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Now you cm hear the corn growing.
Young Mr. Rockefeller's talk to the soldier
has the right ring.' , . ' '
In the language of "Met,' Mr. Hitchbranch
is again mad. That's very evident!
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At that the Chamber o! Commerce has not
more than kept pace with the city in its 25 years
of growth. - '
MMO M OMOMOoWdj
iNo fifty-fifty Americans, nor any other ratio.
One hundred, per cent Americanism must be the
goal of every loyal citizen. , ,
'Omaha is promised safe and sane Fourth.
For some years it has been tolerably safe, though
not wholly sane, so it would be gratifying to
have both at once.
'No more Insurance policies written in Ger
man or other foreign languages is the edict of the
Nebraska State Insurance board. Right you are.
Our own language is good enough for us.
In measuring Omaha's growth alongside of
other cities remember .-that we fake no back. seat
even though we have no army cantonment, muni
tions plant, military supply factories, or other war
babies. '., .-' '
Threats are being made to invoke the recall
on four of our newly electedity commissioners.'
How Interestingl If -we must have another city
corjimissJonershfp election, -why not all seven re
sign and run over again?
in his etermiiujtiori.ta keep flie. street cars mov
ing. Adjustment of differences between men and
company must be made without interruption of
service.
Senator Hitchcock's , hyphenated organ up
holds his opposition to "open diplomacy" by cit
ing the fact that Sehatbr Norris voted the; same
way. What of h! BothJ senators " were also
ardent champions of the kaiser's bill to prevent
the export pf arms and make the United States
helpless by closing, down all our munition fac
"Safety First" in Dally Life.
America has had an army in France for a
year, and for several months on the firing line.
Up to data its total casualties In dead, wounded
and missing,' from all causes, Is but 7,932. In
Pennsylvania alone last year the total number
of men killed and wounded in industry was 255,
61 6. Yet we think of war as terrible in its toll of
human life, wfc?le we regard the loss incident to
industry as unavoidable and therefore to be
borne. In a single state waste, carelessness, in
difference to safety produced a casualty list
more than 30 times greater than that reported
for Pershing's army. The time is here when
this impressive truth must have some weight in
determining our course. We need men now as
we never did before. Also, we must drive-our
machinery as it has never been driven. Speed to
the utmost effort is demanded of us, because
only by producing to our limit of ability can we
provide for our needs in the war. But we can
not afford the prodigality we have indulged in
the matter of industrial mishaps. "Safety first'
is now a national obligation, greater in impor
tance than ever, and it only can be fully realized
when everybody makes it a .daily practice.
YES, BUT WHICH IS WHAT?
All the dust thrown in the terrible tantrum of
our senator's proxy editor on the subject of "Se
cret Diplomacy" will still not obscure the vision
of clear thinking people. Whether or not sena
tors turn a somersault at presidential behest or
whether the" president employs confusing lan
guage or himself changes his mind, the question
remains what did he mean? In his program for
world peace enunciated to the joint assembly of
the two houses of congress last January, the first
principle laid down was:
"Open covenants of peace, openly arrived at,
after which there shall be no private interna
tional understandings of any kind, but
diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in
the public view." 1
When an effort is made to apply the proposi
tion that covenants of peace and international un
derstandings be "openly arrived at" and "proceed
in the public view" by abolishing secret treaty
sessions of the senate, a letter written by the
president to Secretary Lansing is sprung em
bodying this paragraph:
"When I pronounced for cpen diplomacy I
meant not that there should be no private dis
, cussions of delicate matters, but that no secret
agreements of any sort should be entered into
and that all international relations, when fixed,
should be open .aboveboard, and explicit."
Read both statements' and ponder on them and
ask yourself a few questions,
How can treaties be "openly arrived at" if
formulated through secret negotiations?
How can our diplomacy "proceed in the pub
lic view" if carried on behind closed doors?
What object can be gained by open diplomacy
if it means nothing more than making public, after
ratification, treaties brought about by dark cham
ber intrigue and the people are completely shut
out of any chance to discuss the proposed terms
or hear of their discussion?
Of what avail can public protest be against
obligations imposed by secretly negotiated
treaties after the damage is done?
No, if we are td have open diplomacy, the
screen of secrecy must be torn aside if not from
the inception, at least from the time the pact is
presented for acceptance by the representatives
'of the people.
