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THE BEE: OMAHA. SATURDAY, JULY 22, 1916. THE OMAHA' DAILY BEE FOUNDED BY EDWARD KOSEWATER. VICTOR ROSEWATER, EDITOR THH BEE PUBLISHING COHPAMY. PKOPB1ETOB. Catered et Omaha .oetofflen aa eMoud-elaa, Matter. . ,, , TSBMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Br eerrlef By null per month per year Daily and Sender.. " Daily without Sunday..... EvontM Mid Jfo Evenin, without Sunday " Sunday Bee on! lOe.... v. A Daily and Sunday Bm, three In adiee, ItS.JO. Send notiee of churn of iMnu or Irreiularlty u de. ll.ery te Oaeahe Bm Circulation Department . REMITTANCE. ! Remit by draft, expreaa or poatel order. Only t-eent ittmji Uk la payment of amatl neeounte. Peraonal ehecka, eieent pa Omaha and tm eichante, not accepted. . : OFFICES. ' Omaha Tha Baa Balldlnr South Omaha ttU N atreet . . Council Bluffa 14 North Mai .treat - Linaola U Liu. Bulldln,. , Chleaao 111 Paopla'a Gaa Bufldtnf. New York Room Ml. SSI Fifth avenue. St Louie .IS New Bank af Commerce. Waihintton m Fourteenth atreet, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. Addraaa eeannranleationi raUtlnf to cm aad editorial matter to Omaha Bee. Editorial Department. , JUNE CIRCULATION. x ' 57,957 Daily Sunday 52,877 Dwiaht William,, circulation manafer af Tha Baa Fubliibin, eompanjr, bain, dulr .worn, eara that tha arena, elreulation for the month of Jane, lilt, waa 17,1(7 dailr and (2,177 Sunday. DWIOHT WILLIAMS, Circulation Manolcr. abeerlbed In ay praamaa and awora to before ma thla Id day of July, ins. ROBERT HUNTER, Notary Pablle. ' Subecribera leavlnf 4k. city t.rapor.rlly - stuM hara The Bm mailed to thara. Ad. clraee will ba chanf acl aa oftaa aa raqu.etae. If the postmasters whom the president has commissioned were not enthuiiastic (or re electing him, he would indeed be in a bad way. II Mr. Bryan will continue with his computa tions based on returns of April primaries, he will figure Nebraska in the republican column liy up wards of 20,000 majority. i , The high price Of paper should stimulate anew efforts to find a process to convert corn stalks : into paper pulp. ' With that achieved, the corn belt states would solve the paper-makers' prob ' lent. ,. . Having bluffed Carranza to a standstill with proffers of munitions and financial assistance, the - administration fearlessly grants asylum to Cipri ano Castro, exclaiming the ' while, "Who's afraid?" . . Having set the example with their "demo-pop" fusions all 'these years, the democrats are in a ' poor position to object to any kind of a ballot combination between republicans and progres sive-partyltes. ' a m eee . ! ' " While the city proposes to put $70,000 into , fire-fighting equipment in 1917, In addition to this year's outlay, fire insurance beneficiaries show no desire to take the elevator for the floor below. All is wheat that comes to the Insurance mill ' , - i , ' Why, yes, the toul collections of three public service utilities In Omaha for three months aggre- gate up in the millions, but so do the total col f lections in Omaha for dry goods or groceries or i automobiles, to say nothing of taxes, for the same months. No growing city without growing buai ness ill around! .. - - : The Women' Christian Temperance union is ' going to send a consignment of grape juice to the thirsty boys on the border. Now, it other i friends of the soldier would counter with an equal number of' cases whose content foam when poured out, we might have a real "wet" and "dry" referendum down there. - - Did, you observe the notice about directing , mail intended for Nebraska soldier boys on the border to certain Texas poitoffice "only a few f miles east of the camp," with the further explana '; tion that "as yet no postoffice haa been author lied for tlano Grand and it may be several weeks before an office is established here?" There's some more democratic preparedness for you I . Omaha'i effort to secure the location of one of the new federal land banka is again to bump up against the competition of Lincoln backed by ' Mr. Bryan, reproducing the same situation that sent the federal reserve bank to Kansas City, leaving both Omaha and Lincoln out in the cold, But, Mr. Bryan is now only ex-secretary of state instead of secretary of state, which may make a difference. An Anti-Gossip Crusade Literary