THE BEE: OMAHA, TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 1917.
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The nations! ae in a nutiheil: Full speed
ahead, or back np.
"Old Glory" i good enough. Ditch the white
flags and the red flags.
The patriotiam of cold feet never brightened
a star in Colombia's diadem.
Fretnmably, Captain Hob.on it fighting De
mon Rom on dry land in Nebraska juit to keep
in practice. --
An apology is doe from that household In
which the borglar was able to find only $2 in
available money.
Resolutions which shoot both ways on national
issues indicates a high state of preparedness of
the celebrated jackass battery.
I .
Big blows are coming In the war zone, say the
prophets. Let them come. The quicker they fall
the sooner will the agony end.
It Is stated that "His Highness the Hog" has
his eye on the $14 mark. In view of previous
skyrocketing performances, this looks for him like
a very modest flight
It is a question whether the back-to-the-farm
call or the pressure of high-living-cost with sala
ries stopped, is the most potent factor now for
speedy legislative adjournment
When the Pilgrims of Patriotism and the
Emergency Peacs federation get together at
Washington it behooves the natives to draw
' the blinds and scoot for the cellar.
The Danish West Indies have been formally
transferred to the United States, the only thing
overlooked being the little formality of first se
curing the "consent of the governed."
"If we became belligerents,'' says the Ne
braska house, "we cease to be neutrals." Bold
words bravery written. Stronger troth never
flowed from the a quill of whit feather.
Lincoln is choosing candidates for city offices
and for a new home-rale charter convention at
one and the same time.' Nothing like the "safety
first" rule in politics nailing down the jobs be
fore opening the door to the reformers.
The Nebraska soldier boy who lost a foot
while guarding the Union Pacific bridge may
have the distinction of being the first victim of
the war in line of duty in the United States, if
that is to be a distinction; at the same time, he is
entitled to just as much sympathy as if he were
maimed in the trenches.
Exploits of German sea rovers, while not
strictly according to the rules of the game, en
rich the heroics of the sea and yield a charm im
possible in subsea operations. The rovers work
above board and their sctivities in the open chal
lenge the hunter to a field of naval sport on
equaled in any other branch of war.
There is grave danger that the rush of great
events will smother the solemn wisdom with
which current resolutions are illuminated. For
example, this brilliant thought emitted by the
Nebraska house: "To stay out of war demands
more courage, more patriotism and more self
sacrifice than going to war." Think it over,
analyze it and mark well the destination of the
sentiment
Mr. Bryan's Appeal
-St I
It is no answer to Mr. Bryan's appeal to con'
gress to recall the fact that he attached his official
signature to the note of February 10, 1914, warn
ing Germany that it would be held to "a strict
accountability" if sny American life or property
should be lost through submarine attacks with
out warning. He has a right to change his mind,
nren as the country would be justified in retreat
ng from a position it had concluded to be wrong,
:ven at the risk of being ridiculed for its cow
irdice. Mr. Bryan's appeal is subject to criticism
3ii entirely different grounds. In the first place,
it dodges existing facts. Our controversy is not
now restricted to the rights of American cititena
to travel cm belligerent ships. Our own ahips are
being sunk by German submarines, inside and
outside the so-called war tone. The illuminated
sign of the unarmed Heatdton, which was within
the "safety" tone and sailing between neutral
ports, served as a special mark for the submarine
torpedo. Other American ships have been aunk
without warning, while sailing for home, in bal
last. The issue is whether that portion of our
population which makes its livelihood in com
merce shall quit business until the war enda or
meet death at the hands of assassins. We are
merely insisting on the rights heretofore conceded
to them by the usages of nations and not denied
now by any country except Germany.
Mr. Bryan's talk about peace treaties Is prattle.
Even if we had such a treaty with Germany,
which we have not it would be worthless for this
kind of controversy, since none of these treaties
provides a modus Vivendi, ihe treaties provide
for a year's delay, without any requirement for
cessation of irritating offenses. Mr. Bryan's sug
gestion that Germany would suspend submarine
operations for a year, if we signified a willingness
to submit our smevances to arbitration, is merelv
silly, in light of Germany's declarations of reasons
tor such operations. It contends that they are
necessary to its existence. It says that it must
bring Great Britain to terms by starvation. An
agreement to suspend operations against our ves
sels for a year would be a confession of hypocrisy
as to past conduct which no nation could make.
nr. Bryan s appeal is not even goos nonsense.
