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THE BEE: OMAHA, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1916. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD ROSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THS BEJE PUBLISHING COMPANY, PROPRIETOR. Entered at Omaha nostoffloe M eeeond-elees matter. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. -J ' By emrriar By mall par month par year . Daflr and Sunday....;,... ..6e C00 Dally without Sunday 46c... 4.00 Evening and Bandar 40a , COO Evening without Sunday. ....... .2fte 4.00 Sunday Bte only tOc t.OO Daily and Sunday Baa, three yaara In advance, f 10.00 Sand notice of change of address or Irregularity in da livtry to Omaha Baa Circulation Department. REMITTANCE. Bereft by draft, express or postal order. Only t-eant atampa taken in payment of email accounts. Personal cheeks, except on Omaha and eastern exchange, not aeeepted. 1 OFFICES. Omaha The Bee Building. South Omaha 1118 N street. Council Bluffs 14 North Main street, Lincoln 24 Little Building. Chicago 818 People's Gas Building. New York Room SOS. 284 Fifth aenn. fL Louis COS New Bank of Commerce. Washington 724 Fourteenth street, N. vl CORRESPONDENCE. Address communications relating to news and editorial matter to Omaha Bee, Editorial Department. JUNE CIRCULATION. 57,957 Daily Sunday 52,877 Dwlf M WUMami, elralatton nuniff, of Th. Bh Pnbllahtnc compaar, Win. duly .worn, nn that th. vra. circulation for th. month u Jwm. 1916, wm S7.S81 dallr and 12,177 Sunday. DWIGHT WILLIAMS. Circulation Manas.. Bv.a.erl.oa' In my prac. and .worn to bafor. m. tMa 1 oar of Jaiy. 1,11. BOBIBT HUNTER, Notary FaMla, SdbMriban l.arlnf tk. city Lmporarllj koaM kan TK Bm mmiUi to tbaaa. Ad' draw will a elumfW u oft.n aa rqu..t.J. Wrtitler Gotch hat suffered a broken leg at th retalt of in exhibition tuule. Gotch't mis take lies in not choosing Lewis as hit wrettling partner. ' Competition (or the prohibition presidential nomination it not at alt brisk. The prohibition crowd cannot be very sanf uin of capturing a majority of the electoral college this im. , The local moisture record shows a precipiu - tlon deficiency since March 1 of more than 7 inches.' The weather man will have to put on a ; little more pressure in his water gauge. ' In its new bulletin, the state railway commif lion lists "two' depots secured without any trouble." If it is as easy as all that, the much needed new Union Depot for Omaha ought to be not long delayed. . , The table compiled to show the- home states of the National Guardsmen called to the Mexican border indicate that no troops whatever have been moved out of Ohio. Ohio is the home state of our new secretary of war. "Nuff sedl" Colonel Bryan's preparedness campaign thrills the Chautauqua circuit of Missouri. The invasion of Champ Clark's district developed no unteemly mention of Baltimore nor an overflow at the box office. The democrat,, bottling of the tremendout growth of the postal savings deposit since the present adminittration took charge, carefully re frain from reminding the public, however, that the establishment of pottal savings was a repub lican achievement. t , ;4.j'V.- -:',-'-!-.-w'v.' The republican big push against the trenches of democracy will begin July 31 and continue with unabated artillery action until the conquest at the polls. Considerations of humanity inspire the advance notice, so that adequate funeral ar rangements may be made, : ' H " '' Note the new school board's general fund out. lay of nearly $40,000 for construction and sites notwithstanding the limitation in , the law to not more than $25,000 for this purpose in any one year and with plain intent, furthermore, that the $25,000 authority is to be 'exercised only in years when no bonds are available. "''( V.-' ' The Bee, some time back, suggested that Omaha go after one of the federal land banks when created by congress and push its claims vigorously. The Clearing House association has taken prompt action in this direction and should be at once backed up by the Commercial club and other business organizations. Whether or not the last legislature boosted the salaries of Omaha fire department employes it question of law, but that the pay of the fire men, and policemen, too, for that matter, should be fixed her in Omaha and not in Lincoln is an indisputable principle of local self-government. Some day w will hire real horn rule in our manicipat affairs. The Successor to Hughes , Si. Lwila Oli.a Dm mat President Wilson's third nomination of an associate justice of th supreme court of the United States, to fill the Hughes vacancy,- causes general surprise. Never since Sewall wu nomi nated for vice president in 1896 has a name been pronounced so generally with a rising inflection. The White House seems to recognise that Judge Clarke needed an introduction to the country and gave out a little sketch of him for the press. Presi dent Taft did not have to do this when he named Hughes. Everybody knew all about Hughes. The White House sketch differs in some respects from those