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THE BEE'S SERVICE FLAQ
Jana 4jr ar not always rare; tometimet
they are overtlon.
lilt is the dijr the 2-cent fare klttehitielf
goo4by thanks to the war and Mr, McAdoo.
llr. Hoover bow talks of cutting the cost of
food to the consumer. He may fire when ready.
ITaTtef met the Liberty loan and Red Cross
drives, the country will now prepare to pay its
bcorae tax, due next Saturday.
Still the question is unanswered as to how
much of that German "Red Cross" fund was
expended in controlling a Nebraska election,
One, of the causes for joy in Berlin is that the
drive on Soiisons put new churches into the
clutches of the kaiser's army to be looted.
Mayor Smith is searching the country for a
competent gas engineer. . If it had been a hot
air expert he might have found a number near
at hand. : - . - . 1 ,
Hog Island is going to "speed up to keep
America ahead of England in the matter of ship
production. This sort of rivalry is good for
both sides.
The threatened German peace offensive Is
held up until its projectors can agree as to the
form it is to take. The Hunt feel the need of
caution in all mattcri most seriously just now.
Admiral von Capelle had not heard from the
Marne when he made his latest sddress to the
Reichstag, or he might have modified some of
his expressions regarding the usefulness of
American soldiers. ' , ,
"X s Chino-Japanese Alliance. "
The statement from Tokio relative to the al
liance between China and Japan for the purpose
of preserving peace and order in the Far East
wilivbe welcome news for those who have un
easily watched developments in 'eastern Siberia.
It feas been plain that concert of action must be
tad between Chinese and their island neighbors
if elective resistance to possible German advance
through Siberia is made. This concert has been
threatened, apparently, by the attitude of Japan
ztZt In proceeding, amounting almost to an
rrraeptlon of suzerainty over China. When the
t ''zt country deliberately entered the war
tiast Germany, it upset plans that might have
l;ia laid at Tokio, and took responsibility as an
cuUl partner in any venture that might be neo
trury to preserve the interests of the Allies in
C .1. Far East Since the situation around Valdi
x ::t;k and Harbin became acute, more or less of
r testation has been, indulged in here and in Eu
i;;sj aa to how differences between Japanese and
' Cllaese aspirations might be accommodated. In a
f-isk " statement ' the mikado's government
rti:oricslly denies all sinister motives alleged,
til sets out the purpose of the alliance, which
ij clearly in line with requirements of the Allied
cause. It gives protection to Russian rights, and
csht to effectually allay fears of the bolsheviki
Cavernment Security sgainst Teutonic aggres
:1m is provided, and a better basis for action in
, Cat disturbed region is laid down. The influence
it the United States in this arrangement has been
creat, and the outcome will be gratifying to
Americans.
STATE RIGHTS AND CHILD LABOR.
Senator Owen of Oklahoma, voicing his dis
appointment at the decision of the supreme court
against the child labor law, expressed the opinion
that Chief Justice John Marshal should have
been impeached when he first declared uncon
stitutional a law passed by congress. How would
that have helped the present case? John Mar
shal was. the great interpreter of the constitu
tion, giving it life and vitality, a sure foundation
for the freedom and liberty of a great people.
But suppose he had followed a course that would
meet the pique of. the Oklahoma senator, what
assurance have we that one of his illustrious suc
cessors, Roger Taney, for example, might not
have expounded the law just as did the great
Virginia jurist?
What the supreme court's decision really does
is to uphold the dearest of all democratic dogma,
that of state's rights. The child labor law was
declared invalid because under the constitution
congress can not prevent shipment from one
state to another of any article that is lawfully
produced where it originates. This throws the
whole question of child labor back to the states
for regulation. Any state may prohibit the sale
within its borders of goods into the manufacture
of which child labor enters, and under the prin
ciple on which the Reed amendment rests, ship
ment of such goods into the state for sale could
be prevented. Discussing this point, the St.