Views. Reviews and Interviews
Realistic Reminiscences of Pioneering in Nebraska Related
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in Charles H. Morrill s Autobiographical Volume.
Political Protection for East Front.
' Ande Cheradame, a cltar-visloned critic and
close student of the war, suggests a plan of ac
tion for the Allies that holds attraction for its
sanity. It is that a diversion be created through
political action on the east front that will en
gage the kaiser there even more closely than
when Russia was actually in arms. Dr. Chera
dame carefully analyzes the man-power of Ger
many and its allies, its vassals and its slaves, and
finds that at present the kaiser possesses greater
strength in men than do the Entente Allies.
This preponderance is offset by the contribution
of America in soldiers, which the doctor con
servatively sets down as 1,500,000. Against the
pro-German strength in the regions now under
control of Berlin, ht finds that more than two
fifths of the people are anti-German. These in
due the Czechs, Slavs, Latins and others who
have been and are being forced into service for
Germany. If these are properly aroused, a line
of revolt extending from the Caspian to the
Baltic may be established, and it may be made
more effective as a means of ultimate defeat to
Germany than the same line of trenches held by
the Russian army. The kaiser won his great
victory over Russia through political action. It
is equally possible for the Entente Allies to gain
advantage- through '. counter agitation, . says
Cheradame, who believes that well directed prop
aganda will do more than much military force
in the way of bringing defeat to the Central pow
ers. His arguments are convincing and his con
clusions well reasoned, and deserving of atten
tion.
t Gauging the U-Boat's Power.
Sir Rosslyn Wemyss, first lord of the British
admiralty, carefully views the activity of the U-
boats in American waters, and indulges in some
comment that Is the more satisfying because it
seems founded on reason. Admiral Wemyss does
not deny the danger to coast-wise shipping, but
he holds to the view that the real contest with
the undersea pirates must be confined to the nar
rower waters nearer home. Until it is developed
as to whether the Germans have been able to es
tablish' a base on this side of the Atlantic, opera
tions against the submarines must continue as
heretofore, with the understanding that these ves
sels put in and out of the home ports now known
and carefully guarded. This permits the concen
tration of effort, and increases the likelihood of
success for the consolidated navies. A statement
was made in the House of Commons last week
that now an average of 70 combats a week take
plce between destroyers and U-boats, and tha
the latter are being destroyed faster than they are
built. The presence of one or two of them in
American waters is uncomfortable, but not fatal
to our commerce. In all its activities, the power
of the submarine is being carefully gauged, and
successfully met.
Kaiserites are trying to alienate Italians from
America by the usual means of misrepresenta
tions, but the sons of sunny Italia who have
made their homes here are too sophisticated to be
caught by proteut propaganda.
u:itr T am orninc to devote my
space to reviewing a fascinating little book
'nscribed on the cover "The Mornlls and
Reminiscences" sent me as a personal token
by my esteemed friend, Charles H. Morrill,
who is soon to pass his 76th milestone
and with whom I served on the board of
regents of the University of Nebraska many
years ago. Retired from active life some
time ago, Mr. Morrill has been devoting
OTmanta tn mm nil i ti a the record of
..his family and writing out his own personal
experiences whicn taKe on a particular in
terest because he was not only one of the
pioneer builders of Nebraska, but also oc
cupied several positions of public responsi
bility that brought him into the thick of
things at several crucia1 i.tages of the state s
history.
The only child of a member of the famous
Morrill family of New England, left mother
less at the age of 12, brought up by an aunt,
marrying at the age of 20 and immediately
enlisting in the union army, returning to
New Hampshire at the close of the war,
Mr. Morrill, as he himself says, "determined
to take Horace Greeley's advice", and went
to Rockford, 111., where he found work m a
soap factory at $50 a month. His ambition
to be the owner of a farm led him to seek
his fortune still farther west and is plainly
the propelling force that can be traced all
through his wonderful story of his life. His
first failure at farming only spurred him on
and his constant accumulation of debt bur
dens only inspired renewed energy. When
in 1872 he got on his feet financially through
successful cattle feeding in Iowa, he took up
the westward course again. His interesting
account of going through Omaha is as
follows:
"It was about March 1, 1873, when I
farfiH in Nj-hrasWa with mv wife and
. children in two covered wagons. We had
at that time 15 neaa ot cattie anu eigm
head of horses. We were obliged to cross
the Missouri river at Omaha in a ferry
boat, as no bridge had been constructed
up to that time. As we passed through
Omaha I stopped to purchase some sup
plies at the store of J. J. Brown &
Brothers, wholesale and retail grocers.