British Plans for Paying War Debt
British statesmen are already looking ahead
to carrying and reducing of the enormous debt
piled np by the war. Quite naturally, they pro
pose making the world at large contribute to the
fund that will be needed and hope to be able to
raise moat of the money without troubling their
own people seriously. One of the recently out
lined schemes for doing this contemplates Hud
son bay fisheries, Indian jute and South Sea
whale oil as bases for industrial monopolies that
will turn into the imperial exchequer such reve
nue as in a few years will get the funded debt
down to where it can be better managed.
If the war were to terminate with no added
issue of bonds by the British government the in
terest charge against the United Kingdom would
stand at $931,000,000 a year, rather more than the
total revenue of the country for 1913. A consid
erable portion of this will be met by payments on
loans made to allies, but the bulk must come from
the pockets of the British taxpayer, or be shifted
to his customers in other lands. Therefore, It is
now proposed that at the close of the war the
"mine-sweepers" now used in the North Sea can
be turned into a fishing fleet to ply in Hudson
bay and other British shore waters, furnishing
food to millions and bringing a steady income
to the government The jute Industry and the
whale oil monopoly, added to the fisheries, will
bring $150,000,000 s year, according to estimates.
The United States Is deeply concerned m this,
because of. its own interests in deep-sea fishery,
as well as the shore end stream fishing on the
Pacific coast and because it is the world's prin
cipal user of jute. 'On the latter it would pay
the greater amount of any toll exacted by John
Bull. It is too early to formulate definite plans,
but not too soon t6 look ahead, and it will be
well to note what the British are thinking of in
this connection.
"The Lady from Montana."
Whatever of interest or import may attach to
the first appearance of Miss Rankin as a member
of congress from Montana because of her sex,
the ovation given her by her fellow members is
only to be interpreted as a tribute to the woman
hood of America. Miss Rankin has carefully let
it be known she is looking for no Immunity be
cause she is a woman; she expects to take part in
the doings of the body of which she is a member
on a parity with the other members, but the like
lihood is strong that she will be the recipient of
many little courtesies and some consideration
that the average new member doesn't receive. In
born in the American man is s .regard for the
opposite sex that no amount of political or other
experience can extinguish, and he manifests this
just as unconsciously ss the other Involuntary
processes of his life sre carried on. Therefore,
when be was cheering the "lady from Montana"
he may have been moved to his enthusiasm by
Miss Rankin's personal presence, but he really
was cheering the wives and mothers, the sisters
and daughters of the United States and woman
kind everywhere.
Bams Old Demagogic Trick.
The peculiar condition of unstable equilibrium
in which the country now finds itself seems to
present an irresistible temptation to the dema
gogue who assumes a monopoly of virtue and
accuses everyone else of evil. The most common
trick is to denounce in particular newspapers that
do sot agree with the proponent as "venal and
corrupt"
"No newspaper will print what I aayl" ex
claims the demagogue. It is so much easier to
cry, "The newspapers are all owned by Walt
street, or bought with British gold, or subsidized
with German money," than it is to answer argu
ments or justify a questionable position. The
very fact, however, that the demagogue's voice
Is heard throughout the land and his utterances
spread in print by the newspapers, although, of
course, along with the antidote, comes its own
contradiction and it is a safe assertion that the
public speaker who seeks to prejudice his audience
by telling them that the columns of the press are
closed to him is the first to scan his morning
newspaper to see how much of his talk has been
published; for this sort of orator verily lives on
free publicity.
Incidentally, there is nothing whatever to pre
vent theae hot sir artists from publishing and dis
seminating their outpouring through newspapers
of their own snd some of them do.
Senator Lodge No Weakling.