Dlffeet, - "Blacklisting" Business Firms. One of the features of modern warfare that will interest folks who think that battles are car ried on exclusively with lethal agencies is the blacklisting of enemy business, wherever it may be found. This means of stifling the life of an opponent is as legitimate, perhaps, as dropping bombs on peaceful villages, blowing up merchant men, or asphyxiating trench defenders, but it sug gests a refinement of war to which the world is not yet quite accustomed. Great Britain is in a commanding position for the practice of this sort of offensive movement, because of its wide spread domination of the markets of the world, and appears to be determined to enforce the ad vantage to the utmost. Victims of this interna tional boycott will have to submit with whatever grace they may summon to support them, but may feel sure that persistence in the practice will result eventually in the arrayal of such interests as may bring about a readjustment by which neu trals may do business without consulting Britan- A young girl recently killed herself in an Eng ! lisb village. The coroner's jury, however, brought in the verdict: "Killed by idle gossip." The girl - had been guilty of nothing actually wrong, but "the gossip disseminated by the women of the vil : lage blackened her .name until she could bear the ' suspicious looks and spoken taunts no longer, and so she ended her life. The event caused an anti- fossip crusade, an account of which appears in earson's Weekly (London) i ' "A aucietv haa been formed and rules drawn up. the entrance fee has been fixed at a nominal . sum, because the society desired to embrace all classes, both rich ana poor, uur ricner women are iust as adeot at robbing others of their char acter as are the women of the working classes who chat with each other from their respective 'door-steps, v ' "Members must take a vow to avoid either starting or spreading any unkind remarks about any one else, nor will they listen to a person who tries to tell them. To repeat what they have heard, even if known to be true, is equally aa bad as to set the ball rolling. For the first ten breaches of this law a fine is imposed, graduating from a hilling up to the maximum fine of 10 shillings. After ten slips the women are to be blackballed as mcurabiea. , . "If we oick no mud and throw it at a fash ionably dressed lady and spoil her clothes she can get redress through the law; no well-brought-up woman, however, ever dreams of throwing mud at her frienda. r , "If, on the other hand, we imagine that she is ' too flighty in her behavior, and, in order to strengthen our belief, we repeat all her trivial . little indiscreet actions, we are flinging mud at her character, and ahe can get no redreaa unless . it should happen to interfere with the earning of her livelihood, or can be proved a malicious act "Idle gossip does more harm' than anything else in the world, and if the organizers of the anti gossip crusade have only the perseverance and courage to make it universal they will do .in estimable good for the general happiness of the eommunitv. - . '.. "Before making a statement about any one do not lorgcf id icf k paai inc inrcc goiaen gates ; it true? 'Is it needful P and 'Is it kind? -' "These form the motto of the anti-gossip cru "Drys" as Adepts in Politics. Thoughtless persons, who have carelessly classified the prohibitionists as possessed of a single idea, and without the worldly experience needed to ssfely guide them, may learn some thing by following the course of the convention at St, Paul. Proceedings there have demon strated the ability of the delegates as adroit politicians. The effort of the self-constituted leaders to railroad a prepared platform through the gathering is an example. The followers of the camel quickly headed this off and in other ways have shown themselves adepts at the work of gently manipulating things, so that they come to pass with the appearance of "just happening. The presence of "Old Bill" Sulzer in pursuit of the -nomination didn't seriously affect the cinch of Frank Hanly on adding the honor to his other chautalking qualifications. The whole proceedings are edifying, because they show the progress made by the "drys" In "practical" methods of politics. - ' Preparedness Idea Makes Advance. ' The decision of Leland Stanford