Louis Globe-Democrat says:
The evil sought to be corrected is so great
and the consequences of it so vital to the wel
. fare of our country, involving the conservation
of future citizens, that agitation for a consti
tutional amendment is justifiable. With the
freedom of commerce among the states guar
anteed by the constitution, laws regulating
child labor must be uniform, both in manner
of enforcement as well as in terms, to be ef
fective. If one state enforces the law to con
serve child life and to promote the bringing
up of citizens strong in body and mind, the
products of its industries must come into com
petition, at home and abroad, with those of
industries built up by the exploiting of child
labor. This penalizes a state for being decent.
Not even the children can be saved, for they
can be taken by the trainload into states where'
stunting1 the bodies and dwarfing the minds of
future citizens may be regarded as "good busi
.ness. German Strategy of Double Dealing.
Apostles of kultur firmly believe that the end
justifies the means, and do not hesitate to resort
to deception or treachery of any kind if it will
advantage them. When the captain of the U
boat signalled to the Carolina, "Do not use your
wireless and we will not shoot 1" the captain of
the passenger ship ordered his wireless operator
to desist calling for help, that he might test the
sincerity of the German. The latter proceeded
without further delay to sink his victim.
Berlin sends out an "official" report telling
of the capture of great stores of American war
material when depots along the front were taken.
General Pershing reports that no American
depots existed in the neighborhood described,
and consequently no stores were csptured by the
Germans. The report will be eagerly believed
by the German people, wlio will never hear the
denial, and it may even affect some neutrals as an
evidence of the success that is attending German
efforts. . ,
A little while ago the Germans reported the
capture of 183 Americans in a single operation.
Up, to June 3 the total of losses by capture is
reported by the War department as 72.
These items are referred to merely to warn
our readers that the kaiser is persisting in his
strategy of deliberate deceit. Just as he made
his peace talk in 1905, at the time he was nego
tiating his secret treaty with Nicholas of Rusisa,
planning for world dominion, so he has hypo
critically pretended one thing while ' practicing
another at all times since. Just now he is bent
on deceiving Germans at home more than
nbroad, but if his lies find lodgement elsewhere,
no much the better for his cause.
Americans can learn the truth from their own
government, and must not give unlimited cre
dence to messages sent out from Berlin.
In the Revenue Man's Bag.
As, "a snapper-up of unconsidered trifles,'
Autolycus had nothing on the commissioner of
internal revenue. , Proof of this may be found
in the showing of receipts at Washington. Of
course, nobody is surprised that spirits, tobacco
and beer send up a total of $59,000,000 for the
month of April; these have been the backbone
of internal evenue since such a department has
existed.' Sources of revenue neglected in the
good old pre-war days are now turning driblets,
small in comparison with the outgo, but eloquent
of the immediate necessity and prophetic of the
future.' Freight bills, for example, provided
$6,786,000, and passenger tickets $6,087,000 in
cash for the treasury during April. Theater
tickets turned in $3,988,000, most of which came
in the form of pennies added to price of the
"movies," while automobiles and motorcycles
furnished $3,429,000. Express taxes put up
$1,275,000, and telephone and telegraph messages
provided $1,305,000 more. It would be inter
esting to know how much was collected in added
war tax on parcels post shipments, but this goes
to the postal revenue, and Mr. Roper will learn
oi u oniy wnen Mr. ourieson maxes ms report,
if ever. '
Sammy Over There Pipes Warning
"Give Coin Away If You Gotta, But Lend
It? They Aint No Such Thing!"
An unnamed Sammy, familiar with the
"bunky touch," pipes off the game in the
Stars and Stripes, official publication of the
American expeditionary forces. His story
follows:
Never lend money to no one in the army.
I tried it, and I know.
No. sir: never lend no one no money in
no army what you're in. Yoa never get it
back. If you're a millionaire, and ain't got
no more sense than to let your money follow
you round in the army, give it away, if you
gotter. But lend it f mere aint no sucn
thing as lending!
Lookit what happened to me. I thought
I was in luck. I ain't got no folks nor no
home nor no nothinir. so I didn't have to
make no allotment. Not having no folks
nor no home nor no nothing, I didn't feel as
how I had to out uo for no insurance for no
body,- because if I was bcaned by a bomb
nobody would care except the supply ser
geant, who had wasted a lot of clothes on
me, and he wouldn't care much because he
don't have to pay for the clothes. And it
was just my luck I was on K r the day the
whole comp'ny was held up for Liberty
bonds and they didn't get down to the cook
shack, so I. got out of that all right.