The inconsiderate advocate of .peace who
sought to forwsrd his cause by an assault on
Henry Cabot Lodge must now have a much more
definite notion of the proweas of the senator from
Massachusetts. Senator Lodge did what any man
of spirit would have done under the circumstances
he knocked his assailant down, and so gave an
excellent exemplification of the personal applica
tion of the doctrine he has preached. He was
both -prepared snd willing to defend himself, and
thus to set an example to the nation. On the
other hand, the course of his assailant Is not such
as entitles him to much notice, unless It be as a
good illustration of the effect of misapplied zeal.
Seeking out the senator to urge his support of
peace, this man met a declination of his request
with an epithet, snd when that was resented fol
lowed with a blow, for which he was floored. The
whole affair may be considered a symptom of the
excited condition into which i lot of well-meaning
people have worked themselves and for the
cure of which quiet snd rest is needed something
we are not likely to experience very soon.
Every nation at war, with the exception of
Russia, nears the bottom of Its resources of
"cannon fodder." France is calling the class of
1918 for training. Similar action Is reported in
Germany. Both have called to the colors men be
yond the normal age limit Great Britain is re
examining men previously rejected as unfit Little
news comes out of Austria regarding conditions,
but they are hardly leas discouraging. Russia's
abundance of fighting materials is handicapped
by shortage of equipment All signs point to a
final finish by exhauation.
Wool growers, hog growers and potato grow
ers, not to mention the coal men, ran a tieck-and-neck
race for the wherewith all winter, and are
still going strong. There are others. Bethlehem
steel pulled down $11,000,000 during January and
February, or at the rate of $110 share per year.
The race lacks novelty for spectators, however,
and will remain so until the iceman pulls for the
inside track. " '
The last Canadian war loan was oversub
scribed, $100,000,000. The "lady of the snows" not
only warms np to her task, but digs into her
stockings for the needful.
Uncle Sain in the Caribbean
17 --The Forbidden Treasure
By Frederic J. Haikin
Santo Domingo City, S. D March 23. This
island ia a storehouse of natural wealth success
fully guarded from the enterprise and greed of all
the world by its lack of stable government and
intelligent laws.
There are, for example, excellent oil fields
in Santo Domingo. A man from Boston some
years ago bored a well in the Azuera district
which yielded him 350 barrels a day. He made a
contract for the sale of his oil in Boston and took
out a large quantity. Then he found that the
export duty combined with the freight was more
than the price of the oil His barrels are rotting
on the beach today.
The wonderful fertility of the Dominican soil
has been alluded to in a former letter. This
quality seems to be due to a mixture of the
coral, which constitutes a large part of the island,
with a leaf mold washed down by the rivers from
the mountain forests. In this way humus and
lime are combined to form a Soil of the greatest
fertility.
The most famous of Dominican resources, and
the one about which the American consul receives
the most inquiries, ia its gold. In the Ciboa range
and in the San Cristobal region there are placers
which have been known and worked for centuries.
In the days of the Spanish occupation it is said
that the invaders gathered great stories of this
treasure by trading with the Indians little silver
hawkbells for their fill of gold. Nowadays the
peon women wash gold out of these same streams
with wooden bowls, making a few dollars a week,
and by a law of the land the common people are
protected in their right to work these placers.
The forest resources are another example of
nnusued wealth. One of the largest Dominican
imports is lumber, and yet there are extensive
forests of pine, oak and chestnut, as well as ma
hogany, satinwood, lignum yitae and rosewood.
The most serious lack in Santo Domingo ia
coal, which will probably limit the future indus
trial development of the island more than any
thing else. There is an abundance of iron ore
and also lead and copper, but no mineral fuel
has so far been discovered except lignite.
Another atriking and so far undeveloped re
source is two mountains of rock salt, said to be
remarkably pure. They are in Barahona province.
Even though revolutionists and -bandits are
suppressed, this land of treasure is effectively
guarded by its unique and astonishing laws. The
peso system of land titles, for example, makes
it nearly impossible to acquire a valid title to any
land in the republic. This system derives from
the days of the Spanish conquest, when the king
of Spain made great land grants to his favorites.
For example, he might grant to Juan Fernandez
5,000 pesos worth of land lying between two
rivers. Juan settles in the general region indi
cated and has ten sons and daughters, to each of
whom he bequeathes 500 pesos worth of land.
