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THE BEE: OMAHA, SATURDAY. AUGUST 18, 1917.
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', JULY CIRCULATION
57,229 Daily Sunday, 51,153
A wire otrniittioa for the montl sateen 6J sad swore to br Dwtati,
VilUaaia, Clrcuiuleo Manager.
Subecribers lea vine tbe city ehould have The Bae meiled
la them. Addrete chanted aa after) ae requested.
Still the food speculators may be allowed to
match coins for exercise.
All roads to glory lead to France.- Getting in
at the finish is worth the toil of preparation.
Restricting tickets to Stockholm to the single
trip variety is one simple means to a good end.
After that sky-high state tax levy Nebraska
democrats should be ashamed to look their econ
omy promises in the face.
"Safety first" is a good rule for pedestrians
as well as auto drivers to observe. At least stop
and look before tempting fate
"Send him away with a smile on your lips."
Yes,. that's a timely song refrain applying just
as well to those who don't sing..
Premier Lloyd George lends official support
to the prevalent conviction of German observers
that "England can't be starved."
One obstacle to general approval of Rome's
peace proffers is the prospect of Gumshoe' "Bill"
Stone unloading another speech.
The weather. man' is certainly doing his best
to make up for those few days of overheated dis
' comfort he handed us a little while ago.
Still, if proper efforts were made, possibly a
more useful job could be had for our submarines
tha'n ramming excursion' boats hr Massachusetts
bay. . , . ,,, f 7. i " X . ....
Bees must work overtime, so it is decreed in
California, to, increase their product, and sat
isfy war demands. This Bee works overtime all
the time. ' 4 ,
The Church of St. Quentin goes to its doom
like scores of sanctuaries enveloped by the in
vaders. Its ruin constitutes another monument
t. "Kultur." ' i V ;A"li"
' Allied guns and man power steadily presses
the invaders backward. The speed is not quite
up to expectations, but then Waterloo is barely
forty miles away.
Some of those optimistic German papers seem
still to cherish the hope that by enforced indem
nities the kaiser can make the other fellow foot
all the war bills. Vain hope!
Promises of moderate coal prices for the com
ing winlcr'come out of Washington with official
approval. In that line of goods Washington is
the. most fluent bull in the market.
Our highways can be made good roads, but
they won't stay good unless they are maintained
constantly in good repair. No use figuring first
cost without also considering upkeep.
t . , .
Much pomp and ceremony-marked the for
mal enthronement of the young king of Greece.
The next business in order is an invitation to the
Allies .to come across with a liberal loan.
Pacifists may extract comfort from the sud
den finish of the "Apache war." The fact that
the commissary department fell down under the
strain suggests "a vulnerable spot for riacifistic
punches. '
No more dangerous time could .be, chosen Jor
I. W. VV.' threats and bluster. A nation at war
and people directly afflicted may be depended
upon to' make', short work of those who attempt
to execute their threats. ' , -. . . t' ;
Genius rarely misses gripping the top knot
of oppprtunhy. One of the number on the spot
has perfected a device which enables orators to
blow the froth off , their deliverances as they
proceed. If congress fails to , grab the inven
tion, so much the worse for congress. ,
Save the Wedding Rice
-New York World-
Some of f3ur own food economist have not
been lacking in a certain keenness and ingenuity
of suggestion. It remains for a friendly editor in
Paris, however, to set a high mark for conserva
tion in proposing legislation to stop the great
American practice of throwing rice at wedding
couples.. Calculating five pounds per marriage,
the French writer perceives a total of thousands
of tons of rice thrown to waste yearly.
Perhaps our Parisian critic would also have
suggested, had he been duly reminded, the saving
of the leather in the -old shoes thrown after our
departing honeymoon pairs. We are sure that in
that particular, as well as in the matter of the
castaway rice,' he would have the concurrence of
almost any blushing bride and bashful groom.
Whether or not the lawmakers ajid the well-wishing
populace could be induced to take his eco
nomic counsel as seriously as he puts it forward
is another question. ' -
. Behind our rice-throwing at weddings is tra
dition of a sort and an exuberance of felicitation.