Mr. Brown was standing in the doorway
of his store. As I went out he asked if I
was the owner of the herd, of cattle in the
street, and also where I was going. I told
him I had taken a homestead on the Big
Blue river southwest of Columbus, and
that I was on my way there. He then said:
'Now, young man, with 100 head of cattle
you have such a good start it is not neces
sary for you to go out into that dry coun
try. I have 320 acres of fine land lying
less than three miles from where we are
standing which I will sell you for $9 an
acre, and give you all the time you want
to pay for the same.' I thanked him for
his offer, saying that I had already estab
lished my home on the Big Blue and that
we hoped to be there in less than one
week. I then asked Mr. Brown if it would
be possible for me to get a $100 draft
cashed. He offered to go with me to the
Omaha National bank, where he intro
duced me to Mr. J. H. Millard, the presi
dent. In conversation with him, he said,
'We like to see young men like you coming
tn MphrasVa Whenever vou come to
Omaha, drop in.' When, in after years,
I embarked in tne Danicing ousiness i dc
came well acquainted with Mr. -Millard.
No man tried harder than he to assist the
small banks and pioneer business men of
Nebraska."
Mr. Morrill and his family settled in Polk
county, which has been his home ever since,
although other interests have taken him from
time to time to different parts of the coun
try. At the time of the gold discovery in
the Black Hills' lie made an expedition up
there which is graphically described:
"The pnly way to reach the Hills was
by stage from different points along the
Union Pacific railroad. The principal
point for equipping was Sidney, Neb.
Upon , my arrival in Sidney I found the
town surrounded with freighting ; outfits,
many just arriving from the Hills, others
just startihg north' on i their journey. At
'that time there was , one company of
United States soldiers located at the
military post near the town. Saloons and
dance halls were numerous, all doing a
flourishing business. During the night I
heard shooting, and many voices mingling
with the reports ofguns.' I dressed hur
riedly and went dowrSto see what all the
excitement was about. The landlord of
the hotel informed me that I would be
more likely to retain my health and return
to my family if I remained inside.
"In the morning I was up early and
went out upon the street. I found a dead
man lying directly in front of the hotel.
Several men passed while I was standing
there, but no one seemed interestd in the
victim. One party of passersby stopped
a moment and I inquired the cause of the
trouble. I was told that 'there was no
trouble at all' that 'the boys was havin'
a little fun shOotin' up the town, and, as
usual, somebody got hurt.' At the break
fast table the killing was discussed as an
everyday affair. When I had finished my
breakfast, I found that the corpse had
been removed. I am here reminded of an
item which I afterward saw printed in a
1 Deadwood newspaper concerning a local
-incident. It reads:
" 'Last week two freighters from Sidnev,
Al Smith and Cy Jones, had a few words
in a Deadwood saloon over a game of
cards. Jones called Smith a liar. Jones
leaves a wife and four small children.
Eastern papers please copy.'
"There was one stage line running from
Sidney to the Hills. It was owned and
operated by Jim Stephenson and a Mr.
Marsh, both of Omaha. The stages them
selves were of the Concord coach type, the
same as those use by 'Buffalo Bill' in. his
Wild West show'. The stages left Sidney
every afternoon at 1 o'clock and were run
'day and night until they arrived at their
destination. We were told to 'get our
tickets early.' When the time arrived for
the departure of the coach which I was to
take, there was one passenger more than
could possibly be. crowded . in. Who was
to be left behind soon became a burning
question. Several of the men declared that
if they did not go the stage coachlshould
not go. Presently Stephenson appeared
and informed the party that the men
should draw cuts to see who would be left
until the following day. Several swore
that they were going to go and that they
would never draw cuts. For a time it
looked like war, as nearly every man in
the crowd had two large, revolvers hang
ing from his belt, and gave evidence of
being ready to use them if occasion de
manded. But presently one man volun
teered to wait for the next stage, and we
were soon off.