prepared by Judge Clarke for the last two issues of ''Who's Who in America." In the first he told that he was general counsel of the New York, Chicago & St. Louis Railway company and "attorney for many corporations. In the cur rent edition, he omitted reference to his railway and corporation connectiona. He had meanwhile become a United States district judge and these eonnectioni had stood for a little while in the way of his confirmation by the senate. ' All sketches proudly tell of Mark Hanna beat ing him for United States senator in 1903. The two prepared by Judge Clarke mention his ac tivity for the short ballot reform and announce that he was vice president of the Anti-Imperialist league, a youthful indiscretion of which lie is not ashamed yet. The White House sketch alone tells of his advocacy of a 2-cent railway fare in a po litical campaign and of his atsociationt with Tom Johnson and Newton Baker. It alto dwells on th interest he has taken as judge in questioning applicants for naturalization. None of this information, is very helpful in patting on the judge'a fitness for the highest tri bunal But we get a grain of hope from Judge tarke'a statement of gratitude to the president "for th evidence of confidence shown by ap pointing m to such an important position.4 He continued: "But I regard the proprieties as for- dding any further public statement at this time." -here is a promise there that in the fullness of i at th judge may make a further public etate- ant thereby establishing a precedent. Perhaps t will be in response to notification of his con i -vaation. Or he may make an inaugural address . ..r be hat been tworn in. Meanwhile we mutt accept him by faith. , . ,, Pretident and His Postmasters. Cheers which went up from the convention of democratic postmasters, assembled at Wash ington, must have held something of hollowness by the time they reached the White House. Even Pretident Wilton it not to completely infatuated as 'to be unable to gauge with some accuracy the value otyuch demonstrations. However, it wuum dc a Joor postmaster tnat oian c cneer tne candidate from whom he hopes to secure a re appointment. This extension of attachment to the payroll being subject always to the mood of the pottmaster general, who is swift to visit his wrath on an offender, as at least one Ne braskan can testify. But the convention amply endeavored to placate Mr. Burleson by adopting a resolution endorsing his administration as effi cient and economical. If "cheese-paring" is economy, then the reso lution is in this regard warranted. If the pur pose of the postoffice is to serve the people, and not to make money, much of the so-called "econ omy" is really waste. The postmasters will find some difficulty in convincing patrons of the post office that the service has been improved in any quality of service. On the floor of the house, during the discussion of the appropriation bill, the assertion was made that the "slight deficit" referred to by the postmaster general is really $84,000,000. In addition to this evidence of fail ure, the administration of the department has been marked by violation of the civil service law in making "readjustments" on a partisan basis, a course that has been felt in every division of the service. The record of the present administration in handling the postoffice it only one of many reasons for changing control of the government. Foolish People and Firearms. On of the most abused privileges of citlien ship is the right to bear arms. This has been twitted from its original meaning to permittion to pottett armt, which habitually taket the form of "toting a gun." At any rate, the law it per verted to permit dangerout weapons to fall into the hands of persons who give way to impulse and make "front page" stories to shock news paper readers. Instances gathered from the pa pers of the last few days show that this practice is not improving as the race grow older. In sane men are found equipped with modern weapons, provided in moments of apparent san ity, with which to wreak their murderous whims on Innocent folks.- Habitual criminals, whose way of life indicates lack of balance, are almost invariably possessed of some sort of firearm. A splendid service will be performed by whomso ever succeeds in divorcing the foolish person from the dangerout weapon. Norrls' Stretch of Optimism. . Senator Norris is nobly optimistic in his peace visions, but his trust in the future of the American navy involves a terrific stretch of the imagina tion. In opposing the naval appropriation bill, the senator gives it ss his opinion that the end of the European war would see the United States with the greatest of naval establishments, if it does not in the meantime construct a tingle ship. This is on the cheerful hypothesis that the belligerents will imitate the Kilkenny cats, and exterminate themselves. ;' At the beginning' of the war, two years ago, Great Britain, Germany and France, outranked the United States in naval strength. Jutt what force - these nations have afloat . today is not known, but