university to include military training among the require ments of education at that school shows how the thought of getting ready for national de fense Is malting headway. Dr. David Starr Jor dan, president emeritus of this university, is one of the leadera of the movement against mili tarism. The action of the university authorities, therefore, may be interpreted as acceptance of the fact that readiness does not include the in tention to make war, Every recent experience of the United States has , shown how sadly our country is situated as regards this most vital ele ment of national life. Even the National Guard, on which reliance was placed for the first line of defense, has been exposed in its weakness. Necessity for training , for military , service is mnch better understood now than a few months go, and will be more generally adopted. Train ing at school is one alternative to universal serv ice. It may not prove entirely sufficient to meet requirements, , but it is in the right direction. Our national neglect is. being partly compen sated, for by a volunteer movement, ind public interest is strengthened a knowledge of national needs becomes more general. The thought of training to serve the nation aa. a soldier is not so repugnant as it was a short time back. : . What U Being Held Up? Again the "watchful , waiting" president at Washington admits that he is holding back aomething in connection with the Mexican situa tion. A note, delivered at Washington over a week ago, is just given out at the City of Mexico, its contents suggesting a plan for settlement. The Mexican de facto authorities announce that the compact between them and the United States, for an adjustment of differences, ia complete. Silence prevails at Washington, beyond the tardy admission that the note received here ia similar but not identical in its terms with that given out in Mexico. If the president has reached an agreement with the Carraniistas, looking to an immediate and peaceful settlement, the people ought to know something of its terms. If Car- ransa feels free to publish it, why should Mr. Wilson hesitate? Is it possible that the de facto first chief has "put one over" and maneuvered our president into a still deeper hole? What is being held back? No Reflection on Any Labor Organization. ' Alt the hoboes,: ruffians and petty criminals arrested nowadays assume to be members of the I. W. W., or are classed as such whether they .same tc be or not, and no pruof ia exacted to support the title. But, even the devil should have his due, and the I. W. W., odious and dis credited as it is wjth many people, should not be loaded down with, any more sins than belong to it. If the professional hoboes thought they would get off easier by masquerading as Y. M. C A's. or Salvation ArmyistS, or by any other name, they would alip the trick just as fast. So remember that by far in most of the cases I. W. W. is merely a convenient cover for the ordinary genus tramp who wanta to make a living off the community without giving any return in work and has nothing whatever to do with any body of organised labor, much less with any real trade union of wage-earning mechanics. unnAV Thought Nugget for tht Day. Depend upon it, the interest! of classes too area tUntira ! till it IS Otllv UllKII e, villi Riiu ev a.aaa -f ; -- ignorance which prevents their uniting for each other's advantage. Prince Albert. One Year Ago Today in the War. Berlin reported progress in the German ad vance toward Riga. Terrible massacres of Armenians by Turks reported. . French occupied the summit of the Linge dominating the Fecht valley in the Vosges, north of Muenster. . Russians hard pressed around Warsaw, but appeared to have checked the Germans on the west and north. This Day in Omaha Thirty Years Ago. Articles of incorporation of the Marion En terprise company have been filed with the county clerk. The capital is $50,000 and the incorporators are L. D. Finney, H. H. Bollard, Samuel Reese, Irving Allisori and Thomas F. Tuttle. The Milburn Wagon company and the Moline Plow company, who have purchased grounds for a mammoth warehouse in Omaha, have formed a stock company, entitled "The Moline Milburn & Stoddard Co.," with a cash capital of $100,000. G. A. Stephen, secretary, and F. G. Allen, treasurer, are resident agents of the company. The