To the thrifty French mind the wastefulness of
the custom chiefly jpresents itself a wastefulness
certainly not willful on our part There is the dif
- fefence between characteristic national points of
view. Admitting our extravagance, we might
claim still that the grains of potential food are not
wholly wasted which have carried sustaining mes
sages of good cheer.
, If, nevertheless, the suggestion of our Gallic
editor is to be accepted for following, there re-
mains need of further counsel. How shall the
.five pounds. of rice saved from each wedding,
from coast to coast, be gathered, concentrated and
distributed again to the greatest good of the
t hun'hrd"?, , , , ,..
America First, but Not America Alone.
The United States was driven to recognize
the existence of a state of war which Germany had
precipitated upon us to defend our democracy
against the aggressions of arrogant autocracy.
We went in to fight for our own rights, for
principles of liberty that vitally concern us our
selves as well as the menaced democracies of
Europe. But, now that we are in the war, wc
cannot get out of it by ourselves. In other words,
we are fighting for "America first," but not for
"America alone." Our fight is for something
bigger and beyond our own direct interests. We
are joined with our allies, who thus far have
furnished the barrier that has kept the common
enemy off of our soil, and whatever we do finally
toward negotiating terms of peace will have to be
done in unison with them, just as whatever they
may ultimately do in that direction must be done
with our knowledge, participation and assenU
Despite the papal peace plea, all agree that
we are not yet faced with conditions that promise
immediate peace moves, but this analysis may
help people to understand our situation. In mak
ing answer to the pope, sjiould an answer be
deemed necessary, our president must tyike into
consideration and make clear the fact that we
cannot speak or act for ourselves alone, because
our responsibilities in the war are not confined
to upholding and vindicating rights of human
ity that belong only to America. A separate
peace with any of the Allies is no more within the
probabilities than a separate peace with Austria
as distinct from Germany or Germany distinct
from Austria. Truth is, the latter is much more
probable, though at that not likely except through
a victory leaving no other outlet.
Property Right in News.
Attention of our readers is invited to the no
tice which now appears on this page asserting
for The Bee as a member of The Associated
Press and also individually its property right in
exclusive views obtained at great expense as
against unauthorized republication. It must be of
interest to all to know that The Associated
Press has recently won a notable victory in the
federal courts through litigation instituted by
its alert officers to establish the principle of
news ownership and to prevent .news piracy.
While on the very face of it for anyone to claim
that he may freely appropriate and resell at a
profit valuable information gathered by a costly
organization of news correspondents and trans
mitted by cable and telegraph at still further cost
seems preposterous, yet it is notorious that com
peting news associations and parasitic newspapers
in many cities have been regularly stealing the
news from Associated Press papers and selling
to others what does not belong to them. The
defense of this reprehensible practice has usu
ally been the old Boss Tweed defi, "Well, what
are you going to do about it?" At last The Asso
ciated Press seems to have reached the point
where the courts of law recognize the property
right in news and to be in position to do some
thing to check, if not stop altogether, the con
tinued systematic piracy of its reports.
No one needs specially point out the pirate
sheets offending in this respect, for in' each
community everybody knows what newspapers
day by day steal other papers' news. It is easy
enough to tell by merely scanning the contents,
even where the theft is disguised by hasty "re
writers." The Associated Press has proven its
superior value more than ever in the present
world war and is proving it further every day,
but this fact will only, bo fully appreciated as it
succeeds in "protecting its service from 'being
raided by the newspaper poachers who have so
long been profiting off of stolen goods.
No Impairing of State School Fund.