it is known that activity in their navy yards has not tagged. Many warship! have been destroyed, but these losses have been more than replaced by new construction. Knowing this, how can the tenator find justification to warrant his assertion? If human experience it a good basil for calculation, the navies of thete great powers will be stronger in numbers and more to in efficiency when peace comes than when war was declared. It is highly improbable that the story of the Spanish navy in 1908 will ever again be told. And as to the land forces, four years of fighting ended in 1865 with Grant in command of the moat superb army ever assembled on Ameri can toil, while Lee disperted almost a million veterana, under arms, and lacking only equip ment to make them' the equal of Grant's. Peace is universally desired by every man, woman and child in this country, but peace talk is good only so far as it rests on realities. Encouraging for Republican. Reports of the meetingi of republican county conventions that are being held throughout Ne braska are uniformly encouraging in reflecting the alertness of party workers and the accomp lished reunion of the previously discordant ele ments. In the nature of things, conventions with nothing to do except to reconstitute a county committee and name a delegation to a atate con vention, likewise with nothing to do, are hardly expected to exert great drawing powers; yet the interest manifested everywhere in these meetings is proof that we have done with republican cam paigns going by default and that the leadership of Hughes as the national standard bearer may be depended on to recruit the full party strength and marshal the old-time hosts in Nebraska for election day in November. ,, i . ". Sharks and the Submarines. Exciting and tragic tales are coming from the Atlantic coast, where the summer pastime of bathing haa been much interrupted by an incur sion of man-eating sharks. These voracious rep tiles, fish or beast call them at you like, for they partake of characteristic! of all three have been the death of several bathers, and terrorized mil lions to they will not approach the tea to awim or paddle. Some little speculation has been in dulged as to the why and wherefore of this sud den appearance of tharkt where none existed be fore, and a few tpeculatort have undertaken to connect them with the war. The fact may not comfort their victima any, but the thark of the preaent day it one of the oldest inhabitants, com ing down in an unbroken line, and with no im portant structural change, from the Mesozoic age. The shark of the Paleozoic died with hit geologic division, but hit detcendant has found conditions quite to his liking ever since, and is ably keeping up the family record for custedness, a record that extenda over the lapse of tome mil lions of years. It is not fair, therefore, to accuse th shark of today of being stirred to activity by the submarine, nor to ascribe hit savage vo racity to any newly acquired taste for human food. He is juit a left-over reminder of the days when the big fish ate the little and didn't make so much palaver over it as pertains in polite ciaclei today. i iohav Thought Nugget for the Day. It is not the motive, properly speaking, that determines the working of the will; but it is the will that imparts itrength to the motive. As Coleridge says: "It is the man that makes the motive, and not the motive the man." James McCosh. One Year Ago Today in the War. Russians checked the Teuton advance from the northward of Warsaw. Rome reported that the Italians had pierced the Austrian front of the Isonzo in three places. Heavy fighting on the Narew between Rozhan, Pultusk, and Novo Georgievsk. This Day in Omaha Thirty Years Ago. W. C. Burnham, traveling representative of Max Meyer Si Co., was quietly married in Des Moines to Miss Cora Bojrer. Architect Voss is drawing up plans for a block of five tenement houses to be erected on Nine teenth and Davenport by Mrs. Koenig. Miss Julia Rosenthal of Chicago, ia viaiting her cousin, Mrs. A. Mandelberg. Messrs, Block & Heymann will open a first class clothing store at 406 North Sixteenth street, Estabrook block, on or about August 15. Mr. John Jobe of Placer county, California, is in the city visiting his sister, Mrs. V. D. M. Mackay. The following Omahans have left to attend the National Saengerfest in Milwaukee: Julius Meyer, War on our -.ay r. WiKwaufre. -jj . i G. R. Engelmann, F. Sindoll, W. Boehle and Christ Wuetrich. S. P. Rounds, one of the purchasers of the Republican, is looking over the ground opposite the Dr. Mercer residence with a view to purchas ing a lot and erecting a fine new residence. The ground in this part of the city sells for $6,000 per acre. Where They All Are Now. M. H. Collins, member of the fire and police board, is selling fire hose and equipment out of Chicago. Mrs. Wegia Hope Halt Tracy, one of the founders of the Omaha Woman's club, lives in a Boston suburb. Homer P. Lewis, once principal of the Omaha High school, is superintendent of instruction at Worcester. Mass. Harry Wilkins went over to Chicago when the Cudahy office force was moved and U still there and on the job. Today in History. 