,
would have apoken that way about Christians thia
morning. There might hav been some of them la th
church!" Boston Trauaorlpt-
Ceefal Clvlaa, Anyway.
A certain usher In a villag church had a way of
Ma own of dealing with case of doubtful charity,
relate a Boston clergyman.
On Sunday h earn around with th bag to a
gentleman of doubtful penhaadadne, Thia worthy,
remembering, no doubt, that on ahould not publish
ui l good deeds to widely, eoneaeiad hi donation
In his close-shut fist and reached for th bag, where
upon th collector, deftly withdrawing It be for he
could reach It. aald In a stem whisper:
"tlive l( to me, air. One haa Just com off my
watauoat '"- New York Ttmca.
A tall for Help.
OMAHA. April n.-To tha Editor of
The Boe: I want a man with whiskers
on his faceone who bellevee that work
la no disgrace a man with large, red
hands and freckled brow, to drive the
mulea and guide the stubborn plow. No
pale-faced, cocaine-snuffer need apply,
nor am t looking for a candy guy; for
auch a these the country haa no charm,
so Bend a man with a heavy, brawny
am.
I want no robust beggar from the
ctteets. who shoots wet snipes and
mooches what he eats, whose eyes ar
filled with artificial teara and who haa
loafed for flve-and-twenty yeara. I want
a man who knows ha is alive, ho quits
his bed before th clock strikes i, eata
breakfast with a savage appetite and
tolla the live-long day with aU his
might
No written application Is required;
these stereotyped petition make me
tired; If ha has the sparkle in hla honest
eea, and la fond of taking out-door ex
ercise, he need produce no letter, bring
no friend, hla first day' work will be
hi recommend.
I make thia binding promise In return:
I'll pay him every cent that he can earn,
my wife will boil hla shirts and brush
hla clothes, and tie his tie when h
-courting; goes. She'll . arrang hi
room with true, artistic skill- saw-duet
cat upon th window sill, a corner what
not delicate and smalt, and grandpa's
5leture smiling from th wait.
h'll load th table with the very
beat smoked meats, and eggs fresh
taken from th neat; fried chicken with
cream gravy every morn, that's what my
men must have while plowing com. When
toll la done, on a pillow fit for kings
and a aoft aa th rustling of a fairy's
wings when night, o'er earth a veil of
darkness throws, my hired men tak
nine long houra' repose.
So send a man at once, I'm ready now
to yoke th mule and start th big gang
plow, time halt for none, aprlng hurries
on its way, I must hav help, and that
without delay.
CTRUS WHKAT8TACK, Per B. O. M.
Ss, Hire Hall.
TOPEKA. Kan., April 14.-T th Editor
of Tha Bee: it appear from a communi
cation In your paper of April . signed
hy A. L. Meyer, that th temperance ao
clety of th Methodist church I "the
Antl-Satoon league's fak factory, parad
ing under th nam of," etc.; that It
publicity matter contain "wilful mis
representations;" that It I "mendaclou
and unreliable," ate.
While the temperance aoclety la prob
ably much more friendly with the Anti
Saloon league than la Mr. Meyer, it rela
tion ar no mora intimate. Th aoclety
la one of the aeven general boards of th
Methodist church throughout th world,
maintained by apportionment and re
sponsible to th highest council of th
church the general conference.
It appear w are "mendaclou and
unreliable' because we say that Weat
Virginia haa th lowest tax rate In the
country- If ao, then the census bureau
ta also "mendacious and unreliable," -for
It aaya the tunc thing In It special bulle
tin on "Wealth, Debt and Taxation," re
cently Issued.
Mr. Meyer la very ready to accuse
other of misrepresentation. He la guilty
Of gross misrepresentation himself when
be aaya that Weat 'Virginia Is "broke"
becauao of 1U prohibition law. It la trui
that th deficit for th year 1918 (I am
quoting th Wheeling (W. Va.) Tele
graph), a year before prohibition, wa
greater than the year 1914, which em
braced six month of th prohibition
period.
If Mr. Meyer wanta to debate the ques
tion whether or not th temperance so
ciety is connected with th Anti-Saloon
league, or tha question whether or not
prohibition raises taxes, or the question
whether or not ' prohibition decrease
wealth, or tha question whether or not
prohibition haa proved beneficial and
pleasing to th peopl of K ansae or Weat
Virginia, and Th Bee 1 disposed to open
its column to auch a discussion, our
coat Is oft and we are half-way through
the ropes right now.