"The stage was drawn by six horses of
the broncho type". I remember that at
some of the relay stations the drivers
were obliged to throw some of the horses
in order to place the harness on them.
When we got straightened out and on the
road with fresh horses, we were generally
'going some' for a few miles. The sta
tions, called 'roadhouses,' were about 30
miles apart. At each roadhouse fresh
horses were supplied. Everything went
on merrily and about 5 in the afternoon
we reached Clarke's bridge on the North
Platte river, where the town of Bridge
port now stands. H. T. Clarke of Omaha
was the builder and owner of this bridge.
He had also a store near the bridge, both
of which were under the management of
Mr. White, who now lives in Bridgeport-,
I believe. This was the only bridge across
the North Platte river west of North
Platte.
"On the opposite side of the road from
the store there was a saloon, which I was
informed, however, was not the property
of Mr. Clarke and was at that time out
of commission. The front door of this
saloon was riddled with bullets and in the
place where the door knob should have
been there was nothing but a hole about
the size of a man's fist. Upon inquiry I
found that when the cowboys got so 'full'
that they wanted to fight, the saloon
keeper would lock the door, and they would
then use the doorknob as a target. In
time, the doorknob was entirely shot away.
"After a stop of about an hour at this
most interesting place we .were off again.
Just before dark the stage stopped, and
Stephenson, who was riding on top with
the driver, came to the door and said:
'Now boys, during the night you had better
have your revolvers handy, as some of our
stages have been attacked by Indians. The
road, as you see, is very rough and bron
chos are not so very easily managed. Once
in a while we have a tip-over. In such a
case, don't get excited or make any noise,
as nobody ever gets hurt.' The horses
were changed twice during the night. No
Indians appeared and we had no tip-over
The next day we arrived at Fort Robinson."
It was at Fort Robinson that the attention
of Mr. Morrill was called to the fossils of
prehistoric animals embedded in the bad
lands, for whose collection and preservation
and exhibit in the state museum he, for
many years, contributed a fund to pay the
expenses of the field paleontological work
done under Dr. Barbour as head of the
department of geology. The discoveries of
fossil animals, mammoths and other ice-age
types brought credit to Mr. Morrill through
the reports on them in government docu
ments and scientific periodicals and are un
questionably what Mr. Morrill himself feels,
"the most enduring of any accomplishment
of my life." It was this, too, that brought
him in close touch with the University of
Nebraska, whose business administration he
largely directed for 12 years as head of the
board of regents. Mr. Morrill's book con
tains a reproduction of the group photo
graph taken of the board while I was a
member along with Chancellor MacLean and
Secretary J. S. Dales. "If asked." ventures
Mr. Morrill, "what office is specially desir
able and honorable for a young man to hold,
I should answer to be a regent of a state
university without pay for services."
I find one statement which, either by mis
calculation or typographical mistake calls
for correction, placing his choice as a mem
ber of the republican national committee in
the latter part of 1894 when in fact it oc
curred in 1904. As illustrating the extent to
which I enjoyed Mr. Morrill's friendship and
confidence I remember attending meetings
of the committee during his term as his
proxy. I need hardly say it is a friendship
1 greatly value and hope may yet long continue.
Around the Cities
The woman hodcarrier lias made
her appearance in New York City.
Chicago's municipal score at pres
ent shows six vetoea by Mayor
Thompson, and six .veto slams by the
city council.
A canvass of 28,500 families in
Minneapolis revealed 825 cases of
flour hoarding. In all caees the ex
cess was ordered back to the dealers.
Minrfeapolls merchants have inau
gurated the one-delivery-a-day system.
Special deliveries may be had on pay
ment of a fixed charge based on dis
tance. Sioux City solons impress upon the
jitneers their continued existence de
pends on making complete trips along
designated routes. Cutting. short the
runs will not be tolerated, thus in
suring a division of the cream between
the street cars and the Jitneys.
St. Louis landed in jail one William
Britton Whiffen, a firebug with a tall
score. In a written confession he ad
mits complicity in burning 28 houses
and an automobile for a share of the
insurance. Whiffen is regarded as the
leader of a thrifty arson gang whose
activities extend beyond Missouri.
Chicago's grand jury dug far
enough into the vitals of the ice busi
ness to outline the growth of a local
ice trust Since March 1 the combine
persuaded 341 retail dealers to sell
out or go out of business, and the
pincers were tightening on 1,000 oth
ers. The jury is still digging in and
giving promise of handing the trust a
warm squeeze.