I had a summary a Ion time ago. but
when they pulled me up, the court officer
didn't turn up, so I wasn't bobtailed no pay
for that. So when you come down to it, I
found I was about the only guy in the
comp'ny what was drawin' the 30 bucks a
month, with the 10 per cent more for foreign
service Day, what thev promise you on them
posters when they invite you to join the
army and see the world and your country
needs you and learn a trade.
Now. I ain't no tiirhtwad nor no hard-
boiled egg nor nothing, but they is wise
advertisin' and foolish advertisin', and I don't
believe in advertisin nohow. So I kep my
trap shut about what I was drawin', savin' it
up as it come along for the leave to Paris
what I took and which didn't cost me much
because I didn't stay as long as I intended
to because it was all old stuff there, and
doin' my own washin' and not spendin' much
of anything except for smokes now and then.
Of course I chipped in for a Stars and Stripes
orphint because I was a orphint myself.
But secrets will out, whether you tell 'em
to women or not. One pay day we was
passin' through the new barrix, single file,
to get ours. The postmaster's clerk, who was
a guy what I could have licked, hollers out
my name.
"Check I" says the paymaster.
"If it's just the same to you, sir," sezzi,
"I'd rather have it in cash. It's easier to
count."
But the paymaster didn't pay no attention
and his clerk, a guwhat I could have licked,
didn't pay no attention either. The clerk, he
hollers out like he was announcin' trains in
the Pennsv station:
"No stoppages I Nothing due the United
States 1"
"Shi" sezzi. "Ain't you got no respeck
for onvacy?
But I might just as well talked 'to a
wooden Indian. He hollers out:
"No insurance 1 Nothing due the United
States 1" A hundred and eighty-eight francs
and ten centimes!
I took it, 's'luted, and says "Thanks." It
was no time to ask questions. But that fool
clerk, bv tryin to exercise his voice he
must a been a opera singer or somethin' be
fore he joined had let the whole compny
in on it. They was whistlin' and sayin'
" " and pretendin' ' they was faintin'
all the time I was coin' out the door.
Well, I tried to appear unconcerned like
and stopped outside the door and counted my
kazuma just to be sure that fresh clerk hadn t
short-changed me nor sprung no french
Chamber of Commerce money on me. That's
a funny thing about chamber of commerces
in the Mates and over here: all what cnam
ber of commerces do is to talk, but over here
they make their own money. And most of
the money, like most of the talk, is no good
except when you're close up to it and can't
get away from it.
But there it was. all in good notes of the
Bank dee France, with some silver and one
clacker to make up the odd change. I was
just about goin' to put it in my belt when up
comes Bud Hoban, what bunked with me on
the boat coming over.
"Say, guy," sezze, "you pulled down a lot
o' kale, didn't you?"
No more than l deserved, sezzi.
"No," sezze. "that's right; but lookit where
I get off. Hell, I'm married, and they make
me assign half my cay to the missus, and I
just had to take out insurance, what with her
readin in the papers about it as how it could
be did, an' I got a dock for tellin' the skipper
what I thought of him when he ast me to, an
I got a load o' laundry in hock, an' I bought
a bond not because I wanted to, but just
to give to the kid. Say, can you lemme a
dees franc till next time?"
Well, what would you do? I had it, and
he didn't. So I let him have it. He's a good
sruv.
I might just as well of kissed that 10
francs eoodbv and wished it bong voyage
and bun chance right there, but I didn't know
nothin'. ' Before I was back to our billet to
get into my heavies for a practice hike that
.afternoon, Jim May nor touches me up.
"I was a damn fool," sezze. "I knew
Bill (he's the Q. M. sergeant) wouldn't get
in no heavy drawers before summer and the
ones he had itched me so I went and bought
some on my own, and some putts, too. And
I owed half this pay we got today because
we was playin' pay day poker over in our
dump last night and I got reamed. Can you
spare me authin' to see me through till the
next one? It ought to be comin' good and
reg'lar from sow on. It's about time."