DEBTS PICKETT,
Research Secretary of the Temperance
Society of the Methodist Episcopal
Church.
Land for th Lantleaa. I
CHICAGO. April 17. To th Editor of
Th Bee: If ever there wa a time for
a "back to th land" movement it la
certainly now. But, unfortunately, after
ver a century of our publio land poli
cies, th United State census hows that
th majority of American families ar
not only financially unable to buy farms,
but they could not even carry themselves
through to the first harvest Something
must be done to bring th "land back to
th peopl."
Th national and atate governments
should put th million of acre of publie
land to profitable use, ao th peopl of
thia generation can get aora benefit out
of them. Until homestead ed, rented or
leased, they ahould be turned over to tho
national and state agricultural depart
ment to b farmed aa extensively aa
th supply of workers will permit. It
ahould be ao planned that a man could
begin as an employ and gradually work
up and into a farm business of hla own.
For example: A portion of tha publio
land ahould be divided into famlly-alsed
farms, th necessary building erected,
equipment Installed and a man of f un
til y hired to work each farm.
For th first year a small monthly
sa'ary ahould b advanced, and th gov
ernment ahould buy the crop at its har
vest tun value, mlnua the salary ad
vanced and th rent of th farm and
equipment
For th second year: Salary reduced
eoa-half, and tha government only take
enough of th crop to equal th salary,
rent of farm and equipment, and also th
valua of th equipment Th farmer
would now own th equipment
Third jrear: No salary at all. and th
government only take enough ef tho
crop t equal th rent of th farm.
Thereafter the farmer goes It alone,
the same aa any tenant or lessee, until
be homesteads.
The balance of th public land ahould
be, ao far as the supply of workera lasts,
worked by aa Industrial army, composed
ef all applicants, and they ahould receive
a military aa well aa aa agricultural ed
ucation. Th agricultural department ahould
have direct supervision of th publio
land farm wrk, aad th srops and stock
should be auch a could ba used In the
army and other puMI InaOtutioaa, tf
desired.
By some auch plan a th abeve, thou
aand of destitute famllie would have
a chanc to become Independent and
nioM of them would make good. The
Mar s
government would receive a larsa reve
nue fiom th public lands, the unem
ployed would have a chance to earn a
living and learn farm work, and the
peopl of thia generation would have
plenty to eat at reasonable prices.
MAU1UCE F. DOTY", M. D.
pine Avenue.
THE OLD WATER MILL.
SUNNY GEMS.
"This notice of old Mllyun s death aaya
hie widow aurvlves him."
"I suppnee she realized that was the
only possible wsy she had of becoming
hla widow." Baltimore American.
Hostess tat party Doea your mother
allow you to have two piecea of pie when
you are at home. Willie?
Willie (who has asked for a second
piece). No, ma'am.
"Well, do you think she'd like you to
have two plece here?"
"Oh," confidently, "she wouldn't care.
Thia ln't her pie'." Boston Transcript.
"When will the war be ver?" Inquired
the Impatient citizen.
"I don't suproe there'e any Way of
telling," replied the querulous qulbbler.
"When the fiercest kind of fighting wss
going on they said the war had not really
started. Maybe the war is over now, only
they don't know It" Washington Star.
He threw a huge wad of government 2s
on thn table in front of the girl and
grinned In triumph.
"There's my fortune!" he shouted.
Having thrown herself properly Into
his manly arms, eh asked en passant
aa to the source of hia roll.
"Kor the lat two weeks," he responded,
"I worked aa a porter In a Pullman
car." Philadelphia Ledger.
mill.
The fanner's staccato of w heit
screening:
The pound of the bolt, turning
with a win;
The htgh-ounriing hum of the smutler
while cleaning.
Made music sublime In the old water
mill.
The minor legato of frogs In the bayou:
The locusts' forsandoB In chorus so
shrill;
The wren's cheerful ditty, "Why sigh, l
why slRh you?'
Ccticordantly rose 'round the old water
mill.
I've listened for hours at the number
entrancing,
While resting below In the shade on
n sill.
And nowhere I've heard a band play or
a man sing
The songs that were sung 'bout the old
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