The standard war time squeeze of
New York tenants, 1918 model, ranges
from 10 to 20 per cent advance over
last year. One big company which
houses 15,000 wage earners, states
that 4 per cent increase in rentals is
ample to cover increased war costs.
Landlords with the long reach con
sider the lower figure unworthy of
profiteering times.
A fine of 500 and costs Imposed by
the federal court at Sioux City tem
porarily checks the speculative enter
prise of J. Morton, alias J. V. Mc
Kennon, erstwhile "egg king" and
swindler. Morton operated by mail
as far south as Omaha, inducing ship
ments of eggs from farmers, convert
ing the shipments into money and
forgetting to pay the shippers. Sioux
Cityans acquainted with Morton say
he got off altogether too cheap.
Marion, 111., breaks into the news
map with a unique score. "Uncle"
John Dempsey, four days short of a
century, passed away with a record of
a baker's dozen of wives, the thir
teenth surviving him. The supersti
tious may say the unlucky number
hastened an untimely end, but he
withstood the hoodoo number more
than four years. The real lesson of
Uncle Dempsey's rare run of years
lies in proving the surpassing value of
early and frequent marriages as a re
liable side partner of longevity.
LINES TO A SMILE.
"Mamma, did papa have to itoop over
when you were married?"
"What do you mean?"
"Aunt Jane says he married beneath
him." Life.
"Did you ever break a promise?"
"I try not to do anything o violent."
replied Senator Sorghum. "If a promise
has to be disposed of I don't break It. I
let It fade away." Washington Star.
Casey Flnnegan has been married Tolve
years, but sorra a chick or a child has he
got.
Csssldy Thrue for ye. I wonder Is that
hereditary In his family or hers? Boston
Transcript.
He fto the hostess, testily Isn't the
nompany here rather mixed?
The Hostess Yes, but they don't mind If
you don't. Life. N .
"Then, 1 understand, that after your hus
band had made over all his money to you,
you left him." ,
"Yes: I couldn't live with a man who
cheated his creditors like that." Boston
Transcript. ,
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Griggs Isn't that the same suit you had
last year?
Brlggs Yes, and It' the'- same ult you
asked me last year If It wasn't the same
suit I had the year before. Boston Tran
script. Brayton I don't think the medical pro
fession has done as much to relieve suffer
ing as some others.
His Wife What, for Instance?
Brayton Ftano tuners. Judge.
FIGHTING THE KINGS.
People and Events
Massachusetts cut $1,000,000 off her tax
levy this year, using the budget system as
a cleaver. A rare and unique operation, so
successful that the patients cry for more.
It is still possible to consult a railroad
timetable and absorb some joy of anticipa
tion, but one is not sure of a real thrill until
he leans over the mahogany and asks the
price of a vacation trip.
Kansas state authorities talk of institut
ing a search of bankers conspicuous for their
failure to do their part iu war activities as
loyal citizens do. The point to be deter
mined is whether the slacker bankers are
disloyal or just naturally stingy. Go to it,
Capper!
One Year Ago Today In the War.
British began evacuation of posi
tions on Bulgarian front .in Mace
donia. ,
. General Pershing held conference
with General Pstain, the French commander-in-chief.
.
Russian provisional ' government
proclaimed Its rejection, of the Aus
trian, peace offer. '
Tito Day We Celebrate. ..
Robert Cuscaden, violinist, born
1879,
William Denney, railroader,
bom 1851, i
King O us tar V of Sweden, whose
policy of neutrality has satisfied
neither side In the war, born 60 years
ago. , .
' Kt. Rev. Cornelius Ven de Ven,
"atholio bishop of Alexandria, La.,
voro in Holland, 61 years ago.
TliU Day In History. V "
1818 Commodore William H. Ma
comb, who commanded the federal
naval force at the capture ot Ply
mouth, N. C, born In Detroit Died
la Philadelphia in 187 1.
1846 The Texaa congress ap-,'
r-rovrn oi terms oi annexation 10 ine
Lnitta states. .
187J Boston began a celebration of
tha centennial anniversary of the bat-
He of K .liter mm.