1808 Joseph Bonaparte entered Madrid as king of Naples. 1832 The Asiatic cholera made its appearance in Boston. 1838 Augustin Daly, celebrated dramatist and theatrical manager, born at Plymouth, N. C Died in Paris, June 7, 1899. 1861 The thind session of the Confederate states congress opened at Richmond. 1866 First naval engagement with ironclads: Italians defeated by Austrians near the island of Liss a, in the Adriatic. 1870 Wurtemburg, Bavaria, Baden and Hesse Darmstadt declared war against France. 1877 Turks twice repulsed by the Russians in the fighting before Plevna. 1885 The trial of Louis Riel, leader of the rebellion in the. Canadian northwest, began at Regina. 1886 William, E. Gladstone resigned the Brit ish premiership in consequence of a majority against his Irisji home rule bill. 1896 The trial of Dr. Jameson and his fellow raiders in the Transvaal was begun in London. 1898 General Leonard Wood was appointed military governor of Santiago. 1903 Poe Leo XIII died in Rome. Born at Carpineto, March 2, 1810. This Ia the Day We Celebrate. The late Frank Colpetzer was born July 20, 1843, at Sandusky, O. He was one of the pioneer lumbermen of Omaha, havina been in business here since 1876. He served in the legislature for one term and was also government director of the Union racihe for one term. W. S. Wright, treasurer and manager of the Wriirht & Wilhelmy comoany. is iust-6i. He was born at Portage, Wis., and began to earn his liveli hood as a tinner. He has been president of the Commercial club and president of the National Hardware association. . Frederic J. Stimson. American ambassador to Argentina, born at Dedham, Mass., sixty-one years ago today. Westel Woodbury Willoughby, Johns Hopkins professor, who recently succeeded his twin broth er as legal adviser to the Chinese government, born at Alexandria, Va., forty-nine years ago to day. William Franklin Willoughby, Princeton pro fessor and late lenal adviser to the Chinese ffovt- ernment, born at Alexandria, Va.. forty-nine years ago today. Dr. Richard H. Creel, noted for his work in the government service in suppressing the plague, born at Blackburn, Mo., thirty-eight years ago today. Talcott Williams, dean of the School of Journal ism of Columbia university, born at Abeih, Tur key, aixty-seven years ago today. Howard Thurston, celebrated professional magician, born at Columbus, O., forty-seven years, ago today. Frank P. Walsh, chairman of the United States commission on industrial relations, born in St. Louis, fifty-two years ago today. Michael J. Gibbons, well-known middleweight pugilist, born in St. Paul, twenty-eight years ago today. . Timely Jottings and Reminders. Plans for the republican national campaign will be discussed by the campaign committee at its first meeting today in New York. The annual wage scale conference of flint glass manufacturers and their employes is to begin its sessions today at Atlantic City. A national "sociability" automobile tour is to start from St. Paul today, with the Yellowstone National park as its objective point. The eighteenth annual meeting of the Minne sota Baptist Summer assembly will convene at Lake Minnetonka today for a ten-day session. The first submarine built in the United States for the Spanish navy is scheduled to be launched today at the yards of the Fore River Shipbuilding company at Quincy, Mass. A woman s service camp, similar to that re cently held in Washington, is to be opened at Fort Lawton barracks today under the auspices of the Seattle chapter of the American Red Cross. Meeting at Pittsburgh today are the annual conventions of the American Society of Ortho dontists and the American Academy of Oral Prophylaxis and Peridonology. Story-ette of the Day. . A peaceable looking Irishman bad been brought Into a suburban police station on some petty charge. He pleaded innocence. ' 'Ia there anybody here who can vouch for your respectability?" said the examining officer. Patrick singled out the head of the small police force. "He can he said. . "Me," exclaimed the policeman. "Why I don't know the man." "Exactly," said the accused. "I have lived in this place twenty years and the police don't even know me, so I can't be such a bad lot." New York Timet. Champions One-Plece Bathing Suit. Omaha. July 19. To the Editor of The Bra: The latter written by Lynn Glyman, under date of June 14, wm sent to me yes terday. I presume the tender intended to teue me. However, that is something X have been interested in for the last two years ever sine I learned the comfort and value of the one-piece bathing suit. To begin with, swimming ia a splendid exercise of great benefit to women. I have known several of my own friends whose health was greatly improved after they be came efficient swimmers, especially women who arc indoors working daring the long hot days should have some special exer cise during the summer to keep them well. For that reason alone, those who care at all for the