Merchants' Protective agency has passed into the hands of J. E. Newman, who for the last eight years haa been employed in the general freight office of the B. & M. The Omaha Oil and Drug Gazette has been transferred from the H. T. Clarke Drug company to Messrs. Cotter & Daubach. O. M. Olson has been engaged as associate editor. ' mesa mjmnt aa A Candid Testimonial We speak of these things now because of the . fact, and it ia a fact, that here in Nebraska Suite a respectable number of former working emocratl show an inclination to support Jui tice Hughes for president. This quotation ia from the editorial columns of the Columbus Telegram, whose chief pen pusher, Edgar Howard, is running for lieutenant governor as the nominee of the democrats in our recent Nebraska primary so that his testimony may be considered as reluctantly given and there fore to much more dependable, . At the campaign progresses, the already "respectable number, of former working democrats" with an inclination to aupport Hughes for president will be steadily in creasing and where the hard-pressed democrata will look for recruits to offset the defection is hard to say. While most of the democrat organs re lest candid than ia Edgar Howard, this en couragement from the enemy's camp is not un welcome to republicans all along the line. According to Duma reports, Russia' reward for ,lts part in the war is to be control of both sides of the Dardanelles. This bargain implies the elimination of the Turk from Constantino ple. Who will deliver the goods ia a little detail omitted. Telephone No. 826 has been placed in the office of Building Inspector Whitlock. County Treasurer Henry Bolln is suffering from a severe sunstroke which he received while going from Fort Calhoun to Omaha. State Senator Metz has gone (o Grand Island. Mrs. Taggart is visiting her daughter, Mrs. J. H. McShane. . This Day in History. 1812 British and Allies, under the duke of Wellington, totally defeated the French near Sala manca, Spain. 1841 Amherst college conferred the degree of LL. D. on John Tyler, president of the United States. 1852--A law prohibiting the sale of liquor in Boston went into effect. 1869 John A. Roebling, designer of the Brooklyn bridge, died in Brooklyn. Born in Prus sia, June 12, 1806. 1870 Prussians blew up Kehl bridge, the first act of the Franco-Prussian war. 1878 The earl of Beaconsfield was invested with the Order of the Garter by Queen Victoria. ; 1880 Abdul Rahman Kahn was formally recognized as ameer of Afghanistan. : 1891 Prince of Naples (now king of Italy) visited Queen Victoria in London. 1896 George W. Jones, first United States senator from Iowa, died at Dubuque, Ia. Born at Vincennes, Ind., April 12, 1804. 1897 A statue of General John A Logan was" unveiled in Lake Front park, Chicago. . 1899 Elihu Root became secretary of war, succeeding Russell A. Alger. 1908 Prince of Wales (now King George V) arrived at Quebec for the tercentenary celebra tion. , v 1 This It the Day Wt Celebrate. "'' , E. J. McVann of the traffic bureau of the Com mercial club waa born July 22, 1869 at Medina, N. Y. He was educated at Creighton university, going into the railroad business with successful promotion. i . Bishop John C. Kilgo of the Methodist Epis copal church, aouth, born at Laurens, S. C, fifty five years ago today. Ulysses S. Grant, jr., son of the late President Grant, born at Bethel, O., sixty-four years ago today, ' Joseph L. Bristow, former United States sena tor from Kansas, born in Wolfe county, Ky., fifty-five years agij today. James Speyer, head of the New York banking firm that bears his name, born in New York City; fifty-five years ago today. George Gibson, catcher of the Pittsburgh Na tional league base ball team, born at London, Ont., thirty-six yeara ago today. . Elmer Knetzer, pitcher for the Cincinnati Na tional league base ball team, born at Carrick, Pa., twenty-eight years ago today. , Where They AU Are Now. George N. Peek, former manager of the John Deere Plow company here, is now one of the executive officers at the home headquartera in Rock Island. Gerrit Fort is still with the Union Pacific, only higher up, as director passenger traffic, with Chicago as his location. Adolph Huberman, son of the pioneer Omaha jeweler, at last account, waa steward of a Pull man dining ear. John Halligan, a former