18J& ii.'itlsh House of Commons
adopted a resolution favoring the set'
lltnt f International disputes by
Just SO Years Ago Today
The left wing of the Second regi
ment, which has just completed Its
six weeks' target practice at BelleVue,
started out for Fort Omaha under the
command ot Maj. Edmond Butler.
. The lee cream and strawberry fes
tival held In the , parlors of the
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Kountse Memorial church - waa at
tended by about 150 people.
Mrs. M. E. Cowling ot Hannibal,
Mo., Is in the city ylstting Mrs. H.
Jeffries. ; V
Mike O'Herne baa sold hla Twenty
second street residence for f 1,800 and
la looking for a new alte. .
A delightful reception waa tendered
the publio school teachers by Sheriff
Coburn and wife at their residence,
102J Webster street.
W. B. Cheek, station- agent for the
B. & M.. has been appointed to the
position of assistant stock aent for
the same company and will be suc
ceeded by H. J. Gear, r V-
. Signposts of Progress i
There are 4S0 Irrigating companies
operating in the state of California.
Enough matches to light all its
contents are attached to a recently in
vented cigarette box.
Experiments are being tried in
Norway for the operation ot auto
mobiles with acetylene gas.
The railroad administration will
permit circuses to travel as before
the war except in the congested east
ern shipping districts.
Italians have perfected a process
for making an edible oil, that also
can be used in soap and as an Illumi
nation, from grape seeds.
Two hundred and fifty million dol
lars have been saved by the United
States chemists in making articles
formerly made In Germany.)
The ratio of unemployment among
British trade union members waa 7.1
per cent in August, 114, and for
many months recently has been prac
tically sero.
The war has created a great boom
In the fishing industry of the British
Isles. Some of the old flshing skip
pers are said' to have paid taxes this
year on Income amounting to f 85,000
and more.
War conditions have cut off our
supply ot digitalis, and we are
obliged to turn to our resources for
the drug. Tinctures made from the
wild species foxglove common in
Washington and Oregon' compare
favorably with those made from the
Imported article, .
Right to the Point
Louisville Courier-Journal: The
kaiser to the kalserln: Without the
help of Gott, who is working for us.
the Americans have raisea i.uvu.uuu,
000 bushels of wheat Whafs the mat
ter with Gott these days?
Baltimore American: Berlin is
worried at the way in which German
Americans have failed to respond to
knltur. They bad no Idea It could be
so completely dominated, if not de
stroyed by the American spirit of
liberty. -
T-nnirivn Tafia; 'Noah was (00
years old befor he knew how to
build an arK. Jjon i lose your grip.
Is a sign in the office of the chair
man of the shipping board. Could
pessimism further go? Peace, must
come Deiore our ouv years are euueu.
Loulsvil! Courier-Journal: Di
rector General McAdoo's order is that
dining car waiters shall not sleep in
dining cars, but must bathe regularly
and sleep in Quarters specially pro
vided, that -the atmosphere of diners
shall not be that of a dormitory. A
hit, Mr. McAdoo.' A palpable hit!
New York World: American crop
news in Berlin: "December, 1917:
'Winter wheat prospects very disap
pointing.' Drelmal hoch! April,
1918: 'Winter wheat much better
than . feared;-excellent outlook for
spring wheat'. Ach, ao! June, 1918:
Billion bushel crop now anticipated.'
JDonaerwetter!"
Odd Bits of Life
According to a Tale scientist's es
timate a particle of radium remains
active about 1,650 years.
To replace worn heels on shoes an
Inventor has patented a separate heel
that can be attached without the use
of tools.
Germany is calling boys of 17 to
the colors and England has extended
the age limit for military service to
45 years. ,
A Mexican congressman .recently
killed a Mexican general, but under
the constitutional immunity from ar
rest, tho murderer was allowed free
dom until after the Mexican con
gress adjourns.
A rifle bullet covers about two miles
In five seconds, while sound travels
the same distance In a shade more
than nine and one-half seconds, so It
Is easy to understand why the bullet
strikes before the report of the rifle
is heard.
Gladys, the 20-foot python in Lin
coln . park, Chicago, received ' her
semi-annual meal recently. Twelve
keepers, wit hthe aid of a sausage
stufflng machine and a five-foot pole,
treated her to SO pounds of ground
beef, followed by a 12 -pound piece of
beef.