water should be taught and en sou raged to swim well. Many of us do not know the difference between the crawl and a far.ee, as our champion, Lynn Olyman, so scathingly says, simply because they have not had the opportunity to learn. Until lately, the feminine bather was weighted down by ,fu)l bloomers, stockings, garters (usually worn about the waist) heavy waist with full sleeves and an addi tional fall skirt In some instances even a corset a combination difficult If not im possible to swim in and all to save the masculine eye. The one-piece suit Ws been endorsed by physicians and instructors and by good swimmers. The only argument against it is the one offered by Lynn Gly man that of offending the men. I would suggest as a solution of that prob lem, that each sensible man see to It that lathe women of his family who care . for It are given a chance to become swimmers, tnen the men league together and when they see some masculine beach nuisance laughing at a woman, they quietly but effectively punch his head in that way wisdom will be spread among the stronger sex and much good will result. I would like to see the city offer prises or conduct some sort of a swimming con test for women something to stir up real enthusiasm for the oport that will help abolish the bathing suit spooners which are a disgrace but cannot be blamed entirely on either sex. To sum it up, education will cure many evils, and anyway In suggesting dress reform will the good mayor bear In mind the numerous weird shaped male poaera who certainly infest all beaches and look as funny as any woman I ever saw. The great complaint of the shocked men seems to be: "So many girls have such poor figures." D. R. Turn About That's All. Council Bluffs, Ia., July 19. To the Edi tor of The Bee: Do you presume it will be as hard to confirm the nomination of Judge Clarke, corporate counsel, as it was the nomination of Judge Brandeis, free thinker f Funny, eh, Mr. Wilson, White Home ten ant, defended his appointment of Judge Clarke almost before his signature on the appointment had dried. Of course, the "sys tem" didn't want this appointment, cause, don't you know, Mr. Clarke, once upon a time, advocated 2-cent fare. A better de fence of the appointment would have been, the people got last appointment, corporation entitled to this one their turn. J. H. J. BLACK. . Echo of Old Prohibition Fight. Ogalalla, Neb., July 18. To the Editor of the Bee: Caleb Powers was the leading attraction at our Chautauqua tent and talked one hour and a quarter, giving a very graphic account of his long struggle through the courts of Kentucky for his life and lib erty, under the charge of the Goebel mur der; three times he was found guilty, twice sentenced to prison for life, and once sen tenced to be hung. He very ably defends himself before the bar of public opinion, and I do not suppose a single person in the au dience believed him guilty of the charge in the remotest degree. However, he made One statement which X would like to see publicly contradueted. In his general aratgnment of crooked politics, he intimated that the record of our own state of Nebraska was not entirely spotless, that one John Powers, a candidate on the populist ticket, had received a majority of the votes cast for governor, but was not permitted to occupy the governor's chair. Now, Mr. Editor, In order to keep the record straight and for the good name of this common wealth, will you kindly place the facts be free the readers of The Bee, and correct a wrong 'Impression which has been put forth In so public a manner. EDWIN M. S EARLS. Note by Editor: This goes back to the much disputed election of 1890, in which the prohibition amendment was defeated and the defeat charged by the prohibitionists to inflation of the vote in- Douglaa county. The candidates for the office of governor and the votes they received were: L. P. Richards (republican) fi,87S J. E. Boyd (democrat) 71,331 John Powers (peoples Independent) ..70.187 B. h. Paine (prohibitionist) S.67S Contest talk was started by the populists on behalf of Powers, alleging, among other things, that his successful opponent's ma jority had been secured through illegal voting. Lawyers also intervened on behalf of Governor Thayer, contesting Boyd's eiti enship and contending that he should hold over If Boyd were not eligible. The legisla ture, controlled by a demo-pop combination, also Instituted an inquiry, but nowhere was there a finding that Powers was entitled to the certificate of election. The lawsuif went all the way up to the supreme court of the United States, which upheld Boyd's citlien ship and ordered a mandate issued to re instate him in the executive chair as the duly elected governor. EDITORIAL SITTINGS. Pittsburgh Dispatch: The last of the doien aeroplanes allowed General Pershing has joined the others on the scrap heap, but he doubtless feels the various diplomatic notes furnish good substitutes. Boston Transcript: It Is understood that the New York Guardsmen who raided the Cleveland, O., grocery stores and fruit stands Include a