Omaha attorney, is practicing law at North Platte, where they call him "ludM." Ben Cotton, star performer in Ak-Sar-Ben's troupe so many times, is manager of the Jackson rancn in aomn xsaauia. Timely Jotting and Reminder. A soirited aession is expected when the pro. fressive state committee of New York meets at yracuse today to consider the future course of the party. San Francisco and the neighboring cities are to join in the holding of a great preparedness narade todav. The Summer School for Sunday School Work ers, founded by the late Dwight L. Moody at East Northfield, Mass., will begin ita annual session today. ' Governor Willis is announced as the principal speaker at a celebration to be held today by mine operators and miners at the village of Gloster, near Athens, O., to mark the resumption of work in the mines after a long period of idleness. Tevaa ftmnrrnte. in a venaral nrimarv tier. tion today, will choose candidates for United States senator, representing in 'congress, gov' nor and other state officers and members of the state legislature. At the same time a vote is to be taken on the question of resubmission of a state-wiae proniDiiion amendment' to ine consir tution'. Public interest centers chiefly in the sena torial contest, in which Senator Culberson ia op posed for renomination by a field that Includes former Governor Tom Campbell, former Gover nor Oscar B. Colquitt, Congressman R. L. Henry and several other democrats ot prominence. Story-ette of the Day. , ' When a man just naturally wants trouble it is mighty easy to find an excuse for making it. Ac cording to Mike Hogan, Casey and O Brien were havinsi an arsument of their own at Breckinridge street and Barrett avenue. It had progressed to the extent that each had forgotten what it was about .originally and they were wholly oblivious OI me gatncririB cnjwu uniu an uruaiic anu gen teel person in frock coat put in. . "Come. come, my man," he said, gently pluck ing Casey . by the sleeve. "You don't want to fight; I can tell it by your looks. Your face is too benign . . "Two be nine I Two be nine, is ut, ye scut?" bellowed Casey. "Me face is two be nine is utf . And there was where the real trouble began. Louisville Times, , -;. . ... ' 7t a 1 Alcohol ant. SowkoloM Powtfer. Omaha. Jul 11. To th Editor of Th Bm: Mr. A. L. Merer hu now invaded tbt Ltttor Box; ho la a clover writer, but illogi cal, at oil men mutt be who defend a bad cau. He hat diteoverod that alcohol la used In makinc amokeleaa powder and Jumpa to the conclusion that if the manufaoturt ot liquor ia prohibited, no mora amokeleaa powder can be made! What a misfortune ! The Japa would be on na inetanter'and we ahould find oartelves aa unprepared aa Rua- ia and Great Britain wero at the betin- nina; of the present warl The joker la in the word "Hqnor" a word of wide algnlflcance anything- In a liquid ttate. But, aa popularly uaed especially in the prohibition campaign it meana intoxi cating beverag-ea and nothing; elaa. Proof epirlt whliky ahould contain 40 per cent of alcohol, whfcfa it rarely doea, beeauae water la cheaper than alcohol. Winea and beera are touch lower In their percentage of alcohol. Now, aa It takea pure alcohol to make amokeleaa powder, even proof whisky would be poor tuff for that purpoaa, Bealdea thla, prohibition doea not propose to aboliah tha manufacture of alcohol for medicinal, me chanical and artistic purposes. For these purposes the manufacture of alcohol may go on undisturbed, after the manufacture of alcohol for drinking purposes liquor hat been abolished. It la not true, therefore. that .to aboliah the manufacture of liquor, abolishes the manufacture of amokeleaa powder. Mr. Meyer can make all the wood-spirit and denatured alcohol he wanta to, without paying revenue:1 put up a powder plant; convert It Into amokeleaa powder, after Ne braska la ae dry aa a powder-horn, and be ready for the Japa or any other nation that darca to attack us. No. no, Mr. Meyer, you can't throw dust Into people'a eyes in that way, nor awaken their fears by raising a false issue. Smoke leas powder haa eome to stay and so haa prohibition. D. C. JOHN. EDITORIAL SIFTJNGS. Pittsburgh Dispatch t It'a a pretty poor apeedway that doesn't furnish a fatality aa a feature of a championship motor race. Washington Star: Some of the beat road records of