They all squat in various parts of the domain,
each cultivating what he cares to, no division of
the land being made.
Gradually these "peso titles" become divided
among innumerable heirs and purchasers. The
original 5,000 pesos no longer has anything to
do with the value of the land, but each "peso
title" represents a right to one five-thousandth of
an ares which has never been surveyed. Some
one has said that this system might well have
been deviaed by the devil working In co-operation
with all the lawyers in his internal domain.
It has been further complicated by the rise oi a
thriving local industry in the manufacture of
counterfeit peso titles. One Dominican is well
known to have made a fortune by manufacturing
titles carefully aged with coffee stains. These
counterfeiters, make their money out of the
American sugar and coffee interests, some of
whom have already bought out three or four sets
of claimants to their lands. Naturally their will
ingness to settle in this way haa been a great
stimulus to the fake title business.
The only way to trace one of these titles and
test its validity Is by the records of the provin
cial clerks, in which every transfer is supposed
to have been set down. By accident or design,
nearly all of these records have been burned.
Equally Intelligent are the mining laws. Any
one may take up a mining claim anywhere, no
matter whose land it is on. He stakes it out by
mentioning in his claim papers four well-known
points on the landscape. Thus a man wishing
to claim a small vein of silver may be forced to
stake half Ithe island, using a mountain peak, a
city and a bay as his corners. The mineral rights
to this entire area are now his in perpetuity and
he is under no obligation to work them.
Business is paralyzed just as effectively as agri
culture and mining. The customs duties average
about 50 per cent, so that the ordinary necessities
of life cost almost twice as much as anywhere
else. In addition to this every merchant must
buy a license to do business and pay a percentage
tax on alt the business he does.
All of these absurd laws must be revised by
a strong and honest government before the Do
minican treasure house can be unlocked.
Nebraska Press Comment
Hickman Enterprise: Colonel Roosevelt has
accepted an invitation to speak at Lincoln in June.
Senator Norris is to be congratulated that his re
cent exploits in the senate will no longer be a
live topic of discussion by that time.
Kenesaw Progress: With the annexation of
Florence and Benson to Greater Omaha, the city
will cover an area about equal to a township. Some
cities in China have a greater population on a
mile square of territory, but the fresh air and
expansiveness of the good old Nebraska prairies
auits us much better than either the Gate City
or the populous places of the Celestial empire
republic. .
Beatrice Express: Grand Island, Fremont,
Hastings and a number of other Nebraska cities
of the same class are in the midst of warm munici
pal campaigns, the election of mayors, council
men and other city offices being at stake. These
annual city squabbles are one pleasure which
Beatrice is happily rid of, thanks to the commis
sion form of government We take ours every
two years.
Hemlngford Ledger: The "colored chap in
the wood pile," so much in evidence last fall,
when known "wets" were offering to vote for
the amendment in exchange for votes for certain
senatorial candidates, when they knew the amend
ment would carry, and were planning a handicap,
and now these fellows so elected are simply pay
ing their obligation by knifing the attempted law
as planned. It's an act to be remembered should
these same senators ever again ask the people's
suffrage. ,
Grand Island Independent: Boss Mullen
might just as well argue that the people of Ne
braska voted not to prohibit whisky, but only to
reduce the alcoholic content of it 50 per cent at
to affect to believe that a reduction of 50 per
cent in the alcoholic content of beer would not be
in harmony with their decree. If that sort of a
political fraud and embezzlement can be perpe
trated upon the voters of Nebraska the amend
ment providing the initiative and referendum
might just as well be blotted out with black ink.
That is a sample of the work of "the organiza
tion." Laurel Advocate: Not for many years has
Laurel been without mail as long as it waa last
week from 8 o'clock Tuesday evening until 2
o'clock Saturday afternoon and the Burlington
passenger train run daily between here and Sioux
City. It looks to as as though the mails should
have been aent out from Sioux City on the Bur
lington, and that from Omaha by way of Sioux
City, and not be allowed to pile up at Wakefield
and wait for the track to be repaired. The first
train Saturday brought forty sacks of mail for
Laurel. The only daily papers that were seen
here Wednesday, Thursday and Friday were
those brought out from Sioux City by passen
gers on the Burlington.