Laudable as may seem its announced decision
to invest $50,000 of the state school money in
land bank bonds, the board charged with the con
trol of this fund will do well to reconsider and
rescind if the purchase has to be made at a
premium and involves an impairment of this
sacred trust fund. It is not a question whether
the bonds are safely secured, or of what rate of
interest they may bear, or whether the premium
demanded is or is not excessive,
i The permanent school moneys of Nebraska con
stitute an endowment fund for the benefit of the
public school children for all future time and it
has been surrounded, or at least was supposed to
be surrounded, with complete protection against
its misappropriation or dissipation. For that
reason it is incorporated in the fundamental law
of the state that these funds "shall be deemed
trust funds held by the state and the state shall
supply all losses thereof that may in any manner
accrue so that the same shall remain forever in
violate and undiminished." It was in pursuance
of this requirement that the legislature once made
a special appropriation to reimburse the amount
lost to the school fund in a failed bank, and when
the warrant was embezzled made another appro
priation to make it good.
If this provision of the constitution means any
thing, it means that, the school fund shall not be
diminished to any amount or in any way or for
any pretext or purpose good or bad that to use
it to pay a bonus to buy a liond br other security,
even for a praiseworthy object, is strictly pro
hibited as a dangerous practice sure to lead to
palpable abuses.
Whitehall street, London, through which
United States troops marched as multitudes
cheered, is the nerve center of British power and
dcmbcracy.( broad, clear highway stretching
from Trafalgar square and merging into Parlia
ment street at Parliament square, it houses the
leaders of the government. Downing street, a
narrow official lane, intersects Whitehall, cornered
by modest primitive buildings, in which the min
isterial offices have been located for generations.
With the House of Parliament at one end and
Trafalgar square at the other, Whitehall is a
barometer of the national pulse in sunshine and
storm.
Credible reports from Stockholm show grow
ing fear among German boosters lest the pro
jected socialist peace conference get "beyond con
trol. Too many delegates of uncertain leanings
might endanger the program of the bosses, hence
neutral delegates must content themselves with
walking the corridors while business proceeds as
planned. The importance attached to the gather
ing emphasizes how eagerly the drowning central
powers grasp at straws.
Curbstone oratory is esteemed a useful safety
valve, but the risk of tainting the atmosphere
should be guarded against Besides, those, who
think they have a message in their system ought
to dignify it by hiring a hall.
It's surely the irony of fate when foreign-born
boys who volunteer to serve are shut out because
not fully naturalized, while native-born boys who
ask ejjemption from the draft have to go.
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Horses for the Army
By Frederic J. Haskin
Washington. Aug. IS. Last spring the re
cruiting officer in a small southern town was con
fronted by a lank mountaineer mounted'on a lank
brown mule. "I'm William Smith," announced
the visitor, "and this here's my mule, William
Jennings Bryan. We want to jine the army."
The recruiting sergeant told William Smith
that Uncle Sam would be glad to have him in the
official family, but William Jennings Bryan would
have to stay at home. On hearing which William
Smith refused to "jine." Like the man who would
not enter heaven without his dog, he refused to
enter the army without his mule. He and the
mule returned to their native highlands.
Now this is to give notice to William Smith
that if he will return to the recruiting station he
will be enlisted and his mule along with him. If
possible, his mule will get a warmer welcome than
himself. Uncle Sam is short of mules.
The new armies, including only the regulars at
war strength, the National Guard at full strength,
and the first million of drafted men, will require
about 500,000 horses and mules. How and where
to get these animals, of the right type and the
right price, is one of the little problems that bring
out gray hairs over military brows in the quarter
master general's office.
There is a rather widespread impression that
motor transport has replaced the horse and the
mule. The cavalry horse has not been ousted by
the motorcycle, nor the artillery horse by the
motor truck. Mechanical transport takes an in
creasing share of the burden, true enough; if this
were not the case, there would not be enough
horses and mules available in the world to supply
the armies of Europe.
In considering the problem it must be remem
bered that the allies have been buying horses in
this country for three years. They have swept
the market fairly clean of surplus stock, and some
of them especially the British, who have a nice
eye for a horse have taken mainly animals of
the first quality. Up to a certain point this was all
right. Our middle western farmers were glad to
get rid of the surplus horses whose places were
being taken by gasoline driven machines. But
with our own immense, army to equip they may
tell another story before peace comes.