the season are being made by American aviators walking back. Louisville Courier-Journal i Although there are numerous devlcea positively guar anteed to reduce your consumption of gaso line from 20 to 60 per cent, the surest way la to put a padlock on the front door of the garage and drop the key In the well. Chicago Herald: Just aa everybody reachea the conclusion there la no 1 more cheap land In the country the government pulls another on of these Indian reserva tion drawings. Thia time it'a the Colville Indian reservation. Springfield Republican: "A gold mine of unwritten American history," the John R. McLean lettera were called the other day during the legal battle to enjoin their publi cation in order to auppreaa acandala. The gold doea not seem to be 100 per cent pure. New york World: Both partlea In con tress are now in such a hurry to adjourn that the opportunity for those who profit by loose legislation will be very favorable. When most people are In a hurry at Wash ington, the fellows who are on the job day and night, year In and year out, ind thtnga very much to their liking. Philadelphia Record: A a freight carrier the Deutschland ia a disappointment. Ac cording to the latest reports she brought only S80 tons of dyes tuffs, an amount too small to be of any great benefit to American dyers. Whether this small cargo la due to limitations of space or to other causes doea not appear. At any rate, It la safe to be lieve that that great fleet of submarine merchantmen, capitalised at 1100,000,000, or aome such figures, will not material lie very rapidly. TIP8 ON HOME TOPICS. In the last aeventeen montha, the invent eourt of St Joe, Mo., Investigated 4,784 eases, moat of them settled out of court, Brooklyn Eagle: If Mexico could develop one Cervantea ahe would be saved. The sense of humor Is the sena of the ever lasting perspective of thlnga. Pittsburgh Dispatch: Th president thinks the democratic party a good one for the pro gressives to join, but most of them have gone back to their old love already. ' Chicago Herald i The better outlook In the Mexican altuation la doubtless partly due to the fact that It la extremely hard to keep a crisis alive and active during th warm weather. Wall Street Journal: "There are hundreds of men In America walking around the streets who are dead but have not yet been buried." Vice President Marshall. Oh, well, they can't all be vie presidents. Wood county, the heart of th dairying district of northern and cenertl Wisconsin, has the largest round barn in the world. Th building is ISO feet in diameter. It covert anarea of a little more than one-third of an acre. Baltimore American: With Indignant Iowa aoldiera parading in their underwear aa a protest against the excessively large meas urements by which they were cut, the spirit of 1770 aeesna to take peculiar form of ex pression in the west. Springfield Republican: Tranquility on th border come vary hard Indeed on aome em ployers who had expected to pay salaries In absentia to aoldiera, not to watchful waiters. Still, th militia are not to blame if they are not shooting and getting shot, and they too are "doing their bit," quit aa much aa If th country waa at war. Th National Woman Suffrage association will hold ita annual convention at Atlantic City, September 4-10. Inclusive, This la thro months earlier than usual, hut th association la breaking th precedent in order to make ita work for the federal amendment more effective than could otherwise be don wre th convention held In December, as It was last year. St. Joseph Osteite: Nebraska la making the pathway of the Industrial Workers of the World incrcaaingly eheerleaa. Omaha haa taken the lead, and member of the organi sation who refuse to work are being jailed without ado from the police. Th offer of employment 1 always made, always de clined.. Then the shortest route to a cell Is the journey taken by the Industrial Work ers of the World. Other towns of that state are following Omaha's lead. SECULAR SHOTS AT PULPIT. Washington Peat: Our ancestors war pious folks, but It la remarkable how - well preserved most old family Bibles are. Houston Poat: A Louisville minister says the youth' motto should be, ; "Never give up. That 1 good advice If the boy is striv ing after aomething good, but vno minister wanta to tell a young fellow that when