Frank L. (Lucky IS) Wright
Springfield (111.) carrier on city malt
route No. IS, recently announced he
had completed his campaign to sell
War Thrift stamps to every one of
the 2.S00 persons' on his route.
Among the number were 800 pupils
In a.junlor high school- .
A man said unto his angel:
"My spirits are fallen low.
And I cannot carry this battle;
O, brother, where might I go?
"The terrible kings are on me
With spears that are deadly bright;
Against me so from the cradle
Do fate and my fathers fight."
Then said to the man his Angel:
"Thou wavering, witless soul,-
Baok to the ranks! What matter
To win or to lose the whole, .
' "As Judged by the little Judges
Who hearken not well nor see?
Not thus, by the outer Issue,
The Wise shall interpret thee.
"Thy will is the sovereign measure
And only event of things;
The puniest heart, defying.
Were stronger than all these kings.
"Though out of the past they gather
Mind's Doubt and' Bodily Pain
And pallid Thirst of the Spirit
That is kin to the other twain,
"And Grief, In a cloud of banners
And ringleted Vain Desires,
And Vice, with the spoils upon him
' Of thee, and they beaten aires,
"While Kings of eternal evil
Yet darken the hills about.
Thy part is with broken saber
To rise on the last redoubt.
'To fear not sensible failure,
Nor covet the game at all.
But fighting, fighting, fighting,
Die, driven against the walL"
LOUISE IMOGEN OtHNET.
fepuWion
IS Worthwhile-
We feel proud of the reputation for
fair dealing that we have established in
this community. If yon call upon us to
conduct a funeral you can feel assured
that every appointment and every arrange
ment will meet with your approval.
N. P. SWANSON
Funeral Parlor. (Established 1SSS)
17th and Cuming Sta. Tel. Douglas 1060.
"Over There and Here0
An ancient statue of -Victory al
most intact, was recently found Jn the
nilna nf Palatine hill. Rome.' " The
Italians consider the find an auspicious
omen. ' ;
" War expenditures In" Canada now
amount to 11,000,000 a day. At the
end of the year 1917 the total of the
dominion's war expenditures was
$790,000,000.
Bread for British soldiers Is made
near the front by members of the
British Women's Auxiliary corps, an
organization of surpassing value to
the fighting men. .
A feature of this year's exhibition
of the British Horticultural society
was a new orchid with mauve petals
and rich purple tip, and waa named
"General Pershing." , . .
The German report of the capture
of Americans in the scrimmage al
Chateau Thierry appears as-close to
accuracy as is possible at that source.
The bulletin omitted the impdrtan
detail of the captives leading "their
guards into French camp ana mak
ing them prisoners. : ' '
One of the developments of there
cent raid on "Hoch-der-Kaleer"
clubs in New York City is the faci
that two German subjects, one a
friend of the German agent. Boy-ed,
and the other a pre-war agent of the
Krupps, possess passes admitting
them to the barred sone of the water
front while at liberty on parole. t ' I
Franz Ritelen, German conspirator
now serving a term in ia federal
penitentiary, is reputed to be an old
time pal of the German crown prince,
which may account for Berlin's ef
forts to effect his exchange aa a . '
"prisoner of war." Ritelen has three
consecutive sentences to serve- and
has no chance of an early meeting
with the great defeater of Verdun.
Captain A. B. Welch of Manden, K
D., is first in line for the. chief tain-, "
ship of the Sioux Indians made va
cant by the death of Chief John Grass.
Welch is an adorited son of this chief
and is at present an aide on the staff.
of Major General Liggett m France.
Doubtless he will have a few Hun,
scalps decora'lng his belt when the
time comes for donning the feather
bonnet of the tribe.
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PIANOS
CLASSY MAKES.
Bailey, Mahogany ......,$165"
Haines, Ebony 135
Boston Piano Co., oak.... .185
Chickering, Ebony 165
Erbe & Co., Mahogany... 165
Camp & Co.. Ebony..,...- ,165
Bennett & Co., Mahogany. 190'
Hinze's French Walnut.-. i,1 '225'
Steger & Sons, oak ; 235
Hospe, Mahogany ..'..,., 250
Princeton, Mahogany .... 265
Princeton, Mahogany . . . i 300
Weser Bros., Mahogany.v 185
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