When the National Guard went to the border,
horses and mules were needed for a force of
140,000 men. In order to get the necessary stock
purchasing officers were authorized to make less
stringent the physical requirements of the eligible
mule, in somewhat the same fashion as the regular
army physical requirements have been eased up
since the declaration of war. The minimum height
for a mule was reduced from fifteen hands to four
teen and a half, for one thing. Further conces
sions will probably be made in the face of the
immense new demand.
American army requirements for horses and
mules are the strictest in the world. In one big
Kansas horse market last year there were pur
chasing commissions from France, England, Italy
and the United States buying cavalry remounts.
The horse dealers agreed unanimously that the
American officers knew horses better than any of
the others and were buying a better grade of
stock. "
' To be accepted for the army a horse must
weigh somewhere between 1,000 and 1,200
pounds. Here is one cause of the scarcity, for the
breeding of these medium-weight horses is rap
idly dying out. The modern farmer breeds heavy
draught horses, which are the only ones for which
there is much peace demand. The automobile has
largely supplanted the lighter types. But the
ponderous draught breeds are no use to the army.
.
Numerous plans have been suggested for gath
ering the necessary horses, including a scheme
which would involve a nation-wide horse and mule
registration and a selective draft. This method
is regarded as impractical. The plan that will
probably be followed will be similar to that under
which the allies have been buying their stock.
The government will give out specifications and
prices, and private horse dealers will go about
the country buying up suitable animals. These
will be brought to points designated by the gov
ernment, where they will be inspected by an army
purchasing board. '
The army today owns about 102,000 horses and
mules. About half a million more are needed.
Any farmer, breeder or dealer who can supply
one Or more carloads is requested to communicate
with the War department. A carload, consists of
eighteen to twenty-five animals. Mares are not
purchased except when they are unusually fine
animals, and then only on special authority.
After the government buys a lot of horses they
are marked with the U. S. brand and shipped to
a remount station, where they are "conditioned"
for army service. The army maintains thirty-two
of these stations, under the charge of expert offi
cers. After a few days of treatment to bring the
animals into perfect condition they are drilled for
the particular branch of the service for which
they are designed.
The Army Chaplain
-St. Louie Glohe-Democ rat-
Very little about the army chaplain in this
war has been written by correspondents, either
at the front or behind it. Wherefore, one of them,
who tells his own story, and is quoted by as cred
ible a correspondent as John L. Baldcrston, is
worth hearing for his cause. Mr. Baldcrston de
scribes him as "a man about 30. an old county
cricketer and a foot ball blue. If he were not
young and in splendid trim he could never stand
the racket at the front." But the story was told
"on a rest billet some miles behind the lines," and
the chaplain described the particular Sunday he
was talking about as being a "normal Sunday."
He had had two meetings at the front broken up
by enemy shots. In attempting to conduct a third,
at a field hospital, his Doxology was pronounced
by German airmen bombing the place. His con
clusion was that chaplains should not be held
to be noncombatants. "So far as I am concerned,"
he said, "a noncombatant is one who gets eter
nally shot at and is not allowed to shoot back."
We quite concur in his view that an army chap
lain insisting upon holding services at the front
while a battle, is in progress should have the
privilege of returning an enemy fire. The army
chaplain can .meet dangers enough and suffer
hardships enough without violating discipline.
The fortitude, and often the heroism, of these
men is proverbial, in all armies. A chaplain, to an
army, is as a saving salt. Without the means of
grace he offers fighting men would soon grow
demoralized to the point of losing much of their
efficiency. And the chaplain, so far from being a
noncombatant, may be like Rev. Peter Trone,
chaplain of Shelbys brigade, who, on a Sunday
afternoon, nad been telling the troops that they
should not forget that one of the greatest ene
mies to fight was satan. While he was extorting
them to this constant warfare, a sudden federal
attack was made. "Come on. boys!" shouted the
chaplain, leaping to his saddle. "We'll fight the
Yankees today and the devil tomorrow " It is
best to recognize the chaplains as combatants.
They would make good ones.
People and Events
W'iT pensions pile up at a fierce (rate in Great
Britain. The pension minister reports a roll of
750,000 men, women and children and the num
ber of applications overwhelms a clerical working
force of 0,50) women.