Well, whaf would you do if a pal of yours
7 . f
was up against it and you had it? I let him
have a ten. He's a good guy.
Will that do your sezzi, generous like.
This lendin' business was gettin' to be a
habit with me. Cos if it won t, I can peel
off another five and never miss it" That's
the way I am.
He allowed as how he could use another
five if he was actually forced to, and I let
him take it. I didn't know then I was
kissin' that goodby, too; but how was I to
know?
By the time I got back to the billet all the
rest of the gang was there and when I come
in they all begins to yell: "Lookit here
comes John D. Rockenfellerl Who's the J.
Pieplant Morgan of our little fambly?
Whaddaya goin' do with it? Buy Long
Island or ree-store Belgium or go into busi
ness by yourself?"
Nix. sezzi. knowin 'what was comin
soon as they got me alone.
Sure enough; that night Lem, my mate,
sneaks a ride in a bread truck down to the
big town and comes in after taps. Next
mornin , as I was sneakin my 'first smoke
in bed before first call, he whispers over:
Say. can you lemme somethin to last
out the month on? I went down to town, I
did, and I got busted. I must of been over
charge of somethin.' I dunno."
Well, whats a feller goin to dor I dug
down in my belt and forked him over a $20.
He's a damn good scout, even if he ain't got
no head for money.
My troubles was just begmnin then, but
I didn't know it. Lem went to town on our
Sat'd'y afternoon off just my luck, I was on
guard so my money didn't do me no good
and come back again, busted. I give him a
lecture, but I couldn t refuse him no money,
and he needed it. Sometimes I think I'm too
tender-hearted that way.
Lem behaved fine for a while, borrowin
my Bull to roll his'n and savin' my money
on buyin' smokes of his own that way. Then
one day about noon he comes into the billet
and he says:
"Say, whaddaya know? I been ordered
off to Blabla on detach service motor-bike
ridin' I guess. Ain't it fine? The only thing
is I will need some money to start me off,
but I won't need it long. I hear they pay
them motorbike guys two bucks a day for
commushion of rations. I oughta be able to
save money on that after I get started and
pay you back all what I owe you."
I saw it was my cue, so I dug down. I
didn't have no change, so I give him the
cent franc note, the big one what I'd been
savin' up. I had enough to see me through
to the end of the month and besides they
was a rumor around that we was goin' into
the trenches again and. you: can't spend no
money up there unless you re a pie hound
and I ain't, so I guessed I could get by.
Well, that was the last I see of Lem and
my 100 for a good while. He packed his kit
and went off in a truck down to Blabla. I
got a card from him one day sayin,' "Having
a fine time wish you was here," and I gritted
my teeth.
One day one of them motor bike guys
driv up to our headquarters and got off. I
ast him if he knew anything about Lem.
Yes, sezze, he got throwed off n his
bike down the line and got pretty bad gum
med up. He's in a hospital 'bout two miles
from here Saint something, they call the
burg. Says he d like to see some o his old
gang if they get off."
lhe coming Sunday I begged on a wood
detail and hiked it over to this hospital. I
wasn't going to hold up no sick man for my
money, but I wanted to see how Lem was.
Lven if he was all the time having a franc
shortage, he was a good guy.
I went in and saw , him. After askin
about the gang and all the rest, he says,
sorter mournful like:
"Say. that order for cummushion of ra
tionj never did come hitjugh, bo. They put
us on our bikes and give us tickets what we
could turn in at messes for meals on the
road, but half the time we was late for
messes and the cooks wouldn t give us noth
ing because they didn't have .nothing left to
give us and you know what cooks is anyway.
So I just had to buy meals outen that 100
you slipped me.
"Thass all right, Lem," sezzi, not wantin'
to hurt a hurted guy's . feelin's. But that
wasn t how I felt.
Just then I happened to look down at the
chart on the table beside Lem's bed. On the
line opposite where it says, "Condition at
time oi entrance, tne nurse naa wrote in
"Ruddy and well Nourished."
I says goodby to Lem, and got outside
that hospital fast as I could. Then I says,.
Ruddy and well nourished? No wonder 1
done it done it with all my pay!