Proverb for the Day.
A (air exchange It no robbery.
One Year Ago Today In the War.
Italian aviators bombarded Adels
borg; two killed.
French counter attacks regained
part ot Vaux village.
Answering American protest Great
Britain maintained right to examine
mall tack on neutral ateamert and
confiscate contraband.
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
Thomas F. Tuttle ot the firm ot
Tuttle A Allison, with John R. Ham
ilton, have left for an extended tour
through the east combining pleasure
with important business. It la re
ported about town that Mr. Hamilton
has purchased two return tickets.
Some of the young men ot the city
who own horses are Interesting them
selves In a scheme to form a cavalry
elub. Colonel Henry, army rifle In
structor, has consented to drill the
young men as well as their horses.
The Missouri Pacific company's
round house at the end of North
Fourteenth and east of the Saratoga
house burned down, the loss being
about 1st, 000.
The annual meeting of school dis
trict No. 63 was held at the school
house building on Lowe avenue.
Messrs. Taggart and Higby were the
only officers present and H. L. Seward
and B. P. Knight were elected
trustees.
Mr. Mendelssohn of Mendelssohn &
Lowrle expatiated upon their plana
for the county hospital and Insane
asylum before the county commis
sioners. Prince too a beautiful "header"
while practicing a fancy pedal-mount
which exhibition was watched by
about forty Interested spectators.
The Omaha Wheel club met in Its
rooms in the Gruenlg block and
elected officers as follows: President,
C. M. Woodman; vice president Dr.
O. W. Williams; secretary and treas
urer, Gus Swartz; captain, F. T. Mit
tauer; lieutenant Thomas F. Black
more; buglers, H. B. Mulford and
Ferry Badollet
This Day in History.
177S The colonial assembly of
New York held Its last session and
adjourned.
1788 Treaty of amity and peace
for fifteen years concluded by Frank
lin between the United States and
Sweden.
1817 Tom Taylor, author of "Our
American Cousin," born. Died in
London July 12, 1880.
1842 Lord Ashburton arrived in
Washington to negotiate a settlement
of the Maine boundary dispute.
1849 King of Prussia declined
election as emperor of the German
confederation.
18 SI Massachusetts legislature ap
propriated 825,000 for supplies for
2,000 troops.
1886 Four lives lost In a lire that
destroyed the Planters hotel in St
Louie.
1886 Defeat of Dervishes Ay Anglo-Egyptian
force at Kassala.
1898 Nearly 200 persons met death
In an avalanche In the Chllkoot pass
In Alaska,
The Day We Celebrate.
Richard W. Jepeon, in the grocery
business, waa born April I, 1892, in
Omaha. He is a graduate of the
Omaha High schooL '
Paul B. Burleigh, accountant with
the Bankers Reserve Life company,
Is 46 today. He ia a native of Omaha
and has occupied positions with the
Merchants National and the Bran
dels banks.
John Burroughs, the most famous
of American naturalists, born at Rox
bury, N. Y., eighty years ago today.
"Bud" Fisher, who has attained
fame and fortune by his Mutt and
Jeff cartoons, born In San Francisco
thirty-two years ago today.
William Hughes, senior United
States senator from New Jersey, born
in Ireland forty-five years ago today.
Margaret Anglin, celebrated actress
of the American stage, born at Ottawa,
Ont, forty-one years ago today.
Milo P. Maltbie, noted economist
now holding the position of city cham
berlain of New York City, born at
Hinckley, 111., forty-six years ago to
day. Bert M. Fernald, the new United
States senator from Maine, born at
West Poland, Me., fifty-nine years ago
today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Birthday greetings to John Bur
roughs, the naturalist 80 years old
today.
A number of Illinois cities and
towns vote today on the liquor license
question.
An unusually bitter fight for the
mayoralty will culminate today in the
city election in St Louis.
Anti-saloon contests hold the center
of the stage in today's city and town
elections In Wisconsin. Among the
places voting on license are Superior,
the second largest city of the state,
and Madison, the state capital.