A police raid on the "poker flats" on Sheri
dan road, Chicago, netted a fine bunch of women
sports and a few male steerers. The region is
said to be a mecca for fashionable women gam
blers, who frequently fatten "the kitty" at the rate
of $20 an hour.
John Barleycorn henceforth Ts a legal outcast
in Utah. Weeks of grace allowed for the dis
posal of stocks on hand have expired. Private
"cadhes are permitted, as in Nebraska, as a taper-ing-off
concession, but the juice as an article of
commerce is ostracized. The parting of old
friends brought on a spell of gloom.
Proverb for the Day.
It Is the truth that cuts.
One Year Ago Today In the War.
Austro-German offensive on the
Zlota Lipa checked, by Russians. Brit
ish smashed German lines over two
mile stretch on Somme front
In Omaha Thirty Years Ago.
Mrs. Alfred Sorenson with her two
little daughters, Blanche and Grace,
narrowly escaped a serious accident
while passing the new Byers building
corner Fifteenth and Douglaa, by the
falling of a nine foot pine board which
struck Blanche, bruising her on the
cheek, and tore Grace's dress.
Ned Hanlon, the oarsman, is in the
city on the way to San Francisco. Dur
ing his brief stay, in the city he was
if
entertained and shown the sights by
Messrs. J. R. Clarkson, P. H. Allen
and O. H. Gordon. .
A bolt of lightning struck the barn
In the rear of the premises occupied by
W. D. Sloan, Catherine and Mason
streets, which caught Are. The flames
were prevented from spreading to the
Sloan residence by the devoted efforts
of the neighbors who faced both fire
and storm to form a bucket brigade.
Many compliments are being paid
Mrs. Cotton and Nathan Franko for
the offertory solo and violin obligate
at Trinity Cathedral.
Reverend J. K. Reid, formerly pas
tor of the Christian church in Gallatin,
Mo., has bought a residence and lo
cated himself and family in Walnut
Hill, where he will -have charge of
Cynthia Chapel.
Mrs. J. S. Wolfe and daughter Min
nie of Denver, are guests of Governor
and Mrs. Saunders on Sherman ave
nue. Miss Mary E.. Cosgrave was married
to John Reed at the Holy Family
church. Rev. R. A. Shaffel officiating.
Miss Mary Shannon acted as brides
maid while P. H. Cosgrave attended
the bridegroom.
This Day In History.
1803 Nathan Clifford, the first
cabinet officer from Maine and the
only representative the state ever had
in the supreme court of the United
States, born at Rumney, N. H. Died at
Cornish, Me., July 25, 1881.
1812 John H. Means, governor of
South Carolina 1850-52, born at
Hampton, S. C. Mortally wounded at
battle of Manassas, Aug. 28, 1862.
1830 Emperor Francis Joseph of
Austria-Hungary born at Schonbrunn.
Died there, November 21, 1916.
1866 Anhalt jined the North Ger
man Confederation. .
1870 Battle of Gravelotte, in which
the French under Marshal Bazaine
met a crushing defeat at the hands of
the Prussians.
1910 A bronze statue of Washing
ton, presented by Virginia to France,
was unveiled in Paris.
1914 Germans shelled and occupied
Tirlemont.
1915 Berlin reported the capture of
the fortress of Kovno by the Germans.
1916 House of representatives
passed the Philippine bill, granting
the island an increased measure of
independence.
Tho Day We Celebrate,
C. J. Meitzen was born August 18,
1873. He is general manager of the
Omaha Robe & Tanning company.
Louis M. Rogers born at Kuparisy,
Greece, August 18, 1883, has become
one of Omaha's leading confectioners
and florists.
Lee McGreer was born in Illinois
August 18, 1862. He is a prominent
contractor and builder of Omaha.
A. G. Buchanan was Born in
Zanesville, Ohio, just sixty-three years
ago today; He is in the live stock and
commission business with his son right
here in Omaha.