Tells Its Own Story
There is a hotel in France which is much
frequented by men of the A. E. F., generally
transients, who stop, there between train
S'ourneys to enjoy their first sleep in real
eds in many months, to eat dinner and
breakfast off a real table cloth, and to taste
the nearest approximation to the comforts
of an American home which the Young
Mens Christian association can give.
In the reading room of the hotel is a
guest book, on the cover of which is a notice
bidding the reader write his name and a
happy thought within.
What are these happy thoughts? Bright
lines? Home town boosts? The old familiar
autograph album humor? Many of them
are, but at least every other one reads very
much like this:
"God bless the women of America who
have come over here to help us."
Stand us face to face, and we aren't very
sentimental. We aren t given to blubber
ing, or gushing, or soft-soaping. But the
secret of that little book establishes a bond
of sentiment that every man-jack of us is
proud to echo. Stars and Stripes, published
in r ranee. .
Call to Anns. .
Camp Colt Casual . Company
No. 1, Tank Corps, Gettysburg,
Pa., June 5. To , the Editor
of The Bee: The ' expected has
happened. The "Huns" have brought
the fight to our coast shore, with their
pirate warfare weapon, the subma
rine. We have in our land under the
Stars and Stripes a class ot yellow
streak individuals (pardon me for the
expression, but It Is truly applicable
in this case) who have been using this
excuse as a camouflage to cover up
their yellow by saying "When the
Germans come to us I will fight"
Now, your challenge haa been ac
cepted by the most inhuman people
on earth, the murderous boches,
horn we face as our enemy today.
Now it Is either get busy and fight
for the noblest country for humanity,
or be classed as a pro-German dis
loyal citizen. If there is a young man
who reads this that ' has American
blood of patriotism In his veins, let
him come to the colors. Don't enlist
if you are looking for pleasure. Go in
with the determination to put your
shoulder to the wheel, with only one
objective in view work, nght and win
a victory for democracy against Prus
sian barbarism.
The army, as well as individuals or
corporations, has no time or place for
a slacker today. I am receiving pri
vate's pay. I have given up a home,
a good position and that little family
tonignt is praying tnat God bring me
back to them safelj, which prayer, I
trust shall be answered. I am here
to fight for the flag which has given
me my freedom and protection.
Greater love hath no man than him
who lays down his life for a friend."
Those words, spoken 1,900 years ago,
still apply. The Stars and Stripes has
been our friend. Now it is our duty
to defend that liberty which our flag
stands for.
I cannot conceive a man's makeup
who can go about and be so indiffer
ent to the supreme test that confronts
our beloved nation and people today.
If there ever was a time when the
country needs you, men, now is the
time. '
With my best wishes to all Ne
braska and The Omaha Bee.
PRIVATE VICTOR A. BRADSHAW.
Power of Prayer.
Superior, Neb., June 4. To the Ed
itor of The Bee: Of all the state
ments that 'are daily read in The
Omaha Bee, there la one subject much
neglected but valuable to the world.
Be it of value to all of us Americans,
our lives are in great danger. But to
all this we are trying to escape this
danger, but there is no place on earth
to escape, for we are enslaved every
where. Now this la a remedy which
positively would, and to a great ex
tent is, going to aid us. Positively it
is helping our sailors, our soldiers and
our most beloved president Woodrow
Wilson, with all of the heavy work
which must be put under his consid
eration, of the most Intense and re
sponsible thinking which ia done by
him. The endangered ones overseas
who are treading the French soil and
fighting for that peace which Is and
must be bestowed upon us which will
be everlasting and forever in the
memories of our fellow countrymen.
Of my own experience I can say
when our good president declared war
upon the Huns I felt that was my last
breath, but today I am more enthusi
astic and willing than ever before to
fight for our people, our country, to
help benefit bur good U. S. A. and
raise some other poor thinker out of
his foolish dream.