thd plat la being passed In church. - Philadelphia Record: The substitution of the automobil for th horse and buggy haa not only destroyed what little reason then was for trying to get a church next door to everybody, but It has created a reason for moving th ehureh away to a considerable, distance. It was a pastor In one of th suburb of Philadelphia who remarked sadly that every new automobile In the community meant en mere empty pew. Th practice of spending Sunday in th automobil haa de pleted th congregations. New York World t Th University of St Andrew, Scotland, ha offered a prise of I&00 for th beat essay on prayer thai reaches th university before June ft, 1017, A length of from 4,000 to 0,000 words I suggested, but no limit it fixed. The idea la a novel on and peculiarly characteristic of aa ag in which It haa com generally to be regarded that th iudicoua a of money can accomplish almost anything. Possibly a great essay on prayer may be the result of thla unique competition; but th religious master ptcee of the past were not produced after thla fashion Bt AugustinV "City of God,' Tha A. Kemp!' "Imitation of Christ, th works of St. Francis of Assist, Jeremy Taylor's "Holy Living and Holy Dying," Bax ter's "Saint's Rest," Bunyan' "Pilgrim' Progress," and many others that might be Included. Such work are th result of holy living and aspiration aa remote a possibl from thought of worldly train,, SAID IN FUN. ' "Amnnar whst ! rlo Van think It WOUld be beat to float a submarine loan. "1 auppoae It wouldn't do, but It aeema Ilk they ought to try th aubmorged tenth. Baltimore American. Did tha onnoaltlen make anr scurrilous attack on your husband'a private Ufa when i waa running xpr oincoT" lfv husband haa no orlvat life. He a never at home." Puck. MR KABIBBliv 0 W MEN MAaWE WW. OiWB WN6S TV 1 ID FICfHT AMD AtfiO 100 ' FAT10 RUN! u fin oar (with a re-nutation) Doctor, T fear my husband's mind la affected. I there any sure tent? Doc lor Tell mm, mat you 11 nv to hlra again. If he laughs, he'i sane. Boston Transcript. My cook left me without notice." You appear surprised." "I am." 'Mow loner have you been employing cocks?" Ptttabuigh Post. Tou sav. old Bill Bottletop la out strong for prohibition." "Yflp. He says he's uaed to it now and doesn't want it changed. After getting ac customed to bootleg and apeak-easy con coctlona. he can't get any action at all out of rgular Ticker." Washington Star. Politician I have nothing to Bay. All I know Is what la in the papers. Reporter I see now what you meant yes terday when you aald there la nothing In th papera nowadays. Puck. An Irishman waa seated In a railway car riage next to a very pompous-loo king man, with whom he commenced a conversation in a rather free and eaey manner. At length the Domnoua one said. "Mr sood man. re serve your conversation' for one ot your own equals. I would have you know that I am a K. C." The Irishman jumped up and held out hla hand. "Begorry, aVake!" he ex claimed. K'lm a Caaey meaelf." Boaton Transcript ' "We usually spend three montha at our cottage In the country. Would you be will ing to go with uh?" . . . . "No, mum, I would not With good help aa acarce as it ia In the city, I think I'd prefer working for somebody else and keep ing close to the moving picture ahowa." Detroit Free Preaa. "Getting warm, Wombat." "Vry." "Why don't you buy a straw hat V "I'm waiting to get the lowest price. And they never seem to striK ootiom. gusi Keep , coming down." Louisville Courier Journal. , t Bacon Almanacs are In existence that were compiled In the eleventh century, but they are In manuscript. gfrbert That lets th Joke-writer ont who eys his Jokea never were printed before. Tonkers Statesman. ON ACCOUNT OF THE WAR. New York Sun. John Brown cannot pay the money he owe, "On account of the war," The cook wanta ten dollar a week, ar ah goes. "On account of the war." THe baker reduces the weight of hla bread. The butcher sends ateaka that could muster as lead, The tailor's wool aulta are of ahoddy ln atead, "On account of the war." Th tinner can't patch up my roof wher It leaks, "On account of the war." The car that I bought will not com for six weeks, "On account of th war. The cost of my shoes mounts each tlm that I buy, The price on drugs ar prodigiously high. 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