number of hitter critics of Germany for the confiscation of foodstuffs In Bel gium and Poland. Indianapolis News: After the successful torpedo boat was invented It wasn't long be fore the torpedo boat destroyer followed, and now that there are such successful sub marines no doubt somebody will toon turn up with a submarine destroyer. Baltimore American: By way of diversion the crew of the Deutschland, as the U-boat nestled on the bottom of the North Sea un der a hostile squadron, drank French cham pagne. Under the circumstance! punsters will be pardoned for suggesting they were tanked up. Washington Post: With the death of two bathers off the New Jersey coast within the last week from the attacks of man eating sharks, a menanee la presented to the nation's most popular playground such as haa not been previously experienced In the life of the present generation. Springfield Republican: The extent, to which dealers in dyes have hastened to Baltimore In the hope that some of the big consignment brought bar the undersea mer chantman from Germany might be for them Illustrates anew the shortage from which this country haa been suffering. All of these Inquirers had orders placed for de livery aa soon aa possible. New York World: ' An extra army of SM00 men for harvesting the wheat of the middle weal haa already been recruited, ac cording to a report of the United States La bor department. There haa been little of the spectacular about this mobilisation, but It seems to have been efficiently performed. And its work, when all la said, is only lees Important than that of national defense, Chicago Tribune t Congress Is creating ew taxation and raising as additional rev enue nearly two hundred millions. Thr pork barrel graft should be out out with a firm hand. 'Rivera and harbors improvement should be drastically reformed so that it will be for the improvement of rivers and harbors and not of the bank aeeounta of private interests. The present bill for 143. 00,000 should be defeated and an emergency appropriation passed to ears for necessary current work. SUNNY GEMS. "Circumstances alter cases. " "You bt they do. Reduction of fare ts all right on a railroad, but It Isn't in a boarding houne, Boston Tranncrlpt. "Half the office force are In love with my pretty stenographer." "Does it Interfere with their work?" "Oh, no. They re all speeding up, trying to win promotion." Chicago Journal. "I see Smith Is building a garage. When did he get a car?" "He hasn't got one yet, but he's got an option on ten gallons of gasoline." New York World. hM MR KApIBpIE, a KESTAURArJT OWNER HAS LIKE HIS RELATIVES. IF X MAWV HIM HOW CAM 1 KEEP THEM AWW FROM V rWSE? IF HE OWNS A BEStMJRWtr.Ai YOU SW, YH& WKf come to your house! "Do you see that strong, healthy-looking Iran over there?" "I was just admiring his physique." "The doctors gave him up years ago." "You surprise me." Tes: they found out they couldn't get anything out of him." Birmingham Age Herald. Silas fled before his Irate wife, and, seek ing the first shelter that presented Itself, crept under the bed, from whence, after a short time, he peered cautiously out. Seeing hln wife standing near by with an upraised broom, he shouted: "Mlrandy, I think It's about time some body was boss In this bouse." The Christian Herald. "Some of the things you have said de serve to be remembered forever," said the admiring friend. "I don't desire any such recognition," re plied Senator Sorghum. . "The success of a iran In mv position somtlmea depends on the case- with whlrh his evlous olw-'va-tions can be forgotten." Washington Star. ! ih. voHmiH Elk nnrticn are like the men who have telephone charges to loo K alter. 'How's that?" . , "They have to collect those Hello Bills. Baltimore American. "I've got about enough of that scalawag." "Emiv. son. Always try to see some good In everybody." I nave triea. uui n rcin you have to look for it with a micro scope. Loulsvl lie Courftr-Journal. "Bill Jones la no purist about the lan guage." "How do you mean?' "He asked me the other day If I thought we would ever land Improved waterways." Baltimore American. THE PRACTICAL PACIFIST. New York Times. With these warlike preparations. Going on in all the nations, There's a feeling through me stealing that I cannot quite restrain. T was once a peaceful fellow, Heart and spirit sweet and mellow, With no burning and no yearning to give anybody pain, But If somewhere on this planet There's a ship, with men to man It, That Is aching and Is making to blow up my native land. Or If regiments are coming, With their bugles and their drumming. To annoy us or destroy us, I'll get up and take a hand! It's no time for exaltation Of pacific aberration When some stranger threatens danger and the plot of war Is laid. Those who come will find me ready, Will and muscle strong and steady, For a fellow may be mellow and not be the least afraid. I'm for peace, the same as ever, But dear peace and I must sever While the rattle of the battle keeps me dodging some one's lead. 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