Now, to this subject I will eay more
and more nearly everyone who falls
into a snare by dreaming always
turns himself to the one Infinite God,
the one who really through readiness
turns to Him Is always given a road
which will lead him out Yet no one
knows where It comes from. Does
He not? So to this effect our prayers
and our understanding of the Bible
is our support
Our sailors and our soldiers should
with their training also learn the 91st
Psalm of the Book of Psalms, and
other Bible passages. Then they will
also be more fully prepared for their
service and also be more fully and
honestly led to progress. I can say
the Almighty God Is daily with us in
our daily stress, and before the war
is Over they and every one of the
world's powers are going to find once
more the world s Christ healing power
upon earth on our battlefields. Once
more it will prove to the world it
never was lost from the world, and
our love will be forever lasting to the
end.
But to all this by taking this subject
lODAVI
One Twur Ago Today In tbe War.
, British continued vigorous offensive
on nine-mile front south of Tpres.
Italians shifted offensive to the
Trentino front where strong Austrian
positions were carried at three points.
n Day We Celebrate.
John 8. Little, fire Insurance ad
juster, born 1879.
George P. Stebblns, with the Pa
i'.lc Express company, born 1850.
Fred H. Davis, first vice president
:f the First National Bank of Omaha,
torn 1850.
ZJlmer & Redick, attorney-at-law,
bom 1887,
"William Squire Kenyon, Totted
. "-4s senator from Iowa, born at
w yrla, O., 49 yearn ago.
Ci Bay In History.
1798 Battle of Arklow. in which
fe Irish insurrectionists were de
, 'ted and their leader, Father Mor-
;, f, slain. ", v, '
llTSGeneral Grant accepted the
'ubllcan nomination for president
1398 Congress passed the war rev
re bill, to finance the war with
i ; l J President Wilson ' sent an-
r note to Germany demanding
:x;ion xor L.us;tania victims and
not to repeat attack on un
J merchantmen. ;
'Americans in Canadian eon
l held vital post -all day against
l ersiauxht near Tpres.
J ust SO Years Ago Today
An exhibition of the art work of
the students, together with the read
ing of essays and the rendition of
piano and vocal selections was given
by the juniors of Brownell Hall.
Today was the date of the opening
ot the bathing season at Lake Man-
awa and the motor cars were taxed
to their full capacity during the en
tire day to carry the many visitor
who wished to take a trip to the lake.
The Knights of Labor are passing
around a subscription list to raise
funds for the proper celebration of
Independence day.
Mrs. J. B. J. Ryan Is entertaining
her mother, Mrs. James Gray, and her
sister. Mrs. O. T. Thompson of Wash
ington, IX C.
A Real Patriot.
"He'a a real patriot anyhow."
;What make you think noV
"He's taken a big government con
tract for the same profit he'd charge
a private corporation." Detroit Free
Preset - .. ..
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State Press Comments
Norfolk News: Pullman employes
are ordered Friday to bathe more fre
quently and Saturday Pullman rates
are announced to go up. The public
never gets by without paying for its
luxuries. -
Beatrice Express: The bull moose
and populist parties in Nebraska have
passed Into history. Neither will have
a place on the ballot next fall. Both
died at the 191 6 election for want of
votes and Secretary Pool has an
nounced their Interment
Kearney Hub: Education does not
necessarily straighten out the crooked
crinkles In a man's mind. The faculty
for thinking on a true and straight
line may or may not have been born
in or of a person. An uneducated
brawler with a twisted intellect ia at
heart the same when he has attained
various degrees of learning and
parades under the banner of "aca
demic freedom." the sacred shibboleth
of intellectual anarchists. Of the two
society is really safest with the un
lettered brawler.
Rushvllle Recorder: The fall in
price of wheat substitute is welcome
to the housewives and is due to their
indignation when confronted with the.
difficulties of the family larder en
hanced by the profiteers. Profiteering
will continue so long as no drastic
action is taken with scoundrels who
take advantage ot war conditions to
make the people suffer while they get
rich. This war Is not going to help
these fellows when it Is over, and If
they are wise they will remember their
sole duty in this the day of their coun
try's adversity. ,
-Right to the Point
Minneapolis Journal: Peace on
earth Is no Idle dream. The colonel
and Taft came together the other day
like cream and peaches.
St. Louis Globe-Demoorat: The
German high command la aa fearful
of the people behind as of the enemy
in front hence the desperation of the
drive. '
Brooklyn Eagle: On word for
John Dillon, nationalist leader In Ire
land. Neither John Redmond nor
Charles Stewart Parnell could have
put more strongly his defiance ot the
Sinn Fein nonsense In thla present
emergency.