Munioipal elections also take place
In many cities of Colorado, Arkansas,
Nebraska, Kansas, Texas, Minnesota
and a number ot other statea
A feature of the city election to be
held today at Monroe, Wla, will be
the taking of a referendum vote on
the question of war between the
United States and Germany.
An eliminating primary Is to be held
In Massachusetts today for delegates
to the proposed constitutional conven
tion. The leaders In the primaries
will be the candidates in the election
on May 1. A bitter campaign is being
waged between the to-called conserva
tive and radical elements for control
ot the convention.
Storyctte of the Day.
"Hello! It this you, mother, dear?"
"Yet, Sue. What Is It? Something
awful must have happened for you to
call me up at this "
"It's not to awful. But John, dear,
hasn't been feeling well and the doc
tor gave him pills to take every tour
hours. I've been sitting up to give
them to him, and now it't about time
for hit medicine, but John had fallen
asleep. Should I wake him?"
"I wouldn't If I were you. What It
he suffering from?"
"Insomnia." Pittsburgh Telegraph
Chronicle. AROUND THE CITIES.
8ervlee by notes Bui of the double deck
vnrlet has bees inaugurated In several dis
tricts of CMuia. fifty bum wul be put
hi eommUiloa within thirty days. They
bsvs a Matins Mpuity of Afty-ona paaion
tors.' Fan. IS otnts.
Sioux City dads th rattan to drivs tko
economy knift UtronsH tan flooh pota and
ersp th boM ri(ht away. Anions tho
iota booked tot tat dlaenrd la that of city
At Karihal. created three years aso. In
vcetlsstioa of tree constituted the chief
duties of the office. Hereafter the work
will ke done by city detactrres.
Not a Nation of Cowards.
Omaha, April I. To the Editor of
The Bee: Frequently we aee pub
lished as headline and quotations
from speeches the query, "Are we a
nation ot cowards?" The query Is then
answered by. the questioner in a man
ner as best indicates hit point ot
view, but nearly always by the Inti
mation that we are a nation lack-
Ins Dhvsical coursjre.
An examination of past history
prove the latter untrue, and future
events will also uphold the fact that
America Is not destitute of the cour
age necessary to protect the ideals
lor wnicn it stands.
Americans cannot Justly be accused
of ignoble timidity simply because
they hesitate to enter upon a cam
patgn ot warfare, the conclusion of
wnicn nat noinins to oner mat can
not be aecured by peaceful methoda
It It not cowardice to wish to avoid
the bloodshed and destruction that ia
of no advantage except to show how
uncivilized the "civilized" world
ttill la
It It not cowardice to hesitate before
piling up a war debt for innocent pos
terity, knowing, at we should, that
It Is far more patriotic to give pos
terity the benefits of past experiences
ana to aid it m avoiding our mistakes.
Nor Is It cowardice to hesitate in
tending fathers, brothers and sons
onto the battlefield to become maimed,
crippled or meet death.
If America finally does become con
vinced that if we are to maintain
peace "we will have to fight for it"
we will be that much more Justified
because we will know what we are
fighting for, whereas the European
belligerents seem undecided as to what
they are contending for.
The man or country that really be
lieves America It a nation of cow
ards will be sadly disappointed when
once It is determined that "we are
going to have peace if we have to
fight for it" L J. C.
Somersault of "Imperialism.''
Lyons, Neb., April I. To the Editor
of The Bee: In 1900 I was chairman
for Burt county of the democratic and
populist parties and our alogan then
was: "Imperialism the republican
party la driving us to imperialism."
How astonishing now to see imperial
ism, once rif ig on republican shoul
ders, "trade .torses In the middle of
the stream" and almost if not quite,
ride out victorious on the shoulders
of a democratic president.
A. W. HOBSON.
Distinction Between Training and
Service.
Dayton, O., April 1. To the Editor
of The Bee: Our danger in case of
a defensive war Is not that men will
not volunteer to fight but that they
will be untrained and unfitted to fight.
There are two distinct types of ob
jectors to compulsory military service.