Rev. Leonard Groh, pastor of St
Marks Lutheran church, is celebrating
his eighty-fourth birthday today. He
came to Nebraska in 1891 having a
pastorate first at Lincoln.
Colonel Ernest Hinds, member of
the general staff of the United States
army, born in Alabama, fifty-three
years ago today.
Rear . Admiral Thomas S. Rodgers,
United States navy, whose last assign
ment made public was as commander
.of a division of the Atlantic fleet, born
in New Jersey, fifty-nine years ago to
day. Jack Pickford, noted photoplay
actor and brother of the famous Mary
Pickford, born in Toronto, twenty-one
years ago today.
Dr. Lucy Langdon Wilson, principal
of the Southern high school for girls
in Philadelphia, born at St. Albans,
Vt, fifty-two years ago today.
Bishop Francis J. McConnell, of the
Methodist Episcopal church, born at
Trinway, Ohio, forty-six years ago to
day. '
Geore (Buck) Weaver, infielder of
the Chicago American league baseball
team, born at Stowe, Pa., twenty-six
years ago today.
Timely Jottings and Reminders.
Beacon fires will be kindled on the
hills of New Hampshire tonight in wel
come to the native sons and daughters
returning for the annual celebration
of Old Home Week. '
The annual convention of the Cath
olic Young Men's National Union will
have its formal opening in Philadel
phia today and will continue in session
until Tuesday.
The marriage of Miss Yvette Gch
hardt, described as a J 10,000,000
heiress of New York, and Baron
Napoleon Gourgeaud,, a noted French
sportsman, is announced to take place
today in Paris. , .
Boston will fill with visitors from
all over the country today in anticipa
tion of the opening of the Fifty-first
National Encampment of the the
Grand Army of the Republic and the
annual .meetings of its numerous af
filiated organizations.
Many prominent Catholic prelates,
priests and layman are expected in St.
Louis today to attend the sixty-second
annual convention of the Central
Verein, the national organization cf
German-American Catholics. The con
vention will be formally opened Sun
day morning with a pontifical mass in
the cathedral, at which the celebrant
will br Monsignor Bonzano, the Apo
stolic delegate to the United States.
Storyette of tho Day.
As rats did much damage to his
papers the Hindoo clerk in charge of
the official documents in one of the
more remote Indian towns obtained
permission to keep , two cats, - the
larger of them receiving rather bet
ter rations. A few weeks later the
head office at Delhi received this dis
patch: "I have the honor to Inform you
that the senior cat is absent without
leave. What shall I do?"
To this problem there was vouch
safed no answer. . After waiting a few
days the Hindoo sent off a proposal:
"In re absentee cat. I propose to
promote the junior cat and In the
meantime to take into government 1
service a probationer cat on full ra
tions." Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele-;
graph. ,
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Proper Use of Name "Teuton."
Omaha, Aug. 17. To the Editor of
The Bee: The improper application
of the word Teuton is teaching the
people of this country, who are not
aware of the facts, an error which it
will be hard to correct. Many are
led to believe that Teutons are Ger
mans and Austrians. Our allies do
not use the word Improperly as we do.
Teutons are those people which we
designate as Germans, English and
Scandinavians. History should keep
its hat on straight. In Edward A.
Freeman's "General Sketch of His
tory," the noted English historian at
page 14 says:
"The second Aryan swarm in west
ern Europe, that which came after the
Celts, is the one with whose history
we are more concerned that with that
of any other, for it is the branch of
the Aryan family to which we our
selves belong. These are the Teutons,
the forefathers of the Germans and
the English and of the Danes, Swedes
and Norwegians in northern Europe.
The Teutons do not appear in history
till a much later time than the Celts
and then We find them lying immedi
ately to the east of the Celts, chiefly
in the land which is now called Ger
many. From this they spread them
selves into many of the countries of
Europe, but in most cases they got
lost among the earlier Inhabitants, and
learned like them to speak the lan
guage of the Romans. The chief
parts of Europe where Teutonic lan
guages are now spoken are Germany,
England and Scandinavia.