Washington Post: We have an
Idea that Charley Schwab's observa
tion to the effect that "the kaiser Is
due for the damnedest licking any
one ever got" will be appreciated by
a large number of reverend gentlemen
who have long been waiting for an
able spokesman.
Baltimore American: The life of
an American soldier was saved by a
Bible that stopped a bullet. While
scoffers may claim that a pack of
cards would have served as well, It is
pleasing to old-fashioned folks to
know that some of our boys go Into
battle fortified wltb a Bible.
New York World: Of all the Ger
man Intrigue In various part of the
world deelgned to stir up trouble for
enemies and neutrals, the one ad
dressed to . negroes m the United
States seem to have been the great
est failure. Has one colored man any
where responded to it v
Twice Told Tales
Reported for Action.
The commanding officer had sur
prised the young lieutenant and his
daughter trying to occupy the same
chair.
The lieutenant sprang to his feet
and saluted.
"Sir," he said, '1 have the honor
to report an engagement at close
quarters, In which I have been en.
Ilrely victorious. It now merely re
main for you to give your sanction
to the term ot surrender." Boston
Transcript
The Return Salute.
A newly commissioned ensign or
dered a Jackie to salute htm SO times,
because he had neglected to salute in
passing. While the performance was
In progress an old navy officer no
ticed It and Inquired the meaning. The
nstgn explained.
"Just on minute, lad," thi old navy
officer eaid when the Jackie had com
pleted the task, "the ensign is going
to return the salutes now." Every
body's Magazine.
Necessary Expenditure.
"I say, Brown, can't you manage to
pay me that f 10 you owe me? I need
the money."
"Awfully sorry, old man, but I can't
do It"
"I notice you manage to go to the
(heater two or three tlmea a week,
though."
That' Just It The thought that I
tw you money I worrying m so
that I have to do something to help
ate forget it"
up. Sooner the better. The United
States cannot carry on Its work any
better than what it ia It is a loving
and peaceful nation and I know posi
tively it will becomo the power of the
world.-
God bless our native land forever,
and our flag, the pride of the world,
forever and ever. LONE STAR.
SUNNY SMILES.
Tht tnclenU bHTd thst felsalns
pretty girl wu a sure curt for headache,"
ay an exchange.
After all. there la nothin Ilka tha oM
fashioned remedies. Boston Transcript.
Teacher Why, Tommy, you've sot everything-
on this map In the wron place.
Tommy I did this to tool tha enemy.
Judfe.
"Ton know I think the day the prodigal
son came back must have been aa awful
ellppery day."
. u; aw ;
"Because tha Bible says whsa the father
came out to welcome htm he fell en hi
neck." London Answers.
x aon i una lone nouse you sola pu, wiv
the man who had been roped In.
"Why not?" asked the agent
"Why. there's water In .the cellar."
"Heavens, man I Don't you want to take a
bath occasionally T" San Francisco Chron
icle. "I hear Cinderella Is makln a bit is
society," remarked the envious rival.
"Yes, that glass slipper of hers Is Just tht
thing for champagne drinking stunts."
Louisville Courier-Journal.
"Aren't you coin away anywhere this
summer?"
"No. I thought as long as I had to worry
about the war, I should like to do It with
all the comfort of home." Life.
FLAG OF THE FREE.
Tattered and torn.
By heroes 'twas borne
O'er fields where their comrades lay dead;
Pierced often by shell
It went through a hell
Untainted, to victory, It led.
' War stained and fringed,
By shell fir oft singed.
For humanity and freedom It plead;
For this emblem so true,
The red, whit and blue,
True patriots their Ufeblood have ihed.
What cheering there'll be
When from over the sea
Our flag to It horn will return;
For a cause Justly done,
Will surrender to none,
For its home-coming there's many whs
yearn.
Oh, flag of the free!
AU homage to thee!
Helm of the ship our son steer; f
In lands near or far
Bless each stripe or star;
The banner we love and revere!
"BELLVIEW." .
Omaha, Mrs. J. M. Johnson.
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