One Is the pacifist who objects to
war In toto. Men of the other type
feel that among the most lundamental
of American institutions are freedom
of conscience and freedom of opinion.
While ready and willing to fight if
occasion requires, they feel that It Is
one of the basic rights of an Amer
ican to determine for himself whether
the cause in which he it asked to
fight Is one to which he can with a
clear conscience give military service.
If this right is taken away the fun
damental significance of American In
stitutions is seriously modified.
Compulsory military training will
furnish the necessary training and ex
perience, and it can be divorced com
pletely from compulsory military serv
ice. Our men can be trained, and yet
be left free to volunteer when occa
sion arises. The drafting of men would
still be a possibility, but that re
source could not be used effectively
against overwhelming public opinion.
If congress provides for compulsory
military training, would It not be well
to separate thit provision abaolutely
from compulsory military service?
These are two separate problems and
should be dealt with separately. Would
you tee fit to tuggest such action on
the part of congress?
. ARTHUR E. MORGAN.
SMILING LINES.
SI I cay, Hiram, the aetr this piece Is
about must be a very lucky man.
Hiram Why so, tit
81 It cays ever since he ctarted out en
his tour his wife has supportsd htm.
Baltimore Amsrlcan.
"7c your boy Josh doing well?"
"Of oourse." rcrllsd Farmer Com towel.
"Josh has manated to be so patient with
his last Does that I'm kind o' hopeful he'll
be able to come back to the farm and tt
along with me." Wtshlntton Star.
le Jobblns In the hospital?
"Not that I know of. Why do you think
sot"
"8mlth waa telling me the other day
that he was out In his car and ran across
Jobblns." Indianapolis News,
Maud MIm Oldun thinks that hotel clerk
Just lovely.
Ethel Why sot
Maud He wrote opposite her name on the
hotel refteter; Suite II. Fuck.
"I love you."
"H-.ve you cccn papet"
'Tee. I eaw him laat nlsht at the poker
party. That'e how I sot enourb money to
propoee on." Boston Transcript.
Father Helen. Isn't it about time you
were entertaining the prospect of matri
mony f
Danthtsr Not quite, pa. He doesn't call
until S o'clock. Judse.
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Ton oufht not to nflect biulneit io
much for your auto, old chap."
"X know It, but I can't help It It takes
all my tint to liquidate the promliea I
made to five people rldea." Baltimore
American.
Wicker Do you go In for borne oookinc
at your house?
Snicker Not on your life! We go out
for ltLlfe.
Diner I'd like a Juicy, tender steak,
medium done, with a lump of fine butter
on top.
Walter That woud be rery ntce, sir. And
now what will you have 7 Boston Tran
script Uncle Eira So Eph Hoakins has tone to
Palm Beach! I wonder If there'll be enough
going on to suit him.
Uncle Eben Well, Eph, ain't taking any
chances. He took his checkerboard along.
Ufa.
Alice (modestly) X can't Imagine why he
should, but he wants to marry me.
Marie He told me, dear, he admired you
for the clever way you extracted a proposal
from him. Judge.
"So poor Handy Is gone?"
Trs, yes, ma'am."
"She was a good wife to you, Sam.N
"Yes, Indeed, she was. I speck I'd a
been turned out of house and home years
ago If she hadn't worked all the time to
keep the rent paid up.'' Detroit Free Freis.
THE NATION'S HONOR,
The nation's honor is at stake.
Arise, ye Americana! Awake!
Can we risk a doubt or wait.
When by so doing ws may be late
Through blood and toll and trials of war
Old Glory may be led once more; .
As true Americans, we will fight
To hold it high In the cause of right
American patriots, we must rise.
For here before your very eyes
Are insults to our state; what more
Is needed to plunge us into war.
To defend our honor and our right,
To save the flag from shame and blight f
Americans, patriots, cltliena all.
Arise and answer your country's call.
In all these years that have gone before.
Tour ancestors have not shirked a war
When it was duty, and for the right
They willingly fought with all their might
Let us not be trod by a despot's heel.
But grasp the gun and fiercely wheel,
And strike with all our main an- might
For country, liberty, the flag and right.
Lyons, Neb. LAWRENCE SMITH.
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