"Of the first coming of the Teutons
into Europe we can say nothing from
written history any more than of the
first coming of the Celts. But many
of their chief settlements, And among
them the settlements in Britain, hap
pened so late that we know a good
deal about them. The true name of
the Teutons is Theodisc, or Dutch,
from Theod, people, as one might say
'the people,' as opposed to foreign
ers. The Germans still call them
selves Deutschen in their own lan
guage and not so long ago the word
Dutch was still used in English in a
sense at least as .wide as this."
At page 108 the author further says,
"We have seen that In the Island of
Britain, of which the greater part
became a Roman province in the time
of Agricola, the Romans found a Cel
tic people, the Britons. But in the
north of the island and in the other
great island of Ireland there was an
other Celtic people, the Scotch or
Irish. The Romans never even tried
to conquer Ireland and they never
even' conquered the whole of Britain.
The northern part of what is now
called Scotland always remained free.
In the rest of the Island the Britons
were conquered and the land became
a Roman province. But in the fourth
century the free Celts in the north
ern part of the island began to pour
into the Roman province and other
enemies began to invade the land from
the east by the sea. These last were
no other than the forefathers of the
English of today. No doubt men of
many different old Dutch tribes Joined
in these expeditions, but there were
three tribes which stood out above the
others. These were the Angles, the
Saxons and the Jutes. The Celts, the
Britons and Scots have always called
Englishmen Saxons. As soon as the
different Teutonic tribes in Britain be
gan to join together into one people
the name by which they called them
selves was Angles, or English. Thus
it was that the English people went
from their old homes on the main
land and won for themselves new
homes in the Isle of Britain. They
swept everything before them and the
Britons were either killed or made
slaves or took refuge in the western
parts of the island. Thus it was that
the English people settled in the land
which thus became England, settling
in quite another way from that in
which the other Teutonic nations had
settled in the other parts of the em
pire. The tongue which we still speak,
though like other tongues has gone
through many changes, is still in its
main substance the old Teutonic
speech of our fathers." T. RUTH.
MIDSUMMER MIRTH.
"Concerning these animal fancies and
fads, there is one which It ts very etrarjsre
haa never come into popularity aa a pet by
leapa and bounds."
'What animal Is that?"
"The kangaroo." Baltimore American.
"You must put your shoulder to the
wheel." v
'I haven't been doing much else," an.
wer'. Mr. Chugglns, reproachfully, "t
haa to change all four of my Urea thla
week." Washington Star.
"Some say dancing Is hugging set to
music."
"There may be some truth in that. BtilU
If it's hugging you want, you can do much
better In the conservatory without muelc."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Dasher Two-thirds of the world ntw
are at war.
fanning Tee: the thlng'n becoming al
most as general aa a neighborhood row.
Life.
"Brown is certainly an optimist. He seee
the bright side of the high cost of things."
"Where is it, for goodness sake?"
"He says It doesn't allow him to get
enough money ahead to Invest In worthless
stocks." Boston Transcript.
Foote Lights I hear a college conferred
the degree of B. A. on our leading man.
Miss Sue Brette What does that mean?
"Bad actor, 1 guess." Tonker'a Statesman.
Vera Vampire The volcano acted up
something awful last night.
Bessie Brimstone Can you blame It T We
threw a food speculator down the crater.
Cartoons Magazine.
"Old man Butts Is alwayB running down
his son's school, and I believe it ts because
the boy Is always at the foot of his class."
"At the foot, is h? Then that is where
the shoe pinches." Baltimore American.
AN 0D2 TO THE CITY JAIL
Oh Thou landmark of antiquity
Oh monument of fame;
Oh harbor of all equity
V'e all praise thy name.
Thou art getting weak and fragile
Thy walls creak in wind or storm;
Thou hast harbored many a criminal
In thy cells so forlorn.
In years gone by. Thou hast been used
As a haven of refuge for crooks;
But now. Thou dost only amuse
The public by. thy looks.
We should bid you fair adieu
Thy walls, we should raze;
To rebuild a structure new
For all our future days.
Here's hoping K.'
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